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CATALOGUE NR: PBP01  (barcode: 0852188003010)
RECORD LABEL: Philharmonia Baroque
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Arias
TRACKS: Les Nuits d'Ete (Berlioz). Giulio Cesare : Figlio non e L'angue offeso mai riposa / La giustizia ha gia sull'arco. Ottone : Ben a raggion Vieni o figlio e mi consola. Arianna in Creta : Mirami altero in volto. Radamisto : Ombra cara di mia sposa / Qual nave smarrita. Agrippina : Ogni vento ch'al porto lo spinga (Handel).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Nicholas McGegan
ARTISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1991-1995 - Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'In sum, a cherishable momento of a great artist, who always sang as if every performance were her last.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67874  (barcode: 0034571178745)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Robert Parsons
TITLE: Sacred Music
TRACKS: Domine quis habitabit?. Peccantem me quotidie. Holy Lord God Almighty. Deliver me from mine enemies. Retribue servo tuo. Solemnis urgebat dies 'Iam Christus astra ascenderat'. Magnificat. Libera me Domine. Credo quod redemptor. O bone Jesu. Ave Maria.
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Carwood
ARTISTS: Cardinalls Musick      

- Dec-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: DSL92128  (barcode: 0053479212825)
RECORD LABEL: Dorian Sono Luminus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: The Vanishing Nordic Chorale
TRACKS: Du er opstandne sejershelt - Was Gott tut (Bach / Pachelbel). Hvorledes skal jeg mode - Wie soll ich dich empfangen (Cruger). Lovsjung Krist - Psallite (Praetorius). Lover den Herre - Lobe den Herren (Bach) . Mitt hjerte alltid vanker - My Heart Always Wanders (Trad. Norwegian arr. Spray). Den store hvide flok - A Great White Host (Grieg arr. Spray). Der mange skal komme - Many Shall Come (Trad. Swedish arr. Spray). Fran Gud vill jag ej vika - Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (Charpentier / du Caurroy). Pa dig jag hoppas - In dich hab' ich gehoffet Herr (Scheidt). O Jesus sa sot O Jesus sa mild - O Jesulein suss O Jesulein mild (Bach). Forlen os freden Herre nu - Verleih uns Frieden gnadiglich (Mendelssohn). Min sjal lat Gud i allt fa råda (Wer nur den lieben Gott (Neumark / Bach arr. Spray). Denne er dagen som Herren har gjort - This is the Day the Lord Has Made (Nielsen). Sand Herre dina anglar ut - Herzlich lieb (Hassler). Prelude VI (Nielsen). Var halsad skona morgonstund - Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Bach). Prelude I (Nielsen). Der er en Vej - There is a Way (Nielsen). Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Buxtehude). Prelude XXIII (Nielsen). Vor Gud han er sa fast en borg - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Pederson). Improvisation on Prelude XXIII & Ein feste Burg (Karosi). Klag-Lied - Lament (Buxtehude).
ARTISTS: Musik Ekklesia      

- Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'There is something enchanting about this disc.The tradition has largely died out, but here a good many thoroughly appealing examples are resurrected.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10688  (barcode: 0095115168820)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Witold Lutoslawski
TITLE: Vocal Works
TRACKS: Chantefleurs et Chantefables. Silesian Triptych. Sleep sleep. Lacrimosa. Les Espaces du sommeil. Paroles tissees.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Edward Gardner
ARTISTS: Lucy Crowe   Toby Spence   Christopher Purves  

- Nov-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5095  (barcode: 0095115509524)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Bernard Herrmann
TITLE: Moby Dick
TRACKS: Moby Dick - A Cantata. Sinfonietta for Strings.
ORCHESTRA: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michael Schonwandt
ARTISTS: Richard Edgar Wilson   David Wilson-Johnson    

- Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This performance is full of excitement… In surround sound it is simply stunning with vivid singing and playing, all of the highest order.'

