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CATALOGUE NR: 88697367922  (barcode: 0886973679227)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.20
RELEASE DATE: 04-May-2009

COMPOSER: Carl Fasch  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Concerti and Ouverture
TRACKS: Concerto in D for Trumpet (Carl Fasch). Concerto in C minor for Bassoon. Concerto in G minor for Oboe. Overture in D for Clarinet. Concerto in E for Clarinet (Johann Fasch).
ORCHESTRA: Zefiro

- Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '… there is every sense of a crack team of instrumentalists relishing newly discovered music.'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISSACD1644  (barcode: 7318599916446)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Michael Daugherty  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: American Spectrum
TRACKS: Sunset Strip (Michael Daugherty). Escapades for alto saxophone and orchestra (John Williams). Lions - A Dream for jazz quartet and orchestra (Ned Rorem). Friandises (Christopher Rouse).
ORCHESTRA: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Grant Llewellyn
ARTISTS: Branford Marsalis   Branford Marsalis Qt    

- Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A terrific calling-card from an orchestra only now perhaps truly earning the reputation it deserves.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE11532  (barcode: 0761195115329)
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 (Elgar arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis / David Aaron Carpenter). Viola Concerto (Schnittke).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Christoph Eschenbach
ARTISTS: David Aaron Carpenter      

- Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a feast of fine viola playing and a stunning Schnittke that steals the show'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697367912  (barcode: 0886973679128)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 06-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Music for the Royal Fireworks
TRACKS: Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351 : Ouverture / Bourree / La Paix / La Rejouissance / Menuet I - Menuet II. Concerto a due Cori in F Major HWV334. Concerto a due Cori in B flat major HWV332. Concerto a due Cori in F Major HWV333.
CONDUCTOR: Alfredo Bernardini
ARTISTS: Zefiro Ensemble      

- Oct-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'It has been a long time indeed since I have heard Handel playing of this quality. The Royal Fireworks music bursts into life with all the explosive splendour and colour of a volley of rockets.'

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CATALOGUE NR: OC722  (barcode: 4260034867222)
RECORD LABEL: Oehms
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 20-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in D minor.
ORCHESTRA: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
CONDUCTOR: Ivor Bolton

- Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'He brings the same directness and point that informs his Mozart, say, to a composer often subjected to bloat and bombast. Excellent.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564696270  (barcode: 0825646962709)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Alexander Glazunov
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in C minor op.58. La Mer - The Sea fantasy op.28. Introduction and Dance from Salome op.90.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jose Serebrier

- Oct-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Powerful performances of a sixth symphony, seven veils and a seascape'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10514  (barcode: 0095115151426)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Vincent d'Indy
TITLE: Orchestral Works volume 2
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in B flat op.57. Karadec Suite op.34. Tableaux de voyage op.36.
ORCHESTRA: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rumon Gamba

- Jun-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'These charming performances are beguiling, the sound unfailingly warm. I don't think d'Indy will ever be a repertoire staple but he certainly deserves further exploration…'

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4042  (barcode: 0880040404224)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Sir William Walton  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto (Walton). Suite No.1 for solo cello (Bloch). Sonata for solo cello (Ligeti). Passacaglia for solo cello (Walton). Ciaconna from Cello Suite No.2 (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: Sydney Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jeffrey Tate
ARTISTS: Pieter Wispelwey      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: performed on a Cello 1760 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini & Cello 1698 Antonio Stradivarius 'Magg' - Jun-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Always a tremendously classy player, Pieter Wispelwey delivers a soulful reading of the Walton Cello Concerto here to rank with the very best.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE11325  (barcode: 0761195113257)
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 02-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: Josef Suk
TRACKS: Asrael Symphony for large orchestra in C minor op.27.
ORCHESTRA: Helsinki Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recording - Jul-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '…this recording is a powerful declamation of Suk's own voice. Mahlerians will love it!'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186330  (barcode: 0827949033063)
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2008

