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❦Beethoven: Complete 

Symhonies / Chailly 

Artists: Riccardo Chailly/ 

Leipzig Gewandhaus 

Orch. (5 CD) (Decca) 

5 CDs 

5DEC B001609802 

$64.48 $55.48 

“Chailly’s first recorded Beethoven cycle 

shows him to be a Classicist through and 

through... The recordings, I should add, 

are superb...” -Gramophone 

❦Orchestral music of 

Harrison Birtwistle 

Artists: Ryan Wigglesworth/ 

Hallé Choir and Orch. (1 

CD) (NMC Classics) 

NMC 156 $20.99 $18.99 

“These are among the most powerful 

orchestral pieces of recent years... 

Wigglesworth and the Halle give 

performances of amazing concentration, 

accuracy and passion... Overall an 

essential release.” -BBC Music Magazine 

The Hallé under Ryan Wigglesworth sound 

on top form throughout.” -Gramophone 

❦Vivaldi: Montezuma, 

opera / Alan Curtis [2 DVD] 

Works: Vivaldi: Montezuma, 

opera in 3 acts, RV 723. 

Artists: Alan Curtis/Il 

Complesso Barocco. Vito 

Priante (Bass); Laura Cherici 

(Sop); Franziska Gottwald 

(Alto); Mary-Ellen Nesi (Mzz Sop). (2 DVD- 

Video) (Dynamic) 2DYN 33586 $37.49 $33.49 

“Il Complesso Barocco does a great job on 

all fronts... Vivaldi’s Motezuma is a 

discovery of pressing urgency, as this 

might well have been his greatest 

contribution to opera...” -All Music Guide 

2 DVDs 

Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Chicago SO. Jessye Norman; Samuel 

Ramey; Yvonne Minton; David Rendall; Ruth Welting (10 CD) 

10DGG B001606902 $52.98 $39.98 Special Low Price! 

“Barenboim is witty, affectionate and vital and the Chicago 

playing is sumptuous without in any way being bland or 

suffocating... Warmly recommended.” -Gramophone 

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❦Mahler: Symphony No. 6 :: Pappano 

Artists: Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell' 

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. 

(2CD) 2EMI 844132B $26.98 $23.98 

"Everything [Pappano] conducts is 

characterised by fiery drama, soaring 

lyricism, and bold projection... in this 

2 CDs 

uplifting, operatic performance the 

endgame matters less than the music’s heroic fight for 

life. Buy this CD and marvel." -The Times 

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Romantic Piano Concerto :: Volume 55 

Charles-Marie Widor: Concerots 1&2 

Works: Widor: Piano Concertos Nos. 1& 

2; Fantaisie in A flat major Op. 62. 

Artists: Markus Becker (Pno); Thierry 

Fischer/BBC National Orch. of Wales. 

(1CD) HYP 67817 $20.99 $18.99 

Surprisingly, these are the first 

recordings of these concertos and are a much-awaited 

addition to the numerous world premiere recordings 

featured in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series. 

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❦Massenet: Esclarmonde :: Sutherland 

Artists: Richard Bonynge/National PO, 

Sutherland, Aragall, Quilico, Grant. (3 CD) 

3DEC B001616202 $27.98 $24.98 

“This performance is ravishing. In 

addition to the spectacular Sutherland, 

the under-recorded Catalan tenor 

3 CDs 

Giacomo Aragall uses his attractive 

voice to great effect... Bonynge leads a 

luxuriant performance.” -Classics Today 

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Frank Martin :: Der Strum, opera 

Works: Frank Martin (1890 - 1974): Der 

Sturm, opera in 3 acts. Artists: Thierry 

Fischer/Netherlands Radio PO & Chorus. 

Herschenfeld; Wagner; Holl; Gilchrist; 

O’Neill; Macco. (3 CD) (Hyperion) 

3 CDs 

3HYP 67821 $64.49 $58.49 

Frank Martin’s rarely staged but 

absolutely wonderful three-act opera ‘Der Sturm’ is an 

important twentieth century masterpiece. The opera is 

based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and emerges 

as one of Martin’s most inventive works. This set offers 

a rare opportunity to hear the full opera in its original 

language and is not to be missed.

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Featured New 

❦Schubert: Piano Sonatas / Paul Lewis 

Works: Schubert: Piano Sonatas No. 15 in C major, 

D840 'Reliquie'; No. 17 in D major, D850; No. 18 in G 

major, D894; 4 Impromptus, D899; Klavierstücke (3), 

D946. (2 CD) 2HAR 902115 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

"As Lewis's legions of admirers would expect, 

they are all superbly well played, with the same 

clarity and careful attention to every detail that is also lavished on 

the Four Impromptus of D899 and the three very late piano pieces 

D946... It's a fine, thoughtful set." -The Guardian 

Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra 

Artists: Howard Shelly (Pno)/Opera North Orchestra; 

Tasmin Little (Vln); Tim Hugh (Clo). 

(4 CD) 4CHA 10695 $64.49 $52.49 On Sale 

The piano remained the main instrument of 

Beethoven throughout his life, and this specially 

priced 4-CD box set represents his entire and 

sizeable output for piano and orchestra. 

❦McEwan & Vaughan Williams / Power, Brabbins 

Works: McEwen: Viola Concerto; Vaughan Williams: 

Suite For Viola And Orchestra; Flos Campi. Artists: 

Lawrence Power (Vla); Martyn Brabbins/BBC National 

Orchestra of Wales. (1CD)HYP 67839 $20.99 $18.99 

"Lawrence is the perfect advocate for both 

[Vaughan Williams] works, with his rich, warm, 

sensuous tone and flamboyant virtuosity... the disc is unmissable for 

[Power's] immaculate VW" -The Sunday Times 

❦Homage to Maria Callas / Angela Gheorghiu 

(1CD + Hardcover Book)EMI 315092B $25.98 $22.98 

(1CD)EMI 843772B $17.98 $15.98 

“She occupies [Callas's] role with aplomb” -The 

Independent "It has been said that her voice is 

'perhaps the most instantly recognizable and 

interesting soprano voice of our time... a liquid 

instrument of great beauty'" -Gramophone 

❦Grieg, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Hough, Litton 

Works: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16; 

Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 in E flat major, S124; 2 

in A major, S125. Artists: Stephen Hough (Pno); 

Andrew Litton/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. 

(1 CD) HYP 67824 $20.99 $18.99 

"Does the world really need another recording of 

the Grieg piano concerto? The answer has to be an emphatic yes 

when the soloist is the barnstorming Stephen Hough, a pianist with 

the fascinating ability to take a venerable work, strip it of its patina 

and present it as though for the very first time.” -The Observer 

❦Mozart: Marriage of Figaro / George Solti, 

Thomas Allen, Kiri Te Kanawa 

(3 CD) 3DEC B001621302 $48.48 $40.98 

"The most enchanting of Susannas on record, 

Lucia Popp gives a sparkling and radiant 

performance. Crowning all is the Countess of Kiri 

Te Kanawa. With a superb, vivid recording, this 

now makes a clear first choice for a much-recorded opera." -The 

Penguin Guide 

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 55: Charles-Marie Widor 

Works: Widor: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 39; Fantaisie in A flat 

major Op. 62; Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 77. Artists: Markus 

Becker (Pno); Thierry Fischer/BBC National Orchestra of Wales. 

(1CD)HYP 67817 $20.99 $18.99

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❦Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / 

Antonio Pappano 

Artists: Antonio Pappano/ 

Orchestra dell' Accademia 

Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. (2CD) 

2EMI 844132B $26.98 $23.98 

"Everything [Pappano] 

conducts is characterised by fiery drama, soaring 

lyricism, and bold projection... in this uplifting, 

operatic performance the endgame matters less 

than the music’s heroic fight for life. Buy this CD 

and marvel." -The Times 

❦Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 

& 40 / Claudio Abbado 

Artists: Abbado/Orchestra 

Mozart. (1CD)DGG B001617102 

$20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“The Orchestra Mozart's 

sound is not glossy: it has 

stringy violins and plangent individual woodwind, 

but they are superb players. This is Mozart 

perfectly in tune with our times." -The Observer 

❦Homage to Paderewski / 

Jonathan Plowright, Piano 

Works by Bartok, Benjamin, 

Blumenfeld, Britten, Canler, etc. 

(1CD) HYP 67903 $20.99 $18.99 

“All of these miniatures are 

well worth the warmth, 

affection, lyrical beauty and bravura that 

Plowright devotes to them... Plowright’s playing 

throughout is sublime.” -The Daily Telegraph 

Herbert von Karajan: The 

Beethoven Collection 

(13CD) DGG B001622702 

$48.48 $37.23 On Sale 

On this specially priced 13-CD 

box set Karajan's complete 

Beethoven repertoire recorded 

by DG is presented for the first time. 

❦Honegger: Symphony No. 4 & 

Christmas Cantata 

Works: Honegger: Pastorale 

d’été; Symphony No. 4; Une 

Cantat de Noel. Artists: Vladimir 

Jurowski/London Philharmonic; 

Christopher Maltman (Bar). 

(1CD) LPO 0058 $18.99 $16.99 

“All three works on this unexpectedly satisfying 

CD communicate a joie de vivre without ever 

sounding lightweight." -The Financial Times 

Berg: Lulu / Boder, Petibon, Juon, 

Holland, Groves 

(1CD) DGG B001593509 

$42.98 $33.98 On Sale 

Patricia Petibon sings Berg's 

taxing music with easy, tonal 

beauty; the roles numerous acuti 

pose no problem. 

❦Bellini: Norma / Bonynge, 

Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caballé 

(3 CD) 3DEC B001615902 

$27.98 $24.98 

“This is a starry recording of 

Bellini's masterpiece... Richard 

Bonynge conducts with a good deal of brio and 

drive." -MusicWeb-International 

❦Berlioz: Les Troyens / Dutoit, 

Lakes, Pollet, Voigt, Ainsley 

(4 CD) 4DEC B001616402 

$29.98 $25.48 

“This is a thrilling set to have... It 

is a tribute to the performance 

and the beauty of the recording, as well as to 

Berlioz, that this massive four hours of music 

seems so short." -Gramophone 

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor 

/ Bonynge, Sutherland, Milnes 

(2 CD) 2DEC B001616002 

$20.98 $17.98 

“This is the first version of Lucia 

to appear on CD, and very 

welcome it is... essential." -Gramophone 

❦Giordano: Fedora / Gardelli, 

Olivero, del Monaco, Gobbi 

(2 CD) DEC B001614802 

$20.98 $17.98 

“The roaring tone, crystal-clear 

diction and phrasing worthy of a 

prize-fighter, make [del Monaco] a superb match 

for Olivero. " -Gramophone 

❦Humperdinck: Hansel und 

Gretel / Davis, Bonney, Gruberova 

(2 CD) 2DEC B001614702 

$20.98 $17.98 

“Sir Colin Davis has rarely 

conducted a more glowing 

opera performance on record than this." 

Gramophone 

❦Massenet: Esclarmonde / 

Bonynge, Sutherland, Quilico 

(3 CD) 3DEC B001616202 

$27.98 $24.98 

“This performance is ravishing. 

In addition to the spectacular 

Sutherland, the under-recorded Catalan tenor 

Giacomo Aragall uses his attractive voice to great 

effect... Bonynge leads a luxuriant performance.” 

-Classics Today 

❦Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Solti, 

Fleming, Otter, Bar, Scarabelli 

(3 CD) 3DEC B001616102 

$27.98 $24.98 

“Solti conducts an affectionate 

account. all in all, this must be 

one of the finest recordings of Mozart’s 

miraculous score available.” -BBC

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❦Shostakovich: Symphonies 

Nos. 6 & 12 / Petrenko 

Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal 

Liverpool PO. (1 CD) 

NXS 8572658 $10.99 $9.99 

“Petrenko makes weird and 

wonderful sense of both... 

[The 12th symphony] may not be top-drawer 

music, but by treating it seriously rather than as 

the soundtrack for a Bolshevik newsreel, 

Petrenko and the RLPO do Shostakovich a big 

favour.” -Financial Times “The RLPO woodwinds 

excel themselves in these gripping readings.” - 

The Sunday Times 

Sofia Gubaidulina: Fachwerk; 

Silenzio / Draugsvoll, Lotsberg 

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: 

Fachwerk, for bayan, percussion 

& string orchestra; Pieces (5) for 

Accordion, Violin & Cello 

“Silenzio”. Artists: Oyvind Gimse 

(Clo)/Trondheim Symphony. Geir Draugsvoll (Bayan); 

Anders Loguin (Perc); Geir Inge Lotsberg (Vln). 

(1 CD)NXS 8572772 $10.99 $9.99 

Gubaidulina’s distinguished career and her 80th 

birthday are celebrated with this world première 

recording of Fachwerk. 

Russian Violin Concertos by Ostrovsky, Conus, 

Weinberg, Arensky / Sergey Ostrovsky 

Artists: Thomas Sanderling/Bournemouth Symphony 

Orchestra. Sergey Ostrovsky (Vln). 

(1 CD) NXS 8572631 $10.99 $9.99 

Franz Benda: Violin Sonatas / Hans-Joachim Berg, 

baroque violin; Naoko Akutagawa, harpsichord 

Works: Franz Benda (1709 - 1786): Sonata for violin & 

continuo Nos. 10, 14, 23, 28 & 32. 

(1 CD) NXS 8572307 $10.99 $9.99 

This world première recording reveals Benda’s 

authentic and often spectacular written-out 

‘improvisations’ in new editions of his sonatas, reuniting 

them with a violin preserved unaltered 

since its creation in 1735. 

Philidor: Sancho Pança, opera / Perry, Calleo, 

Sulayman, McCall and Boutte 

Works: François-André Danican Philidor (1726 - 

1795): Sancho Pança dans son isle. Artists: Ryan 

Brown/Lafayette Opera Orch. 

(1 CD) NXS 8660274 $10.99 $9.99 

George MacFarren: Robin Hood, opera / Spence, 

Jordan, Ashman, Mackenzie-Wicks 

Artists: Ronald Corp/Victorian Opera. Nicky Spence, 

George Hulbert, Louis Hurst, Kay Jordan. 

(2 CD)2NXS 8660306 $21.99 $19.99 

George Macfarren was considered by many of his 

contemporaries as the greatest British dramatic 

opera composer since Purcell. 

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❦Weinberg: Piano Concerto no 

2, etc / Rickenbacher, et al 

Works: Jacob Weinberg (1879 - 

1956): Concerto for Piano no 2; 

Quartet for Strings; Shabbat 

Ba’aretz. Artists: Karl Anton 

Rickenbacher/Barcelona SO; 

Jorge Osorio (Pno).(1CD)NXS 8559457 $10.99 $9.99 

“All of the artists involved in this release are topdrawer. 

Jorge Federico Osorio makes a strong 

case for the Piano Concerto...The Bingham 

Quartet plays superbly in the Quartet, and the 

BBC singers, as always, are outstanding... 

Strongly recommended.” -Fanfare 

Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op. 39 

/ Roberto Cappello, piano 

Works: Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 

1924): Piano Concerto with male 

chorus, Op. 39. Artists: 

Francesco La Vecchia/Marenzio 

Chorale. Roberto Cappello (Pno). 

(1 CD) NXS 8572523 $10.99 $9.99 

Roberto Cappello triumphed at the Premio Busoni 

competition in 1976 and is a leading international 

soloist. 

Azerbaijani Piano Concertos / Badalbeyli, 

Adigezalzade, pianists; Joan Rogers, soprano 

Works: Vasif Adigezalov (1936 - ): Concerto for Piano 

no 4; Fikret Amirov (1922 - 1984): Concerto for Piano 

after Arabian Themes; Farhad Badalbeyli: Shusha; 

The Sea; Tofig Guliyev: Gaytagi. Artists: Dmitry 

Yablonsky/Royal Philharmoinc Orch. Joan Rodgers 

(Sop); Farhad Badalbeyli (Pno); Murad Adigezalzade 

(Pno). (1 CD) NXS 8572666 $10.99 $9.99 

All of the composers here combine elements of 

ancient Azerbaijani tradition with Western forms, 

colorful orchestration and vivid musical 

storytelling. 

John Ireland: Piano Concerto; etc. / John Lenehan 

Works: John Ireland(1879 - 1962): A Sea Idyll; 

Concerto for Piano in E flat major; Dances (3); First 

Rhapsody; Indian Summer; Legend. Artists: John 

Wilson/Royal Liverpool PO. John Lenehan (Pno). 

(1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572598 $10.99 $9.99 

John Lenehan has recorded three volumes of 

Ireland’s solo piano music (8553700, 8553889 

and 8570461) to universal admiration: ‘Lenehan 

offers a uniquely vital and dramatic reading.’ 

(MusicWeb International on Vol. 3) 

Elgar: The Violin Music / Bisengaliev, Frith 

Works: G. Frank Blackbourne: Petite Reine; Edward 

Elgar (1857 - 1934): Adieu; Allegretto (on 5 notes); 

Bavarian Dance; Carissima; Chanson de matin, Op. 

15 no 2. Artists: Bundit Ungrangsee/West 

Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra. Benjamin Frith 

(Pno); Marat Bisengaliev (Vln); Camilla Bisengalieva 

(Oboe). (3 CD) 3NXS 8572643 $32.99 $29.99 

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Grieg: Music for String Orchestra / Malmo SO 

Works: Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings; From 

Holberg’s Time; Lyric Pieces (2); Lyric Sutie; 

Melodies (2) for Strings; Nordic Melodies (2). Artists: 

Bjarte Engeset/Malmo Symphony. 

(1 CD) NXS 8572403 $10.99 $9.99 

All of these pieces show Grieg’s assimilation of 

Norwegian folk culture and his lyrical mastery, 

through which he sought to ‘give expression to 

the hidden harmonies in our folk melodies’. 

Robert Aldridge: Elmer Gantry, 

Opera / Boggs, Rideout, Phares 

Artists: William Boggs/ 

Florentine Opera Chorus, 

Milwaukee Symphony. Vale 

Rideout (Tnr); Keith Phares 

(Voice); James Barany (Voice); 

Aaron Blankfield (Voice). 

(2 CD)2NXS 8669032 $21.99 $19.99 

Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s operatic 

adaptation is a ‘marvelous amalgam of toetapping 

accessibility’ (Opera News) full of hymns, gospel 

songs, marches and dance, evoking the period in 

a score which echoes Gershwin and Copland. 

Byrd: Complete Fantasias For 

Harpsichord / Glen Wilson 

(1CD)NXS 8572433 $10.99 $9.99 

The fantasia was in the 

process of being adapted for 

keyboard from lute and 

consort music during William 

Byrd’s youth, and his formidable mastery of 

counterpoint brought the form to a pinnacle 

equivalent to his matchless vocal works. 

Nicolas Bacri: Piano Music / Eliane Reyes, piano 

Works: Nicolas Bacri (1961 - ): Diletto classico; 

Esquisses lyriques (2); L’Enfance de l’Art; Petit 

prélude; Petites variations sur un thème 

dodécaphonique; Prelude & Fugue. Artists: Reyes, 

Eliane (Pno). (1 CD)NXS 8572530 $10.99 $9.99 

Described as 'simply inspired' by La Nouvelle 

Revue Française, the music of award-winning 

French composer Nicolas Bacri defies trends or 

categorization. 

Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas / Vintage Koln 

Artists: Ensemble Vintage Köln. 

(1 CD) NXS 8572245 $10.99 $9.99 

Handel’s violin sonatas have been staples of the 

repertoire for generations, but there has been 

considerable confusion about their authenticity. 

Early editorial practice saw to it that several 

authentic works were published for instruments 

such as flute and oboe, but more recent 

scholarship has established that originally they 

were written for the violin. 

Galuppi: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Matteo Napoli 

Works: Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785): Keyboard 

Sonatas in B flat major; in C major [Illy no 27]; in C 

minor [Illy no 34]; in D minor [Illy no 1]; in D minor [Illy 

no 2]; in D minor [Illy no 56]. Artists: Matteo Napoli 

(Pno). (1 CD) NXS 8572490 $10.99 $9.99 

The first volume in Matteo Napoli’s series 

(8572263) was commended as “a good choice for 

connoisseurs of 18th century keyboard music.” 

(MusicWeb International) 

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Luis de Freitas Branco: Violin 

Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / Carlos 

Damas, Anna Tomasik 

Works: Luís de Freitas Branco 

(1890 - 1955): Prelude for violin & 

piano; Sonata for Violin no 1; 

Sonata for Violin no 2. Artists: 

Carlos Damas (Vln); Anna Tomasik (Pno). 

(1 CD) NXS 8572334 $10.99 $9.99 

One of the most accomplished and influential 

Portuguese composers of the twentieth century, 

Luís de Freitas Branco brought the influence of 

César Franck to his native Lisbon with his Sonata 

No. 1, scandalizing his conservative elders with 

the work’s harmonic language and evolving 

tonality. 

Permit Me Voyage: 

Transcriptions for Trumpet by 

Debussy, Schumann, Brahms 

et al. / Craig Morris, Trumpet 

Works: Samuel Barber (1910 - 

1981): Songs (4), Op. 13; 

Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in 

E flat major, Op. 120/2; Debussy: Suite bergamasque; 

R. Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and 

Piano, Op. 73. Artists: Valentina Lisitsa (Pno); Craig 

Morris (Tpt). (1 CD) NXS 8572506 $10.99 $9.99 

Craig Morris has transcribed four major works for 

trumpet and piano in this voyage of sonic 

discovery, reclothing them in new textures and 

colors. Former principal of the Chicago 

Symphony, international soloist and chamber 

musician, Craig Morris can also be heard on the 

première recording of Thom Sleeper’s Concerto 

(NXS 8570465). 

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”; Lux 

Aeterna / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO 

Works: Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981): Lux Aeterna, 

Op 24; Mosaics for orchestra; Symphony no 2 

(“Romantic”), Op. 30. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/ 

Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Susan Gulkis Assadi 

(Vla). (1 CD) NXS 8559701 $10.99 $9.99 

Hanson’s intent in 1930 to write music that was 

“young in spirit, lyrical and romantic in 

temperament” was fully realized in his ardent 

Second Symphony. This, his best known 

symphonic statement, acknowledges a Sibelian 

inheritance through horn fanfares, powerfully lyric 

string writing, and a sense of unity both allembracing 

and memorable. 

Granados, Falla, Llobet, Rodrigo, Pujol / Anabel 

Montesinos, guitar 

Works: Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): El sombrero de 

tres picos - Ballet; Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916): 

El mirar de la maja, H. 136/6; Valses (7) poeticos; 

Miguel Llobet (1878 - 1938): Cancion del Lladre; El 

Noy de la Mare; La Nit de Nadal; Emilio Pujol (1886 - 

1980); Manuel Quiroga (1899 - 1988); Joaquín 

Rodrigo (1901 - 1999); Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839). 

(1 CD) NXS 8572843 $10.99 $9.99 

Multi-award winner Anabel Montesinos returns to 

the Naxos label with the ‘graceful flexibility’ and 

‘flawless technique’ (MusicWeb International) of 

her earlier acclaimed recital (NXS 8557294). 

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Gottfried Finger: Sonatas for Diverse Instruments 

Works: Gottfried Finger (1660 - 1730): Sonatas for 2 

violins & bass viol, Opp. 1/4-6; Sonatas for 2 violins & 

viola, Opp. 1/10-12. Artists: Christian Zincke/Echo 

Du Danube. (1 CD) (Accent) 

ACT 24264 $22.49 $20.49 

Rachel Laurin: Organ Works / Isabelle Demers 

Works: Rachel Laurin (1961 - ): Courtes Pièces (12), 

for organ, Op. 43; Introduction et Passacaille sur un 

Thème de Raymond Daveluy, for organ, Op. 44; 

Organ Symphony no 1, Op. 36; Étude Héro‹que, for 

organ, Op. 38. Artists: Isabelle Demers (Organ). (1 

CD) (Acis Productions) ACIS 61256 $16.99 $14.99 

Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Opp. 127 / 131 

Works: Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 12, Op. 127; 

Quartet for Strings no 14, Op. 131. Artists: Brentano 

Quartet. (1 CD) (Aeon) 

AEO 1110 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

Iannis Xenakis: Complete works for cello 

Works: Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001): Charisma, for 

clarinet & cello; Dhipli Zyia, for violin & cello; 

Epicycle, for cello & 12 musicians; Hunem-Iduhey; 

Kottos, for cello; Nomos Alpha, for cello. Artists: 

James Wood/MusikFabrik. Daan Vandewalle (Pno); 

Arne Deforce (Clo); Wibert Aerts (Vln); Benjamin 

Dieltjens (Clnt). (1 CD) (Aeon) 

AEO 1109 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

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Albany 

Chamber music of Barbara White 

Works: Barbara White: Enough Rope, for voice & flute; 

Five Elements, for string quartet & piano; My barn 

having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon, 

for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & pi; The Wound and 

the Eye, for piano. Artists: Tara Helen O’Connor 

(Flt); Sophie Shao (Clo); Jennifer Frautschi (Vln); 

Daniel Panner (Vla); Laura Frautschi (Vln). (1 CD) 

(Albany Records) ALB 1303 $18.99 $16.99 

Sacred vocal works by Graham Gordon Ramsay 

Works: Graham Gordon Ramsay: Ave Maria, for 

chorus; De Profundis, for chorus; If You Love Me, for 

3 voices; Laudate Dominum, for chorus; Missa 

Sancta Stephani, for chorus; Obedience, for 2 voices 

& organ. Artists: Heinrich Christensen. Kristi 

Vrooman; Heinrich Christensen (Organ); Mark 

McSweeney (Voice); Sumner Thompson (Voice); 

Marc J. DeMille (Voice). (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1304 $18.99 $16.99 

Modern American works for solo piano 

Works: John Adams: American Berserk; William 

Bolcom: 12 New Etudes, Book 4; Daniel Crozier: 

Winter Aubade; Augusta Read Thomas: Traces; Joan 

Tower: No Longer Very Clear; Chen Yi: Ba Ban. 

Artists: Heidi Louise Williams (Pno). (1 CD) (Albany 

Records) ALB 1298 $18.99 $16.99 


Tania León: Haiku and Inura “In Motion” / Dance 

Theatre of Harlem Ensemble 

Works: Tania León (1943 - ): Haiku, ballet; Inura, for 

voices, strings & percussion. Artists: Tania León/ 

Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble; Son Sonora 

Ensemble. (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1284 $18.99 $16.99 

Love Music / Music of Paul Chihara 

Works: Paul Chihara (1938 - ): Concerto for Violin, 

clarinet & orchestra; Duo Concertante, for violin & 

viola; Ellington Fantasy for string quartet; 

Embraceable Duo (after George Gershwin), for violin 

& viola; Two Images, for clarinet, viola & piano. 

Artists: Kirk Trevor. Ani Kavafian (Vln); Paul 

Neubauer (Vla); Gary Gray (Clnt); John Moses (Clnt); 

Anthony Costa (Clnt). (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1290 $18.99 $16.99 

The Fogg Project / Ryan Fogg, piano 

Works: Karim Al-Zand (1970 - ): Pattern Preludes 

Book 2, for piano; Pattern Preludes Book 3, for piano; 

Bruce Bennett (Composer): Schematic Nocturne, for 

piano; Luke Dahn (1976 - ): Downward Courses, for 

piano; Traces, for piano; Joseph Dangerfield (1977 - 

): Remnants, for piano; Tim Sullivan. Artists: Ryan 

Fogg (Pno). (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1288 $18.99 $16.99 

Paul Osterfield: Rocky Streams 

Works: Paul Osterfield: Divertimento, for 7 players; 

Klee Abstractions, for flute, clarinet & guitar; Rocky 

Streams, for 6 players; Songs of Love, for voice & 

piano; Walt Whitman’s America, for voice & piano. 

Artists: Paul Osterfield. James Douglass (Pno); Don 

Aliquo (Sax); Deanna R. Little (Flt); Todd Waldecker 

(Clnt); Michael Arndt (Tpt). (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1287 $18.99 $16.99 

In the Style of Albeniz / Terry Everson, trumpet, 

Shiela Kibbe, piano 

Works: Terry Everson: Idea no 24, for 4 trumpets & 

piano; Eric Ewazen (1954 - ): Sonata for trumpet & 

piano; Elena Roussanova Lucas: Concertino for 

trumpet & piano; Gregory Pascuzzi: Meditation on a 

Scottish Hymn Tune, for 4 trumpets, bagpipes & 

piano; Daniel Pinkham (1923 - 2006): Sonata for 

trumpet & piano; Rodion Shchedrin (1932 - ): In the 

style of Albeniz. Artists: Dana Oakes (Tpt); Eric 

Berlin (Tpt); Terry Everson (Tpt); Richard Kelley (Tpt); 

Sheila Kibbe (Pno). (1 CD) (Albany Records) 

ALB 1292 $18.99 $16.99 

Heartsongs & Audubon: Bartok, Foster, etc / Carver 

Blanchard, lute 

Works: Anonymous: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the 

Strain; Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken; Bartók: 

Romanian Dance (Román tánc), for orchestra, Sz. 

47a, BB 61; Carver Blanchard (1943 - ): Audubon, 

tone poem for lute; Heartsongs, for lute; Jesus Calls 

Us, hymn setting for lute; John Dykes Bower; Felice 

Giardini (1716 - 1796); William Matthews (1759 - 

1830); Dutch Traditional; Adriaen Valerius; George 

James Webb (1803 - 1887); Robert Williams (1781 - 

1821). Artists: Carver Blanchard (Lute). (1 CD) 

(Albany Records) ALB 1277 $18.99 $16.99 

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Alec Wilder: Music for Piano / John Noel Roberts 

Works: Alec Wilder (1907 - 1980): Hardy Suite, for 

piano; Mosaics (12), for piano; Piano Suite no 1; 

Piano Suite no 2; Piano Suite no 3; Piano Suite no 4. 

Artists: John Noel Roberts (Pno). (1 CD) (Albany 

Records) ALB 1294 $18.99 $16.99 

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Garden of Proserpine 

Works: Patrick Hadley (1899 - 1973): Fen and Flood, 

cantata for chorus & orchestra; Vaughan Williams: In 

the Fen Country; The Captain’s Apprentice, folk song 

for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern 

Counties no 8); The Garden of Prosperine, for 

soprano, chorus & orchestra. Artists: Paul Daniel/ 

Joyful Company of Singers. Mary Bevan; Leigh 

Melrose (Bar); Jane Irwin (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (Albion) 

ALBN 012 $20.99 $18.99 

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Alia Vox 

❦L’Orchestre de Louis XV: Rameau: Orchestral 

Suites / Jordi Savall 

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Les 

Boréades, suite; Les Indes Galantes, suite; Na‹s, 

suite; Zoroastre, suite. Artists: Jordi Savall/Le 

Concert des Nations. Manfredo Kraemer 

(Concertina); Enrico Onofri (Concertina). (2 SA Hybrid 

CD) (Alia Vox) 2AVX 9882 $25.99 $23.99 

“...these suites have a tunefulness, an 

instrumental diversity and a quirky joyousness 

that even the most curmudgeonly Anglo-Saxon 

soul will find hard to resist.” -The Sunday Times 

“The exhilarating effect of this joyous music could 

scarcely be better conveyed.” -The Sunday Time 

Changing Seasons 

Works: Phil Dwyer (Horn): Changing Seasons, for jazz 

orchestra. Artists: Phil Dwyer. Mark Fewer (Vln); Phil 

Dwyer (Horn). (1 CD) (Alma Music) 

ALMZ 410252 $17.99 $15.99 

Luis de Briceño: El Fenix de Paris / Vincent 

Dumestre, Isabelle Druet 

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Upsala: No soy yo 

quien veis bivir, villancico for 3 voices; Anonymous, 

Spanish: Canario; Gaitas for ensemble; Lloren mis 

ojos, tono humano for consort; Para tener 

Nochebuena, jácara for consort; Luis de Briçeño (fl. 

16th Century): Andalo çaravanda, for consort. 

Artists: Vincent Dumestre/Le Poème Harmonique. 

Isabelle Druet (Voice); Claire Lefilliâtre (Voice). (1 

CD) (Alpha Productions) AHP 182 $20.99 $18.99 

Nobody’s Jig: Mr Playford’s Dancing Master 

Works: Anonymous, English: Daphne, for harpsichord; 

Anonymous, Suzanne van Soldt Manuscript (circa 

1570 - 1599): Pavane dan Vers, for keyboard; John 

Playford (1623 - 1686): A Division on a ground; A 

piece without title; Bravade, Argiers; Confesse; 

English Traditional. Artists: Les Witches. Pascale 

Boquet (Gtr); Freddy Eichelberger (Hpsi); Claire 

Michon (Recorder); Sylvie Moquet (Viola da gamba); 

Odile Edouard (Vln). (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) 

AHP 909 $14.99 $12.99 

Recommended 

❦Schubert: Winterreise / 

Barbara Hendricks, soprano 

Works: Schubert: Winterreise, D 

911/Op. 89. Artists: Barbara 

Hendricks (Sop); Love Derwinger 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Arte Verum) 

AVE 10 $18.99 $16.99 

“Hendricks’s girlish, smiling phrasing refreshes 

both word and music. She and the pianist, in fact, 

sing and play like innocents... [a] beautiful vocal 

performance.” -Gramophone 

❦Frank Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 3 / Bebbington 

Works: Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941): A Dedication, H. 

171; Arabesque, H. 112/4; Berceuse in B flat major, 

H. 8d; Canzonetta (Happy South), H. 169; Gargoyle, 

H. 177; Hidden Fires, H. 172. Artists: Mark 

Bebbington (Pno). (1 CD) (Somm) 

SOMM 107 $18.99 $16.99 

“Bebbington brings out the opalescent harmonies 

and wayward phrases of these pieces to 

perfection. Bridge at his most inward and 

mystical, very difficult to bring off but performed 

here with rapt attentiveness and beauty of tone 

that reveals the expressive impact of these 

works.” -BBC Music Magazine 

❦Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Pido, Netrebko, 

Garanca, D’Arcangelo [2 DVD] 

Artists: Evelino Pidò/Vienna State 

Opera Orch. Anna Netrebko (Sop); 

Elina Garanca (Mzz Sop); 

Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Bss Bar). 

