Classical Collector's Corner
Bruckner: Symphony No 5 Dvd
$34.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20243
at LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer 2011
“Abbado’s approach to the music of Bruckner is soft and songlike, at times tense and urgent, but constantly filled with warmth of feeling” – not only the Neue Zürch... Buy or find out more →
Schubert: Operatic Overtures
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1862
BIS present a re-release of Schubert Operatic Overtures from Haydn Sinfonietta Wien – performing on period instruments – under Manfred Huss.
The recordings were made in 1997 for release on the K... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol 12
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1883
Ronald Brautigam continues his traversal of Beethoven’s complete works for solo piano with a group of early variations.
The Dressler Variations were Beethoven’s first published work and started ... Buy or find out more →
London Calling
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue #
Young Norwegian mezzo-soprano Tuva Semmingsen displays both vocal agility and a wide-ranging emotional range in a disc of arias from Handel.
The disc unveils a portrait of Handel: his emergence in the early I... Buy or find out more →
Les Sirenes
$29.95 – Compact disc / Carus
Catalogue # CAR83374
The five cantatas recorded here are taken from Bourgeois’ first two collections and features internationally renowned soprano Carolyn Sampson.
Bourgeois, T-L:
Les Sirènes
Borée
Zéphire et Flore
... Buy or find out more →
Vivaldi: Opera Arias
$29.95 – Compact disc / Glossa
Catalogue # GCD922901
A new recording from Roberta Invernizzi always gives pleasure, but on the rare occasion when the Italian soprano is placed in the spotlight, as with this new collection of opera arias, it promises s... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Theodora
$49.95 – Compact disc / Glyndebourne
Catalogue # GFOCD0196
Handel’s oratorio Theodora. Although Theodora is a story of a virtuous woman and sexual persecution, this has not proved to be an obstacle to its enduring success, the subject a deeply touching one,... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902091
As is his custom, Andreas Staier has gone back to the original manuscript of one of the most famous sets of variations in history: Beethoven’s 'Diabelli Variations'. He has not however, restricted h... Buy or find out more →
Vaughan Williams: London Symphony, Serenade To Music
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807567
“As a young conductor I received a great deal of support and encouragement from Sir Adrian Boult, who had been a friend of Vaughan Williams and one of his favourite interpreters. He and his wife reg... Buy or find out more →
Schumann: Chamber Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67923
Among Schumann’s inspired late chamber works is a collection of music for more unusual instruments, composed in a concentrated flurry of creativity between 1849 and 1853 and written specifically for ... Buy or find out more →
Harty: String Quartets, Piano Quintet
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67927
Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane and his fellow Australians, the Goldner String Quartet, reprise their highly successful partnership in these world-premiere recordings of the two String Quartets and Pian... Buy or find out more →
Tye: Missa Euge Bone Western Wynde Mass
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67928
Christopher Tye flourished as a church musician in England during the mid-sixteenth century. A direct contemporary of Thomas Tallis, he held the prestigious post of Master of Choristers at Ely cathed... Buy or find out more →
Shankar Ravi: Symphony
$19.95 – Compact disc / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Catalogue # LPO0060
Legendary composer and sitarist Ravi Shankar is one of India’s most highly esteemed musical ambassadors, renowned for his pioneering work in bringing Indian music to the West. 2010 saw the première of... Buy or find out more →
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
$19.95 – Compact disc / Lso Live
Catalogue # LSO0688
Following his acclaimed LSO Live recording of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2, a Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Valery Gergiev conducts a thrilling performance of the composer’s 'Symphonic Dances', coupled w... Buy or find out more →
Vivaldi: New Discoveries Ii
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # OP30534
World premiere recordings of Vivaldi scores recently discovered in Europe.
This is the 45th title in the Vivaldi Edition, 3 years after the first recording dedicated to Vivaldi scores discovered in Eu... Buy or find out more →
Bach: Motets
$29.95 – Compact disc / Soli Deo Gloria
Catalogue # SDG716
Thirty years on from their acclaimed recording for Erato, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir return to the Bach Motets in a new SDG recording, taken from a concert in London last year at ... Buy or find out more →
British Flute Concertos
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10718
The Welsh flautist Emily Beynon plays a selection of British flute concertos, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey. Beynon is the Principal Flute of the Royal Concer... Buy or find out more →
Francaix: Chamber Music For Winds
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD2008
This disc celebrates the centenary of Jean Francaix. A precocious talent, Francaix wrote his first chamber work for winds - the Quartet - in 1933 at the age of 21, and completed his Quintet No 2 m... Buy or find out more →
Strauss R: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Opus Arte
Catalogue # OA1072D
Already brimming with symbols and transformations, the epic fairytale recounted by Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal in Die Frau ohne Schatten acquires a further allegorical dimension in Christo... Buy or find out more →
Ladies Sing Baroque
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5294
Ladies Sing Baroque
Sandrina Piau, Nathalie Stuzmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Patricia
Petitbon, Julia Lezhneva, Sara Mingardo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
Karina Gauvin, Veronica Cangemi, Sonia Pria, Lucy C... Buy or find out more →
Telemann, The Autograph Scores
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN0787
Collegium Musicum 90 was founded by Simon Standage and the late Richard Hickox in 1990, and is today a well-established ensemble for the performance of baroque and classical music, with a repertoire ... Buy or find out more →
Elgar: Cello Concerto Pomp And Circumstance Marches No 1 5
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10709
Paul Watkins is the cello soloist in a recording that showcases some of Elgar’s most popular works. He is accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis, a conductor steeped in the English... Buy or find out more →
Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Vol 4
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10710
This is the fourth and final volume of colourful and highly appealing orchestral works by the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen. The series is performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under N... Buy or find out more →
Brahms: Works For Solo Piano Vol 1
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10716
This is Volume 1 in a new series devoted to the Works for Solo Piano by Johannes Brahms, starting with a selection of highly personal collections of Capriccios, Intermezzi, Ballades, a Romance, and ... Buy or find out more →
Debussy String Quartet Piano Trio
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
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Dvorak: Gypsy Songs, Moravian Duets, Biblical Songs
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902081
In 2004 Bernarda Fink released a recording of Dvorák songs that was awarded critical plaudits internationally. Now, eight years later, she returns to the composer, in the company of young soprano Ge... Buy or find out more →
Schubert: Schwanengesang, Piano Sonata B Flat Major D 960
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC90213940
Matthias Goerne continues his Schubert survey that has already established him as one of the most gifted exponents of the song repertoire. Goerne does not merely ‘interpret' Schubert, he 'lives' e... Buy or find out more →
Britten: Serenade For Tenor Horn And Strings
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807552
Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore joins the Britten Sinfonia in some of the most beautiful English music for voice and orchestra. The centrepiece is Britten's magical evocation of twilight and nightfall... Buy or find out more →
Schmelzer: Barocks Welttheater
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902087
The Freiburger BarockConsort has chosen to illustrate the compositions of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer as elements in a veritable little ‘world theatre', an ideal concept for exploring the multiple fac... Buy or find out more →
Chilcott: Requiem And Other Works
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67650
Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott (born 1955) has been steeped in the British choral tradition since he was a boy chorister. A former member of The King’s Singers, he is now one of the UK’s most pr... Buy or find out more →
Turina: Chamber Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67889
The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young co... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
$19.95 – Compact disc / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Catalogue # LPO0061
Beethoven had little liking for organised religion, but he was deeply spiritual, believing in God as an all-powerful, loving Father. The awesome, sublime Missa Solemnis is one of his supreme achieveme... Buy or find out more →
American Stringbook
$29.95 – Compact disc / Mdg
Catalogue # AUD9121717
On its second album, the young do.gma chamber orchestra led by Mikhail Gurewitsch demonstrates its enthusiastic freshness. “Presented with youthful élan, nuanced, magnificent in sound, and with jus... Buy or find out more →
Classica Espanola
$29.95 – Compact disc / Mdg
Catalogue #
Anette Maiburg always finds the right musicians for her “Classica” series.
