CDs Unlimited Secondhand Classical CD and DVD List 9th September 2008 Telephone +44 (0) 20 8245 9285 • Fax +44 (0) 20 8360 5979 Email sales@cds-unlimited.co.uk Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) Symphonies Op.10, Nos.1 - 6 La Stagione Frankfurt - Schneider 999 207-2 CPO 5.99 Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) Sonatas V & VI for Transverse Flute and Harpsichord, Pieces for Viola da gamba, Trio for Two Flutes and Continuo in F, Trio for Two Flutes and Continuo in G, Sonata for Cello and Continuo in A La Stagione 999 209-2 CPO 5.99 Adams, John (b.1947) The Wound Dresser*, Fearful Symmetries. DELETION Orchestra of St Luke's - John Adams,*Sylvan (baritone) 979 218-2 ElektraNonesuch 5.99 Adams, John (b.1947) Harmonielehre, The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Short Ride in a Fast Machine. PG*** CBSO - Rattle CDC 5 55051 2 EMI 5.99 Adams, John (b.1947) I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky (outer sleeve a little bit marked, but booklet and disc fine) McDonald, McElroy, Yang, Teek, Ensemble - Adams 7559 79473 2 Nonesuch 5.99 Adams, John (b.1947) Tromba Lontana, Violin Concerto*, The Wound-Dresser (STILL SEALED) Recorded live at the Barbican 2002 Bimson & Hurrell (trumpets), BBC SO - Adams, *Leila Josefowicz (violin), **Maltman (baritone) BBCLJ30012 BBC Late Junction 5.99 Ades, Thomas Asyla, Concerto Conciso, Chamber Symphony, ...but all shall be well, Three Premises Are Alarmed, Ades (piano), CBSO/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Rattle/Ades CDC 5 56818 2 EMI 5.99 Ades, Thomas America: A Prophecy Op.19, The Fayrfax Carol, Fool's Rhymes Op.5*, January Writ**, O Thou sho didst with pitfall and with gin Op.3a***, The Lover in Winter+, Life Story Op.8++, Cardiac Arrest+++, Les Baricades misterieuses#, Brahms Op.21## Bickley (sop), CBSO and Chorus - Ades, *Foster (piano) Webb (harp), Benjafield (percussion), **Bowers-Broadbent (organ), ***Polyphony - Layton, +Blaze (cont-ten), Watkins (piano), ++MacFadden (sop), +++Foreman and Smyth, #Composers Ensemble - Ades, ##Maltman (baritone), CBSO - Ades 5 57610 2 EMI 6.99 Aho, Kalevi (b.1949) Symphony No.9, Cello Concerto Lahti SO - Vanska, Hoffman (cello) BIS-CD-706 BIS 8.49 Aho, Kalevi (b.1949) Symphony No.1, Violin Concerto, Hiljaisuus. PG*** Lahti SO - Vanska, Grasbeck (violin) BIS-CD-396 BIS 8.99 Albeniz, Issac (1860-1909) Henry Clifford [2 CD SET] without libretto/booklet Machado, Marc, Alvarez, Henschel, Martinez, Coro y Orquestra Sinfonica de Madrid - Eusebio 473 937-2 Decca 5.99 Albinoni Oboe Concertos Op.7 Nos. 5*, 12, 6, 8*, 11*, 9, 3 & 2* PG*** H Holliger (oboe), *with H Elhorst (oboe), Camerata Bern 439 509-2 DG 3.99 Albinoni 12 Concertos Op.9 [2 CD SET] PG*** Manze (vn), Academy of Ancient Music - Hogwood 458 129-2 Decca 7.99 Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960) Symphony No.1, Mountain King Suite, Uppsala Rhapsody Op.24, Festival Overture Op.25 RSNO - Willwn 8.553962 Naxos 3.49 Alkan 12 Etudes Op.39 incl. Symphony & Concerto for Solo Piano [2 CD SET] PG*** Jack Gibbons (piano) CD DCS 227 ASV 7.99 Alkan Concerto For Solo Piano Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) CD-724 Music & Arts 5.99 Alkan Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages' Op.33, Sonatine Op.61, Barcarolle Op.65/6, Le Festin D'Esope. (Gramophone "Another Hyperion/Hamelin must.") PG*** Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) CDA66794 Hyperion 7.99 Alkan 12 Studies in all the Major Keys Op.35 Stephanie McCallum (piano) TP055 Tall Poppies 6.99 Alkan Allegro Barbaro (Etude Op.35/5), Trois Petites Fantaisies Op.41, Trois Preludes Op.31, Trois Marches for Piano Four Hands Op.40* (DELETION) Sermet (piano), *with Pennetier (piano) V 4808 Auvdis 6.99 Alkan Esquisses Op.63 Laurent Martin (piano) 8.223352 Marco Polo 4.99 Alkan Chamber Music - Piano Trio Op.30, Sonate de Concert Op.47, Grand Duo Concertant Op.21 Trio Alkan 8.223383 Marco Polo 4.99 Alkan Concerto for Piano Solo Op.39 Nos. 8, 9 & 10, Chants Book V Op.70 (world premiere recording) Stephanie McCallum MBS 24 CD MBS Records 6.99 Alwyn Symphony No.1, Piano