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CATALOGUE NR: 4782733  (barcode: 0028947827337)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
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RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: Cantatas
TRACKS: Ich habe genug BWV82 : Aria: 'Ich habe genug ich habe den Heiland' / Recitative: 'Ich habe genug! Mein Trost ist nur allein' / Aria: 'Schlummert ein ihr matten Augen' / Recitative: 'Mein Gott! wann kommt das schone Nun!' / Aria: 'Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod'. Gott soll allein mein Herze haben BWV169 : Sinfonia / Arioso: 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' / Aria: 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' / Recitative: 'Was ist die Liebe Gottes?' / Aria: 'Stirb in mir' / Recitative: 'Doch meint es auch dabei' / Chorale: 'Du susse Liebe schenk uns deine Gunst'. Nach dir Herr verlanget mich BWV150 : Sinfonia. Bekennen will ich seinen Namen BWV200 : Aria: 'Bekennen will ich seinen Namen'. Komm du susse Todesstunde BWV161 : Recitative: 'Der Schluss ist schon gemacht'. Schlage doch gewunschte Stunde BWV53 : Aria: 'Schlage doch gewunschte Stunde'.
ORCHESTRA: Kammerorchester Basel
CONDUCTOR: Julia Schroder
ARTISTS: Andreas Scholl   Junko Takamaya   Michael Feyfar   Raitis Grigalis

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CATALOGUE NR: HMC90211516  (barcode: 3149020211526)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.85
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Late Piano Sonatas
TRACKS: Piano Sonata No.15 in C D840 'Relique'. Piano Sonata No.17 in D D850. Piano Sonata No.18 in G D894. Impromptus D899. Klavierstucke D946.
ARTISTS: Paul Lewis      

- Jan-2012 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Every now and again a recording comes along that makes you want to dance in the street, handing out copies to complete strangers. This is one of those instances.'

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1473  (barcode: 0749677147327)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 59 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: Etudes op.10 : Etude No.1 in C major / Etude No.2 in A minor / Etude No.3 in E major / Etude No.4 in C sharp minor / Etude No.5 in G flat major / Etude No.6 in E flat minor / Etude No.7 in C major / Etude No.8 in F major / Etude No.9 in F minor / Etude No.10 in A flat major / Etude No.11 in E flat major / Etude No.12 in C minor. Etudes op.25 : Etude No.1 in A flat major / Etude No.2 in F minor / Etude No.3 in F major / Etude No.4 in A minor / Etude No.5 in E minor / Etude No.6 in G sharp minor / Etude No.7 in C sharp minor / Etude No.8 in D flat major / Etude No.9 in G flat major / Etude No.10 in B minor / Etude No.11 in A minor / Etude No.12 in C minor.
ARTISTS: Maurizio Pollini      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: original recording by EMI - Jan-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'What superb articulacy, what awe-inspiring assurance and uncanny technical perfection. All lovers of great piano- playing will need to add this to their collection.'

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CATALOGUE NR: BM312439  (barcode: 4014513026552)
RECORD LABEL: Bella Musica
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 10-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Domenico Gabrielli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Belcanto - Music for Doublebass
TRACKS: Ricercare No.2 - arranged for doublebass solo (Domenico Gabrielli). Concerto for doublebass in E (Johann Baptist Vanhall). Concerto for doublebass in B minor (Bottesini). Tarantella in A minor for Doublebass and Piano (Bottesini). Stele for doublebass solo (Georg Noeldeke). Frictions for doublebass solo (Georg Noeldeke). Skizze for doublebass solo (Georg Noeldeke).
ARTISTS: Georg Noeldeke   Lothar Arnold    

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CATALOGUE NR: CDLX7281  (barcode: 0765387728120)
RECORD LABEL: Epoch
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: E J Moeran  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sketches for Symphony No.2 in E flat (Moeran realised and completed by Martin Yates). Overture for a Festival : Allegro (Moeran orchestrated by Rodney Newton). Sarnia: an island sequence for orchestra (John Ireland orchestrated by Martin Yates).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Martin Yates

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: world premiere recordings recorded at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 21-22-Jun-2011 & 2-Aug-2011