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TRACKS: Hamlet op.67a Overture and Incidental Music. Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - original 1869 version.
ORCHESTRA: Russian National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Jurowski

- Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Two Shakespearean fantasy overtures - but, excitingly, not as we know them'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697376322  (barcode: 0886973763223)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 07-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber
TITLE: Clarinet Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.1 in F minor op.73 J114. Clarinet Quintet in B flat op.34 J182 (arranged for Clarinet and Strings). Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.2 in E flat op.74 J118.
ORCHESTRA: Chamber Philharmonic of St Petersburg
CONDUCTOR: Juri Gilbo
ARTISTS: Fabio di Casola      

- Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Weber's infectious clarinet showpieces performed with wit and relish'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697433032  (barcode: 0886974330325)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 06-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in E minor op.64. Piano Trio No.1 in D minor op.49. Piano Trio No.2 in C minor op.66.
ARTISTS: Leonidas Kavakos   Salzburg Camarata   Enrico Pace   Patrick Demenga

- Nov-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'refreshingly gimmick free and positively life enhancing'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU80744748  (barcode: 0093046744762)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Organ Concertos op.7
TRACKS: Organ Concerto No.7 in B flat HWV306 op.7/1. Organ Concerto No.8 in A HWV307 op.7/2. Organ Concerto No.9 in B flat HWV308 op.7/3. Organ Concerto No.10 in D minor HWV309 op.7/4. Organ Concerto No.11 in G minor HWV310 op.7/5. Organ Concerto No.12 in B flat HWV311 op.7/6. Chaconne in F HWV485. Fugue in G Minor HWV264. Chaconne in G HWV442. Concerto in F HWV295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'.
ORCHESTRA: Academy of Ancient Music
CONDUCTOR: Richard Egarr
ARTISTS: Richard Egarr      

- Oct-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a unique and handsome handling with a bountiful booklet to boot' - Sep-2009 IRR Outstanding Recording 'this is a recording which is thought-proviking, stylistically intriguing, musically absorbing and thoroughly entertaining.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDLX7217  (barcode: 0765387721725)
RECORD LABEL: Epoch
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 03-Nov-2008

COMPOSER: Richard Arnell
TRACKS: Sinfonia quasi Variazioni op.13. Symphony No.1 op.31. Symphony No.6 'The Anvil' op.171.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Martin Yates

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded at Henry Wood Hall Glasgow 28-29-Aug-2008 - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The triumphant final instalment in this adventurous project'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2CD80706  (barcode: 0089408070624)
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 06-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.5 in B flat Major. Benjamin Zander discusses Bruckner's Symphony No.5.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Zander

- Jun-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The finest thing about this recording isn't in fact the performance of the symphony, fine though that is. No, its crowning triumph is Benjamin Zander's superb analysis of the work.'

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CATALOGUE NR: PTC5186309  (barcode: 0827949030963)
RECORD LABEL: Pentatone
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2008

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98. Hungarian Dances for Orchestra : Hungarian Dance No.1 in G Minor - Allegro molto / Hungarian Dance No.3 in F Major - Allegretto / Hungarian Dance No.10 in F Major - Presto / Hungarian Dance No.17 in F-sharp Minor - Andantino / Hungarian Dance No.18 in D Major - Molto vivace / Hungarian Dance No.19 in B Minor - Allegretto / Hungarian Dance No.20 in E Minor - Poco Allegretto / Hungarian Dance No.21 in E Minor - Vivace.
ORCHESTRA: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Marek Janowski

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DSD recorded - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'An American orchestra who speak Brahms as if it is their native tongue'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10518  (barcode: 0095115151822)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Bedrich Smetana
TITLE: Orchestral Works volume 2
TRACKS: Bartered Bride Overture. Three Dances from The Bartered Bride. The Secret Overture. Libussa Overture. The Devil's Wall Prelude Infernal Dance. The Brandenburgers : Prelude Act 1 Ballet. The Kiss Overture. Dalibor entr'acte. The Two Widows : Overture Act II Prelude and Polka.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Gianandrea Noseda

