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CATALOGUE NR: 2166112  (barcode: 5099921661129)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 23-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Faramondo - complete
TRACKS: Pharamond.
CONDUCTOR: Diego Fasolis
ARTISTS: Max Emanuel Cencic   Philippe Jaroussky   Sophie Karthauser   I Barocchisti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: multipack with libretto - Jul-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...the whole thing is marvellously sung and played.'

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CATALOGUE NR: DDA25077  (barcode: 0809730507724)
RECORD LABEL: Divine Art
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
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RELEASE DATE: 10-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Giovanni Palestrina  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sacred Hearts and Secret Music
TRACKS: Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Palestrina). Lamentations for Holy Saturday Book 3 (Palestrina). Magnificat Sexti Toni. Motets and chants for the Feast of St Agnes (de Rore).
ARTISTS: Musica Secreta   Celestial Sirens    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: featured in BBC R4 Woman's Hour adaptation of Sarah Dunant's novel 'Sacred Hearts' - Awards-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This disc is the official soundtrack to Sarah Dunant's book Sacred Hearts. Palestrina is placed alongside Rore and a sense of scholarship as well as intense musicality runs through the whole: fascinating and lovely.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4778073  (barcode: 0028947780731)
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54
RELEASE DATE: 06-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Ezio HWV29 - complete
ORCHESTRA: Il Complesso Barocco
CONDUCTOR: Alan Curtis
ARTISTS: Ann Hallenberg   Sonia Prina   Karina Gauvin   Marianne Andersen

- Jul-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '… this is a performance of elegance, life and some marvellous singing …'

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC2080  (barcode: 5055031320806)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: La Fanciulla del West - complete
ORCHESTRA: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Dmitri Mitropoulos
ARTISTS: Eleanor Steber   Gian Giacomo Guelfi   Mario del Monaco   Piero de Palma

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 15-Jun-1954 - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Credit doubtless goes to Dimitri Mitropoulos, who conducts this Fanciulla as a man inspired.'

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CATALOGUE NR: GCD921525  (barcode: 8424562215252)
RECORD LABEL: Glossa
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Italian Cantatas volume 5 Rome 1707
TRACKS: Clori Tirsi e Fileno - Cor fedele in vano speri HWV96.
CONDUCTOR: Fabio Bonizzoni
ARTISTS: Roberta Invernizzi   Romani Basso   Yetzabel Arias Fernandez   La Risonanza

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in Saint-Michel en Thierache France Jun-2008 - May-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '… it's hard to imagine any praise being too high when listening to this bewitching recording.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570719  (barcode: 0747313071975)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: James MacMillan
TITLE: Seven Last Words from the Cross
TRACKS: Seven Last Words from the Cross : Father forgive them for they know not what they do / Woman Behold Thy Son!… Behold Thy Mother! / Verily I say unto you today thou shalt be with me in Paradise / Eli Eli lama sabachtani? / I thirst / It is finished / Father into Thy hands I commend my Spirit. Christus Vincit. Nemo te condemnavit. …here in hiding… - version for ATTB chorus.
CONDUCTOR: Graham Ross
ARTISTS: Dmitri Ensemble      

- Jun-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Sep-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The Dmitri Ensemble bring out all the pain and fervour of the work. As far as posterity is concerned, performances like this confirm that Seven Last Words will be seen as a masterpiece.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67733  (barcode: 0034571177335)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Jacobus Vaet  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Missa Ego flos campi and other works
TRACKS: Antevenis virides 'In laudem Illustrissimi Principis Albertis Bavariae Ducis' 6vv. Missa Ego flos campi 6vv : Kyrie / Gloria / Credo / Sanctus and Benedictus / Agnus Dei 8vv. Ecce apparebit Dominus 5vv. Magnificat octavi toni 4/5vv. Miserere mei Deus 5vv. Filiae Jerusalem 5vv. Spiritus Domini 6vv. Musica Dei donum 5vv. Salve regina 6vv (Jacobus Vaet). Ego flos campi 7vv (Jacobus Clemens non Papa).
ARTISTS: Cinquecento      