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CATALOGUE NR: 0709432  (barcode: 5099907094323)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 07-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: Giovanni Bononcini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Duetti
TRACKS: Pietoso nume arcier - Duetto: Pietoso Nume arcier (Giovanni Bononcini) Pietoso nume arcier - Recitativo: Consolati (Giovanni Bononcini). Pietoso nume arcier - Duetto: Se lidolo che adoro (Giovanni Bononcini). Quanto mai saria piu bello - Aria: Quanto mai saria piu bello (Francesco Mancini). Quanto mai saria piu bello - Recitativo: Irene che ne dici (Francesco Mancini). Quanto mai saria piu bello - Aria: La costanza nellamore (Francesco Mancini). Quanto mai saria piu bello (Francesco Mancini). Aria Quando veggo unusignolo (Francesco Bartolomeo Conti). Chi dAmor tra le catene - Duetto: Chi dAmor (Giovanni Bononcini). Chi dAmor tra le catene - Duetto: Bella si ma crudel (Giovanni Bononcini). Ecco che il primo albore - Sinfonia (Nicola Porpora). Ecco che il primo albore - Recitativo Ecco che il primo albore (Nicola Porpora). Ecco che il primo albore - Aria La pecorella contenta (Nicola Porpora). Ecco che il primo albore - Recitativo Pastor gentil (Nicola Porpora). Ecco che il primo albore - Aria Se andra senza il Pastore (Nicola Porpora). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Recitativo Chiaro e limpido fonte (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Aria Al partir della fronte serena (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Recitativo Voi pur leggiere aurette (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Aria Un solo respiro (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Recitativo Mirtillo a che si cerca (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Duetto Dunque voi cristalli erranti (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Recitativo Ma che pianger Mirtillo? (Bendetto Marcello). Cantata Chiaro e limpido fonte - Duetto La nobile luce (Benedetto Marcello). Cantata Tirsi e Fileno - Duetto No.1: Veggio Fille / Parlo a Clori (Benedetto Marcello). Cantata Tirsi e Fileno (Bendetto Marcello). Nel cor del cor mio (Alessandro Scarlatti).
CONDUCTOR: William Christie
ARTISTS: Philippe Jaroussky   Max Emanuel Cencic   Les Arts Florissants  

- Jan-2012 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927495842  (barcode: 0809274958426)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Ralph Vaughan Williams
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in E minor. The Lark Ascending. Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Davis
ARTISTS: Tasmin Little      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4044  (barcode: 0880040404422)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 28-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Nicolo Paganini
TITLE: 24 Caprices
TRACKS: 24 Caprices op.1.
ARTISTS: James Ehnes      

- Dec-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'With this superlative set James Ehnes confirms the promise of recent discs.…'

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CATALOGUE NR: SU40652  (barcode: 0099925406523)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Bedrich Smetana  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Ma Vlast - Live 1939
TRACKS: My Country - A cycle of symphonic poems : The original radio introductory announcement 5-Jun-1939 : Vysehrad / Vltava / Sarka / From Bohemian Fields and Groves / Tabor / Blanik (Smetana). Czech National Anthem - audience singing. The original sign off (Smetana). Slavonic Dances 2nd Series op.72 B147 : The original radio introductory announcement 13-Jun-1939 : No.9 in B major Molto vivace / No.10 in E minor Allegretto grazioso / No.11 in F major Allegro / No.12 in D flat major Allegretto grazioso / No.13 in B flat minor Poco adagio / No.14 in B flat major Moderato quasi minuetto / No.15 in C major Allegro vivace / No.16 in A flat major Grazioso e lento ma non troppo quasi tempo di valse. Czech National Anthem from record. The original sign off.
ORCHESTRA: Czech Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vaclav Talich

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CATALOGUE NR: ALPHA041  (barcode: 3760014190414)
RECORD LABEL: Alpha
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jan-2004

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Holberg Suite op.40 (Grieg arr. Christian Wirth). Quartet for Saxophones op.109 (Glazunov). String Quartet No.12 in F op.96 D179 American (Dvorak arr. Christian Wirth).
ARTISTS: Quatuor Habanera      

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CATALOGUE NR: BISSACD1820  (barcode: 7318599918204)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev
TITLE: Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor op.16. Piano Concerto No.3 in C major op.26. Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor op.14.
ORCHESTRA: Bergen Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Litton
ARTISTS: Freddy Kempf      

- May-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Yet this is a thoughtful reading - no hammering away for its own sake for him - and one in which the orchestra under the excellent Andrew Litton play a full part.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 88697927102  (barcode: 0886979271029)
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.49
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Johann Strauss II  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: New Year's Concert 2012
TRACKS: Vaterlandischer Marsch (Strauss II). Rathaus-Ball-Tanze Walzer op.438 (Strauss II). Entweder - oder! Polka schnell op.403 (Strauss II). Tritsch-Tratsch Polka schnell op.214 (Strauss II). Wiener Burger Walzer op.419 (Carl Ziehrer). Albion Polka op.102 (Strauss II). Jockey Polka schnell op.278 (Josef Strauss). Danse diabolique (Joseph Hellmesberger). Kunstler-Gruss Polka francaise op.274 (Josef Strauss). Freuet euch des Lebens Walzer op.340 (Strauss II). Sperl-Galopp op.42 (Strauss I). Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop (Hans Christian Lumbye). Feuerfest Polka francaise op.269 (Josef Strauss). Carmen-Quadrille op.134 (Eduard Strauss). 'Panorama' aus 'Dornroschen' (Tchaikovsky). Walzer aus 'Dornroschen' (Tchaikovsky). Pizzicato-Polka (Strauss II). Persischer Marsch op.289 (Strauss II). Brennende Liebe Polka mazur op.129 (Josef Strauss). Delirien Walzer op.212 (Josef Strauss). Unter Donner und Blitz Polka schnell op.324 (Strauss II). Tik-Tak Polka schnell op.365 (Strauss II). An der schonen blauen Donau op.314 (Strauss II). Radetzky-Marsch op.228 (Strauss I).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Mariss Jansons

