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CATALOGUE NR: GCD921527  (barcode: 8424562215276)
RECORD LABEL: Glossa
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Jun-2010

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Apollo e Dafne
TRACKS: Apollo e Dafne HWV122. Agrippina condotta a morire HWV110. Cuopre tal volta il cielo HWV98.
CONDUCTOR: Fabio Bonizzoni
ARTISTS: Roberta Invernizzi   Thomas E Bauer   Furio Zanasi   La Risonanza

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in the English Church Den Haag and in Saint-Michel en Thiérache in Jan-2007 & Jun-2009 - Nov-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice '… as sublime a performance as any on disc.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 8572461  (barcode: 0747313246175)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Symphony Number 10 in E minor Opus 93.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vasily Petrenko

'Vasily Petrenko’s straight-as-a-die reading of Shostakovich’s mighty Tenth Symphony is electrifying.' - Dec-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This is the finest of Petrenko's brilliant Shostakovich cycle so far, a riveting, exhilarating piece of music-making from him and his high-flying players.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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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: 88697727252  (barcode: 0886977272523)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 15-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TITLE: Handel Variations
TRACKS: Handel Variations Opus 24. Two Rhapsodies Opus 79. Rhapsodie Number 1 in B Minor Opus 79 / Rhapsodie Number 2 in G Minor Opus 79. Six Piano Pieces Opus 118 : Intermezzo in A Minor Opus 118 Number 1 / Intermezzo in A Major Opus 118 Number 2 / Ballade in G Minor Opus 118 Number 3 / Intermezzo in F Minor Opus 118 Number 4 / Romance in F Major Opus 118 Number 5 / Intermezzo in E-flat Minor Opus 118 Number 6. Four Piano Pieces Opus 119 : Intermezzo in B Minor Opus 119 Number 1 / Intermezzo in E Minor Opus 119 Number 2 / Intermezzo in C Major Opus 119 Number 3 / Rhapsodie in E-flat Major Opus 119 Number 4.
ARTISTS: Murray Perahia      

- Feb-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Not a note wasted.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner - Jan-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'It is, musically and technically, in the highest class, deserving of a place in any record collection'

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT31457  (barcode: 0749677145729)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.49
RELEASE DATE: 24-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TITLE: Symphony Number 10
TRACKS: CD1 - Deryck Cooke's illustrated BBC talk 19-Dec-1960. CD2 - Studio performance of Cooke's incomplete first version broadcast on the BBC Third Programme 19-Dec-1960 with the Philharmonia Orchestra / Berthold Goldschmidt recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios 1960. CD3 The 1964 Proms premiere of the full-length performing version of Mahler's draft world premiere performance recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall 6-Aug-1964 London Symphony Orchestra / Berthold Goldschmidt.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Berthold Goldschmidt
ARTISTS: Deryck Cooke      

- May-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This is more than just a performance. This is an- all -you need guide to Deryck Cooke's famous completion of Mahler's Tenth Symphony. Essential for Mahlerians.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC90208384  (barcode: 0794881984626)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
TITLE: Keyboard Concertos Wq43
TRACKS: Concertos for harpsichord 2 flutes 2 horns and strings : Concerto Number 1 in F H471 / Concerto Number 2 in D H472 / Concerto Number 3 in E flat H473 / Concerto Number 4 in C minor H474 / Concerto Number 5 in G H475 / Concerto Number 6 in C H476.
ORCHESTRA: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Petra Mullejans
ARTISTS: Andreas Staier      

- Jun-2011 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Here is the world's finest Baroque orchestra eagerly joining with one of the world's best harpsichordists' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: SU40382  (barcode: 0099925403829)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.79
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: String Quartet Number 13 in G major opus 106 B192. String Quartet Number 12 in F major opus 96 B179 'American'.
ARTISTS: Pavel Haas Quartet      

- Christmas-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. 'The Quartet’s unerring commitment to the music of their native country again results in an impressive proposition.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CDHLD7526  (barcode: 5065001341250)
RECORD LABEL: Halle
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: The Kingdom Opus 51
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mark Elder
ARTISTS: Claire Rutter   Susan Bickley   John Hudson   Halle Choir

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Bridgewater Hall Manchester 2009 'And with superb singing from the four soloists, here’s a Kingdom to stand alongside the classic Boult recording.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5084  (barcode: 0095115508428)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Maurice Ravel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in G major. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel). Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra (Debussy). Valse Folle. Papillons blancs. Papillons noirs. Eau courante. Eau dormante. Toccata (Massenet).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Yan Pascal Tortelier
ARTISTS: Jean Efflam Bavouzet      

- BBC Music Magazine 2012 Award Winner 'BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination' - Jan-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag. '….it is Debussy’s infrequently aired Fantaisie which is the disc’s trump card – a “voluptuous” and “tantalising foretaste of things to come” from the then young composer.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD156  (barcode: 5023363015622)
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.75
RELEASE DATE: 16-May-2011

