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❦Christmas / Voces8

Carols and arrangements by Poulenc, Praetorius, Walton, Górecki, Mouton, Cornelius and Warlock. SGK 291 $16.99 “Wonderful arrangements, impeccable execution and heartrending musicality. This is my top pick from this year’s new choral Christmas albums.” - Paul Ballyk, HBDirect Look for our “apple” symbol in this catalog and on our website for recommended recordings!

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2012 Holiday Issue Our Best Selection Ever of

Music for Christmas

In addition Christmas albums that are new this season, we’ve gone back and found some of the most popular titles from previous seasons. Look for this feature on pages 6 - 10.

❦Navidad: Christmas Music from Latin America and Spain

The Toronto Consort. (1 CD) (Marquis Classic) MQCL 81435 $15.99 Lively dances from 16th and 17th-century Latin America and Spain. “Almost anything performed by the Toronto Consort cheers me right up... I just sit and smile.” -The Globe and Mail

John Rutter: A Song in Season

This release represents a major collection of new choral music by John Rutter, featuring a host of previously unrecorded works in glittering performances by the Cambridge Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. (1 CD) COL 135 $18.99 $16.99

❦Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

Artists: Stephen Cleobury/King’s College Cambridge Choir. (2 CD) (King’s College) . 2 KING 0001 $24.99 “A new recording by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge offers unadulterated pleasure.” -Gramophone

Christmas in Brass / Gabriel V Brass

From the overflow of joy in Bach’s ‘Wie will ich mich freuen’ to the cinematic soundscape of DiLorenzo’s ‘A King’s Journey’ to the rosycheeked romp of Leroy Anderson’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, each piece adds new luster to your Christmas celebration. (1 CD) GLDC 054 $16.99

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Wagner: The Ring Without Words [Blu-Ray or DVD]

A synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner’s “Ring” performed by Lorin Maazel and the Berlin PO. (70 min.) . (Blu-Ray) EUA 2057607 $9.99 . (DVD) EUA 2020228 $9.99 This spectacular new video on DVD or Blu-Ray disc from EuroArts presents the Berlin Philharmonic lead by Lorin Maazel in the maestro’s own synthesis of orchestral music from Richard Wagner’s “Ring.”

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❦Weinberg: Symphony No. 6

Vladimir Lande/St Petersburg State SO. (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572779 $9.99 “This is remarkable music, excellently played and sung by the various forces involved. . .Vladimir Lande’s performance is very fine.” -Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2012

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Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler

Symphonies nos 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9; Das Lied. Bruno Walter/Columbia SO; New York Philharmonic. (7 CD) (Sony) 7 SNYC 88691920102 $34.99 “This set belongs in the Classical Hall of Fame”. If these performances aren’t already a part of your aural museum, this is the perfect opportunity to discover them. -Fanfare See page 11 for the complete selection.

HBDirect celebrates the “Indies” Sublime Discourses

John Milton (circa 1563-1647): Fantasias; Martin Peerson (15721651). Fretwork. Michael Chance (CtrTnr) (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 341 $16.99 “This is one of the most exquisite recordings to come my way in a long time.” -ARG In recognition and celebration of the many small and independent (“indie”) record labels who enrich the body of recorded classical music, we are proud to present our top titles from these smaller labels.

The HBDirect 2012 H In this special issue, you’ll find a variety of features highlighting some of the finest recordings from the past several months and the year! It’s full of best-sellers, recommendations, new releases and gift ideas. We are committed to anticipating sales volume on each title so your orders will ship promptly. We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your business this year! However you celebrate the holidays, we extend our best wishes for peace and happiness.

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Best Selling from Independents

Music for Christmas

In recognition and celebration of the many small and independent (“indie”) record labels who enrich the body of recorded classical music, we are proud to present our top titles from these 15 smaller labels.

Perhaps our most popular feature of the year, you’ll find five pages of new releases and our bestselling Christmas titles from previous seasons. These recordings will lend that special musical atmosphere to your family and social gatherings this holiday season.

Two pages of Naxos Best Sellers Naxos is the label that made exploring music easier and more affordable than ever! We always say, “our customer do their homework”. So as a rule, what we sell a lot of is truly great! See pages 4 - 5 for our top selling Naxos titles from the past three months!

Our Best Sellers from 2012 Beginning on page 20, you can browse six full pages of our top selling titles for 2012 to date. It’s an interesting list to say the least. You won’t find too much in the way of standard fare here! It’s an exotic, eclectic and very fascinating list.

Gift Ideas any music lover will enjoy

On the opposite page, you’ll find several gift ideas for the music lovers on your list. There’s something there for beginners (consider the “Tribute to Mario Lanza” or the “Duo” album), right up to the most seasoned music aficionado (an RCA or Sony Masters box set or one of the Wagner “Ring” videos). And the wonderful Christmas album from Voices8 is perfect to have handy as a host or last minute gift.

12 Fantastic Music by the pound! Boxed sets to give, boxed sets to get! It’s all good. Boxed sets are perfect as gifts, and as an indispensable and economical way to build your collection. You’ll find five pages of our best-selling boxed sets beginning on page 12. The set pictured here is the new 68 CD & 5 DVD set from Sony of the complete Murray Perahia recordings

New & Best Selling DVDs & Blu-Rays For those who like to hear your music and see it too, browse our extensive fiv page selection of DVD and Blu-ray videos beginning on page 26 of this catalog. We’ve highlighted our best selling videos from the past three months as well as the newest titles that have just been added to the catalog. Take in a truly exceptional film! Settle down with one of our music videos and enjoy. 26

More Best-Sellers in popular categories How to Reach Us Throughout the pages of this catalog are more of our best selling titles grouped together in several popular genres. 25 Baroque and before 23 Vocal solo with orchestra or piano 21 20th and 21st century music 4 Best selling Naxos titles 6 Our best selling Christmas music from the past three years

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GIFT IDEAS (and stuff you might want!) Wagner: The Ring Without Words [Blu-Ray or DVD]

A synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner’s “Ring” performed by Lorin Maazel and the Berlin PO. (70 min.) (Blu-Ray) EUA 2057607 $9.99 (DVD) EUA 2020228 $9.99 This spectacular new video on DVD or Blu-Ray disc from EuroArts presents the Berlin Philharmonic lead by Lorin Maazel in the maestro’s own synthesis of orchestral music from Richard Wagner’s “Ring.”

The New “Ring” live from the Metropolitan Opera!

James Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Chorus. Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Stephanie Blythe, Deborah Voigt. Filmed in high definition at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the outstanding cast includes bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as “Wotan”, Deborah Voigt as “Brunnhilde”, and star tenor Jonas Kaufmann as “Siegmund.” Available in both DVD or Blu-Ray. (8 DVDs) DGG B001725109 $118.98 (5 Blu-Rays) DGG B001725059 $129.98

“Be My Love” A Tribute to Mario Lanza

Star tenor Joseph Calleja sings all the Lanza evergreens including Be My Love and You ll Never Walk Alone as well as opera arias made famous by his movie performances, including Addio alla Madre and Nessun Dorma. “Bags of elegance, passion and charm” (The Guardian) DEC B001743802 $14.98

The All-Baroque Box, from Monteverdi to Bach

Drawing on the supreme Archiv Produktion catalog, supplemented by in places with the L’oiseau lyre catalog, DG has put together this incredible Limited Edition All Baroque Box set of 50 CDs! [50 CDs, Limited Edition] 50 DGG B001719702 $138.98

20 RCA and Sony Masters Boxed Sets

Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler

❦Christmas / Voces8

Once in Royal David’s City; Górecki: Totus tuus; Graham Lack: Jesu, Swete Sone Dear; Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings. Plus carols and arrangements by Poulenc; Praetorius; Walton and Warlock. Artists: Voces8. SGK 291 $16.99 “Wonderful arrangements, impeccable execution and heartrending musicality, This is my top pick from this year’s new choral Christmas albums.” - Paul Ballyk, HBDirect

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Gergiev

Available for delivery on December 18th comes this truly Russian Nutcracker from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and Vainonen’s colorful, traditional production, complemented by stunning designs make this as magical and memorable a Christmas treat as ever! Stars Alina Somova, Vladimir Shklyarov, Fyodor Lopukhov and the Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. (Blu-Ray) KUL BD4786 $35.99 (DVD) KUL D4786 $29.99

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Gustavo Dudamel

This truly unique account of Mahler’s most extraordinary symphony is part of Gustavo Dudamel’s planned Mahler cycle, featuring both orchestras with which he is most closely associated the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela - as well as a massed choir of young Venezuelan voices and a lineup of international soloists. (1 DVD-Video) B001735409 $17.98 (1 Blu-Ray Video) B001736859 $28.48

Duo / Sol Gabetta, cello; Helene Grimaud, piano

Two of today’s most passionate and inspirational artist join forces in a recital program that includes: Schumann’s Fantasiestucke and Cello Sonatas by Debussy, Shostakovich and Brahms. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001752302 $17.98

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Schwarz conducts Deems Taylor & Charles Griffes

Works: Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Bacchanale; Poem, for flute & orchestra; The PleasureDome of Kubla Khan; The White Peacock; Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, complete. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Sym. Ilkka Talvi (Vln); Scott Goff (Flt); (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559724 $9.99

Kenneth Fuchs: Atlantic Riband; American Rhapsody; Divinum Mysterium

Works: American Rhapsody; Atlantic Riband; Concerto Grosso; Discover the Wild; Divinum Mysterium. Artists: JoAnn Falletta/London SO. (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559723 $9.99

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Concertos for Winds

Works: Concertino for English horn, 2 horns & strings, Op.34; Concertino for oboe, 2 horns & strings “Idillio” Op.15; Suite-concertino for bassoon, 2 horns & strings, Op.16. Artists: Francesco La Vecchia/Orch. Sinfonica di Roma. Giuseppe Ciabocchi (Bssn); Andrea Tenaglia (Oboe). (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572921 $9.99

Schwarz conducts Peter Mennin

Works: Concertato for Orchestra “Moby Dick”; Symphonies nos 3 & 7 “Variation-Symphony”. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8559718 $9.99 This recording has been acclaimed as “a fine tribute to an inexplicably neglected figure of the century’s American music scene” -Chicago Tribune

Schwarz conducts Alan Hovhaness

Works: Fantasy on Japanese woodprints, Op. 211; Symphony no1 (“Exile Symphony”), Op. 17; Symphony no50 (“Mount St. Helens”), Op. 360. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO. Ron Johnson (Marimba). (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8559717 $9.99

Franz Xaver Dussek: 4 Symphonies

Works: Frantisek Xaver Dussek (1731 - 1799): Sinfonia in A major (Altner A3); Sinfonia in B flat major (Altner Bb2); Sinfonia in B flat major (Altner Bb3); Sinfonia in G major (Altner G4). Artists: Aapo Häkkinen/Helsinki Baroque Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572683 $9.99

❦Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; The Year 1941

Works: Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; The Year 1941, suite for orchestra, Op. 90. Artists: Marin Alsop/Sao Paulo SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573029 $9.99 “So it is only fair to say that this is a terrific recording that orchestra, conductor, engineers, and record label should be very proud of.” -American Record Guide, September / October 2012

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Martinu: Ballet music & Orchestral works

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto; La Revue de Cuisine (Kitchen Revue), jazz suite & ballet; Les Rondes, H. 200; Musique de Chambre no 1. Artists: Klaus Simon/Holst Sinfonietta. Robert Hill (Hpsi); Klaus Simon (Pno). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572485 $9.99

Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call et al.

Works: Hailstork (1941 - ): An American Port of Call; Fanfare on “Amazing Grace”, for brass quintet, percussion & organ; Spirituals (3), for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Whitman’s Journey. Artists: JoAnn Falletta/ Virginia SO Chorus. Kevin Deas (Bss Bar). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559722 $9.99

Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 2; St Thomas Wake

Artists: Maxwell Davies/BBC Philharmonic. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572349 $9.99

❦Robert Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

Artists: Christian Ludwig/Cologne CO. (Naxos) NXS 8572607 $9.99 “There is much to enjoy here in these untroubled, easygoing works. Advocating on their behalf are a conductor, an orchestra, and a record label that strongly believe in them, and on two budget-priced CDs you can now have excellent modern recordings of all five of Fuchs’s endearing serenades.” -Fanfare Magazine

Ross Harris: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Works: Harris (1945 - ) Artists: Marko Letonja/ Auckland Philharmonia Orch. Madeleine Pierard, soprano. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572574 $9.99

❦William Alwyn: Film Music

Works: Alwyn (1905 - 1985): Desert Victory; Geordie; In Search of the Castaways; State Secret; The Crimson Pirate; The History of Mr. Polly. Artists: Clark Rundell/ Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572747 $9.99 “This release is a most welcome supplement... and perhaps a first choice for the collector primarily interested in music for wind ensemble.” -Fanfare Magazine

❦Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from Operas

Works: Verdi: Aida; Don Carlo; I vespri siciliani; Il trovatore; Jérusalem; Macbeth. Artists: José Serebrier/Bournemouth SO. (2 CD) (Naxos (USA) 2 NXS 8572818 $19.99 “A finely-nuanced, well-balanced, firey, full of energy, and characterful version from the traditional master José Serebrier, which is at once authentically freshly Italian and full of blooming cantabile... -David’s Review Corner

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❦Dohnanyi: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3

Artists: Aviv Quartet, (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572569 $9.99 “The Aviv Quartet, a very youthfullooking bunch, approaches this music with an unusually warm, laid-back feeling that is still rhythmically alert and brings out all the subtle humor in the music.” -Fanfare Magazine - Lynn René Bayley

❦Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody No. 2

Artists: JoAnn Falletta/Buffalo PO. Orion Weiss (Pno). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559705 $9.99 “All these pieces get snappy performances in well-balanced, clear recordings: an enjoyable collection.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Shostakovich: New Babylon, film score

Artists: Mark Fitz-Gerald/ Basel Sinfonietta. (first complete recording) (2 CD) (Naxos (USA) 2 NXS 8572824 $19.99 “Fitz-Gerald conducts the Basel Sinfonietta and they prove to be stunningly fine collaborators.” -MusicWeb International

❦Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7

Works: Hanson (1896 - 1981): Lumen in Christo, for chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7 “A Sea Symphony”. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/ Seattle SO. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8559704 $9.99 “I found this to be an even more satisfying release than its predecessor, and it is sure to please those who have been enjoying Schwarz’s Hanson survey.” - Fanfare

❦Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559703 $9.99 “Hanson apparently regarded the Fourth, (1943), composed as a requiem for his father, as his finest work, while the single-movement Fifth, completed 11 years later, was subtitled Sinfonia Sacra. Both are imposing, economical works with an austerity that emphasises their debt to Sibelius.” -The Guardian

❦Albert Roussel: The Spider’s Banquet; Padmavati

Artists: Stéphane Denève/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572243 $9.99 “This is a nicely crafted account from Deneve, with plenty of detail in the characterisation of the various bugs and insects depicted by the score...” -BBC Music Magazine

Works: Sarasate (1844 - 1908): Airs écossais, Op. 34; Bolero, Op. 30; Caprice on Gounod’s “Mireille,” Op. 6; FantaisieCaprice; Introduction et Fandango varié Op. 40; Le sommeil, Op. 11. Artists: Markus Hadulla (Pno); Tianwa Yang (Vln). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8570893 $9.99 “[Yang’s] gifts are ideally suited to such a task with her flawless intonation... She is also brilliant in giving the many Spanish dance rhythms a winning lilt, so that this essentially trivial music is presented full of charm. One simply marvels and enjoys.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Delius: A Mass of Life; Prelude; Prelude and Idyll