(2 DVD-Video) (Deutsche 

Grammophon) 

2DGG B001620309 

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“The extended last scene was 

the high point of Ms. Netrebko’s performance as 

the distraught British queen... Ms. Netrebko sang 

an elegantly sad aria with lustrous warmth, 

aching vulnerability and floating high notes... Ms. 

Netrebko dispatched Donizetti’s cabaletta, all 

fiery coloratura runs and vehement phrases, with 

a defiance that brought down the house.” -The 

New York Times 

❦Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 12 / 

Petrenko 

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Symphony 

no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 (The Year 1917 - in 

Memory of Lenin); Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54. 

Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool PO. (1 CD) 

(Naxos (USA) NXS 8572658 $10.99 $9.99 

“Petrenko makes weird and wonderful sense of 

both...The RLPO’s sense of attack carries all 

before it, and the eerie Adagio [of No. 12] ris 

traversed with subtlety and finesse. This 

symphony may not be top-drawer 

music, but by treating it seriously 

rather than as the soundtrack for a 

Bolshevik newsreel, Petrenko and 

the RLPO do Shostakovich a big 

favour.” -The Financial Times 

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, 

and orchestra, K. 626. Artists: Teodor Currentzis. 

Simone Kermes (Sop); Markus Brutscher (Tnr); 

Arnaud Richard (Bass). (1 CD) (Alpha Productions) 

AHP 178 $20.99 $18.99 

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Vivaldi: The Return of the Angels 

Works: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 

oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo, RV 566; Double 

Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets or oboes & continuo, 

RV 781; Gloria, RV 588 (excerpt); In exitu Israel in C 

major, RV 604; Laudate Dominum in D minor, RV 

606; O qui coeli, RV 631; Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 - 

1745). Artists: Matthias Maute/Ensemble Caprice. 

Shannon Mercer (Sop); Gabriele Hierdeis (Sop); 

Alexis Basque (Tpt). (1 CD) (Analekta) 

ANA 29995 $20.99 $18.99 

Bach: Cantatas Nos. 54 & 170, et al. / Tafelmusik 

Works: J.S. Bach: Cantata no 170, “Vergnügte Ruh, 

beliebte Seelenlust,”; Cantata no 54, “Widerstehe 

doch der Sünde,”; Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV 

1060; Orchestral Suite no 2, BWV 1067. Artists: 

Jeanne Lamon. Daniel Taylor (CtrTnr); Jeanne 

Lamon (Vln); John Abberger (Oboe). (1 CD) 

(Analekta) ANA 29878 $20.99 $18.99 

From Here On Out / Works by Muhly, Greenwood & 

Parry 

Works: John Greenwood (Composer) (1889 - 1975): 

Popcorn Superhet Receiver, for orchestra; Nico Muhly 

(1981 - ): From Here On Out, for orchestra; Wish You 

Were Here, for orchestra; Richard Reed Parry: For 

heart, breath and orchestra, for orchestra. Artists: 

Edwin Outwater/Kitchener Waterloo Sym. (1 CD) 

(Analekta) ANA 29992 $20.99 $18.99 

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Apex 

❦Daniel Barenboim plays Brahms 

Works: Brahms: Ballades (4) for piano, Op. 10; Sonata 

for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 5. Artists: Daniel 

Barenboim (Pno). (1 CD) (Apex) 

APX 2564673176 $9.99 $7.99 On Sale 

“... from Barenboim’s richly imaginative, very 

personally committed response to the composer’s 

overflowing romanticism. He leaves us in no 

doubt that every note sprang from an acutely 

susceptible heart. ...” -Gramophone 

❦First Symphonies by Prokofiev, Haydn, Bizet 

Works: Bizet: Symphony in C major; F.J. Haydn: 

Symphony no 1 in D major, H. 1/1; Sergey Prokofiev 

(1891 - 1953): Symphony no 1 in D major 

(“Classical”), Op. 25. Artists: Hugh Wolff/St Paul CO. 

(1 CD) (Apex) 

APX 2564673020 $9.99 $7.99 On Sale 

“Hugh Wolff and his players engage the score to 

pleasing effect: strings are eager and accurate, 

horns nproclaim from the rear of the hall and 

there’s a discreet harpsichord 

continuo.” - Gramophone, 

February 1994 


Liszt: Dante Symphony & Sonata / Barenboim 

Works: Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, 

S 161 “Italie”; Introduction, Fugue and Magnificat from 

“Dante Symphony”. Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Berlin 

PO. Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 CD) (Apex) 

APX 2564673012 $9.99 $7.99 On Sale 

Daniel Barenboim’s live 1994 recording of Liszt’s 

famous Dante Symphony 

Hindemith: Kammermusik 1-7 / Concerto Amsterdam 

Works: Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Kammermusik 

nos 1 - 6 for various instruments. Artists: Anner 

Bylsma (Clo); Jaap Schroder (Vln); Albert de Klerk 

(Organ); Paul Doktor (Vla); Joke Vermeulen (Viola 

d’amore). (2 CD) (Apex) 

2APX 2564673189 $16.99 $12.99 On Sale 

❦Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39 / Harnoncourt 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 38 in D major 

(“Prague”), K. 504; Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K. 

543. Artists: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Royal 

Concertgebouw Orch. (1 CD) (Apex) 

APX 2564673024 $9.99 $7.99 On Sale 

“... played with great verve and polish on modern 

instruments by the Royal Concertgebouw 

Orchestra.... The Prague (No. 38) includes every 

repeat possible: the first movement runs to 

19’26", and the performance overall must be the 

longest on record at just over 38 minutes ... The 

effect is very dramatic, with a high adrenalin level 

...” - Gramophone 

Three Pianists / Cheng-Chow Piano Trio 

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Bizet: 

Carmen; Brahms: 4 Hungarian Dances for piano 4 

hands; Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990); John Corigliano 

(1938 - ); Grieg; Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974); Ravel. 

Artists: Cheng-Chow Trio. Angela Cheng (Pno); Alan 

Chow (Pno); Alvin Chow (Pno). (1 CD) (Arioso 

Classics) AIO 12 $17.99 $15.99 

Brahms, Kahane, Prokofiev piano works 

Works: Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 2; Gabriel 

Kahane: Piano Sonata; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for 

Piano no 7, Op. 83. Artists: Natasha Paremski (Pno). 

(1 CD) (Arioso Classics) AIO 13 $17.99 $15.99 

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Fauré: Requiem; Schumann: Messe C-minor 

Works: Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; R. Schumann: Mass 

for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147. 

Artists: Winfried Toll. Gerhard Gnann (Organ); Hans- 

Jorg Mammel (Voice); Ulf Bastlein (Bss Bar); Isolde 

Siebert (Sop); Carola Maurer (Sop). (1 CD) (Ars 

Musici) ARM 232177 $27.99 $24.99 

Liszt: Missa Choralis; Kodaly: Pange Lingua; Widor 

Works: Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): Pange Lingua for 

chorus & organ; Liszt: Missa choralis, for chorus & 

organ, S. 10; Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937): 

Mass, for double choir & 2 organs, Op. 36. Artists: 

Heinz Hennig/Hannover Childrens’ Choir. Tobias 

Gotting (Organ); Martin Lüssenhop (Organ). (1 CD) 

(Ars Musici) ARM 232198 $27.99 $24.99 

Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage / Seung-Yeun Huh 

Works: Liszt: Album d’un voyageur, S 156; Années de 

pèlerinage no 3, S 163; Années de pèlerinage, 

deuxième année, S 161 “Italie”. Artists: Seung-Yeun 

Huh (Pno). (2 CD) 2ARM 232406 $27.99 $24.99 

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Octandre: Chamber works for winds by Varese, 

Luzuriaga, Bruttger, Etkin, Riehm et al. 

Works: Coriún Aharonián: Gente for Seven Wind 

Instruments, Double bass and Percussion; Thomas 

Bruttger: Monolith for 7 wind instruments & double 

bass; Mariano Etkin: Abgesang Mambo for Seven 

Wind Instruments and Double bass; Diego Luzuriaga 

(1955 - ): Grave Bossa, for 7 wind instruments, 

double bass and percussion; Graciela Paraskevaídis: 

Sendas for seven wind instruments and pianoforte; 

Rolf Riehm (1937 - ): Il fiume Sarca, for 7 wind 

Instruments & double bass; Edgard Varèse (1883 - 

1965). Artists: Ensemble Aventure (Germany). (1 

CD) (Ars Musici) ARM 232211 $27.99 $24.99 

This CD received the German Record Critics’ 

Award. 

Scarlatti: Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas 

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725): Concerti 

grossi nos 1 - 6; 3 Sonatas for cello and continuo. 

Artists: Ottavio Dantone/Accademia Bizantina. 

Ottavio Dantone (Hpsi); Mauro Valli (Clo). (1 SA 

Hybrid CD) (Arts) ARZ 47758 $21.99 $19.99 

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Ohlsson 

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): Concerto 

for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Symphonic 

Dances, Op. 45. Artists: Robert Spano/Atlanta 

Symphony Orchestra. Garrick Ohlsson (Pno). (1 CD) 

(ASO Media) ASOM 1003 $20.99 $18.99 

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ATMA 

Debussy Orchestrations of Caplet, Ansermet, 

Stokowski, Ravel 

Works: Debussy: Children’s Corner; Clair de lune, for 

piano (Suite Bergamasque no 3), L. 75/3; Epigraphes 

antiques (6); Estampes (3) for Piano; Petite suite for 

Piano 4 hands; Suite for Piano “Pour le piano”. 

Artists: Yoav Talmi/Québec SO. (1 CD) (ATMA) 

ATMA 22671 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Bruckner: Symphony no 4 / Nezet-Seguin 

Works: Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat 

(“Romantic”), WAB 104. Artists: Yannick Nézet- 

Séguin/Orchestre Metropolitain. (1 CD) (ATMA) 

ATMA 22667 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

“All signs point to Nézet-Séguin’s being a major 

Bruckner conductor” -Philadelphia Enquirer. 

Musica Vaticana: Choral music by Pitoni, de 

Lassus, Ugolini, Benevoli, et al. 

Works: Orazio Benevoli (1605 - 1672): Juravit 

Dominum, motet for 4 sopranos & basso continuo; 

Laudate pueri Dominum, motet for 16 voices & basso 

continuo; O sacramentum pietatis, motet for 3 

sopranos & basso continuo; Orlande de Lassus (1532 

- 1594): Domine quid multiplicati sunt, motet for 12 

voices; Giovanni de Macque (circa 1548-1550 - 

1614): Ave regina c‘lorum, motet for 12 voices; 

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657 - 1743): Dixit Dominus, 

motet for 16 voices & basso continuo; Francesco 

Soriano; Vincenzo Ugolini. Artists: Christopher 

Jackson/Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal. (1 

CD) (ATMA) ATMA 22508 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Featuring rare polychoral compositions by great 

Renaissance composers is Musica Vaticana, the 

latest release from vocal ensemble Studio de 

musique ancienne de Montréal. 

Recommended 

❦A Concert for New York: 

Mahler / Glibert, Roschmann, 

DeYoung [Blu-Ray] 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 2 in 

C minor “Resurrection”. Artists: 

Alan Gilbert/New York 

Philharmonic. Dorothea 

Röschmann (Sop); Michelle 

DeYoung (Mzz Sop). (Accentus) 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) ACTS 10241 $42.99 $38.99 

(1 DVD-Video) ACTS 20241 $27.99 $24.99 

“Mr. Gilbert is especially good at revealing the 

layout and structure of a symphonic movement. 

He made the direction of phrases (what leads to 

what) in this episodic Allegro uncommonly clear... 

when the music turned cataclysmic, in the 

deafening buildup before the recapitulation, the 

playing had all the raw, crackling sound any 

diehard Mahlerite could want.” -The New York 

Times 

❦Homage to Maria Callas / 

Soprano Angela Gheorghiu 

Arias from: Bellini: Il Pirata; 

Bizet: Carmen; Catalani: La 

Wally; Cherubini: Medea; Cilèa: 

Adriana Lecouvreur; Giordano: 

André Chénier; plus Gounod; 

Leoncavallo; Massenet; Puccini; Saint-Saëns; Verdi. 

Artists: Marco Armiliato. Angela Gheorghiu (Sop); 

Karen Jones (Flt); Luisa Tuck (Clo); James Valenti 

(Clo); Tom Watmouch (Clnt). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) 

EMI 843772B $17.98 $15.98 

“She has earned her place as one of the best 

sopranos of her generation and it has been said 

that her voice is ‘perhaps the most instantly 

recognizable and interesting soprano voice of our 

time... a liquid instrument of great beauty’” - 

Gramophone 

❦Joby Talbot: Alice’s 

Adventures in Wonderland / 

Wordsworth, Royal Ballet [DVD] 

Works: Joby Talbot (1971 - ): 

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 

Artists: Barry Wordsworth/Orch. of 

the ROH. Steven McRae (Dancer); 

Sergei Polunin (Dancer); Edward 

Watson (Dancer); Laura 

Cuthbertson (Dancer); Zenaida Yanowsky (Dancer). 

(BBC Opus Arte) 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) BOA 7090D $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

(1 DVD-Video) BOA 1056D $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

“Mr. Talbot’s score is the trump card for “Alice.” 

It’s a dazzling array of melodies and shimmering 

percussion, usefully atmospheric and dancey, yet 

sophisticated enough to feel like more than a 

mere support. It’s one of the many things that 

makes “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” 

watchable and enjoyable. The choreography is all 

of that too. But this is Christopher Wheeldon. rIt 

doesn’t seem unreasonable to want 

more.” -The New York Times 

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Post Card: Works by Brandao, Annunziata, 

Evangelista, Nicolau / Alcan String Quartet 

Works: Miguel del Aguila (1957 - ): Presto II; 

Alessandro Annunziata: Meltemi; José Vieira Brandao 

(1911 - 2002): Miniatura; Paquito d’Rivera (1948 - ): 

Wapango; José Evangelista (1943 - ): Spanish 

Garland; Airat Ichmouratov: Quartet for Strings no 2; 

Dimitri Nicolau (1946 - 2008). Artists: (1 CD) (ATMA) 

ATMA 22502 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

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Audite 

Bach and the South German Tradition, Vol. 2 

Works: J.S. Bach: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, 

BWV 733; Toccata and Fugue, BWV 540; Trio Sonata 

no 5, BWV 529; Johann Jacob Froberger (1616 - 

1667): Capriccio in F major; Johann Kaspar Kerll 

(1627 - 1693): Toccata No 1; Georg Muffat (1653 - 

1704): Toccata no 6; Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 

1706). Artists: Martin Neu (Organ); Wilfried Rombach 

(Organ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Audite) 

ADT 92548 $21.99 $19.99 

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Schubert: Symphony 

No. 9 ‘Great’ / Julian von Karolyi, piano 

Works: Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, 

Op. 21, CT. 48; Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major 

(“The Great”), D. 944. Artists: Leo Blech/RIAS SO. 

Julian von Karolyi (Pno). (1 CD) (Audite) (live) 

ADT 95640 $16.99 $14.99 

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / Rafael Kubelik 

Works: Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 

103. Artists: Rafael Kubelik/Bavarian RSO. (1 CD) 

(Audite) ADT 95543 $16.99 $14.99 

This live recording of the Jan. 30, 1970 concert in 

the Herkules-Saal of the Munich residence with 

Rafael Kubelik & Bavarian Radio Symphony 

Orchestra is available again, now in CD format. 

Beethoven & Berg Violin Concertos / Ferras, violin 

Works: Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 

61; Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): Concerto for Violin. 

Artists: Massimo Freccia/Berlin RSO; Karl Böhm/ 

Berlin PO. Christian Ferras (Vln). (1 CD) (Audite) 

ADT 95590 $16.99 $14.99 

Bach: Goldberg Variations / Daniel-Ben Pienaar 

Works: J.S. Bach: Fourteen Canons, BWV 1087; 

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Gottfried Heinrich 

Stölzel (1690 - 1749): Bist du bei mir. Artists: Daniel- 

Ben Pienaar (Pno). (1 CD) (Avie Records) 

AIE 2235 $17.99 $15.99 

As a bonus, Mr. Pienaar includes the rarely 

performed Fourteen Canons BWV 1087, based 

on the first eight bass notes of the Goldberg’s 

Aria. 

Piazzolla / music for guitar & bandoneon 

Works: Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Concerto for 

bandoneón, guitar & string orchestra (“Hommage à 

Liege”); History of the Tango; Las estaciones 

porteñas (4). Artists: Julian Labro (Bandoneon); 

Jason Vieux (Gtr). (1 CD) (Azica) 

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AZI 71270 $18.99 $16.99 

Internationally acclaimed guitarist 

Jason Vieaux teams up with 

Bandoneon virtuoso Julian Labro 

in these new arrangements of 

Astor Piazzolla masterpieces. 


Franz Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, complete; 

Gesualdo, Marenzio / Ragna Schirmer, piano 

Works by: Carlo Gesualdo (circa 1566 - 1613); Franz 

Liszt; Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599). Artists: Ragna 

Schirmer (Pno). (3 CD) (Berlin Classics) 

3BER 300121 $52.99 $47.99 

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BIS 

Ilkka Kuusisto: Orchestral Works 

Works: Ilkka Kuusisto (1933 - ): Concertino 

improvvisando, for violin & small orchestra; Kun talo 

alkaa soida (When the house begins to resound), 

cantata for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 1. 

Artists: Jaakko Kuusisto. Jorma Hynninen (Bar); 

Pekka Kuusisto (Vln). (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden) 

BIS 1847 $20.99 $18.99 

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 29 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C 

minor, K. 491; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K. 

503. Artists: Michael Alexander Willens/Kölner 

Akademie. Ronald Brautigam (FtePno). (1 SA CD) 

(BIS (Sweden) BIS 1894 $20.99 $18.99 

Yevgeny Sudbin plays Chopin: Fantasie in F minor; 

Ballades; Mazurkas; Nocturnes 

Works: Chopin: Ballades nos 3 & 4; Fantasie for 

Piano, B 137/Op. 49; Mazurkas nos 17 23, 25. 

Yevgeny Sudbin (1980 - ). Artists: Yevgeny Sudbin 

(Pno). (1 SA CD) (BIS (Sweden) 

BIS 1838 $20.99 $18.99 

A Lindberg Extravaganza / Christian Lindberg, Trb 

Works: Anders Högstedt: A Night at the Opera, for 

trombone & ensemble; A Tribute to Jussi Björling, for 

trombone & ensemble; Oskar Lindberg (1887 - 1955): 

Gammal fäbodpsalm frän Dalarna, for trombone & 

ensemble; Andrea Lindberg-Tarrodi: A Tribute to 

Dorsey, Miller and Teagarden, for trombone & 

ensemble; Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979): My Funny 

Valentine; Jan Sandström (1954 - ): A Christian Song, 

for trombone & ensemble; Vivaldi. Artists: Hans Ek/ 

Swedish Wind Ensemble. Christian Lindberg (Trb). (1 

CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1878 $20.99 $18.99 

The swinging, glittering and lush 

accompaniments are provided by Lindberg’s 

‘own’ band – the Swedish Wind Ensemble – add 

greatly to this Lindbergian extravaganza. 

The Father, The Son & The Godfather: 2x Bach & 

Telemann 

Works: CPE Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for Viola 

da Gamba and Harpsichord, Wq 88/H 510; Trio 

sonata for viola, bass recorder & harpsichord, Wq. 

163; J.S. Bach: Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord, 

BWV 1030; Telemann: Sonata for cello & continuo, 

TWV 41; Sonata for recorder, viola da gamba & 

continuo, TWV 42; Sonata for recorder, viola da 

gamba & continuo, TWV 42. Artists: Paradiso 

Musicale. (1 CD) (BIS (Sweden) 

BIS 1895 $20.99 $18.99 

Glorious Percussion, In Tempus Praesens: 

Concertos by Sofia Gubaidulina 

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - ): Concerto for Violin 

“In tempus praesens”; Glorious Percussion, concerto 

for percussion & orchestra. Artists: Jonathan Nott/ 

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Vadim Gluzman (Vln). 

(1 CD) (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1752 $20.99 $18.99 

1/800/222-6872

Im Herbst: Choral Works by Brahms & Schubert 

Works: Brahms: 11 Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103, for mixed 

choir and piano; Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Gesänge 

(5) for vocal sextet, Op. 104; Warum ist das Licht 

gegeben den Mühseligen?, motet for chorus, Op. 74/ 

1; Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, 

D 714b/Op 167; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132. Artists: 

Oystein Birkeland (Clo); Dan Styffe (Dbl Bss); Ingrid 

Andsnes (Pno); Catherine Bullock (Vla); Ole-Eirik Ree 

(Clo). (1 SA CD) (BIS (Sweden) 

BIS 1869 $20.99 $18.99 

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Blue Griffin 

Kaleidoscope: 25 Preludes and Fugues for Piano 

and Humankind by Israel Kremen 

Works: Israel Kremen: Kaleidoscope, preludes & 

fugues (25) for piano & audience participation. 

Artists: Irena Portenko (Pno). (2 CD) (Blue Griffin) 

2BLGF 231 $42.99 $38.99 

Russian Romance / Rachmaninov, Glinka, Gliere 

Works: Alexander Alyabyev: The Nightingale; 

Anonymous, Russian: You Won’t Believe How Sweet 

You Are; Anton Arensky: Quatre Morceaux; 

Alexander Glazunov: Three Minuatures for Piano, Op. 

42; Reinhold Glière: The Bronze Horseman; Mikhail 

Glinka: Mazurka, for piano in C major; M. Gorshov; 

Alexander Grechaninov; Alexander Griboyedov; 

Anatol Lyadov; Sergey Rachmaninov; Rimsky- 

Korsakov; Sergei Taneyev; Tchaikovsky. Artists: 

Sergei Kvitko (Pno); Maxim Rubtsov (Flt). (1 CD) 

(Blue Griffin) BLGF 233 $21.99 $19.99 

Maxim Rubtsov is the principal flutist of the 

Russian National Orchestra. 

Tuesday Afternoon / Tony Clef, Guitar 

Works: L“ Borges (1952 - ): Clube Da Esquina no 2; 

Leslie Bricusse (1931 - ): Pure Imagination, song; 

Ray Davies (Kinks) (1944 - ): Sunny Afternoon; Justin 

Hayward (1946 - ): Tuesday Afternoon; John Lennon: 

When I’m Sixty-four; Dudley Moore: Moontime; 

Francis Poulenc; Purcell; Richard Rodgers; André 

Salvet; Heitor Villa-Lobos. Artists: Tony R. Clef. (1 

CD) (BR Klassik) BRR 8916 $15.99 $13.99 

Beethoven: Early String Quartets / Budapest Quartet 

Works: Beethoven: Quartets for Strings nos 1 - 6, Op. 

18/1 - 6. Artists: The Budapest String Quartet (rec. 

1943 - 44; 1962) (2 CD) (Bridge) 

2BDG 9342 $18.99 $16.99 

Both the middle and late quartets from this cycle 

have frequently been cited as among the finest 

recordings ever made of Beethoven’s singular 

masterpieces. Bridge now presents the final 

volume. 

Brahms: Trio in B major, Op. 8; Smetana: Trio in G 

minor, Op. 15 / Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio 

Works: Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B 

major, Op. 8; Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884): Trio for 

Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1. Artists: Weiss- 

Kaplan-Newman Trio. (1 CD) (Bridge) 

BDG 9362 $18.99 $16.99 

Combining the talents of three award-winning 

soloists, the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio 

(originally founded as the Sequenza Trio) was 

hailed by The New York Times as “Three strong 

voices, locked in sequence.” 

Recommended 

❦Bizet: Carmen / Piollet, Uria- 

Monzon, Alagna, Schrott, 

Poplavskaya [Blu-Ray] 

Works: Bizet: Carmen, opera. 

Artists: Marc Piollet/Gran Teatre 

del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del 

Liceu SO. Roberto Alagna (Tnr); 

Erwin Schrott (Bss Bar); Béatrice 

Uria-Monzon (Sop); Marina 

Poplavskaya (Sop). (C Major Video) 

(1 Blu-Ray) CME 707404 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

(2 DVD-Video) 2CME 707308 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

“Roberto Alagna, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Erwin 

Schrott and Marina Poplavskaya told the wellknown 

story organically. Each of these singers 

has sung many a Carmen, but all jumped headfirst 

into Bieito’s concept of the opera as a 

contemporary and relevant tale of domestic 

violence, clash of cultures and the impossibility of 

freedom... Young French conductor Marc Piollet 

led the serviceable house orchestra in a fastpaced, 

well-crafted performance of the score, and 

the Liceu chorus - malleable actors and a potent 

musical body - did a great job, especially in Act 

IV.” -Opera News 

❦Delius: Double Concerto; 

Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto 

Works: Frederick Delius: 

Concerto for Cello; Concerto for 

Violin and Cello; Concerto for 

Violin. Artists: Andrew Davis/ 

BBC SO. Tasmin Little (Vln); Paul 

Watkins (Clo). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) 

CHA 5094 $21.99 $17.99 On Sale 

“A magical, sensuous flow is the presiding quality 

of this superior performance by Little. Watkins is 

no less captivating in the Cello Concerto, and 

they are superb together in the Double Concerto, 

with its heart-easing slow second section.” -The 

Sunday Times 

❦My True Love Hath My Heart - English Songs 

sung by Sarah Connolly 

Songs & Folksongs by: Richard Rodney Bennett; 

Britten; Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937); Herbert Howells; 

John Ireland; Michael Head; Peter Warlock. Artists: 

Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Sarah Connolly (Mzz Sop). 

(1 CD) (Chandos Records) 

CHA 10691 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“Ms Connolly’s voice was strong and steady 

through its range, velvety, but with a soft, subtle 

graininess that gave weight and presence to even 

her most ethereal floated notes.” -The New York 

Times “A lovely big mezzo reading of modern 

settings by Britten, Howells, Gurney and more, 

with unassertive accompaniment by Malcolm 

Martineau. A sarcastic Richard Rodney 

r 

Bennett set rounds off the show.” -La 

Scena Musicale “Her singing is 

consistently beautiful in this 

programme of English songs.” -The 

Sunday Times 

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Brilliant Classics 

Schumann: Arrangements for cello & piano 

Works: R. Schumann: Albumblätter no 16, Op. 124/16; 

Flutenreicher Ebro, song for baritone & piano; 

Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Frühlingsnacht, song 

for voice & piano; Gedichte (6), Op. 36; Ich grolle 

nicht, (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7. Artists: Francesco 

Dillon (Clo); Emanuele Torquati (Pno). (2 CD) 

(Brilliant Classics) 

2BLC 94060 $8.99 $6.99 On Sale 

Arranged for cello and piano by Friederich 

Grützmacher, this 2CD release presents Robert 

Schumann like you’ve never experienced before. 

Zapateado: Homage to Joaquin / Kerstens, Guitar 

Works: Edward McGuire (1948 - ): Homage to 

Rodrigo; Joaquín Rodrigo: En los trigales; Pastoral; 

Piezas (3) españolas; Sonata giocosa; Tiento antiguo 

- J. Rodrigo; Howard Skempton (1947 - ); Errollyn 

Wallen (1958 - ). Artists: Tom Kerstens (Gtr). (1 CD) 

(British Guitar Society) BGS 107 $17.99 $15.99 

Playing For Two: works by Roland Dyens, Nikita 

Koshkin, Leo Brouwer and Dusan Bogdanovich 

Works: Dusan Bogdanovic (1955 - ): Tombeau de 

Purcell, for 2 guitars; Leo Brouwer (1939 - ): Per 

suonare à due, for guitars; Roland Dyens (1955 - ): 

C“té Nord, for 2 guitars; Nikita Koshkin (1956 - ): 

Concertino. Artists: Eden-Stell Guitar Duo. (1 CD) 

(British Guitar Society) BGS 112 $17.99 $15.99 

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Cala Records 

Liszt: Les Préludes; Hunnenschlacht; Don Juan 

Fantasy / Matthew Cameron 

Works: Liszt: Funérailles, for piano, S.173/7; 

Hungarian Rhapsody no 13, S. 244/13; Hungarian 

Rhapsody no 5, S. 244/5; Hunnenschlacht, 

symphonic poem for 2 pianos, S. 645; Les Préludes, 

symphonic poem, S. 511; Réminiscences de Don 

Juan, S 418. Artists: Matthew Cameron (Pno). (1 

CD) (Cala Records) CALA 88045 $18.99 $16.99 

Chinary Ung: Aura, Oracle, Still Life after Death 

Works: Chinary Ung (1942 - ): Aura, for 2 female 

vocalists & chamber ensemble; Oracle, for flute, 

clarinet, violin, cello, percussion & voices; Still Life 

After Death, for soprano & chamber ensemble. 

Artists: Jeff von der Schmidt/Southwest Chamber 

Music. Elissa Johnston (Sop); Kathleen Roland 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Cambria) CBA 8854 $18.99 $16.99 

Music by Annie Gosfield: Lightning Slingers & Dead 

Ringers / Lisa Moore, piano 

Works: Annie Gosfield: Brooklyn, October 5, 1941, for 

piano with baseballs & catcher’s mitt; Lightning 

Slingers and Dead Ringers, for piano & sampling 

keyboard. Artists: Lisa Moore (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Canteloupe) CPE 21061 $10.99 $9.99 

Lisa Moore is back with her second CD, Lightning 

Slingers and Dead Ringers, written specifically for 

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her by composer Annie Gosfield, 

who is described as “...a major 

figure of the downtown scene with 

pieces that use nonmusical 

sounds in a strikingly expressive 

manner.” 


Martin Bresnick: Caprichos Enfanticos for piano 

Works: Martin Bresnick (1946 - ): Caprichos Enfáticos. 

Artists: Lisa Moore (Pno). (1 CD) (Canteloupe) 

CPE 21075 $18.99 $16.99 

“Martin Bresnick is one of the great pragmatists in 

contemporary music, a composer who will use 

any sound as long as it speaks vividly and makes 

narrative sense.” - Alex Ross, The New Yorker 

J.C.F. Bach: The Infancy of Jesus / Schlick, Helung 

Works: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 - 

1795): Die Kindheit Jesu, oratorio for voices, chorus & 

orchestra, HW14/2; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, 

motet for chorus & continuo. Artists: Hermann Max/ 

Rheinische Kantorei. Barbara Schlick (Sop). (1 CD) 

(Capriccio) CAP 5104 $18.99 $16.99 

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Carus 

Lore-Ley II: German Folksongs for women’s choir 

Works by: Helmut Barbe (1927 - ); Max Beckschäfer; 

Franz Biebl (1906 - 2001); Wolfram Buchenberg 

(1962 - ); Javier Busto (1949 - ); Stefan Claas; 

Thomas Gabriel; Gunther Martin Göttsche; Clytus 

Gottwald (1925 - ); Uwe Henkhaus; Vytautas Miskinis 

(1954 - ); Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981); Heinrich Poos 

(1928 - ); Max Reger (1873 - 1916); Herwig Reiter; 

Peter Schindler; Oliver Sperling; Siegfried Strohbach 

(1929 - ); Robert Sund. Artists: Carola Bischoff/ 

Pfalzische Kurrende. (1 CD) (Carus) 

CRS 2202 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Johannes Eccard: Prussian Choral Hymns 

Works: Johannes Eccard (1553 - 1611): Der Heilig 

Geist vom Himmel kam; Freu dich, du werte 

Christenheit; Freut euch, ihr Christen alle; Maria, das 

Jungfräulein; Mein schönste Zier und Kleinod bist; 

Mein Sünd mich kränkt; Johannes Stobaeus (1580 - 

1646). Artists: Peter Kopp/Capella de la Torre; Vocal 

Concert, Dresden. (1 CD) (Carus) 

CRS 83265 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Compositions from the 17th and 21st century 

Works: Gregorian Chant: Custodit parvulos Dominus 

(Psalm 116, v. 1-15); Nicolaus Erich (1588 - 1631): 

Psalm 116, motet in 3 parts; Bernd Franke (1959 - ): 

And why? (Psalm 116), for choir; Johann Hermann 

Schein (1586 - 1630); Steffen Schleiermacher (1960 - 

); Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672). Artists: Calmus 

Ensemble. (1 CD) (Carus) 

CRS 83366 $16.99 $12.99 On Sale 

Calmus presents settings of Psalm 116 from the 

1600’s by the early masters paired with settings 

contemporary German composers. 

Liszt: Etudes / Sonata - Nelson Goerner, piano 

Works: Liszt: Bagatelle, S. 216a; Ballade, S. 171; 12 

Transcendental Etudes, S. 139; Mephisto Waltz, S. 

110/2; Sonata for Piano in B minor; Wagner: Tristan 

und Isolde. Artists: Nelson Goerner (pno) (2 CD) 

(Cascavelle) 2CAS 3157 $15.99 $13.99 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 / Daniel Raiskin 

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Symphony 

no 4 in C minor, Op. 43. Artists: Daniel Raiskin. (1 

CD) (Cavi-music) CAVI 8553235 $17.99 $15.99 

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin / Shade, Martineau 

Artists: Malcolm Martineau (Pno); Michael Schade 

(Tnr). (1 CD) (CBC Records) 

CBC 1170 $18.99 $16.99 

1/800/222-6872

Soviet Experience, Vol. 1: Shostakovich & 

Myaskovsky String Quartets / Pacifica Quartet 

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950): Quartet for 

Strings no 13, Op. 86; Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartets 

for Strings nos 5 - 8. Artists: (2 CD) (Cedille) 

2CDL 127 $18.99 $16.99 

This is the first installment in the Pacifica 

Quartet’s highly anticipated, four-volume survey 

of the complete Shostakovich string quartets. 