After Cuban, Venezuelan and Argentine albums, this time our tour takes us to the rich and varied regions of Spanish folklore and ... Buy or find out more →
Eybler: Quintetto Trio Op 2
$29.95 – Compact disc / Mdg
Catalogue # MDG6031321
Eybler:
String Quintet in D major
String Trio Op. 2
Quintett Momento Musicale Buy or find out more →
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 4
$29.95 – Compact disc / Mdg
Catalogue # MDG3071706
The Leipzig String Quartet has long been established as one of the world’s top quartets and here continues its excellent Haydn cycle. “One is immediately transfixed by the elegance and poise of the... Buy or find out more →
Leclair: Trio Sonatas Op 4
$29.95 – Compact disc / Mdg
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“Musica Alta Ripa, a Hannover ensemble whose previous outing for MDG, a collection of Handel cantatas and trios was highly praised. They take the palm here as well. Their tempos are generally quicker than tho... Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Marriage Of Figaro Dvd
$42.95 – Digital video disc /
Catalogue # TR97002DVD
From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s classic, triumphant production fully brings to life all the elegant wit and theatricality of Mozart’s comic masterpiece.... Buy or find out more →
Bizet: Carmen Ballet Dvd
$34.95 – Digital video disc /
Catalogue # TR97005DVD
Script, Choreography and Lighting Antonio Gades and Carlos Saura
Stage Setting Antonio Saura
Artistic Director Stella Arauzo
Created by Antonio Gades in collaboration with Carlos Saura, this matchl... Buy or find out more →
Wagner: Orchestral Works Vol 5
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5097
Our series of works by Richard Wagner, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Neeme Järvi, continues with a disc of early symphonies, later marches, and an overture.
Early on in his ... Buy or find out more →
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10715X
Dvorak Cello Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Charles
Mackerras (conductor)
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104
Dohnanyi Konzertstuck in D major Op 12 Buy or find out more →
Chopin: Piano Works Vol 2
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10714
Chopin Piano Works Vol 2
Louis Lortie (piano)
Nocturnes Op 9 No 2, Op 15 Nos 1-3, Op 48 No 1, Op 55 No 1
Four Ballades
Berceuse
Barcarolle Buy or find out more →
Benjamin, Leighton, Lucas: Film Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10713
Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas Film Music
Abigail Sara (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Roe-Williams (piano), Rob Court (organ), Cor Caerdydd choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba (condu... Buy or find out more →
British Clarinet Sonatas Vol 1
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10704
British Clarinet Sonatas Vol 1
Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano)
Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op 129
Bliss Pastoral
Bax Clarinet Sonata
Ireland Fantasy-Sonata
Howells Clarinet Sonata Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Coronation Mass And Other Works
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN0786
Mozart Coronation Mass and Other Works
Susan Gritton (soprano), Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano), Sam Furness (tenor), George Humphreys (bass), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, St John's Sinfonia,... Buy or find out more →
Bach: Goldberg Variations DVD
$47.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2066778
Daniel Barenboim Plays Bach Goldberg Variations
Recorded 1992
A new release from the series of Metropolitan Munich programs, ahead of the Celibidache and Barenboim Anniversaries to come in 2012.
In 19... Buy or find out more →
Fellini, Jazz And Co Dvd
$47.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2058408
The Waldbühne in Berlin is one of Europe’s ideal outdoor amphitheatres. It is home to the Berlin Philharmonic’s summer concerts, which are among the most popular classical events in the world, attract... Buy or find out more →
Music Is The Language Of The Heart And Soul Dvd
$47.95 – Digital video disc / C Major
Catalogue # 709708
Ricarda Merbeth, Bernarda Fink, Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
This is the only available documentary about Mariss Jansons from his early career until present da... Buy or find out more →
Brahms: German Requiem (Ein Deutsche Requiem)
$29.95 – Compact disc / Soli Deo Gloria
Catalogue # SDG706
SDG is happy to present last recording issued from the 2008 Brahms: Roots and Memories tour, in which John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles explored the music of Johannes Brahms.
Brahms’ Ein deutsches ... Buy or find out more →
Scriabin: Etudes, Preludes, Sonata No 10, Vers La Flamme
$29.95 – Compact disc / Ondine
Catalogue # ODE11842
Olli Mustonen Plays Scriabin
This CD features Olli Mustonen with piano works by Alexander Scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital concerts.
The virtuoso sets of Etudes and Prelude... Buy or find out more →
Massenet: Don Quichotte
$34.95 – Compact disc / Mariinsky
Catalogue # MAR0523
Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto is one of the most sought-after interpreters of French, Italian and Russian repertoire.
Here he joins Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky orchestra for a sumptuous recor... Buy or find out more →
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe
$19.95 – Compact disc / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Catalogue # LPO0059
Maurice Ravel, a notorious perfectionist, considered his 1912 ballet score Daphnis et Chloé his most important work, describing it as a ‘choreographic symphony’. Based on a pastoral drama by the Greek... Buy or find out more →
Spohr: Symphonies 7 & 9
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67939
We talk of the nine symphonies of Beethoven and Bruckner but what about the ten of Spohr? Howard Shelley and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conclude their survey of his symphonies with two tha... Buy or find out more →
Medtner: Arabesques, Dithyrambs & Other Short Works
$34.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA678512
‘Write one such piece and one can die.’ So pronounced Rachmaninov, no less, after hearing the second of Medtner’s Arabesques. This is just one of the delights in the enticing selection box offered b... Buy or find out more →
Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos 2 & 3, Romantic Piano Concertos Vol56
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67843
If the name Friedrich Kalkbrenner is familiar at all, it’s probably for his famous suggestion that Chopin would benefit from three years of study with him (a bold offer the Pole wisely turned down). ... Buy or find out more →
Achron: Complete Suites For Violin And Piano
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67841
Admired by Schoenberg (who described him as ‘one of the most underestimated of modern composers’), Joseph Achron was a boundary defying violinist-composer of extraordinary gifts. He drew on his Jewis... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Il Pastor Fido, 1712 Version
$34.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU90758586
For its harmonia mundi début, the London-based La Nuova Musica, led by David Bates, presents a true rarity: the original 1712 version of Handel's opera 'Il pastor fido' (The Faithful Shepherd) fea... Buy or find out more →
Part: Creator Spiritus
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807553
Paul Hillier curates this collection of Arvo Pärt's instrumental and choral chamber music drawn from different periods in the composer's career. He brings together his celebrated vocal ensembles, al... Buy or find out more →
Frederick The Great, Music For The Berlin Court
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902132
The year 2012 marks the tercentenary of the birth of Frederick the Great, whose political and military glory has often relegated his musical talent to the status of a mere hobby. But Frederick II wa... Buy or find out more →
Solo Oboe
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902118
In the orchestra, the oboe gives the tuning A on account of the richness of its harmonics and its stability, but it is also a solo instrument in its own right. Céline Moinet begins her collaboration... Buy or find out more →
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos 1 2
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902104
Shostakovich’s music is often 'two-faced', sometimes sublimated in ecstasy and joie de vivre, sometimes plunged into emptiness and suffused with a death wish. Accompanied by the Mahler Chamber Orche... Buy or find out more →
Riley: A Rainbow In Curved Air
$29.95 – Compact disc / Esoteric
Catalogue # ECLEC2306
Terry Riley (instruments and tape loop)
Reissue of the classic 1969 recording
A Rainbow In Curved Air
Poppy Nogood And The Phantom Band Buy or find out more →
Riley In C
$29.95 – Compact disc / Esoteric
Catalogue # ECLEC2305
Celebrating the 40th anniversary since its original release, Terry Riley’s In C has influenced generations of music enthusiasts by continuously crossing genre boundaries. This newly re-mastered reis... Buy or find out more →
Bach For Japan, Arias And Cantata Movements Three Organ Chorales
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD2011
Carolyn Sampson, Susanne Ryden, Hana Blazikova, Miah Persson (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera, Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (direc... Buy or find out more →
Martin, Honegger, Schoeck: Cello Concertos
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1737
Celebrated Swiss cellist Christian Poltera here presents three rarely-heard yet highly individual works composed between 1929 and 1966. Poltera's previous BIS releases have gained critical acclaim -... Buy or find out more →
Dance Theatre Of Harlem
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K100175
In this special studio production, the Dance Theatre of Harlem performs a selection of its most popular works.
