CATALOGUE NR: BISSACD1569
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
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RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Robert Schumann
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in B flat major op.38 'Spring Symphony'. Overture to Schiller's 'Braut von Messina' op.100. Overture to the opera 'Genoveva' op.81. Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau Symphony'. Overture Scherzo and Finale op.52.
ORCHESTRA: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Dausgaard

- Apr-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a performance to return to time and again'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570283
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
TITLE: Four Last Songs
TRACKS: Vier letzte Lieder - Four Last Songs op.posth AV150. 6 Lieder op.68 words by Brentano. Ariadne auf Naxos op.60 : excerpts.
ORCHESTRA: Weimar Staatskapelle
CONDUCTOR: Michael Halasz
ARTISTS: Ricarda Merbeth      

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'well worth hearing'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776593
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.49 including VAT, or £ 8.93 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in G minor op.16 (Prokofiev). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major (Ravel).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Yundi Li      

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Yundi Li goes from strength to strength'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC901988
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Sehnsucht
TRACKS: Fahrt zum Hades D526. Freiwilliges Versinken D700. Das Weinen D926. Des Fischers Liebesgluck D933. Der Winterabend D938. Memnon D541. Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360. Der Schiffer D536. Sehnsucht D636. Der Jungling am Bache D638. An Emma D113. Der Pilgrim D794. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583. Hoffnung D295. Grenzen der Menschenheit D716.
ARTISTS: Matthias Goerne   Elisabeth Leonskaja    

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'for all the darkness, there is a gorgeous mellifluousness to Matthias Goerne's singing that leavens somewhat a very serious-minded collection of rather tragic songs'

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CATALOGUE NR: CC72245
RECORD LABEL: Challenge Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 17.75 including VAT, or £ 15.11 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 25-Feb-2008

COMPOSER: Dietrich Buxtehude
TITLE: Harpsichord Works 2 - Opera Omnia Vl
TRACKS: Aria in C BuxWV246. Suite in E BuxWV236. Aria in A BuxWV249. Suite in F BuxWV239. Suite in A BuxWVdeest. Canzona in D BuxWV168. Suite in A BuxWV244. Suite in C BuxWV227. Aria Rofilis in D BuxWV248. Suite in G BuxWV240. Suite in E BuxWV237. Canzona in C BuxWV166. Courante in D BuxWVAnh6. Suite in G BuxWV241. Suite in C BuxWV229.
ARTISTS: Ton Koopman      

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Ton Koopman realises the richness and poetry in this music in performances that are at once probing, lively and extremely enjoyable'

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC901980
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2008

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: The Last Concertos
TRACKS: Clarinet Concerto in A K622. Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat K595.
ORCHESTRA: Freiburger Barockorchester
CONDUCTOR: Gottfried von der Goltz
ARTISTS: Lorenzo Coppola   Andreas Staier    

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'the great glory of this set is the work of Andreas Staier on the fortepiano. He delivers one of the most satisfying readings of the Piano Concerto No 27 on record'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570721
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Karol Szymanowski
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in B flat major op.19. Symphony No.3 op.27 'Piesn o nocy' - Song of the Night.
ORCHESTRA: Warsaw Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Antoni Wit
ARTISTS: Ewa Marczyk   Ryszard Minkiewicz    

- May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'these are performances of great affection and, typically for Wit, sound totally idiomatic'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776618
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2008

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: Amor Profano - Vivaldi Arias
TRACKS: L’olimpiade : Siam navi all’onde algenti. La fede tradita e vendicata : Sin nel placido soggiorno. Orlando furioso : Ah fuggi rapido. Tito Manlio : Non m’affligge il tormento di morte. Semiramide : Quegl’occhi luminosi. La virtù trionfante dell’amore e dell’odio overo Il Tigrane : Squarciami pure il seno. Catone in Utica : Se in campo armato. Il Tamerlano : Sinfonia - without tempo indication / Andante molto / Allegro. Griselda : Agitata da due venti. Tito Manlio : Dopo sì rei disastri. La verita in cimento : Amato ben tu sei la mia speranza. Tito Manlio : Combatta un gentil cor. La farfalletta audace s’invola. Giustino : Or che cinto ho il crin d’alloro.
ORCHESTRA: Venice Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrea Marcon
ARTISTS: Simone Kermes      

- Apr-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'There are vocal fireworks aplenty, alongside a rapt concentration in the slower pieces. Essential listening.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3944002
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 21-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.1 Sz40 op.7. String Quartet No.3 Sz85. String Quartet No.5 Sz102. String Quartet No.2 Sz67 op.17. String Quartet No.4 Sz91. String Quartet No.6 Sz114.
ARTISTS: Belcea Qt      

- Mar-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'a terrific disc'

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CATALOGUE NR: SDG141
RECORD LABEL: Monteverdi Productions
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Cantatas volume 3
TRACKS: Cantatas for the Fourth and Fifth Sundays after Trinity : Ein ungefärbt Gemute BWV24 / Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe BWV185 / Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV177 / Gott ist mein Konig BWV71. Cantatas for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity : Aus der Tiefen rufe ich Herr zu dir BWV131 / Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten BWV93 / Siehe ich will viel Fischer aussenden BWV88.
CONDUCTOR: John Eliot Gardiner
ARTISTS: Magdalena Kozena   Nathalie Stutzmann   Peter Harvey   Monteverdi Choir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Tewkesbury Abbey & Blasiuskirche Muhlhausen - Apr-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'here, in a really tremendous volume, is spiritual reflection paced to the fast-moving ebb and flow of life today'

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