- May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Cinquecento's probing delivery makes quite clear just how advanced Vaet's writing was for its time.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6989362  (barcode: 5099969893629)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.79
RELEASE DATE: 07-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Messa da Requiem
TRACKS: Requiem. Kyrie eleison. Sequenza Dies irae. Tuba mirum. Mors stupebit. Liber scriptus - Dies irae. Quid sum miser. Rex tremendae. Recordare. Ingemisco. Confutatis - Dies irae. Lacrymosa. Offertorio Domine Jesu Christe. Hostias. Sanctus. Agnus Dei. Lux Aeterna. Libera me Domine. Dies irae. Requiem aeternam. Libera me Domine.
ORCHESTRA: Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon   Anja Harteros   Sonia Ganassim   Rene Pape

- BBC Music Magazine 2010 Award Winner 'Pappano's version is firmly founded on the comprehensively excellent contribution of the chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia… the ANSC's orchestra, too, offers an absolute certainty of definition' - Oct-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a Requiem to relish, Pappano's recording is a modern classic' - Gramophone 2010 Award Winner - Oct-2009 IRR Outstanding Recording

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CATALOGUE NR: MEW0848  (barcode: 5425008318486)
RECORD LABEL: Musique en Wallonie
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Johannes Regis
TITLE: Choral Works
TRACKS: Missa Ecce ancilla Domnini. Ne timeas Maria. Motets : Ave Maria virgo serena a 5 / Ave Maria / Lux solempnis / Repleti sunt omnes. Missa L'homme arme. Dum sacrum mysterium.
CONDUCTOR: Edward Wickham
ARTISTS: Clerks Group      

- Sep-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A real treat for those out to discover a hitherto well kept secret.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2165742  (barcode: 5099921657429)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.25
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Tragediennes volume 2
TRACKS: Alceste : Grands dieux soutenez mon courage… Ah! Divinites implacables (Gluck). Dardanus Il me fuit… Rien ne peut emouvoir (Sacchini). Cesse cruel amour de regner sur mon ame (Sacchini). Didon Non ce n'est plus pour moi (Piccini). Orphee et Eurydice Ballet des ombres heureuses (Gluck). Air de Furies (Gluck). Oedipe a Colone Dieux ce n'est pas pour moi que ma voix vous implore (Sacchini). Andromaque C'est le seul espoir qui me reste… Si fidele au nœud qui l'engage (Gretry). Les Paladins Entree tres gaye de Troubadours (Rameau). Triste sejour (Rameau). Sarabande (Rameau). Renaud Helas vous le dirais-je… Ah! Que dis-tu? (Sacchini). Les Paladins Menuets I & II (Rameau). Medee Ah! Nos peines seront communes (Cherubini). Herminie Mais sur cette arène guerriere… Il n'est plus… Dieux cruels! (Arriaga). Les Troyens Les Grecs ont disparu… Malheureux Roi (Berlioz).
CONDUCTOR: Christophe Rousset
ARTISTS: Veronique Gens   Les Talens Lyriques    

- Aug-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'another splendid miscellany from Gens - including some rarely heard gems'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6952342  (barcode: 5099969523427)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 15-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Thomas Ades
TITLE: The Tempest - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Ades
ARTISTS: Kate Royal   Ian Bostridge   Simon Keenlyside   Toby Spence

- Aug-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'After a number of decent attempts in recent years, the Royal Opera House finally hit gold with a new opera.' - Gramophone 2010 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67728  (barcode: 0034571177281)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Maurice Ravel
TITLE: Songs
TRACKS: Histoires naturelles : Le paon / Le grillon / Le cygne / Le martin-pecheur / La pintade. Ronsard a son ame. Don Quichotte a Dulcinee : Chanson romanesque / Chanson epique / Chanson a boire. Un grand sommeil noir. Les grands vents venus d'outremer. Sur l'herbe. Chants populaires : Chanson francaise / Chanson italienne / Chanson hebraique / Chanson ecossaise. Noel des jouets. Deux epigrammes de Clement Marot : D'Anne qui m'a jecta de la neige / D'Anne jouant de l'espinette. Cinq melodies populaires grecques : Le reveil de la mariee / La-bas vers l'eglise / Quel galant m'est comparable? / Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques / Tout gai!. Deux melodies hebraiques : Kaddisch / L'enigme eternelle.
ARTISTS: Gerald Finley   Julius Drake    