The Dance Theatre of Harlem, America‘s first outstanding classical ballet company of blac... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven, Berg: Violin Concertos
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902105
*“My first collaboration with Claudio Abbado – with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in 2008 – opened my eyes to a new way of understanding and experiencing the Beethoven Violin Concerto. He then expres... Buy or find out more →
High Flight, Music By Chilcott, Lauridsen & Whitacre
$29.95 – Compact disc / Signum Records Uk
Catalogue # SIGCD262
Don't let the 'plain clothes' cover of this album fool you: this is simply one of the most stunningly beautiful albums of modern choral music that you are likely to hear for some time. One of the wor... Buy or find out more →
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Symphony No 3
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1988 Buy or find out more →
Strauss Richard: Lieder
$29.95 – Compact disc / Capriccio
Catalogue # C5110
Daniel Behle (tenor) & Oliver Schnyder (piano
With many acclaimed and award-winning recordings under his belt and continuous opera and concert engagements, Daniel Behle’s career is definitely rocket... Buy or find out more →
Power Of Love, An English Songbook
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67888
Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label and tireless explorer of vocal repertoire. T... Buy or find out more →
Khachaturian: Spartacus
$29.95 – Compact disc / Capriccio
Catalogue # C5112
Khachaturian: Spartacus Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Version
Rias-Kammerchor & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Michail Jurowski
Aram Khachaturian's famous ballet, Spartacus, was first produced for the Kiro... Buy or find out more →
Liszt: Piano Concertos Dvd
$39.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20239
For the very first time Daniel Barenboim tackled Franz Liszt's two highly virtuosic piano concertos in a single concert. With Pierre Boulez, his friend and esteemed colleague of many years, conductin... Buy or find out more →
Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Strauss Richard: Hymneop 34 No 2 Der Abend Opv 34 No 1, Wagner: Three Songs
$19.95 – Compact disc / Br Klassik
Catalogue # 900503
On this new CD the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra presents itself a cappella in works by Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and Richard Wagner.
Magnificent tone painti... Buy or find out more →
Britten: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, Lachrymae
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67801
Long recognized as an outstanding chamber musician, Anthony Marwood has more recently been making waves as a concerto soloist, with two contributions to the Romantic Violin Concerto series and now a ... Buy or find out more →
Granados Goyescas
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67846
Garrick Ohlsson injects some much-needed Mediterranean light into this dark time of year with Granados’s pianistic masterpiece, Goyescas. Written in the first decade of the twentieth century, it’s a ... Buy or find out more →
Faure: Requiem Dvd
$39.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2058878
Fauré was not drawn to compose a Requiem because of the death of a loved one, even though his mother had died during the early stages of composition and his father had passed away two years before. Fa... Buy or find out more →
Berio, Orchestral Realisations Of Schubert Brahms Mahler
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5101
Berio had an abiding fascination with reconciling the past and the present, which can be seen in his orchestral realisations of works by Mahler and Brahms, and most notably, in Rendering (1990), his ... Buy or find out more →
1600: Masterpieces Of 17 Th Century Italian Instrumental Music
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # OP30531
The programme chosen for this CD by the eminent early music specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini and performed by members of his hand-picked ensemble Concerto Italiano illustrate most of the forms that ins... Buy or find out more →
Wagner: Tannhauser
$49.95 – Digital video disc / C Major
Catalogue # 709308
Staged by Robert Carsen
This exciting modern-day adaptation of Tannhäuser, Richard Wagner’s fable of love and redemption, features one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Se... Buy or find out more →
Virtuoso Baroque
$29.95 – Compact disc / Our Recordings
Catalogue # 6220604
The Petri/Hannibal duo first appeared on stage in the winter of 1991, and performed their first full concert in the summer of 1992 at the Monastery La Cartuja de la Sierra in Andalusia, Spain. Since t... Buy or find out more →
Time Thy Musicke To Thy Hart
$21.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807554
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 23rd April 2012
Stile Antico (joined by Fretwork) explore long-neglected repertory: the wealth of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music written for domestic devotion, rather... Buy or find out more →
Schubert: Willkommen Und Abscheid
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902112
Born in Munich, Werner Güra has a reputation especially as an interpreter of lieder. His recordings for harmonia mundi, including the great cycles of Schubert, Schumann and Wolf and vocal ensembles ... Buy or find out more →
Petits Fours, Favourite Encores
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10708
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 16th April 2012
Chandos Records signed an exclusive contract with the Brodsky Quartet in time for the celebrations of its fortieth anniversary in 2012.
Formed in 1972,... Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Abduction From The Seraglio Dvd
$49.95 – Digital video disc / C Major
Catalogue # 709108
Staged by Christof Loy at Gran Teatre de Liceu, 2011
Barcelona’s prestigious Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Mozart’s beloved singspiel in an elegant, dramaturgically twisted production with a sparkling... Buy or find out more →
Korngold: String Sextet Piano Quartet
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10707
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the most astonishing prodigies in the history of western music, admired by Mahler, Strauss, and Puccini. His compositions were regularly performed by renowned musi... Buy or find out more →
Kalman: The Circus Princess
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K101596
Director of Photography HELMUT SCHINDLER
Emmerich Kálman (1882-1953) ranks next to Franz Lehár as one of the leading representatives of the „Silver Era“ of the operetta, which was stamped above all by... Buy or find out more →
Cherubini: Arias And Overtures From Florence And Paris
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67893
Following acclaimed discs exploring some of the more fascinating byways of the Italian eighteenth century, Auser Musici and its founder-director Carlo Ipata turn to the man Beethoven regarded as the ... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol 11
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1673 Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Die Zauberflote
$39.95 – Compact disc / Opus Arte
Catalogue # OA1066D
This celebrated production of The Magic Flute joyfully bursts onto the stage of La Scala, with the dazzling Russian coloratura Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), and Italian bass Alex Esposito... Buy or find out more →
Rossini: The Barber Of Seville
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K107281
Leading mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, star tenor Roberto Sacca and one of today's most noted Figaros, Dalibor Jenis, headline a superb cast in this live recording from the Opera National de Paris in 2... Buy or find out more →
Mahler: Symphony No 2
$39.95 – Compact disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20238
At this concert from the Leipzig International Mahler Festival, marking the centenary of the composer's death, two outstanding soloists, three splendid choirs and the Leipzig Gewandaus Orchestra cond... Buy or find out more →
Nobel Prize Concert 2010
$39.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20215
The 2010 Nobel Prize Concert is a highlight event starring american violinist Joshua Bell, who appears courtesy of Sony Classical. Also available on Blu-Ray ACC10215. 'Classical music lovers of all b... Buy or find out more →
Rachmaninov: Romances
$19.95 – Compact disc / Ondine
Catalogue # ODE12072
For his debut Ondine recording internationally renowned Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has chosen 26 romances by Sergei Rachmaninov, including such popular songs as Spring Waters and In the Sil... Buy or find out more →
Strauss, Richard: Lieder
$19.95 – Compact disc / Ondine
Catalogue # ODE11872
Star Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski and her longstanding duo partner Marita Viitasalo are sensitive and passionate interpreters of Richard Strauss's Lieder. Isokoski's recording of the Four Last Song... Buy or find out more →
Reger: Violin Concerto, Two Romances Op 50
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67892
Voumel 11 of Hyperion's popular Romantic Violin Concertos series features young German violinist Tanja Becker-Bender as the soloist in Max Reger's magnificent Violin Concerto, a full-blooded Romantic... Buy or find out more →
Faure: Cello Sonatas
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67872
Following their triumphant Casals Encores album (CDA67831), Alban Gerhardt and Cecile Licad present these masterpieces of French cello repertoire. Alongside Faure's masterful cello sonatas are some o... Buy or find out more →
Dohnanyi: Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 1
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67871
Revered as a composer, conductor, pianist, teacher and music administrator, Hungarian composer Erno Dohnanyi has remained somewhat in the shadow of his illustrious compatriots Liszt and Bartok, thoug... Buy or find out more →
Slavic Heroes
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMW906101
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 23rd January 2012
From the first moment you hear him, the immensely talented young Polish baritone Mariusz Kweicien will delight you with his mellifluous and burnished... Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol 3
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU907499
In volume 3 of his widely acclaimed interpretations of Mozart's solo keyboard music, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (who performed with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra during 2011) plays a ... Buy or find out more →
Telemann: Wind Concertos Vol 7
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # CPO9999072
This penultimate volume of CPO's series of Telemann's wind concertos continues to reveal the German Baroque master's astonishing gifts, which have only recently begun to be appreciated. Extravagant... Buy or find out more →
Italian Oboe Concertos By Sammartini, Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # CPO7777152
The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto accompanies Dini Ciacci, one of the greatest Italian oboe virtuosos, on this delightful survey of Italian concertos for oboe and cor anglais. The natural elegan... Buy or find out more →
Eberl: Piano Concertos Op 32 & Op 40
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # CPO7773542
Anton Eberl was one of Beethoven's leading rivals in Vienna, his music praised during his lifetime for its 'newness, fire and power'. Playing a period fortepiano, soloists Paolo Giacometti and Riko... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 3
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # CPO7774882
Having recently toured Australia for Musica Viva and regarded throughout the world as among the most remarkable and resourceful period performance ensembles, Concerto Copenhagen performs Handel's f... Buy or find out more →
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Francesca Da Rimini
$19.95 – Compact disc / Br Klassik
Catalogue # 900105
Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony has enjoyed success since its premiere, becoming one of his most popular concert works. It's powerful theme of victory rung out of fateful strife echoes that of Beethoven's... Buy or find out more →
Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 2
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1986
Osmo Vanska first achieved international renown through his recordings of Sibelius's symphonies with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Here, he revisits this much-loved repertoire with the Minnesota O... Buy or find out more →
Stravinsky: The Firebird 1910
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1874
Igor Stravinsky's first full-length ballet, The Firebird, vividly combined several Russian folktales into an unforgettable entertainment which remains among his best-loved works today. This album ... Buy or find out more →
Albeniz: Piano Music Vol 7
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1953
Miguel Baselga's highly-praised traversal of Isaac Albeniz's piano music have revealed countless treasures beyond the justly famous Iberia. His new album presents mainly early compositions alongside... Buy or find out more →
Brahms, Ligeti: Horn Trios, Aho: Solo X For French Horn
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1859
Johannes Brahms, Gyorgy Ligeti and Kalevi Aho may seem an unlikely musical trio. But this exciting album proposes otherwise: Shoenberg famously dubbed Brahms 'The Progressive, Ligeti's Horn Trio i... Buy or find out more →
Mahler: Ruckert Lieder, Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4, Liszt: Angelus, Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
$29.95 – Compact disc / Ars Produktion
Catalogue # ARS38100
Historical Moment in Bayreuth
The appearance of the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Bayreuth in July 2011, including performance of music by the notorious anti-Semite Wagner, sparked a vehement controver... Buy or find out more →
Widor: Piano Concertos
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67817
Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La Madeleine in Paris at the age of tw... Buy or find out more →
Golden Age Of Hollywood
$29.95 – Compact disc /
Cataqlogue # RPO017
Classic title tracks, themes and suites from films that became legends during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including a superlative performance of the Warsaw Concerto by Roderick Elms.