Concerto No.1. PG*** H Shelley (piano), LSO - Hickox CHAN 9155 Chandos 6.99 Antheil, George Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6, McKonkey's Ferry Overture National SO of Ukraine - Kuchar 8.559033 Naxos 2.99 Arapov, Boris (1905-1992) Violin Concerto, Symphony No.5*, Four Seasons for Soprano, Tenor and Instrumental Nonet** (DELETION) Vaiman (vn), Leningrad SO - Arvid Jansons, *Leningrad SO - Dmitriev, **Melentyeva (sop), Mareshkin (ten), Instrumental Ensemble - Rozhdestvensky MEL CD 10 00839 Melodiya 7.99 Arensky String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Quintet Op.51 Lajtha Quartet, Prunyi (piano) 8.223811 Marco Polo 6.99 Arensky The Complete Suites for Two Pianos Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 'Scintillating performances' (Fanfare, USA) PG*** Coombs & Munro (pianos) CDA66755 Hyperion 7.99 Arensky Piano Trios Op.32 & Op.73 The Dussek Piano Tio CDE 84398 Meridian 4.49 Argento, Dominick (b.1927) Six Elizabethan Songs, Letters from Composers, To be Sung upon the Water Haskin (tenor), Triestram (pno), Walker (gtr), Mayer (cl) DXL 1098 Deux-Elles 5.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8. Penguin Guide *** (Only available in box set) RPO - Handley CDCF 177 Conifer 7.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphony No. 2, A Grand Grand Overture, Carnival of Animals, Concerto for 2 Pianos (3 hands) Op.104, Penguin Guide *** (Only available in box set) Nettle & Markham (pianos), RPO - Handley CDCF 240 Conifer 6.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4. PG*** LSO - Hickcox CHAN 9290 Chandos 5.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6. PG*** LSO - Hickox CHAN 9385 Chandos 5.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphony No.9, Sir Malcolm Arnold in conversation with Andrew Penny. PG*** National SO of Ireland - Penny 8.553540 Naxos 2.99 Arnold, Malcolm Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2. PG*** LSO - Hickox CHAN 9335 Chandos 5.99 Arnold, Malcolm Little Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Concerto For 28 Players, Variations for Orchestra on a Theme of Ruth Gipps, A Manx Suite. PG*** City of Lonson Sinfonia - Hickox CHAN 9509 Chandos 7.99 Arriaga The Three String Quartets Quartet Sine Nomine CD 50-9501 Claves 4.99 Atterberg Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Swedish RSO - Westerberg, Norrkoping SO - Frykberg CDS-1010-2 Sterling 6.99 Atterberg Symphony No.9 Op.54 'Sinfonia Visionaria', Alven 'The River' Op.33 NDR Radio PO - Rasilainen, with Vihavainen (mezzo), Suovanen (baritone), NDR Chor, Prager Kammerchor 999 913-2 CPO 6.99 Auric, Georges (1899-1983) La Belle et la Bete - Complete 1946 Film Score Moscow SO - Adriano, with the Axios Chorus 8.557707 Naxos 3.49 Bach,C.P.E Harpsichord Concertos in F maj Wq 38, in B min Wq 30 & in C minor Wq 37 Les Amis de Philippe - Remy (harpsichord & conductor) 999 350-2 CPO 4.99 Bach,C.P.E Double Concerto for Harpsichord, Fortepiano & Orchestra Wq47, Sonatina For Two Harpsichords & Orchestra Wq109, Double Concerto for Two Harpsichords & Orchestra Wq.46 Kelley (hpsd), Immerseel (fortepiano, hpsd), Curtis (hpsd), Leonhardt (hpsd), Collegium Aureum 05472 77410 2 DHM 3.99 Bach,C.P.E Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 4. WF BACH: Sinfonia in F major Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra - Lee 8.553289 Naxos 2.75 Bach,C.P.E Four Symphonies Wq 183, Symphony for Strings No.5 Wq 182, Cello Concertos Wq 170-172 [2 CD SET] BBC Radio 3 Building a Library - September 2005 Bylsma (cello), OAE - Leonhardt VBD 5 61794 2 Virgin 5.99 Bach,C.P.E Earlier Sonatas for Flute and Continuo (W127, 124, 134, 126, 125 & 123) DELETION Miller (baroque fl), Burman-Hall (hpschd), Hutchinson (viola da gamba) CRC 2087 Centaur 6.99 Bach,C.P.E Six 'Hamburg' Symphonies for Strings Wq182. PG*** Gramophone Early Music Award 1980 The English Concert - Pinnock 476 7109 Archiv 4.99 Bach,C.P.E Flute Concertos Wq 22, Wq 168 & Wq 169 Jennifer Stinton (flute), Orchestra of St John's - Lubbock 13732 Collins 3.99 Bach,C.P.E The Complete Keyboard Concertos Vol.4 - H412 (world premiere