“...Beautifully and powerfully played.” - The New 

York Times 

Violinist David Nadien Plays Handel, Mozart, Saint- 

Saëns, Sarasate, Chausson 

Works: Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899): Poème, for 

violin & orchestra, Op. 25; Handel: Suite for keyboard, 

HWV 432; W.A. Mozart: Duo for violin & viola no 2; 

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra; 

Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra for 2 Violins and Piano, 

Op. 33. Artists: Akiro Endo. David Nadien (Vln); 

Jonathan Feldman (Pno); Barry Finclair (Vla). (1 CD) 

(Cembal d’amour) CDA 161 $17.99 $15.99 

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Centaur 

Pieces, Threaded - 1999-2001: Piano Music of Ben 

Carson / Jacob Rhodebeck, John Harris 

Works: Ben Leeds Carson: Coda; Fors seulement..., 

fors seulement condition, for piano; Pieces, 

Threaded; Plain Clothes Cop, for piano; The 

Persistent Names of Lost Spaces, for piano. Artists: 

John Mark Harris (Pno); Jacob Rhodebeck (Pno); Ben 

Leeds Carson (Pno). (1 CD) (Centaur) 

CEN 3105 $18.99 $16.99 

A Golden Proportion Recital 

Works: Chopin: Etudes for piano nos 1-3; Nocturnes 

for piano nos 1 & 2; Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite 

Bergamasque no 3); Images Sets 1 & 2; W.A. Mozart: 

Sonata no 1. Artists: Nicholas Ross (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Centaur) CEN 3157 $18.99 $16.99 

J.S. Bach: Suites (Overtures) for Orchestra 

Works: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites (Overtures) nos 2 

- 4. Artists: David Rabinovich/Apollo Ensemble. (1 

CD) (Centaur) CEN 3083 $18.99 $16.99 

High Notes: More New Music for Sopranino Sax 

Works: Doug Bristol (1961 - ): Mpingo; Walter Hartley: 

Amazing Grace and Wondrous Love; Ken Johnson: 

Fantasy, for sopranino saxophone, piano & viola da 

gamba; Kirk O’Riordan: Moments, Once 

Remembered, for sopranino saxophone & guitar; Tim 

Reed: Nocturne; Rocking, for sopranino saxophone & 

piano; Farrell Vernon. Artists: Hamilton Tescarollo 

(Pno); Farrell Vernon (Pno); Jim Steele (Pno); 

Melanie Bookout (Pno); Brad Crossland (Marimba). (1 

CD) (Centaur) CEN 3142 $18.99 $16.99 

Piano Music of Gene Gutchë 

Works: Gene Gutche (1907 - 2000): Fugue for piano in 

C Minor; Piano Sonata, Op. 32/1; Piano Sonata, Op. 

32/2; Theme and Variations for piano; Utilitarian 

Fugue, for piano. Artists: Matthew McCright (Pno). (1 

CD) (Centaur) CEN 3150 $18.99 $16.99 

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Recommended 

❦Schumann: String Quartets, 

Op. 41 / Doric String Quartet 

Works: R. Schumann: Quartets 

for Strings nos 1 - 3. Artists: 

Doric String Quartet (1 CD) 

(Chandos Records) 

CHA 10692 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“The Dorics play with warmth, finesse and 

exciting attack.” -The Observer 

“Among numerous affecting details: the sinuous 

allegro opening of No 2; the driven upsurge of its 

scherzo; and the plangent sigh that is No 3’s 

andante espressivo introduction, rarely more 

espressivo than here.” -The Sunday Times 

❦Bach: Orchestral Suites; Violin Concerti / 

Vladimir Spivakov, violin 

Works: Artists: Vladimir Spivakov (Vln)/Moscow 

Virtuosi (4 CD) (Newton Classics) 

4NEWC 8802086 $31.49 $28.49 

“Spivakov’s sensibility to the music is 

unmistakable- he never tramples over it and 

never over-inflates it. The menuets and bourrees 

of the C major Suite are articulated with great 

delicacy and played with finesse. The Forlane, 

too, is poised and agreeably leisurely making one 

feel inclined to take to the floor... Tobias Carron 

(flute) gives an engaging account of the B minor 

Suite and the brass and timpani in the Third and 

Fourth Suites are splendidly resonant.” - 

Gramophone 

❦Beethoven: Complete 

Symhonies / Riccardo Chailly 

Works: Beethoven: Symphonies 

nos 1-9; Coriolan Overture; 

Egmont, Op. 84; Fidelio Op. 72; 

King Stephen Op. 117; Leonore 

Overture no 3; Name-Day 

Celebration Overture, Op. 115. Artists: Riccardo 

Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch. (5 CD) (Decca) 

5DEC B001609802 $64.48 $55.48 

“Chailly’s first recorded Beethoven cycle shows 

r 

him to be a Classicist through and 

through... There is also a lovely 

Italianate cantabile which period 

strings would find it impossible (and 

possibly undesirable) to match... The 

recordings, I should add, are superb... 

There is space around the sound, as 

there needs to be in Beethoven, complemented 

by an immediacy and clarity of detail that derives 

in large measure from the playing itself.” - 

Gramophone 

❦The Thomas Ades: Anthology 

Works: Thomas Adès (1971 - ): America (a prophecy), 

for soprano & large orchestra, Op. 19; Arcadiana, for 

string quartet, Op. 12; Chamber Symphony, Op. 2; 

Violin Concerto; Living Toys, Op. 9; Mazurkas (3) for 

piano. Artists: Thomas Adès/Birmingham 

Contemporary Music Group. Susan Bickley (Mzz 

Sop). (2 CD) (EMI) 2EMI 885602 $17.98 $15.98 

“This is essential Adès, impeccably performed, 

for those wanting to survey the oeuvre in all its 

quixotic variety.” -The Observer 

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Challenge Classics 

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano vers) 

Works: Liszt: Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi’s 

“Rigoletto”; Un sospiro (Grande études de concert no 

3), S. 144/3; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition. 

Artists: Nobuyuki Tsujii (Pno). (1 CD) (Challenge 

Classics) CHL 72526 $17.99 $15.99 

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint Gold Medalist of 

the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano 

Competition, and since then the blind pianist has 

become a worldwide sensation. 

Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 6 

Works: Beethoven: Symphony no 4, Op. 60; 

Symphony no 6 “Pastoral”, Op. 68. Artists: Jan 

Willem de Vriend/Netherland SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) 

(Challenge) CHL SACD72361 $20.99 $18.99 

Brahms: Violin Sonatas / Linus Roth 

Works: Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano “FAE 

Sonata”; Sonatas for violin & piano nos 1 - 3. Artists: 

Linus Roth (Vln); José Gallardo (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Challenge Classics) CHL 72382 $17.99 $15.99 

❦Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 

Works: Beethoven: Symphony no 7, Op. 92; 

Symphony no 8, Op. 93. Artists: Jan Willem de 

VriendNetherland SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Challenge 

Classics) CHL SACD72500 $20.99 $18.99 

“These are strong, thrustful performances which 

make sense in terms of the music in hand and the 

orchestra’s own character and competence.” - 

Gramophone 

❦Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59; String Quintet 

Works: Beethoven: Quartets for Strings (3) 

(“Razumovsky”), Op. 59; Quintet for Strings in C 

major, Op. 29. Artists: Kuijken Ensemble. Marleen 

Thiers (Vla). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Challenge Classics) 

2CHL 72362 $20.99 $18.99 

“Their unadorned verve and clarity reflect a 

background in period performance, which has its 

own appeal. They use “modern” instruments but 

the bowing is light and the vibrato discreet” -The 

Observer 

Phoenix: Works for solo oboe / Emily Pailthorpe 

Works: Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983): Sonata for 

oboe & piano; Paul Patterson (1947 - ): Phoenix 

Concerto, Op. 102; Vaughan Williams: Concerto for 

Oboe in A minor. Artists: Benjamin Wallfisch/English 

CO. Emily Pailthorpe (Oboe). (1 CD) (Champs Hill 

Records) CMPH 025 $18.99 $16.99 

Elgar in Sussex: Piano Quintet; Seven Songs; Three 

Movements for piano trio / Felicity Lott, soprano 

Works: Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Songs, Op. 16; 

Op. 48; Op. 42; Queen Mary’s Song; Is she not 

passing fair?; Quintet for Piano & Strings, Op. 85; Trio 

for piano & strings in D minor (fragment). Artists: 

Gould Piano Trio; Schubert Ensemble of London. 

Felicity Lott (Sop); Joseph Middleton (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Champs Hill Records) CMPH 027 $18.99 $16.99 

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The pieces featured here are 

some of Elgar’s finest works. 

Dame Felicity Lott, accompanied 

by Joseph Middleton, sings a 

variety of Elgar’s most noted 

songs in new recordings. 


Janacek, Ravel & Prokofiev piano works 

Works: Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928): Sonata for Piano 

(“From the Street, 1 October, 1905” - final movement 

lost); Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 

14; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales. Artists: 

Ivana Gavric (Pno). (1 CD) (Champs Hill Records) 

CMPH 026 $18.99 $16.99 

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Chandos 

Fantasies for Bassoon / Karen Geoghegan 

Works: Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour; Rachmaninov: 

Songs, Op. 34; Gustav Schreck (1849 - 1918): 

Sonata for bassoon & piano, Op. 9; Schubert: Sonata 

for Arpeggione, D 821; Louis Spohr: Adagio for 

bassoon & piano in F major; Schumann: 

Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; . 

Artists: Philip Edward Fisher (Pno); Karen 

Geoghegan (Bssn). (1 CD) (Chandos Records) 

CHA 10703 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“Name five internationally famous bassoon 

soloists. Archie Camden, Gwydion Brooke and, 

er, that’s it. Except I think we shall soon be 

adding the name of Karen Geoghegan to the roll 

call’. - Gramophone 

Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick; Sinfonietta / 

Works: Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975): Moby Dick, 

cantata for male chorus, soloists & orchestra; 

Sinfonietta for string orchestra. Artists: Richard 

Edgar-Wilson (Tnr); David Wilson-Johnson (Bar); 

Michael Schoenwandt. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos 

Records) CHA 5095 $21.99 $17.99 On Sale 

Initially intended to be an opera, Herrmann’s 

‘Moby Dick’ evolved to be a Cantata as the stage 

was not an ideal medium for a musical version of 

Moby Dick. 

❦Delius: Concertos for Cello & Violin 

Works: Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934): Concerto for 

Cello; Concerto for Violin and Cello; Concerto for 

Violin. Artists: Andrew Davis/BBC SO. Tasmin Little 

(Vln); Paul Watkins (Clo). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos 

Records) CHA 5094 $21.99 $17.99 On Sale 

“A magical, sensuous flow is the presiding quality 

of this superior performance by Little. Watkins is 

no less captivating in the Cello Concerto, and 

they are superb together in the Double Concerto, 

with its heart-easing slow second section.” -The 

Sunday Times 

❦Schumann: String Quartets Op. 41 / Doric Quartet 

Works: R. Schumann: Quartets for Strings nos 1 - 3. 

Artists: Doric Quartet. (1 CD) (Chandos Records) 

CHA 10692 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“The Dorics play with warmth, finesse and 

exciting attack.” -The Observer 

❦J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 

Works: J.S. Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244. 

Artists: Jos van Veldhoven. Peter Harvey (Bss Bar); 

Julian Podger (Tnr); Gerd Türk (Tnr); Amaryllis 

Dieltiens (Tnr). (3 SA Hybrid CD) (Channel Classics) 

3CCS 32511 $45.99 $37.99 On Sale 

“This exceptionally well balanced, thoughtfully 

paced reading, vividly brought to life... deserves a 

place among the reference versions... in all, a 

collector’s dream, a listener’s treasure. “ 

-ClassicsToday (10/10) 

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Channel, continued 

❦Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51 No. 1 (Version for 

String Orchestra) 

Works: Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 1; Arnold 

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra. 

Artists: Candida Thompson/Amsterdam Sinfonietta. 

(1 SA Hybrid CD) CCS 30411 $22.49 $18.49 On Sale 

“In immensely rich and refulgent surround sound, 

another welcome issue in the Amsterdam 

Sinfonietta’s series of issues documenting 

sensitive arrangements for fuller orchestra of 

great chamber music works.”-london24.com 

❦Fantasies & Impromptus / Lavinia Meijer, harp 

Works: Fauré: Impromptu, Op. 86; Une chateleine en 

sa tour, Op. 110; Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956): 

Impromptu; Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937): Impromptucaprice, 

Op. 9; Albert Roussel: Impromptu, Op. 21; 

Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie, Op. 95; Johannes Snoer 

(1868 - 1936); Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859); Gabriel 

Verdalle (1845 - 1912). Artists: Lavinia Meijer (Harp). 

(1 SA Hybrid CD) (Channel Classics) 

CCS 31711 $22.49 $18.49 On Sale 

“Meijer here demonstrates the brilliance that has 

bagged her top prizes at harp competitions 

around the world. Her tone is luscious and richly 

expressive - she captures every particle of 

nuance in the music” -Classic FM Magazine 

Gratitude, Gravy and Garrison: A Thanksgiving 

Concert / Garison Keillor 

Artists: Sigrid Johnson; Philip Brunelle/Vocal Essence 

Chorus & Ensemble Singers. Charles Kemper (Pno); 

Richard Dworsky (Pno); Garrison Keillor (Voice); 

Jearlyn Steele (Sop); Krista J. Palmquist (Voice). (1 

CD) (Clarion) CCF 940 $18.99 $16.99 

Storyteller Garrison Keillor & conductor Philip 

Brunelle lead a harmonious celebration of all 

things Thanksgiving with melodious voices of the 

Vocal Essence Chorus & Ensemble Singers & 

special guests Jearlyn Steele & Richard Dworsky 

(pianist). Along the way we learn that 

Thanksgiving really isn’t all about the turkey - it’s 

actually all about the pie! 

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Clear Note 

Bad Pets / works for flute & guitar 

Works: John Arnold: Michael’s Goodnight; Tango 

Triste; Glenn Caluda: Regrets, Tears, and Blarney; 

Manley Mallard: How Sensible; Paul Salerni: Bad 

Pets, for bass baritone & ensemble; Speaking of 

Love, for soprano & ensemble. Artists: Two Part 

Invention (flute & guitar duo). Jan Opalach (Bss Bar); 

Patricia Koch Budlong (Sop). (1 CD) (Clear Note) 

CLRN 74446 $18.99 $16.99 

Felicidade / Stephen Robinson, guitar 

Works: Manuel De Murga: Inspiraciones; John Doan: 

Farewell; Roland Dyens (1955 - ): Libra Sonatina; 

Songe Capricorne; Frederic Hand (1947 - ): Homage; 

Philip Houghton: Kinkachoo, I Love You; Antonio 

Carlos Jobim (1927 - 1994); Alfonso Montes (1955 - ). 

Artists: Stephen Robinson (Gtr); Stephen Robinson 

(Oboe). (1 CD) CLRN 74301 $18.99 $16.99 

Recommended 

❦Mozart: Divertimento K. 334; Oboe Quartet K. 370 

/ Alexander Janiczek, violin 

Works: W.A. Mozart: 

Divertimento no 17 for 2 horns & 

strings in D major, K. 334; March 

for orchestra, K. 445; Quartet for 

Oboe and Strings, K 370. Artists: 

Alexander Janiczek/Scottish CO. 

David Watkin (Clo); Jane Atkins (Vla); Robin Williams 

(Oboe); Alexander Janiczek (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD) 

(Linn Records) LINN 376 $23.49 $21.49 

“The whole thing is beautifully played by Janiczek 

and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. They make 

an equally good job of the Divertimento K251, 

which is a more modest work with prominent 

instrumental solos, especially for the principal 

oboe, and ending with the statutory march.” -The 

Guardian 

❦Wagner: Der Ring des 

Nibelungen / Barenboim, 

Bayreuth [11 DVD] 

Works: Wagner: Das Rheingold; 

Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; 

Siegfried. Artists: Daniel 

Barenboim/Bayreuth Festival Orch. 

John Tomlinson (Bass); Siegfried 

Jerusalem (Tnr); Graham Clark 

(Tnr); Poul Elming (Tnr); Anne Evans (Sop). (11 DVD- 

Video) (Kultur International Films) 

11KUL D4755 $105.99 $95.99 

“Harry Kupfer´staging is simple, aesthetic and 

endless. Daniel Barenboim is spectacular and 

grandiose. The dramatic intensity is staggering, 

and all singers are at least above average 

reaching the excellent in John Tomlinson 

r 

(Wotan) and Siegfried Jerusalem 

(Siegfried). They peel off the layers of 

the Ring until only the core remains: 

The music and the naked stage 

drama. A simply spectacular 

theatrical achievement and a Ring I 

may live happily with for the rest of my life” - 

Mostly Opera 

❦Choral Music of James MacMillan 

Works: James MacMillan) (b.1959): Advent Antiphon; 

And lo, the Angel of the Lord; Benedicimus Deum 

caeli; Benedictus Deus; Bring us, O Lord; Canticle of 

Zachariah. Artists: Alan Tavener/Cappella Nova. 

John Kitchen (Organ); William Taylor (Harp). (1 CD) 

(Linn Records) LINN 383 $21.99 $19.99 

“The small-scale choral genre often elicits some 

of Scots composer James MacMillan’s most 

inspired and appealing works. This collection by 

the ensemble Cappella Nova, led by Alan 

Tavener and joined by the women’s quartet 

Canty, the Edinburgh Quartet, medieval harpist 

William Taylor, and organist John Kitchen 

features pieces (except for one early work) 

written between 2007 and 2010... Cappella Nova 

sings with precision and with sweet, pure tone. 

The ambiance varies some between tracks 

(depending on whether or not the organ is 

involved), but the sound is always clear and 

warmly present.” -All Music Guide 

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Clear Note, continued 

Milonas: Our Old House: music for 1, 2 & 3 guitars 

Works: Kostas Milonas: A night in San Telmo, tango 

no 1 for 3 guitars; Alma Latina, for 2 guitars; 

Aphrodite’s Tango, tango no 4 for 2 guitars; Ballet 

Course, waltz no 2 for 3 guitars; Etude no 1 for solo 

guitar; Habanera, tango no 2 for 2 guitars. Artists: 

Dimitris Kotronakis (Gtr); Panagiotis Lambropoulos 

(Gtr); Giorgos Mastrogiannopoulos (Gtr); Panagiotis 

Drakos (Flt). (1 CD) (Clear Note) 

CLRN 74557 $18.99 $16.99 

Guitar Classics of Spain and Latin America 

Works: Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909): Suite española no 

1, Op. 47; Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885 - 1944): La 

Catedral (The Cathedral); Antonio Lauro (1909 - 

1986): Adreina; El Marabino (The Half-caste); Natalia; 

Tatiana; José Luis Merlin (1952 - ); Luys de Narváez 

(circa 1500 - bef 1560); Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839); 

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909); Federico Moreno 

Torroba (1891 - 1982); Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949). 

Artists: James Flegel (Gtr). (1 CD) (Clear Note) 

CLRN 74550 $18.99 $16.99 

Mission: Amazon Baroque / Sphera AntiQva 

Artists: Javier Illan/Sphera AntiQva; Pablo Gutierrez. 

Florian Cousin (Flt); Soledad Cardoso (Sop). (1 CD) 

(Colmna Musica) COAA 269 $17.99 $15.99 

This disc marks the first time this music has been 

recorded using indigenous instruments such as 

jerures (wind instruments), bajones (Renaissance 

wind instruments), chononos (rattles and 

shakers), and percussion instruments made from 

a toucan’s beak! 

Carles Baguer: Symphonies / Academia 1750 

Works: Carlos Baguer (1768 - 1808): Concerto for 2 

bassoons & orchestra in F major; Symphonies nos 2, 

15 & 16. Artists: Farran James/Academia 1750. 

Charles Cristobal (Bssn); Josep Borras i Roca (Bssn). 

(1 CD) (Colmna Musica) COAA 210 $17.99 $15.99 

Joan Pau Pujol: Missa Sexti Toni / Exaudi Nos 

Works: Juan Pujol (1570 - 1626): Alma, herido me 

tenéis, villancet for 6 voices; Beatus vir, motet for 8 

voices; Magnificat, for 8 voices; Missa sexti toni, for 8 

voices; Qué decís que visteis vos, villancet for 8 

voices; Regina caeli, for 8 voices. Artists: Joan 

Grimalt/Exaudi Nos. (1 CD) (Colmna Musica) 

COAA 226 $17.99 $15.99 

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 27/1&2; Cherubini 

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 13 “Quasi una 

fantasia”; Piano Sonata no 14 “Moonlight”; Luigi 

Cherubini: Capriccio, for piano. Artists: Davide 

Cabassi (Pno). (1 CD) CTO 2064 $18.99 $16.99 

Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of 

his contemporaries, and both composer’s works 

are represented on this new Concerto release. 

Polydia Musica / The music of B.R. Pearson 

Works: B.R. Pearson: Angelic Loop, for piano & 

ensemble; Blue Loop, for piano & ensemble; Bop 

nLoop, for piano & cello; Hybrid no 1, for piano; Hybrid 

no 2, for piano & ensemble; Loop 

Jamboree, for piano & ensemble. 

Artists: B.R. Pearson (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Concinnity Records) 

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Coro 

❦O Guiding Night: The Spanish Mystics / 

Contemporary works for choir 

Works: Ruth Byrchmore (1966 - ): A Birthday; Prayer 

of St. Teresa of Avila; The Dark Night; Tarik O’Regan 

(1978 - ): Beloved, all things ceased; Fleeting, God; O 

vera digna hostia; Roderick Williams (1965 - ). 

Artists: Harry Christophers/The Sixteen. Grace 

Davidson (Sop); Mark Dobell (Tnr); Ben Davies (Tnr). 

(1 CD) (Coro) COO 16090 $17.99 $15.99 

“Thanks to the visceral commitment of Harry 

Christophers and his choir, and the refulgent 

beauty of the music, the listener will connect body 

and soul with these sensuous performances.” - 

Classic FM Magazine 

MacMillian: Miserere / Christophers, The Sixteen 

Works: James MacMillan (1959 - ): Miserere; O bone 

Jesu, for a cappella chorus; Strathclyde Motets; 

Tenebrae Responsories. Artists: Harry Christophers/ 

The Sixteen. Rebecca Outram (Sop); Robert Evans 

(Bass-Baritone); Elin Manahan Thomas (Sop); Mark 

Dobell (Tnr); Eamon Dougan (Chant). (1 CD) (Coro) 

COO 16096 $17.99 $15.99 

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CPO 

Giovanni Valentini: Musiche Concertate 1619 

Works: Giovanni Valentini (1582 - 1649): Augellino bel 

angllino, song for 7 voices; Caro vezzo d’amor, 

madrigal for 8 voices; Deh fuggite gl’amori, song for 9 

voices; E partito il mio bene, song for 8 voices; Ecco 

vicine, song for 8 voices; Fra bianchi gigli, madrigal 

for 7 voices. Artists: Roland Wilson/Musica Fiata 

Köln; La Capella Ducale. (1 CD) (CPO ) 

CPO 777533 $18.99 $16.99 

Fritz von Bose: Piano Works / Alexandra Oehler 

Works: Fritz von Bose (1865 - 1945): Elegie, for piano, 

Op. 21; Klavierstücke (3), Op. 10; Piano Suites nos 1 

& 2; Thema und Variationen, for piano, Op. 17. 

Artists: Alexandra Oehler (Pno). (1 CD) (CPO ) 

CPO 777201 $18.99 $16.99 

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works / Ulf 

Schirmer 

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876 - 1948): 

Arabeschi, Op. 22; Divertimento, Op. 20; Suite 

Veneziana, Op. 18; Trittico, Op. 19. Artists: Ulf 

Schirmer. Henry Raudales (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD) 

(CPO ) CPO 777567 $18.99 $16.99 

Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3-6 / Oslo Quartet 

Works: Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871 - 1927): Quartets 

for Strings Nos 3 in F major; 4 in A major; No 5 in C 

major; No 6 in D minor. Artists: (2 SA Hybrid CD) 

(CPO ) 2CPO 777426 $35.99 $31.99 

Mendelsson: String Quartets Vol. 1, nos 2 & 6 

Artists: Minguet Quartett. (1 CD) (CPO ) 

CPO 777503 $18.99 $16.99 

Paul Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1; Fanfare to Israel 

Works: Paul Ben-Haim (1897 - 1984): Fanfare to 

Israel; Symphonic Metamorphoses on Bach Chorale 

“Wer nun den lieben Gott läát walten”; Symphony no 

1. Artists: Israel Yinon/NDR Radio PO. (1 CD) (CPO 

) CPO 777417 $18.99 $16.99 

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❦Charpentier: Acteon; Orphee descendant aux enfers 

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704): 

Actéon, pastorale for chorus, strings & continuo; La 

pierre philosophale, incidental music; Orphée 

descendant aux enfers, cantata for 3 voices, 

instruments & continuo. Artists: Paul O’Dette 

(Theorbo); Stephen Stubbs (Theorbo); Olivier 

Laquerre (Bss Bar); Boston Early Music Festival 

Chorus. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777613 $18.99 $16.99 

“..the playing and choral singing are both 

exquisite.” -The Guardian 

“These are highly commendable performances all 

round.” -International Record Review 

“[Actéon is] a touching little piece, performed here 

with spirit and sensitivity...” -Gramophone 

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5 

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Aria, for 

string quartet, Op. 9; Capriccio, for string quartet, Op. 

11; Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 2/141; Quartet for 

Strings no 10, Op. 85; Quartet for Strings no 3, in D 

minor, Op. 14. Artists: Quatuor Danel. (1 CD) (CPO ) 

CPO 777566 $18.99 $16.99 

Charles Koechlin: Organ Works / Christian Schmitt 

Works: Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950): Adagio pour 

Grand-orgue, Op. 201; Adagio, for organ, Op. 211; 

Choral Final du Requiem, Op. 161; Choral for organ 

in F minor, Op. 90b; Chorals (4), for organ, Op. 98; 

Deux Vocalises, for organ, Op. 212b. Artists: 

Christian Schmitt (Organ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (CPO ) 

CPO 777512 $18.99 $16.99 

Scandinavian Serenade: Grieg, Sibelius, Wiren, et al 

Works: Grieg: From Holberg’s Time, Op. 40; Carl 

Nielsen (1865 - 1931): Little Suite for Strings in A 

minor; Sibelius: Canzonetta, Op. 62a; Dag Wirén 

(1905 - 1986): Serenade for Strings, Op. 11. Artists: 

Scottish Baroque Ensemble. (1 CD) (CRD Records) 

CRD 3342 $17.99 $15.99 

Baltic Portraits: Tuur, Sallinen, Salonen, Part and 

Sumera / Paavo Jarvi 

Works: Arvo Pärt (1935 - ): Cantus in Memory of 

Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Aulis 

Sallinen (1935 - ): Symphony no 8 “Autumnal 

Fragments”; Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958 - ): Gambit, 

for orchestra; Lepo Sumera (1950 - 2000): Symphony 

no 6; Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959 - ): Fireflower, for 

orchestra. Artists: Järvi Paavo/Cincinnati SO. (1 CD) 

(Cincinnati SO Media) CSOM 946 $18.99 $16.99 

Knudage Riisager: Symphonic Edition, Vol. 1 

Works: Knudåge Riisager (1897 - 1974): Comoedie, 

Op. 21 (Danish Pictures no 4); Erasmus Montanus, 

overture for orchestra, Op. 1; Fastelavn, Op. 20; 

Klods Hans, Op. 18; Symphony no 1, Op. 8. Artists: 

Bo Holten/Aarhus SO. (1 CD) (DaCapo) 

DACO 8226146 $18.99 $16.99 

For my money, Riisager is Denmark’s finest 

composer after Nielsen ... DISC OF THE MONTH 

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Niels Marthinsen: Snapshot Symphony / Lindberg 

Works: Niels Marthinsen (1963 - ): Concerto, ‘In the 

Shadow of the Bat’, for 3 trombones & orchestra; The 

King of Utopiaville Demo; Snow White’s Mirror; 

Symphony no 2, ‘Snapshot Symphony’. Artists: 

Christian Lindberg/Aarhus SO. (DaCapo) 

DACO 8226545 $10.99 $9.99 

Recommended 

❦Viva! Simone Kermes Sings 

Vivaldi / Andrea Marcon 

Works: Vivaldi: Alleluia; Catone 

in Utica; Giustino; Griselda; La 

farfalletta s’aggira, RV 660; 

L’olimpiade. Artists: Andrea 

Marcon/Venice Baroque Orch. 

Simone Kermes (Sop); Gabriele Cassone (Tpt). (1 

CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001598902 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“On the level of sheer vocal beauty and virtuosity, 

this is a staggering disc. Throughout, the 

gorgeous Kermes voice glints like the finest gold 

picked out by a shaft of sunlight, unfailingly on the 

note, and negotiating every run and ornament 

incorporated in Vivaldi’s virtuoso writing with a 

consummate ease that at first takes the breath 

away, but then comes to seem almost routine. It 

isn’t routine, of course, and commands the utmost 

admiration and respect.” -Fanfare 

❦The Liszt Concertos / Daniel Barenboim, piano; 

Pierre Boulez 

Works: Franz Liszt: Concertos for Piano nos 1&2; 

Consolation for piano no 3 “Lento placido”; Valse 

oubliée no 1, S. 215/1. Artists: Pierre Boulez/ 

Staatskapelle Berlin. Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001606802 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“The pairing of the cool Boulez with the more 

expressive Barenboim might seem a mismatch of 

styles; but with Boulez wielding the baton over 

Barenboim’s Staatskapelle Berlin as the pianist 

tackles these two pillars of Liszt’s musical temple, 

a magical balance is achieved that allows the 

music’s character to surge forth with no recourse 

to the easy victories of cliché.” -The Independent 

❦Our Favorite Carols / 

Chanticleer, live radio 

broadcasts 

Carols include: A Virgin 

Unspotted; Silent Night; In the 

bleak mid-winter; This have I 

done for my true love; Christmas 

Carol; See Amid the Winter’s Snow and much more! 

Artists: Chanticleer (1 CD) (INgrooves) 

INGV CHNT2246 $17.98 $15.98 

“The choir has a sweet, youthful sound that’s 

warmly-blended. There is none of the hootiness 

that can trouble some men and boy’s groups, but 

a pure and focused tone. The album’s selections 

are what listeners have come to expect from 

English cathedral and college choirs: a rhealthy 

mix of very standard carols along with 

a few less familiar, some 

contemporary classic anthems, 

folk song arrangements, and new 

works recorded for the first time. 

The mood of the music is 

predominantly gentle and meditative... 

The album has a nicely resonant ambience, and 

the sound is clear and clean.” -All Music Guide 

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Decca 

Bach: Sinfonia - Instrumental music from the 

Cantatas 

Music from: J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 42; Cantata, 

BWV 196; Cantata, BWV 31; Cantata, BWV 75; 

Cantata, BWV 52; Cantata, BWV 35. Artists: Ottavio 

Dantone/Accademia Bizantina. Ottavio Dantone 

(Hpsi). (1 CD) (Decca) 

DEC B001613002 $20.98 $17.98 

A thoroughly enjoyable collection of Sinfonias, 

Sonatas and Concerti from Bach’s Cantatas. 

Barsanti: 6 Concerti Grossi 

Works: Francesco Barsanti (1690 - 1772): Concerti 

Grossi (6) from Sonate Notturne, Op.6. Artists: 

Banchetto Musicale. (1 CD) (Delizie) 

DELZ 8023 $12.99 $10.99 

Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Piano 

Works: Tchaikovsky: Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10; 

O Sing That Song, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/4; 

Quartet for Strings Op. 30; Sérénade mélancolique for 

Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Souvenir 

d’un lieu cher; Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra 

in C major, Op. 34. Artists: Sasha Rozhdestvensky 

(Vln); Josiane Marfurt (Pno). (1 CD) (Delos) 

DEL 3413 $18.99 $16.99 

Alan Hovhaness: American Mystic / Centennial 

Collection 

Works: Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000): And God 

Created Great Whales, Op. 229/1; Bagatelles (4) for 

string quartet, Op. 30; Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; 

Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 147; Symphony no 2 

(“Mysterious Mountain”), Op. 132; The Flowering 

Peach, Op. 125. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO; 

Keith Brion/Ohio State Univ. Concert Band. Charles 

Butler (Tpt); Diane Schmidt (Accordion). (1 CD) 

(Delos) DEL 3421 $15.99 $13.99 

Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music 

Works: Anonymous: 2 Voluntaries for organ; 

Christopher Gibbons: Verse for organ in D; Verse in A 

minor; Voluntary for organ in A; Matthew Locke (circa 

1621 - 1677): Voluntary, for organ no 5 in G major; 

Michael Wise (circa 1647 - 1687). Artists: Geoffrey 

Webber (Organ); Thomas Hewitt Jones (Organ); 

David Ballantyne (Organ). (1 CD) (Delphian Records) 

DELP 34041 $18.99 $16.99 

❦Taverner: Sacred Choral Music / Ferguson, St. 

Mary’s Cathedral Choir 

Works: John Taverner (circa 1490 - 1545): Dum 

transisset sabbatum I & II, motets for 5 voices; Kyrie 

“Leroy”; Missa “Corona Spinea”, for 6 voices; O 

splendor gloriae, antiphon for 5 voices (poss. 

spurious). Artists: (1 CD) (Delphian Records) 

DELP 34023 $18.99 $16.99 

“The performances by the mixed choir of 

Edinburgh Cathedral are caught in a wonderfully 

vivid, close acoustic, so the beautifully elaborate 

polyphony seems all-embracing.” -The Guardian 

“The nchild choristers of St. Mary’s Cathedral in 

Edinburgh, with the adult lower 

voices supporting them, sing 

music by Taverner with the sort of 

rapture and excitement that takes 

the breath away.” - Classic FM 


Sonatas for Cello & Piano by Rachmaninov & 

Shostakovich 

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): Sonata 

for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Songs (14), Op. 

34; Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Sonata for 

Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40. Artists: Graeme 

McNaught (Pno); obert Irvine (Clo). (1 CD) (Delphian 

Records) DELP 34034 $18.99 $16.99 

Carols Contemporary & Medieval: Into This World 

This Day Did Come 

Works: Anonymous, English: Edi be thu, gymel; 

Salvator mundi; Anonymous, English Polyphony: 

Verbum Patris; Judith Bingham (1952 - ): God would 

be born; Incarnation with shepherds dancing, for 

organ; Seth Bingham (1882 - 1972): Annunciation, for 

organ; Diana Burrell (1948 - ); Richard Causton (1971 

- ); Robin Holloway (1943 - ); Gabriel Jackson 

(Classical ) (1962 - ); John Dunstable (circa 1390 - 

1453); Stuart MacRae (1976 - ); Francis Pott (1957 - 

); John Redford (circa 1515 - 1547); Howard 

Skempton (1947 - ); William Sweeney (1856 - 1917); 

Christmas Traditional. Artists: Geoffrey Webber. 

Geoffrey Webber (Organ); David Ballantyne (Organ); 

Tempe Nell (Voice); Matthew Fletcher (Organ); 

Rachel Bagnall (Organ). (1 CD) (Delphian Records) 

DELP 34075 $18.99 $16.99 

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Deutsche Grammophon 

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 23 / Helene 

Grimaud [Deluxe Edition] 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te...Non temer, 

amato bene, K 505; Concerto for Piano no 19 in F 

major, K. 459; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K. 

488. Artists: Hélène Grimaud (Pno); Mojca Erdmann 

(Sop). (2 CD & DVD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

2DGG B001620500 $35.98 $26.98 On Sale 

This special Limited Edition includes DVD - all 

within a special hardcover case. 

Mozart: Concertos 19 & 23 / Helene Grimaud, piano 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te...Non temer, 

amato bene, K 505; Concerto for Piano no 19 in F 

major, K. 459; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K. 

488. Artists: Hélène Grimaud (Pno); Mojca Erdmann 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001620402 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

This is the Standard Edtion of this release. 

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 / Maurizio Pollini 

Works: Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1. Artists: 

Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden. 

Maurizio Pollini. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001612002 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40 / Abbado 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 39, K. 543; 

Symphony no 40, K. 550. Artists: Claudio Abbado/ 

Orch. Mozart. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001617102 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

Khachaturian & Barber violin concertos / Simonyan 

Works: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Adagio for 

Strings; Concerto for Violin, Op. 14; Aram 

Khachaturian (1903 - 1978): Concerto for Violin in D 

minor. Artists: Kristjan Järvi/London SO. Mikhail 

Simonyan (Vln). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001617002 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

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❦Krystian Zimerman plays Franz Liszt 

Works: Liszt: Concertos for Piano nos 1 & 2; 

Funérailles, for piano, S.173/7; La lugubre gondola for 

Piano, S 200 (2nd version); La notte, for piano, S. 

516a (LW A202/2); Nuages gris (Grey clouds). 

Artists: Seiji Ozawa/Boston SO. Krystian Zimerman 

(Pno). (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

2DGG B001573902 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“It has poise and classicism and, as one listens, 

one feels that this music could not be played in 

any other way”, with Boston and Ozawa offering 

“excellent support”. Krystian Zimerman, as ever, 

plays a “superb” instrument” -The Penguin Guide 

❦The Liszt Concertos / Daniel Barenboim, piano; 

Pierre Boulez 

Works: Liszt: Concertos for Piano & Orchestra nos 1 & 

2; Consolation, for piano no 3 “Lento placido”, S. 172/ 

3; Valse oubliée, for piano no 1, S. 215/1. Artists: 

Pierre Boulez/Staatskapelle Berlin. Daniel Barenboim 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

DGG B001606802 $20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“The pairing of the cool Boulez with the more 

expressive Barenboim might seem a mismatch of 

styles; but with Boulez wielding the baton over 

Barenboim’s Staatskapelle Berlin as the pianist 

tackles these two pillars of Liszt’s musical temple, 

a magical balance is achieved that allows the 

music’s character to surge forth with no recourse 

to the easy victories of cliché.” -The Independent 

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Divine Art 

Delicias: Spanish Delights for Piano Duo 

Works: Chabrier: España, rhapsody for 2 pianos; 

Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944): La Sévillane, for 2 

pianos, Op. 19; Manuel de Falla: Nights in the 

gardens of Spain; Granados: Goyescas, H. 64; 

Ernesto Lecuona (1895 - 1963): Malagueña; Rimsky- 

Korsakov: Capriccio espagñol, for piano, 4 hands; 

Joaquín Rodrigo; Saint-Saëns; Francisco Tárrega. 

Artists: Goldstone & Clemmow Piano Duo. (1 CD) 

(Divine Art) DVT 25101 $17.99 $15.99 

Rainlight: Evocations of Water for Piano Solo 

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 “Tempest”; 

Chopin: Barcarolle, B 158/Op. 60; Prelude for piano 

no 15; Debussy: Estampes (3); Images, Set 1; L’isle 

joyeuse; Alicia Grant; Liszt. Artists: Jeremy 

Eskenazi (Pno). (1 CD) (Divine Art) 

DVT 25090 $17.99 $15.99 

Erik Chisholm: Music for Piano, Vol. 7 / McLachlan 

Works: Erik Chisholm (1904 - 1965): Elegies, for 

piano; Peter Pan Suite, for piano; Sonatina no 4; 

Suite for piano no 2; Suite no 3; Suite, for piano, no 1. 

Artists: Murray McLachlan (Pno). (1 CD) (Divine Art) 

DVT 24155 $13.99 $11.99 

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Organ Works, Vol. 6 / Andrea 

Marcon (organ Francesco Zanin, 1998) 

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643): Capricci 

Vol.1 no 5, Capriccio Quinto sopra la bassa 

fiammenga; Capricci, Vol.1 no 8, Capriccio Ottavo 

cromatico con ligature contrario; Fiori Musicali, no 28, 

Tocata Avanti il Ricercar; Fiori Musicali, no29; Fiori 

Musicali, no 32; Fiori Musicali, no 46, Bergamasca, 

for keyboard. Artists: Andrea Marcon (Organ). (1 CD) 

(Divox) DVX 79904 $18.99 $16.99 

Recommended 

❦Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and 

Piano / Angelich, Capucon, 

Dalberto, et. Al. 

Works: Artists: Quatour Ebene. 

Renaud Capuçon; Gautier 

Capuçon. (5 CD) (Virgin 

Classics) 

5VCL 708752 $37.48 $31.48 

“This set has top-flight casting from among rthe 

most gifted young musicians of the 

day. Their sensibility in Fauré’s 

chamber music can be appreciated 

in all manner of subtleties...with the 

Quatuor Ebène supreme in the 

String Quartet.” -The Daily Telegraph 

“..it’s a real treat to hear chamber-music playing 

of such assurance and enquiring intelligence.” - 

The Guardian 

❦Chants from Services: Christmas, Easter & 

Whitsun / Sisters of Argentan 

Works: Gregorian Chant: Messe Solennelle (Easter 

Day Mass); Pentecost Sunday Mass; Work(s). 

Artists: Sisters of Argentan. (1 CD) (Griffin Records) 

GRI 4074 $15.99 $13.99 

“The choir’s singing is well controlled and reaches 

their customary high standard. It is characterized 

by a breadth and firmness not usually found in allfemale 

ensembles. They have a quite remarkable 

power of sustaining a long and complex melodic 

line, achieved, no doubt, by staggered breathing.” 

-Gramophone 

❦Vivaldi & Friends: La Folia 

(Madness) & Other Concertos / 

Apollo’s Fire 

Works: J.S. Bach: 4 Harpsichord 

concerto, BWV 1065; René 

Duchiffre (aka René Schiffer) 

(1961 - ): Concerto for 2 violas da 

gamba (“Tango”); Jeannette Sorrell: La Folia, 

concerto grosso for 2 violins, continuo & orchestra 

(after Vivaldi’s Sonata, Op. 1/12); Vivaldi: Concerto 

for 2 Cellos, RV 531; “L’estro armonico” no 10 Op. 3/ 

10; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 

“L’estate”. Artists: Jeannette Sorrell/Apollo’s Fire. 

Susan Napper (Clo); Julie Andrijeski (Vln); Paul 

Jenkins (Hpsi); Michael Sponseller (Hpsi); Emlyn 

Ngai (Vln). (1 CD) (Avie Records) 

AIE 2211 $17.99 $15.99 

“Apollo’s Fire has become one of the pre-eminent 

period-instrument ensembles, causing one to 

hear familiar baroque material anew...the 

showstopper is the vivid “La Folia”: I love the 

strings’ halting introductory bars and the way the 

ensemble picks up speed, building to dizzying 

whirls evocative of the Moorish dance it’s named 

after.” -The Independent 

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Segovia and his Contemporaries Volume 9 

Works: Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968): Guitar 

Concerto no 1; Tarantella, Op. 87b; Manuel Ponce 

(1882 - 1948): Sonata for guitar no 5 (“Sonatina 

Méridional”); Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; 

Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896 - 1981): El Vito; 

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909). Artists: Alec 

Sherman/Ataúlfo Argenta. Andrés Segovia (Gtr); 

Regino Sainz de la Maza (Gtr). (1 CD) (Doremi) 

DRM 7804 $18.99 $16.99 

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Dorian 

Soundbites / Aldo Gavilan, piano 

Works: Aldo Gavilán: Autumn Ballad; Back to Cuba; 

Bossita Rica; Frère Jacques; In Some Other Place 

(En Algún Otro Lugar); Oddudua. Artists: Aldo 

Gavilan (Pno). (1 CD) (Dorian Recordings) 

DRN 92145 $18.99 $16.99 

Ying Quartet plays Anton Arensky String Quartets 

Works: Anton Arensky (1861 - 1906): Piano Quintet in 

D major, Op. 51; Quartets for Strings nos 1 & 2. 

Artists: The Ying Quartet; Adam Neiman (Pno). (1 

CD) (Dorian Recordings) DRN 92143 $18.99 $16.99 

Florent Schmitt: Music for Two Pianos 

Works: Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958): J’entends dans 

le lointain..., for piano, 4 hands, Op. 64/1; Le Palais 

Hanté, Op. 49; Le petit elfe “Ferme-l’oeil” - Une 

semaine dansée, for voice & piano, 4 hands, Op. 73; 

Le Tragédie de Salomé, ballet, Op. 50; Reflets 

d’Allemagne; Rhapsodies (3) for 2 pianos, Op. 53. 

Artists: Leslie De’Ath (Pno); Anya Alexeyev (Pno). (2 

CD) (Dutton Laboratories) 

2DUT 7273 $23.49 $21.49 

Frederick Delius: Poem of Life and Love, et al. 

Works: Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934): A Village 

Romeo and Juliet Suite; Irmelin Suite, for orchestra 

(arr. Beecham); Life’s Dance, symphonic poem for 

orchestra; Poem of Life and Love, for orchestra. 

Artists: David Lloyd-Jones/Royal Scottish National 

Orchestra. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) 

DUT 7264 $23.49 $21.49 

Bacewicz: Music for Chamber Orchestra, Vol. 2 

Works: Grazyna Bacewicz (1909 - 1969): Quartet for 4 

violins; Quartet for cellos; Sinfonietta for string 

orchestra; Symphony for string orchestra. Artists: 

Maciej Zóltowski/Radom CO. Konrad Bukowian (Clo); 

Arkadiusz Dobrowolski (Clo); Marcin Krol (Vln); 

Szymon Krzemien (Clo); Barbara Piotrowska (Clo). (1 

CD) (Dux (Poland) DUX DUX 0701 $18.99 $16.99 

Galuppi: Six Sonatas for Two Violins and Continuo 

/ Abramo Raule, Alessandro Peiretti, Rita Peiretti 

Works: Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785): Sonatas for 

2 violins & continuo nos 1 - 6. Artists: Accademia Dei 

Solinghi. (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 694 $20.99 $18.99 

Baldassarre Galuppi occupies an outstanding 

position in the history of Venetian music in the 

eighteenth century. 

Herbert von Karajan In Italy, Vol. 1 

Works: nJ.S. Bach: Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part 

chorus, orchestra & continuo in E flat 

major, BWV 243a; Arthur Honegger: 

Symphony no 3 (“Liturgique”), H. 186. 

Artists: Herbert von Karajan. (1 CD) 

(Dynamic) DYN 703 $16.99 $14.99 


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ECM 

❦Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen 

Works: R. Schumann: Fantasia, Op. 17; Moderato; 

Sonata for Piano no 1 “Grosse Sonate”; 

Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Variations on an original 

theme, “Geister-Variationen”; Waldszenen (Forest 

Scenes), Op. 82. Artists: Andras Schiff (Pno). (2 CD) 

(ECM) 2ECM B001611502 $37.48 $31.48 

“[The Ghost Variations] make a touching ending 

to a series of wonderfully thoughtful and carefully 

detailed performances. In Schiff’s hands, the F 

sharp minor Sonata becomes much more 

introspective than usual. But Schumann lovers 

will be most intrigued by his account of the great 

C major Fantasy. Here, rather than the familiar 

ending, he plays what appears to have been 

Schumann’s original idea.” -The Guardian 

Music Of Georges I Gurdjieff / Gurdjieff Folk 

Instrument Ens. 

Works: Georges I. Gurdjieff / Thomas de Hartmann: 

Arabian Dance, for folk instruments; Atarnakh, chant 

kurde (Kurdish song), for piano; Bayaty; Canto Curdo 

(No. 40, Allegretto con moto); Caucasian Dance, for 

folk instruments; Chant arménian (Armenian Song), 

for piano. Artists: Levon Eskenian/The Gurdjieff Folk 

Instruments Ensemble. The Gurdjieff Folk 

Instruments Ensemble; Davit Avagyan (Tar); Vladimir 

Papikyan (Santur); Meri Vardanyan (Kanun); Armen 

Yeganyan (Saz). (1 CD) (ECM) 

ECM B001599102 $20.98 $17.98 

❦Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes 

Works: Toshio Hosokawa (1955 - ): Ceremonial 

Dance, for string orchestra; Cloud and Light, for sh“ & 

string orchestra; Landscape No 5; Sakura für Otto 

Tomek, for sh“ solo. Artists: Alexander Liebreich/ 

Munich CO. Mayumi Miyata (Sho). (1 CD) (ECM) 

ECM B001607302 $20.98 $17.98 

“Hosokawa’s music is about gestures, textures 

and colours. It is poetic and beautiful, always 

evocative.” -The Sunday Times 

Five Pieces: Music by Takemitsu, Hindemith, 

Janacek, Silvestrov / Duo Gazzana 

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for violin & piano in E 

major; Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928): Sonata for violin 

& piano, JW 7/7; Valentin Silvestrov (1937 - ): Pieces 

(5) for piano; Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996): Distance 

de Fée, for violin & piano. Artists: Duo Gazzana. (1 

CD) (ECM) ECM B001616902 $20.98 $17.98 

Boris Yoffe: Song of Songs - works for 4 voices 

and String Quartet / The Hilliard Ensemble 

Works: Boris Yoffe (1968 - ): I sleep, but my heart 

waketh; I sought him but I found him not; My head is 

filled with dew, my locks with drops of the night; My 

own vineyard I did not keept; My soul went forth when 

he spoke, for string quartet. Artists: The Hilliard Ens.; 

Rosamunde Quartett. (1 CD) (ECM) 

ECM B001607402 $20.98 $17.98 

Carmina Burana / Emmanuel Bonnardot 

Works: Anonymous, Carmina Burana: Carmina 

Burana; Unspecified: [unidentified track]. Artists: 

Emmanuel Bonnardot/Ensemble Obsidienne. (1 CD) 

(Eloquentia) ELOQ 1127 $20.99 $18.99 

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Saint-Saens: Complete Cello Works / Luigi Piovano 

Works: Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato for Cello 

and Piano in B minor, Op. 43; Chant saphique, for 

cello & piano, Op. 91; Concertos for Cello nos 1 & 2; 

Gavotte for cello & piano in G minor; Les cygnes, for 

2 voices & orchestra with chorus ad lib. Artists: Piero 

Bellugi/Orchestra del Teatro Marruchino. Luigi 

Piovano (Clo); Luisa Prayer (Pno); Nazzareno Carusi 

(Pno). (2 CD) (Eloquentia) 

2ELOQ 1024 $29.99 $26.99 

Bach: The Art of the Fugue performed by Viols 

Works: J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge. Artists: Sit 

Fast (Viol Consort). (1 CD) (Eloquentia) 

ELOQ 1125 $20.99 $18.99 

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EMI Classics 

20th Century Classics: Delius 

Works: Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934): A Dance 

Rhapsody (No. 2), for orchestra; A Song Before 

Sunrise; Brigg Fair; Fennimore and Gerda; Florida 

Suite; Irmelin. Artists: Thomas, Beecham/Royal PO. 

John Cameron (Bar). (2 CD) (EMI Classics) 

2EMI 946532 $13.98 $10.98 

❦The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD 

Video 

Arias from: Bellini: Il Pirata; Norma; Bizet: Carmen; 

Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; 

Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gluck; Gounod; W.A. 

Mozart; Amilcare Ponchielli; Puccini; Rossini; Saint- 

Saëns; Ambroise Thomas; Verdi. Artists: Tullio 

Serafin; Nicola Rescigno; Georges Prêtre; Herbert 

von Karajan; Franco Ghione; Victor De Sabata. Maria 

Callas (Sop); Jane Berbié (Mzz Sop); Nadine 

Sautereau (Sop); William Dickie (Bar). (2 CD & DVD) 

(EMI Classics) 3EMI 843562B $26.98 $23.98 

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / Antonio Pappano 

Artists: Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell’ Accademia 

Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. (2 ECD) (EMI Classics) 

2EMI 844132B $26.98 $23.98 

Morning Mood: Grieg, Bizet, Schubert, Mozart, 

Mendelssoh, Vivaldi, et al. 

Music from: Bizet: Symphony in C; Frederick Delius: 

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Grieg: Peer 

Gynt, Suite no 1; Handel: Water Music Suite no 1; 

Massenet: Le Cid, ballet music; Mendelssohn: Songs 

Without Words; W.A. Mozart; Amilcare Ponchielli 

(1834 - 1886); Schubert; Johann Strauss II (Junior); 

Vivaldi. Artists: Günter Wand; Wolfgang Sawallisch; 

Neville Marriner; Charles Mackerras/Herbert von 

Karajan; Thomas, Beecham. Anne-Sophie Mutter 

(Vln); Rudolf Buchbinder (Pno); Christian Zacharias 

(Pno); Elisabeth Leonskaja EMI 781662 $7.98 $6.48 

❦Ades: Anthology / The Essential Thomas Adès 

Works: Thomas Adès (1971 - ): America (a prophecy), 

for soprano & large orchestra, Op. 19; Arcadiana, for 

string quartet, Op. 12; Chamber Symphony, Op. 2; 

Concerto for Violin; Living Toys, for chamber 

orchestra, Op. 9; Mazurkas (3) for piano. Artists: 

Markus Stenz/Thomas Adès/Birmingham 

Contemporary Music Group. Susan Bickley (Mzz 

Sop); Anthony Marwood (Vln); Thomas Adès (Pno). 

(2 CD) (EMI Classics) 2EMI 885602 $17.98 $15.98 

“This is essential Adès, impeccably performed, 

for those wanting to survey the oeuvre in all its 

quixotic variety.” -The Observer 

Recommended 

❦Christmas with the Pro Arte 

Singers & Festival Orchestra 

Works: The Shepherds Had an 

Angel; Sleep, Holy Babe; Once in 

Royal David’s City; Here is the 

little door; There Is No Rose & 

much more. Artists: Arthur 

Sjögren/Pro Arte Singers. Joan Krause; Olav Van 

Hezewijk. (1 CD) (MSR Classics) 

MSR 1050 $13.99 $11.99 

“Acoustically, ‘Christmas with’ is a complete coup, 

as the lofty sound of choir and chamber orchestra 

weave a seamless tapestry of old-fashioned 

churchiness. I loved it.” -ChristmasReviews.com 

❦Poulenc Choral Works / Swedish Radio Choir 

Works: Figure humaine; Mass in G; Un soir neige; 

Sept chansons. Artists: Peter Dijkstra/Swedish Radio 

Choir. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Channel Classics) 

CCS 31411 $22.49 $18.49 On Sale 

“Poulenc felt his choral works contained the best 

of him, and this CD makes one think he was 

right...There’s an innate nobility in this music, 

which the choir brings out superbly. The sopranos 

float Poulenc’s high lines with ease, and his 

densely packed harmonies register with total 

clarity.” -The Telegraph 

❦The Callas Effect / Deluxe 

Edition (2 CDs plus DVD Video) 

or Standard Edtion (2 

enhanced CDs) 

Arias by: Bellini; Bizet; Catalani; 

Léo Delibes; Umberto Giordano; 

Christoph Willibald Gluck; 

Gounod; W.A. Mozart; Ponchielli; Puccini; Rossini; 

Saint-Saëns; Ambroise Thomas; Verdi. (EMI 

Classics) 

(Deluxe - 2 CD & DVD) 3EMI 843562B $26.98 $23.98 

(Standard - 2 ECD) 2EMI 843622 $17.98 $15.98 

“As a personality [Maria Callas] remains 

controversial, but as an artist hardly at all: her 

genius is recognized as supreme by virtually all 

opera lovers, indeed it is often from listening to 

her many recordings that people discover what 

an incredibly potent art form opera can be.” -BBC 

Music Magazine 

❦Charles Ives: Four Sonatas / Hilary Hahn, violin; 

Valentina Lisitsa, piano 

Works: Charles Ives (1874 - 1954): Sonatas for violin 

& piano nos 1 - 4. Artists: Hilary Hahn (Vln); 

Valentina Lisitsa (Pno). (1 CD) (Deutsche 

Grammophon) 

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“Hahn’s violin sings with all the nerve and passion 

of an early 20th century jazz singer, particulary on 

the “Need” theme featured in the third movement 

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of Sonata #3... Hilary Hahn, having 

championed and re-popularized the 

rarely-performed Schoenberg Violin 

Concerto on her Grammy-winning 

2008 recording may do the same for 

Ives’ work, and this could quite 

deservedly earn her another Grammy 

nod as well.” -The Glass 

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EMI Classics, continued 

Beethoven: String Quartets / Borodin String Quartet 

Works: Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 11 in F 

minor (“Serioso”), Op. 95; Quartet for Strings no 15 in 

A minor (“Heiliger Dankgesang”), Op. 132. Artists: 

Valentin Berlinsky (Clo). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) 

EMI 293152C $13.98 $10.98 

Chopin: Polonaises / Francois-Rene Duchable 

Works: Chopin: Andante spianato et Grand polonaise 

brillante, Op. 22; Polonaises for piano nos 1 - 10. 

Artists: Francois-René Duchable (Pno). (1 CD) (EMI 

Classics) EMI 293162C $13.98 $10.98 

Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories 

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611): 

Tenebrae Responsories. Artists: Harry Christophers/ 

The Sixteen. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) 

EMI 294292B $13.98 $10.98 

Russian Dances and Ballets / Paavo Jarvi 

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Alexander 

Glazunov: Raymonda; Mikhail Glinka: Valse- 

Fantaisie; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; 

Masquerade; Anatol Lyadov (1855 - 1914): Dance of 

the Amazon, Op. 65; Prokofiev; Shostakovich; 

Tchaikovsky. Artists: Paavo Järvi/French Radio PO. 

(1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 293192C $13.98 $10.98 

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Opera Transcriptions and 

Paraphrases 

Works: Liszt: Années de pèlerinage; Ballade, for piano 

no 2 (I), S. 170a; Consolation no 3 “Lento placido”; 

Coro e marcia funebre from Verdi’s “Don Carlos”; 

Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques no 7); La 

Campanella II, etude (Grand Paganini Étude no 3). 

Artists: Francois-René Duchable (Pno). (2 CD) (EMI 

Classics) 2EMI 963592 $13.98 $10.98 

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibtion 

Works: Mussorgsky: Au village (In the Village), quasi 

fantasia; Méditation (Razdumye), albumleaf for piano; 

On the Southern Shore of the Crimea; Pictures at an 

Exhibition; Une larme. Artists: Lars David Kellner 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Enharmonic Records) 

EHRM 019 $15.99 $13.99 

Josef Gingold Historic Recordings / Wolf, 

Cumberworth, Dick 

Works: Stephen Cumberworth: Sonata in G for violin & 

piano; Marcel Dick: An Essay for violin & piano; 

Kenneth Wolf (1931 - 2011): Sonata for violin & 

piano. Artists: Harold Heiberg (Pno); Theodore 

Lettvin (Pno); Kenneth Wolf (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Enharmonic Records) EHRM 1016 $16.99 $14.99 

Master of the Flute / Jean-Pierre Rampal 

Works: Chopin: Variations on “Non più mesta” from 

Rossini’s La Cenerentola; Georg Anton Benda: 

Sonata for flute & continuo in F; Schubert: 

Introduction and variations op. 160; R. Schumann: 

Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; 

Telemann: Sonata for 2 flutes (or 2 violins) no 4 in E 

minor (Sonates sans basse no 4), TWV40; Sonata for 

n 

2 flutes (or 2 violins) no 6 in E major 

(Sonates sans basse no 6), TWV40. 

Artists: Jean-Pierre Rampal (Flt); 

Mario Duschenes (Flt). (1 CD) 

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Guitar Virtuosos play Bach / Segovia, Williams 

Works: J.S. Bach: Partitas for solo violin nos 2 & 3; 

Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999; Suite for lute, 

BWV 996; Suites for solo cello nos 1 & 3. Artists: 

Andrés Segovia (Gtr); John Williams (Gtr). (1 CD) 

(Fabulous) FAUL 192 $5.49 $4.99 

La - Solo Cello Works by Morricone, Saint-Saens, 

Gagnon and Caccini / Vincent Belanger, cello 

Artists: Guy Belanger. Dominic Painchaud (Clo); 

Nathalie Beaulieu (Clo); Karen Bell (Vln); Nicolas 

Belpaire (Dbl Bss); Helene Blanchet (Vla). (1 CD) 

(Fidelio Musique) FDEL 032 $18.99 $16.99 

The traditional music of European nomads 

encompasses many influences from samba, 

tango and Slavic tunes to French accordion 

waltzes. 

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Fuge Libera 

Joseph Jongen: Complete Works for Viola and 

Piano / Nathan Braude, viola 

Works: Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953): Allegro 

Appasionato, for viola & piano; Andante Espressivo, 

for viola & piano; Concertino for viola & piano, Op. 

111; Etude de Concert no 2, Op. 65/2; Introduction et 

Danse, for viola & piano, Op. 102; Soleil à midi, for 

piano, Op. 131/1. Artists: Jean-Claude Vanden 

Eynden (Pno); Nathan Braude (Vla). (1 CD) (Fuga 

Libera) FLA 586 $20.99 $18.99 

Songs of Gabriel Fauré: La Bonne Chanson 

Works: Fauré: Au bord de l’eau, Op. 8 no 1; Au 

Cimetière, Op. 51/2; En prière, canticle in E flat major; 

La bonne chanson, Op. 61; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 

1; L’horizon chimérique, Op. 118. Artists: Inge 

Spinette (Pno); Jan Van der Crabben (Voice). (1 CD) 

(Fuga Libera) FLA 510 $20.99 $18.99 

Festivus: Symphonic Classics for wind band 

Works: J.S. Bach: Cantata no 119; Orchestral Suite no 

3; Brahms: 2 Hungarian Dances; Klaus-Peter 

Bruchmann: Crescendo, for orchestra; Ray Farr: A 

Mighty Fortress; Handel; Mendelssohn; Verdi; 

Wagner. Artists: Thomas Clamor/Sachsische Wind 

Sym. (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 11221 $20.99 $18.99 

Telemann, J.S. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos 

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for flute, 

strings & continuo, H. 426; J.S. Bach: Concerto for 

Oboe, BWV 1056; Concerto for Violin, BWV 1041; 

Telemann: Concerto for oboe d’amore, strings & 

continuo, TWV 51. Artists: Ramon Ortega Quero 

(Oboe). (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 11209 $20.99 $18.99 

Mozart in Minor / Konstanze Eickhorst, piano 

Excerpts from: W.A. Mozart: Fantasia for Piano, K 

397; Fantasy for Piano, K 475; Rondo for piano no 3, 

K. 511; Sonata for Piano no 14, K. 457; Sonata for 

Piano no 8, K. 310. Artists: Konstanze Eickhorst 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Genuin) GUIN 11212 $20.99 $18.99 

Music for Ballet Lovers 

Works: de Falla: El Amor Brujo; Ponchielli: La 

Gioconda; Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Ottorino 

Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; Stravinsky: Le 

Sacre de Printemps; Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake. 

Artists: Edouard Van Remoortel/Stanislaw 

Skrowaczewski/Erich Kunzel/Djansug Kakhidze/Don 

Jackson. (1 CD) (Gift of Music) 

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Reflections - Thoughtful hymns & religious songs / 

Victoria Singers 

Works: Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Sabine Baring- 

Gould: Now The Day Is Over; The Old Rugged Cross; 

Scarlet Ribbons; Beautiful Isle of Somewhere; William 

Arms Fisher: Goin’ Home. Artists: Sarah Tenant- 

Flowers. Paul Ayres (Harmonium). (1 CD) (Gift of 

Music) GOM 1257 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

A reflective, moving collection of hymns & other 

music with a religious theme. Organ, piano, & 

harmonium accompany an intimate choir of 

singers who perform these favorite melodies with 

passion & sensitivity. This unique collection of 

inspiring hymns and songs was created to lift the 

spirit. 

Late Night Classics / Relaxing music for 2 Guitars 

Artists: Sam Piha (Gtr); Martin Vishnik (Gtr). (1 CD) 

(Gift of Music) GOM 1255 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Relaxing, rich, & exotic music for two guitars. 

Featuring music from Spain, France, Italy, & 

Germany. Salsa rhythms rub shoulders with the 

precision of J.S. Bach & jazzy harmonies contrast 

with the serene style of Faure’s pavane. 

Essential Ragtime / Joplin, Lamb, Turpin, Gershwin 

Works by: Eubie Blake; James Reese Europe; 

Gershwin; Robert Hampton; Charles Hunter; Scott 

Joplin; Joseph Lamb; Artie Matthews; Luckey 

Roberts; James Scott; Tom Turpin. Artists: Martin 

Souter (Pno); Roger Shields (Pno). (1 CD) (Gift of 

Music) GOM 1254 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Ragtime fun to get your fingers & toes a tappin’! 

Brilliant piano music by Joplin & other lighthearted 

American composers of the day. 

Highlights include The Entertainer, Maple Leaf 

Rag, Solace, & Elite Syncopations all performed 

on American pianos of the period. 

The Chants of Angels / Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola 

Artists: Gloriae Dei Cantores. (1 SA Hybrid CD) 

(Gloriae Dei Cantores) GLDC 051 $22.49 $20.49 

Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola’s “expert renditions 

of Gregorian chant” (New York Times) are the 

result of years of study with the late Dr. Mary 

Berry CBE of the Schola Gregoriana (Cambridge, 

England) and the Monks of St. Peter’s Abbey, 

Solesmes, France, as well as daily practice of 

Gregorian chant in worship. 

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The Golden Age of Light Music: Portrait of My Love 

Works by: Augusto Algueró; Douglas Brownsmith; Eric 

Coates; Frank Cordell; Brian Fahey; Sammy Fain; 

Robert Farnon; Jay Gorney; Jerome Kern; Joseph 

Kuhn; Cole Porter; Richard Rodgers; Sigmund 

Romberg; Robert Stolz, and many more! Artists 

include: Peter Yorke; Paul Weston; Cyril Stapleton; 

Mantovani; André Kostelanetz; Jackie Gleason. 

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This volume in the Light Music Series on Guild 

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Recommended 

❦Violinist Nicola Benedetti / “Italia” 

Works: Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 

1770): Concerto for Violin in A 

minor, D. 115; Sonata for Violin 

and Basso Continuo in G minor, 

Op. 1 no 4 “Devil’s Trill”; 

Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 

1768): Sonate Accademiche in A 

major, Op. 2/6; Vivaldi: Concerto 

for Violin in A minor, Op. 9 no 5/RV 358; Concerto for 

Violin in D major, RV 208 “Il grosso Mogul” - Grave; 

Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 

“L’estate”. Artists: Christian Curnyn. Nicola Benedetti 

(Vln); Christian Curnyn (Hpsi). (1 CD) (Decca Import) 

PID 955457 $38.49 $34.49 

“This is the best recording of Vivaldi’s ‘Summer’ 

I’ve heard...at precisely 2.19 Benedetti performs a 

trill in which she only partially depresses the 

string, allowing a rainbow of stratospheric 

harmonics to colour the trill...Great recordings are 

made of tiny moments of unexpected brilliance 

like this” -Classic FM Magazine 

❦J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ / Robert 

Quinney, organ 

Works: J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas for organ nos 1-6, 

BWV 525-530. Artists: Robert Quinney (Organ). (1 

CD) (Coro) COO 16095 $17.99 $15.99 

“The sound is fluting, crystalline, limpid, yet not 

without power and profundity. Adapting the Italian 

chamber-music genre, the trio sonatas are each 

in three movements, yet with an individual cast. 

Perfect they may be, but intimate, too, the disc a 

pure unfolding of pleasure.” -Sunday Times 

❦Mostly Mozart / Soprano Mojca Erdmann 

Arias from: W.A. Mozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620; 

Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Le Nozze di Figaro; Ignaz 

Holzbauer (1711 - 1783): Günther von Schwarzburg; 

J.C. Bach: Amadis de Gaule; Giovanni Paisiello (1740 

- 1816); Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825). Artists: 

Andrea Marcon/La Cetra. Mojca Erdmann (Sop). (1 

CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 

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“...Erdmann’s spirited, impeccably tuned soprano 

is a delight to hear, and this unhackneyed rrecital 

is richly enjoyable.” -Gramophone 

“Agile, clean, bright: Mojca 

Erdmann’s soprano voice was made 

for Mozart...it’s easy to enjoy her 

natural ease and golden glow, 

backed by high-class playing from 

Andrea Marcon and the Basel period 

orchestra, La Cetra.” -The Times 

❦Paul McCartney’s Ocean Kingdom 

Works: Paul McCartney: Ocean’s Kingdom, ballet. 