Performed in true s... Buy or find out more →
Tribute To Jerome Robbins, Paris Opera Ballet Dvd
$42.95 – Digital video disc /
Catalogue # BAC070
Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet paid homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera his second home after New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins. The three pieces p... Buy or find out more →
Bach: Cantatas 91 57 151 122
$29.95 – Compact disc / Accent Records
Catalogue # ACC25314
La Petite Bande continues its successful series with a seasonal collection. This CD includes cantatas for Christmas Day, the second and third days of Christmas and the first Sunday after Christmas. “... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: String Trios Op 9
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1857
For their second release on BIS the Trio Zimmermann play Beethoven’s String Trios Op.9 – a set of three that the composer himself upon their completion described as the finest of his works.
Wi... Buy or find out more →
Gouvy Theodore: Symphonies 1 And 2
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # 7773812
The German-French composer Louis Theodore Gouvy was much admired for the bravura and clarity of his music, which combined the masterful templates of Haydn and Beethoven with his own virtuosic and soph... Buy or find out more →
Rota: Cello Concertos 1 2, Il Gattopardo
$29.95 – Compact disc /
Catalogue # ARS38105
The composer Nino Rota, recipient of two Oscars for his film scores, would have been celebrating his one hundredth birthday on 12 December 2011. His classical compositions have also generated great e... Buy or find out more →
Oh Delightful Nightingale
$29.95 – Compact disc /
Catalogue # CAR83344
Du angenehme Nachtigall (Oh Delightful Nightingale) Bird Arias and Love Songs of the Baroque. In their “Flauto e voce” series, Collegium have performed many works for the first time since they were c... Buy or find out more →
Magifique, Tchaikovsky Suites Dvd
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Cpo
Catalogue # K101585
Recorded in 2010, Thierry Malandain's magical choreography and Tchaikovsky's marvellous music combine on this DVD. The title, Magifique, signals Malandain's desire to remove hatred ('hain' in French, ... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Symphony 5
$34.95 – Compact disc /
Catalogue # AP023
Conducted by violinist David Grimal, the acclaimed French period-instrument chamber orchestra Les Dissonances present an exhilarating interpretation of Beethoven's masterpiece. In addition to the CD, th... Buy or find out more →
New Years Concert 2006 Dvd Teatro La Fenice
$49.95 – Digital video disc / Cpo
Catalogue # K107283
A celebration of dance and music from Venice's world-famous opera house. Includes highlights from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, La Forza del Destino, La Traviata, I Lombardi, Nabucco, L'Elisir... Buy or find out more →
Herzogenberg Heinrich Von: Complete Violin Sonatas 2 Cd
$34.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # 7774282
Brahms' friend Heinrich von Herzogenberg is increasingly recognised as a truly independent voice among German Romantic composers. His early admiration of Wagner and Liszt persists in these chamber pie... Buy or find out more →
Desprez Josquin: Missa Ave Maris Stella Marian Motets
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # 7775902
From a period when music in praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary was particularly popular come these works by the immortal Josquin, whose ingenious and sublime choral music powerfully influenced sacred c... Buy or find out more →
Vanhal Johann Baptist: Two Symphonies, Cello Concerto
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # 7776122
Johann Baptist Vanhal composed some 77 symphonies matching quantity with unerring quality and gaining Charles Burney's highest praise. While subsequently overshadowed by Haydn and Mozart, Vanhal is to... Buy or find out more →
Plum Pudding
$29.95 – Compact disc / Champs Hill Records
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Kings Singers Christmas
$29.95 – Digital video disc / Signum Records Uk
Catalogue # SIGDVD008
One of two releases in time for the Christmas period from the UKs best-loved a cappella group The King’s Singers: feasts for the eyes and ears on both CD and DVD.
Their new Christmas DVD was recor... Buy or find out more →
Roald Dahl's Snow White And Seven Dwarfs
$29.95 – Compact disc / Orchid
Catalogue # ORC100019
A wonderful and magical retelling of Roald Dahl’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs recorded in 1998 with new original music by Eleanor Alberga and until now never commercially released. The ideal Chr... Buy or find out more →
Honegger: Pastorale, Symphony 4 & Une Cantate De Noel
$19.95 – Compact disc /
Catalogue # LPO0058
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 28 March 2007 (Pastorale d’été and Symphony No. 4) and 5 December 2009 (Une Cantate de Noël).
Today the Swiss-born composer A... Buy or find out more →
Britten: Midsummer Nights Dream
$36.95 – Compact disc / Glyndebourne
Catalogue # GFOCD01306
Glyndebourne staged the premiere of The Rape of Lucretia with Kathleen Ferrier cast as Lucretia and the following year premiered Albert Herring. Thirty four years then elapsed before another of Bri... Buy or find out more →
Bach CPE: Solo Keyboard Music
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1763
In his acclaimed series of C.P.E. Bach's music for solo keyboard, Miklós Spányi has constructed a programme consisting of four sonatas from the 1750's, including the closing Sonata in A major (Wq65/... Buy or find out more →
Schumann: Violin Sonatas 1 2 3
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1784
As is the case with much of his music, Schumann's three Violin Sonatas have not always received the appreciation they deserve. Ulf Wallin and Roland Pontinen make a persuasive case for these engag... Buy or find out more →
Berlioz: Les Nuits Dete & Harold In Italy
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5266
On this new period instrument recording of “Les Nuits d’Été” and the symphony “Harold in Italy” by Hector Berlioz, from the award winning musical director Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre-Gren... Buy or find out more →
Mendelssohn: Christus And Choral Cantatas
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5265
Award-winning choral group Accentus and its musical director Laurence Equilbey are joined on this new recording of some of Felix Mendelssohn’s sacred choral works by one of the most acclaimed sopranos o... Buy or find out more →
Haydn: String Quartets Op 74
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67781
These quartets date from 1793 and were written when Haydn returned home to Vienna after a visit to London which had cemented his international fame as a composer and public figure.