recording), H420 & H416 (world premiere recording)* Spanyi (harpsichord/*fortepiano), Concerto Armonico (on period instruments) BIS-CD-768 BIS 5.99 Bach,C.P.E Symphonies for String Orchestra Nos. 1, 3 & 5, Concerto for Two Harpsichords Wq46*. WF BACH: Concerto for Two Harpsichords* English Concert - Pinnock, *Staier and Hill (hpschds), Musica Antiqua Koln - Goebel 940 260-2 Archiv 4.99 Bach,C.P.E Sonatas for Harpsichord H13, H51 & H66. Sonatas for Fortepiano H211, H248 & H280 Carole Cerasi (harpsichord/fortepiano) MET CD 1032 Metronome 5.99 Bach,C.P.E The Complete Keyboard Concertos Vol.13 - Sonatinas H463 & H457, Concerto in D minor H425 Miklos Spanyi (tangent piano), Concerto Armonico (on period instruments) - Szuts/Spanyi BIS-CD-1307 BIS 6.99 Bach, J.S. St John Passion BWV 245 [2 CD SET]. PG Rosette Award Pears, Howell, Shirley-Quirk, Harper, Tear, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, ECO - Britten 443 859-2 Decca 6.99 Bach, J.S. Cantatas BWV 106, 118b & 198. PG*** Argenta, Chance, Rolfe-Johnson, Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner 429 782-2 Archiv 3.99 Bach, J.S. Organ Chorales from the Leipzig Manuscript Vol.1 Wolfgang Rubsam (Taylor &Boody Organ, Holy Cross College, Massachusetts, USA) 8.550901 Naxos 2.25 Bach, J.S. Cantatas - Aus der Tiefen rufe ich zu die BWV131, Herr wie du willt so schicks mit mir BWV73, Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht BWV105 Schlick (sop), Lesne (alto), Crook (tenor), Kooy (bass), Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale - Herreweghe VC 7 59237 2 Virgin 2.99 Bach, J.S. Das Orgelbuchlein BWV 599 - 644 [2 CD SET] Bowyer (Organ) with Det fynske Kammerchor - Joensen NI 5457/8 Nimbus 7.99 Bach, J.S. Clavierubung III Vol.1 - BWV669-681, Prelude BWV552 Rubsam (Silbermann Organ, Freiberg Cathedral) 8.550929 Naxos 1.99 Bach, J.S. Christmas Oratorio [2 CD SET] DELETION Bott, Chance, Agnew, King, George, New London Consort - Pickett 458 838-2 L'Oiseau Lyre 9.99 Bach, J.S. Coffee Cantata BWV211, Peasant Cantata BWV212 Kertesi (sop), Mukk (ten), Gati (bass), Failoni CO - Antal 8.550641 Naxos 2.99 Bach, J.S. Cantatas BWV51, 199 & 202, Arias* from BWV 208 & 68. STOLZEL: Aria - Bist du bei mir (recorded 1950-1958, remastered 1999) Schwarzkopf (sop), Philharmonia - Gelhorn/Dart, Concertgebouw - Klemperer, *with Niedermayer & Reznicek (flutes), Maurer (cello), Ahlgrimm (harpsichord), CDH 5 67206 2 EMI 4.99 Bach, J.S. Six English Suites BWV 806-811 [2 CD SET] Glenn Gould (piano) SM2K 52606 Sony 7.99 Bach, J.S. Christmas Oratorio, St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Mass in B minor [9 CD SET] The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists - J E Gardiner 469 769-2 Archiv 29.99 Bach, J.S. Six Motets BWV 225-230 (Mono Recording, Remastered for DG Originals Series) DELETION Thomanerchor Leipzig - Ramin 474 419-2 Archiv The Originals 3.99 Bach, J.S. Easter Oratorio BWV249, Magnificat BWV243 Gabrieli Consort & Players - McCreesh 469 531-2 Archiv 3.99 Bach, J.S. Goldberg Variations [2 CD SET] PG*** (STILL SEALED) Rosalind Tureck (piano) 459 599-2 DG 7.99 Bach, J.S. Italian Concerto BWV971, English Suite No.5, Partita No.5 (still sealed) Grohovski (piano) BAM 2004 Bel Air Music 1.99 Bach, J.S. English Suites Nos. 1 & 2, French Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Alan Curtis (hpschd) 0927 40808 2 Apex 1.99 Bach, J.S. The Six Partitas BWV 825-830 [2 CD SET] PG*** Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) 415 493-2 Archiv 6.99 Bach, J.S. Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV903, French Suite No.5 BWV816, Toccata and Fugue BWV914, Italian Concerto BWV971, Capriccio BWV992 (deletion) Robert Aldwinkle (hpschd) PCD 817 IMP 2.99 Bach, J.S. St Matthew Passion [3 CD SET] Van der Meel, Nolte, Chung, Couwenbergh, Kielland, Schafer, Dresden Chamber Choir, Cologne Cathedral Boys' Choir, Cologne CO - Muller Bruhl 8.557617-19 Naxos 4.99 Bach, J.S. Cantata BWV 82a 'Ich habe genug', Sinfonia BWV 4, Es will der Hochste....Ja tausend mal tausend BWV 43, Cantata BWV 55 'Ich armer Mensch ich Sundenknecht', Sinfonia BWV 18, Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus BWV 198, Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer BWV 249, Dies hat Gott klar.....Des Vaters Stimme BWV 7, Gott ist mein Freund BWV 139, Sinfonia BWV 212 Bostridge (tenor), Europa Galante - Biondi VC 5 45420 2 Virgin 4.99 Bach, J.S. Selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook Elly Ameling (sop), Hans-Martin Linde (bar), Leonhardt (hpschd), Koch (vioal da gamba), May (cello), Tölz Boys' Choir GD77150 DHM 3.49 Bach, J.S. Cantatas BWV147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" & BWV80 "Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott" Bryden (sop), Drew Minter (cont-ten), Thomas (ten), Opalach (bass), The Bach Ensemble - Rifkin 417 250-2 L'Oiseau Lyre 3.49 Bach, J.S. Cantatas BWV4 'Christ lag in Todebanden' & BWV131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich Herr zu dir' Kendall (tenor), Varcoe (baritone), McKenna (ob), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists - Gardiner 0927-49574-2 Apex 2.99 Bach, J.S. Mass in B minor, Mass in F BWV233* [2 CD SET] DELETION Marshall & Topper (sops), Pears (ten), Korg (bass), BRSO & Chorus - Jochum, *Giebel (sop), Litz (contralto), Prey (bar), Pro Arte Orchestra and Chorus Lausanne - Redel 438 739-2 Philips 5.99 Bach, J.S. Organ Works Vol.13 - LES CONCERTOS Concerto BWV 593 after Vivaldi, Concerto BWV 595 after le duc Johann Ernst de Saxe Weimar, Concerto BWV 596 after Vivaldi, Concerto BWV 594 after Vivaldi, Concerto BWV 592 after le duc Johann Ernst de Saxe Weimar, Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV645. LES CHORALS SCHUBLER - Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV646, Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten BWV647, Meine Seele erhebet den Herren BWV648, Ach bleib' bei uns Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649, Kommst du nun Jesu vom Himmel herunter BWV650 (DELETION) Michel Chapuis (organ of St Benoit a Ringsted, Denmark) V 4423 Auvidis 4.99 Bach, J.S. BACH Organ Works Vol. 4 - Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland BWV 659, Eight (short) Preludes and Fugues BWV 553-560 (two versions of No.4), Four Chorale Preludes - Allein Gott in der Hö' sei Ehr BWV 711, Wir Christenleut BWV 1090, Herr Gott nun schleuß den Himmel auf BWV 1092, Ach Gott und Herr BWV 714. Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV 549 Piet Kee (Muller Organ of St Bavo Haarlem) CHAN 0527 Chandos 4.99 Bach, J.S. BACH ORGAN WORKS VOL 1 - Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542, Eight Chorale Preludes from the 'Orgel-Büchlein' - Das alte Jahr vbergangen ist BWV 614, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 633, Vater unser Himmelreich BWV 636, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt BWV 637, Ich ruf su dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639, In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr BWV 640, Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein BWV 641, Wer nur den lieben Gott lafst walten BWV 642. Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 531, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 663, Erbarm dich mein O Herre Gott BWV 721, Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544 Piet Kee (Muller Organ of St Bavo Haarlem) CHAN 0506 Chandos 4.99 Bach, J.S. BACH ORGAN WORKS VOL 2 - Pièce d'orgue BWV 572, Pastorella BWV 590, Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548, Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein BWV 734, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten BWV 691, Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV 582 Piet Kee (Organ on the Muller of St Bavo, Haarlem) CHAN 0510 Chandos 4.99 Bach, J.S. Early Cantatas, Volume 1 - Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV 4, Gottes Zeit is die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir BWV 131, Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196. PG*** "An impressive and generous first instalment which augurs well for future issues" Kirkby (sop), Chance (cont-ten), Daniels (tenor), Harvey (bass), The Purcell Qt, with Beckett (recorder), Scott (recorder), Robson (oboe), Watts (bassoon), Rigers (viola), Salaman (viola), Campbell (viola da gamba) CHAN 0715 Chandos 5.99 Bach, J.S. Organ Works Vol.10 - Praeludium & Fuga in C BWV547, Organ Chorales from the Leipzig Original Manuscript BWV659-668a Part 2, Praeludium & Fuga BWV544 Gerhard Weinberger (Heinrich Gottfried Trost Organ 1724) 999 756-2 CPO 2.99 Bach, J.S. Mass in B minor [2 CD SET] Recorded BBC Studios 17.07.1951, remastered. Danco (sop), Ferrier (contralto), Pears (tenor), Boyce (bass), BBCL 4008-7 BBC Legends 8.99 Bach, J.S. Inventions and Sinfonias BWV772-801 (complete), Fragments of Anna Magdalena's Notebook Janso Sebestyen (piano) 8.550679 Naxos 2.99 Bach, J.S. St John Passion [2 CD SET] Kwon (sop), Eittinger (mezzo), Odinius (tenor), Newerla (baritone), Lika (bass), Chor and Orchestra Bach-Ensemble - Daus 74321 67521 2 ArteNova 4.99 Bach, J.S. French Suites BWV812-819 [2 CD SET] Davitt Moroney (harpsichord) VCD 7 91201 2 Virgin 4.99 Bach, J.S. The Cantatas Vol.38 Nos. 157-159 and Nos. 161-163* [2 CD SET] Wegman, Eiwanger, Esswood, Equiluz, Egmond, Tolzer Kabenchor, Collegium Vocale - Herreweghe, Leonhardt Consort - Leonhardt, *Eiwanger, Iconomou, Esswood, Equiluz, Egmond, Holl, Tolzer Kabenchor, Concentus Musicus Wien - Harnoncourt 8.35657 Teldec 7.99 Bach, J.S. The Cantatas Vol.39 Nos. 164-169 [2 CD SET] Wegmann, Eiwanger, Wittek, Iconomou, Immler, Esswood, Euiluz, Egmond, Holl, Tolzer Knabenchor, Collegium Vocale - Herreweghe, Leonhardt Consort - Leonhardt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Harnoncourt 2292-42634-2 Teldec 7.99 Bach, J.S. Harpsichord Concertos Vol.4 - Concerto for Two Harpsichords BWV1061*, Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings BWV1052**, Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord and Strings BWV1044***. PG*** (DELETION) The Purcell Quartet (Woolley (hpschd), Mackintosh (vn), Weiss (vn), Boothby (cello), *with Paul Nicholson (hpschd) Buckoke (baroque bass), **with Gough (cello), ***with Preston (trans. flute), Debrezeni (violin), Kraemer (cello) CHAN 0641 Chandos 5.99 Bach, J.S. The Six Cello Suites [2 CD SET] Pieter Wispelwey (baroque cello) CCS 12298 Channel Classics 8.99 Bach, J.S. The Complete Goldberg Variations - 1955 & 1981 recordings plus Gould's final interview [3 CD SET] Remastered Gould (piano) SM3K 87703 Sony 8.99 Bach, J.S. The Six Solo Cello Suites [2 CD SET] (Ma's second recorded version) "Yo Yo Ma's playing has a characteristic rhythmic freedom and favours the widest range of dynamic. The improvisatory effect is seemingly spontaneous and these performances are very compelling indeed, for Ma seems right inside every bar of the music. The first class recording is very real and natural." (Outer gatefold housing a little marked, but both discs and booklet are fine) Yo Yo Ma (cello) S2K 63203 Sony 9.99 Bach, J.S. Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin [2 CD SET] PG*** "Grumiaux strikes just the right balance between expressive feeling and purity of style. His readings are the product of superlative technique and a refined musical intellect" Arthur Grumiaux (violin) 438 736-2 Philips 7.99 Bach, J.C. Sinfonias Vol.1 - Op.3 Nos. 1 - 6 Camerata Budapest - Gmur 8.553083 Naxos 2.49 Bach, J.C. Opera Overtures Vol.2 - Gioas re di Giuda, La clemenza de Scipione, Adriano in Siria, Zanaida, Carattaco, Orione, Symphony in D, Schmitt Op.18/1 The Hanover Band - Halstead 999 488-2 CPO 4.99 Bach, J.C. Piano Trios Op.2 Nos. 1 - 6 & Op.15 Nos. 1 & 2 Trio 1790 (on period instruments) 999 254-2 CPO 4.99 Bach, J.C. Six Harpsichord Concertos Op.1 (Only available in box set). PG*** "The performances are sprightly and perfectly in scale and the blance quite excellent" The Hanover Band - Halstead (hpschd/dir) 999 299-2 CPO 4.99 Bach, J.C. Symphonies Op.9 Nos. 1- 3, Symphonies 'Sieber 1773 Collection' Nos. 1 & 2, Symphony in E flat with clarinets. PG*** "With such lively personable playing and excellent recording this is one of the best of the Halstead series" Hanover Band - Halstead 999 487-2 CPO 4.99 Bach, J.C. The Berlin Harpsichord Concertos Vol.2 - Concertos in