Works: Frederick Delius (1862 1934): A Mass of Life (Eine Messe des Lebens), RT ii/4; Idyll. Artists: David Hill/Bournemouth SO. (2 CD) (Naxos (USA) 2 NXS 8572861 $19.99 “The singing is suitably majestic for Nietzsche’s vision of mankind’s destiny...Hill draws some marvellously expressive playing from the BSO, with soloists - chief among them Alan Opie - in magnificent form.” -The Observer - May 2012

❦Janácek: Taras Bulba; Lachian & Moravian Dances

Artists: Antoni Wit/Warsaw PO. (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572695 $9.99 “Everything about this disc is fabulous: the performances, the coupling, and the sonics. ... Strongest recommendation.” -Classics Today

❦Weinberg: Symphony No. 6; Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes

Artists: Vladimir Lande/St Petersburg State SO. (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572779 $9.99 “This is remarkable music, excellently played and sung by the various forces involved. . .Vladimir Lande’s performance is very fine.” -Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2012

❦Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Oboe Capriccio

Works: Penderecki: Capriccio for oboe & 11 strings; Intermezzo for 24 strings; Pieces (3) in Baroque Style; Serenade for string orchestra; Sinfonietta no 2; Sinfonietta, for strings (orch. of String Trio). Artists: Antoni Wit/Warsaw Phil. CO. Jean-Louis Capezzali (Oboe); Artur Pachlewski (Clnt). (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572212 $9.99 “No single release of which I am aware captures Penderecki’s stylistic variety as dramatically as this one does.” -Fanfare

❦Brahms: Choral Music; Alto Rhapsody

Works: Pleyel (1757 - 1831): Concerto for clarinet (or flute) & orchestra in C major, B. 106; Symphony in B flat major, B. 125; Symphony in G major, B. 130. Artists: Patrick Gallois/Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla. Patrick Gallois (Flt). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572550 $9.99

Works: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Ave Maria, for female chorus in F major, Op. 12; Funeral Hymn (Begräbnisgesang), Op. 13; Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89; Nänie, Op. 82; Schicksalslied, Op. 54. Artists: Antoni Wit/Warsaw PO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572694 $9.99 “The choral singing is radiant in its glowing simplicity...this super-budget collection is marvellously sung and played.” -Gramophone

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Ignaz Pleyel: 2 Symphonies; Flute Concerto in C

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“This is my top pick from this year’s new choral Christmas albums” ❦Christmas / Voces8

Works: Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City; Górecki: Totus tuus; Graham Lack (1954 - ): At the Manger Mary Sings; Jesu, Swete Sone Dear; Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522): Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings. Plus carols and arrangements by Poulenc; Praetorius; Walton; Warlock and Christmas Traditional. Artists: Voces8. (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 291 $16.99 The international award-winning octet VOCES8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group. Performing repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz & pop arrangements, the group has been praised for stunning performance, exquisite singing and creating a sound that spans the entire range of vocal color. “This is my top pick from this year’s new choral Christmas albums. Wonderful arrangements, impeccable execution and heartrending musicality. This one will play in your home for many seasons to come.” - Paul Ballyk, Uncommonly Classical

❦Navidad: Christmas Music from Latin America and Spain / Toronto Consort

Artists: Toronto Consort. (1 CD) (Marquis Classic) MQCL 81435 $15.99 Navidad is a celebration of the lively and compelling repertoire of villancicos and dances from 16th and 17th-century Latin America and Spain. “Almost anything performed by the Toronto Consort cheers me right up... [They have] such an infectious time doing what it does so well, I just sit and smile.” -The Globe and Mail

Christmas in Brass / Gabriel V Brass

Artists: Extol Handbell Choir; Gabriel V Brass Ensemble. (1 CD) (Gloriae Dei Cantores) GLDC 054 $16.99 From the overflow of joy in J.S. Bach’s ‘Wie will ich mich freuen’ to the cinematic soundscape of DiLorenzo’s ‘Baltazar (A King’s Journey)’ to the rosy-cheeked romp of Leroy Anderson’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, each piece adds new luster to your celebration of this glorious season.

Christmas with Los Romeros

Works: The Little Drummer Boy; Ave Maria; Silent Night; Joy to the World; Away in a manger and many more. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001747402 $14.98 Celebrated worldwide for their thrilling interpretations and flawless technique, Los Romeros are presenting a Christmas CD in new arrangements featuring tunes from Spain, Germany and the United States. They are joined by Concerto Malaga under Massimo Paris.

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of favorites

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular carols performed by the great artists of EMI and Virgin Classics. 2 EMI 051622 $11.98

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❦Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

Artists: Stephen Cleobury/King’s College Cambridge Choir. (2 CD) (King’s College) 2 KING 0001 $24.99 Each year, the choir’s Director of Music Stephen Cleobury commissions a new carol. John Rutter was commissioned to write ‘All bells in paradise’ especially for this album. “A new recording by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge offers unadulterated pleasure.” -Gramophone

❦Britten: A Ceremony of Carols & Saint Nicolas

Artists: Stephen Layton/Trinity College Choir, Cambridge. Holst Singers. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67946 $18.99 Two of Benjamin Britten’s most popular choral works for Christmastide: the cantata ‘Saint Nicolas’ and ‘A Ceremony of Carols’. “One of the best mixed choirs of their kind... highly trained and disciplined young voices of outstanding quality.” -American Record Guide

In Dulci Jubilo / Knabenchor Hannover

Even after almost 30 years, Knabenchor Hannover’s fresh, lively, and vivid performance of choral Christmas music has lost none of its charm. This recording features famous as well as lesserknown songs and melodies in 16th, 17th, and 20th century settings. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 7002 $18.99

Rejoice! Christmas at The Sage Gateshead Works: Sleigh Ride; The Marvellous Birth; All my heart this night rejoices; Ring Out, Wild Bells; The Lord Is My Shepherd, more. Artists: Simon Halsey/Northern Sinfonia, Chorus, and Youth Choir. (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2244 $15.99 This festive live recording features something for everyone traditional carols, popular tunes, and modern favorites making it the perfect stocking filler for far-flung family and friends.

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John Rutter: A Song in Season

Works: John Rutter: Carol of the Magi; I Am With You Always; Look at the World; Look to the Day; Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge; Most Glorious Lord of Life. This release represents a major collection of new choral music by John Rutter, featuring a host of previously unrecorded works in glittering performances by the Cambridge Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. (1 CD) COL 135 $18.99 $16.99

❦Colors Of Christmas / John Rutter - The Bach Choir

Works: O Holy Night; Sleigh Ride; What Is This Lovely Fragrance?; In dulci jubilo; In the Bleak Midwinter and much more.

Artists: John Rutter/The Bach Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orch. (1 CD) (Decca) (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001609202 $17.98 “If you believe that Christmas music should have a warm, comfortable feel, then this CD will fit the bill perfectly... Rutter is equally skilled as an arranger and orchestrator, and the ingenious use of calypso rhythms in ‘Ding dong! Merrily on high’ is a delight...” -Gramophone

❦Carols and Christmas Songs / Bryn Terfel

World-renowned bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is presents a very personal, intimate album of his favorite Christmas carols. Guest artists include Rolando Villazón singing the beautiful Spanish Christmas song “El nacimento” as well as the brilliant Welsh harpist Catrin Finch. “Terfel is great at the grand declamation of “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and the ponderous sonority of “In The Bleak Midwinter”” -The Independent (2 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 2 DGG B001491472 $17.98

❦Puer Natus Est: Tudor Music For Advent & Christmas

Works by: William Byrd; Gregorian Chant; John Sheppard; Thomas Tallis; John Taverner; Robert White. Artists: Rebecca Hickey (Sop); Katy Hill (Sop). (1 SA CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 807517 $18.99 “Surely the pick of the new CDs for Christmas this year, this exquisitely performed and beautifully planned disc is another winner for Stile Antico...” -The Observer “ “Their best recording yet... Tuning and ensemble are perfect throughout... In short, another triumph for Stile Antico and Harmonia Mundi.” -International Record Review “A disc of sumptuous warmth and rapture from this wonderful British early music choir.” -The Times

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Works: “O Holy Night”; Juan Diego Flórez: “Santo”; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Highlights from Messiah and The Creation. Artists: Juan Diego Flórez (Tnr); David Willcocks. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001487502 $17.98 “He sings sacred music by Bellini and Rossini with his usual jaw-dropping virtuosity, demonstrating the ideal balance of panache and swagger that Rossini requires in the showstopping tenor arias from Messa di Gloria. He also disarmingly dispatches the seasonal favourites” -Classic FM Christmas / Sean Smith, guitar ❦ Works: The Little Drummer Boy; Silent Night; Christmastime is Here; Joy to the World; We three kings; “Hark! The herald angels sing” and much more. (1 CD) (Thompkins Media) TMPK TSQ2486 $9.98 “Sean Smith offers spare solo-guitar versions of public-domain carols, often playing slowly and using just one or two strings at a time for melody and drone while his six-string guitar resonates... The music is homespun and sure, serenely reverent and humbly concise.” -New York Times

❦The Cherry Tree / Anonymous 4

“Despite the scholarship behind the notes, these four American artists render everything with the shimmering beauty, flawless intonation and vibrant projection that have made them a genuine phenomenon on the early music scene.” -San Francisco Examiner “[The singing] is possessed of superhuman clarity and faultless intonation. Don’t argue with this; just buy it.”-classicstoday.com (1 SA Hybrid CD) HAR 807453 $18.99

Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, My Christmas

Artists: Alastair Willis/Nashville SO and vocal soloists. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8669019 $9.99 Sung in English, brimming with tuneful melodies for both soloists and chorus, the opera is a humorous and poignant Christmas classic beloved by people of all ages.

Christmas Carols / Hereford Cathedral Choir

Works: In the Bleak Midwinter; Once in Royal David’s City; Gabriel’s Message; The Little Road to Bethlehem; Hark! The herald angels sing, and much more. One of the top English Cathedral choirs sings a varied program of popular carols for Advent and Christmas from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries together with rarer selections particular to Hereford Cathedral. (1 CD) GRI 4016 $13.99

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Carols for Advent and Christmas / Windsbach Boys Choir

Works: Otto Abel: Hört, der Engel helle Lieder; Seht, zwischen Esel, Ochs und Rind; J.S. Bach: In dulci jubilo; Helmut Duffe: In einem Stall so klein; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Ludwig Schuster; Christmas Traditional. (1 CD) (Rondeau Production) RDAU 1011 $18.99 A peaceful Christmas Eve with the Windsbacher Knabenchor: this disc captures the best-known and most loved Christmas songs in a cappella settings. Make the the premiere Windsbach Boys’ Choir part of your holiday traditions through the Advent season to Christmas Day.

Musical Advent Calendar: Jubiläums-Edition 24 Songs for Advent and Christmas

For the past nine years, the Hanssler Classic/SWR coproduction of the “Musikalischer Advenskalender” has been one of the most eagerly anticipated releases for the holiday season! Documenting the wealth and variety of choral and instrumental ensembles in Germany, this year brings the Best of the Muikalisher Adventskalender with the most perfect musical moments from the past nine years. (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 93291 $14.99

Deo gracias Anglia! - Medieval English Carols; The Trinity Carol Roll

Works: Abide, I Hope It Be the Best; Alma redemptoris mater; Our King Went Forth; Pray for Us, Thou Prince of Peace; Eya martir Stephane, carol for 2 voices; Hail Marye Ful of Grace; Traditional Christmas carols. Artists: David Skinner/Alamire. Andrew LawrenceKing (Gothic Harp). (1 CD) (Obsidian Records) OBID 709 $18.99 The thirteen works preserved therein include the patriotic “Agincourt” carol, and the most famous of all early English carols, “Ther is no rose.” This performance offers a fresh take on mediaeval instrumentation and includes gothic harp, psaltry, plectrum lute, recorder, and ethereal gemshorn.

A Christmas Festival / Brass Band of Battle Creek

Works: “O Holy Night”; Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival, arranged for band; Handel: Messiah, highlights; Babes in Toyland; Carol of the Bells; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty the Snowman Artists: Kevin Sedatole/Brass Band of Battle Creek; Rex Richardson (Tpt); Steven Mead (Euphonium); Mark Frost (Trb). (1 CD) (MSR Classics) MSR 1425 $11.99

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Christmas From Saint Louis / Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

Works: Joseph and the Angel; O my dei hert; The wise men; The flight into Egypt; It came upon the midnight clear; Ye sons of men; If ye would hear the angels sing; O little town of Bethlehem; Away in a manger; Two Tree Carols; We three kings, and more. (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 373 $16.99 One of America’s most established choirs, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus has long enjoyed an unrivaled reputation in its home city

Journey Into Light - Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas

Artists: Mark Williams/Choir of Jesus College Cambridge. Robert Dixon and Timothy Lambourn, organ; Rebecca Crawshaw, trumpet. (Signum) SGK 269 $16.99 This program is drawn from pieces for the festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas: “The Christmas music chosen here reflects the season’s inspiration through quite recent compositions, alongside music from the early part of the 20th century.” -Mark Williams

A Choral Christmas / Rodolfus Choir

Works by: Leighton; Poulenc; Taverner; Lauridsen; Whitacre; Chivers et al. Artists: Ralph Allwood/Rodolfus Choir. (Signum UK) SGK 257 $16.99 This new Christmas program mixes the familiar with pieces not usually heard in carol services - such as Tomas Luis de Victoria’s stunning eight-part ‘Ave Maria’ (from an edition prepared by John Rutter), and more recent works like Chris Chivers’ ‘Ecce Puer’ and Eric Whitacre’s ‘Lux Aurumque’.

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow: Christmas Cantatas / Remy - Accademia Amsterdam

Works: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663 - 1712): Christmas Canatas (4) for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra. Artists: Ludger Remy (Hpsi)/Accademia Amsterdam; Capella Frisiae. (1 CD) (Quintone) QUTN 10001 $19.99 Zachow (1663-1712) found importance in his day as a composer of keyboard music and church cantatas. Today, his name arises almost exclusively as a teacher of Handel.

Jack Mitchener plays Christmas Organ Music

Works: “O Holy Night”; J.S. Bach: In dulci jubilo; Brahms: Chorale Preludes; Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772): Noël étranger; Noël Grand Jeu et Duo, et al. (1 CD) (Raven) RAV 936 $16.99 A laureate of the Dublin International Organ Competition, Jack Mitchener is a leading American concert organist, having performed to critical acclaim across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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❦Carols by Candlelight / Magdalen College Choir

Works by: J.S. Bach; Britten; William Byrd; Dietrich Buxtehude; John Linton Gardner; Francisco Guerrero; William Mathias; Mendelssohn; Palestrina; Reger; John Stainer; Vaughan Williams; Peter Warlock (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 907495 $18.99 “This choir is always a pleasure to hear, and in repertoire such as this you won’t find more musically assured or more tonally concordant interpreters... You will listen to this many times, not only this year, but for years after -Classics Today (10/10)

Gregorian Christmas / Monks of Montserrat

Artists: Choir of The Monks of Montserrat Abbey. (1 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001230702 $11.98 The perfect CD for those reflective moments at Christmas time. The purity of Gregorian chant from Spain (Monks of Monserrat Abbey) and Germany (Benedictine Abbey Munsterschwarzach) both provide serenity during the hectic holidays. CD booklet includes user-friendly introductory article and sung texts.