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CATALOGUE NR: SIGCD280  (barcode: 0635212028025)
RECORD LABEL: Signum Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
TITLE: Grand Messe des Morts op.5
ORCHESTRA: Wroclaw Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Award Winner - Nov-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Certainly not for the faint- hearted either in terms of its enormous scale or its spectrum of powerful, visionary espression. The impact is overwhelming.'

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CATALOGUE NR: RCOC11023  (barcode: 8437010014024)
RECORD LABEL: RCOC
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.50

COMPOSER: Domenec Terradellas
TITLE: Sesostri - complete
CONDUCTOR: Juan Bautista Otero
ARTISTS: Sunhae Im   Alexandrina Pendachanska   Kenneth Tarver   Real Compania Opera de Camara

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded L'Auditori Barcelona December 2010 - Nov-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: DCD34072  (barcode: 0801918340727)
RECORD LABEL: Delphian
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Gabriel Jackson  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In The Beginning
TRACKS: In the Beginning was the Word (Gabriel Jackson). Lugebat David Absalon (Gombert). When David Heard (Weelkes). When David Heard (Eric Whitacre). Nunc Dimittis (Palestrina). Nunc Dimittis (Holst). Nunc Dimittis (Pawel Lukaszewski).
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Nicholas and Peter Phillips
ARTISTS: Choir of Merton College Oxford      

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This choir are fully responsive to the different styles of 16th- and 17th- century polyphonic compositions and the rich chordal textures of 20th - and 21st-centuary pieces.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 0709072  (barcode: 5099907090721)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Domenico Scarlatti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Lamentazione
TRACKS: Stabat Mater a 10 (Domenico Scarlatti). Crucifixus a 10 (Antonio Lotti). Quam amarum est Maria (Giovanni Legrenzi). Crucifixus a 16 voci (Antonio Caldara). Miserere mei Deus a due cori obligati (Leonardo Leo). Crucifixus etiam pro nobis a 8 voci (Antonio Lotti).
CONDUCTOR: Paul Agnew
ARTISTS: Les Arts Florissants      

- Nov-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Leo's miserere is sung with the boldness,authority, lamenatation and soft compassion that the composer variously demands… a masterly and valuable recording.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67818  (barcode: 0034571178189)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Vytautas Miskinis
TITLE: Time is endless
TRACKS: Dum medium silentium. O sacrum convivium. Pater noster. Tenebrae factae sunt. Neiseik saulala - Don't leave me sun. Seven O Antiphons : O Sapientia / O Adonai / O Radix Jesse / O Clavis David / O Oriens / O Rex gentium / O Emmanuel. Oi s ala s ala - Oh it's getting cold. O magnum mysterium. Ave Maria II. Salve regina. Ave Maria III. Time is endless.
CONDUCTOR: Rupert Gough
ARTISTS: Choir of Royal Holloway      

- Jan-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rupert Gough and his Choir of Royal Holloway manage to sound entirely idiomatic.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6419272  (barcode: 5099964192727)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Antonio Caldara
TITLE: Caldara in Vienna
TRACKS: L'Olimpiade : Aria - Lo seguitai felice. Demofoonte : Aria - Misero pargoletto. La clemenza di Tito : Recitativo - Numi assistenza / Aria - Opprimete i contumaci. L'Olimpiade : Aria - Mentre dormi amor fomenti. Temistocle : Aria - Non tremar vassallo indegno. La clemenza di Tito : Aria - Se mai senti spirarti sul volto. Scipione nelle Spagne : Aria - Se mai senti spirarti sul volto. Ifigenia in Aulide : Aria - Tutto fa nocchiero. Adriano in Siria : Aria - Tutti nemici e rei. Lucio Papirio dittatore : Recitativo - Son io Fabio? / Aria - Troppo e insoffribile fiero martir. Temistocle - Aria: Contrasto assai piu degno. Enone : Aria - Vado o sposa. Achille in Sciro.
ORCHESTRA: Concerto Koln
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuelle Haim
ARTISTS: Philippe Jaroussky      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: replaces 6488102 now deleted - Jan-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This is terrific, a bravura exploration of the music of the 17th- and 18th-century composer Antonio Caldara.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6405292  (barcode: 5099964052922)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.65
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
TITLE: Stabat Mater
TRACKS: Stabat Mater dolorosa - Introduction. Cujus animam gementem. Quis est homo. Pro peccatis suae gentis. Eja Mater fons amoris. Sancta Mater istud agas. Fac ut portem Christi mortem. Inflammatus et accensus. Quando corpus morietur. Amen In sempiterna saecula.
ORCHESTRA: Accademia di Santa Cecilia
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Anna Netrebko   Joyce DiDonato   Lawrence Brownlee   Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

- Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The soloists are superb, Netrebko the best I have ever heard her.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697720662  (barcode: 0886977206627)
RECORD LABEL: RCA
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TITLE: German Requiem
TRACKS: Ein Deutsches Requiem op.45.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Nikolaus Harnoncourt

- Jan-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This one gives a new view of a great old warhorse.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ALPHA170  (barcode: 3760014191701)
RECORD LABEL: Alpha
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 08-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Masses
TRACKS: Missae Breves in F BWV233. Missae Breves in G BWV236. O Jesu Christ meins lebens Licht BWV118.
CONDUCTOR: Raphael Pichon
ARTISTS: Pygmalion      

- Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'An outstanding disc, this, full of soul and beauty. First-rate.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8572270  (barcode: 0747313227075)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Clovis et Clotilde
TRACKS: Clovis et Clotilde - Cantate a trois voix. Te Deum.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de Lille
CONDUCTOR: Jean-Claude Casadesus
ARTISTS: Katarina Jovanovic   Philippe Do   Mark Schnaible  

- Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This is a disc guaranteed to delight anyone who has ever responded to the youthful sparkle of Bizet's Symphony in C.'

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CATALOGUE NR: AVSA9875  (barcode: 7619986398754)
RECORD LABEL: Alia Vox
FORMAT: Hybrid 3 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 35.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Guillaume Dufay
TITLE: Dinastia Borgia - The Borgia Dynasty
TRACKS: PART ONE CD1 Paths to power: the origins and expansion of a dynasty ca. 1238-1492 - The origins and rise of the Borgia family : 1063 Muslim Valencia - Mowachah Billadi Askara Min adbi Llama (arab-andalus music) / 1238 Conquest of Valencia by James I - Ductia (CSM 123) / 1378 Birth of Alfonso de Borja the future Pope Callistus III - Saltarello (Guillaume Dufay / Jordi Savall) / 1417 End of theWestern Schism - Da Pacem (Gilles Binchois) / 1423 Alfonso the Magnanimous’s military expeditions to Naples - Deserts d’amichs de bens e de senyor / 1431 Birth of Rodrigo de Borja - Rondeau instrumental 'Ce jour' (Guillaume Dufay / Jordi Savall) / 1438/42 - King Alfonso V to Italy: To the conquest of Naples - Strambotto-caccia: Correno multi cani (Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1442 Naples capital of the Crown of Aragon - Zappay lo campo (instr. Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1444 Alfonso de Borja is appointed cardinal - Ave Maris Stella (Guillaume Dufay) / 1453 Fall of Constantinople - Makam Muhayyer 'Kume' usules Duyek - Acemler (War turkish march) - The demise of the Three Cultures and the conquest of power: the Vatican : 1455 Alfonso de Borja is Pope Callistus III He proclaims the Crusade against the Turks - Exultet caelum cum laudibus (Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1456 Callistus III revokes the sentence of the trial of 1431 condemning Joan of Arc - Adoramus te (Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1455-58 Ferrante I King of Naples - Viva viva Rey Fernando (Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1458 King Alfonso V dies on 27th June and Callistus III dies on 6th August - Miserere nostri / Vexilla regis (Anon - Montecassino Songbook) / 1459 Death of Ausias March - La gran dolor - Ausias March / 1474 Birth of Cesare Borgia - El cervel mi fa (Anon) / 1478 Sixtus VI excommunicates Lorenzo 'the Magnificent' - Patres nostris peccaverunt (Johannes Cornago) / 1480 Birth of Lucrezia Borgia - De Tous biens plaine (Haine van Guizeghem / Josquin Des Prez) / 1489 Prince Djem the brother and rival of Bayazid II a hostage in the Vatican - Anonymous Ottoman - Taksim & Dance / January 1492 - The end of the Kingdom of Granada - Viva el Gran Rey Don Fernando (Carlo Verardi) / April 1492 - Death of Lorenzo de’ Medici 'the Magnificent' - Lamento per la morte di Lorenzo Il Magnifico (Heinrich Isaac) / July 1492 - The Jews are expelled from Spain - Romance: La rosa enflorece (Anonymous Sefardi). PART TWO CD2 Supremus est mortalibus: The culmination and end of a dream 1492-1509 - The culmination and end of a dream : August 1492 - Rodrigo