E (first recording), F minor and G The Hanover Band - Halstead (dir/hpschd) 999 462-2 CPO 4.99 Badelt, Klaus The Recruit - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Orchestra - Badelt VSD-6433 Varese-Sarabande 3.99 Baker, John Bevan (1926-1994) Songs of Courtship, Duo, Suite for Piano, Spring, A Song for Kate, Triptych, Eclogue, Rorate Coeli Desuper Hebrides Ensemble, Consort of Voices CKD 286 Linn Records 6.99 Balakauskas (b.1937) Like The Touch Of A Sea Wave (1975), Retrospective (1974)*, Maggiore-Minore (1994)*, Nine Springs (1974)* Rain For Cracow (1991), Three Caprices (1964)*, Bop-Art (1995)* (Still Sealed) Deletion *World Premiere Recordings Mataityte (vn), Zimmermann (pno), Siksniute (pno), Kulikauskas (vc) CD DCA 1063 ASV 4.99 Balada, Leonardo (b.1933) Hangman Hangman! & The Town of Greed (Two Tragi-comic chamber operas) Soloists, Carnegie Mellon Opera Theater - Pearce 8.557090 Naxos 3.49 Bantock Hebridean Symphony, Old English Suite, Russian Scenes Czechoslovak State PO - Leaper 8.223274 Marco Polo 3.99 Bantock The Cyprian Goddess, Dante & Beatrice, The Helena Variations. PG*** RPO - Handley CDA66810 Hyperion 7.99 Banter, Harald (b.1930) Rhapsodisches Intermezzo for Piano and Orchestra (1948), Marchenbilder - Suite for Orchestra (1961), Prolog 2000 for Tape and Orchestra (1972), Tod des Aktaeon (1960), Phadra - Rhapsodic Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1993) NW German PO - Jurowski, with M Kliegel (cello), Berthold (piano) 8.223860 Marco Polo 5.99 Barber Cello Concerto, Medea Ballet Suite, Adagio. PG*** Warner (cello), RSNO - Alsop 8.559088 Naxos 2.75 Barber The Complete Songs [2 CD SET] PG*** Studer (sop), Hampson (bar), Emerson String Qt (Dover Beach), John Browning (piano) 435 867-2 DG 8.99 Barber Vanessa [2 CD SET] Salzburg 16.08.1958 Steber, Elias, Malaniuk, Gedda, Tozzi, VPO and Chorus - Mitropoulos C 653 062 I Orfeo 11.99 Barber Vanessa [2 SACD SET, playable on SACD and CD Players] Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - February 2005. BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week - January 2005 Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, BBC Singers, BBC SO - Slatkin CHSA 5032 Chandos 15.99 Bargiel, Woldemar (1828-1897) Three Character Pieces Op.8, Fantasies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Op.31 (STILL SEALED) Blumenthal (piano) 8.223606 Marco Polo 4.99 Bargiel, Woldemar (1828-1897) The Complete Piano Trios Vol.1 - Nos. 2 & 3 Trio Parnassus MDG 303 0805-2 Dabringhaus und Grim 7.99 Barry, John The Beyondness of Things ECO - John Barry 460 009-2 Decca 6.99 Barry, John Eternal Echoes, Returning Home, Crazy Dog, Slow Day, Fred & Cyd, Blessed Illusion, Lullabying, Winning, Get Over It, First Steps, Elegy ECO - Barry 466 765-2 Decca 6.99 Barry, John INDECENT PROPOSAL - Original Soundtrack with songs by The Pretenders, Vince Gill, Seal, Lisa Stansfield, Roy Orbison Performers, Orchestra - Barry MCD10863 MCA 3.99 Bartok Divertimento for Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra [DDD] DELETION ASMF - Marriner 432 126-2 Philips 3.99 Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin Op.19, Music for Strings Percussion & Celesta Chicago SO - Boulez 447 747-2 DG 4.99 Bartok Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 3. PG*** (DELETION) P Donohoe (piano), CBSO - Rattle CDC 7 54871 2 EMI 4.99 Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet)*, Hungarian Sketches, Rumanian Folk Dances, Dances of Transylvania BB102, Rumanian Dance For Orchestra BB61 PG*** "Fischer's account of the Miraculous Mandarin is possibly the best ever committed to disc and certainly the best recorded. The sound is in the demonstration category and the performance has virtuosity, bite and real flair" Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, *with Hungarian Radio Chorus 476 1799 Philips 5.99 Bartok 14 Bagatelles, 2 Elegies, 6 Rumanian Dances, Sonatina, 3 Hungarian Folk Tunes. PG Rosette Award (only available in box set) Z Kocis (piano) 434 104-2 Philips 5.99 Bartok Duke Bluebeard's Castle. PG*** (Libretto/Booklet Missing) Tomlinson, Von Otter, BPO - Haitink