Artists: John Wilson/The London Classical Orch. (1 

CD) (Hear Music) HRMC HRM33250 $20.98 $17.98 

“Paul McCartney’s first work for dance may be the 

most satisfying of his classical pieces - but then, 

he’s been composing for the dance all his life, in 

a way...as programme music this has its 

moments, notably the “Hall of Dance” section in 

which McCartney gets to indulge his inner 

Gershwin. It’s hardly groundbreaking stuff, but 

McCartney undeniably has an ear for melody.” - 

The Independent 

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Guild, continued 

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While 

You Work, Vol. 3 

Titles include: Step Lightly; The Devil Ma Cares; 

Carmen; Doll Dance; Rag Doll, novelty foxtrot; With a 

Smile and a Song (for Disney’s Snow White) and 

much more. Artists: Wynford Reynolds; Reg 

Pursglove; Ronnie Munro; Harry Fryer; Harry 

Davidson; Richard Crean; Harold Collins; Reginald 

Burston. (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 5186 $17.99 $15.99 

Memorial Tribute to Toscanini: Bach, Rossini & 

Vivaldi; Rehearsal excerpts 1946-1952 

Works: J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2; 

Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582; Beethoven: 

Symphony no 9; W.A. Mozart: The Magic Flute; 

Rossini: String Symphony no 3; Verdi: La Traviata; 

Vivaldi; Spoken Word. Artists: Arturo Toscanini. 

Robert Bloom (Oboe); John Wummer (Flt); Bernard 

Baker (Tpt) (2 CD) (Guild) 2GUI 2364 $22.49 $20.49 

The performances come from 1938, 1947, 1952 

and 1954. Most of the rehearsal excerpts come 

from 1946 and are available because Toscanini’s 

son had 2 LP’s printed for friends. 

Amy Beach: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - The Mature Years 

Works: Amy Beach (1867 - 1944): A Hermit Thrush at 

Eve, Op. 92 no 1; Dancing Leaves, Op. 102/2; 

Fantasia fugata, Op. 87; Farewell Summer, Op. 102/ 

1; From Blackbird Hills, Op. 83; From Grandmother’s 

Garden, Op. 97. Artists: Kirsten Johnson (Pno). (1 

CD) (Guild) GUI 7351 $18.99 $16.99 

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Hanssler 

Premium Composers, Vol. 1: G. F. Handel 

Works: Handel: Water Music; Bouree; Concerti grossi 

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(Hpsi); Iona Brown (Vln). (2 CD) (Hanssler Classic) 

2HAN 94601 $27.99 $24.99 

The Premium Composers Series is more than just 

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Schumann: The young virtuoso / Florian Uhlig 

Works: R. Schumann: Concert Etudes (6) after 

Caprices of Paganini, Opp. 3 & 10; Exercice pour le 

Pianoforte C-Dur; Theme and Variations for Piano on 

the name ABEGG, Op. 1; Toccata C-Dur, Op. 7. 

Artists: Florian Uhlig (Pno). (1 CD) (Hanssler 

Classic) HAN 98632 $20.99 $18.99 

Premium Composers, Vol. 2: Schumann 

Symphonies 1 - 4 / Norrington 

Artists: Roger Norrington/SW German Radio SO. (2 

CD) (Hanssler Classic) 2HAN 94602 $27.99 $24.99 

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana for chamber choir 

Works: nOrff: Carmina burana, version for chamber 

choir, soloists & 2 pianos. Artists: 

Rupert Huber/SW German Vocal 

Ens., Stuttgart; GrauSchumacher 

Piano Duo. Christoph Genz (Tnr); 

Stephan Genz (Bar); Lenneke Ruiten 

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❦Premium Composers, Vol. 3: Mozart: Piano 

Concertos Nos. 20, 23, 24, 25 / Moravec 

Artists: Neville Marriner/Accademy of SMF. Ivan 

Moravec (Pno). (2 CD) (Hanssler Classic) 

2HAN 94603 $27.99 $24.99 

“[Ivan Moravec’s] accounts of these concertos, 

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unique way... Marriner and the ASMF attain the 

same high level of excellence, and the sound is 

superb.” - Ted Libby, NPR 

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Harmonia Mundi 

Down by the Salley Gardens: 19th & 20th Century 

English Songs / Bejun Mehta, boy soprano 

Artists: Julius Drake (Pno); Bejun Mehta (Boy 

Soprano). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

HAR 902093 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

Down by the Salley Gardens offers a vivid and 

varied cross-section of English song, ranging 

from the Edwardian aesthetic of Quilter and early 

Vaughan Williams to the intensely expressive 

style of Howells and Finzi. The Purcell 

realizations by Britten and Tippett, meanwhile, 

are products of two great 20th-century composers 

engaging with their musical heritage. In all these 

different styles, Bejun Mehta shows the same 

verbal and vocal mastery that won such acclaim 

for his debut Handel recital on harmonia mundi. 

❦Mendelssohn: Double Concerto; Piano Concerto 

Works: Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano and Violin in 

D minor; Concerto for Piano in A minor. Artists: 

Gottfried Von der Goltz (Vln)/Freiburger 

Barockorchester. Kristian Bezuidenhout (FtePno). (1 

CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

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“Both soloists have a fine line in fireworks and for 

the most part rhythms are secure...in general 

these are spirited performances, excellently 

recorded.” -BBC Music Magazine 

Schubert: Piano Sonatas 

Works: Schubert: Impromptus (4), D 899; Pieces (3), 

D 946; Sonata no 15 in C major (“Relique”), D. 840; 

Sonata no 17 in D major (“Gasteiner”), D. 850; Sonata 

no 18 in G major (“Fantasy”), D. 894. Artists: Paul 

Lewis (Pno). (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

2HAR 902115 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

Le Violoncelle Parle / works for solo cello 

Works: Pascal Amoyel: Itinérance; Britten: Suite for 

solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 

1966): Suite for cello solo; Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 

1967): Sonata for solo cello, Op. 8. DVD Bonus Disc. 

Artists: Emmanuelle Bertrand (Clo). (2 CD & DVD) 

(Harmonia Mundi) 

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❦Beethoven: Diabelli Variations / Paul Lewis 

Works: Beethoven: Variations (33) on a waltz by 

Diabelli. Artists: Paul Lewis (Pno). (1 CD) (Harmonia 

Mundi) HAR 902071 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“The playing possesses all the dynamism and 

discretion, the insight and immediacy, that Lewis 

poured into that grand project of encompassing 

all 32 of the sonatas, and is essential listening...” 

-The Telegraph***** 

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J.S. Bach: Ouvertures (Suites) for Orchestra 

Works: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites nos 1 - 4, BWV 

1066 - 1069. Artists: (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

2HAR 902113 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

On this new specially priced set, the Freiburger 

Barockorchester offers benchmark performances 

of these indispensable treasures of the Baroque. 

Bach: Goldberg Variations 

Works: J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. 

Artists: Fretwork. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

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Fretwork’s version of Bach’s “Goldberg” 

Variations for viol consort re-projects this 

masterpiece of counterpoint through the soundlens 

of ‘old fashioned’ instruments. 

❦Joseph Haydn: The Creation / René Jacobs 

Works: F.J. Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2. Artists: 

René Jacobs/Freiburger Barokorchester; RIAS 

Chamber Choir. Johannes Weisser, Maximilian 

Schmitt and Julia Kleiter. (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

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“From the explosive opening of the 

Representation of Chaos...to the graphic 

depictions of churning oceans, roaring lions, 

leaping tigers and swarming insects, few 

recordings bring the score to life so vividly.” -BBC 

❦Stories: Berio and friends 

Works: Cathy Berberian (1928 - 1983): Stripsody, for 

solo voice; Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003): A-Ronne; 

John Cage (1912 - 1992): Living Room Music; 

Sheldon Frank (1943 - 2010): As I Was Saying, for 

voice & dancer; Jackson Mac Low (1922 - 2004): 

Young Turtle Asymmetries, for voice or vocal 

ensemble; Roger Marsh (1949 - ): Not a Soul But 

Ourselves, for 4 amplified voices. Artists: Paul Hillier. 

(1 SA Hybrid CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

HAR 807527 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“Hillier’s Theatre of Voices do the whole mélange 

proud - their version of Berberian’s piece uses 

three voices whereas her original version was a 

solo - and the disc is worth acquiring for their 

wonderfully slick A-Ronne alone.” -The Guardian 

❦C.P.E. Bach: Six Concerti for Harpsichord, Wq. 43 

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Six 

Concertos for harpsichord, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & 

continuo (Sei Concerti nos 1-6) Artists: Petra 

Müllejans/Freiburger Barokorchester. Andreas Staier 

(Hpsi). (2 CD) 2HAR 902083 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

“Dissonances crunch, melodies play for pathos: 

emotions are always volatile. It’s all on display in 

these six exuberant concertos, dispatched with 

mischief and decorative flair by Andreas Staier...” 

-The Times 

❦Mozart: Night Music / Andrew Manze 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings, K 

546; Divertimento for 2 horns & strings “A Musical 

Joke”, K 522; Serenade no 13 “Eine kleine 

Nachtmusik”, K. 525; Serenade no 6 “Serenata 

Notturna”; Thomas Attwood (1765 - 1838): Menuet 

and Trio in C major (with W.A. Mozart. Artists: 

Andrew Manze. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

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“I don’t know of any [performances] that can 

match these for freshness, exhilaration and sheer 

fun.” -BBC Music Magazine 

Recommended 

❦Vivaldi: Montezuma / Alan 

Curtis, Priante, Nesi [2 DVD] 

Works: Vivaldi: Montezuma, opera 

in 3 acts, RV 723. Artists: Alan 

Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco. Vito 

Priante (Bass); Laura Cherici 

(Sop); Franziska Gottwald (Alto); 

Mary-Ellen Nesi (Mzz Sop). (2 

DVD-Video) (Dynamic) 

2DYN 33586 $37.49 $33.49 

“Il Complesso Barocco does a great job on all 

fronts; the natural horns and trumpets used in the 

Act II battle music for the fight between 

Motezuma and Fernando is a special treat. 

Vivaldi’s Motezuma is a discovery of pressing 

urgency, as this might well have been his 

greatest contribution to opera...” -All Music Guide 

❦Schumann: The Complete Symphonies / Muti - 

Vienna PO 

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphonies nos 1 - 4. 

Artists: Riccardo Muti/Vienna PO. (2 CD) (Newton 

Classics) 2NEWC 8802081 $18.99 $16.99 

“Tempos are nicely gauged, the playing is mostly 

spot-on (violin desks do valiantly in the Second 

Symphony’s Scherzo) and [the] sound quality is 

warm, immediate and cleanly defined. The 

“Rhenish” seems to me the more memorable of 

the performances, again vigorous and neatly 

phrased, with plenty of lively interplay between 

sections and a sweetly yielding violin tone.” - 

Gramophone 

❦Beautiful Mechanical / Lott, Clark, Worden, 

Snider, Kahane 

Artists: yMusic. (1 CD) (New Amsterdam) 

NAD 032 $12.99 $10.99 

“... Few albums with such a diverse array of 

participants can boast uniformly high quality. But 

Beautiful Mechanical is the exception: a case in 

which many cooks leaven and thicken the broth. 

It looks to be one of contemporary classical’s 

noteworthy recordings of 2011.” -Sequenzia21 

❦Bull, Wieniawski & Bruch 

Violin Concertos / Charlie Siem 

Works: Max Bruch: Violin 

Concerto no 1; Ole Borneman 

Bull (1810 - 1880): Cantabile 

doloroso e Rondo giocoso; 

Henryk Wieniawski: Violin 

Concerto no 1, Op. 14. Artists: Andrew Gourlay/ 

London SO. Charlie Siem (Vln). (1 CD) (Warner 

Classics) WRNC 2564666612 $20.99 $18.99 

“From the moment Charlie Siem makes his first 

swashbuckling entry in the Wieniawski... one 

feels in the safest of virtuoso hands as he goes 

on negotiate even the blackest of staves with an 

almost nonchalant disregard for their difficulty. 

Yet what impresses most is Siem’s tonal purity 

and emotional intensity, which combine in the 

Bruch to create a reading of tender sincerity and 

coruscating brilliance.” -Classic FM 

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Benjamin Britten: War Requiem 

Works: Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66. Artists: Mendi 

Rodan; Kurt Masur/Israel PO. Nigel Robson (Tnr); 

Edith Weins; Hakan Hagegard. (2 CD) (Helicon 

Records) 2HEL 9645 $34.49 $31.49 

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Hyperion 

Esenvalds: Passion and Resurrection / Layton 

Works: Eriks Esenvalds (1977 - ): A drop in the ocean, 

for chorus; Evening, for chorus; Légende de la femme 

emmurée (Legend of the Walled-In Woman), for 2 

soprano soloists & chorus; Long Road, for chorus; 

Night Prayer, for chorus; Passion and Resurrection, 

for voice, chorus & orchestra. Artists: Stephen 

Layton/Britten Sinfonia; Polyphony. Carolyn Sampson 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67796 $20.99 $18.99 

Loewe: Songs & Ballads / Florian Boesh, Vignoles 

Works: Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869): Ballads (3), Op. 1; 

Der Pilgrim vor St. Just, Op. 99/3; Die Uhr, for voice & 

piano, Op. 123/3; Die wandelnde Glocke, for voice & 

piano, Op. 20/3; Edward, for voice & piano, Op. 1/1; 

Erlkönig, for voice & piano, Op. 1/3. Artists: Roger 

Vignoles (Pno); Florian Boesch (Bar). (1 CD) 

(Hyperion) HYP 67866 $20.99 $18.99 

❦Beyond all Mortal Dreams: American a Cappella 

Works: Rene Clausen (1953 - ): Tonight, Eternity 

Alone; Frank Ferko (1950 - ): Hildegard Triptych; 

Edwin Fissinger (1920 - 1990): Lux Aeterna, for 

soloists & chorus; Ola Gjeilo (1978 - ): Phoenix, for 

chorus; Sanctus; William Hawley (1950 - ): Motets (2); 

Stephen Paulus (1949 - ); Steven Stucky (1949 - ); 

Healey Willan (1880 - 1968). Artists: Stephen Layton 

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Margaret Walker; 

Ruby Dayan; Hannah Partridge; Laurence Williams. 

(1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67832 $20.99 $18.99 

“It is impossible to do anything else but listen 

once the opening track of this glorious album 

begins...I can say with certainty that it is an album 

that will repay repeated listening for years to 

come.” -Classic FM 

“Highly recommended.” -ClassicsToday (10/10) 

❦Elgar: Piano Quintet; String Quartet / Piers Lane, 

Goldner Qrt. 

Works: Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Impromptu, for 

piano; Laura valse, for piano; March, for piano in D 

major; Mina, for small orchestra; Quartet for Strings in 

E minor, Op. 83; Quintet for Piano and Strings in A 

minor, Op. 84. Artists: Piers Lane (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Hyperion) HYP 67857 $20.99 $18.99 

“This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure 

and food for thought in equal measure...when 

[Elgar’s chamber music] is played with the kind of 

understanding shown by these five musicians it 

leaves one wondering how anyone could miss the 

subtle variety, the elegant sophistication under 

the surface...” -BBC Music Magazine 

Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies / Piers Lane 

Works: Ignaz Moscheles (1794 - 1870): Characteristic 

nStudies (12), Op 95; Grande Etude, Op. 126; Grandes 

Études de Concert (4), Op. 111; 

Études (2), Op. 105; Études (2), for 

piano, Op. 98. Artists: Piers Lane 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) 

HYP 55387 $12.99 $10.99 


❦James MacMillan: Works for organ & choir 

Works: James MacMillan (1959 - ): Here in hiding, for 

chorus & organ; Give me justice, for chorus; Jubilate 

Deo, for chorus & organ; Le tombeau de Georges 

Rouault, for organ; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, for 

chorus & organ; On Love, for treble & organ. Artists: 

Matthew Owens/Wells Cathedral Choir. Jonathan 

Vaughn (Organ); Simon Clulow (Organ); Mark 

Hounsell (Tnr); Dominic Bland (Tnr). (1 CD) 

(Hyperion) HYP 67867 $20.99 $18.99 

“...The choir is, in a word, magnificent. Singing 

with impressive self-assurance and clearly 

revelling in Macmillan’s uncanny ability to make 

everything sound perfectly natural even when the 

technical skills involved are extraordinarily 

demanding.” -International Record Review 

❦Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music / Osborne 

Works: Ravel: A la manière de. . . , for piano; Gaspard 

de la nuit; Jeux d’eau; La valse; Le tombeau de 

Couperin; Menuet antique. Artists: Steven Osborne 

(Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion) 2HYP 67731 $44.49 $40.49 

“These are inspired performances with Award 

Winner written all over them. The perfectly-voiced 

piano, the venue/acoustic, producer and 

engineer, and an artist who was born to play 

Ravel combine to make the best complete Ravel 

cycle on disc.” -Classic FM 

Smetana: String Quartets Nos.1 & 2; Sibelius: 

Voces Intimae / Dante Quartet 

Works: Sibelius: Quartet for Strings (“Voces Intimae”), 

Op. 56; Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884): Quartet for 

Strings no 1 “From My Life”; Quartet for Strings no 2. 

Artists: (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67845 $20.99 $18.99 

❦Chopin: The Complete Waltzes / Stephen Hough 

Works: Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, 

Op. 9/2; Waltzes for Piano, complete. Artists: 

Stephen Hough (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) 

HYP 67849 $20.99 $18.99 

“Hough’s playing has such authority and 

panache, its balance between virtuosity and 

vividly communicated expression so finely 

judged, that every perfectly scaled moment is as 

intensely realised as every other. Few other 

pianists around today play Chopin with as much 

understanding and poised mastery as this.” -The 

Guardian 

Echoes of Nightingales / Christine Brewer, soprano 

Works: Harold Arlen: Happiness is a thing called Joe; 

Leonard Bernstein: On the Town; Frank Bridge: Love 

went a-riding; John Carpenter: Sleep That Flits On 

Baby’s Eyes; Ernest Charles: When I have sung my 

songs; Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986): Review. 

Artists: Roger Vignoles (Pno); Christine Brewer 


The repertoire includes the encore-songs 

performed by Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell, 

Helen Traubel and Eleanor Steber at the end of 

their recitals. 

Liszt: 3 Funeral Odes; From the Cradle to the Grave 

Works: Liszt: Episodes from Lenau’s Faust, S 110; 

Odes Funèbres (3), for orchestra, S. 112 (LW G25); 

Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to 

the Grave), symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 107 

(LW. Artists: Ilan Volkov/BBC Scottish SO. (1 CD) 

(Hyperion) HYP 67856 $20.99 $18.99 

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❦Górecki: The Three String Quartets 

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933 - 2010): Quartet 

for Strings no 1 “Already It Is Dusk”; Quartet for 

Strings no 2 “Quasi una Fantasia”; Quartet for Strings 

no 3 “songs are sung”). Artists: Royal String Quartet. 

(2 CD) (Hyperion) 2HYP 67812 $20.99 $18.99 

“The Royal Quartet is outstanding in every 

respect... The sheer poise of the playing in the 

last movement of the Third, never slackening for 

a moment, is absolutely remarkable... - 

International Record Review 

❦Liszt: Piano Sonata / Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano 

Works: Liszt: Harmonies poétiques no 3), S. 173/3; 

Fantasie & Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, S. 529/2; 

Sonata for Piano in B minor, S. 178; Venezia e 

Napoli, S 162. Artists: Marc-André Hamelin (Pno). (1 

CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67760 $20.99 $18.99 

“Pianist Marc-André Hamelin’s unprecedented 

technical acumen, huge sonority, and unflappable 

control of the piano is everywhere evident in this 

Liszt recital... ” -ClassicsToday (10/10) 

M. Ravel: Complete Music for Violin and Piano 

Works: Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894): Sonata for 

violin & piano in G major; Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom 

de Fauré; Sonatas for violin & piano nos 1 & 2; 

Tzigane. Artists: Cedric Tiberghien (Pno); Alina 

Ibragimova (Vln). (1 CD) (Hyperion) 

HYP 67820 $20.99 $18.99 

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ICA Classics 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Svetlanov 

Works: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible 

City of Kitezh; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10, 

Op. 93; Tchaikovsky: Snow Maiden Suite. Artists: 

Evgeny Svetlanov/USSR State SO. (1 CD) (ICA 

Classics) ICA 5036 $16.99 $12.99 On Sale 

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Klaus Tennstedt 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 3; Spoken Word: 

Tennstedt discusses his interpretation of Mahler, 

notably Mahler’s Symphony no 6, with Michael Oliv. 

Artists: Klaus Tennstedt/London PO. (2 CD) (ICA 

Classics) 2ICA 5033 $21.99 $17.99 On Sale 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Rozhdestvensky 

Works: Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain; 

Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges; Tchaikovsky: 

Symphony no 4. Artists: Gennady Rozhdestvensky/ 

BBC SO. David Wilson-Johnson (Bar). (1 CD) (ICA 


Beethoven & Tchaikovsky: Concertos / Gilels 

Works: Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4; 

Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 2. Artists: Kirill 

Kondrashin/John Barbirolli. Emil Gilels (Pno). (1 CD) 

(ICA Classics) ICA 5032 $16.99 $12.99 On Sale 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwangler (1953) 

Works: Beethoven: Symphony no 9 “Choral”, Op. 125. 

Artists: Wilhelm Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic. 

Seefried, Anday, Dermota, Schoffler (1 CD) (ICA 


Karajan Spectacular, Vol. 2 (1958 - 59) 

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 “From the 

New World”; Slavonic Dances nos 1, 3, 7, 10 & 16. 

Artists: Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic. (1 

CD) (Italian Discographic Institute) 

IDI 6621 $16.99 $14.99 

Recommended 

❦Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-bleue / De Billy, Youn, 

Henschel, Polaski, Arman 

Works: Paul Dukas (Composer) 

(1865 - 1935): Ariane et Barbe- 

Bleue, opera. Artists: Bertrand 

De Billy/Slovak Philharmonic 

Choir. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 

2BLC 94254 

$12.99 $8.99 On Sale 

“The soundworld of Paul Dukas’s only opera, a 

seductive mixture of Straussian opulence and 

French transparency, makes any performance of 

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue compelling, even before 

the teasing symbolism of Maurice Maeterlinck’s 

libretto weaves its own spell. It is one of the great 

undervalued operas of the early 20th century” - 

The Guardian 

“Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the 

work in this live recording... chorus and orchestra 

are splendid.” -MusicWeb International 

❦Tomas Luis De Victoria: Sacred Works 

Artists: Michael Noone/Ensemble Plus Ultra. (10 CD) 

(Deutsche Grammophon) 

10DGG B001587602 $108.48 $83.73 On Sale 

“The 11 hours of music on offer represent both a 

sizeable portion and a representative sample of 

Victoria’s output....the Missa Ave Maris Stella 

boasts a particularly fine reading - lucid and surefooted, 

with none of the parts having to stray 

outside their registral comfort zones. Slightly later 

is the famous setting of O quam gloriousum, one 

of the clearerer instances of Noone’s attempt to 

blow some cobwebs off the ethereal vision of the 

composer.” -Gramophone Magazine 

❦Percussionist Kuniko Kato 

Plays Steve Reich 

Works: Steve Reich (1936 - ): 

Electric Counterpoint; Six 

Marimbas (rearranged version of 

“Six Pianos”); Vermont 

Counterpoint. Artists: Kuniko 

Kato (Perc). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) 

LINN 385 $23.49 $21.49 

“If you’re a fan of Steve Reich’s work, you’ll 

certainly find this an interesting disc. If not, it may 

not be the best place to start... Well conceived, 

and very well recorded” -MusicWeb-International 

❦Giovanni Paisello: Complete Piano Concertos / 

Pietro Spada, piano 

Works: Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816): Concertos for 

Piano & Orchestra nos 1 - 8. Artists: Pietro Spada 

(Pno)/Santa Cecilia Chamber Orch. (2 CD) (Brilliant 

Classics) 2BLC 94224 $12.99 $8.99 On Sale 

“... as Spada’s lyrical cantilena in the slow 

movements of the D major, B flat major rand A 

major Concertos testify, Paisiello touched 

a vein of genuine pathos in the slow 

movements. Most impressive, 

though, is the C major Concerto (No. 

8), whose bold opening Allegro, 

serene Andantino and graceful finale 

intriguingly foreshadow Mozart’s piano 

concertos.” -Gramophone Magazine 

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Mila Georgieva, violin 

Works: Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 

61. Artists: Rossen Milanov. Mila Georgieva (Vln). (1 

CD) (K&K) KK 80 $20.99 $18.99 

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Labèque Sisters 

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; 

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for 2 pianos. Artists: 

Katia Labèque (Pno); Marielle Labèque (Pno); 

Gonzalo Grau (Perc); Raphael Seguinier (Drums); 

Pablo Bencio (Timbales). (1 CD) (KML Records) 

KMLR 1121 $22.49 $20.49 

Music of Tribute, Vol. 7: Tributes to F. J. Haydn 

Works: George Benjamin: Meditation on Haydn’s 

Name; Debussy: Hommage à Joseph Haydn; Vincent 

d’Indy: Menuet Sur le Nom D’Haydn, Op 65; Paul 

Dukas: Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn; 

Reynaldo Hahn: Theme and variations on the name 

of Haydn; Wolfgang Hochstein; Davorin Kempf; 

Ravel. Artists: Javor Bracic (Pno). (1 CD) (Labor) 

LBC 7088 $18.99 $16.99 

❦Mozart: Divertimento K. 334; Oboe Quartet K. 370 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Divertimento no 17 for 2 horns & 

strings in D major, K. 334; March for orchestra, K. 

445; Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K 370. Artists: 

Alexander Janiczek/Scottish CO. David Watkin (Clo); 

Jane Atkins (Vla); Robin Williams (Oboe); Alexander 

Janiczek (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) 

LINN 376 $23.49 $21.49 

“The whole thing is beautifully played by Janiczek 

and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.” -The 

Guardian 

Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione 

Op. 8, including The Four Seasons / Avison Ens. 

Artists: Pavlo Beznosiuk/Avison Ensemble. Pavlo 

Beznosiuk (Vln). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) 

2LINN 365 $37.49 $33.49 

JS Bach: Suites (6) for unaccompanied cello 

Artists: Gavriel Lipkind (Clo). (3 CD) (Lipkind 

Productions) 3LPKD 003-S01-NE $37.49 $33.49 

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Lutoslawski 

Works: Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994): Concerto for 

Orchestra; Sibelius: Pohjola’s daughter, Op. 49; 

Symphony no 5, Op. 82. Artists: Jukka-Pekka 

Saraste/London PO. (1 CD) (London Philharmonic 

Orchestra) LPO 0057 $18.99 $16.99 

❦Haydn: The Seasons / Sir Colin Davis 

Works: F.J. Haydn: The Seasons. Artists: Colin 

Davis. Miah Persson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew 

Foster-Williams. (2 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO Live (London 

SO) 2LSO 0708 $29.99 $26.99 

“Davis’s affection is palpable at every turn of this 

handsomely balanced reading” -Classical Review 

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Valery Gergiev, LSO 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major. Artists: 

Valery Gergiev/London SO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO 

nLive (London SO) LSO 0668 $18.99 $16.99 

The final release in Valery 

Gergiev's acclaimed Mahler cycle 

features the composer's 

Symphony No.9, recorded at the 

Barbican in March 2011. 


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London SO, continued 

❦Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast; Symphony No. 1 

Works: William Walton (1902 - 1983): Belshazzar’s 

Feast, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 

1. Artists: Colin Davis/London SO & Chorus. Peter 

Coleman-Wright (Bass). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (LSO Live 

(London SO) LSO 0681 $18.99 $16.99 

“The LSO Chorus give Walton’s grateful choral 

writing all they have, and the orchestra revel in 

his brilliant and unconventional orchestration: E 

flat clarinet, alto saxophone, exotic percussion 

and extra brass.” -Sunday Times **** 

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / Mark Gorenstein 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major; Recorded 

Sound: Applause. Artists: Mark Gorenstein/State SO 

of Russia. (2 CD) (MD&G) 

2MDG 6481719 $20.99 $18.99 

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin 

Works: J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partita for solo violin 

BWV1001-1006. Artists: Ruth Waterman (Vln). (2 

CD) (Meridian) 2MER 84595 $37.49 $33.49 

Pipings and Bowings: Lyrical English Chamber 

Music with Recorder 

Works by: Dick Blackford (1936 - ); Michael Hurd 

(1928 - 2006); Robin Milford (1903 - 1959). Artists: 

Manchester Chamber Ensemble. John Turner 

(Recorder) (1 CD) (Metier) MTI 28522 $18.99 $16.99 

Recorder player John Turner offers a program of 

lyrical English chamber music for recorder and 

assorted ensembles. 

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Mirare 

Mr Tomkins: Lessons of Worthe / Keyboard Music 

Works: John Bull (circa 1562 - 1628): Chromatic 

Pavan & Galliard (Queen Elizabeth’s); Fantasia for 

keyboard; My jewel; William Byrd (1543 - 1623): 

Pavan & Galliard; Thomas Tallis (circa 1505 - 1585): 

Felix Namque no 1; Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656): 

Ground for keyboard, MB 40. Artists: Bertrand Cuiller 

(Hpsi). (1 CD) (Mirare) MRR 137 $22.49 $20.49 

Johannes Brahms: Pièces Pour Piano 

Works: Brahms: Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117; 

Pieces (8) for piano, Op. 76; Rhapsodies (2) for 

piano, Op. 79; Variations (11) for Piano on an Original 

Theme, Set 1, Op. 21. Artists: Adam Laloum (Pno). 

(1 CD) (Mirare) MRR 131 $22.49 $20.49 

Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes; Hungarian Dances 

Works: Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18) for piano 4 

hands; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands WoO1/1, 

2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17,21. Artists: Boris Berezovsky 

(Pno); Brigitte Engerer (Pno). (1 CD) (Mirare) 

MRR 134 $22.49 $20.49 

Choral works by Brahms, Reger, Bruckner / Voces8 

Works: Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Works for double 

chorus, Op. 109/1- 3; Motet Op. 74/1; Max Reger: 

Sacred Songs Op. 138/6 & 8; Bruckner: 3 works for 

chorus & double chorus. Artists: Voces8. (1 CD) 

(Mirare) MRR 154 $22.49 $20.49 

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion 

Artists: Philippe Pierlot/Ricercar Consort. Philippe 

Pierlot, Maria Keohane, Carlos Mena. (2 CD) (Mirare) 

2MRR 136 $34.49 $31.49 

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❦Gounod: Requiem; Messe Chorale 

Works: Gounod: Messe brève pour les morts 

(Requiem), for soloists, double chorus & orchestra in 

F major; Messe solennelle no 4 for chorus & 2 organs 

(“Messe Chorale”). Artists: Michel Corboz/Ensemble 

Instrumental de Lausanne. Christian Immler (Bass); 

Christophe Einhorn (Tnr) (1 CD) (Mirare) 

MRR 129 $22.49 $20.49 

“Conductor Michel Corboz rejects the original 

orchestration in favour of a version for harp, string 

quintet and organ...Both works sound ravishing 

as sung by the Ensemble Vocal Lausanne.” -The 

Guardian**** 

❦Wien 1925 / Berg, Schoenberg & Webern 

Works: Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano, 

Violin and 13 Winds; Arnold Schoenberg: 

Transcription for string quartet, harmonium & piano of 

Johann Strauss’ “Rose of the South”; Anton Webern: 

Schatzwalzer, for piano quintet and harmonium 

(trans. after J. Strauss). Artists: Jean-François 

Heisser. Marie-Josephe Jude (Pno); Vincent 

Debruyne (Vla); Francois-Marie Drieux (Vln); Jean- 

Michel Groud (Clo); Claire Rapin (Vln). (1 CD) 

(Mirare) MRR 133 $22.49 $20.49 

“Here is a stunner...The Strauss waltz 

arrangements are brilliantly effective” -Glasgow 

Herald 

Brahms: Piano Quintet; Two Songs, Op. 91 

Works: Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F 

minor, Op. 34; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, 

Op. 91. Artists: Modigliani Quartet; Jean-Frédéric 

Neuburger (Pno); Andrea Hill (Pno); Laurent Marfaing 

(Vla). (1 CD) (Mirare) MRR 130 $22.49 $20.49 

Orchestral works by Morton Feldman: Orchestra 

Works: Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987): Intersection 1; 

On Time and the Instrumental Factor; Orchestra, for 

orchestra; Structures for Orchestra; Voice and 

Instruments, for soprano & orchestra. Artists: Brad 

Lubman/German SO. Martha Culver. (1 CD) (Mode 

Records) MDE 238 $18.99 $16.99 

Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Debussy 

Works: Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; 

Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major (chamber 

orchestra arrangement). Artists: Ken Selden/ 

Martingale Ensemble. Deanna Breiwick. (1 CD) (MSR 

Classics) MSR 1373 $13.99 $11.99 

Dreaming in Colours: Music for Bassoon and Piano 

Works: Paul Jelescu (1901 - 1989): Rapsodie 

Dobrogeana; HyeKyung Lee: Dreaming in Colours; 

Drake Mabry (1950 - ): Duo for bassoon & piano; 

Peter Schickele (1935 - ): Summer Serenade; Jose 

Siquiera (1907 - 1985): Etüdes (3); John Steinmetz: 

Suite from an Imaginary Opera. Artists: Benjamin 

Coelho (Bssn); Alan Huckleberry (Pno). (1 CD) (MSR 

Classics) MSR 1340 $13.99 $11.99 

John Jenkins: Consort Music of Four Parts 

Works: John Jenkins (1592 - 1678): Fantasies for 4 

instruments nos 7, 6, 3, 9, 14, 13, 11, 8, 15, 2 & 16. 

Artists: Spirit of Gambo (1 CD) (Musica Ficta) 

MSTA 8011 $17.99 $15.99 

With considerable skill and a strong sense of 

lyricism he brought the fantasia for viol consort to 

its zenith. John Jenkins and his much esteemed 

friend William Lawes can be regarded as the two 

most important composers in England during the 

reign of Charles I. 