- Jul-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Par for the course for this most splendid interpreter of song.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC90203638  (barcode: 0794881911523)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.50
RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2009

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Idomeneo - complete
TRACKS: includes bonus DVD.
ORCHESTRA: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rene Jacobs
ARTISTS: Richard Croft   Bernarda Fink   Sunhae Im   Alexandrina Pendachanska

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: Dec-2008 in Salle Pleyel Paris & Immanuelskirche Wuppertal Germany - Jul-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'I love the conductor's flair for drama, his imagination in the continuos and, in most cases, his casting instincts - the standout here being Alexandrina Pendatchanska's Elettra.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2649012  (barcode: 5099926490120)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Icons
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.39
RELEASE DATE: 22-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Hans Hotter
TRACKS: Ich habe genug BWV821 (JS Bach). Ein deutsches Requiem op.45 (Brahms). Vier ernste Gesange op.121. Feldeinsamkeit op.86 No.2. Wir Melodien zieht es mir op.105 No.1. Sonntag op.47 No.3. Minnelied op.71 No.5. Wir wandelten op.96 No.2. Wie bist du meine Konigen op.32 No.9 (Brahms). Winterreise D911 : Gute Nacht / Die Wetterfahne / Gefror'ne Tranen / Erstarrung / Der Lindenbaum / Wasserflut / Auf dem Flusse / Ruckblick / Irrlicht / Rast / Fruhlingstraum / Einsamkeit / Die Post / Der greise Kopf / Die Krahe / Letzte Hoffnung / Im Dorfe / Der sturmische Morgen / Tauschung / Der Wegweiser / Das Wirtshaus / Mut / Die Nebensonnen / Der Leiermann (Schubert). Schwanengesang D957 : Liebesbotschaft / Kriegers Ahnung / Fruhlingssehnsucht / Standchen / Aufenthalt / In der Ferne / Abschied / Der Atlas / Ihr Bild / Das Fischermadchen / Die Stadt / Am Meer / Der Doppelganger / Die Taubenpost (Schubert). An die Musik D547. Meeresstille D216. Im Fruhling D882. Am Bach im Fruhling D361. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583. Geheimes D719. Sei mir gegrusst D741. Im Abendrot D799. Wanderers Nachtlied I D224. Wanderers Nachtlied II D768. Wohin? No.2 of Die schone Mullerin (Schubert). Ich liebe dich (Grieg). Wer machte dich so krank? op.35 No.11. Alte Laute op.35 No.12. Erstes Grun op.35 No.4. Die beiden Grenadiere op.49 No.1. Mondnacht No.5 of Liederkreis op.39 (Schumann). Edward op.1 No.1. Der Erlkonig op.1 No.3. Odin's Meeresritt op.118. Die wandelnde Glocke op.20 No.3. Hinkende Jamben op.62 No.5 (Carl Loewe). Komm bald op.97 No.5. Heimkehr op.7 No.6. Wenn du nur Zuweilen lachelst op.57 No.2. Sapphische Ode op.94 No.4. Botschaft op.47 No.1. Standchen op.106 No.1. O wusst ich doch den Weg zuruck op.63 No.8. Auf dem Kirchhofe op.105 No.4. Verrat op.105 No.5. In Waldeseinsamkeit op.85. No.6. Sommerabend op.85 No.1. Mondenschein op.85 No.2 (Brahms). Ach weh mir ungluckhaftem Mann op.21 No.4. Ich trage meine Minne op.32 No.1 (Richard Strauss). Der Gartner (Hans Pfitzner). Der Tambour No.5 of Morike-Lieder. Ob de Koran von Ewigkeit sei? No.34 of Goethe-Lieder. So lang man nuchtern ist No.36 of Goethe-Lieder. Schon Streckt' ich aus im Bett No.27 of Italienisches-Liederbuch. Ein Standchen Euch zu bringen No.22 of Italienisches-Liederbuch. Anakreons Grab No.29 of Goethe-Lieder. Wohl denk' ich oft No.1 of Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo. Alles endet was entstehet No.2 of Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo. Fuhlt meine Seele No.3 of Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo. Cophtisches Lied I No.14 of Goethe-Lieder. Cophtisches Lied II No.15 of Goethe-Lieder. Grenzen der Menscheit No.51 of Goethe-Lieder. Prometheus No.49 of Goethe-Lieder. Wer sich der Einsamkeit - Harfenspieler I - No.1 of Goethe-Lieder. An die Turen - Harfenspieler II - No.2 of Goethe-Lieder. Wer nie sein Brot - Harfenspieler III - No.3 of Goethe-Lieder. Geselle woll'n wir uns in Kutten hullen No.14 of Italienisches-Liederbuch. Verborgenheit No.12 of Morike-Lieder. Der Musikant No.2 of Eichendorff-Lieder. Fussreise No.10 of Morike-Lieder. Nimmersatte Liebe No.9 of Morike-Lieder (Hugo Wolf). Der Mond - Der Wein ist gut (Carl Orff). Capriccio : Hola! Ihr Streiter in Apoll! (Richard Strauss). Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg : Und doch s'will halt nich gehn / Doch eines Abends spat. Der fliegende Hollander : Wie aus der Ferne. Die Walkure : War es so Schmahlich… Leb wohl du kuhnes herrliches Kind! (Wagner).