Jewels from a German Christmas / Kabitz, Wachowski, Würzburg Bach Choir

Works: works Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975): A Christmas Festival; Bugler’s Holiday; China Doll; Golden Years; Horse and Buggy; Sleigh Ride. Artists: Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8559621 $9.99 “...close to half of these works are first recordings. This music is light, melodious and joyful... It is firmly in the light classical tradition, without a hint of popular music intruding. The performances and recordings are first class.” -American Record Guide

❦A Christmas Festival / Rutter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Farnham Youth Choir

Artists: John Rutter/Cambridge Singers, Royal PO; Farnham Youth Choir. (1 CD) (Collegium) COL 133 $16.99 Most of the arrangements are by Rutter including Sleigh Ride, Hark the Herald Angels sing; Mary’s Boy Child and The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy. “For those waiting for a new Rutter release, this collection is well worth the wait and no doubt, it will be beloved for years to come.”-Customer Review

Christmas with Michala Petri, recorder

Artists: Christian Kabitz/Würzburg Bach Choir. Gerd Wachowski (Organ). (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 6051516 $18.99 Favorite Christmas and Advent carols and hymns such as Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming and Silent Night, Holy Night are heard in choral renderings and on the organ alongside highlight from Bach’s Christmas cantatas. An hour of music that is rung in and out with the famous seventeenth-century bells of St. James’ Church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

O nata lux / Musica Intima

Works by: Britten; César Alejandro Carrillo; Seth Garrepy; Katherine Goheen; Herbert Howells; Matthew Larkin; Donald Patriquin; Elizabeth Poston; Jonathan Quick; Eric Whitacre; Healey Willan. Plus Christmas Traditional; Artists: Musica Intima (1 CD) (ATMA)ATMA 22577 $16.99 ‘O Nata Lux’ features works by 20th century landmark composers, as well as contemporary arrangements of traditional Christmas music such as ‘In Dulci Jubilo’, ‘The Wexford Carol’, and ‘Baloo Lammy’. The program is mainly devoted to original Christmas music by contemporary composers including Alejandro Carillo, Seth Garrepy, Eric Whitacre, Peter Matthews, Jonathan Quick and Jonathan Rathbone, a former member of The Swingle Singers.

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❦Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites / Slatkin

Works by: J.S. Bach; Gounod; Franz Gruber; Handel; Egil Harder; Emil Hornemann; Carl Nielsen; Praetorius and many others. Artists: Henrik Vagn Christensen. Michala Petri (Recorder); llan Rasmussen (Organ). (1 CD) (Hanssler Classic) HAN 98528 $18.99 Intelligent arrangements, superb musicianship, and demonstration-quality sonics elevate this disc way beyond traditional seasonal fare. It offers a refreshing change of pace from the regular Christmas release!

❦The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / John Rutter, Varcoe

Works: Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Handel: For unto us a child is born; Leighton: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child; Britten: A New Year Carol; Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Tavener: The Lamb; Warlock: Balulalow, I saw a fair maiden; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. Artists: John Rutter/Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia. (1 CD) (Collegium) COL 512 $12.99 “There’s so much joy and beauty in these wellchosen, perfectly sung pieces that a simple numerical rating doesn’t do it justice. The sound is appropriately full, vibrant, clear, and dynamic. Add this to your list.” -Classics Today (10/10)

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Joy To The World: A Christmas Recital / Edita Gruberova

Artists: Edita Gruberova (Sop); Urban Agnas (Tpt). (1 CD) (Nightingale) NGL 1205602 $9.99 “Gruberova’s lovely renditions of Purcell’s “Sound The Trumpet” and Reger’s “Maria Wiegenlied” sit side by side with a Praetorius choral work and a Reger orchestral piece. The long medley (twenty seven minutes) that ends the disc contains many Eastern European carols that are unfamiliar... The orchestrations are discreet and tasteful.” -Customer Review

Winter: An Evocation / Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico

Works: Ager: Dormi Jesu; Winter; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Gruber: Silent Night; Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Miklós Kocsár: Salve Regina; Leontovych; Ratcliff; John Tavener et al. Artists: Maxine Thévenot/Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico. Maxine Thévenot (Organ); Lynn Gorman DeVelder (Harp). (1 CD) (Raven) RAV 934 $16.99 The rich variety of the different experiences of winter is at the heart of this program, which celebrates winter from a variety of angles. Christmas is a central theme.

My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / BBC Singers

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night; Four Poems of Thomas Campion; Gloria, Gloria; In the Bleak Midwinter; My Dancing Day; New Year Carol. Arrangments by Duke Ellington; Gershwin & Cole Porter. Artists: Paul Brough/ BBC Singers. Olivia Robinson (Sop). (1 CD) (Signum UK) SGK 293 $16.99 This disc of compositions and arrangements performed by the BBC Singers showcases some of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s most popular and beguiling works for choir and voice, drawn from classical and jazz music and featuring his everpopular work “A Good-Night.”

The World’s Desire: Christmas at Loretto / South Bend Chamber Singers

Works: Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber; Nova! nova!, for chorus; The World’s Desire; O Come, Little Children; Lo, How a Rose; Silent Night, etc. Artists: Nancy Menk/ South Bend Chamber Singers. Emily Packard (Vln). (1 CD) (Pro Organo) POR 7229 $20.49 The South Bend Chamber Singers is an ensemble-in-residence at Saint Mary’s College and celebrates its 20th anniversary season with this recording of original carols and arrangements by John Tavener, John Rutter and Don Locklair.

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Christams in Vermont - Pinkham / Vermont Symphony Brass

Works by: Giles Farnaby; Percy Grainger; Jester Hairston; John Iveson; Lowell Mason; Leo Nestor; Daniel Pinkham. Plus traditional Christmas carols. Artists: Counterpoint; Vermont Symphony Brass. (1 CD) (Albany Records) ALB 985 $16.99 The Counterpoint Chorale and the Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet gave their first holiday concert in 2003 and, after countless requests, here is their first CD.

❦The John Rutter Christmas Album / The Cambridge Singers

Works: Gruber: Silent Night; Joy to the World; John Rutter: Angels’ Carol; Candlelight Carol; Christmas Lullaby; Donkey Carol. Artists: John Rutter/Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia. Stephen Varcoe, Gerald Finley (1 CD) (Collegium) COL 510 $12.99 “Among the 23 pieces heard here is Rutter’s masterpiece, What sweeter music... sounding even more glorious than ever.” -Classics Today (10/10)

The Holly and The Ivy / The Deller Consort

Artists: Alfred Deller/Deller Consort. Desmond Dupré (Lute) (2 CD) (Musical Concepts) 2 MSLC 1665 $11.99 This specially priced 2 CD set combines two of Alfred Deller’s classical Christmas albums-’The Holly and the Ivy’ and ‘Hark Ye Shepherd: Carols at Christmastide’ - and features the carols, songs, and hymns celebrated in England, France and Germany from medieval times through the mid-19th century.

O Holy Night / Pavarotti, Solti, Kertész, et al

Luciano Pavarotti (Tnr).Luciano Pavarotti’s classic album O Holy Night is one of the truly great Christmas albums of all-time, ranking alongside Bing Crosby’s White Christmas and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song. Now remastered and re-issued as a special deluxe edition, O Holy Night now contains three previously unreleased tracks! (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B000530102 $16.98

Christmas with Chanticleer and Dawn Upshaw

Works: Away in a Manger; Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen; Silent Night; Mary and the Baby Medley; Beautiful Star of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional. (1 CD) (Teldec) TLD 8573855552 $18.99 One can’t emphasize enough the beauty and sumptuous blend the choir achieves on almost every piece--and the seasoned performance style that brings each selection to its fullest expression.

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24 bit remastering The Golden Years of Charles Munch and the Chicago Symphony

RCA & Sony Masters Box Sets Late Romantic Masterpieces / Charles Munch [7 CDs]

❦Romantic Masterworks / Charles Munch [8 CDs]

Works by Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Mahler et al. Farrell, Forrester, Szeryng. Charles Munch/Boston SO. (7 CD) (RCA) 7 RCA 88697899792 $29.99 The Munch years - a golden age for the great conductor leading a great

Works by Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn. Charles Munch/Boston SO. (8 CD) (RCA) . 8 RCA 88697826732 $29.99 “Those coming to this for the first time may find the impassioned discipline revelatory.” -Classics Today

❦Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos / Perahia [12 CDs]

❦Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler [7 CDs]

Daniel Barenboim conducts Schubert

Leon Fleisher Plays Beethoven & Brahms [5 CDs]

Works: The 8 Symphonies; Rosamunde highlights. Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Berlin PO. (5 CD) (Sony) 5 SNYC 88697686162 $29.99

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5; Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Szell/Cleveland Orch. [5 CDs] (5 CD) (Sony) 5 SNYC 88691918052 $26.99

❦Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Janowski [14 CDs]

❦Beethoven: String Quartets / Budapest Quartet [8 CDs]

Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra (12 CD) 12 SNYC 88691914112 $35.99 “A remarkable achievement; in terms of poetic insight and musical spontaneity the performances are in a class of their own” – Penguin Guide

Kollo, Schreier, Jerusalem, Moll, Adam, Norman, Popp et al. Marek Janowski/Staatskapelle Dresden. (14 CD) (RCA Records) 14 RCA 88691915482 $38.99 “The Dresden Staatskapelle [plays] with the utmost beauty from start to finish.” -Gramophone

❦Jascha Heifetz plays Beethoven

Violin Sonatas, Violin Concerto, Piano Trios, String Trios (7 CD) (RCA Records) 7 RCA 88691915552 $31.99 “The transfers, of recordings made between 1947 and 1960, are of the highest quality, revealing the very essence of Heifetz’s art.” -Gramophone

❦Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Mahler, Shostakovich, Wagner et al. (14 CD) (Sony) 14 RCA 88691916852 $38.99 “Ultimately there was no one like Stokowski, and there never will be again. Go for it.” -ClassicsToday

❦The Guarneri Quartet Plays Mozart & Haydn [6 CDs]

Mozart String Quartets Nos. 14 - 19 “Haydn Quartets” & String Quintets Nos. 1-6. (6 CD) (RCA Records) 6 RCA 88691918042 $26.99 “Nowhere throughout these works is there a dull moment.” -Gramophone

Leonard Bernstein conducts Bernstein [7 CDs]

Stage works, Symphonies, Ballets, Choral Works, Mass. Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic. (7 CD) (Sony Classical) 7 SNYC 88697880862 $29.99

Symphonies nos 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9; Das Lied. Bruno Walter/Columbia SO; New York Philharmonic. (7 CD) (Sony) 7 SNYC 88691920102 $34.99 “This set belongs in the Classical Hall of Fame” -Fanfare

Beethoven: String Quartets (Complete). (8 CD) (Sony) 8 SNYC 88697776782 $32.99 “Everyone has sentimental favorites, and this set is one of mine... Just beautiful!” -ClassicsToday

Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 / Bernstein [6 CDs]

Plus Violin Concerto. Isaac Stern, violin; Bernstein/New York PO (6 CD) (Sony) 6 SNYC 88697683912 $29.99

Fritz Reiner/Chicago SO - Richard Strauss [5 CDs]

Zarathustra, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Elektra, Rosenkavalier & Salome highlights et al. (5 CD) (RCA Records) 5 RCA 88697686992 $26.99

❦Van Cliburn: Great Piano Concertos [7 CDs]

Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov (2&3), Brahms (1-2), Grieg, Beethoven (1-5), Prokofiev (3), et al. (7 CD) (RCA Records) 7 RCA 88697742852 $29.99 “These performances deserve their classic status.” -Fanfare

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky [7 CDs]

The Ballets - Firebird, Petrushka, Rite of Spring et al. Igor Stravinsky/Columbia SO. (7 CD) (Sony Classical) 7 SNYC 88697884142 $29.99

Arthur Rubinstein Plays Brahms [9 CD]

Solo piano works; Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Piano Sonatas; Violin Sonatas; Cello Sonatas; Piano Trios et al. (9 CD) (RCA Records) 9 RCA 88697760992 $35.99

Jascha Heifetz Plays Great Violin Concertos [6 CDs]

Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Bruch, Prokofiev, Glazunov et al. (6 CD) (RCA) 6 RCA 88697761382 $29.99

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Gunter Wand [9 CDs]

Gunter Wand/Cologne RSO. (9 CD) (RCA Records) 9 RCA 88697776582 $35.99

Erich Leinsdorf Conducts Prokofiev [6 CD]

Bach: Goldberg Variation, Inventions, Toccatas, Partitas et al. (6 CD) (Sony) 6 SNYC 88697683932 $26.99

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 5 & 6; Piano Concertos 1-5; Violin Concertos et al. John Browning, Itzhak Perlman. (6 CD) (RCA Records) 6 RCA 88697809452 $29.99

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Glenn Gould Plays J.S. Bach [6 CDs]

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Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [68 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

Artists: Murray Perahia, piano (68 CDs & 5 DVDVideos) (Sony Classical) 73 SNYC 88691912562 $179.99 In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present this limited edition box set which includes Murray Perahia’s complete recordings for the label. Featured are three performances available for the first time on CD. All analog and early digital recordings have been remastered. Also included are five DVDs with two previously unreleased BBCTV programs, as well as three performances available for the first time on DVD, and an exquisite 180-page book.

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Georg Solti [Super Deluxe Edition 17 CDs]

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Der Ring des Nibelungen; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung. Includes An Introduction to Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen by Deryck Cooke. Artists: Hotter, Nilsson, Flagstad, FischerDieskau, Windgassen, London, Popp, Ludwig et al. Georg Solti/Vienna PO, Vienna State Chorus. (19 CD) (Decca) 19 DEC B001745502 $251.48 The centerpiece of Decca’s celebrations of Sir Georg Solti’s centenary is a limited-edition (individually numbered), newly-remastered, luxury edition of “The greatest recording of all time!” by BBC Music Magazine - Solti’s recording of Wagner’s epic musicdrama Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Alfred Cortot: Anniversary Edition [Box Set]

Artists: Alfred Cortot, piano (40 CD) (EMI Classics) 40 EMI 049072 $112.98 This Cortot Anniversary Edition, which includes a total of 40 CDs, represents the most complete Cortot collection ever. Performances include Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes and Kreisleriana of 1953 and part of the unfinished Beethoven sonata cycle as well as Chopin’s Preludes and Ballads of 1957.

Francis Poulenc: Complete works - 50th Anniversary Edition [20 CDs]

To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc’s death, EMI Classics has released this luxurious 20-CD box set of the French composer’s music and in performance. Legendary recordings of lyric works Dialogue des Carmelites with Regine Crespin, Le Mamelles de Tiresias and La Voix humaine. Includes the multi award-winning complete piano works performed by Gabriel Tacchino. Includes an extensive 148-page booklet. (20 CD) (EMI Classics) 20 EMI 721652B $58.48

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Christmas / Gardiner

Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/ English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir. Magdalena Kozena, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Christoph Genz. (6 CD) (Soli Deo Gloria) 6 SDG 178 $33.49 This box set is a collection of Cantatas for the Christmas season from Soli Deo Gloria’s awardwinning series of recordings from the 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage.

Antonio de Cabezón - Complete Edition

Artists: Harmonices Mundi; La Moranda; Quartetto Italiano; Claudio Astronio. (7 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 7 BLC 94346 $33.49 This complete recorded survey celebrates Antonio de Cabezon’s remarkable body of work as well as his unique style and mastery.

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Romantic Symphonies / Klemperer [10 CDs]

Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (10 CD) (EMI Classics) 10 EMI 043092 $42.48 This 10-CD set features all four symphonies and three Overtures by Schumann, the last three symphonies by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, and Dvorak’s From the New World. In addition to symphonies from Bruckner, Brahms, and Mahler, the collection also includes three by Schubert, two by Mendelssohn as well as the Hebrides Overture and Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental music.