- Sep-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Noseda and his BBC Phil forces return with volume two of their Smetana series and it’s every bit as enjoyable as the first. An utter delight.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4037  (barcode: 0880040403722)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Favourite Works for Strings
TRACKS: From Holberg's Time op.40 : Praeludium: Allegro vivace / Sarabande: Andante / Gavotte: Allegretto / Air: Andante religioso / Rigaudon: Allegro con brio (Grieg). Serenade No.13 in G K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (Mozart). Serenade for Strings in C Major op.48 (Tchaikovsky).
ARTISTS: Yuri Bashmet   Moscow Soloists    

- Jan-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A gorgeously refined Russian rendering of familiar repertoire.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4780651  (barcode: 0028947806516)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.35. Souvenir d'un lieu cher op.42.
ORCHESTRA: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Harding
ARTISTS: Janine Jansen      

- Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Vital, original playing from the all singing, all dancing Janine Jansen.'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISSACD1816  (barcode: 7318599918167)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in D major op.36. Symphony No.7 in A major op.92.
ORCHESTRA: Minnesota Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Osmo Vanska

- Dec-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A triumphant final instalment in Vanska's acclaimed Minnesota Beethoven cycle.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2175752  (barcode: 5099921757525)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 22 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 49.99
RELEASE DATE: 06-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Composers In Person
TRACKS: Bela Bartok / Joseph Szigeti - 14 Bagatelles op.6 / Sz38 / BB50 : No.2 Allegro giocoso. 10 Easy Pieces Sz39 / BB51 : No.5 Este a szekelyeknel - Evening in Transylvania / No.10 Medvetanc - Bear Dance. 2 Romanian Dances op.8a / Sz43 / BB56 : No.1 Allegro vivace. 3 Burlesques op.8c / Sz47 / BB55 : No.2 Kicsit azottan… - A bit drunk…. Allegro barbaro Sz49 / BB63. Suite op.14 / Sz62 / BB70. Mikrokosmos Sz107 / BB105 : Staccato - Allegretto mosso volume 5 No.124 / Ostinato - Vivacissimo volume 6 No.146. 5 Hungarian Folk Songs from Sz33 / BB97 : No.1 Elindultam szep hazambol / No.2 Altal mennek en a Tiszan ladikon / No.3 A gyulai kert alatt / No.4 Nem messze van ide kis Margitta / No.5 Vgigmentem a tarkanyi. 8 Hungarian Folk Songs Sz64 / BB47 : No.1 Fekete fod / No.2 Istenem istenem / No.3 Aszszonyok aszszonyok / No.5 Ha kimegyek arr' a magos tetore / No.6 Toltik a nagy erdo utjat / No.7 Eddig valo dolgom / No.8 Olvad a ho. 7 Hungarian Folk Tunes (transcribed 1926 by Joseph Szigeti from 7 pieces from For Children for piano Sz42). 6 Romanian Folk Dances (transcribed 1925 by Zoltan Szekely from 6 Romanian Folk Dances for piano Sz56 (Bela Bartok). Erno Dohnanyi / London Symphony Orchestra / Lawrence Collingwood - Variations on a Nursery Song op.25 (Erno Dohnanyi). Paul Hindemith - Sonata for solo viola op.25 No.1 (Paul Hindemith). Paul Hindemith / Emanuel Feuermann - Scherzo for viola and cello (Paul Hindemith). Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Nobilissima visione - Suite from the dance legend in six scenes : Einleitung und Rondo / Marsch und Pastoral / Passacaglia (Paul Hindemith). Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Symphonia serena (Paul Hindemith). Szymon Goldberg / Paul Hindemith / Emmanuel Feuermann - String Trio No.2 (Hindemith). Louis Cahuzac / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Clarinet Concerto (Hindemith). Dennis Brain / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Horn Concerto (Hindemith). Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Concert music for brass and strings op.50 (Hindemith). Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade : Suite. David Oistrakh / Philharmonia Orchestra / Aram Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor. Gayaneh - Orchestral Suite (Khachaturian). Arthur Honegger - Pastorale d'ete (Honegger). Maurice Marechal / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Arthur Honneger - Cello Concerto (Honneger). Francis Poulenc - Trois Mouvements perpetuels (Poulenc). Roger Lamorlette / Gustav Dherin / Francis Poulenc - Trio pour piano hautbois et basson (Poulenc). Francis Poulenc - Deux Novelettes : No.1 in C / No.2 in B flat minor. Nocturnes : No.1 in C / No.2 in A - Bal des jeunes filles / No.4 in C minor - Bal fantome. Improvisations : No.2 in A flat / No.5 in A minor / No.9 in D / No.10 in F Eloge des gammes (Poulenc). Francis Poulenc / Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra / Walther Straram - Aubade Concerto pour piano et 18 instruments 'Concerto choregraphique' (Francis Poulenc). Charles-Marie Widor - Symphony No.5 in F minor op.42/1 : Toccata Allegro. Symphonie gothique in C minor op.70 (Charles-Marie Widor). Louis Vierne - Trois Improvisations : Marche episcopale. Pieces de Fantasie Suite No.1 op.51 : Andantino / Cortege (Louis Vierne). Marcel Dupre : Suite bretonne op.21 : Berceuse (Marcel Dupre). Trois Preludes et Fugues op.7 : No.3 in G minor (Marcel Dupre). Olivier Messiaen - Le Banquet celeste. L'Ascension : Majeste du Christ demandant sa gloire a son Pere / Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le ciel / Transports de joie d'une ame devant la gloire du Christ quie est la sienne / Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere (Olivier Messiaen). Yehudi Menuhin / London Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar - Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 (Edward Elgar). (Beatrice Harrison / New Symphony Orchestra / Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 (Elgar). Olivier Messiaen - Apparition de l'Eglise eternelle / La Nativite du Seigneur (Olivier Messiaen). Sergei Prokofiev / London Symphony Orchestra / Piero Coppola - Piano Concerto No.3 in C op.26 (Sergei Prokofiev). Suggestion diabolique No.4 from 4 Pieces op.4. Visions fugitives op.22 : No.3 Allegretto / No.5 Molto giocoso / No.6 Con eleganza / No.9 Allegretto tranquillo / No.10 Ridicolosamente / No.11 Con vivacita / No.16 Dolente / No.17 Poetico / No.18 Con una dolce lentezza. Gavotte op.25 - transcribed for piano from Symphony No.1 in D 'Classical' movement III. Sonata No.4 op.29 : Andante assai. Gavotte No.3 from 4 Pieces op.32 (Prokofiev). Alexander Glazunov - The Seasons - ballet in 1 Act op.67 : Winter Introduction / Scene 1 Variation 1 - The Frost / Variation 2 - The Ice / Variation 3 - The Hail / Variation 4 - The Snow / Scene - Spring / Scene 3 / Summer / Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies / Barcarolle-Variation-Coda / Scene 4 Autumn: Bacchanale / Petit Adagio / Finale (Alexander Glazunov). Victoria de los Angeles / Fernand Benedetti / Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No.2 : Toccata - Un poco moderato 'O Trenzinho do Caipira'. Bachianas brasileiras No.5 : Aria Cantilena - Adagio / Danca Martelo - Allegretto (Villa Lobos). Frederick Fuller / Heitor Villa-Lobos - Miniaturas : No.2 Viola. Modhinas e Cancyes volume 1 : No.3 Cantilena (Villa-Lobos). Magda Tagliaferro / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Heitor Villa-Lobos - Momoprecoce - Fantasy for piano & orchestra. Bachianas brasilerias No.4 : Preludio - Introducao Lento / Coral Canto do Sertao Largo / Aria Cantiga Moderato / Danca Miudinho Muito animado. Choros No.10 ‘Rasga o Coracao' (Villa-Lobos). Max Strub / Ludwig Hoelscher / Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin / Hans Pfitzner - Das Christelflein op.20 : Overture. Palestrina : Prelude Act I / Prelude Act II / Prelude Act III. Duo for violin cello and small orchestra op.43 (Pfitzner). Gerhard Husch / Hans Pfitzner - Hast du von den Fischerkindern op.7 No.1. Der Gartner op.9 No.1. Die Einsame op.9 No.2. Zum Abschied meiner Tochter op.10 No.3. Michaelskirchplatz op.19 No.2. In Danzig op.22 No.1. Nachts op.26 No.2. Abbitte op.29 No.1. Hussens Kerker op.32 No.1. Saerspruch op.32 No.2. Leuchtende Tage op.40 No.1. Herbstgefuhl op.40 No.4 (Pfitzner). Darius Milhaud - La Creation du monde op.81 (Milhaud). Marcelle Meyer / Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche op.165b (Milhaud). Concert Arts Orchestra / Darius Milhaud - Saudades do Brasil op.67. Suite provencale op.152b (Milhaud). Orchestre du Theatre des Champs-Elysees / Darius Milhaud - Le Boeuf sur le toit op.58 (Milhaud). Francis Poulenc - Le Bestiaire Apollinaire / Le dromadaire / La chevre du Tibet / La sauterelle / Le dauphin / L'ecrevisse / La carpe. Pierre Bernac / Francis Poulenc - Chansons gaillardes / Invocation aux Parques / La belle jeunesse / Tel jour telle nuit / Bonne journee / Une ruine coquille vide / Le front comme un drapeau perdu / Une roulette couverte en tuiles / A toutes brides / Une herbe pauvre / Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer / Figure de force brulante et farouche / Nous avons fait la nuit. Deux poemes de Guillaume Apollinaire : Dans le jardin d'Anna. Metamorphoses. Deux poemes de Louis Aragon. Montparnaste Deux melodies de Guillaume Apollinaire (Poulenc). Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten - Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22 (Britten). Ludovic Vaillant / Dmitri Shostakovich - Concerto for piano trumpet and strings in C minor op.35 (Shostakovich). Dmitri Shostakovich / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Andre Cluytens - Piano Concerto No.2 in F op.102 (Dmitri Shostakovich). Three Fantastic Dances op.5. Dmitri Shostakovich - Preludes and Fugues op.87 : No.1 Moderato in C / No.4 Andante - Adagio in E minor / No.5 Allegretto in D major / No.23 Adagio Moderato con moto / No.24 Andante Moderato in D minor (Shostakovich). IKate Winter / Linda Seymour / Parry Jones / Roy Henderson / Percussion ensemble / Igor Stravinsky - Les Noces - sung in the English version (Stravinsky). Marcel Moyse / Emile Godeau / Gustave Dherin / Marus Piard / Eugene Foveau / Pierre Vignol / Andre Lafosse / Raphael Delbos / Igor Stravinsky - Octet for