The composer wrote... Buy or find out more →
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D840, D950, D894, Impromtus D899, Klavierstucke D946
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC90211516
Paul Lewis has just emerged from a vast Beethoven project: the complete sonatas and piano concertos, greeted all over the world as a landmark and completed in 2011 by the 'Diabelli Variations' – a... Buy or find out more →
Christmas Story, Chant Motets Folk Carols
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807565
Inspired by the much-loved service of ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’ given every Christmas Eve, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant, motets, 17th Century dialogues and trad... Buy or find out more →
On Christmas Night
$29.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5096
In the run-up to Advent and Christmas, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge under Andrew Nethsingha presents a joyous celebration of music for the festive season. The disc includes original work... Buy or find out more →
Parsifal, The Search For The Grail
$29.95 – Digital video disc / Tony Palmer Films
Catalogue # TPDVD167
Parsifal - The Search for the Grail Recorded: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Ravello, Siena, Bayreuth
Placido Domingo (Parsifal), Violeta Urmana (Kundry), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Nikolai Putil... Buy or find out more →
Bach JS: Cantatas Volume 50, 149 145 174 49
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1941
Bach: Cantatas
"Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg" BWV149,
"Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen" BWV145,
"Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte" BWV174,
"Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen" ... Buy or find out more →
Little Mermaid Dvd
$42.95 – Digital video disc /
Catalogue # 708608
In the Little Mermaid, Hamburg Ballet director and Chief Choreographer John Neumeier blends dance, dramatic storytelling and spectacle into a stunning interpretation of Hans Christian Anderson’s fable.... Buy or find out more →
Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 1, The Gothic
$36.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA679712
On 17 July 2011 over 800 performers gathered in London’s Royal Albert Hall to give a rare performance of Havergal Brian’s Symphony No 1 in D minor—‘The Gothic’. Tickets for this Prom sold out within... Buy or find out more →
Verdi: Forza Del Destino
$49.95 – Digital video disc / C Major
Catalogue # 708108
Staged by David Poutney
“The cast is a dream team” wrote the Financial Times after the premiere of this production of Verdi’s La forza del destino at the Wiener Staatsoper. Topping the list is Nina Ste... Buy or find out more →
Frederick Ashton Ballets
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Opus Arte
Catalogue # OA1064D
Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this disc reflects the breadth of his sophistica... Buy or find out more →
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Vol 2
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # OP30518
This is the second volume of Bassoon concertos to be released by Naïve as part of the prestigious “Vivaldi Edition”. As with the first, the recording features the outstanding combination of the solois... Buy or find out more →
Homage To Paderewski
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67903
Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright’s 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the first artist to record the album of works written and published in homage to ... Buy or find out more →
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Complete
$29.95 – Compact disc / Ondine
Catalogue # ODE11802D
Building on the great success of their previous Swan Lake recording, This CD features star conductor Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra with the complete ballet music from The Nutcra... Buy or find out more →
Chopin: Etudes Op 10 Op 25
$29.95 – Compact disc / Testament
Catalogue # SBT1473
Chopin: Etudes Opp. 10 & 25
Chopin:
12 Études, Op. 10
12 Études, Op. 25
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Recorded September 1960.
This outstanding recording of the complete Chopin Études by Maurizio Pol... Buy or find out more →
Berlioz: Grande Messe Des Morts, Requiem
$29.95 – Compact disc / Signum Records Uk
Catalogue # SIGCD280
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Robert Murray (tenor)
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Chetham's School of Music Brass Ensemble, Paul McCrees... Buy or find out more →
Korngold, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5280
On this new Naïve recording, award-winning French violinist Laurent Korcia joins conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège in a performance of the Concertos of Tchaikovsk... Buy or find out more →
Vaughan Williams: Suite For Viola And Small Orchestra Flos Campi Mcewen Viola Concerto
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67839
Lawrence Power has established himself as the most sought-after violist of his generation and his sumptuous tone and persuasive interpretations have lead to many comparisons with the pioneering Briti... Buy or find out more →
Liszt, Grieg: Piano Concertos
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67824
A concerto album from Stephen Hough is always a significant event. For this new recording Stephen travelled to Bergen – Grieg’s home town – to join forces with Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmon... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Il Caro Sassone
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU907559
Soprano Lucy Crowe joins The English Concert led by Harry Bicket in this dazzling programme of Handel arias and cantatas dating from his 1706-10 sojourn in Italy, where he was affectionately dubbed ... Buy or find out more →
Bach JS: Orchestral Suites
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC90211314
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 21st November 2011
Called “Ouvertüren” in Germany, because they began with a large-scale overture à la française, Bach’s 'Suites for orchestra' offer a unique synthe... Buy or find out more →
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Oboe Concerto
$19.95 – Compact disc / Halle Records
Catalogue # CDHLL7529
Hallé returns with a disc of Vaughan Williams in works chosen to illustrate the full range of colour and highly accomplished playing of the award winning ensemble under its Musical Director, Sir Mar... Buy or find out more →
Barenboim Plays Mozart
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2066528
Mozart: Piano Sonatas 1-18 (complete)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DVD Video - 3 discs
The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to ... Buy or find out more →
Europa Concert From Lisbon 2003 = Catalogue
$19.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2020218
Recorded live at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon, 1 May
2003
Maria João Pires is one of the most sought-after Mozart
pianists.
Berliner Philharmoniker – one of the best orchestras in the
world.... Buy or find out more →
Bridge Of Dreams
$29.95 – Compact disc / Da Capo Records
Catalogue # 6220597
Dacapo present scintillating vocal music from the Pacific Rim featuring composers and poets from China, Japan, California, New Zealand, Australia and one ancient Anglo-Saxon Seafarer.
This is unusual ... Buy or find out more →
Rachmaninov: The Bells, Spring, Three Russian Songs
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10706
This is the seventh and final volume in our acclaimed Rachmaninoff series, which has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. They are joined in this recording by the Chorus o... Buy or find out more →
Svendsen: Orchestral Works Vol 1
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10693
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 7th November 2011
This is the first volume in a projected series of four, dedicated to the orchestral works of the Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen. As a composer, Sv... Buy or find out more →
Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol 2
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN0783
Premiere recordings
This is Volume 2 in Chandos’ series of orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch, a contemporary of J.S. Bach and Telemann. In his day, his output in terms of cantatas, concertos... Buy or find out more →
Lyric Orchestral Songs
$29.95 – Compact disc / Capriccio
Catalogue # C5101
These recordings taken from the legendary Capriccio-Archive bring some of the world’s leading singers together.