CDC 5 56162 2 EMI 2.75 Bartok Violin Concerto No.2, Rhapsodies for Violin & Orchestra Nos.1 & 2. PG*** "Shaham's reading of the second concerto is full of flair and imagination, taut and tense, while Boulez draws superb playing from the CSO. The two Rhapsodies make an ideal coupling. Full-bodied, well-detailed sound" Gil Shaham (violin), Chicago SO - Boulez 459 639-2 DG 6.99 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (remastered for Legends series) PG*** LSO - Solti 467 686-2 Deeca Legends 3.49 Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos* (DELETION) Perahia & Solti (pianos), Corkhill & Glennie (percussion), *Perahia & Solti (pianos) MK 42625 CBS 5.99 Bartok Piano Concertos Nos. 1* & 2*. STRAVINSKY: Three Movementd from Petrushka Pollini (piano), *CSO - Abbado 471 360-2 DG 3.49 Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin, 44 Duos for Two Violins G Pauk & K Sawa (violins) 8.550868 Naxos 2.99 Bartok For Children Books I - IV (only available in box set) PG*** Kocsis (piano) 442 146-2 Philips 6.99 Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete Ballet), Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches Bournemouth SO & Chorus - Alsop 8.557433 Naxos 2.75 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta (remastered for The Karajan Collection) BPO - Karajan 4 76897 2 EMI 3.49 Bartok The Six String Quartets [3 CD SET] DELETION The Takacs Quartet HCD 12502-04-2 Hungaroton 13.99 Bartok The Wooden Prince Op.13 - Suite (selected and arranged by Jarvi), The Miraculous Mandarin Op.18 - Suite (DELETION) Phiharmonia - Jarvi CHAN 9133 Chandos 3.99 Bartok Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. PG*** "Hetzel plays with great feeling and understanding an this must rank amongst the very best now available" Hetzel (violin), Hungarian State SO - Adam Fischer NI 5333 Nimbus 4.49 Bartok Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 3. PG*** "Schiff's colourful, winning performances are totally idiomatic, brilliantly and warmly accompanied by the fine Budapest orchestra. His depth of meditation in the slow movements matches that which he brings to Bach or Schubert. A real bargain." A Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra - Fischer 0927 46735 2 Elatus 5.99 Bax Nonet, Oboe Quintet, Elegaic Trio, Clarinet Sonata, Harp Quintet. PG*** and key recording The Nash Ensemble CDA66807 Hyperion 6.99 Bax Symphony No.4, Tintagel. PG*** Ulster Orchestra - Thomson CHAN 8312 Chandos 2.99 Bax Tone Poems - Into the Twilight, In the Faery Hills, Roscatha, The Tale the Pine Trees Knew. PG*** Ulster Orchestra - Thomson CHAN 8367 Chandos 3.99 Bax Symphony No.1, In the Faery Hills, The Garden of Fand Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Lloyd-Jones 8.553525 Naxos 3.25 Bax Symphony No.2, November Woods RSNO - Lloyd Jones 8.554093 Naxos 3.49 Bax Symphony No.3, The Happy Forest. PG*** RSNO - Lloyd Jones 8.553608 Naxos 3.49 Bax Oliver Twist (Suite from the 1948 Score)*, Malta C.G. (Complete Score for the 1942 film). ARNOLD: The Sound Barrier - Rhapsody for Orchestra Op.38. (DELETION) RPO - Kenneth Alwyn, *with Parkin (piano) CD WHL 2058 ASV 5.99 Bazzini, Antonio (1818-1897) The Six String Quartets [3 CD SET] Quartetto D'Archi Venezia CDS 418/1-3 Dynamic 22.99 Beamish, Sally Viola Concerto, Cello Concerto 'River', Tam Lin for Oboe and Orchestra Dukes (va), Cohen (vc), Hunt (ob), Swedish CO - Rudner BIS-CD-971 BIS 8.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (Deletion) LSO - Wyn Morris PCD869 IMP Classics 3.75 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.6 - Nos. 9, 10, 24, 27 & 28. PG*** Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550162 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Vlader (piano), Capella Istropolitana - Wordsworth 8.550121 Naxos 0.