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 / Klemperer

Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. (6 CD) (EMI Classics) 6 EMI 042962 $23.48

Beethoven: Symphonies / Otto Klemperer

Artists: Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orch.; Philharmonia Orch. Also includes overtures. (10 CD) (EMI Classics) 10 EMI 042752B $42.48

Andrea Bocelli - The Complete Opera Edition

Artists: Andrea Bocelli, tenor; Various artists. (18 CD) (Decca) 18 DEC B001769302 $181.48 A unique collector’s edition of the complete opera recordings by the world’s most popular tenor - a perfect present for any Bocelli fan. Includes Bocelli’s best-selling recordings of all-time favorite operas - Puccini’s Tosca and La Bohome, Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s II Trovatore, Giordano’s Andrea Chenier, Massenet’s Werther, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci plus Verdi’s thrillingly operatic Requiem.

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Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 / Valery Gergiev,

Artists: Valery Gergiev/London Symphony Orchestra. (10 SA CD) (LSO Live (London SO) 10 LSO 0730 $68.99 Valery Gergiev’s performances and recordings of Mahler’s symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra have garnered international acclaim and have received numerous awards.

Itzhak Perlman: A Portrait [Deluxe Edition]

The deluxe edition pairs the 2-CD set with two DVDs: The Tour and Recital in Moscow.The Tour is a documentary of Perlman’s first visit to Moscow and Leningrad, and shows him not only as a supreme violinist but as a man of charisma, wit and compassion. The second DVD features the recital recorded in Moscow. (4 CD & DVD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 411942 $39.98

Philips: Original Jacket Collection / Obsessed With Sound [55 CDs]

A limited-edition 55-CD set of legendary and critically acclaimed recordings celebrating the famous PHILIPS heritage. An alliance of great artistry and superb sound. Classic-status albums spanning over half a century of recording and music that spans more than two centuries. (55 CD) (Decca) 55 DEC B001767702 $138.98

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps 100th Anniversary - A History [Collector’s Edition]

This 20 CD set celebrates the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring in Paris on 29 May 1913. Included in this collection are all 38 versions ever made of the work from the catalogues of Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Philips. Included are classic recordings by Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Haitink, Herbert von Karajan and Sir Georg Solti. (20 CD) (Decca) (avail. 12/11) 20 DEC B001780902 $118.98

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps 100th Anniversary - [Includes Audio Documentary]

In addition to digital recordings by Antal Dorati, Riccardo Chailly, Pierre Boulez, Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen, is a recording from 1956 by Pierre Monteux, the conductor of the premiere on that fateful night in 1913. Also included is Jon Tolanskys illuminating audio documentary with first hand, eye-witness recollections of the legendary premiere and specially recorded comments on the work from international conductors, choreographers and dancers. (4 CD) (Decca) (avail. 12/11) 4 DEC B001780802 $31.48

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Works: Flying Dutchman, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhauser, Tristan und Isolde. Artists: Kent Nagano/Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin; EuropaChorAkademie Mainz; Lyon National Opera Chorus; Royal Danish Opera Chorus; Royal Danish Opera Orch.; Vladimir Jurowski/Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO; Harmut Haenchen/ Netherlands Opera Chorus. 25 BOA 1095BD $243.99 Presented in this new Opus Arte Wagner Edition are all of Wagner’s mature operas from seven leading European opera houses recorded during the last decade.

Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 [6 DVD]

Artists: Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig, Tebaldi, Berry, King, Otto, Greindl, Grummer and many more. Deutsche Oper Berlin Orch. (6 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) 6 AHM 107522 $97.49 For its 100th anniversary, the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings from the 1960s - treasures in black and white featuring the greatest opera stars of the time.

Ballet for Children / The Royal Ballet [4 DVD]

Works: Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. Artists: artists Barry Wordsworth/ROH Orch.; Paul Murphy/Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Koen Kessels/ROH Orch. (4 DVDVideo) (BBC Opus Arte) 4 BOA 1090 $58.49 This unique collection brings together four jewels of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight and captivate young viewers.

Beethoven For All [Deluxe, 18 CD + DVD]

A deluxe, limited-edition box containing the three main sets of “Beethoven for All,” plus bonus material. This premium collectors set includes one CD of material featuring James Jolly, Gramophones Editor-in-Chief, interviewing Daniel Barenboim and the Beethoven For All documentary on DVD and a 64-page hardback photo-book. (19 CD) (Decca) 19 DEC B001699900 $147.98

Debussy: The Piano Works

Artists: Martino Tirimo, piano (4 CD) (Musical Concepts) 4 MSLC 4002 $20.49

Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Sting Quartets

Artists: Bartholdy Quartet (4 CD) (Acanta) 4 AANT 233596 $24.99

Buxtehude: Complete Organ Music / Stella

Artists: Simone Stella, organ. (6 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 6 BLC 94422 $29.99 This set contains the complete vibrant, exuberantly virtuosic organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude.

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The Broadway Musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein Artists: Julie Andrews, Kaye Ballard, Laura Benanti, Yul Brynner, Liz Callaway, Christine Ebersole, Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Audra McDonald, Jerry Orbach, John Raitt, Patrick Wilson, among others. (12 CD) (Sony Classical) 12 SNYC 88725416962 $136.99 This deluxe set contains 12 CDs, packaged in sleeves with the original cover art, and a lavish 12” x 12” 100-page book with essays on each show, rare production and behind-the-scenes photos.

Musicals contained in this edition: 1. Oklahoma!: Broadway Revival Cast (1979) 2. Carousel: Lincoln Center Cast Recording (1965) 3.State Fair: Original Broadway Cast Reording (1996) 4.Allegro: Studio Cast Recording (2008) 5.South Pacific: Original Broadway Cast (1949) 6.The King and I: Broadway Revival Cast (1977) 7.Me & Juliet: Original Broadway Cast (1953) 8.Pipe Dream: Original Broadway Cast (1955) 9.Cinderella Television Cast (1956) 10.Flower drum song: Original Broadway Cast (1958) 11.The Sound of Music: Original Broadway Cast (1959)

Shostakovich Edition Box Set [51 CDs]

Mozart 111 - The Masterworks Limited Edition [55 CDs]

Artists: Rudolf Barshai, Cristina Ortiz, Bournemouth SO, Paavo Berglund, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kirill Kondrashin, Evgeny Mravinsky. (51 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 51 BLC 9245 $127.99 This 51-disc release is the most complete Shostakovich edition ever compiled, performed by Russian musical luminaries and even the composer himself.

Clementi: Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano

Artists: Consantino Mastroprimiano, fortepiano (18 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 18 BLC 94379 $58.49 This 18-disc collection explores the development of Clementi’s distinctive style and spans his entire career from juvenilia to mature works.

Borodin (near complete) Edition [10 CDs]

Artists: Mark Ermler, Symphonic Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater; Moscow Trio and Friends / Marco Rapetti, piano; Nikolai Okhotnikov; Yuri Serov, et. al. (10 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 10 BLC 94410 $49.49 This near-complete edition indludes Borodin’s three highly original symphonies, complete chamber music, songs, piano music and his unfinished masterpiece opera Prince Igor.

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas / van Oort

Artists: Bart van Oort, piano (5 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 5 BLC 94429 $24.99 Bart van Oort is one of today’s foremost fortepiano players who seeks to present Mozart’s sonatas without the “translation” needed when playing a modern grand piano.

The Artistry of Gary Bertini

Works by: Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz, Mahler, R. Strauss. Artists: Gary Bertini/Kölner RundfunkSinfonie-Orchester. Quasthoff, Argerich, Leonskaja. (5 CD) (Capriccio) 5 CAP 7136 $24.99

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This DG Mozart Edition reflect the label’s extraordinary tradition of Mozart interpretation. You’ll find “big-band” Mozart at its best, including the classic recordings of Herbert von Karajan alongside period-instrument performances of Trevor Pinnock and Marc Minkowski and the timeless opera recordings of Karl Bohm from the 1960s and 1970s as well as John Eliot Gardiner’s revelatory approach from the late 1980s and 1990s. (55 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 55 DGG B001766872 $138.98

Gunter Wand Edition / NDR Symphony Orch.

Works: Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 5; Brahms: Symphonies 1-4; Musorgsky: Pictures; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1. Artists: Gunter Wand/NDR Sinfonieorchester. (5 CD) (Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler) 5 PRF 12043 $66.99 Profil Edition has been working to create the most complete edition of Gunter Wand’s recordings available.

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1

Works: String Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 1, 2, 4 & 6; Op. 59, No. 3; Op. 95; Op. 127; and Op. 131. Artists: Belcea Quartet (4 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) 4 ZIG 315 $43.49 Since 2001, the Belcea Quartet has built a large repertoire and initiated a discography that has attracted considerable attention.

Bach: Sacred Choral Music [10 CDs]

Works: The Passions; B Minor Mass; Easter Oratorio; Christmas Oratorio. Artists: Brandenburg Consort; Choirs of Jesus College; Choirs of King’s College; Coro della Radio Svizzera Lugano; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca; Trompetensemble Pfeiffer. (10 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 10 BLC 94382 $49.49 This set brings together the five large scale choral works which marked Bach as one of the greatest creative geniuses of mankind. Schubert: The Complete SymphoniesWorks: Artists: Jos van Immerseel/Anima Eterna. (4 CD) (Zig Zag Territoires) 4 ZIG 308 $43.49

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❦Cesar Franck: Chamber Works

Works: César Franck: Andantino quietoso, for violin & piano; Fantasy on themes from “Gulistan”, for piano, Op. 11; Trios for Piano and Strings nos 1&2. Artists: Mariana Sirbu (Vln); Mihail Sarbu (Pno); Mihail Dancila (Clo); Ruxandra Colan (Vln). (1 CD) (Dynamic) DYN 8030 $13.99 “This is sweet and beautiful music; every work is a treasure. Trio 1 is as attractive as any piano trio I know. A theme of heartwarming beauty recurs in every movement, and I can’t imagine any real music lover not captivated by it on hearing it.”

The Rimsky-Korsakov Edition [25 CDs]

Artists: Loris Tjeknavorian/ Armenian PO; Evgeny Mravinsky/ Leningrad PO; Andrey Chistiakov/ Bolshoi Theatre Orch.; Yandani Butt/Philharmonia Orch.; Stoyan Angelov/Bulgarian RSO. (25 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 25 BLC 94369 $97.49 Detailing the works of one of Russia’s greatest masters in excellent and often authentically Russian performances.

Jan van Gilse: Symphony No. 4 / Porcelijn

Artists: David Porcelijn/Netherland SO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777689 $16.99 Van Gilse’s Symphony No. 4 premiered Nov. 28, 1915, with the composer himself conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and since has become one of his most performed works.

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 / NY PO

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 2 (“The Four Temperments); Symphony no 3 (“Sinfonia espansiva”). Artists: Alan Gilbert/ New York Philharmonic (live). (1 SA CD) (DaCapo) DACO 6220623 $16.99 I’m sure that Nielsen’s time is coming, and I’m looking forward to sharing this wonderful music with the audience. - Alan Gilbert 2011 Mr. Gilbert drew colorful, glittering and full-bodied playing from the musicians. - The New York Times

Vaughan Williams: Early & Late Works

Works: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons; Bucolic Suite; Dark Pastoral; Serenade. Artists: Martin Yates/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. Guy Johnston, cello. (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7289 $21.49

Aarre Merikanto: Symphonies 1 & 3 / Sakari

Artists: Petri Sakari/Turku PO. (Alba) ABA 336 $16.99 Aarre Merikanto’s First Symphony was written in 1912, when he was 19 and the third was written towards the end of his life in 1953.

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Complete Instrumental Music

Works: John Milton (circa 1563 - 1647): Fantasias; Martin Peerson (1572 - 1651). Artists: Fretwork. Michael Chance (CtrTnr); Sophie Yates (Virginal). (1 CD) (Regent Records) REGN 341 $16.99 “This apt album title never seems far away during these exquisitely conceived performances of 20 consort pieces in five or six parts... Fretwork’s fine musicianship is priceless.” -Gramophone “This is one of the most exquisite recordings to come my way in a long time.” -ARG

❦Orchestral works by Norbert Burgmüller

Works: Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836): Overture for Dionys; Piano Concerto, Op. 1; Symphony no 2. Artists: Gernot Schmalfuss/ Wuppertal SO. Leonard Hokanson (Pno). (1 CD) (MD&G) MDG 3350817 $18.99 “...In many ways [the Piano Concerto in F# Minor] fulfills the ideal of the Romantic piano concerto even better than similar works by longer-lived and more famous contemporaries...” -Fanfare

Sogno Barocco / Anne Sofie von Otter

Works: Italian Baroque Opera Arias by Cavalli, Monteverdi, Provenzale, Rossi. Artists: Leonardo Garcia Alarcon/ Cappella Mediterranea. Anne Sofie von Otter (Mzz Sop); Sandrine Piau (Sop). (1 CD) (Naïve) NAI 5286 $16.99 Sogno barocco - A baroque dream - is the third recording of Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Naïve.

❦Wagner: Lohengrin / Eugen Jochum, 1954

Artists: Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Hermann Uhde. Eugen Jochum/ Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus (4 CD) (Opera d’Oro) 4 ODO 7086 $47.99 “It is the most vivid, exciting, best-executed reading of the work I have ever heard. Much of the credit goes to Jochum who conducts a quite blinding interpretation from first to last... As a whole the performance, from first chord to last is one to treasure.” -Gramophone

Telemann: 33 Overtures / Patrick Peire

Works: Telemann: 33 Overtures (Orchestral Suites). Artists: Patrick Peire/Collegium Instrumentale Brugense. (8 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 8 BLC 94411 $38.99

Albert Roussel: Complete Piano Music

Artists: Emanuele Torquati (Pno). (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94329 $12.99

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Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987): Concertos for Piano nos 1-4; Fantasy in F minor for piano and orchestra (after Schubert); Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (on a theme from the song “School Years”), Op. 75. Artists: Alun Francis/North German RSO. Michael Korstick (Pno). (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777658 $31.99 “CPO provides demonstration sound for superb performances by pianist Michael Korstick with Alun Francis and the North German Radio Symphony.” -Paul Ballyk, Uncommonly Classical

❦Orlando de Lassus: Masses & Motets

Works: Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594): Missa ad initationem; Missa Vinum Bonum; Motets. Artists: artists Jeffrey Skidmore/ Ex Cathedra Consort; His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts; Ex Cathedra Consort. (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1177 $9.99 “Ex Cathedra offer a clear alternative to King’s [version]. Their account of the motet ‘Vinum bonum’ itself is more involving, and for the Mass theirs is the more dynamic reading... Ex Cathedra present a contrasting series of motets for three to eight voices, and the wind ensemble round out the disc with 3 bicinia, two-part pieces excerpted from his vocal music.” -Gramophone

Bizet: Complete Orchestral Music / Batiz

Artists: Enrique Bátiz/Orquestra Filarmonica de Mexico; Royal PO. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 94404 $16.99

❦John Joubert: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Artists: Brodsky Quartet. (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 113 $16.99 “Joubert’s quartets are intellectually rigorous and, for those who are drawn to the genre, very satisfying... The Brodskys obviously have their hearts in this music and Somm provides excellent sound. If you appreciate the quartets of Shostakovich, you will likely enjoy Joubert’s quartets as well.” -Uncommonly Classical - Paul Ballyk

Beecham conducts Berlioz, Grieg & Saint-Saens Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture; Vincent d’Indy: La Forêt Enchantée, Op. 8; Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance; Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 “Organ”. Artists: Thomas, Beecham/BBC SO; Royal PO. Denis Vaughan (Organ); Douglas Gamley (Pno). (1 CD) (Somm) SOMM 3200 $16.99 This long-awaited live performance, from the Royal Festival Hall in October 1954, joins SOMM’s growing collection of unforgettable Beecham performances.