Recommended 

❦Orchestral music of Harrison 

Birtwistle 

Works: Harrison Birtwistle (1934 

- ): Night’s Black Bird, for 

orchestra; The Cry of Anubis, for 

tuba & orchestra; The Shadow of 

Night, for orchestra. Artists: 

Ryan Wigglesworth/Hallé Choir and Orch. Owen 

Slade (Tuba). (1 CD) (NMC Classics) 

NMC 156 $20.99 $18.99 

“In a welcome if rare excursion into contemporary 

music, and recorded with tinglingly immediate 

atmosphere, the Hallé under Ryan Wigglesworth 

sound on top form throughout.” -Gramophone 

“These are among the most powerful orchestral 

pieces of recent years...Wigglesworth and the 

Halle give performances of amazing 

concentration, accuracy and passion, aided by 

recorded sound of a matching depth and clarity... 

Overall an essential release.” -BBC Music 

Magazine 

❦Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1 “Nordic”; The 

Lament For Beowulf / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony 

Works: Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981): Lament for 

Beowulf for chorus & orchestra, Op. 25; Symphony no 

1 in E Minor, Op 22 “Nordic”. Artists: Gerard 

Schwarz/Seattle SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) 

NXS 8559700 $10.99 $9.99 

“Naxos’ re-release of Gerard Schwarz and the 

Seattle Symphony’s Hanson symphonies 

r 

under the American Classics series is 

a welcome event... the music is 

satisfying and enjoyable in a late- 

19th-century manner... The 

performance quality of Schwarz and 

his band are excellent, and the sonics 

are terrific.” -San Francisco Classical Voice 

❦J.C. Bach: Welt, Gute Nacht / The English 

Baroque Soloists - Gardiner 

Works: Johann Christoph Bach (1642 - 1703): Ach, 

dass ich Wassers genug hätte; Der Gerechte, ob er 

Gleich zu zeitlich stirbt; Fürchte dich nicht; Herr, 

wende Dich und sei mir gnädig, vocal concerto; 

Meine Freundin, du bist schön, vocal concerto, for 4 

voices & instruments; Mit Weinen hebt sich an, aria, 

for four voices & continuo. Artists: John Eliot 

Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists. James Gilchrist 

(Tnr); Clare Wilkinson (Mzz Sop); Nicholas Mulroy 

(Tnr); Matthew Brook (Bar); Maya Homburger (Vln). (1 

CD) (Soli Deo Gloria) SDG 715 $20.99 $18.99 

“His music has a less complex surface than the 

more familiar oeuvre of Johann Sebastian: it 

invites contemplation...With soloists of the calibre 

of Katherine Fuge and Peter Harvey, John Eliot 

Gardiner and his ensemble have uncovered a 

treasure trove. Their performances communicate 

not just skill, but delight in the world behind the 

music.” -The Financial Times 

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Musical Concepts 

Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Till Eulenspiegel 

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Double Concerto for oboe, 

harp & chamber orchestra; R. Strauss: Concerto for 

Oboe; Der Rosenkavalier, waltz sequence for 

orchestra nos 1 & 2; Till Eulenspiegels, Op. 28. 

Artists: Thomas Schippers/Michael Gielen/Cincinnati 

SO. Heinz Holliger (Oboe); Ursula Holliger (Harp). (1 

CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1134 $9.49 $8.49 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 / Mravinsky 

Artists: Yevgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad PO . (1 CD) 

(Musical Concepts) MSLC 1150 $9.49 $8.49 

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27-29 / Brendel 

Works: Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano nos 27, 28 & 29 

“Hammerklavier”. Artists: Alfred Brendel (Pno). (1 

CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1135 $9.49 $8.49 

Back To Ireland: Irish Songs & Ballads For Tenor 

Works: Mother Machree (from “Barry of Ballymore”); 

Tom Bowling; Down by the Salley Gardens; She 

moved thro’ the fair; Macushla, your sweet voice is 

calling; I Hear You Calling Me; Irish Traditional & 

much more. Artists: Clifford Benson (Pno); James 

Griffett (Tnr); Simon Lindley (Pno). (1 CD) (Musical 

Concepts) MSLC 115 $9.49 $8.49 

Liszt: Via Crucis; Missa Choralis / BBC Northern 

Singers, Thorne, Jackson 

Works: Liszt: Missa choralis for chorus & organ, S. 10; 

Via Crucis, for solo voices, chorus & organ, S. 53. 

Artists: Gordon Thorne/BBC Northern Singers. 

Francis Jackson (Organ). (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) 

MSLC 1154 $9.49 $8.49 

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Naïve 

French Music for Cello and Piano 

Works: Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; César 

Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major; 

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Sonata for Cello and 

Piano. Artists: Anne Gastinel (Clo); Claire Désert 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5259 $18.99 $16.99 

Mussorgsky: Pictures; Janacek: Sonata; Prokofiev: 

Sonata 7 / Fazil Say, piano 

Works: Leos Janácek: Sonata for Piano “From the 

Street, 1 October, 1905”; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an 

exhibition; Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7, Op. 83. 

Artists: Fazil Say (Pno). (CD & DVD) (Naïve) 

2NAI 5199 $21.99 $19.99 

The set includes a studio recording on CD & live 

recording on DVD. 

Highlights from La Senna Festegiante / Biondi, 

Works: Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute, Op. 10/2 “La notte”; 

Concerto for strings, RV 159; Concertos for Violin, 

Op. 8/1“Primavera” & 2 “L’estate”; Dorilla in Tempe; 

Farnace; Tigrane; La Fida ninfa. Artists: Jean- 

Christophe Spinosi/Ensemble Matheus; Jordi Savall/ 

Ensemble Matheus; ; Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti; 

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Rinaldo Alessandrini/Concerto 

Italiano; Europa Galante. Sandrine 

Piau (Sop); Fabio Biondi (Vln); 

Philippe Jaroussky (CtrTnr); Topi 

Lehtipuu (Tnr). (1 CD) 

NAI 5273 $15.99 $13.99 


In Search of Vivaldi / Music from the Operas, 

Sacred Music & Concertos 

This 2 CDs & Book set was created to (re) 

discover Vivaldi! Disc 1 contains opera Highlights. 

Disc 2 includes sacred music & concertos. The 

most famous to the most unknown concertos of 

Vivaldi - jewels for violin, mandolin, oboe, strings, 

cello, & bassoon. The strongest pieces of sacred 

music repertoire are also included, from Nisi 

dominus to Gloria. Book includes: life of Vivaldi, 

his character, music in Venice, manuscripts, 

portraits, Vivaldi’s Venice, Vivaldi & his times. (2 

CDs) 2NAI 5274 $18.99 $16.99 

American Music for string quartet / Diotima Quartet 

Works: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Quartet for 

Strings, Op. 11; George Crumb (1929 - ): Black 

Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet; Steve 

Reich (1936 - ): Different Trains, for double string 

quartet & tape. Artists: Quatuor Diotima. (1 CD) 

(Naïve) NAI 5272 $18.99 $16.99 

Vivaldi: Opera Arias / Piau, Hallenberg, Agnew, etc. 

Works: Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte; La Candace; 

La Silvia; La verità in cimento; Medea e Giasone; 

Tieteberga. Artists: Federico Maria Sardelli/Modo 

Antiquo. Paul Agnew (Tnr); Sandrine Piau (Sop); 

Guillemette Laurens (Mzz Sop); Ann Hallenberg (Mzz 

Sop). (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 30523 $15.99 $13.99 

Alkan, Boëly, Brahms, Liszt on the pedal piano 

Works: Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785 - 

1858): Allegro for organ, Op. 18/7; Andante con moto 

in G minor, Op. 43/7; Toccata in B minor, Op. 43/13; 

Brahms: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, 

WoO 10; Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888): Op. 

66; Liszt; R. Schumann. Artists: Olivier Latry (Pedal 

Piano). (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5278 $18.99 $16.99 

This new volume from Naïve’s Legendary 

Instruments series is dedicated to an instrument 

scarcely played, the pedal piano, belonging to a 

line of instruments similar to the organ, equipped 

with a pedal keyboard. 

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Navona 

Violin concertos by Sackman, Michal & McKinley 

Works: William Thomas McKinley (1938 - ): Concert 

Variations, for violin, viola & orchestra; Scott 

Michalski: Encomiums; Nicholas Sackman: 

Concertino for violin. Artists: Petr Vronsky/Warsaw 

National PO; Carl St. Clair/Vit Micka/Moravian PO. 

Karen Dreyfus (Vla); Glenn Dicterow (Vln). (1 CD) 

(Navona) NVA 5858 $18.99 $16.99 

Francis E. Fairman: Diurnal Thoughts / Slovak 

Radio SO - Stoltzman 

Works: Francis E. Fairman III: Concerto for Clarinet; 

Diurnal Thoughts; New York Taxi; The Fox. Artists: 

Kirk Trevor; Gil Rose; Vit Micka/Slovak Radio SO. 

Richard Stoltzman (Clnt). (1 ECD) (Navona) 

NVA 5863 $18.99 $16.99 

Holst: The Planets / The composer’s original twopiano 

version 

Works: Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934): The Planets, for 2 

pianos (original version of work), Op. 32, H. 125. 

Artists: Richard Markham (Pno); David Nettle (Pno). 

(1 CD) (Netmark) NEMK 700 $17.99 $15.99 

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Carnival of the Animals; Babar the Elephant 

Works: Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962): 5 Histoires; 

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): L’histoire de Babar, 

melodrama for narrator & piano; Saint-Saëns: 

Carnival of the animals. Artists: Nettle & Markham 

Piano Duo; Jeremy Nicholas (Narrator). (1 CD) 

(Netmark) NEMK 600 $17.99 $15.99 

Georg Muffat: Armonico Tributo; Florilegium 

Works: Georg Muffat (1653 - 1704): Chaconne; 

Florilegium Primum, 7 suites for strings & continuo ad 

lib. Artists: Gunar Letzbor/Ars Antiqua Austria. (2 

CD) (New Pan) 2NEWP 10253 $22.49 $20.49 

The Harry Partch Collection Vol 4 - The Bewitched 

Works: Harry Partch (1901 - 1974): The Bewitched, 

dance-satire for voices & large ensemble of traditional 

& Partch instruments. Artists: John Garvey/ 

University of IL Ens. William Olson (Marimba). (1 CD) 

(New World) NWR 80624 $18.99 $16.99 

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Newton Classics 

❦Schumann: The Complete Symphonies / Muti 

Works: R. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4. Artists: 

Riccardo Muti/Vienna PO. (2 CD) (Newton Classics) 

2NEWC 8802081 $18.99 $16.99 

“Tempos are nicely gauged, the playing is mostly 

spot-on (violin desks do valiantly in the Second 

Symphony’s Scherzo) and [the] sound quality is 

warm, immediate and cleanly defined” - 

Gramophone 

Schumann: Humoreske; Fantasiestücke / Ax 

Works: R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; 

Humoreske in B flat major, Op. 20. Artists: Emanuel 

Ax (Pno). (1 CD) (Newton Classics) 

NEWC 8802084 $15.99 $13.99 

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata; Notturno / 

Immerseel, Beths, Danilow, Bylsma, Kussmaul 

Works: Schubert: “Trout” Quintet; Sonata for 

Arpeggione, D 821; Trio for Piano and Strings in E flat 

major (“Nocturne”) (Adagio only), D. 897 (Op. posth. 

148). Artists: Jos van Immerseel (FtePno); Anner 

Bylsma (Clo); Vera Beths (Vln). (1 CD) (Newton 

Classics) NEWC 8802087 $15.99 $13.99 

Gary Graffman plays Chopin & Mendelssohn 


brillante, Op. 22; Ballades for piano nos 1-4; Concerto 

for Piano no 1, Op. 11; Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto 

No. 1. Artists: Charles Munch/Boston SO. Gary 

Graffmann (Pno). (2 CD) (Newton Classics) 

2NEWC 8802083 $18.99 $16.99 

Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built / A Talisman 

Works: Brian Elias (1948 - ): A Talisman, for voice, 

trumpet & orchestra; Doubles, for orchestra; The 

House That Jack Built, for orchestra. Artists: Andrew 

Davis/BBC SO; Martyn Brabbins; Jirí Belohlávek. 

Timothy Mirfin (Bass); Jonathan Holland (Tpt). (1 CD) 

(NMC Classics) NMC NMCD173 $20.99 $18.99 

John Taverner: Votive Antiphons & Ritual Music 

Works: John Taverner (circa 1490 - 1545): Audivi 

vocem de coelo, motet for 4 voices; Ave Dei Patris 

filia, antiphon for 5 voices; Dum transisset sabbatum 

(ii), motet for 5 voices; Gaude plurimum; Gloria; Mater 

Christi, antiphon for 5 voices. Artists: David Skinner. 

(1 CD) (Obsidian Records) OBID 707 $20.99 $18.99 


Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 

Works: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 

64. Artists: Manfred Honeck/Pittsburgh SO. (1 CD) 

(Octavia Records) OAVI 443 $25.99 $23.99 

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor. Artists: 

Manfred Honeck/Pittsburgh SO. George Vosburgh 

(Posthorn); Peter Sullivan (Trb); Michelle DeYoung 

(Mezzo-Soprano). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Octavia 

Records) 2OAVI 450 $41.49 $37.49 

Apotheosis: The Best of Einojuhani Rautavaara / 

Ashkenazy, piano; Stoltzman, clarinet 

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - ): Apotheosis, 

for orchestra; Autumn Gardens; Cantus Arcticus for 

orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Concerto for 

Clarinet; Concerto for Piano no 3 “Gift of Dreams”; 

Manhattan Trilogy. Artists: Leif Segerstam; Mikko 

Franck; Vladimir Ashkenazy/Swedish RSO. Vladimir 

Ashkenazy (Pno); Richard Stoltzman (Clnt). (1 CD) 

(Ondine) OND 1081 $15.99 $13.99 

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Onyx Classics 

❦Respighi: Tone poems / Royal PO 

Works: Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936): Feste 

romane; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome. Artists: 

Josep Caballé-Domenech/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Onyx 

Classics) NYX 4083 $22.49 $20.49 

“Surely, once in a while, we should indulge in this 

outrageous music, especially in these highly 

charged and glossy performances.” - Times 

❦The Peasant Girl / Viktoria Mullova, violin 

Works: Matthew Barley: Yura, for violin & ensemble; 

Bratsch (1975 - ): Bi Lovengo; Er Nemo Klantz; 

DuOud: For Nadia; Florian Hermann: Dark Eyes; 

Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7; John 

Lewis (1920 - 2001); Viktoria Mullova (1959 - ); 

Youssou N’Dour (1959 - ); Joe Zawinul (1932 - 2007). 

Artists: Matthew Barley Ens. Viktoria Mullova (Vln). 

(2 CD) (Onyx Classics) 2NYX 4070 $37.49 $33.49 

“...the performances have energy and 

imagination... a beautifully recorded album.” -BBC 

Music Magazine 

Philip Glass: The Concerto Project, Vol. 4 

Works: Philip Glass (1937 - ): Double Concerto, for 

violin, cello & orchestra; Tirol Concerto, for piano & 

orchestra. Artists: Jurgen Hempel; Dennis Russell 

Davies (pno)/Stuttgart CO; Tim Fain (Vln); Wendy 

Sutter (Clo). (1 CD) OMM 0077 $18.99 $16.99 

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 / Keilberth 

Works: Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): Concerto for Violin; 

Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; 

Schubert: Rosamunde, D. 644. Artists: Joseph 

Keilberth/Berlin PO. Christian Ferras (Vln). (2 CD) 

(Orfeo) 2ORF 838112 $39.99 $35.99 

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 14 nos 9, 10; Op. 22, 

no 11 / Marios Papadopoulos, piano 

Works: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas no 9, Op. 14/1; 

Piano Sonata no 10, Op. 14/2; Piano Sonata no 11, 

Op. 14/3. Artists: Marios Papadopoulos (Pno). (1 

CD) (Oxford Philomusica) OXOR 3 $17.99 $15.99 

Papadopoulos’ recordings of the Beethoven 

Sonatas have been set on a level with those of 

Schnabel, Brendel, Barenboim, and Kempff. 

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❦Beethoven: PIano Sonatas Op. 109, Op. 110, Op. 

111 / Marios Papadopoulos, piano 

Works: Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano nos 30, 31 & 32. 

Artists: Marios Papadopoulos (Pno). (1 CD) (Oxford 

Philomusica) OXOR 4 $17.99 $15.99 

intelligence... the performances command 

attention.” -The Daily Telegraph 

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Pavane 

Piazzolla: Tango Revolucionario 

Works: Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): Adiós Nonino, 

tango; Enrico IV; Fugata, tango; Las estaciones 

porteñas (4); María de Buenos Aires; Milonga del 

Angel. Artists: Trio Carlo Van Neste (Trio). (1 CD) 

(Pavane) PVN 7536 $12.99 $10.99 

Chopin: Complete Nocturnes / Stéphane de May 

Works: Chopin: The complete Nocturnes for piano. 

Artists: Stéphane de May (Pno). (2 CD) (Pavane) 

2PVN PAVANE 7532/3 $23.49 $21.49 

Music for a Time of War / Ives, Adams, Britten et al. 

Works: John Adams (1947 - ): The Wound-Dresser; 

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Charles Ives 

(1874 - 1954): Contemplations (2); Vaughan Williams: 

Symphony no 4 in F minor. Artists: Carlos Kalmar/ 

Oregon SO. Sanford Sylvan (Bar); Jun Iwasaki (Vln); 

Jeffrey Work (Tpt). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (PentaTone) 

PTE 5186393 $21.99 $19.99 

The Ferde Grofe Piano Rolls / The Roaring 20s! 

Artists: Ferde Grofe (Pno). (1 CD) (Pierian) 

PIE PIR0033 $20.99 $18.99 

This recording contains Ferde Grofe’s 1924-1927 

Ampico Recordings (the American Piano 

Company), which were piano rolls. These Ampico 

rolls are the primarily legacy of Grofe’s 

impressive piano skills. Included are pieces by 

Noel Coward, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and 

other popular composers of the period. 

Songs of the Great War / Philip Langridge, tenor 

Works by: George Butterworth; André Caplet; 

Debussy; Ivor Gurney; Charles Ives; David Owen 

Norris (1953 - ); Francis Poulenc; Rudi Stephan (1887 

- 1915). Artists: Philip Langridge (Tnr); David Owen 

Norris (Pno); Jennifer Langridge (Clo). (1 CD) 

(Prelude) PRUE 2550 $20.99 $18.99 

Prelude Records features here a collection of 

songs by English, German, French and American 

composers - 18 songs from the Great War, for 

tenor, piano and cello. 

Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scherzo fantastique 

Works: Stravinsky: L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird); 

Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3. Artists: Jukka-Pekka 

Saraste/WDR SO Cologne. (1 CD) (Profil Edition 

Gunter Hanssler) PRF 11041 $18.99 $16.99 

Haydn: Harmoniemesse / Martig-Tuller, Bollen, 

Kraus, Widmer 

Works: Haydn: Mass in B flat major “Harmoniemesse”, 

H. 22/14. Artists: Diethard Hellmann/SO des 

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Sudwestfunks Baden-Baden, Bach 

Choir, Mainz. Adalbert Kraus (Tnr); 

Kurt Widmer (Bar); Barbara Martig- 

Tuller (Sop). (1 CD) (Profil Edition 

Gunter Hanssler) 

PRF 11049 $18.99 $16.99 


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Quartz Records 

Works for Violin and Piano / Liebeck, Apekisheva 

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème, for violin & 

orchestra, Op. 25; Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano 

no 2; Saint-Saëns: Sonata for violin & piano no 1; 

Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 3 (“Ballade”). 

Artists: Katya Apekisheva (Pno); Jack Liebeck (Vln). 

(1 CD) (Quartz Records) QTZR 2002 $17.99 $15.99 

Bach: The Art of the Fugue / Léon Berben, organ 

Works: J.S. Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080. 

Artists: Léon Berben (Organ). (1 CD) (Ramee) 

RME 1106 $20.99 $18.99 

Léon Berben presents a deeply personal 

interpretation of Bach’s masterwork. 

Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Six Concertos for 

two flutes / Larbe, Treupel-Franck 

Works: Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667 - 1737): 

Six Concerts for 2 transverse flutes. Artists: Marie- 

Celine Larbe (Flt); Marion Treupel-Franck (Pno) (2 

CD) (Ramee) 2RME 1102 $31.49 $28.49 

Anton Eberl: Grand Sextetto / Trio Van Hengel 

Works: Anton Eberl (1765 - 1807): Grand Sextetto in E 

flat major, for fortepiano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet & 

horn, Op. 47; Potpourri en trio in E flat major, for 

fortepiano, clarinet & cello, Op. 44; Trio for Piano and 

Strings in B major, Op. 8/2. Artists: Trio Van Hengel. 

Alida Schat (Vln); Vappu Helasvuo (Vla). (1 CD) 

(Ramee) RME 1103 $20.99 $18.99 

Bernstein conducts Shostakovich / NY Phil. (1960) 

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Concerto 

for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Symphony no 5 in 

D minor, Op. 47. Artists: Leonard Bernstein/New 

York PO. Leonard Bernstein (Pno). (1 CD) (Regis 

Records) REGS 1377 $12.99 $10.99 

Georg Böhm: Organ Works / Bernard Foccroulle 

Works: Georg Böhm (1661 - 1733): Auf Meinen Lieben 

Gott, chorale partite for organ; Christ Lag in 

Todesbanden, chorale for organ; Christe der Du Bist 

Tag and Licht, chorale partite for organ; Nun Bitten 

Wir Den Heilgen Geist, chorale for organ; Praeludium 

in C major, for organ; Prelude and Fugue for organ in 

A. Artists: Bernard Foccroulle (Organ). (1 CD) 

(Ricecar) RCR 319 $20.99 $18.99 

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Royal Philharmonic 

Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Arabeske, 

Kinderszenen, etc / Ronan O’Hora 

Works: R. Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, 

Op. 18; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Kinderszenen, Op. 

15; Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), for piano, Op. 82. 

Artists: Ronan O’Hora (Pno). (1 CD) (Royal 

Philharmonic Masterworks) RPM 28710 $7.99 $6.99 

Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, Orchestra Vers. 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Quartets for Piano and Strings 

nos 1 & 2 (Orchestral versions). Artists: Jonathan 

Carney/Royal PO. Ronan O’Hora (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Royal Phil. Masterworks) RPM 29240 $7.99 $6.99 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Der Voyevoda 

Artists: Frank Shipway/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Royal 


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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9 / Jonathan 

Carney, Ronan O’Hora 

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for violin & piano no 5 

“Spring”; Sonata for violin & piano no 9 “Kreutzer”, 

Op. 47. Artists: Ronan O’Hora (Pno); Jonathan 

Carney (Vln). (1 CD) (Royal Philharmonic 

Masterworks) RPM 29050 $7.99 $6.99 

Berlioz: Overtures / Alexander Gibson - Royal PO 

Works: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): Béatrice et 

Bénédict; Benvenuto Cellini; King Lear; Le corsaire; 

Les francs-juges; Waverley Overture. Artists: 

Alexander Gibson/Royal PO. (1 CD) (Royal 


Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Michael Tilson Thomas 

Artists: Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO. (1 

SA CD) (San Francisco Symphony) 

SFS 60043 $20.99 $18.99 

This powerful and passionate performance of the 

“Titan” was recorded in 2001 and captures the 

live performance excitement of the Grammywinning 

conductor-symphony partnership that the 

Los Angeles Times declared, “the most exciting 

Mahler combination anywhere right now.” 

Mozart: Divertimenti / Classical Winds 

Works: W.A. Mozart: 4 Divertimenti for 3 basset horns, 

K. 439b/1-4. Artists: Classical Winds (1 CD) 

(Saydisc) SAY 25 $17.99 $15.99 

JS Bach: Cello Suites / Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello 

Works: J.S. Bach: Suites for solo cello nos 2, 4 & 6. 

Artists: Sara Sant’Ambrogio (Cello) (1 CD) 

(Sebastian records) SEBA 437 $17.99 $15.99 

❦Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts / McCreesh 

Works: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): Requiem, Op. 5 

(Grande Messe des Morts). Artists: Paul McCreesh/ 

Ensemble Wroclaw; Gabrieli Players. Robert Murray 

(Tnr). (2 CD) (Signum UK) 2SGK 280 $39.99 $35.99 

“As fine an account as I have ever heard... 

overwhelming in the great apocalyptic tuttis, but 

at the same time beautifully clear in detail, with a 

lovely bloom on the individual choral and 

instrumental lines of this paradoxically intimate 

work...” -The Sunday Times 

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor (“Tragic”). 

Artists: Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia Orch. (1 

CD) (Signum UK) SGK 275 $18.99 $16.99 

Orchestral works of Arne Nordhiem 

Works: Arne Nordheim (1931 - 2010): Adieu, for string 

orchestra; Canzona per orchestra; Epitaffio, for 

orchestra & electronic elements; Fonos, 3 

memorables for trombone & orchestra; Monolith, for 

orchestra. Artists: Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Rolf Gupta/ 

Oslo PO. Marius Hesby (Trb). (1 CD) (Simax) 

SIM 1318 $20.99 $18.99 

Traditional Tunes performed on Hardanger fiddle 

Works: Grieg: Violin Sonata no 1; Carl Gustav Sparre 

Olsen (1903 - 1984): Old Village Songs from Lom, 

Op. 2; Lasse Thoresen: YR, for violin, Op. 23; 

Norwegian Traditional: Halling on low bass after Jorn 

Hilme; Hulder tune from Vang; The Gnat. Artists: Tor 

Espen Aspaas (Pno); Ragnhild Hemsing (Hardanger 

Fiddle). (1 ECD) (Simax) SIM 1315 $20.99 $18.99 

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor / Forster 

Artists: Heiko Mathias Förster/Neue PO Westfalen. (1 

CD) (Solo Musica) SOLO 160 $20.99 $18.99 


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Solo Records 

Haydn: Piano Sonatas / Mark Swartzentruber 

Works: F.J. Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas nos 40, 41, 44, 

53 & 62. Artists: Mark Swartzentruber (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Solo Records) SLE 4 $17.99 $15.99 

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Mark Swartzentruber 

Works: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 

“Appassionata”; Sonata for Piano no 25 “Cuckoo”; 

Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111. Artists: Mark 

Swartzentruber (Pno). (1 CD) (Solo Records) 

SLE 2 $17.99 $15.99 

Mark Swartzentruber plays Schumann 

Works: R. Schumann: Kreisleriana; Symphonic Etudes 

for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation 

Form (5), for piano. Artists: Mark Swartzentruber 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Solo Records) SLE 3 $17.99 $15.99 

Scarlatti: Sonatas / Mark Swartzentruber, piano 

Works: Domenico Scarlatti:18 Sonatas for Harpsichord 

(performed on the piano). Artists: Mark 

Swartzentruber (Pno). (1 CD) (Solo Records) 

SLE 1 $17.99 $15.99 

Debussy Piano Works / Mark Swartzentruber 

Works: Debussy: Ballade for piano, L. 70; Estampes 

(3) for Piano; Images for Piano, Set 1; L’isle joyeuse; 

Poèmes (7) de Banville; Pour le piano, suite for piano, 

L. 95. Artists: Mark Swartzentruber (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Solo Records) SLE 5 $17.99 $15.99 

Samuel Barber: Piano Music / Leon McCawley 

Works: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Ballade for 

Piano, Op. 46; Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20; 

Interludes (Intermezzi) (2), for piano; Nocturne for 

Piano, Op. 33 “Homage to John Field”; Sketches (3) 

for Piano; Sonata for Piano in E flat minor, Op. 26. 

Artists: Leon McCawley (Pno). (1 CD) (Somm) 

SOMM 108 $18.99 $16.99 

❦Frank Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 3 / Bebbington 

Works: Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941): A Dedication, for 

piano, H. 171; Arabesque, H. 112/4; Berceuse, in B 

flat major; Canzonetta (Happy South); Gargoyle, H. 

177; Hidden Fires, H. 172. Artists: Mark Bebbington 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 107 $18.99 $16.99 

“Bridge at his most inward and mystical, very 

difficult to bring off but performed here with rapt 

attentiveness and beauty of tone that reveals the 

expressive impact of these works.” -BBC Music 

Mendelssohn: Piano Music / Alasdair Beatson 

Works: Mendelssohn: Fantasia, Op. 28 “Sonate 

écossaise”; Sonata for Piano, Op. 6; Songs Without 

Words nos 3, 5, 20, 29, 34. Artists: Alasdair Beatson 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 104 $18.99 $16.99 

So Sweet a Melody: Berlioz, Rheinberger, Liszt and 

Godar / Hildegard Choir 

Works: Ján Levoslav Bella (1843 - 1936): Verbum 

caro, for chorus; Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): 

L’Enfance du Christ; Britten: Ceremony of Carols; 

Sweet was the Song, carol for SSAA chorus; Vladimír 

Godár (1956 - ): Dormi Jesu, for chorus; Ecce puer, 

for female voice, 2 violins, viola, double-bass, harp, 

chitarrone & harpsichord; Liszt; Joseph Rheinberger 

(1839 - 1901); Frantisek Xaver Tost (1754 - 1829); 

Vaughan Williams. Artists: Gulliver Ralston. Emily 

van Evera (Sop). (1 CD) (Somm) 

SOMM 102 $18.99 $16.99 

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Sony Classics 

Mozart: Prussian Quartets / Emerson String Quartet 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 21 in D 

major (“Prussian 1”), K. 575; Quartet for Strings no 22 

in B flat major (“Prussian 2”), K. 589; Quartet for 

Strings no 23 in F major (“Prussian 3”), K. 590. 

Artists: (1 CD) (Sony Classical) 

SNYC 93598 $16.99 $14.99 

Goat Rodeo Sessions / Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer et al. 

Works: Chris Thile (1981 - ): 13; Attaboy; Franz and 

the Eagle; Goat Rodeo; Helping Hand; Here and 

Heaven. Artists: Yo-Yo Ma (Clo); Edgar Meyer (Pno); 

Chris Thile (Mandolin); Stuart Duncan (Fiddle); Aoife 

O’Donovan (Voice). (1 CD) (Sony Classical) 

SNYC 84118 $16.99 $14.99 

Romantic Quintets for Clarinet and String Quartet 

Works: Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927): Quintet for 

clarinet & strings, Op 102; Ferdinand Thieriot (1838 - 

1919): Quintet for clarinet & strings in E flat major. 

Artists: Stephan Siegenthaler (Clnt). (1 CD) 

(Sterling) STR 1674 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Italian Masterpieces for Clarinet or Basset Horn 

and Orchestra 

Works by: Bellini; Busoni; Carlo Pässler (1774 - 

1865); Donizetti;; Alessandro Rolla (1757 - 1841); 

Rossini; Vivaldi. Artists: Kaspar Zehnder/Capella 

Istropolitana. Stephan Siegenthaler (Clnt & Basset 

Horn). (1 CD) STR 1094 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Milano Musica Festival, Volume 6 

Works include: Bartók: Out of Doors, suite for piano; 

Peter Eötvös (1944 - ): Psy, for flute, cello & 

cimbalon; György Kurtág (1926 - ): Moments 

musicaux (6), for string quartet; György Ligeti: 

Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments; Liszt: 

Harmonies poétiques, S. 172a/2 & 3. Artists: 

Georges Octors/Ictus Ensemble; Keller Quartet. (1 

CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33892 $18.99 $16.99 

Benedetto Vinaccesi: Cantatas for voice & continuo 

Works: Benedetto Vinaccesi (1666 - 1719): Amor 

pericoloso; Belve, se mai provaste; In lontananza 

della sua donna; Or fia mai ver, o lontananza infida; 

Sonatas nos 3 & 4. Artists: Alessandro Casari/Gli 

Erranti. Gemma Bertagnolli (Sop); Fulvio Bettini (Bar). 

(1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33879 $18.99 $16.99 

Milano Musica Festival, Vol. 2: Xeanski, Varèse 

Works: Fausto Romitelli (1963 - 2004): Mediterrano 1 

& 2, for ensemble; Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965): 

Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 

trumpet, trombone, and double bass; Iannis Xenakis 

(1922 - 2001): Anaktoria; Dhipli Zyia, for violin & cello; 

Phlegra, for 11 musicians; Waarg, for 13 musicians. 

Artists: Stefan Asbury/ASKO Ens. Marieke Koster. (1 

CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33871 $18.99 $16.99 

Resounding: Four World Premieres 

Works: Yenn Chwen Er: Mountain Water, for chamber 

orchestra; Mark O’Connor (1961 - ): March of the 

Gypsy Fiddler; Roberto Sierra (1953 - ): Serenata, for 

nchamber orchestra; Christopher Theofanidis (1967 - ): 

Concerto for piano & chamber 

orchestra. Artists: Tim Russell/Ahn 

Trio. Donald Berman (Pno). (1 CD) 

(Summit Records) 

SUM 576 $17.99 $15.99 


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Supraphon 

Václav Talich: Live 1939 

Works: Anonymous: Czech national anthem; Dvorák: 

Slavonic Dances (8) for orchestra Op. 72; Bedrich 

Smetana (1824 - 1884): Má vlast; Spoken Word: The 

original radio introduction and sign off. Artists: 

Vaclav Talich. (2 CD) (Supraphon) 

2SPR 4065 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

Marco Enrico Bossi: Complete Works for Cello & Piano 

Works: Marco Enrico Bossi (1861 - 1925): Feuillets 

d’Album, Op. 111; Il Canto dell’Anima; Inspiration à 

Baveno, Op. 4a; Morceaux (2), Op. 119; Pezzo Lirico 

no 2; Romance, Op.89. Artists: Andrea Noferini 

(Clo); Roberto Noferini (Vln); Giulio Giurato (Pno). (1 

CD) (Tactus) TCT 862705 $16.99 $14.99 

Giacinto & Vincenzo Calderara: 18th Century 

Keyboard Music / Mario Stefano Tonda, fortepiano 

Works for solo keyboard by: Giacinto Calderara 

(1729 - 1803); Vincenzo Calderara (1758 - 1802); 

Melchiorre de Vincenti (1739 - 1810); Gaudenzio 

Deregibus; Ignazio Pacotto (1763 - 1834); Giovanni 

Domenico Perotti (1761 - 1824); Gaetano Piazza. 