ARTISTS: Hans Hotter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: clamshell packaging - recorded 1950-1957 - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'These six CDs span his often-forgotten range, reminding us of his strength in Lieder. What an artist!'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD173435  (barcode: 7318591734352)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Artistry of Emma Kirkby
TRACKS: Gloria : Gloria in excelsis Deo / Et in terra pax / Laudamus te / Gratias agimus tibi / Domine Deus / Qui tollis / Quoniam to solus sanctus / Cum Sancto Spiritu. Salve Regina for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Salve Regina / Eja ergo advocata nostra / O clemens o pia. O qualis de coelo sonus for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Sonata / Recitativo: O qualis de coelo sonus / Ad plausus ad jubila / Recitativo: Eja ergo mortalis / Gaude tellus benigna / Alleluja. Coelestis dum spirat aura for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Sonata / Recitativo: Coelestis dum spirat aura / Felix dies præclara serena / Recitativo: Vestro religiosi principes / Tam patrono singulari / Alleluja. Laudate pueri Psalm 112 for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Laudate pueri Dominum / Sit nomen Domini benedictum / A solis ortu usque ad occasum / Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus / Quis sicut Dominus / Ut collocet eum cum principibus / Qui habitare facit / Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto (Handel). Natus est Jesus for soprano and basso continuo (Philipp Friedrich Boddecker). Offne dich mein ganzes Herze from the cantata 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV61 for soprano and basso continuo. Bereite dir Jesu noch itzo die Bahn from the cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147a for soprano violin and basso continuo (JS Bach). Cantata 'Ach Gott und Herr' : Choral: Ach Gott und Herr / Recitativo: O Gott o Gott was hab ich doch getan? / Aria: Seufzt und weint ihr matten / Augen / Recitativo: Ich fuhle Pein / Recitativo: Doch Seele geh zurucke / Aria: Stelle dich zufrieden (Christoph Graupner). Premiere Lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint. Troisieme Lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint (Couperin). Troisieme Lecon de Tenebres du Mercredy Saint (Michel-Richard de Lalande). Non so qual piu m'ingombra - Cantata Pastorale for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Recitativo: Non so qual piu m'ingombra… / Aria: Che sara? Chi'a me lo dice?… / Recitativo: E nato al fin mi dice… / Aria Pastorale: Nacque col Gran Messia…. O di Betlemme altera poverta venturosa - Cantata per la Natale for soprano two violins viola and basso continuo : O di Betlemme altera poverta venturosa… / Dal bel Segno d'una Stella… / Presa d'uomo la forma… / L'autor d'ogni mio bene… / Fortunati Pastori!… / Tocco la prima sorte a voi pastori… (Scarlatti). Pur alfin gentil viola - Cantata a Voce Sola con la Viola d'Amore : Aria: Pur alfin gentil viola… / Non fu saggio il consiglio… / Aria: Belta che col rigor… (Attilio Malachia Ariosti). Su l'ore che l'aurora for voice harpsichord and theorbo. Va' che l'hai fatto a me for voice and archlute. Lieve al pie grave al passo - Cantata sacra per la Beatissima Vergine for voice harpsichord and theorbo (Cataldo Amodei). O sweet woods. I saw my lady weepe. Daphne was not so chaste. Farewell too faire. Time's eldest sonne. Shall I strive with words to move? (Dowland). Dost thou withdraw thy grace? (John Danyel). Full fathom five thy father lies (Robert Johnson). Da l'onde del mio pianto (Sigismondo d'India). Dolce tempo passato (Georg Schimmelpfennig). Eile mich Gott zu erretten (Heinrich Schutz). Paisible et tenebreuse nuit (Etienne Moulinie). Que Philis a l'esprit leger (Jean-Baptiste Boesset). Anacreon's Ode call'd The Lute - original Greek. Anacreon's Ode call'd The Lute - 'English'd to be sung by a Basse alone'. At dead low ebb of night - 'A tale out of Anacreon' (Henry Lawes). Sappho to the Goddess of Love (John Blow). Diffugere nives - Horace Odes IV/7 (John Wilson). So beautie on the waters stood (Alfonso II Ferrabosco). Orpheus' Hymn to God (Henry Lawes). Orpheus with his lute (Maurice Greene). Stop O ye waves (John Weldon).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra and London Baroque
CONDUCTOR: Laurence Cummings and Charles Medlam
ARTISTS: Emma Kirkby   Jakob Lindberg   Lars Ulrik Mortensen   Anthony Rooley