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❦The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

Works: Patrick Russ: Hitchcock Suite (after D. Tiomkin); Dimitri Tiomkin: Circus World; Cyrano de Bergerac; Freindly Persuasion; Giant; High Noon. Artists: Richard Kaufman/ London Voices; London SO (1 SA CD) (LSO Live (London SO) LSO 0720 $16.99 “This fine selection was recorded at the Barbican last year, and is played with terrific panache by the London Symphony Orchestra under Richard Kaufman. Andrew Playfoot, meanwhile, sings Do Not Forsake Me from High Noon as one born to it.” -The Guardian, August 2012

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Phantasm Viol Consort

Works: William Lawes (1602 - 1645): Consort Setts for viol consort. Artists: Phantasm (Viol Consort). Emilia Benjamin (Viol); Daniel Hyde (Organ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Linn Records) LINN 399 $21.49 From a comparative review: “This new recording wins the palm. The balance between viols and organ is far superior, and the group is more attuned to the emotional extremes under the music’s grave surface. Their performance of the Aire from the Set a6 in G is gripped by an astonishing, stinging intensity.” -The Telegraph

Ernst Krenek: Piano Works / Stanislav Khristenko, piano

Works: Ernst Krenek (1900 1991): Echoes from Austria, Op. 166; Little Suite, Op. 13a; Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 39; Sonatas for Piano nos 2, 3 & 7. Artists: Stanislav Khristenko (Pno). (1 CD) (Oeh ms) OEH 422 $16.99 “This is really interesting and very enjoyable music. If you have an interest modern piano music (Krenek wrote all of these pieces between 1922 and 1988) that pushes the post-romantic envelope but doesn’t ever tear it, give this a try.” -Paul Ballyk, Uncommonly Classical

❦Venice By Night - Concertos & Sinfonias

Works: Concertos & Sinfonias by Pollarolo, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Veracini, Lotti. Artists: Adrian Chandler/La Serenissima (Orch.). Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo); Adrian Chandler (Vln); Mhairi Lawson (Sop); Simon Munday (Tpt). (1 CD) (Avie Records) AIE 2257 $15.99 “This exploration of early-18th-century Venice functions cleverly on several levels. Time-travelling grand tourists are invited to spend an imaginary evening travelling around La Serenissima’s diverse musical attractions...and sensing some of the different types of public music the city has to offer...Peter Whelan’s feats of technical agility are astonishing.” -Gramophone Magazine

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❦Beethoven: Eroica Variations / Richter

Works: Beethoven: Variations (15) and Fugue, Op. 35 “Eroica”; Variations (6) on an original theme, Op. 34; Variations (6) on an original theme, Op. 76; R. Schumann: Noveletten, Op. 21. Artists: Sviatoslav Richter (Pno). (1 CD) (Musical Concepts) MSLC 1188 $9.99 “... such richness in the Beethoven variations that it seems pointless and unfair to highlight any one in particular... [On Schumann] “Sheer unassailable authority of sound is perhaps the first striking thing about the Novelettes” -Gramophone

Beethoven: Symphony no 3 / Furtwangler

Artists: Wilhelm Furtwängler/ Vienna PO. (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Tahra) TAH 2011 $16.99 This Eroica, from the 1952-1953 season, was recorded from concerts and originally released on Tahra on CD in 2003. This new reissue has been carefully remastered for SACD from the original analog tapes.

❦Strauss: Elektra / Valery Gergiev

Artists: Valery Gergiev/London SO. Tatiana Kravtsova, Ekaterina Popova, Ekaterina Sergeeva, Lia Shevtsova, Varvara Solovieva. (2 SA CD) (LSO Live (London SO) 2 LSO 0701 $33.49 “Gothic glory lies in the London Symphony Orchestra’s playing: visceral in impact, full of details usually lost in an opera house pit...” -The Times, July 2012

Legacy: April 18, 2004 / Westminster Choir

Works by: Barber, Brahms, Duruflé, Martin, Maxwell Davies, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams; Frederick Edward Weatherly. Artists: Joseph Flummerfelt/Westminster Choir. Marisa Maupin; Anthony Beck; Jenna Lebherz. (1 CD) (Westminister Choir College) WSTM 1205 $16.99 Praised by American Record Guide as the “gold standard for American academic choirs,” as well as the New York Times for its “full-bodied, incisive singing.” Joseph Flummerfelt was hailed by Leonard Bernstein as “the world’s greatest choral conductor.”

Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas / Endres

Artists: Michael Endres (Pno). (10 CD) (Capriccio) 10 CAP 7125 $31.49 Capriccio presents these award winning complete recordings of Schubert’s Dances, Waltzes and Ecossaises.

CPO’s declared mission statements is “to fill niches in the recorded classical repertory,” and while fulfilling this undertaking, they consistently issues recordings that are exceptional in terms of performance quality and engineering.

❦Julius Röntgen: Symphonies Nos. 6, 5, 19

Works: Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932): Symphony no 19 (“B.A.C.H.”); Symphony no 5 (“Schnitter Tod”); Symphony no 6 (“Rijck God, wie sal ic claghen”). Artists: David Porcelijn/Netherlands SO Consensus Vocalis. Marcel Beekman (Tnr). (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777310 $16.99 “The performances and singing are excellent. CPO’s sound is up to its usual high standard. David Porcelijn more and more impresses me... This level of conducting demands the highest degree of musicianship.” -ARG

❦Jan van Glise: Symphony No. 3 / Porcelijn

Works: Jan van Gilse (1881 - 1944): Symphony no 3 in D major (“Elevation”). Artists: Aile Axxzonyi, soprano. David Porcelijn/Netherlands SO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777518 $16.99 “As heard in the release, CPO has recorded many fine Dutch symphonies and this one is near the top of the list in value. The playing and singing are fine, and what I said about Porcelijn’s conducting of the Roentgen symphonies applies as much here. I’m now at the stage where I’m interested to hear anything he conducts.” -American Record Guide, September / October 2012

Antonio Cartellieri: Complete Symphonies (4)

Works: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772 - 1807): Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4. Artists: Gernot Schmalfuss/Evergreen SO. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777667 $16.99 Cartellieri’s music bears the audible mark of Beethoven’s influence but very much displays early romantic influences of its own.

Felix Woyrsch: Symphony No. 2 / Dorsch

Works: Felix Woyrsch (1860 - 1944): Overture for orchestra to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, Op. 56; Symphony no 2, Op. 60. Artists: Thomas Dorsch/ Oldenburgisches State Orch. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777744 $16.99

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 6

Artists: John Storgårds/Lapland CO. (1 CD) (DaCapo) DACO 6220621 $16.99 Lapland Chamber Orchestra and its conductor John Storgσrds focus on Vagn Holmboe’s clear musical expression in three major works that have never been recorded.

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Quartets for Strings nos 2, 12 & 17. Artists: Quatuor Danel. (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777587 $16.99 “While listening to this CD, I was again amazed to think what great musical treasures continue to lie slumbering in the archives and what phenomenal composers await rediscovery... “ (klassik-heute). Orch. (2 CD) (CPO ) 2 CPO 777747 $31.99

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Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies nos 1 - 3

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❦CPE Bach: Oboe Concertos / Anna Starr, oboe

Orchestral music of August Klughardt

Works: Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962): Kleine Suite, Op. 27; Music for orchestra, Op. 35; Notturno and Scherzo, Op. 30; Symphony in C major, Op. 31. Artists: Marc Andreae/ Bournemouth SO. (1 CD) (Guild) GUI 7377 $16.99 “The recorded acoustic is spacious and natural, and the booklet notes are a major improvement upon the unsatisfactory ones I complained of in the chamber-music releases. Enjoyable overall, but urgently recommended for the symphony.” -Fanfare Magazine

Artists: Jorn Boysen/Musica Poetica. Jörn Boysen (Hpsi); Anna Starr (Oboe); Joaquim Guerra Codina (Bssn). (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94298 $8.99 “Anna Starr and her Musica Poetica colleagues bring a great deal of inspiration to their performances. Their blend is well-crafted and refined... Sometimes their sound is quite robust, and I forget that they are playing period instruments.” -ARG, October 2012

❦Handel: Theodora / Glyndebourne 1996

Works: works George Frederick Handel (1685 1759): Theodora. Artists: Lorraine Hunt; David Daniels, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Croft. William Christie/Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment (3 CD) (Glyndebourne) 3 GLY 014-96 $38.99 “This truly great masterpiece has been rediscovered by musicians and music-lovers only in recent decades, and now is recognized for its worth, musically and dramatically...” -ARG

Carl Nielsen: The Masterworks, Vol. 2 Chamber and Instrumental Music [6 CDs]

Artists: Trio Ondine. Herman D. Koppel (Pno); Tim Frederiksen (Vla); Henning Hansen (Fr Hrn); Max Artved (Oboe); Tue Lautrup (Vln). (6 SA CD) (DaCapo) 6 DACO 8206003 $29.99 This is the first complete collection of Carl Nielsen’s masterly chamber works available on CD.

❦Sainsbury & Foulds: Cello Concertos

Works: John Foulds (1880 - 1939): Concerto for Cello no 1; Lionel Sainsbury (1958 - ): Concerto for Cello, Op. 27. Artists: artists Martin Yates/Bournemouth SO; Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. Raphael Wallfisch (Clo). (1 CD) (Dutton Laboratories) DUT 7284 $21.49 “This is a very fine release of music by two composers that we should hear more of. The idioms blend well together, and Wallfisch and his orchestras play with warmth and clarity.” -ARG “

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Works: Hector Berlioz: Herminie, cantata (“scène lyrique”) for soprano & orchestra; Les nuits d’été, Op. 7; Ravel: Shéhérazade. Artists: John Axelrod/Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. Véronique Gens (Sop). (1 CD) (Ondine) OND 1200 $16.99 “No one today delivers French song with the combination of tonal beauty and verbal nuance [Véronique Gens] does, and each number of Nuits d’Eté offers a miniature masterclass... Pure ravishment.” -The Guardian - June 2012

Works: August Klughardt: “Lenore” Symphonische Dichtung, Op. 27; Friedrich Gernsheim: Zu einem Drama; Tondichtung, Op. 82. Artists: Klaus Arp/Anhaltische Philharmonie. (1 CD) (Sterling) STR 1096 $16.99

Telemann: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol. 4

Artists: Elizabeth Wallfisch/L´Orfeo Barockorchester. Elizabeth Wallfisch (Vln). (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777242 $16.99 Many have yearningly awaited the continuation of this series. As already on the previous Vol. 3, Wallfisch has sought out another set of largescope concertos in overture form.

❦Beethoven: Symphonies, complete / Blomstedt

Artists: Herbert Blomstedt/ Staatskapelle Dresden. (5 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 5 BLC 94289 $24.99 “Herbert Blomstedt’s Beethoven cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the great ones, as much for the magnificent playing of this finest of all German orchestras as for Blomstedt’s effortlessly musical interpretations.” - 10/10 ClassicsToday.com

Ignaz Pleyel: Prussian Quartets, Nos. 4-6

Artists: Pleyel Quartett Köln (1 CD) (CPO ) CPO 777551 $16.99 After the enthusiastic response to their debut CD featuring Pleyel’s Prussian Quartets Nos. 7-9, the Pleyel Quartet of Cologne now turn to Nos. 4-6 from this same series. Klassik-heute rated the first CD with 10 out of 10 points in the category of artistic quality, and remarked on the Quartet’s fine musical touch as “astonishing”.

Marcello: Concertos a cinque, Op.1/1-12; 5 Sinfonias

Artists: Angelo Ephrikian/I Solisti Milano. Mariella Sorelli (Hpsi); Genunzio Ghetti (Clo); Franco Fantini (Vln); Tino Bacchetta (Vln). (3 CD) (Newton Classics) 3 NEWC 8802137 $21.49

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Alessandro Stradella: Ester, oratorio

❦Edouard Franck: Orchestral Works

Works: Eduard Franck (1817 - 1893): Concert Overture, Op. 12; Der römische Carneval, overture; Fantasie for orchestra, Op. 16; Konzertstück in A major. Artists: Ola Rudner/Wuerttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Christiane Edinger (Vln). (1 CD) (Audite) ADT 97686 $18.99 “No relation to Cesare, Eduard Franck’s (1817-93) music has echoes of Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Schumann. Pleasant, well-crafted but hardly earthshattering, in lively recorded premieres.” -BBC Music Magazine

Bruckner in Cathedral / The Czech Horn Chorus Works: Transcriptions of works by Bruckner for horn chorus. Artists: artists Milos Bok/ Czech Horn Chorus; Radek Baborak. Ales Barta (Organ). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Octavia Records) OAVI CRY81068 $24.99 This is a unprecedented, splendid disc recorded with horn players accompanied by pipe organ in a fine church located in outer Prague, featuring repertoire based on Bruckner’s works.

❦Chamber music of Borodin, Arensky et al.

Works: Anton Arensky: Quartet for Strings no 2; Borodin: String Sextet in D minor (3rd & 4th movements lost); Glazunov: Quintet for Strings in A major, Op. 39. Artists: Nash Ensemble. (1 CD) (Onyx Classics) NYX 4067 $20.49 “This well-planned album offers three complementary works linked both by the genial spirit of Borodin...[his Sextet] has considerable charm...Both movements are played here by the Nash Ensemble with relish and conviction...Top of the bill in every sense is Arensky’s Quartet of 1894, presenting a hugely inventive variety of textures.” -BBC Music Magazine

Artists: Silvia Piccollo, Elisz Franzetti, Vicky Norrington, Riccardo Ristori, Matteo Armanino. Luca Franco Ferrari/ Il Concento. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94297 $8.99 The world premiere recording of the fascinating oratorio Ester, which soars dramatically on the power of Stradella’s adventurous and fiery style.

Friedrich Gernsheim: Violin Sonatas

Works: Friedrich Gernsheim (1839 - 1916): Violin Sonatas nos 1-4; Andante (1853); Fantasiestuck, Op. 33 et al. Artists: Andreas Kirpal (Pno); Stefan Kirpal (Vln). (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94403 $12.99

Romantic Piano Quintets / Nepomuk Quartet

Works: Johann Baptist Cramer: Piano Quintet, Op. 79; Jan Ladislav Dussek: Piano Quintet, Op. 41; Hummel: Piano Quintet, Op. 87; Septet for Piano Quintet in D minor; Franz Limmer: Piano Quintet, Op. 13; George Onslow: Piano Quintet no 17; Ferdinand Ries; Schubert. Artists: Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet. (4 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 4 BLC 94377 $19.99

Massenet: Ballet Suites - Le Cid; Cendrillon; Thais / Marriner, ASMF

Works: Massenet: Orchestral suites from Cendrillon, Le Cid, and Thais. Artists: Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin in the Fields. (1 CD) (Brilliant Classics) BLC 94355 $8.99

Giovanni Batista Bassani: Sinfonie Op. 5

Works: Giovanni Battista Bassani (1657 - 1716): 12 Sonatas da chiesa (Sinfonias) for 2 or 3 instruments & basso continuo, Op. 5. Artists: Ensemble Stilmoderno. (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94259 $12.99 Giovannni Battista Bassani’s works were well known during his lifetime, and composers like Handel and Bach knew and esteemed them highly.

❦Vivaldi: La Cetra, 12 violin concertos / Podger

Svetlanov Conducts Russian Composers

Edward Joseph Collins: The complete recorded works / Marin Alsop et al.