Artists: Mario Stefano Tonda (FtePno). (1 CD) 

(Tactus) TCT 720001 $16.99 $14.99 

Shebalin: The Complete A Cappella Choral Cycles 

Works: Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902 - 1963): 

Glinka, film score; 3 Pieces, Op. 44; 3 Pieces, Op. 47; 

3 Pieces, Op. 52; 4 Pieces, Op. 50; 4 Pieces, Op. 57 

“To my Grandchildren”. Artists: Nikolay Khondzinsky. 

(1 CD) (Toccata) TOC 112 $18.99 $16.99 

String Trios / Cortes-Alvarez, Angulo / Trio Coghan 

Works: Eduardo Angulo (1954 - ): Three Romances; 

Leonardo Coral (1962 - ): String Trio; Francisco 

Cortés-Alvarez: Trióxido de Cuerdas; Eduardo 

Gamboa (1960 - ): Floresta; Eugenio Toussaint (1954 

- ): Estudio Bop no 6; Diana Syrse Valdés: Shanka. 

Artists: Trio Coghan (Trio). (1 CD) (Urtext (Mexico) 

URT 203 $16.99 $14.99 

Manuel de Falla: The Complete Piano Works 

Artists: Azumi Nishizawa (Pno). (1 CD) (Verso) 

VESO 2089 $17.99 $15.99 

José Luis Greco: Gardens of Night / , Gragera, 

Llamas 

Works: José Luis Greco (1953 - ): Celosías, for voice 

& string quartet; Mudas, for voice & string quartet; 

Trouble, for string quartet. Artists: Elena Gragera 

(Mzz Sop); Magdalena Llamas (Mzz Sop); Mondriaan 

Quartet. (1 CD) (Verso) VESO 2086 $17.99 $15.99 

Jerónimo de Carrión: Ah de los Elementos 

Works: Jerónimo de Carrión (circa 1660 - 1721): A la 

salud de los Reyes; Ah de los elementos; Aves, 

ayres, fuentes; Ay tortolilla triste; Con el ayre ayrecillo 

que corre; Con perlas la aurora. Artists: Alicia 

Lazaro/Capilla Jerónimo de Carrión. (1 CD) (Verso) 

VESO 2058 $17.99 $15.99 

Aranazu Treasures, Vol. 1 / Arias with organ obligato 

Works: Anonymous pieces and works by Agustín de 

Echeverría; Félix Máximo López (1742 - 1821); José 

Lidón (1746 - 1827); Bartolomeo Lustrini. Artists: 

Norberto Broggini (Organ); Elean Lopez Jauregui 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Verso) VESO 2077 $17.99 $15.99 

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Luis de los Cobos: Complete Symphonic Works 

Works: Luís de los Cobos: Meditación sinfónica, Op. 

12; Jungla, Op. 11; Sinfonia, Op. 8. Artists: José 

Luis Temes/Castile-Leon Symphony Orchestra. (1 

CD) (Verso) VESO 2102 $17.99 $15.99 

Bartok & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos / Sokolov 

Works: Bartók: Concerto for Violin no 2; Tchaikovsky: 

Concerto for Violin, Op. 35. Artists: David Zinman/ 

Tonhalle Orchestra. Valeriy Sokolov (Vln). (1 CD) 

(Virgin Classics) VCL 420170 $17.98 $15.98 

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Warner Classics 

❦French Impressions: Works for Violin and Orchestra 

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème, Op. 25; Ravel: 

Tzigane; Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Violin no 3; 

Eugène Ysaÿe: Berceuse, Op. 20; Rève d’enfant, Op 

14. Artists: Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Orch. 

Symphonique Bienne; John Axelrod/Orch. Nat’l des 

Pays de la Loire. Rachel Kolly d’Alba (Vln). (1 CD) 

(Warner) WRNC 2564671814 $20.99 $18.99 

“A stunning collection of Gallic violin classics, 

embracing the Wagnerian sensuality of 

Chausson’s Poème, Saint-Saëns’s richly 

melodious Third Concerto and Ravel’s electrifying 

Tzigane...” -Classic FM 

Michael Daugherty: Fire & Blood / da Costa, violin 

Works: Michael Daugherty (1954 - ): Fire and Blood, 

for violin & orchestra; Flamingo; Ladder to the Moon, 

for violin & band. Artists: Pedro Halffter/Montreal SO. 

Alexandre da Costa (Vln). (1 CD) (Warner Classics) 

WRNC 2564671957 $20.99 $18.99 

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9; Czech Suite / Serebrier 

Works: Dvorák: Czech Suite, Op. 39; Slavonic Dances 

Op. 46/1; Op. 72/2. Symphony no 9 “From the New 

World”. Artists: José Serebrier/Bournemouth SO. (1 

CD) (Warner) WRNC 2564666563 $20.99 $18.99 

Forma Antiqua / Baroque dance pieces 

Works by: Giovanni Kapsberger (1575 - 1651); 

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580 - 1651); 

José de Nebra (1702 - 1768); Bernardo Pasquini 

(1637 - 1710); Ludovico Roncalli (1654 - 1713); 

Santiago de Murcia (1682 - 1732); D. Scarlatti; 

Jusepe Ximénez (1601 - 1672); Anonymous, 

Mexican. Artists: Forma Antiqva. (1 CD) (Winter & 

Winter) WNWN 910173 $20.99 $18.99 

Their main interest of the three brothers that 

make up Forma Antiqva is to revive the 17th and 

18th century dance music repertoire, and to this 

aim the program featured here combines rarities 

with well-known pieces, presenting a range of 

spirited fandangos, pavans, caponas, and 

españoletas by Domenico Scarlatti, Diego Ortiz, 

José de Nebra, Santiago de Murcia, and others. 

Henze: Symphonies 3-5 / Janowski - Berlin RSO 

Works: Hans Werner Henze (1926 - ): Symphonies 

nos 3 - 5. Artists: Marek Janowski/Berlin RSO. (1 

CD) (Wergo) WER 6723 $25.99 $23.99 

Zimmermann: songs and chamber music 

Works: Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970): Aria 

for violin & piano; Geistliche Lieder (3), songs; Kleine 

Suite for violin & piano; Lieder (5), songs for voice & 

piano; Sonata for violin & piano; String Trio. Artists: 

Trio Berlin (Piano Trio). Anna Prohaska (Sop). (1 CD) 

(Wergo) WER 6735 $25.99 $23.99 


Nancarrow: As Fast As Possible, various works; 

Works: Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997): Suite for 

Large Orchestra; Septet; 5 Studies for Player Piano; 

Paul Usher. Artists: Kasper de Roo; Stefan Asbury/ 

Ensemble Modern. Amy Dissanayake (Pno); Rex 

Lawson (Pianola); Helena Bugallo (Pno); Amy 

Williams (Pno); Ingrid Karlen (Pno). (1 CD) (Wergo) 

WER 6733 $25.99 $23.99 

David Howard Plays Ustvolskaya, Salonen, Brahms 

Works: Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, 

Op.115; Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958 - ): Nachtlieder for 

clarinet & piano; Steven Stucky (1949 - ): Meditation 

and Dance for clarinet & piano; Galina Ustvolskaya 

(1919 - 2006): Trio for violin, clarinet & piano. Artists: 

Vicki Ray (Pno); David Howard (Clnt); Gloria Lum 

(Clo); John Hayhurst (Vla); Kristine Hedwall (Vln). (1 

CD) (Yarlung) YARL YAR78874 $21.99 $19.99 

This album includes the world premiere recording 

of Steven Stucky’s Meditation and Dance 

Art of the Sonata: Bach, Franck, Lefkowicz, Brahms 

Works: J.S. Bach: Sonata for solo violin, BWV 1001; 

Brahms: Sonata for violin & piano no 3; César Franck: 

Sonata for Violin and Piano; David S. Lefkowitz: 

Miniature no 8, for violin. Artists: Kevin Fitzgerald 

(Pno); Petteri Iivonen (Vln). (1 CD) (Yarlung) 

YARL 76721 $21.99 $19.99 

Music from the Court of Burgundy (1335 - 1500) 

Works by: Alexander Agricola; Johannes Ciconia; 

Josquin Desprez; Guillaume Dufay; Johannes 

Ghiselin; Adam Knight Gilbert; Magister Grimace; 

Heinrich Isaac; Johannes Pullois. Artists: Rotem 

Gilbert; Adam Knight Gilbert/Ciaramella. (1 CD) 

(Yarlung) YARL YAR05785 $21.99 $19.99 

Ciaramella plays brilliantly on shawms, sackbuts, 

bagpipes and recorders - this is some of the best 

Renaissance wind playing in the world. 

The Spanish Masters: Albeniz, Granados, Falla / 

Zuill Bailey, cello; Isabel Bayrakdarian, piano 

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Improvisations (3) for piano 

(performed by Albinez and recorded on Edison 

cylinders); La Vega, Fantaisie espagnole for piano, B. 

46; Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas 

(7); El Amor Brujo; Soneto a Córdoba; Suite Populaire 

Espagnole; Enriqué Granados. Artists: Isabel 

Bayrakdarian (Sop); Enrique Granados (Pno); Manuel 

de Falla (Pno); Isaac Albéniz (Pno). (1 CD) (Zenph 

Studios) ZEPH 1001 $15.99 $13.99 

Chopin: The Complete Works, Vol. 3 / Ian Hobson 


brillante, Op. 22; Etude for piano, Op. 10/3; Fantasia 

for Piano and Orchestra on Polish Airs, Op 13; Rondo 

for 2 Pianos, Op. 73; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, 

Op. 14 “Krakowiak”; Variations for Piano and 

Orchestra in B flat major on Mozart’s “Là ci darem”, 

Op. 2. Artists: Ian Hobson (Pno); Claude Hobson 

(Pno). (1 CD) (Zephyr) ZEP 134-09 $18.99 $16.99 

Antoine Boesset: Archangel & The Lys: Mass & 

Motets 

Works: Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643): Anna mater 

matris redemptoris nostri, motet; Ave mater pia, 

motet; Dixit Dominus, motet; Domine salvum fac 

regem, motet; Gregorian Chant; Henry du Mont (1610 

- 1684); Etienne Moulinié (1600 - 1669). Artists: 

Sébastien Daucé (Organ)/Ensemble Correspondances. 

(1 CD) (Zig Zag) ZIG 110801 $20.99 $18.99 

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This Month’s New Boxed 

DG’s Tribute To Mutter’s 35 Years On Stage 

ASM35: The Complete Musician / Anne Sofie Mutter, violin [38 CDs / 2 DVDs] 

Artists: Paul Sacher; Andre Previn; Krzysztof Penderecki; Seiji Ozawa; Anne-Sophie 

Mutter; Kurt Masur; Witold Lutoslawski; James Levine; Jan Krenz. 

40DGG B001587372 $374.99 $298.99 On Sale 

August 23rd, 2011 is Anne-Sophie Mutter’s 35th anniversary on stage. DG fetes 

the violinist with this limited edition set of 38 CDs in original jacket facsimiles, 2 

bonus CDs and a 250 page book - in deluxe-box packaging. 

John Eliot Gardiner conducts 

Berlioz, Bizet, Messager & 

Massenet 

Works: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 

1869): Aubade (“Assez dormir”), 

for voice & 2 horns; Irish 

melodies (8); La Captive, Op. 12; 

La Mort d’Ophélie, H. 92a (Op. 18/2); Le chasseur 

danois, Op. 19 no 6; Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13 no 

4; Bizet; Massenet; André Messager (1853 - 1929). 

Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/Orchestre de l’Opéra de 

Lyon. (6 CD) 6WRNC 2564694223 $32.99 $29.99 

❦Couperin: Complete 

Harpsichord Works / Egarr 

Artists: Richard Egarr (Hpsi). 

(4 CD) 4HAR 907511 

$64.49 $52.49 On Sale 

“Egarr revels in the variety, 

both harmonic and rhythmic, 

that this music contains, and the interpretative 

opportunities it offers... they are genuinely 

exhilarating and constantly surprising.” -The 

Guardian 

Maurice André Edition / Concertos, Vol. 1 

Works: Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751); J.S. Bach; 

Willem de Fesch (1687 - 1761); Johann Christian 

Fischer (1733 - 1800); Christoph Graupner (1683 - 

1760); George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759); F.J. 

Haydn; Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837); 

Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727 - 1789); Jacques 

Loeillet (1685 - 1748); Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787); 

W.A. Mozart; Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1707 - 

circa 1780); Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (Composer) 

(1690 - 1749); Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770); 

Telemann; Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709); Vivaldi. 

(6 CD) 6ERA 2564695722 $49.99 $44.99 

This is the first volume in a major reissue series 

collecting all of Maurice Andre’s Erato recordings. 

Mozart: Great Concertos for Piano 

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 12 in A 

major, K. 414 (K. 385p); Concerto for Piano no 13 in 

C major, K. 415 (K. 387b); Concerto for Piano no 14 

in E flat major, K. 449; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G 

n 

major, K. 453; Concerto for Piano no 19 

in F major, K. 459; Concerto for Piano 

no 20 in D minor, K. 466. Artists: Maria 

Joao Pires (Pno). (5 CD) 

5ERA 2564696869 $32.99 $29.99 


Beethoven: Complete 

Concertos / Barenboim, 

Kremer, Mutter, Pollini 

Artists: Emil Tchakarov/Kurt 

Sanderling/Herbert von Karajan/ 

Eugen Jochum/Heinz Dressel/ 

Myung-Whun Chung/Daniel 

Barenboim/Karl Böhm. Sviatoslav Richter (Pno); 

Daniel Barenboim (Pno); Yo-Yo Ma (Clo); Gidon 

Kremer (Vln); Anne-Sophie Mutter (Vln). 

(5 CD) 5DGG B001607002 $35.98 $26.98 On Sale 

In addition to the well-known works - with Daniel 

Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert von 

Karajan, Yo-Yo Ma, Maurizio Pollini, and others - 

this specially priced box-set includes rare early 

works and the piano arrangement of the Violin 

Concerto. An essential compendium. 

Liszt: The Essential Organ 

Works / Peter King, organ 

Works: Liszt: Ave Maria 1; 

Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa I; 

Chapelle de Guilaume Tell 

(Années I/1), S. 160/1 (LW A159/ 

1); Consolation no 4 in D flat 

major “Quasi adagio”, S. 172/4 (LW A111a/2/4); 

Consolation no 6 in E major “Allegretto sempre 

cantabile”, S. 172/6 (LW A111a/2/6); Evocation à la 

Chapelle Sixtine. Artists: Peter King (Organ). 

(3 CD) 3REGN 278 $39.99 $35.99 

This 3-CD set contains all of the major original 

organ works of Liszt, together with a selection of 

virtuoso arrangements and transcriptions of 

Liszt’s orchestral and piano works by Saint- 

Saëns, Reger, Lemare, Nicolas Kynaston and 

Peter King. 

Phantom Of The Opera: 25th Anniversary Collection 

(5 ECD) 5DEC B001622400 $164.98 $140.98 

The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary 

Celebration box set is a beautiful, limited edition 

4-CD and 1 DVD set celebrating the 25th 

anniversary of the show's London opening. An 

accompanying 160-page fully illustrated hardback 

book details the compelling history of the show 

from page to stage and beyond. 

Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works / Viktoria 

Postnikova 

(7 CD) 7ERA 2564696751 $42.99 $38.99 

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Sets 

❦The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 12: 

The Complete Symphonies 

Artists: Osmo Vänskä. Ilka Palli 

(Clo); Timo Saarenpää (Clnt); 

Antti Autio (Trb); Eeva 

Maenluoma (Clnt). (5CD) 

5BIS 1933/5 $62.99 $56.99 

“Osmo Vänskä’s Sibelius cycle is unquestionably 

one of the great ones... If you know these 

symphonies well, you’ll be enthralled and won’t 

for a second regret purchasing this box, even if 

you have to give the discs you already own to a 

friend.” -ClassicsToday (10/10) 

❦Bruckner: 10 Symphonies / 

Daniel Barenboim - Chicago SO 

Artists: Daniel Barenboim/ 

Chicago SO. Jessye Norman 

(Sop); Samuel Ramey (Bass); 

Yvonne Minton (Mzz Sop); David 

Rendall (Tnr); Ruth Welting (Sop) 

(10 CD)10DGG B001606902 $52.98 $41.73 On Sale 

“Barenboim is witty, affectionate and vital and the 

Chicago playing is sumptuous without in any way 

being bland or suffocating... Warmly 

recommended.” -Gramophone 

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies / Philippe Herreweghe 

Artists: Philippe Herreweghe/Royal Flemish 

Philharmonic Orchestra. 

(5 CD) 5PTE 5186312 $54.49 $49.49 

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 

Vol. 6: 1990-2000 

(14 CD) 14RCOL 11004 $220.99 $198.99 

The sixth volume of the anthology features 

broadcasts from the 1990s, and presents a 

fascinating and colorful portrait of the orchestra’s 

artistic development under conductors like Solti, 

Sawallisch, Boulez, Chailly, De Waart, Dutoit, 

Fischer, Gardiner, Haitink and Tennstedt. 

❦Martha Argerich and Friends Live From Lugano 

Festival 2010 

Works: Bartók; Brahms; Chopin; Percy Grainger (1882 

- 1961); Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916); Erich 

Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957); Liszt; Alfred 

Schnittke (1934 - 1998); R. Schumann; Stravinsky. 

Artists: Martha Argerich (Pno); Stephen Kovacevich 

(Pno); Gabriela Montero (Pno); Lilya Zilberstein 

(Pno); Marc Drobinsky (Clo). 

(3 CD) 3EMI 708362 $26.98 $23.98 

“Even when Argerich is not directly involved, her 

unique musical spirit seems to hover over the 

performances; there’s a freshness, a sense of 

discovery, about all the playing here, and it’s 

never dull.” -The Guardian 

Vivaldi Masterworks: Complete Concertos & 

Sonatas Op. 1-12 

Artists: Simon Preston/Philip Pickett/Christopher 

Hogwood/New London Consort. Emma Kirkby (Sop); 

avid Miller (Theorbo); James Bowman (CtrTnr); 

Bruno Canino (Hpsi); Catherine Bott (Sop). 

(28 CD) 28DEC B001599302 $85.98 $73.98 


Brilliant Budget Boxes 

Christoph Eschenbach: The 

Early Recordings / Beethoven, 

Chopin, Schubert, Henze 

Works: Beethoven: Concerto for 

Piano no 3; Concerto for Piano no 

5; Sonata for Piano no 29; 

Chopin: Prelude for piano no 25; 

Prelude for piano no 26;; Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 

); Schubert; R. Schumann. Artists: Seiji Ozawa/Hans 

Werner Henze. Christoph Eschenbach (Pno). 

(6 CD) 6BLC 9189 $34.49 $28.49 On Sale 

This fascinating retrospective focuses on 

Eschenbach’s brilliant early career as a pianist, 

when his searching musical intelligence, 

formidable technique and enthusiastic 

engagement with the music of our time produced 

many recordings that have stood the test of time. 

Robert Schumann: The 

Complete Piano Works 

Artists: Klara Wurtz; Peter 

Frankl; Ronald Brautigam; Luba 

Edlina; Wolfram Schmitt- 

Leonardy; Marianna Izman (Pno). 

(14 ECD) 

14BLC 94008 $58.49 $46.49 On Sale 

Schumann’s career nearly took a very different 

direction. He had planned to be a writer and a 

lawyer, and it was the experience of hearing 

Paganini play in 1830 that provided the impetus 

to set the young man on a path that would 

eventually see him become one of the great 

romantic composers. This collection of all the 

complete works for solo piano plus the Piano 

Concerto illustrate the struggles, failures and 

triumphs of this most complicated of composers. 

Alain Jehand: Complete Organ Works / Jean- 

Baptiste Robin, organ 

Works: Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940): Andante (from 

Suite monodique), JA 89bis; Aria, JA 138; Ballade en 

mode phrygien, JA 9; Berceuse sur deux notes qui 

cornent, JA 7bis ; Berceuse, JA 86; Chant donné. 

Artists: Jean-Baptiste Robin (Organ); Jehan Alain 

(Organ). (3 CD) 3BLC 94233 $16.99 $12.99 On Sale 

Not many composers are also considered war 

heroes, but not all composers are Jehan Alain. 

His short career as a composer ended when the 

His music is considered by many to be the most 

original of the 20th century. Jean-Baptiste Robin 

gives an incredible interpretation of his complete 

organ works. 

❦Beethoven: Complete Symhonies / Chailly 

Works: Beethoven: Symphonies; Coriolan Overture ; 

Egmont Overture; Fidelio Overture; King Stephen 

Overture; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major; 

Namensfeier (Name-Day Celebration) Overture. 

Artists: Riccardo Chailly/Gewandhaus Orchestra. 

(5 CD)5DEC B001609802 $64.48 $55.48 

“Chailly’s first recorded Beethoven cycle shows 

him to be a Classicist through and through... 

There is an immediacy and clarity of detail that 

derives in large measure from the playing itself.” - 

Gramophone 

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New Opera Albums for 

New, Complete Opera Recordings 

Frank Martin: Der Sturm / 

❦Handel: Jephtha 

Netherlands Radio PO 

Works: George Frederick 

Works: Frank Martin (1890 - 

Handel (1685 - 1759): 

1974): Der Sturm, opera in 3 acts. 

Jephtha Artists: Fabio 

Artists: Thierry Fischer/ 

Biondi/Stavanger 

Netherlands Radio PO & Chorus. 

Symphony Orchestra; 

Ethan Herschenfeld; Josef 

Collegium Vocale Gent. 

Wagner; Robert Holl; James 

James Gilchrist; Mona 

Gilchrist; Simon O’Neill; Andreas Macco. (3 CD) 

Julsrud; Elisabeth Jansson; Havard Stensvold; 

(Hyperion) 3HYP 67821 $64.49 $58.49 Marianne Kielland. (2 CD) (BIS (Sweden) 

This recording is a particularly significant addition to 

2BIS 1864 $20.99 $18.99 

the Hyperion catalog. Frank Martin’s wonderful “The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra plays 

three-act opera Der Sturm is a rarely staged but very modern instruments in an authoritative 

important twentieth century masterpiece. Written baroque style; the crisp overture is neatly 

towards the end of his life and taking almost three detailed...Gilchrist’s rapid passagework and 

years to complete, Der Strum is based on 

florid cadenza in “His mighty arm” are 

Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and emerges as one marvellous. The Norwegians Marianne B 

of Martin’s most inventive works. This set offers a Kielland and Mona Julsrud are on vibrant form 

rare opportunity to hear the full opera in its original in the love duet “These labours past”” - 

language and is not to be missed. 

Gramophone Magazine 

Carl Heinrich Graun: 

Montezuma 

Works: Carl Heinrich Graun 

(1704 - 1759): Montezuma, 

opera. Artists: Johannes 

Goritzki/Deutsche 

Kammerakademie; Kammerchor 

Cantica Nova. Encarnacion Vazquez; Dorothea Wirtz; 

Conchita Julian; Lourdes Ambriz; Angelica Sanchez. 

(2 CD) (Capriccio) 2CAP 7085 $27.99 $24.99 

Together with Johann Adolf Hasse, Carl Heinrich 

Graun was the chief representative of Italian 

Opera in Germany in the 18th century. The text of 

Montezuma was written by King Frederick II, with 

whom Graun had a close friendship. 

The Purcell Edition, Vol. 1: 

Three Operas 

Works: Henry Purcell (1659 - 

1695): Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; 

Fairy Queen, Z 629; **King 

Arthur, Z 628. Artists: William 

Christie/Les Arts Florissants; 

**Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus Wien. 

Veronique Gens; Claron McFadden; Sandrine Piau; 

Mark Padmore; Barbara Bonney; Sylvia McNair; 

Michael Chance; Robert Holl. (4 CD) (Warner 

Classics) 4WRNC 2564692016 $32.99 $29.99 

Terradellas: Sesostri / Juan Bautista Otero 

Works: Domingo Miguel Bernabe Terradellas (1713 - 

1751): Seostri re d’Egitto, opera. Artists: Juan 

Bautista Otero/Real Compania Opera de Camara. (3 

CD) (RCOC Records) 3RCOC 1102 $64.49 $58.49 

Spanish Baroque composer Domènec 

Terradellas was born in Barcelona but lived more 

than half his life in Italy. He possessed a great 

aptitude to create colorful environments and 

contrasts in his operas, many of them based upon 

stories from ancient Egypt and Persia. 


Franz Schreker: Irrelohe 

Works: Franz Schreker (1878 - 

1934): Irrelohe, opera. Artists: 

Stefan Blunier/Beethoven Orch. 

Bonn. Valentin Jar; Daniela 

Denschlag; Mark Rosenthal; 

Mark Morouse; Piotr Micinski; 

Roman Sadnik; Ingeborg Greiner (3 CD) (MD&G) 

3MDG 9371687 $45.99 $41.99 

In this modern operatic stunner, the orchestra 

mightily enters the musical fray with six 

percussionists and lavishes in passion and 

nonstop dynamic power. MDG’s technicians have 

produced a fascinating live recording from the 

Bonn Opera House. 

Leo Fall: Der Fidele Bauer, 

operetta in 2 acts 

Works: Leo Fall (1873 - 1925): 

Der fidele Bauer (The Jolly 

Farmer), operetta. Artists: 

Vinzenz Praxmarer/Lehar Festival 

Orchestra & Choir. Suhrada; 

Scherwitzl; Noack; Amesmann. (2 CD) (CPO ) 

2CPO 777591 $35.99 $31.99 

Successful operettas from the past practically 

never appear in opera houses today, but here, 

one is being rescued from oblivion. Der fidele 

Bauer (The Jolly Farmer) by Leo Fall possesses a 

genuine folk-like charm and tells the story of the 

poor little penniless Heinerle. 

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Kermes, Lippert, Naef, Turk 

Artists: Michael Hofstetter/Ludwigsburger 

Schlossfestspiele Orch & Chorus. Simone Kermes, 

Herbert Lippert, Yvonne Naef, Miljenko Turk. Josef 

Wagner. (2 CD) (Oehms) 2OEH 951 $34.49 $31.49 

This “Trovatore” has outstanding singers, 

including the highly renowned Simone Kermes as 

Leonora, with perfect coloraturas. 

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Recitals & Highlights 

Carlo Bergonzi: Early Recordings 

The original Decca recordings 

on this CD document 

Bergonzi’s first operatic recital 

of 1957 in its entirety. We hear 

the tenor after his first season 

at the Metropolitan Opera and 

on the threshold to a great 

international career. (1 CD) 

(Preiser) PSR 93480 $18.99 $16.99 

Great Singers Live: Soprano Lucia Popp 

Works: Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart 

etc. (1 CD) (BR Classic) BRK 900306 $15.99 $13.99 

This new release shows a richly varied program 

with soprano arias by Mozart to Weber and 

Rossini all the way to Lehár and Stolz taken from 

concerts given in 1968 to 1982. 

Bel Canto Arias: Donizetti & Rossini / Vivica 

Genaux, soprano 

Works: Donizetti: Alahor in Granata; Anna Bolena; 

Lucrezia Borgia; Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La 

Cenerentola; La donna del lago. Artists: John 

Nelson/Ensemble Orch.l de Paris. Vivica Genaux 

(Mzz Sop). (1 CD) (EMI Classics) 

EMI 293232 $13.98 $10.98 

Les Héroines Romantiques, Vol. 

3: Tragédiennes / Véronique Gens 

Artists: Christophe Rousset/Les 

Talens Lyriques. Véronique Gens 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Virgin Classics) 

VCL 709272B $17.98 $15.98 

In her third ‘Tragédiennes’ 

album for Virgin Classics, French soprano 

Véronique Gens covers the late 18th and 19th 

centuries and with a prime focus on roles for the 

deeper, darker-toned female voice. Writing about 

the second volume in this series, BBC Music 

wrote: “Music director Christophe Rousset and 

soprano Véronique Gens’ second disc of musical 

‘Tragediénnes’ is a thrilling mix of the familiar... 

and the little known... The whole makes a 

wonderful odyssey...” 

Antonio Vivaldi: Arias for Bass Baritone / Lorenzo 

Regazzo, bass 

Works: Vivaldi: Armida al campo d’Egitto, RV 699-A; Il 

Farnace, RV 711-D; La Silvia, RV 734; L’Adelaide, 

RV 695; L’Olimpiade, RV 725; Orlando furioso, 

RVAnh 84. Artists: Rinaldo Alessandrini/Concerto 

Italiano. Lorenzo Regazzo (Bass). (1 CD) (Naïve) 

NAI 30524 $15.99 $13.99 

Bellissimo Baroque: Handel & Vivaldi Arias 

Works: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759): Aci, 

Galatea e Polifemo; Agrippina; Ariodante; Vivaldi: 

Catone in Utica; Motezuma. Artists: Jean-Claude 

Malgoire/Antonio Florio/Alan Curtis. Véronique Gens 

(Sop); Philippe Jaroussky (CtrTnr); Antonio Abete 

(Bass); Gemma Bertagnolli (Sop); Veronica Cangemi 

(Sop). (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 705 $13.99 $11.99 


Ar Artis Ar is ist is t Highlight Highlights Highlight 

❦Homage to Maria Callas / 

Soprano Angela Gheorghiu 

Homage to Maria Callas is a 

collection of beloved French 

and Italian operatic arias 

performed by Angela 

Gheorghiu. The arias 

presented are shared favorites 

of both Callas and Gheorghiu, and Angela’s new 

recording demonstrates once again her extraordinary 

vocal and emotional range. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) 

(Standard Edition) EMI 843772B $17.98 $15.98 

(Deluxe Edition) EMI 315092B $25.98 $22.98 

“[Angela Gheorghiu] has earned her place as one 

of the best sopranos of her generation and it has 

been said that her voice is ‘perhaps the most 

instantly recognizable and interesting soprano 

voice of our time... a liquid instrument of great 

beauty’” -Gramophone 

❦Viva! Simone Kermes Sings 

Vivaldi / Andrea Marcon 

Works: Vivaldi: Sacred and 

operaatic arias. Artists: Andrea 

Marcon/Venice Baroque Orch. 

Simone Kermes (Sop). (1 CD) 

(DG) DGG B001598902 

$20.98 $16.48 On Sale 

“On the level of sheer vocal beauty and virtuosity, 

this is a staggering disc. Throughout, the 

gorgeous Kermes voice glints like the finest gold 

picked out by a shaft of sunlight, unfailingly on the 

note, and negotiating every run and ornament 

incorporated in Vivaldi’s virtuoso writing with a 

consummate ease that at first takes the breath 

away” -Fanfare 

❦The Callas Effect / Standard Edition 

“Her reputation, extremely 

high when she died, has 

become ever greater in the 

years since her death. As a 

personality she remains 

controversial, but as an artist 

hardly at all: her genius is 

recognized as supreme by 

virtually all opera lovers” -BBC Music Magazine 

(2 ECD) (EMI) 2EMI 843622 $17.98 $15.98 

Marc Deaton sings Wagner 

Arias from: Richard Wagner: Die Götterdammerung; 

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; 

Lohengrin; Parsifal; Siegfried. Artists: Glen 

CorteseBratislava SO. Marc Deaton (Tnr). (1 CD) 

(Centaur) CEN 3156 $18.99 $16.99 

Maud Cunitz sings operatic highlights 

Arias from: The Huguenots; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; 

Flying Dutchman; Der Freischütz; Verdi: Sicilian 

Vespers. (1 CD) (Preiser) PSR 93478 $18.99 $16.99 

Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz was one of 

those legendary leading singers who was 

completely dedicated to her opera house. Over 

the course of her career she sang two different 

roles in several Strauss operas as well as the 

classic breeches parts in the operatic repertoire. 

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New Vocal Albums for 

Recommended! Recent Releases from Finley, Connolly 

❦The Ballad Singer / Gerald Finley, tenor 

Songs by: Beethoven; Brahms; 

Guglielmo Emanuel; Carl 

Loewe; Mahler; Cole Porter; 

Schubert; R. Schumann; 

Stanford; Arthur Sullivan; Hugo 

Wolf. Artists: Julius Drake 

(Pno); Gerald Finley (Tnr). (1 

CD) (Hyperion) 

HYP 67830 $20.99 $18.99 

“They’re all tales and Finley is a fine tale-teller. In 

Loewe, he sounds as though he’s singing just for 

you, the listener, so rapt and intense is his 

communication. Drake is a fine accomplice, 

tuning his fingers to full orchestral capacity for 

Schumann’s psycho-drama ‘Die Löwenbraut’ and 

Wolf’s ‘Der Feuerreiter’” -BBC Music Magazine 

The Songs of Johannes Brahms, Vol. 2 / Christine 

Schafer, Graham Johnson 

Works: Brahms: Die Müllerin 

(fragment), Anh. 3/13; German 

folk songs, WoO 33; Juchhe!, Op. 

6/4; Regenlied, WoO 23; 

Schönster Schatz, mein Engel, 

WoO 33/20; Songs (5), Op. 107. 

Artists: Graham Johnson (Pno); Christine Schäfer 


Following the iconic series of the complete songs 

of Schubert and Schumann, Graham Johnson is 

joined by Gramophone Award winner Christine 

Schäfer in his latest enterprise - the complete 

songs of Brahms. 

Webern: Lieder / Christiane Oelze, soprano 

Works: Anton Webern (1883 - 1945): Early Songs (8); 

Lieder (5) nach Gedichten von Stefan George, Op. 4; 

Poems (3); Songs (3), Op. 25; Songs (3) from “Viae 

inviae”, Op. 23; Songs (4) after Stefan George for 

voice & piano. Artists: Christiane Oelze (Sop); Eric 

Schneider (Pno). (1 CD) (Newton Classics) 

NEWC 8802055 $15.99 $13.99 

Soprano Christiane Oelze & pianist Eric 

Schneider in a highly praised survey of Webern’s 

Lieder, released initially in ’95. 