wind instruments (Stravinsky). Igor Stravinsky / Walther Straram Concert Orchestra / Ernest Ansermet - Capriccio for piano and orchestra (Stravinsky). Alexis Vlassov Choir / Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky). Samuel Dushkin / Louis Gromer / George Durand / Andre Vacellier / Gabriel Grandmaison / Igor Stravinsky - Pastorale (Stravinsky transcribed for violin and wind quartet). Samuel Dushkin / Igor Stravinsky - L'Oiseau de feu (Stravinsky transcribed for violin and piano). Petrushka (Stravinsky transcribed for violin and piano). Danse russe. Le chant du rossignol (Stravinsky transcribed for violin and piano). Aladar Racz / Roland Charmy / Henri Volant / Etienne Ginot / Louis Juste / Lucien Lavaillotte / Emile Godeau / Eugene Foveau / Jean Devemy / Roger Tudesq / Jean Morel / Igor Stravinsky - Ragtime for 11 instruments (Stravinsky). Igor Stravinsky - Piano-rag-music (Stravinsky). Samuel Dushkin / Igor Stravinsky - Suite italienne (Stravinsky transcribed for violin and piano from Pulcinella). Igor Stravinsky - Serenade in A (Stravinsky). Samuel Dushkin / Igor Stravinsky - Duo concertante for violin and piano (Stravinsky). Soulima Stravinsky / Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for two solo pianos (Stravinsky). Bayerische Staatskapelle / Richard Strauss - Ein Alpensinfonie op.64 (Strauss). London Tivoli Theatre Orchestra / Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier - film music (Strauss orchestral transcriptions from the opera with a March in D (Strauss). Enrique Granados - Danzas espanolas op.31 : No.7 Valenciana Calasera / No.10 Danza triste. Goyescas : Improvisation on No.7 El pelele (Granados). Manuel de Falla - Maria Barrientos / Manuel de Falla - Siete canciones populares espanolas. El amor brujo : Cancion del fuego fatuo / Soneto a Cordoba (de Falla). Manuel de Falla / Marcel Moyse / George Bonneau / Emile Godeau / Marcel Darrieux / Auguste Cruque - Harpsichord Concerto (de Falla). Federico Mompou - Jeunes filles au jardin - Scenes d'enfants No.5. El carrer el guitarrisra i el vell cavall - Suburis No.1. Cancion y danza - Canco i dansa No.5. La fuente y la capana - Paiajes No.1. Cancion y danza - Canco i dansa No.6. Cancion y danza - Canco i dansa No.8 (Mompou). Ninon Vallin / Joaquin Nin - Cantos populares espanoles : No.3 Tonada de la nina perdida / No.4 Montanesa / No.6 Malaguena / No.7 Granadina / No.19 Canto Andaluz / No.20 Polo (Nin). Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Edward Elgar - Variations on an original theme (Enigma' op.36 (Elgar). London Symphony Orchestra / Gustav Holst - The Planets op.32 (Holst). Esther Rethy / Wiener Philharmoniker / Wiener Symphoniker / Franz Lehar - Die lustige Witwe : Overture. Zigeunerliebe : Hor' ich Cymbalklange. Maria Reining - Eva : Vorspiel / Im heimlichen Dammer. Esther Rethy - Paganini : Ich kann es nicht fassen…Liebe du Himmel auf Erden. Esther Rethy - Der Zarewitsch : Einer wird kommen. Maria Reining - Friederike : Warum hast du mich wachgekusst? (Lehar). Vera Schwarz / Richard Tauber / Staatskapelle Berlin / Franz Lehar - Das Land des Lachelns : Ich trete ins Zimmer…Immer nur lacheln / Mein lieber Prinz…Bei einem Tee en deux / Von Apfelbluten einen Kranz / Wer hat die Liebe in Herz gesenkt? / Dein ist mein ganzes Herz! / Alles vorbei!...Ich mocht' wieder einmal / Ihr Gotter sagt…Kann es moglich sein? (Lehar). Esther Rethy / Wiener Symphoniker / Franz Lehar - Schon