Alessandro Stradella: La Susanna

Works: works Vivaldi: La cetra, concertos (12) for one or two solo instruments, strings & continuo in two books, Op. 9. Artists: Rachel Podger (Vln)/Holland Baroque Society. (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Channel Classics) 2 CCS 33412 $41.99 “Podger’s playing radiates expressive warmth and we can only delight in the spontaneous rapport that she feels with the mature idiom of these wonderful concertos.” -BBC Music Magazine, August 2012

Artists: Marin Alsop/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch.; Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. Chorus; Manhattan String Quartet. (10 CD) (Albany Records) 10 ALB 1362 $43.49

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Works: Balakirev: Symphony no 1; Borodin: Symphonies nos 1&3; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Rusalka; Glazunov: Concert Waltzes for orchestra nos 1 & 2. Rimsky-Korsakov. Artists: Evgeny Svetlanov/ USSR State Symphony Orchestra. (3 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 3 BLC 9271 $16.99 This release is based on various live performances dating from between 1960 and 1983. Works: Alessandro Stradella (1644 - 1682): La Susanna. Artists: Claudio Astronio/Harmonices Mundi. Martin Oro, Gemma Bertagnolli, Sergio Foresti, Mirko Guadagnini (2 CD) (Brilliant Classics) 2 BLC 94345 $12.99

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Our Best-Selling Titles for 2 Two Must-Own Programs for the Piano Aficcianado

❦Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto et al.

❦W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonatas / Andreas Staier

❦Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Simon Rattle

❦The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 13

Works: Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951): Concerto for piano & 9 instruments; Eight Poems of Li-Po, for voice & ensemble; Mr. Bear Squashyou-all-flat; Sonata for piano. Artists: Lionel Friend/Nash Ensemble. Philip Langridge (Tnr); Ian Brown (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55397 $12.99 “A distinguished release on all counts ... immaculate production values throughout... this wonderful anthology deserves the widest possible currency.” -Gramophone

Works: Bruckner: Symphony no 9 with recently completed fourth movement. Artists: Simon Rattle/ Berlin PO. (1 CD) (EMI Classics) EMI 529692 $15.98 Anton Brucker died before he was able to complete the fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony. Scholars have built an argument for an epic finale which closes the work with a triumphant brass chorale. “The lustre of the Berlin Philharmonic’s horns and strings is marvellous to behold; phrasing often is velvet-smooth. Whatever the mood, Rattle’s players deliver with passion...” -The Times

Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 5

Works: Concertos Opp. 42 & 177; Introduction et Rondeau Brillant. Artists: Christopher Hinterhuber, piano. Uwe Grodd/New Zealand SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572742 $9.99

Debussy: 24 Preludes / Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch.

Works: Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II (orchestrated by Peter Breiner) Artists: Jun Märkl/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572584 $9.99 The Préludes are performed here in the subtle and colouristic orchestrations of much admired Slovakborn composer Peter Breiner.

Casella: Concerto for Orchestra et al. / Vecchia

Works: Alfredo Casella (1883 1947): Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61; Pagine di guerra for piano, 4 hands, Op. 25; Suite in C major, for orchestra, Op. 13. Artists: Francesco La Vecchia/Orch. Sinfonica Di Roma. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573004 $9.99

❦Sibelius: Finlandia; Symphony No. 2

Plus: Sibelius: Finlandia; Kuolema; The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22/3. Artists: Herbert von Karajan/ Berlin PO. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001702202 $7.98 “The performance of Finlandia Is, I think, probably the most exciting on record.” -Gramophone

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Works: W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonatas K.282, 330, 331, 399, 455, 457, 475 & 574. Artists: Andreas Staier (Pianoforte). (2 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) 2 HAR 508388 $18.99 “I cannot recall any recording of Mozart sonatas that has given me so much pleasure, or so much fresh appreciation of the stature of music too often regarded as among the composer’s less significant creations. More, please.” -Fanfare

Works: Schumann: Violin Concertos in D minor & A minor. Artists: Anthony Marwood (violin) Douglas Boyd/BBC Scottish SO. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67847 $18.99 “In a performance as strong and imaginative as this one by Anthony Marwood its impact is considerable...There are firm Schumann fingerprints all over the score, and it fully merits the passionate advocacy that it receives here.” -The Telegraph

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 1 / Schwarz

Works: Wagner: Orchestral music from Das Rheingold; Flying Dutchman; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Siegfried. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Sym. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572767 $9.99 This selection of some of Wagner’s finest orchestral excerpts opens with the ‘storm-swept ballad’ of Der fliegende Holländer. This recording has been praised for its ‘radiant sensuousness’. (Gramophone) Volumes 2 and 3 in this series are available on 8.572768 and 8.572769.

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 2 / Schwarz Works: Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; music from Lohengrin and Parsifal. Artists: Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Sym. Alessandra Marc (Sop). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572768 $9.99 The orchestral music from Parsifal contains some of the most transcendent music Wagner wrote.

❦Hindemith: String Quartets, Vol. 1

Works: Hindemith: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 10 & no 3, Op. 16. Artists: Amar Quartet. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572163 $9.99 “Full of good music and certainly worth the serious consideration of chamber music aficionados.” -ClassicsToday.com “Beautiful performances by a (Swiss) quartet taking its name from the one Hindemith founded in 1921.” -Sunday Times

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Tops in 20th Century ❦Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7

❦Music for Cello & Orchestra / Natalie Clein

Works: Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life; Schelomo; Voice in the Wilderness; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47. Artists: Ilan Volkov/BBC Scottish SO. Natalie Clein (Clo). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67910 $18.99 “Clein’s performance [of Schelomo] concentrates, most affectingly, on the atmosphere of deep introspection...thoughtful, subtle and satisfying, well supported by the passionate and spirited BBC Scottish SO...The Bruch, too, receives a lovely performance” -Gramophone

Max Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 12 / Sturm

Works: Max Reger (1873 - 1916): Suites for organ nos 1 (“Den Manen Johann Sebastian Bach”) and 2. Artists: Kirsten Sturm (Organ). (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572821 $9.99

❦Schubert: String Quartets D.87 & D.887

Works: Schubert: Quartets for Strings nos 10, D. 87 and 15 D. 887 (Op. posth. 161). Artists: Casals Quartet. (1 CD) (Harmonia Mundi) HAR 902121 $18.99 “The excellent Spanish ensemble Cuarteto Casals... bring supple radiance and flair to these two works which span Schubert’s brief career...Does music come any better?” -The Observer

Hidden Waters - Music for 2 guitars

Works by: Roland Dyens (1955 - ); Stephen Goss (1964 - ); Christopher William Pierce. Artists: Tracy Anne Smith & Rob MacDonald, guitars. ChromaDuo. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572757 $9.99

❦Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Hj Lim

Artists: Hyun-Jung LIM (Pno). (8 CD) (EMI Classics) 8 EMI 649522 $38.48 “Her romantic approach, full of impulsive accelerations, would be perfect for Liszt, and might please listeners in search of a Beethoven pushed further into the 19th century than history made possible.” -The Times

William Walton: The Collector’s Edition [12 CDs] Walton Collector’s Edition is a collection of 12CDs packaged that showcase English composer Sir William Walton’s contributions to the Classical music repertoire. (12 CD) (EMI Classics) 12 EMI 408582 $46.98

Tristan’s Harp - Arthurian Medieval Music

Artists: José Ferrero/Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572784 $9.99 In this disc we hear how troubadours spread their stories through twelfth-, thirteenth- and fourteenthcentury Europe. Full of allusions to legend, and also to contemporary events, the songs are masterpieces of their time.

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Artists: Isaac Karabtchevsky/ Sao Paulo SO. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8573043 $9.99 “The language of both works is essentially neoclassical, but the shapes of the melodies and the ways in which they are coloured are entirely Villa-Lobos’s own. The SPSO make a good job of them.” -The Guardian

❦Orchestral Works by Eugene Zador

Works: Eugene Zador (1894 - 1977): A Children’s Symphony; Aria and Allegro, for strings & brass; Contrasts (5), for orchestra; Csárdás Rhapsody; Hungarian Capriccio. Artists: Mariusz Smolij/ Budapest SO. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572548 $9.99 “I recommend this to anyone interested in American music with a foreign touch. The sound has fine clarity... The notes are informative and detailed.” -ARG

❦Alfredo Casella: Concerto for Orchestra

Plus: Alfredo Casella (1883 1947): Symphonic Fragments from La Donna Serpente, Op. 50; Moritz Moszkowski (1854 - 1925): Tränen, for voice & piano, Op. 22. Artists: Gianandrea Noseda/BBC Philharmonic. Martin Roscoe (Pno). (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10712 $18.99 “Martin Roscoe is the exquisite soloist here, and this atmospheric performance should win new friends for a work that is among Casella’s best.” -BBC Music Magazine, July 2012

❦Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie / Osborne

Artists: Juanjo Mena/Bergen Philharmonic. Steven Osborne (Pno); Cynthia Millar (Ondes Martenot). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67816 $18.99 “Mena doesn’t attempt to tone down the vulgarity or smooth the out the textures. He’s impetuous, excitable... Unmissable - this is already among the most uplifting discs you’ll hear all year.” -The Arts Desk, August 2012

❦Harrison Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time

Plus: Harrison Birtwistle (1934 - ): Earth Dances; Panic, for saxophone, drum kit & orchestra. Artists: Andrew Davis; Pierre Boulez/BBC SO. John Harle (Sax); Paul Clarvis (Drums). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001708902 $14.98 “Boulez and the BBC orchestra propound The Triumph of Time as masterfully and lovingly as if it were a favorite classic.” -Gramophone

❦Olivier Messiaen: Orchestral works

Works: Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992): Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, for 34 winds & 3 percussion; Hymne au Saint Sacrement; Le Tombeau resplendissant. Artists: Märkl, Jun/Lyon Nat’l Orch. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572714 $9.99 “Jun Markl’s performance is well paced and carefully shaped and balanced.” -The Guardian

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Our Top Titles: Basic Library ❦Pachelbel: Canon; Albinoni: Adagio et al.

Works: Popular baroque works by Albinoni; J.S. Bach; Corelli; Handel; Marcello; Pachelbel; Purcell; Telemann; Torelli; Vivaldi. Artists: Various, incl. Pinnock, Orpheus CO; Mackerras, Kubelik, Iona Brown, Abbado, I Musici. Gidon Kremer DGG B001703302 $7.98 “Guaranteed to raise the spirits and lighten the darkest of moods.” -Gramophone

❦Bruch: Violin Concerto; Scottish Fantasia

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Scottish Fantasy. Artists: Rudolf Kempe; Royal PO. Kyung-Wha Chung (Vln). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001707802 $7.98 “Kyung-Wha Chung is a formidable player.” -Gramophone

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

Works: Manuel de Falla: Three cornered hat, Suite no 2; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre. Artists: Charles Dutoit/Montreal SO. Carlos Bonell (Gtr). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001707202 $7.98 ❦Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3. Artists: Trevor Pinnock/English Concert. Simon Standage (Vln); Michael Laird (Tpt). (1 CD) (DG) “These performances are as ‘authentic’ in every instrumental and stylistic ways as you will find.” -Gramophone Concertos Nos. 1-3 DGG B001702702 $7.98 Concertos Nos. 4-6 DGG B001702802 $7.98

❦Beethoven: Popular Piano Sonatas / Ashkenazy

Works: G.F. Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suites nos 1&2; Water Music Suite no 3. Artists: John Eliot Gardiner/ English Baroque Soloists. (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001707902 $7.98 “This will be a hard act to follow.” -Gramophone

Works: Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano no 14 “Moonlight”; no 23 “Appassionata”; no 8 “Pathétique”. Artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001706102 $7.98 “The recording of the Moonlight is exemplary... the finale is a model of stormy authority and poetry.” -Gramophone

❦Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ‘New World’ / Kubelik

❦Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

❦Handel: Water Music; Fireworks Music

Plus: Smetana: The Moldau; From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields. Artists: Rafael Kubelik/Berlin PO. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001702402 $7.98 “The playing of the Berlin Philharmonic is marvelously eloquent throughout and a joy in itself.” -Gramophone

❦Orff: Carmina Burana / Christian Thielemann

Artists: Christian Thielemann/ Deutsche Opera Berlin Orch. & Chorus. Christiane Oelze (Sop); Simon Keenlyside (Bar). (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001703202 $7.98 “The choral singing is superb, warm and dramtic... the singing of Simon Keenlyside crowns this brilliant performance...” -Gramophone

Faure: Requiem; Pavane / Neville Marrinier

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, suite; Requiem, Op. 48. Artists: Neville Marriner/ASMF. Thomas Allen (Bar); Sylvia McNair (Sop) DEC B001706502 $7.98

❦Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Dutoit

Works: Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2; Symphony no 3 “Organ”. Artists: Charles Dutoit/ Montreal SO. Peter Hurford (Organ); Pascal Rogé (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001708002 $7.98 “This is the best digital version of this symphony at any price.” -Gramophone

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5

Artists: Colin Davis/London SO. Stephen Kovacevich (Pno). (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001706202 $7.98

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Plus: Borodin: Prince Igor; Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Night on Bald Mountain. Artists: Lorin Maazel; Oliver Knussen; Carlo Maria Giulini/Chicago SO. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001702102 $7.98 “Giulini draws superlative playing from the Chicago orchestra.” -Gramophone

❦Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

Works: Rameau: Highlights from the ballets. Artists: Marc Minkowski/Les Musiciens du Louvre. (1 CD) (DG) . DGG B001697402 $10.98 “A highly entertaining suite of dance movements, rather in the tradition of Beecham’s Handel suites... highly recommended.” -Penguin Guide

❦Mozart: Requiem; Ave verum corpus

Artists: Neville Marriner/ASMF. Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, Francisco Araiza. (1 CD) (Decca) . DEC B001707002 $7.98 “[This version of Mozart’s Requiem] is among the noblest and most powerful of them all.” -Gramophone

❦Mozart: The Concertos for wind instruments

Works: W.A. Mozart: The Concertos for Bassoon; Clarinet; Oboe. Artists: Orpheus CO. Charles Neidich (Clnt); Frank Morelli (Bssn); Randall Wolfgang (Oboe). (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001702502 $7.98 “The Clarinet Concerto is second to none in the catalogue.” -Gramophone

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2012 Best-Selling Titles Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works - The Collector’s Edition / Hickox

Artists: Richard Hickox/BBC Nat’l Orch. of Wales. Howard Shelley (Pno); Philip Langridge (Tnr); Roderick Williams (Bss Bar); Sarah Connolly (Mzz Sop); Alban Gerhardt (Clo). (6 CD) (Chandos Records) 6 CHA 10729 $47.99 Hailed as “one of the most important contributions to British music on disc,” this impressive orchestral catalog has now been released as a six-disc box set.

