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CATALOGUE NR: 5190452  (barcode: 5099951904524)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 06-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet in G minor op.10 (Claude Debussy). String Quartet in E minor op.121 (Gabriel Faure). String Quartet in F major (Maurice Ravel).
ARTISTS: Quatuor Ebene      

- BBC Music Magazine 2009 Award Winner '2009 Awards Jury says : Quatuor Ebène’s Debussy is very strong, masculine and passionate - a long way from Impressionism as you usually hear it! - Award for Newcomer of the Year.' - Nov-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'What a sensational disc!' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner - Jan-2009 IRR Outstanding Recording 'this is an exceptional release - programming, sound quality and performances coming together in perfect accord.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67676  (barcode: 0034571176765)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Robert Schumann
TITLE: Dichterliebe & other Heine settings
TRACKS: Tragodie op.64 No.3 : Entflieh' mit mir und sei mein Weib / Es fiel ein Reif in der Fruhlingsnacht. Die beiden Grenadiere op.49 No.1. Abends am Strand op.45 No.3. Die feindlichen Bruder op.49 No.2. Der arme Peter op.53 No.3 : Der Hans und die Grete tanzen herum / In meiner Brust / Der arme Peter wankt vorbei. Belsatzar op.57. Myrthen op.25 : Die Lotosblume op.25 No.7 / Was will die einsame Trane? op.25 No.21 / Du bist wie eine Blume op.25 No.24. Songs originally conceived for Dichterliebe : Lehn' deine Wang' an meine Wang' op.142 No.2 / Es leuchtet meine Liebe op.127 No.3 / Dein Angesicht so lieb und schon op.127 No.2 / Mein Wagen rollet langsam op.142 No.4. Dichterliebe op.48 : Im wunderschonen Monat Mai / Aus meinen Tranen spriessen / Die Rose die Lilie die Taube die Sonne / Wenn ich in deine Augen seh' / Ich will meine Seele tauchen / Im Rhein im heiligen Strome / Ich grolle nicht / Und wussten's die Blumen die kleinen / Das ist ein Floten und Geigen / Hor' ich das Liedchen klingen / Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen / Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen / Ich hab' im Traum geweinet / Allnachtlich im Traume / Aus alten Marchen / Die alten bosen Lieder.
ARTISTS: Gerald Finley   Julius Drake    

- Sep-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...he sings with such mellifluous tone, allied to such perceptiveness and intensity of expression…' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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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: CHAN10497  (barcode: 0095115149720)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Complete Works for Piano volume 4
TRACKS: 12 Etudes Book 1 & Book 2. Images Book 1 & Book 2. Etude retrouvee.
ARTISTS: Jean Efflam Bavouzet      

- Nov-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Another ravishing release from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - so what are you waiting for?' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner - Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4035  (barcode: 0880040403524)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli op.120. Partita No.4 in D Major BWV828.
ARTISTS: Stephen Kovacevich      

- Feb-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Stephen Kovacevich's 1968 Diabelli set was quite a calling card. This follow-up is, if anything, even finer. He encompasses the emotional range and contrasts in the work superbly and is alive to its every nuance. Stunning.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner - Feb-2009 IRR Outstanding Recording 'the recording is bright and full, it sounds very much as a piano would in a good concert hall.this disc is most definitely a winner, above all for the beethoven.'

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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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CATALOGUE NR: 0743264  (barcode: 0044007432648)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 71.44
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
TITLE: The Copenhagen Ring
TRACKS: Der Ring des Nibelungen : Das Rheingold - complete / Die Walkure - complete / Siegfried - complete / Gotterdammerung - complete.
CONDUCTOR: Michael Schonwandt
ARTISTS: Royal Danish Opera      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC DVD9 16:9 Colour / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 Surround / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: staging by Kasper Bech Holten / Subtitles: English French German Spanish Chinese - Apr-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice '...a provocative and intelligent production is what we get here, in this superb cycle from Copenhagen.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: COR16066  (barcode: 0828021606625)
RECORD LABEL: Coro
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 02-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Coronation Anthems
TRACKS: Zadok the Priest. Let thy hand be strengthened. The King shall rejoice. My heart is inditing. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Messiah : extracts. Organ Concerto in F Major op.4 No.4.
CONDUCTOR: Harry Christophers
ARTISTS: The Sixteen      