ist die Welt : Ich bin verliebt (Lehar). Jarmila Novotna / Richard Tauber / Wiener Philharmonica / Franz Lehar - Giuditta : Freunde das Leben ist lebenswert! / Schon wie die blaue Sommernacht / Welch tiefes Ratsel ist die Liebe…Du bist meine Sonne! / Ich weiss es selber nicht…Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss / So wie um den Sonnenball / Schonste der Frau'n begann das Lied (Lehar). Benno Moiseiwitsch / Nicolas Medtner - Russian Round Dance - A Tale op.58 No.1. Shto ty klonish nad vodami - The Willow op.24 No.2. Shopot robkoye dykhan'ye - Down in the garden op.24 No.7. Oda Slobodskaya / Nikolai Medtner - Serenade op.28 No.2 (Nikolai Medtner). Nikolai Medtner - Tales op.47 : No.1 Allegro con espressione in B flat minor / No.2 ‘Campanella' in B minor (Medtner). Elisabeth Schwartzkopf / Nicolas Medtner - The Muse op.29 No.1. The Rose op.29 No.6. The Waltz op.32 No.5. When roses fade op.36 No.3 (Medtner). Nikolai Medtner -Tales op.51 : No.1 Allegro molto vivace in D minor (Medtner). Oda Slobodskaya / Tatiana Makushina / Nikolai Medtner - Zimniy vecher - Winter Evening op.13 No.1. Mechtatelyu - To a Dreamer op.32 No.6. Telega zhini - The Wagon of Life op.45 No.2. Vorony - The Raven op.52 No.2 (Medtner). Nicolas Medtner - Tales op.51 : No.2 Allegretto cantabile ed espressivo in A minor (Medtner). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Nikolai Medtner - Goethe-Lieder : Elfenliedchen - Elves' ditty op.6 No.3 / Im Vorubergehen - In passing op.6 No.4 / Selbstbetrug - Self-deception op.15 No.3 / Aus ‘Lila' - So tanzet From ‘Lila' op.15 No.5 / Meeresstille - Calm at sea op.15 No.7 / Gluckliche Fahrt - Prosperous voyage op.15 No.8 / Einsamkeit - Solitude op.18 No.3 (Medtner). Nikolai Medtner - Tales op.51 : No.3: Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso - Allegro non troppo in A (Medtner). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Nicolas Medtner - Lieder op.46 : No.1 Praeludium - Prelude / No.5 Winternacht - Winter night / No.6 Die Quelle - The Stream (Medtner). Nikolai Medtner - Forgotten Melodies op.38 : No.3 Danza festiva - Presto (Medtner). Albert Roussel - Le Festin de l'araignee op.17. Fragments symphoniques (Albert Roussel). Claire Croiza / Albert Roussel - Cinq Melodies : Le Jardin mouille op.3 No.3 / Invocation op.8 No.3 / Amoureux separes op.12 No.2 / Light op.19 No.1 / Sarabande op.20 No.2 (Roussel). Quatuor Calvet / Florent Schmitt - Piano Quintet in B minor op.51 (Schmitt). Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra / Florent Schmitt - La Tragedie de Salome op.50. Poeme symphonique. Les Enchantements sur la mer. Danse des eclairs. Danse de l'effroi (Schmitt).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: clamshell box packaging - Feb-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Were the great composers also the great conductors? Or pianists? Or organists? Judge for yourself on this intelligently compiled set of composers on the podium and at their instruments.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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COMPOSER: Zygmunt Stojowski
TRACKS: Suite for Orchestra in E-flat major op.9. Le printemps - cantata for mixed choir and orchestra op.7. Prayer for Poland op.40.
ORCHESTRA: Podlasie Orchestra Bialystok
CONDUCTOR: Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski
ARTISTS: Rafal Sulima   Maciej Bogumil Nerkowski   Marta Wroblewska  