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder (5 songs, complete), Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (4 songs, co... Buy or find out more →
Dances To A Black Pipe
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISSACD1863
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 5th December 2011
Martin Fröst’s latest releases have featured core repertoire for his instrument from the 18th and 19th centuries, and most recently a disc of his w... Buy or find out more →
Father, The Son And The Godfather, Music By JS Bach, CPE Bach & Telemann
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1895
The Father, the Son and the Godfather is a snapshot of a time when composers were offered a tremendous freedom in their choices of genres and styles and features three composers who knew each other ... Buy or find out more →
Vienna Philharmonic New Years Concert 2002
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K107189
It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauss family and i... Buy or find out more →
Entertaining Miss Austen
$19.95 – Compact disc / Dutton Laboratories
Catalogue # CDLX7271
A must-have album for Austen fans. Includes Jane Austen’s 3 favourite songs plus a dozen more premiere recordings all using an authentic 1817 Broadwood fortepiano. Indeed, the composer JB Cramer is t... Buy or find out more →
Monteclair: Solo Voice Cantatas
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1865
French Baroque delights by Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, an admired contemporary of Francois Couperin. These solo voice cantatas are highly effective and dramatic 'mini-operas' with mythological or... Buy or find out more →
Hermann: Moby Dick, Sinfonietta
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5095
Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Danish National Symphony Choir and Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
Highly dramatic but sadly littleknown cantata Moby Dick Par... Buy or find out more →
Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 3, Stanford
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67859
Stanford Cello Concerto in D minor, Rondo in F, Ballata and Ballabile, Irish Rhapsody
Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
Brilliant young cellist and Pi... Buy or find out more →
Bach JC: Requiem, Miserere
$24.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902098
Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Ruth Sandhoff (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Thomas Bauer (bass), RIAS Chamber Choir, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RAIS Chamber Choir, Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor)... Buy or find out more →
Vivaldi: Cello Concertos
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902095
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit (conductor)
Vivaldi championed the cello as a solo instrument in no fewer than 27 concertos, revelling in its expressive p... Buy or find out more →
Rimsky Korsakov: Scherherazade, Capriccio Espagnole, Neapolitan Song
$29.95 – Compact disc / Pentatone
Catalogue # PTC5186378
Russian National Orchestra, Carlo Ponti (conductor)
Ever-popular Russian orchestral classics played by Russia's leading orchestra conducted by Carlo Ponti Jnr (Sofia Loren’s son )
'Scheherazade [... Buy or find out more →
Jewels
$34.95 – Digital video disc / Marinsky
Catalogue # MAR0514
Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)
George Balanchine's classic ballet Jewels, filmed in the Mariinsky Theat re, f eatures the languid music of Faure (Emeralds), Stravinsky's pla... Buy or find out more →
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
$34.95 – Digital video disc / Mariinsky
Catalogue # MAR0513
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
The Mariinsky label's first DVD features Tchaikovsky's best-loved symphonies in rivetting performances conducted by his foremost modern interpreter Vale... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Belshazzar
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMD990902829
Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarstrom, Neal Davies, Akadamie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs
One of Handel’s most gripping works gives a dramatic account of Belsha... Buy or find out more →
Nielsen, The Masterworks Vol 1
$42.95 – Compact disc /
Catalogue # 8206002
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt, Thomas Dausgaard (conductors)
Essential for all collectors: the Danish National Symphony Orchestra has preserved authentic playing style since C... Buy or find out more →
Delius: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto & Cello Concerto
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5094
Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Watkins (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
First time on one CD Tasmin Little - Critics' Choice 2011 Classic BRIT Awards BBC Symphony, Davis (CHSA5... Buy or find out more →
Fantasies For Bassoon
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10703
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 31st of October 2011
Music by Schubert, Schumann, Schreck, Spohr, Rachmaninov, Elgar
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon), Philip Edward Fisher (piano)
Exclusive Chandos artist a... Buy or find out more →
My True Love Hath My Heart, English Songs
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10691
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Renowned mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly with equally accomplished pianist Malcolm Martineau
Delightful recital, appeal ing album Buy or find out more →
Porpora: Cantatas
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67894
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (director)
Young countertenor Iestyn Davies is the soloist on this enchanting disc of cantatas by Italian Baroque composer Nicola Porpora
Their... Buy or find out more →
Parsons: Sacred Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67874
The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)
Gramophone Award winner, The Cardinall's Musick, reveals the glories of a neglected contemporary of William Byrd, who succeded him as a Gentleman of... Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 9
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Catalogue # CDA67840
Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
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Music Of The Russian Avant Garde 1905-26
$29.95 – Compact disc / Celestial Harmonies
Catalogue # 132552
Music by Roslavets, Mosolov, Pasternak, Stanchinsky, J Skryabin, Obukhov, A Skryabin
Roger Woodwood (piano)
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Down By The Sally Gardens, 19th & 20th Century Songs By Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Howells, Quilter & Tippett
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902093
This programme 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 Fi... Buy or find out more →
Schubert: Schwanengesang
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Catalogue # HMU907520
Schubert:
Schwanengesang, D957
Auf dem Strom, D943, Op. post. 119, with Richard Watkins
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Die Sterne, D939 (Leitner)
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Paul Lewis (piano)
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Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
$29.95 – Compact disc / Marinsky
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 12-16 September 2010. Notes
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Falla: Nights In The Garden Of Spain
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902099
In order to carry out this exciting project, Javier Perianes and Josep Pons returned to the original sources: manuscripts held in the Archivo Manuel de Falla in Granada.
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Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Bruch: Works For Viola
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Catalogue # BISSACD1843
Bruch: Romance for viola & orchestra/piano, Op. 85
Schubert: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821, arranged for viola
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Edwards: Maninyas, Sibelius: Violin Concerto
$29.95 – Compact disc / Canary Classics
Catalogue # CC09
Edwards, Ross: Maninyas - Concerto for Violin and
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer
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Mozart, Hauff, Hoffmeister, Beethoven: Horn Quintets
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Works by Mozart, Hauff, Hoffmeister and Beethoven
Nury Guarnaschelli (horn), Signum Quartet
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Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 54: Somervell & Cowen
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Catalogue # CDA67837
Cowen: Concertstück
Somervell: Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland', Normandy
'Symphonic Variations'
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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Sing Freedom, African American Spirituals
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMU807525
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 10th October 2011
One of the seminal American musical traditions, the spiritual is dramatic, powerful, and profoundly beautiful — the bedrock for much of American musi... Buy or find out more →
Mladi, Works By Reicha Martinu Janacek
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Catalogue # BISCD1802
Reicha Quintet in E flat major Op 88 No 2, 3 Pieces for Cor Anglais and Wind Quartet, Martinu Sextet for Piano and Winds Janacek March of the Bluebirds, Mladi (Youth)
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Berlioz: Harold In Italy, Benedict And Beatrice Overture, Paganini: Sonate Per La Gran Viola E Orchestra
$19.95 – Compact disc / Ondine
Catalogue # ODE11882
Berlioz:
Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture
Harold en Italie, Op. 16 - Premiere recording: unpublished version
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Bach: Goldberg Variations For String Trio
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Catalogue # CDA67826
Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 arranged for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Leopold String Trio: Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola) & Kate Gould (cello)
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Streams Of Pleasure, Arias And Duets From Handels Oratorios
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5261
The oratorios from which Karina Gauvin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux perform excerpts on Streams of Pleasure were premiered between 1744 and 1750 and are among Handel’s last compositions. Soprano and contral... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: The Birth Of A Master
$29.95 – Compact disc / Ambroisie Records
Catalogue # AM204
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer
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Music For Henry V & The House Of Lancaster
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Catalogue # CDA67868
Music for Henry V & the House of Lancaster
The English cyclic Mass Quem malignus spiritus and ceremonial
motets for fifteenth-century princely chapels
The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman
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Clementi: Capriccios & Variations
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Catalogue # CDA67850
Howard Shelley’s survey of the complete piano sonatas of Clementi was acclaimed not only as a set of benchmark performances, but also as the rediscovery of a composer who was uniquely important in hi... Buy or find out more →
Wagner: Meistersinger, An Orchestral Tribute
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5092
Faust Overture, Columbus Overture Entreactes tragiques Nos 1 and 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
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Ravel: Complete Music For Violin And Piano
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Catalogue # CDA67820
Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G major
Ravel:
Violin Sonata in G major
Violin Sonata in A minor 'Sonate posthume'
Tzigane
Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (pia... Buy or find out more →
Paganini's Daemon A Most Enduring Legend
$34.95 – Digital video disc / Christopher Nupen Films
Catalogue # A12CND
Paganini’s Daemon A Most Enduring Legend
with Gidon Kremer & John Williams
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Coro della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, Lawrence Foster