❦Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen / Gyorgy

Kurtag, Friedrich Goldmann, Claudio Abbado

Works: György Kurtág (1926 - ): Grabstein für Stephan, for guitar & instrumental groups, Op. 15c; Stele, for orchestra, Op. 33; Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007): Gruppen. Artists: Friedrich Goldmann/Marcus Creed/Claudio Abbado/Berlin PO. Jürgen Ruck (Gtr). (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001708102 $14.98 “A landmark in 20th-century music...” -The Musical Times

❦Saint-Saëns: Organ works / Andrew-John Smith

Works: Saint-Saëns: Rhapsodies sur des Cantiques Bretons; O Salutaris Hostia; Sarabande; Élévation; Fantaisie. Artists: Andrew-John Smith (Organ); Adrian Bending (Tubular Bells). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67922 $18.99 “The mighty Fantasie pour orgue-Aeolian, complete with tubular bells, written for the new American Aeolian organ in 1906, sounds epic on this vast, brooding instrument, so splendidly tamed by the dextrous Smith.” -The Observer, July 2012

❦English Music for Viola & Piano / Bradley

Works: Edgar Leslie Bainton: Sonata; Granville Bantock: Sonata in F major ‘Colleen’; York Bowen: Piece for viola in E flat major; Theodore Holland: Suite in D. Artists: artists Sarah-Jane Bradley (Vla); Christian Wilson (Pno). (1 CD) (Naxos USA) NXS 8572761 $9.99 “Sarah-Jane Bradley lends her lustrous tone and superb musicianship to works written by English composers all born within a generation of one another...” -The Observer, August 2012

❦Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works / Neeme Järvi Works: Saint-Saëns: Coronation March; Danse macabre; La jeunesse d’Hercule; La Princesse jaune; Phaéton. Artists: Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. Maya Iwabuchi (Vln). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 5104 $19.99 “Jarvi’s programme of symphonic poems, bacchanales and barcarolles ranges from the smokily luxuriant to the swashbuckling. An attractive performance of exotic bon-bons from the RSNO.” -The Independent

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Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky [Deluxe hardcover limited edition]

Works: Agostino Steffani (1654 - 1728): Arias, duets, choruses and instrumental pieces. Artists: Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti. Cecilia Bartoli (Mzz Sop); Philippe Jaroussky (CtrTnr) (1 CD) (Decca) DEC B001742002 $23.48 With “Mission”, Cecilia Bartoli has turned to the early baroque period and uncovers a treasure of beautiful music in an album almost entirely composed of world premiere recordings. The album showcases the music of little-known Italian composer Agostino Steffani (1654-1728).

❦Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 / Kirchschlager

Artists: Julius Drake (Pno); Angelika Kirchschlager (MezzoSoprano). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67934 $18.99 “Finding a wide palette of colours within her naturally warm mezzo, Kirchschlager is in her element... this recital should open many ears to the richness and variety of his songs.” -Gramophone

❦Arias for Guadagni / Iestyn Davies, countertenor Arias from works by: Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778); CPE Bach; Christoph Willibald Gluck; Handel; Johann Adolf Hasse; John Christopher Smith (1712 - 1795). Artists: Jonathan Cohen/Arcangelo. Iestyn Davies (CtrTnr). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67924 $18.99 “Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for [Guadagni] by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone...” -The Guardian

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of ...

Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin, Bellini, Catalani, Korngold et al. Artists: Renée Fleming (Sop), with various artists. DEC B001717202 $15.98 “The Art of Renee Fleming” brings together 18 defining tracks spanning Renne’s finest Decca opera recordings - plus Broadway classics.

❦Schubert Lieder on Record (1898-2012)

Great Schubert Singers, recorded 1898 - 2012 “There’s an incredible sense of broadness and of historical perspective that makes this something of a museum item... with this box on the shelf of your library your musical foundations will be infinitely stronger.” -bbc.co.uk (17 CD) (EMI Classics) 17 EMI 275752 $58.48

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Our Best-Selling Titles for 2 Celebrated Opera Recordings from 3 Different Periods ❦Schreker: Die Gezeichneten / Zagrosek

Artists: Alfred Muff, Monte Pederson, Laszlo Polgar, Elizabeth Connell and Heinz Kruse. Lothar Zagrosek/Berlin German SO; Berlin Radio Chorus. (3 CD) (Decca) 3 DEC B001727302 $23.48 “What Zagrosek’s gloriously recorded version demonstrates is the range of atmospheric beauty in the score. Zagrosek draws dedicated playing and singing from the massive ensemble, and the beautifully balanced sound is of demonstration quality.” -The Penguin Guide

❦Verdi: Oberto / Ramey, Fulgoni, Marriner

Artists: Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Violeta Urmana, Stuart Neill, Sara Fulgoni. Neville Marriner/ Academy of St Martin in the Fields; London Voices. (2 CD) (Decca) 2 DEC B001727702 $17.98 “An exciting cast, suitably vigorous conducting and a lifelike recording make this a spectacular addition to Philips’s repertory of Young Verdi... All in all, this is an important addition to the Verdi discography.” -Gramophone

❦Handel: Alceste / Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams - Christian Curnyn

Works: G.F. Handel: Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Radamisto, HWV 12a. Artists: Christian Curnyn/Early Opera Company. Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 0788 $18.99 “The choral and instrumental forces are superb here, and the sound is quite full in Chandos’s updated engineering. The packaging is exemplary.” -American Record Guide, September / October 2012

❦Rachmaninoff / Xiayin Wang, piano

❦F.J. Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 / Hamelin

Works: Rachmaninov: 6 Etudes Tableaux; Moment musical, Op. 16/2; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42. Artists: Xiayin Wang (Pno). (1 CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 10724 $18.99 “So the playing here is excellent, and she joins a small handful of pianists whose musical moments move me.” -ARG

Artists: Marc-André Hamelin (Pno). (2 CD) (Hyperion) 2 HYP 67882 $18.99 “The playing is outstanding for its crystalline tone, springy rhythms, lively tempos and integral handling of ornamentation...Hamelin is often at his most brilliant where Haydn is at his most eccentric.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Shostakovich: ‘Orango’; Symphony No. 4

Penderecki: Symphonies, Orchestral Works [5 CDs]

Works: Shostakovich: Orango, opera prologue (sketches); Symphony no 4. Artists: EsaPekka Salonen/Los Angeles Philharmonic. (2 CD) (DG) 2 DGG B001686802 $17.98 “[Orango’s] trenchant wit and seriousness of satirical purpose leave you wishing more of it had survived...Salonen conducts [the Fourth] with cool lucidity and a sense of remorseless logic...” -The Guardian, July 2012

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: De Natura Sonoris II; Dies Irae; Fluorescences; Psalms of David; Symphonies nos 1 & 2 “Christmas Symphony” Artists: Antoni Wit/ Polish National RSO and Choir. Wieslaw Ochman (Tnr); Ryszard Minkiewicz (Tnr); Olga Pasichnyk (Sop); Agnieszka Rehlis (Mzz Sop); Romuald Tesarowicz (Bass). (5 CD) (Naxos (USA) 5 NXS 8505231 $38.99

❦Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 57

Works: Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Violin Op. 33; Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin, Op. 35. Artists: Eivind Gullberg Jensen/ Danish RSO. Vilde Frang (Vln). (1 CD) (EMI) EMI 025702 $15.98 “Tthe Tchaikovsky] deserves to stand beside classic versions.” -Sunday Times

Works: Adolf Wiklund (1879 1950): Concert Piece for piano & orchestra, Op. 1; Concertos for piano & orchestra nos 1 & 2. Artists: Andrew Manze/ Helsingborg SO. Martin Sturfält (Pno). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67828 $18.99 “[Wiklund] really deserves this reappraisal: he has Rachmaninov’s talent for big, sweeping statements and Grieg’s way with a sweet melody. It’s a winning combination, beautifully captured here by Martin Sturfalt and the Helsingborg players” -The Observer

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❦Nielsen, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

Old Wine in New Bottles - Music for Winds

Works for winds by: Steven Bryant (1972 - ); Donald Grantham (1947 - ); Gordon Jacob; Carter Pann. Artists: Stephen L. Gage/Dana Chamber Winds; Youngstown State Univ. Symphonic Wind Ensemble. (1 CD) (Naxos) NXS 8572762 $9.99

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Baroque & Before ❦Music from The Eton Choirbook

❦Weinberg: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 20

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Concerto for Cello, Op. 43; Symphony no 20, Op. 150. Artists: Thord Svedlund/Gothenburg SO. Claes Gunnarsson (Clo). (1 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos Records) CHA 5107 $19.99 “With a plenitude of inviting tunes, appealing solo part, admirable craftsmanship, engaging but unpretentious warmth... this wonderful concerto is sure to please most music lovers on first hearing and would make a good introduction to the composer for anyone who hasn’t yet discovered him.” -ARG

❦Debussy: Orchestral Works / Deneve

Works: Debussy: Berceuse héroïque; Images for Orchestra; Jeux; L’ Enfant prodigue; La mer; Marche écossaise. Artists: Stéphane Denève/Royal Scottish Nat’l Orch. Katherine Bryan (Flt); Katherine MacKintosh (Oboe d’amore). (2 SA Hybrid CD) (Chandos) 2 CHA 5102 $37.49 “Prelude a L’Apres-Midi D’un Faune is beautifully shaped, bright yet warm, and seamlessly structured... Some performances bring a touch of menace to this work, but this is more hypnotic than ominous.” -ARG

❦Debussy: Complete Piano Works / Gieseking

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Artists: Walter Gieseking, piano. (4 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 559172 $33.98 “Walter Gieseking’s classic set [of the Preludes] is unsurpassed... A set that should be in every collection.” -Gramophone Magazine

❦Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy [6 CDs]

Artists: Pierre Boulez. Anne Sofie von Otter (Mzz Sop); Krystian Zimerman (Pno). (6 CD) (Deutsche Grammophon) 6 DGG B001676802 $40.98 “Wonderfully atmospheric, indeed magical, and in the concertos, the delicacy and finesse of Krystian Zimerman’s pianism is dazzling, his refinement of nuance and clarity of articulation a source of wonder” -The Penguin Guide (On Valses Sentimentales)

❦Schubert: Lieder / Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, Gerald Moore Artists: Dietrich Fischer-Diskau,

(Bar), Gerald Moore (Pno) [Limited Ed.] (4 SA CD) (EMI Classics) 4 EMI 559692 $33.98 “What a lesson for the blasT listener it is to find these wonderful pieces come up with all their pristine freshness when approached as these artists approach them ... Here, at the lowest estimate, is the young person’s entrTe to the lasting joys of German literature, to say nothing of the paradise of Lieder.” -Gramophone Magazine

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Works by: John Browne (circa 1465 - circa 1505); Richard Davy (1465 - circa 1507); Hugh Kellyk; Walter Lambe (1450 after 1499); William, Monk of Stratford; Robert Wylkynson (circa 1450 - after 1515). Artists: Antony Pitts/Tonus Peregrinus. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572840 $9.99 “...These ravishing melismas seem to lead the ear on and on towards eternity - as, probably, they were intended to do.” -The Times, August 2012

❦The Manchester Gamba Book / Dietmar Berger

Works by: Alfonso Ferrabosco (circa 1578 - 1628); Gervise Gerrarde; Stephen Goodall; John Jenkins (1592 - 1678); Wilm Kingslake; Thomas Martine; Mr. Elliot Oxon; Joseph Sherlie (fl. 16th Century); Richard Sumarte (15th Century); G. Willis; Thomas Woodson; Willm Younge. Artists: Dietmar Berger, viola da gamba. (2 CD) (Naxos (USA) 2 NXS 8572863 $19.99 “Here’s one for the specialist...Dietmar Berger plays with admirable commitment but it’s heavy going for all but the most avid devotee.” -The Observer, July 2012

❦Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone / Lindberg

Works by: Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger, Alessandro Piccinini, Bellerofonte Castaldi. Artists: Jakob Lindberg, chitarrone (BIS (Sweden) BIS 1899 $18.99 “It is hard to know where to begin. The music? The instrument? The performance?... it doesn’t matter where I begin extolling this wonderful disc, the result is seventyfive minutes of completely absorbing listening.” Paul Ballyk, Uncommonly Classical

❦Jean Mouton: Sacred choral works

Works: Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522): Ave Maria Gemma Virginum; Bona vita, bona refectio; Exsultet coniubilando; Factum est silentium; Missa “Tu es Petrus”; Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum. Artists: Stephen Rice/Brabant Ensemble. Alastair Carey (Cantor). (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 67933 $18.99 “In each of these rich and complex works, the lucidity of both the Brabant Ensemble’s singing and Rice’s direction is hugely impressive.” -International Record Review

❦Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 4

Works: works Carlo Gesualdo (circa 1566 - 1613): Madrigals, Book 4. Artists: Marco Longhini/ Delitiae Musicae. (1 CD) (Naxos (USA) NXS 8572137 $9.99 “Stylish, convincing, profound and lovely performances. Buy it!” -MusicWeb International

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New & Best Selling on B ❦Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Artists: Mark Elder/ROH Covent Garden Chorus; ROH Covent Garden Orch. Angela Gheorghiu (Sop); Alessandro Corbelli (Bar); Jonas Kaufmann (Tnr); Olga Borodina (Mzz Sop); Maurizio Muraro (Bass). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Decca) DEC B001675459 $36.98 “Gheorghiu is dream casting for a role which all the great dramatic sopranos - from Joan Sutherland to Renée Fleming - have scrambled to make their own... David McVicar’s production is full of clever touches and includes an absolutely exquisite little entr’acte ballet.” -The Independent

❦Rossini: Zelmira

Mahler: Symphony no 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre

Artists: Michael Boder/Gran Teatre del Liceu. Werner van Mechelen (Bss Bar); Barbara Hannigan (Sop); Chris Merritt (Tnr); Ines Moraleda (Tnr); Frode Olsen (Bass). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) AHM 108058 $38.99

Wagner: The Ring Without Words

Artists: Lorin Maazel/Berlin PO. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2057607 $9.99 A unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner’s Ring cycle, arranged in a free-flowing and chronological cycle by world-famous conductor Lorin Maazel.

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www.hbdirect.com Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orch. Placido Domingo (Tnr); Anja Harteros (Sop); Fabio Sartori (Tnr); Ferrucio Furlantetto (Bass). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) AHM 108039 $38.99 “[Barenboim] delivers the kind of eloquently moulded, dramatically succinct phrases heard in his Wagner performances of late...” -Gramophone Magazine

Verdi: Rigoletto

Works: R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Lieder (4), Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 39; Traum durch die Dämmerung (“Weite Wiesen im Dämmergrau”), Op.; Winterliebe (“Der Sonne entgeten in Liebesgluten”), Op. 48/5. Artists: Renée Fleming (Sop). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) BOA 7101D $24.99 Gloriously affirming the Salzburg Festival’s longstanding reputation as a supreme musical event, this concert honors one of its founding fathers, Richard Strauss. Artists: Gustavo Dudamel/Los Angeles Philharmonic. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001736859 $28.48

Works: W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620. Artists: Ronald Boer/ Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orch. Ailish Tynan (Sop); Peter Bronder (Tnr); Saimir PIrgu (Tnr); Alex Esposito (Bass); Gunther Groissbock (Bass). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) BOA 7099D $29.99 “The most sensational performance is by [Shagimuratova], the finest Queen of the Night I have ever heard...This is a noble, ennobling achievement.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Artists: Juan Diego Florez, Kate Aldrich, Gregory Kunde, Alex Esposito - Roberto Abbado (1 BluRay Video) (Decca) DEC B001718359 $36.98 “The evening remained another distinguished triumph for Juan Diego Florez as Prince llo, whose arrival in his homeland, to rescue Zelmira, was marked by a “dazzling tenorial display” which “evoked a nearly twenty-minute ovation”” -Opera Today

Salzburg Festival - Strauss: Lieder; Alpensinfonie

❦Mozart: The Magic Flute

Artists: Leo Nuci, Elena Mosuc, Piotr Beczala, Lazlo Polgar. Nello Santi/Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orch. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Arthaus DVD) AHM 108057 $9.99

❦Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Dvorák, et al.