- Feb-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'It's all very approachable and, with performances of such obvious pride as these, very compelling.'

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COMPOSER: Gustav Holst
TITLE: Orchestral Works volume 1
TRACKS: The Morning of the Year. The Lure. The Golden Goose. The Ballet from 'The Perfect Fool'.
ORCHESTRA: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
CONDUCTOR: Richard Hickox
ARTISTS: Joyful Company of Singers      

- Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'It is, in all the best ways, typical Hickox. A neglected corner of the British canon gets the full works treatment - splendid and fulsome orchestral sound, with each of these works brought to glorious life.'

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COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.4 in G.
ORCHESTRA: Budapest Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ivan Fischer
ARTISTS: Miah Persson      

- Apr-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Characteristically, danger and beauty go, vertiginously, hand in hand and equally characteristically the orchestra sounds magnificent, abetted by stunning SACD sound.'

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COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: Complete Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D. Symphony No.2 in C. Symphony No.3 in G. Symphony No.4 in D. Symphony No.5 in A. Symphony No.6 in D 'Le Matin'. Symphony No.7 in C 'Le Midi'. Symphony No.8 in G 'Le Soir'. Symphony No.9 in C. Symphony No.10 in D. Symphony No.11 in E flat. Symphony No.12 in E. Symphony No.13 in D. Symphony No.14 in A. Symphony No.15 in D. Symphony No.16 in B flat. Symphony No.17 in F. Symphony No.18 in G. Symphony No.19 in D. Symphony No.20 in C. Symphony No.21 in A. Symphony No.22 in E flat 'The Philosopher'. Symphony No.23 in G. Symphony No.24 in D. Symphony No.25 in C. Symphony No.26 in D minor 'Lamentatione'. Symphony No.27 in G. Symphony No.28 in A. Symphony No.29 in E. Symphony No.30 in C 'Alleluja'. Symphony No.31 in D 'Hornsignal'. Symphony No.32 in C. Symphony No.33 in C. Symphony No.34 in D minor. Symphony No.35 in B flat. Symphony No.36 in E flat. Symphony No.37 in C. Symphony No.38 in C 'Echo'. Symphony No.39 in G minor. Symphony No.40 in F major. Symphony No.41 in C. Symphony No.42 in D. Symphony No.43 in E flat 'Merkur'. Symphony No.44 in E minor 'Trauer'. Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'. Symphony No.46 in B. Symphony No.47 in G. Symphony No.48 in C 'Maria Theresia'. Symphony No.49 in F minor 'Passione'. Symphony No.50 in C. Symphony No.51 in B flat. Symphony No.52 in C minor. Symphony No.53 in D 'Imperiale'. Symphony No.54 in G. Symphony No.55 in E flat 'The Schoolmaster'. Symphony No.56 in C. Symphony No.57 in D. Symphony No.58 in F. Symphony No.59 in A 'Fire'. Symphony No.60 in C 'Il distratto'. Symphony No.61 in D. Symphony No.62 in D. Symphony No.63 in C 'La Roxelane'. Symphony No.64 in A. Symphony No.65 in A. Symphony No.66 in B flat. Symphony No.67 in F. Symphony No.68 in B flat. Symphony No.69 in C 'Laudon'. Symphony No.70 in D. Symphony No.71 in B flat. Symphony No.72 in D. Symphony No.73 in D 'La Chasse'. Symphony No.74 in E flat. Symphony No.75 in D. Symphony No.76 in E flat. Symphony No.77 in B flat. Symphony No.78 in C minor. Symphony No.79 in F major. Symphony No.80 in D. Symphony No.81 in G. Symphony No.82 in C 'The Bear'. Symphony No.83 in G minor 'The Hen'. Symphony No.84 in E flat. Symphony No.85 in B flat 'La Reine'. Symphony No.86 in D. Symphony No.87 in A. Symphony No.88 in G. Symphony No.89 in F. Symphony No.90 in C. Symphony No.91 in E flat major. Symphony No.92 in G 'Oxford'. Symphony No.93 in D. Symphony No.94 in G 'Surprise'. Symphony No.95 in C minor. Symphony No.96 in D 'Miracle'. Symphony No.97 in C. Symphony No.98 in B flat. Symphony No.99 in E flat. Symphony No.100 in G 'Military'. Symphony No.101 in D 'The Clock'. Symphony No.102 in B flat. Symphony No.103 in E flat 'Drum-roll'. Symphony No.104 in D 'London'. Violin Concerto in C major HobVIIa/1. Violin Concerto in G major HobVIIa/4. Overture 'La Vera Costanza'. Overture 'La fedelta premiata'. 'March for the Royal Society'
ORCHESTRA: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Adam Fischer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please note this set is in MP3 format at 320 kbp and customers will be able to transfer the files directly to their ipod or MP3 player or to play the discs on their computer, most DVD players and the latest generation of in car players which have an MP3 badge. It is not intended for play on normal CD players. - Apr-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...this complete symphonies set - an MP3 edition that you load to your computer or iPod - is an incredible bargain. For under £25 you get eight CDs of files, also including the violin concertos, overtures and extensive PDF notes.'

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