- Mar-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This is an opulently sung and played Handel. Christophers has thought deeply about how to pace these works, how to marshall his resources for maximum but never superficial effect.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907502  (barcode: 0093046750220)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2009

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: The complete Fantazias
TRACKS: Fantazia I in 3 parts. Fantazia II in 3 parts. Fantazia III in 3 parts. Fantazia IV in 4 parts. Fantazia V in 4 parts. Fantazia VI in 4 parts. Fantazia VII in 4 parts. Fantazia VIII in 4 parts. Fantazia IX in 4 parts. Fantazia X in 4 parts. Fantazia XI in 4 parts. Fantazia XII in 4 parts. Fantazia upon one note. In Nomine in 6 parts. In Nomine in 7 parts.
ARTISTS: Fretwork      

- Aug-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Sep-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Fretwork seem more relaxed in their ability and insights here, providing accounts that one will want to mine.' - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CDHLD7520  (barcode: 5065001341199)
RECORD LABEL: Halle
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 20-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: The Dream of Gerontius op.38
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mark Elder
ARTISTS: Bryn Terfel   Alice Coote   Paul Groves   Halle Choir

- Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67625  (barcode: 0034571176253)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Complete works for piano and orchestra
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in D major op.13. Young Apollo op.16 for piano and strings. Diversions op.21 for piano left hand and orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ilan Volkov
ARTISTS: Steven Osborne      