Borja is elected Pope taking the name of Alexander VI - Salve regis Mater / Hic sacerdos (Marbriano de Orto) / 1493 Alexander VI gives refuge to the Jews of Sepharad - Hebrew song of peace Adonay (Anon Sinagogal Song) / 1493 Marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni Sforza - Elogio de Lucrecia (B Accolti) / 1495 Deaths of Prince Djem & J Ockeghem - Deploration pour la mort de J Ockeghem (Josquin Des Prez) / 1496 Capitulation of the Viceroy of Naples - Fortuna desperata (Anon) / 1497 Murder of Giovanni Borgia Duke of Gandia - Absalon fili mi (Josquin Des Prez) / 1498 Lucrezia marries Alfonso of Aragon - Un cavalier di Spagna (Anon) / 23 May 1498 - Torture and execution of Savonarola - Drums & bells / 1498 Birth of Rodrigo the son of Lucrezia and Alfonso - Une musique de Buscaye (Josquin Des Prez) / 1499 Cesare Borgia marries Charlotte of Albret - Donna contro la mia voglia (Philippus de Lurano) / 31-10-1501 Eclogues to Rome The black legend - Villancico: Si abra en estre baldres (Juan del Enzina) / July 1503 Lucrezia meets the poet and Humanist Pietro Bembo - Soneto: Amor la tua virtute (Arcadelt / Bembo) / 18-08-1503 Fatal illness and death of Alexander VI - Requiem (Josquin Des Prez). The age of upheavals and Humanism: the Sibyl and the Prophecies of the Book of Revelation : 1505 Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrara - Pavana alla Ferrarese (Joan Ambrosio Dalza) / 1506 Lucrezia at the court of Ferrara - Eloge de la duchesse de Ferrara (Fondraglia) / 1507 Death of Duke Valentine Cesare Borgia during the siege of Viana 16 Epitafio: Aqui yaze en poca tierra (Fernandez de Oviedo) / Lament for the death of Cesare - Castalios latices ploranda (Ercole Strozzi) / 1508 Murder of Ercole Strozzi Lucrezia’s confidant - Agnus Dei Missa Hercules Rex (Josquin Des Prez) / The trumpets of the Apocalypse - Fanfaria (Jordi Savall) / The Song of the Valencian Sibyl (Anonymous / Gandia Songbook) / Refrains: Alonso and Bartomeu Carceres - Al jorn del judici / D’una Verge naixera / Mostrar-s’han quinze senyals / D’alt dels cels devallara / Portara cascu escrit / Als bons dara goig etern / Mare de Deu pregau per nos / Vosaltres tots que escoltau. PART THREE CD3 From the turbulent 'reign' of Alexander VI to the spiritual triumph of St Francis Borgia 1510-1572 (1671) Battles and truces: military and political responsibilities : 1510 Birth of Francisco de Borja - Fantasia I - harp (Lluis del Mila) / 1515 Francis I is King of France Victory of Marignan : La Batalla (Janequin / Susato) / 1519 Death of Lucrezia Death of Emperor Maximilian - Motet: Proch dolor (Josquin Des Prez) / 1520 War of the Guilds - La guerra: Todos los buenos soldados (Mateu Flecha) / 1526 Ferdinand of Aragon is installed at Valencia - Fantasia II (Lluis del Mila) / The Court of the Duke of Calabria - Tau garco la durundena (Bartomeu Carceres) / 1529 Marriage of Francisco de Borja to Eleanor de Castro - Meis olhos van por lo mare (Anonymous Portuguese) / 1536 Garcilaso de la Vega dies in the arms of Francisco de Borja - Egloga III Aquella voluntad honesta y pura / 1538 Truce of Nice between Francis I and Charles V - Jubilate Deo omnis terra (Cristobal de Morales) / 1539 Francisco de Borja is appointed Viceroy of Catalonia - Pavana 'O voy' (Juan Roman). Renunciation and spiritual transformation : 1549 Profession of faith - Credo in unum Deum (Francesc Borja) / 1550 Departure from Gandia - Kyrie I (Venegas de Henestrosa) / 1555 Meeting with Teresa of Avila - Alma buscarte has en Mi (Teresa de Jesus) / 1555 Francisco de Borja is present at the death of Joanna the Mad at Tordesillas - Lachrimosa dies illa (Cristobal de Morales) / 1556 Abdication of Charles V - Mille regrets (Josquin Des Prez / Luys Narvaez). Final years death and canonization of Francisco de Borja - 1565 The Turks attack Malta - Improvisation & Dance (Traditional Turkish anonymous) / 1571 Victory of Lepanto - Fanfare (Anon) / 24-08-1572 Journey to Paris St Bartholemew’s Day Massacre - Psalm 35: Deba contre mes debateurs (Claude Goudimel) / 30-09-1572 Death of Francisco de Borja - Requiem: Pie Jesu Domine (Cristobal de Morales) / 22-09-1609 Edict of expulsion of the Moriscos - El Rey y por S M Don Luis Carrillo Valencia 1611 - Improvisation (Moorish Lament) / 1671 Canonization of Francisco de Borja - Pange Lingua gloriosi (Gregorian Anonymous) Tiento XVII from 'Pange Lingua' (Joan Cabanilles).
CONDUCTOR: Jordi Savall
ARTISTS: Hesperion XXI   Montserrat Figueras   Pascal Bertin   La Capella Reial de Catalunya