COMPOSER: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
TITLE: Night's Blackbird
TRACKS: The Shadow of Night. Night's Black Bird. The Cry of Anubis.
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ryan Wigglesworth
ARTISTS: Owen Slade      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Gramophone Awards 2011 Shortlist - Contemporary - BBC Music Magazine 2012 Award Winner - Sep-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. 'The pairing with the “richly refined elegy” of The Cry of Anubis, a tuba concerto mined from the opera The Second Mrs Kong, finds the Hallé Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth on top form.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 101553  (barcode: 0807280155396)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 28-Mar-2011

TITLE: Carlos Kleiber - Traces To Nowhere
TRACKS: A Film by ERIC SCHULZ with Placido Domingo / Brigitte Fassbaender / Otto Schenk / Veronika Kleiber / Michael Gielen / Manfred Honeck.
CONDUCTOR: Carlos Kleiber

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 72 minutes - Jul-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. 'Enigmatic, charismatic, reclusive and difficult, Carlos Kleiber was “an intriguing, contradictory” figure, “made all the more alluring by his refusal to play the media game”, wrote Jeremy Nicholas.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 6316099  (barcode: 5099963160994)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-2010

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Don Carlo - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon   Marina Poplavskaya   Simon Keenlyside   Ferruccio Furlanetto

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: live from the Royal Opera House London stage direction by Nicholas Hytner 'There are few satisfying filmed versions but this latest, perceptively directed by Nicholas Hytner, takes its place at the head of the catalogue.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782734  (barcode: 0028947827344)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.75
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Alessandro Striggio  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mass in 40 Parts
TRACKS: CD - Ecce beatem lucem. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno : Kyrie / Gloria / Credo / Sanctus / Benedictus / Agnus Dei I / Agnus Dei II (Alessandro Striggio). Contrapunto Secondo di BM (Vincenzo Galilei). Fuggi spene mia. O giovenil ardire. Altr'io che queste spighe. D'ogni gratia et d'amor. O de la bella Etruria. Caro dolce ben mio. Misero ohime (Striggio). Sarum Plainchant : Spem in alium. Spem in alium (Thomas Tallis). DVD - Ecce beatam lucem - 5.1 Surround Sound (Striggio). Missa ecco si beato giorni - 5.1 Surround Sound (Striggio). Spem in alium - 5.1 Surround Sound (Tallis). The Making of Striggio - Documentary with English / French / German subtitles.
CONDUCTOR: Robert Hollingworth
ARTISTS: I Fagiolini      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes bonus DVD-Video - Apr-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag. 'these performances “revel in the showy splendour of it all” and -illustrate the music’s “variegated plumage”.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner - May-2011 IRR Outstanding Recording 'an important and outstanding release'

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CATALOGUE NR: ORC42  (barcode: 0792938004228)
RECORD LABEL: Opera Rara
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.99
RELEASE DATE: 31-Aug-2010

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
TITLE: Ermione - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: David Parry
ARTISTS: Carmen Giannattasio   Patricia Bardon   Colin Lee   Graeme Broadbent

- Dec-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag. 'This Opera Rara recording “runs at white heat whenever Colin Lee’s Orestes is on stage” and, while the Opera Rara chorus disappoints, Carmen Giannattasio in the title-role is “the mistress of every phrase”.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782258  (barcode: 0028947822585)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 27-Sep-2010

COMPOSER: Riccardo Zandonai
TITLE: Vincino A Te
TRACKS: Giulietta e Romeo : Giulietta! Son io! (Zandonai). Andrea Chenier : Colpito qui m'avete … Un di all'azzurro spazio / Come un bel di di maggio (Giordano). L'Arlesiana : E la solita storia (Cilea). La Boheme : Musetta! O gioia della mia dimora! - Testa adorata (Leoncavallo). Pagliacci : Recitar! - Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Cavalleria rusticana : Viva il vino spumeggiante / Mamma quel vino e generoso (Mascagni). Mefistofele : Dai campi dai prati / Giunto sul passo estremo (Boito). Fedora : Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Adriana Lecouvreur : La dolcissima effigie / L'anima ho stanca (Cilea). I Lituani: Si… questa estrema grazia (Ponchielli). La Gioconda : Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Andrea Chenier : Vicino a te s'acqueta (Giordano). Ombra di nube.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Jonas Kaufmann      

'The versatile German tenor Jonas Kaufmann here shows just how wonderful the sometimes underrated verismo composers can sound when sung with discrimination and taste.' - Christmas-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. 'A perfectly recorded and stunning recital.' - Gramophone 2011 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67778  (barcode: 0034571177786)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake
TRACKS: Lemady. She's like the swallow. I wonder as I wander. Tom Bowling. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake opus 74 : Proverb I / London / Proverb II / The Chimney-Sweeper / Proverb III / A Poison Tree / Proverb IV / The Tyger / Proverb V / The Fly / Proverb VI / Ah Sun-flower / Proverb VII / Every Night and every Morn. Tit for Tat : A Song of Enchantment / Autumn / Silver / Vigil / Tit for Tat. Um Mitternacht. A Poison Tree. Evening. Morning. Night. David of the White Rock. Greensleeves. The Crocodile. The Deaf Woman's Courtship. Bird Scarer's Song.
ARTISTS: Gerald Finley   Julius Drake    

- Gramophone 2011 Award Winner - Sunday Times Top Album of 2010

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