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Comedy And Tragedy Opera Box Set
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Opus Arte
Catalogue # OA1059BD
The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world’s most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and this new c... Buy or find out more →
Mahler: Symphony No 9
$19.95 – Compact disc / Lso Live
Catalogue # LSO068
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
DSD recording, live at the Barbican 2-3 March 2011
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
The final release in Valery Gergiev’s acclaimed Mahler cycle features the ... Buy or find out more →
Mozart Symphonies Vol 3: Nos 9 10 11 44 45 47
$29.95 – Compact disc / Da Capo Records
Catalogue # 6220538
Mozart:
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, K73
Symphony No. 10 in G major, K74
Symphony No. 11 in D major, K84
Symphony No. 44 in D major, K81
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Scumann: Manfred, Dramatic Poem By Byron
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K101575
Dramatic poem by Byron Johann von Bulow (Manfred), Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko (conductor)
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Two Centuries Of Music At Versailles
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Catalogue # ARM012
Music from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI Veronique Gens (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Concerto Koln, Les Follies Francaises, Le Concert d'Astree, Le Concert Spirituel, Musica Florea, La Capella ... Buy or find out more →
Boccherini: La Musica Notturno Di Madrid Cello & Guitar Quintets
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902092
Guitar and Cello Quintets Carles Trepat (guitar), Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet
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Mendelssohn: Violin & Piano Concertos
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Catalogue # HMC902082
Piano Concerto in A minor, Violin & Piano Concerto in D minor
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Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
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Portraits, Songs By Clara And Robert Schumann
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Catalogue # BISSACD1834
Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
Six Songs
Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, Op. 135
Volksliedchen, Op. 51 No. 2
Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint, Op. 37 No. 1
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
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Kalinnikov: Two Symphonies
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Catalogue # BISCD1155
These are the crowning glories of Kalinnikov’s orchestral compositions, as melodic and richly orchestrated as Tchaikovsky’s better-known symphonies and composed at around the same time as Rimsky-Kor... Buy or find out more →
Bacewicz: Violin Concertos Vol 2
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Catalogue # CHAN10673
Bacewicz:
Violin Concerto No. 2
Violin Concerto No. 4
Violin Concerto No. 5
Joanna Kurkowicz (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
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Bohemian Impressions, Works By Smetana, Dvorak, Suk, Novak, Martinu & Janacek
$29.95 – Compact disc / Supraphon
Catalogue # SU4058
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Dvorak: Czech Suite, In Nature's Realm
Suk: A Summer's Tale - Intermezzo
Novak: Moravian-Slovak Suite - The Lovers, The Country
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Spohr: Symphonies Vol 3, Nos 1 & 6 Overture Op 12
$29.95 – Compact disc / Cpo
Catalogue # CPO7771792
Louis Spohr’s symphonies were popular for their novel style and spirit, quite different from those of his contemporary Beethoven. Schumann regarded Spohr's symphonies very highly, particularly for ... Buy or find out more →
Wagner Family
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The Wagner family has ruled the Bayreuth Theatre for the last 140 years, surviving a mixture of lies, deception, fraud and dangerous political alliances. Tony Palmer’s probing new documentary reveals... Buy or find out more →
Janacek: Jenufa
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Catalogue # OA1055D
Jenufa is English soprano Amanda Roocroft’s signature role. Recorded live at the Teatro Real in October 2009, this production has been praised for its ‘extraordinary tension and sensitivity...wonderfu... Buy or find out more →
Brahms, Richard Strauss, Thuille: Cello Sonatas
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Catalogue # JCL516
Romantic cello sonatas performed with luminous virtuosity by a critically-acclaimed young partnership. ‘a convincing showcase...warmly lyrical..fiery vigour ’ (Classic Music Magazine). Ludwig Thuille's... Buy or find out more →
Chopin: Complete Waltzes
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Catalogue # CDA67849
'Hough charms and beguiles in this considered reading of Chopin's Waltzes.' Gramophone Magazine October 2011
A frequent and popular visitor to Australia, pianist Stephen Hough gives compelling perfor... Buy or find out more →
Godard: Piano Concerto No 1, Introduction And Allegro, Symphonie Orientalle
$19.95 – Compact disc / Dutton Laboratories
Catalogue # CDLX7274
World premiere recordings. Delectable and tuneful French Romantic music with a touch of Oriental exoticism. Lovers of Romantic orchestral music will respond to these beautifully crafted and highly en... Buy or find out more →
Four Faces Of Jazz, Works By Weill, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Milhaud
$19.95 – Compact disc / Dutton Laboratories
Catalogue # CDLF8148
Remastered from original tapes made at the height of Bernard Hermann’s recording career, this album features 'Concert hall jazz’ by four great composers. Kurt Weill's biting songs Mack the Knife, Ins... Buy or find out more →
Shostakovich: Music From The Films
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Catalogue # DRD2005
A pioneer of Soviet film music, Shostakovich wrote scores for 30 films between 1929 and 1971, recreating and evoking emotions to merely making colorful sound pictures. Shostakovich’s film music is hug... Buy or find out more →
Bach Js: Cantatas Vol 49 Bwv 188 156 159 171
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This latest volume in BIS's consistently praised series (Gramophone Editor’s Choices and other accolades) presents four cantatas composed during 1728-9 that set texts by Bach's contemporary Picand... Buy or find out more →
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
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Catalogue # 900110
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Live Recording: 60th anniversary-concert of the Symhonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, 22./23.09.2009, Munich Philharmonie
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Mahler: Symphony No 3
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Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Netherlands Radio Choir, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir, Rijnmond Boys Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Janssons (conductor)
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Elgar: Piano Quintet, String Quartet, Solo Piano Works
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Catalogue # CDA67857
Inspired by the rural beauty of the surroundings at his country retreat in 1917, Edward Elgar embarked on the composition of some of his most inspired and imaginative chamber works.
Both the String Q... Buy or find out more →
Symphonic Sargent Pepper
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Symphonic Sgt. Pepper, arranged by Mike Townend Buy or find out more →
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- With A Little Help From My Friends
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Czech Music For Strings Janacek Haas Martinu
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Catalogue # CHAN10678
Janacek: String Quartet No 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata' (arr. for string
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Haas: Study for String Orchestra
Janacek Chamber Orchestra
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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Catalogue # 706208
‘one of the best Butterf lies of our time’ (ForumOpera.com) Strong cast, great production
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Bach JS: Goldberg Variations
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Catalogue # CHAN0780
Devine's harpsichord Goldbergs can stand among the best in a crowded field Gramophone Magazine September 2011
Steven Devine is harpsichordist with The Gonzaga Band and London Baroque, and also the co... Buy or find out more →
Loewe: Songs And Ballads
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Catalogue # CDA67866
Carl Loewe, dubbed ‘the Schubert of North Germany’, made the ballad a powerful art form Masterful interpretations of these sadly neglected but truly compelling mini-masterpieces of 19th-century song... Buy or find out more →
Debussy La Mer Jeux Prelude A Lapres Midi Dun Faune
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Catalogue # LSO0692
Virtuoso orchestral showcase of shimmering, subtle and stirring orchestral masterpieces Gergiev draws absolutely exquisite playing from the LSO, with gorgeous recorded sound
Debussy La mer, Jeux, Prel... Buy or find out more →
Per La Vergine Music By Monteverdi Bencini Soler Alessandro Scarlatti Carissimi Stravinsky
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # OP30505
Music by Monteverdi, Bencini, Antonio Soler, Alessandro Scarlatti, Carissimi, Stravinsky praising the Blessed Virgin Mary More than 300 years of truly ravishing sacred music, lovingly performed!
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Michael Nyman, Composer In Progress
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K101483
Michael Nyman and Band A film by Silvia Beck
Features Steve Reich and Volker Schloendorf f
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Vivaldi: French Connection 2
$29.95 – Compact disc / Avie
Catalogue # AV2218
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 11th July 2011
Includes two world premiere Recordings
Exciting, eloquent, effervescent concertos, extravagantly virtuos ic in cha racter-g reat fun!
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Mahler: Orchestral Songs
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Catalogue # BISSACD1600
Internationally renowned young singer with a deep affinity for Mahler
Sublimely moving music that hits the heart head on
Kindertotenlieder, Songs of a Wayfarer, Ruckert Lieder
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Weber: Overtures
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Catalogue # BISSACD1760
Weber:
Der Freischütz Overture
Der Beherrscher der Geister, J122: Overture
Preciosa, Overture J279 (Op. 78)
Turandot: Overture
Abu Hassan Overture
Euryanthe Overture
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Lutoslawski: Concerto For Orchestra, Szymanowski: Symphony No 3, Alexander Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4
$29.95 – Compact disc / Br Klassik
Catalogue # 900107
Lutos lawsk i, Szymanowski, Alexander Tchaikovsky
Gorgeously full-bodied sound, masterful orchestral music
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Schoendorff Missa Usquequo Domine Missa Super La Dolce Vistausquequo Domine Magnificat Sexti Toni
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Catalogue # CDA67854
Complete surviving works by 16th-century composer Philipp Schoendorff, sung by renowned Gramophone Award nominees Cinquecento
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Smetana String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Sibelius String Quartet Voces Intimae
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Catalogue # CDA67845
BBC Music Magazine Awardwinning ensemble Profoundly moving Romantic chamber music that is played with utter conviction and flawless musicality
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Walton: Belshazzars Feast, Symphony No 1
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Catalogue # LSO0681
Thrilling accounts of two of William Walton’s greatest works, Features acclaimed Austra lian baritone Peter Coleman-Wright, Fabulous recorded sound
Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone), London Symphony O... Buy or find out more →
Rota Symphony No 3 Divertimento Concertante Concerto Soiree
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Catalogue # CHAN10669
Thrilling album of tuneful major works by famous film composer Nino Rota played by leading musicians.