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes bonus PAL format DVD-Video - deluxe book with 244 pages in English and Spain - Feb-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A set to leave you enriched.'

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CATALOGUE NR: GFOCD00960  (barcode: 0878280000092)
RECORD LABEL: Glyndebourne
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.99
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
TITLE: I Puritani - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vittorio Gui
ARTISTS: Joan Sutherland   John Kentish   Nicola Filacuridi   Giuseppe Modesti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1960 - Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Great occasion, great set.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CD706  (barcode: 0658592070620)
RECORD LABEL: Obsidian Records
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Thomas Tallis  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Cantiones Sacrae 1575
TRACKS: Salvator mundi i (Tallis). Absterge Domine (Tallis). In manus tuas (Tallis). Emendemus in melius (Byrd). Libera me Domine et pone (Byrd). Peccantem me quotidie (Byrd). Mihi sutem nimis (Tallis). O nata lux (Tallis). O sacrum convivium (Tallis). Aspice Domine quia facta est (Byrd). Attolite portas (Byrd). O lux beata Trinitias (Byrd). Derelinquat impius (Tallis). Dum transisset sabbatum (Tallis). Honor virtus et potestas (Tallis). Sermone blando Illae dum pergunt concite (Tallis). Laudate pueri Dominum (Byrd). Memento homo (Byrd). Siderum rector. Te lucis ante terminum - festal setting (Tallis). Te lucis ante terminum - ferial setting (Tallis). Salvator mundi ii (Tallis). Candidi facti sunt (Tallis). Da mihi auxilium (Byrd). Domine secundum actum meum (Byrd). Diliges Dominum (Byrd). In ieiunio et fletu (Tallis). Suscipe quaeso Domine / Si enim iniquitates (Tallis). Miserere mihi Domine (Byrd). Tribue Domine / Te deprecor / Gloria patri qui creavit (Byrd). Libera me Domine de morte (Byrd). Miserere nostri Domine (Tallis).
ARTISTS: Alamire      

