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On this recording, Anne-Sophie Mutter, accompanied by pianist Lambert Orkis, shares her up-to-date thoughts on the Brahms Violin Sonatas that have been central to her repertoire from the start of her career. These sonatas are among the most intense, emotionally penetrating works composed for the violin.

The world's leading oboist plays the great vocal melodies of JS Bach. Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of Germany's prestigious ECHO-Klassik as Instrumentalist of the Year.

In celebration of Chopin Year - 2010 being the 200th birthday of the sui generis Polish genius - Nelson Freire, a Chopin interpreter of unique discernment, records the beloved Nocturnes. Nelson Freire is an acknowledged master of the keyboard.

For her Salzburg recital, Anna Netrebko programmed an all Russian evening. Companioned by Daniel Barenboim's masterful, idiomatic playing, Netrebko's voluptuous voice surrenders completely to the haunting, soulful melodies of songs by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and others.

Measha Brueggergosman's album, Night and Dreams contains well- and little-known songs of Duparc, Falla, Hahn, Liszt, Schubert and others. "Brueggergosman has a lovely lyric voice with a soaring top . . . She has the assets to become a genuine star…" - Opera News Jun-2009.