- Jul-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'As a sensitively selected compilation that includes Handel, Couperin, Graupner, Robert Johnson and more, it does feel like an appropriate summation of Emma Kirkby’s unique gifts…'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67740  (barcode: 0034571177403)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: William Mathias
TITLE: Choral Music
TRACKS: Let the people praise thee O God op.87. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis - 'Jesus Service' op.53 : Magnificat / Nunc dimittis. A Babe is Born op.55. In excelsis gloria. Processional organ solo. Missa brevis op.64 : Kyrie / Gloria / Sanctus / Benedictus / Agnus Dei. Ave verum corpus. Carillon organ solo. All wisdom is from the Lord op.88 No.3. Lift up your heads O ye gates op.44 No.2. O nata lux No.3 from Rex gloriae op.83. Festival Te Deum op.28. O be joyful in the Lord - Jubilate Deo op.90 No.2.
CONDUCTOR: Matthew Owens
ARTISTS: Wells Cathedral Choir   Jonathan Vaughn    

- Jun-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The Wells Cathedral Choir throw themselves into Mathias’s intricate, fresh settings under Matthew Owens. Enormously enjoyable.'

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CATALOGUE NR: DCD34067  (barcode: 0801918340673)
RECORD LABEL: Delphian
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Rodion Schedrin
TITLE: The Sealed Angel
CONDUCTOR: David Trendell and Geoffrey Webber
ARTISTS: Choir of Kings College London   Clare Wills   Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge  

- Jul-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A magnificent piece of music in itself…'

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CATALOGUE NR: HAEN93224  (barcode: 4010276020578)
RECORD LABEL: Hanssler
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Charles Ives
TITLE: Choral Works - Psalm Settings
TRACKS: Psalm 90. Psalm 24. Psalm 67. Psalm 135. Psalm 14. Psalm 25. Psalm 100. Psalm 54. Psalm 150. Psalm 42.
CONDUCTOR: Marcus Creed
ARTISTS: Kay Johannsen   SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart    

- Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Largely unknown music by Ives given revelatory performances'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2120232  (barcode: 5099921202322)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Nov-2008

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Donna
TRACKS: Vorrei spiegarvi oh Dio! K418. No che non sei capace K419. La finta semplice : Senti l'eco ove t'aggiri. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail : Martern aller Arten. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail : Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln. Die Zauberflote : Ach ich fuhl's. Don Giovanni : Crudele... Non mi dir. Don Giovanni : In quali eccessi... Mi tradi. Le nozze di Figaro : Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni non tardar. Le nozze di Figaro : E Susanna non vien… Dove sono. Mitridate re di Ponto : Al destin che la minaccia. La clemenza di Tito : S'altro che lagrime. La clemenza di Tito : Ecco il punto... Non piu di fiori.
CONDUCTOR: Jeremie Rhorer
ARTISTS: Diana Damrau   Le Cercle de l'Harmonie    