- Mar-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Thoroughly reliable and musical performances of a major motet volume'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4779337  (barcode: 0028947793373)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 21-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Giovanni Pergolesi
TITLE: Stabat Mater
TRACKS: Nel chiuso centro. Sinfonia to the sacred drama. Questo e il piano - Cantata for contralto strings and continuo. Stabat Mater for soprano contralto strings and basso continuo.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra Dell' Accademia Di Santa Cecilia
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Anna Netrebko   Marianna Pizzolato    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Jul-2010 Baden-Baden - Apr-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The singers blend perfectly, and time and again the attention is caught by the quality of the playing. It is a most distinguished issue.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HAEN93262  (barcode: 4010276023203)
RECORD LABEL: Hanssler
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Per Amore
TRACKS: Cosi fan tutte : Come scoglio (Mozart). Le nozze di Figaro : E Susanna non vien! - Dove sono i bei momenti (Mozart). Der Freischutz : Wie nahte mir der Schlummer - Leise leise fromme Weise (von Weber). Die verkaufte Braut : endlich allein wie fremd und tot ist alles umher (Smetana). La Boheme : Si Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini). Gianni Schicchi : O mio babbino caro (Puccini). Manon : Allons! Il le faut... Adieu notre petit table (Massenet). Carmen : C'est des contrebandiers (Bizet). Faust : O Dieu que de bijoux! (Gounod).
ORCHESTRA: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken
CONDUCTOR: Christopher Poppen
ARTISTS: Juliane Banse      

- Apr-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Altogether a delight, recorded with ideal warmth and clarity. A disc to love.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU807550  (barcode: 0093046755065)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Cantatas & Arias
TRACKS: Cantata BWV51 Jauchzet Gott. Cantata BWV199 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut. Arias from: BWV31 / BWV57 / BWV84 / BWV105.
ORCHESTRA: English Concert
CONDUCTOR: Harry Bicket
ARTISTS: Elizabeth Watts      

- May-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This Bach disc again proves Elizabeth Watts to be one of the most interesting young sopranos around. The tone is slighly dusky with darker tinges.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6419942  (barcode: 5099964199429)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Vespers
TRACKS: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
CONDUCTOR: Christina Pluhar
ARTISTS: L'Arpeggiata      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes bonus DVD video - Mar-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Christina Pluhar and her forces manage the considerable feat of rendering this much recorded- work exciting and thrillingly virtuosic without ever letting it actually feel rushed. Thers polish aplenty here and there is also drama.'

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CATALOGUE NR: WHLIVE0044  (barcode: 5065000924430)
RECORD LABEL: Wigmore Hall Live
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Die schone Mullerin D795
ARTISTS: Christopher Maltman   Graham Johnson    

- Jun-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Maltman's ardent, impulsive, intensely "lived" performance , partnered and inspired by the ever - illuminating Johnson, should be heard by anyone who loves the cycle'

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CATALOGUE NR: SDG712  (barcode: 0843183071227)
RECORD LABEL: Monteverdi Productions
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: St John Passion BWVV245
CONDUCTOR: John Eliot Gardiner
ARTISTS: Mark Padmore   Hanno Muller Brachmann   Peter Harvey   Monteverdi Choir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in Konigslutter in 2003 - Jun-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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CATALOGUE NR: DCD34071  (barcode: 0801918340710)
RECORD LABEL: Delphian
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TITLE: Motets
TRACKS: Tota pulchra es. Maria. Aequale I. Zwei Totenlieder I : O ihr die ihr heut mit mir zum Grabe geht. Ave Maria. Afferentur regi. Christus factus est. Ecce sacerdos. Virga Jesse. Locus iste. Pange lingua. Iam lucis orto sidere dignare. Aequale II. Libera me in F minor. Zwei Totenlieder II : O ihr die ihr heut mit mir zum Grabe geht. Vexilla regis. Os justi. Inveni David.
CONDUCTOR: Duncan Ferguson
ARTISTS: Choir of St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh   RSAMD Brass    

- Jul-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice

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