- Sep-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD150  (barcode: 5023363015028)
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 06-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: David Sawer  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The NMC Songbook
TRACKS: Claire Booth / Susan Bickley / Owen Gunnell - The Source (David Sawer). Benjamin Hulett / Antonis Hatzinikolaou - Upon St George's Hill (Luke Bedford). Andrew Kennedy / Iain Burnside - Shining Plain (Anthony Powers). Susan Bickley / Jane Chapman - Interlude (Gary Carpenter). Roderick Williams - tss-k-haa (Jonathan Cole). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball - Galliard: Version 1 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Lore Lixenberg / Michael Chance / Owen Gunnell - Those Fenny Bells (Anthony Gilbert). David Stout / Iain Burnside - the sun's great eye (Philip Cashian). Elizabeth Atherton / Lucy Wakeford - The Bourne (Nicola LeFanu). Benjamin Hulett / Owen Gunnell - Maiden in the moor (Nicholas Sackman). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - Houses and Gardens in the Heart of England (John White). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball - Galliard: Version 2 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Claire Booth / Huw Watkins - This Silence before Light (Harrison Birtwistle arr. Matthews). Stephan Loges / Iain Burnside - Blist's Hill (Julian Philips). Michael Chance / Lucy Wakeford - Fin like a Flower (Anna Meredith). George Mosley / Iain Burnside - Cease Sorrows Now (Joe Duddell). Elizabeth Atherton / Andrew Ball - Titania's Song (Alison Bauld). Andrew Watts / Owen Gunnell - Swift's Epitaph (Donnacha Dennehy). Jean Rigby / Huw Watkins - Nobody Comes (Helen Grime). Lore Lixenberg / Antonis Hatzinikolaou - A Cat (John McCabe). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball - Galliard: Version 3 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Richard Jackson / Michael Finnissy - Outside Fort Tregantle (Michael Finnissy). Claire Booth / Andrew Ball - Blaze of Noon (Phillip Neil Martin). Daniel Norman / Andrew Ball - Bands (Joe Cutler). Andrew Swait / Sam Harris / Lucy Wakeford - Mouth of the Dumb (James MacMillan). Lore Lixenberg / Jonathan Powell - Stanzas 1814 (Jonathan Powell). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman / Owen Gunnell - Galliard: Version 4 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Andrew Kennedy / Iain Burnside - Easter (Hugh Wood). David Stout / Lucy Wakeford - Dirge from Cymbeline (Gordon Crosse). Daniel Norman / Andrew Ball - A curious thirsty fly (David Horne). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - Out of Town (Rachel Leach). Claire Booth / Susan Bickley / Owen Gunnell - English Encouragement of Art (Richard Causton). Jean Rigby / Huw Watkins - A Swallow (David Blake). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman / Owen Gunnell - Galliard: Version 5 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Stephan Loges / Iain Burnside - The beach in winter: Scratby For Tess (Robert Saxton). Claire Booth / Owen Gunnell - Lucretius (Julian Anderson). Andrew Watts / Andrew Ball - Upon the cloudy night (James Dillon). Benjamin Hulett / Andrew Ball - Easter Zunday (Sadie Harrison). Andrew Swait / Andrew Plant - Labyrinth to Light (Peter Maxwell Davies). George Mosley / Iain Burnside - With my Whip (Edward Rushton). Omar Ebrahim - Raju Raghuvanshi is a Ghost (Simon Holt). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - A Winter's Morning (Thea Musgrave). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 6 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Andrew Watts / Benjamin Hulett / Lucy Wakeford - Darkness Visible (Tarik O'Regan). Stephan Loges / Iain Burnside - A Simple Neo-Georgian Summer (Emily Hall). Andrew Watts / Iain Burnside - A Cause for Wonder (Peter Wiegold). Jean Rigby / Huw Watkins - Wild Clematis in Winter (Emily Howard). Claire Booth / Daniel Norman / Andrew Ball - Poet and Star (Bayan Northcott). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 7 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Jean Rigby / Huw Watkins - Loch Lurgainn in the Sunshine (Rupert Bawden). Roderick Williams / Iain Burnside - A Coat (Roderick Williams). Susan Bickley / Iain Burnside - Know Thy Kings and Queens (Julian Grant). Daniel Norman / Jane Chapman - Because I breathe not love to everyone (Robert Keeley). Claire Booth / Andrew Ball - Destroying Beauty (Tansy Davies). George Mosley / Iain Burnside - First Known When Lost (Philip Grange). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 8 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). James Bowman / Andrew Plant - Haiku (Blaar Kindsdottir). Susan Bickley - Meet Me in the Green Glen (Brian Elias). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - Music thou Queen of Souls (Lloyd Moore). Benjamin Hulett / Andrew Ball - Plover's Peak (David Matthews). Susan Bickley / Iain Burnside - Spoken to a Bronze Head (Jeremy Dale Roberts). Lore Lixenberg / David Stout / Antonis Hatzinikolaou - The Greenwoods' Lament (Jonathan Lloyd). Elizabeth Atherton / Andrew Ball - Love Song for yoga (Diana Burrell). Daniel Norman / Andrew Ball - Night & Morning (John Casken). Michael Chance / Lucy Wakeford - Hour-glass (Daniel Basford). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 9 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Claire Booth / Huw Watkins - Proud Maisie (Huw Watkins). Stephan Loges / Owen Gunnell - A Recipe for Whisky (Lyell Cresswell). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - Echo: hommage a Francis Poulenc (Michael Berkeley). Claire Booth / Owen Gunnell - Lullaby (Roger Marsh). Lore Lixenberg - Lake Side (Dai Fujikura). Susan Bickley / Iain Burnside - English Lullaby (Richard Baker). Stephan Loges / Iain Burnside - A Poison Tree (Stephen Montague). Andrew Kennedy / Lucy Wakeford - She walks in beauty like the night (Judith Bingham). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 10 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Daniel Norman / Owen Gunnell - The True Standard Advanced (Christopher Fox). Susan Bickley / Iain Burnside - That Mighty Heart (Roxanna Panufnik). Andrew Kennedy / Lucy Wakeford - The Fitful Alternations of the Rain (Christopher Mayo). Errollyn Wallen - Tree (Errollyn Wallen). Lore Lixenberg / Omar Ebrahim / Jonathan Powell - An Hypallage (Chris Dench). Ailish Tynan / Iain Burnside - A Dangerous Crossing (Edwin Roxburgh). George Mosley / Iain Burnside - The Roman Centurion's Song (David Bedford). Luke Stoneham - 25 (Luke Stoneham). Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman - Galliard: Version 11 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Andrew Watts / Benjamin Hulett / Lucy Wakeford - Bellamy (Mark-Anthony Turnage). Claire Booth / Huw Watkins - Ah! Sun-flower (Jonathan Harvey). George Mosley / Iain Burnside - Blackbirds and Thrushes (Judith Weir). Michael Chance / Antonis Hatzinikolaou - The Lif of this World (Stuart MacRae). Gerald Barry - The Importance of Being Earnest (Gerald Barry). Roderick Williams / Iain Burnside - London (Martin Butler). Claire Booth / Huw Watkins - Out in the Dark (Colin Matthews). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball / Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman / Owen Gunnell - Galliard: Version 12 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Andrew Kennedy / Lucy Wakeford - Old Man and Sea (Gavin Bryars). Roderick Williams / Andrew West - Ulysses' Admonition (Alexander Goehr). Michael Chance / George Mosley - My favourite sound (Claudia Molitor). Claire Booth / Huw Watkins - Stendhal's Observation (John Woolrich). Benjamin Hulett / Lucy Wakeford - Silence on Ullswater (Howard Skempton). David Stout - Heynonnynonny Smallprint (Geoffrey Poole). James Bowman / Andrew Plant - The Moon's Funeral (Joseph Phibbs). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball / Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman / Owen Gunnell - Galliard: Version 13 (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Lore Lixenberg / Jonathan Powell - Bees a-zwarmen (Julia Simpson). Susan Bickley / Andrew Watts - Sonnet XVIII (Simon Bainbridge). Jean Rigby / Huw Watkins - Go lovely Rose (Robin Holloway). Claire Booth / Andrew Ball - An Aesthetic of Lines (Jordan Hunt). Benjamin Hulett / Antonis Hatzinikolaou - I look into my glass (Giles Swayne). Roderick Williams / Iain Burnside - Ghost Train (Anthony Payne). Lore Lixenberg / Jonathan Powell - Dictionary of London (Morgan Hayes). Daniel Norman / Andrew Ball - Driving (Ben Foskett). Iain Burnside / Andrew Ball / Lucy Wakeford / Antonis Hatzinikolaou / Jane Chapman / Owen Gunnell - Galliard: Complete version (Thomas Morley arr. Colin Matthews). Lore Lixenberg / Jonathan Powell - An Oblique (Bryn Harrison).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Limited Edition Box Set - May-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
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RELEASE DATE: 27-Apr-2009