- Dec-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Pearly tone, flexible coloratura, fire and sweetness: Diana Damrau has it all'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU807489  (barcode: 0093046748968)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 27-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Jacobus Clemens non Papa  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Songs of Songs
TRACKS: Ego flos campi (Clemens non Papa). Surge propera amica mea. Ego flos campi. Trahe me post te (Guerrero). Quam pulchra es (Gombert). Veni dilecte mi (Lassus). Nigra sum (Lheritier). Hortus conclusus (Ceballos). Osculetur me. Nigra sum (Palestrina). Veni dilecte mi (Vivanco). Vadam et circuibo. Vidi speciosam (Victoria). Plainchant - Antiphons: Dum esset rex. Nigra sum. Laeva eius. Speciosa facta es. Iam hiems transiit. Alleluia: Tota pulchra es.
ARTISTS: Stile Antico      

- May-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'There is something inherently natural-sounding about their performances here, in composers ranging from Ceballos to Vivanco. Marvellous.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777374  (barcode: 0028947773740)
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Alcina - complete
CONDUCTOR: Alan Curtis
ARTISTS: Joyce DiDonato   Maite Beaumont   Karina Gauvin   Il Complesso Barocco

- May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The drama hums along, while the forces of Il Complesso Barocco simultaneously prove the most sensitive of accompanists. Wonderful.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4034  (barcode: 0880040403425)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Romances
TRACKS: At the Ball op.38 No.3. None but the lonely Heart op.6 No.6. Over burning ashes op.25 No.5. My genius my angel my friend!. Lullaby op.16 No.1. Reconciliation op. 25 No.1. The sun has set op.73 No.4. The fearful moment op.28 No.6. Mild stars looked down op.60 No.12. Had I only known op. 47 No.1. The lights were being dimmed op.63 No.5. Not a word my friend op.6 No.2. Why? op 6 No.5. The Bride's Lament op.47 No.7. The gypsy song op.60 No.7. Do not believe my friend op.6 No.1. It was in early spring op.38 No.2. Cuckoo op.54 No.8. Can it be day? op.47 No.6. Again as before alone op.73 No.6.
ARTISTS: Christianne Stotijn   Julius Drake    

- BBC Music Magazine 2010 Award Winner 'Christianne Stotijn is that artist in a thousand whose personality shines through everything she does.' - Mar-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'If Tchaikovsky's songs are not well enough known, Stotijn could change all that'

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CATALOGUE NR: SU39562  (barcode: 0099925395629)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.79
RELEASE DATE: 01-Dec-2008

COMPOSER: Bohuslav Martinu
TRACKS: Nipponari - Cycle of seven songs for female voice and small orchestra H68. Kouzelne noci - Three songs on Chinese texts for soprano and orchestra H119. Ceska rapsodie - Cantata for baritone mixed choir organ and orchestra H118.
ORCHESTRA: Prague Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jiri Belohlavek
ARTISTS: Dagmar Peckova   Lubica Rybarska   Ivan Kusnjer   Kuhn Mixed Choir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1985-1988 - Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A welcome return to these scintillating early scores that hardly show their age'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5070  (barcode: 0095115507025)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.35
RELEASE DATE: 02-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: Leonard Bernstein
TITLE: Mass
ORCHESTRA: Tonkunstler Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kristjan Jarvi
ARTISTS: Randall Scarlata   Chorus sine nomine   Tolzer Knabenchor   Company of Music

- May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Kristjan Järvi conducts his forces with high-octane energy, while Chandos delivers thrillingly clear and immediate sound.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697281262  (barcode: 0886972812625)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 04-May-2009

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: Die Jahreszeiten
ORCHESTRA: Concentus Musicus Wien
CONDUCTOR: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
ARTISTS: Genia Kuhmeier   Werner Gura   Christian Gerhaher   Arnold Schoenberg Choir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recording from Styriarte Festival in Graz - Oct-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Harnoncourt revisits Haydn's pastoral oratorio with sensational results'

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