Works: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 “Double”; Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 “From the New World”; Verdi: I vespri siciliani. Artists: artists Claudio Abbado/Berlin PO. Gil Shaham (Vln). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) (Run Time: 132 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1) EUA 2051954 $38.99 “The finale begins without a pause, full of sound and fury in its thundering climactic passages. In what appears to be a rare tribute, the wind players refuse their solo bows, and a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to I vespri siciliani, unforced in its lyricism, appears to be an encore.” -Fanfare

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Artists: Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, May Morris, Eric Owens, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt; James Levine/Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orch. (5 Blu-Ray Video) (Deutsche Grammophon) 5 DGG B001725059 $129.98

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❦Verdi: Macbeth / Keenlyside, Pappano

Dausgaard conducts 4 Symphonies

Works: works Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 “From the New World”; Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931): Symphony no 3, Op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”; Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C CME 710604 $38.99 Major Video) Thomas Dausgaard leads the renowned Danish National Symphony Orchestra in incredible performances of monumental symphonies by four of the greatest composers of the quintessential orchestral form.

Delibes: Lakme / Opera Australia

Artists: Emmanuel Joel-Hornak/Australian Opera Chorus; Australian Opera Orch. Emma Matthews (Sop); Stephen Bennett (Bass); Dominica Matthews (Mzz Sop); Aldo di Toro (Tnr). (1 BluRay Video) (Opera Australia) OPAU 56021 $38.99

❦Verdi: Macbeth De Falla: La Vida Breve

Artists: Lorin Maazel/Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Valencian Community Orch. Felipe Bou; Cristina GallardoDomas; Luisa Corbacho; Esperanza Fernandez (flamenco singer); Jorge De Leon (flamenco singer). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) CME 710804 $38.99 Presented here for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Manuel de Falla’s “La vida breve” is arguably the greatest opera in the entire Spanish repertoire, a tragic Zarzuela, a mix of Verismo, local Andalusian color and French Impressionism.

Richard Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

Artists: Christian Thielemann/ Vienna PO; Vienna State Opera Chorus. Anne Schwanewilms (Sop); Andreas Conrad (Tnr); Stephen Gould (Tnr); Michaela Schuster (Mzz Sop); Steven Humes (Bass). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Opus Arte) BOA 7104D $29.99 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 Christoph Loy’s inventive production for the Salzburg Festival.

Nelsons conducts Shostakovich, Strauss, Wagner

Works: Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65; R. Strauss: Salome, Op. 54; Wagner: Rienzi. Artists: Andris Nelsons/Royal Concertgebouw Orch. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) CME 710004 $38.99 A performance for the ages - the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the charismatic yet calculated baton of Andris Nelsons give everything they’ve got to Shostakovich’s mighty 8th Symphony.

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Artists: Antonio Pappano/ Royal Opera Chorus; Anthony Pappano/ROH Orch. Simon Keenlyside (Tnr); Raymond Aceto (Bass); Nigel Cliffe (Bass); Steven Ebel (Tnr); Elisabeth Meister (Sop). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) BOA 7095D $29.99 “Anthony Pappano remains the go-to man for Italian opera; he even turns Verdi’s rum-tum-tum moments into suspense and urgency and makes us forget that this mostly forward-looking work was composed during his “galley” years.” -The Guardian

Bronfman plays Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvoák Works: Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”; Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Chopin: Etude for piano no 8 in F major, Op. 10/8, CT. 21; Antonin Dvorák (1841 1904): Slavonic Dance no 3 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 83/3 (Op. 46/3); Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35. Artists: Andris Nelsons/Royal Concertgebouw Orch; Yefim Bronfman. (1 Blu-Ray Video) (C Major Video) CME 710204 $38.99 Grammy Award winning pianist Yefim Bronfman joins the superstar conductor Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in stunning performances of Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto and more. “What a find!” -The Wall Street Journal

Mozart: The Last 8 Piano Concertos / Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic [Blu-Ray]

Works: W.A. Mozart: Concerto for Piano nos 20 25, K 466, 467 482, 488, 491, 503 Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Berlin PO. Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2066094 $38.99

❦Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria

Artists: Ottavio Dantone/ Accademia Bizantina. Marina Comparato (Mzz Sop); Stefano Ferrari (Tnr); Lucia Cirillo (Sop); Nicole Heaston (Sop); Annamaria Dell’Oste (Mzz Sop). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (BBC Opus Arte) BOA 7098D $29.99 “This is the most impressive and engaging product of Pergolesi’s anniversary year I’ve heard so far... [Annamaria dell’Oste] is more dramatically aware and dignified than simply dazzling: she never once plays to the gallery, or drops out of character.” -International Record Review

❦Liszt: The Piano Concertos

Works: Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215; Wagner: Faust Overture; Siegfried Idyll. Artists: Pierre Boulez/Berlin Staatskapelle Orch. Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 Blu-Ray Video) (Accentus) ACTS 10239 $38.99 “Barenboim’s approach to both concertos deals in the monumental rather than in quicksilver Romantic scintillation. ” -BBC Music Magazine

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❦Rossini: Le Comte Ory / Damrau, Flórez

❦Verdi: Il Trovatore / Alvarez, Hvorostovsky

Artists:Maurizio Benini/ Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orch. Diana Damrau (Sop); Juan Diego Flórez (Tnr); Michele Pertusi (BassBaritone); Joyce DiDonato (Mzz Sop); Stéphane Degout (Bar). (2 DVD-Video) (EMI Classics) 2 EMI 709599 $33.98 “Sher’s production is wise, witty and completely faithful to the spirit of the piece...Damrau is peerless, giving a bravura comic performance made from winks and nudges, heavy theatrical sighing and a heaving bosom. Joyce DiDonato is equally fine...And who could ask for a more winning Ory than Juan Diego Florez?...Delicious.” -BBC Music

Artists: Marcelo Alvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky; MET, Marco Armiliato (1 DVD-Video) (Deutsche Grammophon) DGG B001654909 $28.48 “Alvarez made a stalwart, passionate, masculine-figure... Radvanovsky has all the technical devices necessary for Leonora, and she is, moreover, a passionate actress... Hvorostovsky sang with superb, flawless line, total control and long, flowing, high notes... Zajick held down Azucena powerfully... The opera’s end I have never seen staged or acted more convincingly.” -Opera Today

❦Wagner: Parsifal / Daniel Barenboim

❦Schumann & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

Artists: Daniel Barenboim/ Berlin State Opera Chorus; Staatskapelle Berlin. John Tomlinson (Bass); Waltraud Meier (Mzz Sop); Falk Struckmann (Bass); Poul Elming (Tnr); Fritz Hubner (Bass). (3 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) (245 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo) 3 EUA 2066738 $38.99 “As for the performance, it’s very good... If you like Parsifal, this one will surely be on your to-get list. If you’ve never seen the opera, it is certainly a thoughtful and impressive production to judge it by.” -Fanfare Magazine, September/October 2012

❦Bizet: Carmen / Domingo, Obraztsova

Artists: Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna State Opera Ballet; Vienna State Opera Orch. & Chorus. Placido Domingo (Tnr); Isobel Buchanan (Sop); Axelle Gall (Mzz Sop); Elena Obraztsova (Mzz Sop). (1 DVDVideo) (Arthaus) (154 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo) AHM 107263 $29.99 “Star turns from Obraztsova’s grand-scale gypsy, Domingo’s corporal, Mazurok’s bullfighter and Buchanan’s fresh-faced village-girl. Kleiber’s conducting is outstanding.” -BBC Music Magazine

De Falla: La Vida Breve / Lorin Maazel

Artists: Lorin Maazel/Orch. e Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Felipe Bou; Cristina Gallardo-Domas; Luisa Corbacho; Esperanza Fernandez; Jorge De Leon. (1 DVD-Video) (C Major Video) (82 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1) CME 710708 $29.99 Presented here for the first time on DVD, Manuel de Falla’s “La vida breve” is arguably the greatest opera in the entire Spanish repertoire, a tragic Zarzuela, a mix of Verismo, local Andalusian color and French Impressionism.

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Works: R. Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23. Artists: Sergiu Celibidache/ Munich PO. Daniel Barenboim (Pno). (1 DVD-Video) (EuroArts) EUA 2066588 $24.99 “These 1991 performances exchange surface excitement for a poetic probing of the music’s deeper undercurrents, with spellbinding results. A triumph.” -BBC Music Magazine

Love, Passion & Deceit - Glyndebourne Festival

Works: W.A. Mozart: Cos fan tutte, K 588; Rossini: La Cenerentola; Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899): Die Fledermaus. Artists: Iván Fischer; Vladimir Jurowski/ Glyndebourne Festival Orch. & Chorus; London PO. (6 DVDVideo) (BBC Opus Arte) (593 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0) 6 BOA 1074D $29.99 Three complete operas for the price of one DVD! La Cenerentola - ‘This is a performance that meets the Glyndebourne gold standard.’ -Daily Telegraph Così fan tutte - ‘... an evening of Mozartian magic... a staging that cries out to be revisited.’ - Sunday Times. Die Fledermaus - ‘The pace is racy, the articulation brilliant, the Viennesisms deftly in place, the waltz fruity and uplifting.’ -The Independent

Handel: Rodelinda / Fleming, Scholl - MET

Artists: Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe; Harry Bicket/ Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Chorus. (1 DVDVideo) (Decca) DEC B001745109 $36.98 Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s celebrated production of Handel’s Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera.

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D Videos for 2012

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Artists: Leonard Bernstein/ London SO. (Live, 11/1966) (1 DVD-Video) (ICA Classics) (82 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Mono) ICA 5082 $24.99 Leonard Bernstein’s recordings of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony for CBS Records and Deutsche Grammophon were acclaimed by critics worldwide, and his interpretation of The Rite of Spring in 1959 elicited an enthusiastic ‘Wow!’ from Stravinsky himself! As a bonus, the DVD includes an in-depth interview.

❦Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City

of Kitezh

Artists: Alexander Vedernikov/ Cagliari Theater Orch. & Chorus. Mikhail Gubsky (Tnr); Tatiana Monogarova (Sop); Mikhail Kazakov (Bass); Marika Gulordava (Mzz Sop); Gevorg Hakobyan (Bar). (2 DVD-Video) (Naxos) (Run Time: 187 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 5.0, DTS 5.0) 2 NXS 2110277 $38.99 “For anyone who doesn’t know this remarkable work, it’s a must-buy...” -The Guardian

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Donato Renzetti

Artists: Donato Renzetti/Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus. Paolo Bordogna (Bar); Anna Caterina Antonacci (Mzz Sop); Alessandra Marianelli (Sop); Andrea Porta (Bass); Ivan Magri (Tnr). (1 DVD-Video) (C Major Video) (129 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1) CME 720208 $29.99

❦Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Gheorghiu

Artists: Mark Elder/ROH Covent Garden Orch. & Chorus. Angela Gheorghiu (Sop); Alessandro Corbelli (Bar); Jonas Kaufmann (Tnr); Olga Borodina (Mzz Sop); Maurizio Muraro (Bass). (2 DVD-Video) (Decca) (150 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color) 2 DEC B001669609 $36.98 “On video, this Decca [release] is far superior visually and audibly to anything we have had before and becomes a clear first choice. This is a very good opera production... and deserves an enthusiastic recommendation.” -Fanfare Magazine

Heuberger: Der Opernball (Opera Ball)

Artists: Willy Mattes/SO Kurt Graunke, Munich. Harald Serafin; Heinz Erhardt; Tatjana Iwanow; Helen Mane; Maria Tiboldi. (1 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) (100 min.; Region: 0; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Stereo) AHM 101628 $29.99 In this work, Richard Heuberger tried to create a new operetta style, the “comedy operetta. According to the great Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick, he succeeded in “preserving the purity of the Viennese operetta.

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Steinberg

Artists: William Steinberg/ Boston SO. (1 DVD-Video) (ICA Classics) (Run Time: 66 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, B&W; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Mono) ICA 5071 $24.99 This rare material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and William Steinberg, and has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques.

❦Gilbert And Sullivan: The Mikado

Artists: Brian Castles-Onion/ Australian Opera Chorus; Victoria Orch. Taryn Fiebig; Warwick Fyfe; Jacqueline Dark; Kanen Breen; Mitchell Butel. (1 DVDVideo) (Opera Australia) OPAU 56014 $29.99 “Opera Australia’s lavish production of The Mikado succeeds in doing justice to the colourful whimsy and pointed fakery of Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic.” -Australian Stage

Kathleen Ferrier / A Film by Diane Perelsztejn

Artists:Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto). (2 DVD-Video) (Decca) (Run Time: 65 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color) 2 DEC B001683050 $28.48 Sunday April 22nd 2012 marked the centenary of one of the finest and most beloved singers of the 20th century - the English contralto, Kathleen Ferrier.The film is a touching portrait of an extraordinary woman and features a rare audio interview recorded at the peak of her career and digitally remastered recordings of her finest performances, some never before released.

Treasures of The Russian Ballet

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh (excerpts); Léon Minkus: Don Quixote; Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87 - Ballet Suite; Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118; Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake. Artists: Algis Zhuraitis/Bournemouth SO; Niyazi Hajibeyov/ROH Covent Garden Orch.; Yuri Faier. (1 DVD-Video) (ICA Classics) ICA 5074 $24.99 Russia’s two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s. This DVD brings together performances by members of both companies, providing rare footage of some of the most brilliant dancers of their time.

Massenet: Cendrillon

Artists: Bertrand De Billy/Orch. of the ROH; Royal Opera Chorus. Joyce DiDonato (Mzz Sop); Alice Coote (Mzz Sop); Jean-Philippe Lafont (Bar); Ewa Podles (Mzz Sop); Eglis Gutierrez (Sop). (2 DVDVideo) (Virgin Classics) 2 VCL 025099 $33.98

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❦Verdi: La Traviata / Natalie Dessay

Artists: Louis Langree/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; London SO. Natalie Dessay (Sop); Adelina Scarabelli (Sop); Ludovic Tezier (Bar); Charles Castronovo (Tnr); Silvia De La Muela (Mzz Sop). (1 DVD-Video) (Virgin Classics) (Run Time: 139 min.; Region: 1; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color) VCL 307989 $23.98 “From the moment Dessay throws a coquettish glance back over her shoulder to draw the audience into the opera’s action, her portrayal of the doomed courtesan is compelling, thrilling and completely believable... The LSO under conductor Louis Langrée was a winning combination.” -BBC

❦Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

Artists: Vladimir Jurowski/Glyndebourne Chorus; London PO. Miah Persson; Topi Lehtipuu; Matthew Rose; Clive Bayley; Elena Manistina. (1 DVD) (BBC Opus Arte) (150 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround) BOA 1062D $29.99 “Full of colour and light, and brimming with wit, this is a production that lifts the performers... An absolute triumph.” -BBC Music Magazine

❦Ashton: Les Patineurs; Divertissements; Scenes

de Ballet

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864): Les Patineurs, ballet (arranged by Constant Lambert); Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra; Various: Divertissements. Artists: Barry Wordsworth/ROH Covent Garden Orch.; Paul Murphy. (1 DVDVideo) (BBC Opus Arte) (96 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround) BOA 1064D $29.99 “One of the finest ballet DVDs I’ve ever seen... Very highly recommended to balletomanes.” -Fanfare

❦Lully: Atys / William Christie, Agnew, Rivenq

Artists: William Christie/Les Arts Florissants. Sophie Daneman (Sop); Nicolas Rivenq (Bar); Cyril Auvity (CtrTnr); Marc Mauillon (Tnr); Paul Agnew (Tnr). (2 DVDVideo) (FRA Musica) (295 min.; Region: All; Pic Fmt: NTSC, Color; Sound Fmt(s): Dolby 2.0, DTS) 2 FRAM 006 $41.99 “We now have a visual record of Jean-Marie Villégier’s essential, unsurpassedly elegant production, captured in Paris during the revival tour this year. It is simply one of the wonders of the world. “ -The New York Times

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