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The Vienna Berlin Music Club Philharmonix Decca Philharmonix breathes fresh life into great musical history with ingenious arrangements and new compositions that are fused with jazz, folk, pop, and other genres. Features works from artists ranging from Beethoven to Queen. 12850369 $16.99
Not Our First Goat Rodeo Various Artists Sony Classical Available June 19 13090746 $11.99 Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile join forces once again for an album that brings together classical and Americana.
Beethoven String Quartets Opp. 132 & 130/133 Tetzlaff Quartett Ondine Monumental works which are given fresh interpretations by the quartet are among the greatest achievements in the history of Western art music written by a composer who had already largely lost contact with the world. 2 Discs 13058147 $16.99
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 Mariss Jansons BR Klassik Guest Artists: Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Premiered in 1881, this Bruckner work conjures up an ideal world in bright, unbroken colors, and looks back on an intact and carefree past. 13058110 $16.99
The Mythos Suite Debbie Wiseman & Stephen Fry Decca Guest Artists: National Symphony Orchestra Stephen Fry’s storytelling talents are combined with Debbie Wiseman’s celebrated skills as a composer to create a musical work that re-tells the classic Greek myths. 12821657 $16.99
Beethoven Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7 Anne-Sophie Mutter & Yo-Yo Ma Deutsche Grammophon Guest Artist: Daniel Barenboim After four decades, musical legends Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yo-Yo Ma reunite to record Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. 12835928 $16.99
Macmillan Symphony No. 5, ‘Le Grand Inconnu’ - The Sun Danced Harry Christophers Coro Guest Artists: The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Imagine a vision too wondrous for eyes alone, ‘the lady more brilliant than the sun.’ ‘The lady’ is the Virgin Mary, and The Sun Danced is an ecstatic choral celebration of the Miracle of Fatima commissioned for the celebration of the Centennial of the Apparitions in Portugal. 13058116 $18.99
Elgar Sea Pictures The Music Makers Various Artists Onyx Classics Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra continue their critically acclaimed Elgar project featuring Kathryn Rudge as soloist. Sea Pictures is one of the composer’s most popular works. 13017610 $19.99
Scattered on the Wind Sophie Hutchings Mercury KX A piano-driven album with strings and other elements, all about surrendering to the unknown, trusting that any path will lead someone to their rightful place. 12991418 $16.99
Veni, Vidi, Vinci Franco Fagiloli Deutsche Grammophon Guest Artists: Il Pomo D’Oro, Zefira Valova Franco Fagioli lavishes his ‘extraordinary agility and richly upholstered voice’ (Gramophone) on Leonardo Vinci, the Neapolitan composer who influenced Handel and many later masters of Italian opera. 12935949 $16.99
Voice of Hope Camille Thomas Deutsche Grammophon Guest Artists: Brussels Philharmonic, Mathieu Herzog Cellist Camille Thomas creates an album featuring works of peace and hope, including a world premiere recording of Fazil Say’s Never Give Up Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Available June 5 12883300 $16.99