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
TITLE: Les Troyens - complete
TRACKS: The Trojans. Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky.
ORCHESTRA: Covent Garden Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rafael Kubelik
ARTISTS: Jon Vickers   Blanche Thebom   Amy Shuard   Michael Langdon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London 20-Jun-1957 and Barbican Cinema London 25-Oct-1998 for Vickers / Tolansky conversation - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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FORMAT: 2 CD Set
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RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: Madama Butterfly - complete
ORCHESTRA: Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Angela Gheorghiu   Jonas Kaufmann   Enkelejda Shkosa   Gregory Bonfatti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 36 page booklet with track list / synopsis / liner notes - recorded in The Santa Cecilia Hall at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome 7/19-Jul-2008 - libretto can be downloaded - Apr-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570568  (barcode: 0747313056873)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 29-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
TITLE: Manfred Symphony
TRACKS: Manfred Symphony op.58. The Voyevoda - symphonic ballad after Mickiewicz op.78.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vasily Petrenko

- Nov-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2009

COMPOSER: Bohuslav Martinu
TITLE: Three Fragments from the Opera Juliette
TRACKS: Three Fragments from the Opera Juliette - The Key to Dreams. Orchestral Suite from Juliette (arr. Z Vostrak).
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Charles Mackerras
ARTISTS: Magdalena Kozena   Steve Davislim   Frederic Goncalves   Michele Lagrange

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live recording from the work's world premieres on 11/12-Dec-2008 - Jun-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2009 Award Winner

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