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CATALOGUE NR: APR7503  (barcode: 5024709175031)
RECORD LABEL: APR
FORMAT: 5 CD Set  DURATION: 366 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Complete Solo Recordings
TRACKS: CD1 - Victor Talking Machine Company Camden New Jersey USA 8-May-1928 / Okeh New York March or April 1928 / Thomas A Edison Inc West Orange New Jersey USA March & April 1929. CD2 - Lindstrom group (Odeon and Parlophone) Berlin 1929 1930 & 1931. CD3 - Lindstrom group (Odeon and Parlophone) Berlin continued 1930 & 1931 / Ultraphon Berlin 16 April 1930 / Gramophone Company Ltd No.3 Studio Abbey Road London 1934 & 1935. CD4 - Gramophone Company Ltd No.3 Studio Abbey Road London continued 1935-1937. CD5 - RCA Victor Camden New Jersey USA June 1939 & March 1942 / British Broadcasting Corporation London 24 March 1935 (live broadcast) / National Broadcasting Company New York 19 December 1937 (live broadcast) / Repertoire includes Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Weissmann - Piano Concerto No.1 / Sonata No 3 / Berceuse / Tarantelle / Etudes / Mazurkas / Nocturnes / Preludes & Waltzes ( (Chopin) / Albeniz / Debussy / Handel / Liadov / Liszt / Schubert / Rosenthal.
ARTISTS: Moriz Rosenthal      

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CATALOGUE NR: CDLX7278  (barcode: 0765387727826)
RECORD LABEL: Epoch
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Frederick Converse
TITLE: American Sketches
TRACKS: Song of the Sea: tone poem after Whitman. Festival of Pan op.9. American Sketches: symphonic suite for orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Concert Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Keith Lockhart

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: world premiere recordings recorded at Air Studios Hampstead London 5-6-Apr-2011 & 18-Sep-2011

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CATALOGUE NR: 101596  (barcode: 0807280159691)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 111 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Emmerich Kalman
TITLE: Die Zirkusprinzessin - complete
TRACKS: The Circus Princess.
ORCHESTRA: Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke Munich
CONDUCTOR: Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
ARTISTS: Ingeborg Hallstein   Rudolf Schock   Isy Oren   Peter Karner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 111 minutes / Recorded: 1969 / Subtitles: English German - original language French

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CATALOGUE NR: 0743421  (barcode: 0044007434215)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 122 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49
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RELEASE DATE: 16-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Umberto Giordano
TITLE: Andrea Chenier - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: James Levine
ARTISTS: Luciano Pavarotti   Maria Guleghina   Juan Pons   Wendy White

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 122 minutes / Recorded: 1997

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CATALOGUE NR: 4779827  (barcode: 0028947798279)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
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RELEASE DATE: 16-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Two Souls
TRACKS: Violin Concerto (Aram Il'yich Khachaturian). Concerto for Violin & Orchestra op.14. Adagio for Strings op.11 (Samuel Barber).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kristjan Jarvi
ARTISTS: Mikhail Simonyan      

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4074  (barcode: 0880040407423)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in C minor op.17 'Little Russian' (Tchaikovsky). A Night on the Bare Mountain - original version (Mussorgsky). Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky orch. Ravel).
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kirill Karabits

- Feb-2012 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ONYX4040  (barcode: 0880040404026)
RECORD LABEL: Onyx Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: 6 Sonatas & Partitas
TRACKS: Sonata No.1 in G minor BWV1001. Partita No.1 in B minor BWV1002. Sonata No.2 in A minor BWV1003. Partita No.2 in D minor BWV1004. Sonata No.3 in C major BWV1005. Partita No.3 in E major BWV1006.
ARTISTS: Viktoria Mullova      

- May-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2009 IRR Outstanding Recording 'a great virtuoso who allies her superlative musicianship with historically informed sensibilities and baroque techniques.'

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CATALOGUE NR: HYP12  (barcode: 0034571100128)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 78 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 1.99

COMPOSER: Nicola Matteis  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Essential Hyperion
TRACKS: Allegro - Concerto for 2 trumpets (Matteis). Rondeau. A Prince of glorious race (Purcell). The glitt'ring sun (Arne). Vaudeville (Dibdin). Magnificat in G (Stanford). Libera nos (Sheppard). Prelude and Fugue in A op87/7. (Shostakovich). Rondo (Crusell). Deus in adiutorium (Padilla). Plus +
ORCHESTRA: Brandenburg Consort
CONDUCTOR: Roy Goodman and Robert King
ARTISTS: King's Consort   Parley of Instruments   Corydon Singers   Locatelli Trio

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Essential Hyperion - Highlights from the catalogue of 'Britain's brightest record label'. 'Pro rata the Hyperion catalogue seems to contain more desirable recordings than any other I know' Hi Fi Review

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