Rota Symphony No 3, Divertimento Concertante, Concerto Soiree
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Bowen Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
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Catalogue # CHAN10670
Acclaimed British composer & pianist York Bowen was dubbed ‘the English Rachmaninov’ Assured music by the young composer—beautiful, lyrical, full of rich orchestral colour, life-affirming music ... Buy or find out more →
Britten Phaedra Charm Of Lullabies Lachrymae Two Portraits Sinfonietta
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Catalogue # CHAN10671
Features multi-award-winning mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly with Important works by Britten
Britten Phaedra, A Charm of Lullabies, Lachrymae, Two Portraits, Sinfonietta
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Piano Works By The Mighty Handful Works By Borodin Rimsky Korsakov Mussorgsky Balakirev
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Catalogue # CHAN10676
Played by talented young Royal Academy and Juilliard School graduate Philip Edwards Fisher
Piano Works by The Mighty Handful
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Weinberg Symphony No 3 The Golden Key Suite No 4
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Catalogue # CHSA5089
Part of a critically-acclaimed benchmark series recorded in fabulous surround sound
Weinberg Symphony No 3, The Golden Key Suite No 4
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund (conductor) Buy or find out more →
Gluck Symphonies
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Catalogue # CPO7774112
5 rarely-heard symphonies by the great operatic reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck Comparable with the music of Haydn and Mozart—tasteful, emotional, wonderfully crafted, and well worth discovering... Buy or find out more →
Delius Poem Of Life And Love
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Catalogue # CDLX7264
Includes first recording of Poem of Love and Life, Delius’s last work for orchestra alone
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
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Catalogue # HMC902071
Thoughtful and rewarding new interpretation of Beethoven’s greatest variations
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
Paul Lewis (piano) Buy or find out more →
Rose Of Sharon 100 Years Of American Music
$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC902085
Swoony-voiced bass-baritone Joel Frederiksen revives folk songs from the War of Independence to the American Civil War - simple, very moving music
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Shostakovich Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Seven Romances Onpoems Ofalexander Bok
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67834
Final recording from the popular Florestan Trio, which disbands later this year (2011). Turbulent and intimate Russian masterpieces; light and darkness
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Rozsa: Orchestral Works Vol 2
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10674
Jennifer Pike was a BBC Young Artist of the Year
Vol 1 also available on CHAN10488
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song , The Vintner's Daughter, Notturno Ungherese, Cello Concerto
Jennifer Pike (... Buy or find out more →
Fiesta Criolla, Latin American Orchestral Works
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Catalogue # CHAN10675
Afro-Cuban/Creole-inspired music from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru—all world premiere recordings
Music by Piazzolla, Carrillo, Castro, Valcarcel, Mignone, Holguin and Williams
Wurtemberg P... Buy or find out more →
Schmitt: La Tragedie De Salome
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Catalogue # CHSA5090
Exuberant, highly imaginative French orches tral music Florent Schmitt’s grandly neoromantic works sit well beside those of Ravel or Stravinsky— well worth discovering!
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Vienna Premieres, Music By J Strauss I, II, III, Millocker, Ziehrer
$29.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN106843X
Vienna Premieres, Vols 1-3
Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano)
Johan Strauss Orchestra, Jack Rothstein
CD - 3 discs
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Sibelius: The Tempest, The Bard, Tapiola
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Catalogue # BISSACD1945
Dramatic and lyrical Romantic theatre music and tone poems performed by Internationally-renowned Sibelius experts. The Tempest is Sibelius's most ambitious theatre score. Tapiola and The Bard were... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Vol 3
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Catalogue # WHLIVE0045
Violin Sonata in A Major Op 30 No 1, Violin Sonata in E Flat Op 12 No 3 , Violin Sonata in A Major Op 47 'Kreutzer'
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Final volume from the ‘star-... Buy or find out more →
Le Devin Arcadelt
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Catalogue # CHAN0779
Musica Contexta, The English Cornett and Sackbutt ensemble
Choral classics for Candlemas in Renaissance Rome. Arcadelt Missa Ave Regina caelorum, Palestrina Senex puerum, Diffusa est gratia, de Silva... Buy or find out more →
Dvorak: Symphony No 8, Symphonic Variations
$19.95 – Compact disc / Lpo Live
Catalogue # LPO0055
A live Eight that precedes Mackerras's studio version with the LPO by days Gramophone Magazine September 2011
London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Sir Charles Mackerras and the Lon... Buy or find out more →
Walton: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67794
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Authoritative performances of two British symphonic masterpieces. Walton's symphonies boast music of breathtaking energy and invigorating ... Buy or find out more →
Casals Encores
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67831
German cellist Alban Gerha rdt tours Australia during Augus t and September 2011, Delightful musical bon-bons
Music by Popper, Godard, Lassen, Faure, Wagner, Elgar, Falla, Granados, Chopin, Saint-Sae... Buy or find out more →
Michel Legrand And The Cinema Dvd
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Arthaus Music
Catalogue # K101549
Patrick Fiori, Liane Foly, Maurane, Catherine Michel, Mario Pelchat, Helene Segara, Orchestra National d'Ile de France, Michel Legrand
Songs from Yentl, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Af... Buy or find out more →
Huppertz: Metropolis
$29.95 – Compact disc / Capriccio
Catalogue # C5066
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frank Strobel (conductor)
New recording of original Fritz Lang cult classic film Metropolis soundtrack. Frank Strobel conducts this amazing film score live with the movi... Buy or find out more →
Beyond All Mortal Dreams, American A Cappella Choral Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67832
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 1st of August 2011
Beyond All Mortal Dreams - American a cappella choral music
'Beautiful perforamnces of atmospheric post-war American choral music' Gramophone Magazin... Buy or find out more →
La Spagna, A Tune Through Three Centuries
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BisSACD1963
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 25th July 2011
Legendary 1980 LP recording reissued on stunning SACD. La Spagna, a hugely popular tune across 17th-century Europe, makes a comeback! Buy or find out more →
Potiche, Original Soundtrack
$29.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # NS91672
Film now showing in Australia (July 2011). A veritable hit Parade from 1977 - includes J’ai oublié de vivre (Johnny Hallyday), More than a Woman (Bee Gees) and Sunny (Boney M), with Philippe Rombi’s o... Buy or find out more →
Falla: Nights In The Garden Of Spain
$34.95 – Digital video disc / Euroarts
Catalogue # 2058808
The internationally renowned pianist Joaquín Achúcarro has been described as ‘the consummate artist’ and ‘the leading pianist from Spain’; he has won plaudits and prizes around the world.
In... Buy or find out more →
Chopin: Scherzi, Etudes, Mazurkas
$29.95 – Compact disc / Supraphon
Catalogue # SU4059
There are treasures tangible and glittering, and there are gems concealed, only revealing themselves to the serene and seeking. The world-famous Czech pianist Ivan Moravec is among the latter – and the... Buy or find out more →
Reich: Three Movements, The Desert Music
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5091
‘Minimalism’ for the thinking music-lover, rewarding and significant repertoire
Hearing these performances, Steve Reich described them as 'Incisive, focused, and intense' and continued 'this reco... Buy or find out more →
Ballad Singer
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67830
Great poetry set to great mus ic interpreted by great artis ts A glittering treasury of songs, Lieder and ballads
Songs by Beethoven, Loewe, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, Stanford, Scott,... Buy or find out more →
Howells: The Winchester Service
$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67853
The beautiful and adventurour choral music of Herbert Howells. Gramophone Magazine September 2011
A jewel of a recording with the choir’s new Director of Music Lyrical and intensely spiritual, Englis... Buy or find out more →
Daniel Barenboim, The Warsaw Recital DVD
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20102
Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Barenboim’s stage debut, Highly praised concert
Chopin Piano Sonata No 2, Waltzes, Other Works
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Buy or find out more →
Victoria Requiem 1605
$19.95 – Compact disc / Signum Records Uk
Catalogue # SIGCD248
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 16th of May 2011
Lobo, A:
Versa est in luctum
Lamentationes Ieremiae Prophetae
Victoria: Requiem 1605 'Officium defunctorum'
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Tomas Luis de Victori... Buy or find out more →
Mahler: Das Knaben Wunderhorn DVD
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20231
Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Mahler’s birth and Boulez’s 85th birthday
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Buy or find out more →
Holst, In The Bleak Midwinter DVD
$29.95 – Digital video disc / Tony Palmer Films
Catalogue # TPDVD173
Fascinating first full-length documentary on Holst, Includes previously unreleased material—an essential f ilm
A film by Tony Palmer
Imogen Holst, Michael Tippett, Herbert Howells, Edmund Rubbra, E... Buy or find out more →
Armenian Rhapsody
$29.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Catalogue # BISCD1948
Heartfelt Romantic/modern classics, some works with folk inspiration. Recorded in the Armenian capital of Jerevan with leading Armenian musicians, this fascinating album reveals the richness and div... Buy or find out more →
Chopin Piano Concertos DVD
$42.95 – Digital video disc / Accentus
Catalogue # ACC20104
Unique gala concert with star artists recorded in Wa rsaw on Chopin’s 200th birthday
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) Buy or find out more →