Louis Andriessen: Anais Nin; De Staadt 

Works: Louis Andriessen (1939 - ): Anais Nin, for 

voice & orchestra; De Staat for 2 sopranos, 2 mezzosopranos 

& chamber ensemble. Artists: David 

Atherton/London Sinfonietta. Cristina Zavalloni (Mzz 

Sop); Ian Buhrs (Voice). (1 CD) (Signum UK) 

SGK 273 $18.99 $16.99 

This live recording brings together the world 

premiere of Anaïs Nin, a new work for soprano 

and small ensemble, alongside his famed work 

De Staat. 

Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Des Knaben Wunderhorn 

Works: Mahler: Rückert Lieder; Des Knaben 

Wunderhorn. Artists: Thomas E. Bauer (Bar); Uta 

Hielscher (Pno). (1 CD) (Ars Musici) 

ARM 232364 $21.99 $19.99 


❦My True Love Hath My Heart - English Songs, 

Sarah Connolly 

Songs by: Richard Rodney 

Bennett; Britten; Ivor Gurney; 

Herbert Howells; John Ireland; 

Michael Head; Peter Warlock. 

Artists: Sarah Connolly (Mzz 

Sop); Malcolm Martineau (Pno). 

(1 CD) (Chandos Records) 

CHA 10691 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

“A lovely big mezzo reading of modern settings by 

Britten, Howells, Gurney and more, with 

unassertive accompaniment by Malcolm 

Martineau. A sarcastic Richard Rodney Bennett 

set rounds off the show.” -La Scena Musicale 

“Her singing is consistently beautiful in this 

program of English songs.” -The Sunday Times 

Wolfgang Rihm: 3 Song Cycles / Prégardien 

Works: Wolfgang Rihm (1952 - ): 

Ende der Handschrift, song cycle 

for voice & piano; Nebendrauáen, 

for baritone & piano; Rilke. 

Artists: Christoph Prégardien 

(Tnr); Siegfried Mauser (Pno). (1 

CD) (Col Legno) 

CLLG 50501 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

Christoph Prégardien’s recording of Die schöne 

Müllerin was an Editor’s Choice & Best of 2008 

from Gramophone. 

Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell / Tenebrae 

Works: British partsongs and choral music by Richard 

Rodney Bennett; Elgar; Holst; Herbert Howells; 

Hubert Parry; Arthur Sullivan; John Tavener; Vaughan 

Williams, et al. Artists: Nigel Short/Tenebrae. (1 CD) 

(Signum UK) SGK 267 $18.99 $16.99 

Following a string of five-star reviews for their 

previous releases, Tenebrae presents this new 

recording of British partsongs and choral music - 

centred on Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell. 

My Own Country: An English 

song collection / Felicity Lott 

Songs by: Arnold Bax; Frank 

Bridge; Edward Elgar; Harold 

Fraser-Simson; Gustav Holst; 

John Ireland; Hubert Parry; Roger 

Quilter; Peter Warlock. Artists: 

Graham Johnson (Pno); Felicity Lott (Sop). (1 CD) 

(Champs Hill Records) CMPH 024 $18.99 $16.99 

Dame Felicity Lott brings her delicacy and rich 

musical understanding to a collection of English 

songs inspired by the Sussex countryside. “A 

lovingly planned programme by Graham Johnson, 

beautifully sung by Dame Felicity” - Gramophone 

Handel: Apollo e Dafne / Brown, Worner, Kern 

Works: G.F. Handel: Apollo e Dafne, dramatic cantata 

for soprano, bass & orchestra, parts 1 & 2; Suites for 

orchestra; Concerti Grossi, et al. Artists: Andreas 

Reize/Cantus Firmus Consort. Dominik Wörner (Bss 

Bar). (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777228 $18.99 $16.99 

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December 

Schubert: Schwanengesang / 

Mark Padmore, tenor 

Works: Schubert: Auf dem 

Strom, D 943; Die Sterne, D 939; 

Schwanengesang, D 957. 

Artists: Mark Padmore (Tnr); 

Paul Lewis (Pno); Richard 

Watkins (Fr Hrn). (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 

HAR 907520 $20.99 $16.99 On Sale 

Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis 

conclude their acclaimed Schubert triptych with 

this revelatory account of Schwanengesang, the 

third and last of the great Schubert cycles. 

Thea Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 

/ Jake Gardner, baritone 

Works: Thea Musgrave (1928 - ): An Occurrence at 

Owl Creek Bridge, radio opera; Green, for 12 strings; 

Wild Winter 1, lamentations for voices & viols. 

Artists: Thea Musgrave/Fretwork; London 

Sinfonietta; Scottish Ensemble. Jake Gardner (Bar); 

Thea Musgrave (Pno). (1 CD) (NMC Classics) 

NMC 167 $20.99 $18.99 

Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 

Artists: James Gilchrist (Tnr); 

Sophie Daneman (Sop); Stephan 

Loges (Bar); Sholto Kynoch 

(Pno); Anna Grevelius (Mzz Sop). 

(1 CD) (Stone Records) 

SOER 80093 $17.99 $15.99 

The second volume in a series 

that will comprise the complete songs of Hugo 

Wolf. This series will be the first complete edition 

of Wolf Lieder, a considerable number of which 

remain unrecorded! 

Anna Moffo songs Canteloube & Rachmaninov 

Works: Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957): Chants 

d’Auvergne; Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Heitor 

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras no 5, for voice & 8 

cellos. Artists: Leopold Stokowski/America SO. Anna 

Moffo (Sop). (1 CD) (Newton Classics) 

NEWC 8802085 $15.99 $13.99 

Debussy songs / Renouprez, Saelens 

Works: Debussy: Aimons nous et dormons; Apparition; 

Caprice, L. 5; Chanson espagnole, song for 2 voices 

& piano, L. 42; Clair de lune; Coquetterie posthume, 

L. 39. Artists: Yves Saelens (Tnr); Reyes, Eliane 

(Pno); Anne Renouprez (Sop). (1 CD) (Pavane) 

PVN PAVANE 7538 $12.99 $10.99 

Resphighi: La Sensitiva / Songs with piano 

Works: Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936): Contrasto, P. 

66; Invito alla danza, P. 67; La Sensitiva, P. 104; 

Lagrime!, (romance), P. 9; Luce, P. 63. Artists: Sara 

Mingardo (Contralto); Aldo Orvieto (Pno); Lazari (Vln). 

(1 CD) (Stradivarius) SVS 33855 $18.99 $16.99 

Sara Mingardo recently won the prestigious 

Premio Abbiati 2010 as “Best Italian Singer.” 

Here, she wonderfully interprets some lyrical 

pieces by Ottorino Respighi, with Aldo Orvieto at 

the piano. 

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Recommended 

Recommended! 

❦Schubert: Winterreise / 

Barbara Hendricks, soprano; 

Love Derwinger, piano 

Works: Schubert: Winterreise, 

D 911. Artists: Barbara 

Hendricks (Sop); Love 

Derwinger (Pno). (1 CD) (Arte 

Verum) AVE 10 $18.99 $16.99 

“Hendricks’s girlish, smiling phrasing refreshes 

both word and music. She and the pianist, in fact, 

sing and play like innocents... [a] beautiful vocal 

performance.” -Gramophone 

❦Carl Loewe: Lieder 

Works: Carl Loewe (1796 - 

1869): Der Pilgrim vor St. Just, 

Op. 99/3; Der selt’ne Beter (Der 

alte Dessauer) (“Im Abendgolde 

glänzet zu Bärenburg das 

Schloss”), for voice; Die Uhr, for 

voice & piano, Op. 123/3; 

Gedichte (12), Op. 62; Gesammelte Lieder, Op. 9, 

Vol. 1; Herr Oluf (Lord Oluf), for voice & piano, Op. 2/ 

2; R. Schumann. Artists: Hans Eijsackers (Pno); 

Henk Neven (Bar). (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) 

NYX 4052 $22.49 $20.49 

“His gift of bringing out word-meaning is 

enhanced by the clearest possible diction and by 

the beautifully balanced recording. His shading of 

dynamics and phrasing then crowns each 

interpretation. It is a consistent joy to hear a 

Lieder singer whose tone is pure over the widest 

range without a trace of roughness...It is a long 

time since I enjoyed a disc of Lieder from a young 

singer quite as much as this, and I long to hear 

more from him.” -Gramophone 

❦Britten: Complete Songs, Vol. 1 / Andrew Tortise, 

James Geer, Ben Johnson 

Works: Britten: A Dirge 

(juvenilia); Beware!, early songs 

(3) for medium voice & piano; 

Cabaret songs (4) for Hedli 

Anderson; Canticle I; Hölderlin 

Fragments (6), song cycle, for 

tenor & piano, Op. 61; Holy 

Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35. Artists: Malcolm 

Martineau (Pno); Andrew Tortise (Tnr); Robin 

Tritschler (Tnr); Katherine Broderick (Sop); James 

Greer. (2 CD) (Onyx) 2NYX 4071 $37.49 $33.49 

“The John Donne sonnets (Ben Johnson) and 

The Poet’s Echo (Katherine Broderick) are very 

fine, but the most compelling track is “Canticle r1”, a 

masterpiece powerfully delivered by 

Andrew Tortise.” -The Observer 

“Martineau has gathered a 

gratifyingly formidable array of 

young British singing talent. Ben 

Johnson is commanding in an urgent, 

passionate reading of The Holy Sonnets of John 

Donne. Andrew Tortise conveys rapturously 

intense emotions in Canticle I...Perhaps the best 

is left until last, when Robin Tritschler gives a 

fresh-sounding Winter Words.” - Sunday Times 

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More New Vocal Albums 

for December 

Hans Pfitzner: Von deutscher Seele (Of German 

Soul), cantata 

Works: Hans Pfitzner (1869 - 

1949): Von deutscher Seele (Of 

German Soul), cantata for 

soloists, chorus, organ & 

orchestra, Op. 28. Artists: Ingo 

Metzmacher. Robert Holl (Bass); 

Solveig Kringelborn (Sop); Christopher Ventris (Tnr); 

Nathalie Stutzmann (Alto). (2 CD) (Capriccio) 

2CAP 5092 $18.99 $16.99 

Lamenti: Arias & Songs by Hasse, Haydn & Handel 

Works: G.F. Handel: Lucrezio; Johann Adolf Hasse 

(1699 - 1783): Didone Abbandonata; F.J. Haydn: 

Arianna a Naxos. Artists: Michael Hofstetter/Neue 

Hofkapelle München. Stefanie Irányi (Mzz Sop). (1 

CD) (Oehms) OEH 811 $18.99 $16.99 

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Christiane Iven 

Works: Mahler: Blumine (“Flora”), for orchestra; Des 

Knaben Wunderhorn. Artists: Michael Gielen/SWR 

SO Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Hanno Muller- 

Brachmann (Sop); Christiane Iven (Mzz Sop). (1 CD) 

(Hanssler Classic) HAN 93274 $20.99 $18.99 

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (vers. for 4 voices) 

Works: Mahler: Das Lied von der 

Erde (a setting for 4 voices and 

chamber orchestra by Hansjörg 

Albrecht) . Artists: Hansjörg 

Albrecht/Munich Bach Orch., 

Rubens, Morloc, Schafer, Eiche 

(1 CD) (Oehms) 

OEH 792 $16.99 $14.99 

In this recording, Hans Bethge’s brilliant texts are 

sung by four instead of the original two soloists. 

Schubert: Die Winterreise / José van Immerseel 

Works: Schubert: Winterreise, D 911. Artists: Jos van 

Immerseel (Pno); Thomas Bauer (Pno). (1 CD) (Zig 

Zag Territoires) ZIG 101102 $20.99 $18.99 

Liszt Songs: Full of Joy and Sorrow / Mammel 

Works: Franz Liszt: Anfangs wollt’ich fast verzagen, S. 

311; Das Veilchen, S.316/1; Der du von dem Himmel 

bist, S 279; Der König von Thule (I & II), S. 278; Die 

drei Zigeuner, S. 383; Die Loreley. Artists: Hans-Jorg 

Mammel (Tnr); Hilko Dumno (Pno). (1 CD) (Carus) 

CRS 83446 $18.99 $14.99 On Sale 

Richard Strauss: Famous Orchestral Songs 

Works: R. Strauss: Allerseelen, Op. 10/8; Befreit, Op. 

39/4; Cäcilie; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ich trage 

meine Minne, Op. 32/1; Lieder (4), Op. 27. Artists: 

Dirk Brossé/Shanghai Opera House Orch. Qilian 

Chen (Sop). (1 CD) (Pavane) 

PVN 7542 $12.99 $10.99 

Paysages: Songs by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen / 

Susanna Phillips, soprano 

Artists: Myra Huang (Pno); Susanna Phillips (Sop). (1 

CD) (Bridge) BDG 9356 $18.99 $16.99 

This program of French song marks the solo 

debut recording of the brilliant young mezzosoprano, 

Susanna Phillips, who was the recipient 

of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2010 Beverly Sills 

Artist Award 


DVD Videos 

Below are some recommended 

All DVDs from these labels are On Sale! 

❦Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Solti, Domingo, 

Barstow, Quivar [DVD] 

Artists: Georg Solti/Vienna PO; 

Vienna State Opera Chorus. Placido 

Domingo (Tnr); Sumi Jo (Sop); Leo 

Nucci (Bar); Florence Quivar (Mzz 

Sop); Kurt Rydl (Bass). (1 DVD- 

Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 

145 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: 

NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): 

LPCM Stereo) AHM 107271 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

❦Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky / Jarvi [DVD] 

Works: Dvorák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66/B; César 

Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major; 

Rodion Shchedrin (1932 - ): Concerto for Piano and 

Cello, “Romantic Offeringö; Shostakovich: Symphony 

no 9. Artists: Neeme Järvi/Lucerne SO. Martha 

Argerich (Pno); Mischa Maisky (Clo). (1 DVD-Video) 

(Accentus) (112 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; 

Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 

5.1) ACTS 20224 $27.99 $21.99 On Sale 

❦Britten: Billy Budd / Elder/LPO, Ainsley, Imbrailo, 

Ens [2 DVD or Blu-Ray] 

Works: Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50. Artists: Mark 

Elder/Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO. John Mark 

Ainsley (Tnr); Matthew Rose (Bass); Jeremy White 

(Bass); Jacques Imbrailo (Bass); Alasdair Elliott (Tnr). 

(BBC Opus Arte) (Run Time: 200 min.; Region: All; 

Pic Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): 

LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround) 

(2 DVD-Video) 2BOA 1051D $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 


❦Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites / Nagano, 

Griotton, Brunet, Isokoski [Blu-Ray] 

Artists: Kent Nagano/Bayerische Staatsorchester. 

Susan Gritton (Sop); Soile Isokoski (Sop); Alain 

Vernhes (Bass); Bernard Richter (Tnr); Susanne 

Resmark (Alto). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Bel Air 

Classiques) (Run Time: 152 min.; Region: All; Pic 

Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 

Stereo, DTS HD) BAC 461 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

❦Handel: Theodora / Bolton, Schafer, Mehta, Fink 

[2 DVD or Blu-Ray] 

Artists: Ivor Bolton/Freiburg Baroque Orch.; Salzburg 

Bach Choir. Christine Schäfer (Sop); Ryland Davies 

(Tnr); Bejun Mehta (Boy Soprano); Bernarda Fink 

(Mzz Sop); Joseph Kaiser (Tnr). (C Major Video) 

(189 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; 

Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo/LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1) 



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DVDs & Blu-Rays that you might have missed! 

❦Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Muti/ 

La Scala, Furlanetto, Focile [DVD] 

Artists: Riccardo Muti/Teatro alla 

Scala Orch. & Chorus. Nuccia Focile 

(Sop); Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass); 

Lucio Gallo (Bar); Gregory Kunde 

(Tnr). (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) 

(Run Time: 130 min.; Region: All; 

Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound 

Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1) 

AHM 107207 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

“a scintillating performance...in which the La 

Scala Orchestra plays as if wound up to its 

highest pitch of tension, every tutti razor-sharp, 

every wind solo bubbling with energy. Recorded 

in 1994, this production caught Muti’s reign at the 

height of his power and he presides over the 

performance with imperial authority.” - 

Gramophone 

❦Verdi: La Traviata / Pappano/, 

Fleming, Calleja, [DVD or Blu-Ray] 

Artists: Anthony Pappano/Orch. of 

the ROH; Royal Opera Chorus. 

Renée Fleming (Sop); Thomas 

Hampson (Bar); Joseph Calleja 

(Tnr); Eddie Wade (Bar); Richard 

Wiegold (Bass). (BBC Opus Arte) 

(154 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: 

NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 

Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround) 



❦Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Boulez [DVD] 

Works: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony 

no 10. Artists: Pierre Boulez/Cleveland Orch. 

Christian Gerhaher (Bar); Magdalena Kozena (Mzz 

Sop). (Accentus) (88 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, 

Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo; Dolby Digital 5.1 

/ LPCM 2.0; DTS HD Master Audio DTS 5.1) 

(1 DVD-Video) ACTS 20231 $27.99 $21.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray) ACTS 10231 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

❦Beethoven: Symphonies 7, 8 & 9 / Thielemann, 

Vienna PO [3 DVD or Blu-Ray] 

Artists: Christian Thielemann/Vienna PO. Piotr 

Beczala (Tnr); Annette Dasch (Sop); Georg 

Zeppenfeld (Voice); Mihoko Fujimura (Alto). (C Major 

Video) (326 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC/Blu-Ray, 16:9, 

Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 

Surround, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0) 



❦Mozart: Clemenza di Tito / Harnoncourt [2 DVD] 

Artists: Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Vienna PO. Barbara 

Bonney (Sop); Michael Schade (Tnr); Vesselina 

Kasarova (Mzz Sop); Elina Garanca (Mzz Sop); 

Dorothea Röschmann (Sop). (2 DVD-Video) (Arthaus 

DVD) (160 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, 

Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, 

DTS 5.1) 2AHM 107181 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 


❦Mahler: Symphony No. 9 / 

Abbado/Lucerne Festival [DVD] 

Artists: Claudio Abbado/Lucerne 

Festival Orch. (1 DVD-Video) 

(Accentus) (Run Time: 95 min.; 

Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, 

Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, 

Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1) ACTS 

20214 $27.99 $21.99 On Sale 

“This new series of Mahler recordings from the 

Lucerne Festival complements Abbado’s earlier 

recordings for DG; but for many listeners... these 

DVDs supplant the CDs... Those listeners / 

viewers seeking consummate musicianship and 

masterly conducting need look no further. The 

sound production is better than those heard on 

DG’s Abbado CDs, and the video production is 

crisp and sensible. Abbado in Lucerne: What else 

needs to be said?” -Fanfare 

❦Monteverdi: L’Orfeo / 

Alessandrini [DVD or Blu-Ray] 

Works: Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 

1643): L’Orfeo. Artists: Rinaldo 

Alessandrini/Teatro alla Scala Orch. 

Roberta Invernizzi (Sop); Sara 

Mingardo (Alto); Georg Nigl (Bar); 

Luigi de Donato (Bass). (BBC Opus 

Arte) (Run Time: 114 min.; Region: 

All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9 / Blu-Ray, Color; Sound 

Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround) 


(1 Blu-Ray) BOA 7080D $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

❦Strauss: Elektra / Gatti/Vienna PO, Theorin [DVD] 

Artists: Daniele Gatti/Vienna PO; Vienna State Opera 

Chorus. Waltraud Meier (Mzz Sop); Robert Gambill 

(Tnr); René Pape (Bass); Eva-Maria Westbroek 

(Sop). (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (109 min.; Pic 

Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, 

Dolby Dig. 5.1) AHM 101559 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

❦Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream [DVD] 

Artists: Nir Kabaretti/Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro 

alla Scala Orch. Roberto Bolle (Dancer); Alessandra 

Ferri (Dancer); Massimo Murru (Dancer). (1 DVD- 

Video) (Arthaus DVD) (Run Time: 104 min.; Region: 

All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 

Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1) 

AHM 107203 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

❦Bach, Mozart & Brahms / David Oistrakh, Davis, 

Menuhin, Kondrashin [DVD] 

Works: J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, 

BWV 1043; Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in 

A minor, Op. 102 “Double”; W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia 

Concertante in E-Flat Major for Violin, Viola and 

Orchestra, K. 364 (320d). Artists: Yehudi Menuhin/ 

Moscow PO; Kiril Kondrashin/Colin, Davis/English 

CO. David Oistrakh (Vln); Igor Oistrakh (Vln). (1 DVD- 

Video) (ICA Classics) (Run Time: 94 min.; Region: 

All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3)Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Mono) 

ICA 5012 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

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New DVDs & Blu-Rays 

Measha Brueggergosman in Mahagonny 

Kurt Weill: Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Brueggergosman, Henschel 

Artists: Pablo Heras-Casado/La Fura dels Baus. Measha Brueggergosman (Mzz Sop); Jane 

Henschel (Mzz Sop); Willard White (Bass-Baritone); Michael König (Tnr). 

(1 DVD-Video) BAC 067 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) BAC 0467 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

A hard-hitting new production by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the 

Teatro Real. Composed in the ’30s by Weill and Brecht, this is a mordant satire on 

capitalism and the industrialization of a society in which the ultimate crime is not 

having money. In 20 scenes the authors tell the story of a city lost in the middle of a 

desert run by 3 thugs. Food, sex, gambling and violence rule supreme. The production by Oll and 

Padrissa combines enormous inventiveness with joy, energy, and awe-inspiring ferocity. 

Berg: Lulu / Boder, Petibon, 

Juon, Holland, Groves [2 DVD] 

Works: Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): 

Lulu, opera. Artists: Michael 

Boder/Barcelona Teatro Liceu 

Orch. Patricia Petibon (Sop); Paul 

Groves (Tnr); Franz Grundheber 

(Bar); Ashley Holland (Bar); Julia 

Juon (Mzz Sop). (2 DVD-Video) 

2DGG B001593509 $42.98 $33.98 On Sale 

R. Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae / 

Litton, Uhl, Delavan, Klink 

Works: R. Strauss: Die Liebe der 

Danae. Artists: Andrew Litton/ 

Deutsche Oper Berlin Orch. & 

Chorus. Manuela Uhl (Sop); 

Matthias Klink (Tnr); Burkhard 

Ulrich (Tnr); Thomas Blondelle 

(Tnr); Mark Delavan (Bar). 

(2 DVD) 2AHM 101580 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray) AHM 108032 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

This rarely performed opera is a feast for Strauss 

lovers. Embodying the composer, in a way, is the 

role of Jupiter, an aging god who realizes that he 

will never win the love of the beautiful Danae. 

Bonus material includes behind the scenes 

interviews, backstage and rehearsal footage. 

Verdi: La Traviata / Petersen, Varano, Rutherford 

Artists: Tecwyn Evans/Grazer PO; Grazer Opera 

Chorus. Marlis Petersen (Sop); James Rutherford 

(Bar); Giuseppe Varano (Tnr). 

(1 DVD-Video) AHM 101587 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray) AHM 108036 $42.99 $38.99 On Sale 

The first ever production of La Traviata by 

Konwitschny of Graz Opera featuring Petersen’s 

debut in the title role of Violetta is a highlyfocused, 

intelligent reading of the music that was 

widely acclaimed by audiences. With a reduced 

stage set, the production concentrates on the 

tragic story of Violetta. 

The Legacy of Rosina Lhevinne: A Portrait of the 

Legendary Pianist [DVD] 

(1 DVD-Video) KUL D4762 $25.99 $23.99 

This film explores the nature of art, creativity and 

the human potential through the extraordinary life 

and accomplishments of the legendary Russian 

pianist and master teacher Rosina Lhevinne. 


First Complete Opera on 3D Blu-Ray! 

Carmen in 3D / Carydis, Rice, 

Hymel, Kovalevska [Blu-Ray] 

Artists: Constantinos Carydis/ 

Orchestra of the Royal Opera 

House; Royal Opera Chorus. 

Christine Rice (Mzz Sop); Maija 

Kovalevska (Sop); Aris Argiris 

(Bar); Bryan Hymel (Tnr). (1 Blu- 

Ray Video) 

BOA 7096D $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage 

at London’s Royal Opera House in a spectacular 

production of the world’s most popular opera. 

Bizet’s Carmen is packed with some of the bestloved 

and memorable music in all of opera. This 

spectacular RealD and Royal Opera House 

production features a supremely talented cast, 

gripping drama and Bizet’s energetic and 

passionate score. 

Puccini: Turandot / Carella, 

Gulehina, Licitra, Iveri [DVD] 

Works: Puccini: Turandot. Artists: 

Giuliano Carella/Verona Teatro 

Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro 

Arena Orch.. Salvatore Licitra 

(Tnr); Maria Guleghina (Sop); Carlo 

Bosi (Tnr); Luiz-Ottavio Faria 

(Bass); Tamar Iveri (Sop). 

(1 DVD-Video) BAC 066 $32.99 $26.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) BAC 466 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

‘Turandot’ from the Verone Arena : Franco 

Zeffirelli’s legendary production of a Puccini 

Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian 

stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent 

staging af the fairy-tale story of the Chinese 

Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince 

capable of solving her riddles. 

George London: Between Gods & Demons / A Film 

by Marita Stocker 


London was one of the most impressive bassbaritones 

of the postwar era. This film portrays 

this exceptional artist in all his diversity, showing 

rare archive footage of his great performances as 

an opera singer and interpreter of traditional 

spirituals and operetta. 

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❦Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Pido, 

Netrebko, Garanca, D’Arcangelo 

Artists: Evelino Pidò/Vienna State 

Opera Orch.. Anna Netrebko (Sop); 

Elina Garanca (Mzz Sop); 

Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Bss Bar). 

(2 DVD-Video) 2DGG B001620309 

$42.98 $33.98 On Sale 

“Ms. Netrebko sang an 

elegantly sad aria with lustrous warmth, aching 

vulnerability and floating high notes... Ms. 

Netrebko dispatched Donizetti’s cabaletta, all 

fiery coloratura runs and vehement phrases, with 

a defiance that brought down the house.” -The 

New York Times 

Lully: Atys / Christie, Azzaretti, 

Daneman, de Negri, d’Oustrac 

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 

1687): Atys, LWV 53. Artists: 

William Christie/Les Arts 

florissants. Paul Agnew (Tnr); 

Sophie Daneman (Sop); Nicolas 

Rivenq (Bar); Cyril Auvity (CtrTnr); 

Marc Mauillon (Tnr). 

(2 DVD-Video) 2FRAM 006 $45.99 $41.99 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) FRAM 506 $49.99 $44.99 

Featuring tenor Bernard Richter in the title role, 

supported by Christie and Les Arts Florissants 

and the amazing production created by Jean 

Marie Villégier, this film is nothing short of a 

masterpiece and a milestone in recorded opera. 

Luciano Pavarotti / A Film by 

Esther Schapira 

(1 DVD-Video) EUA 2058918 

$27.99 $21.99 On Sale 

No-one did more to expand the 

audience for opera than the 

king of the high C himself, 

Pavarotti. This documentary 

film takes the viewer behind the 

scenes of both Pavarotti’s personal life and 

appearances at the great opera houses of the 

world, to create a unique portrait of a great and 

well-loved musician. 

Weill: Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Jones, 

Malfitano, Hadley [DVD] 

Artists: Dennis Russell Davies/Konzertvereinigung 

Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna RSO. Catherine 

Malfitano (Sop); Gwyneth, Dame Jones (Mzz Sop); 

Wilbur Pauley (Bar); Roy Cornelius Smith (Tnr). 


This Opera was one of the greatest successes of 

its day when it originally opened in ’31, and ran 

for over 50 performances. Its songs, most of all O 

moon of Alabama, are still great hits today. In the 

’98 Salzburg production they were interpreted by 

a top notch ensemble of singers under the 

direction of Davies. 

“The richness of Weill’s score, with its allusions to 

Beethoven’s Fidelio, is brought out under Dennis 

Russell Davies’s baton, and they are beautifully 

sung performances from Jerry Hadley and 

Catherine Malfitano.” - The Guardian 


BALLET 

The Little Mermaid / San 

Francisco Ballet, Yuan Yuan Tan 

Works: Lera Auerbach (1973 - ): 

The Little Mermaid. Artists: Martin 

West/San Francisco Ballet. Davit 

Karapetyan (Dancer); Tiit Helimets 

(Dancer); Lloyd Riggins (Dancer); 

Yuan Yuan Tan (Dancer); Sarah 

van Patten (Dancer). 


(1 Blu-Ray Video)CME 708704 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

Featuring an evocative score by Lera Auerbach, 

and danced by the prestigious San Francisco 

Ballet featuring acclaimed prima ballerina Yuan 

Yuan Tan, this heart-wrenching story of sacrifice 

and unrequited love comes to life against 

dazzling scenic, costume and lighting designs. 

“Neumeier’s place in the ballet world is as 

singular as his interpretation of the tale.” San 

Francisco Chronicle 

Tchaikovsky Ballet Masterpieces 

/ Fonteyn, Somes 

Works: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, 

Op. 71; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; 

Swan Lake, Op. 20. Artists: Hugo 

Rignold/Royal Philharmonic 

Orchesta; John Lanchbery/Orch. of 

the ROH; Robert Irving/London PO. 

Margot Fonteyn (Dancer); Michael 

Somes (Dancer). 

(1 DVD-Video) ICA 5050 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

Innately musical and technically perfect, Fonteyn 

was also a brilliant actress and is seen here at 

the height of her career with the celebrated 

Somes, her dynamic partner during this creative 

period. Fonteyn and Some’s were the perfect 

match in terms of physique, presence, style and 

technique. The selections from these classic 

ballets demonstrate just how successful their 

partnership was. 

Delibes: Coppélia / Kessels, Paris National Opera 

Artists: Koen Kessels/Orchestre Colonne; Paris 

National Opera Ballet. Jose Martinez (Dancer); 

Dorothee Gilbert (Dancer); Fabrice Bourgeois 

(Dancer); Mathias Heymann (Dancer). 



In their production from the magnificent Palais 

Garnier, choreographer Bart in his final 

production and designer Toffolutti explore the 

story’s darker side while doing full justice to the 

exuberance and elegance of Delibes’ glorious 

score. 

A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich: From Moscow 

to New York [DVD] 

(1 DVD-Video) KUL D4753 $21.99 $19.99 

Nine days of the ocean voyage from Moscow to 

New York comprise the nine chapters of this 

documentary film about Dmitry Shostakovich. His 

music, full of dark sarcasm and breathtaking 

lyricism, exaggerated joy and frightening 

celebration, plays the leading part in the film. 

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New on Blu-Ray 

New Concert Videos 

A Concert For New York With The NYPO 

❦Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Glibert, Roschmann, DeYoung [DVD] 

Artists: Alan Gilbert/New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic. Dorothea Röschmann 

(Sop); Michelle DeYoung (Mzz Sop). (1 DVD-Video) ACTS 20241 $27.99 $21.99 On Sale 

(1 Blu-Ray Video) ACTS 10241 $42.99 $34.99 On Sale 

“Mr. Gilbert drew gripping playing from the Philharmonic in the opening Allegro 

maestoso, which hovers between a fitful funeral march and an elaborate sonataallegro 

movement... Mr. Gilbert is especially good at revealing the layout and 

structure of a symphonic movement. He made the direction of phrases (what leads to 

what) in this episodic Allegro uncommonly clear. By conducting with some restraint 

he brought out the music’s gravity and better prepared the shift of mood for the violins’ gently rising 

second theme, which they played with shimmering yet focused tone. And when the music turned 

cataclysmic, in the deafening buildup before the recapitulation, the playing had all the raw, crackling 

sound any diehard Mahlerite could want.” -The New York Times 

Mahler & Strauss / Erich 

Leinsdorf, Boston SO [DVD] 

Works: Mahler: Symphony no 1 in 

D major “Titan”; Symphony no 5 in 

C sharp minor; R. Strauss: Till 

Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 

28. Artists: Erich Leinsdorf/Boston 

SO. (1 DVD-Video) 

ICA 5051 $23.49 $19.49 On Sale 

This rare material represents some of the earliest 

televised concerts with the Boston Symphony and 

Leinsdorf of exceptional musical interest and 

historical value. It has been restored using stateof-the-art 

techniques. 

New Year’s Concert 2002 / Seiji 

Ozawa, Vienna Phil. [DVD] 

Works: Joseph Hellmesberger 

(1855 - 1907): Danse diabolique; 

Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849): 

Beliebte Annen Polka, Op. 137; 

Radetzky March, Op. 228; Johann 

Strauss II (1825 - 1899): An der 

schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; 

Carnevals-Botschafter, Op. 270; Die Fledermaus; 

Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870). Artists: Seiji Ozawa/ 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 


It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the 

New Year to present a program consisting of the 

lively and nostalgic music from the vast repertoire 

of the J. Strauss family and its contemporaries. 

For the first time in ’02 the concert was conducted 

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Mahler: Symphony No 2/ Boulez, Damrau [Blu-Ray] 

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Works: Schubert: Symphony no 5 

in B flat major, D 485; R. 

Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; 

Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61. 

Artists: Charles Munch/Boston 

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Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. 

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 / 

Gunter Wand at the BBC Proms 

Artists: Günter Wand/BBC 

Symphony Orchestra. (1 DVD) 

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composer Zimmermann. His first recording of the 

work won the German Record Prize in 1978, and 

became a huge success. Bonus material includes 

an interview with Wand that shows his deep 

understanding and appreciation of Bruckner’s 

works and the structure of the 5th Symphony. 

This is the first DVD release of this material. 

Lang Lang: Liszt Now [DVD] 

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This new video features Live at The Roundhouse, 

a 60-minute live concert from the 2011 iTunes 

Festival in London and The Art of Being a 

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Lang Lang's global celebrations of Franz Liszt's 

anniversary. 

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Gerard Schwarz conducts Howard Hanson 

Works: Howard Hanson: Lux 

Aeterna; Mosaics for 

orchestra; Symphony no 2 

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