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 13, 19, 20 & 22 Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550167 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Pathetique", 14 "Moonlight" & 23 "Appassionata" Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550045 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 & 29 "Hammerklavier" Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550234 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 16 & 18 Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550166 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 15 "Pastoral", 33, 34 & 35, 36, Sonatinas Nos. 37 & 38 Jeno Jando (piano) 8.550255 Naxos 1.49 Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 7 & 10. PG*** Perlman (violin), Ashkenazy (piano) 411 948-2 Decca 3.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8, Fidelio Overture. PG*** (70'S CYCLE) BPO - Karajan 419 051-2 DG 3.49 Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Penguin Guide Rosette - December 1991. Gramophone Awards Record of the Year - October 1991 Margiono, Robbin, Kendall, A Miles, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists - John Eliot Gardiner 429 779-2 Archiv 6.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas No.8 "Pathetique", No.13 & No.14 "Moonlight" (Original CD Issue) Emil Gilels (piano) 400 036-2 DG 4.99 Beethoven Triple Concerto, Eroica Variations* Moskauer Trio, Ljubljana RSO - Herbig, *Steurer (piano) 160 179 Pilz 1.25 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, Piano Sonata 'Moonlight'* Brendel (piano),VSO - Mehta, *W Klein (piano) GC 001 MC 1.99 Beethoven String Quartets Nos. 7 Op.59/1 & 10 Op.74 Talich Quartet CAL 9636 Calliope 3.99 Beethoven String Quartets Nos. 8 Op.59/2 & 13 Op.130 Talich Quartet CAL 9637 Calliope 3.99 Beethoven String Quartets Nos. 9 Op.59/3 & 14 Op.131 Talich Quartet CAL 9638 Calliope 3.99 Beethoven String Quartets Nos. 15 Op.132 & 16 Op.135. PG***"These penetrating accounts can hold their own with the very finest. One feels a privileged eavesdropper on an intimate discourse" Talich Quartet CAL 9639 Calliope 3.25 Beethoven String Quartets Nos. 11 Op.95 & 12 Op.127. PG***"These penetrating accounts can hold their own with the very finest. One feels a privileged eavesdropper on an intimate discourse" Talich Quartet CAL 9635 Calliope 3.25 Beethoven Missa Solemnis Op.123, Fantasia for Piano Chorus & Orchestra Op.80* [2 CD SET]. Soderstrom, Hoffgen, Kmentt, Talvela, Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia - Klemperer, *with Barenboim (piano), John Alldis Choir. CMS 7 69538 2 EMI 6.99 Beethoven Fidelio [2 CD SET]. PG Rosette Award Ludwig, Vickers, Frick, W Berry, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus - Klemperer CMS 7 69324 2 EMI 9.99 Beethoven Symphony No.9. PG*** (only available in box set) Auger, Robbin, Rolfe Johnson, Reinhart, London Symphony Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music - Hogwood 425 517-2 L'Oiseau Lyre 3.49 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, Choral Fantasy Op.80, Two alternative improvised introductions to Choral Fantasy (DELETION) R Levin (fortepiano), Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique - J E Gardiner 447 771-2 Archiv 6.99 Beethoven Piano Trios Op.70/1 'Ghost' & Op.97 'Archduke' Jando (piano), Nishizaki (violin), Onczay (cello) 8.550442 Naxos 2.49 Beethoven Overtures - Fidelio, Egmont, Consecration of the House, Creatures of Prometheus, Ruins of Athens, Coriolanus, Leonora No.3 Slovak PO - Gunzenhauser 8.550072 Naxos 0.99 Beethoven Bagatelles Op.33, Op.119 & Op.126. PG*** (DELETION) S Bishop Kovacevich (piano) 426 976-2 Philips 3.99 Beethoven Diabelli Variations S Bishop Kovacevich (piano) 422 969-2 Philips 3.25 Beethoven Symphony No.9 Kenny, Walker, Power, Salomaa, The Schutz Choir, The London Classical Players - Norrington CDC 7 49221 2 EMI 4.49 Beethoven Fidelio [2 CD SET] Still Sealed (Cut-Out) Benackova, Rolfe-Johnson, Vogel, Kapellmann, Raimondi, J Mark Ainsley, Wilson-Johnson, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Scottish CO - Mackerras CD-80439 Telarc 6.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Dresden Philharmonic - Kegel 10453 Capriccio 1.25 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4, Triple Concerto*. PG*** (Re-issued on SACD at full price) Roll (piano), RPO - H Shelley, *with R Wallfisch (cello), Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) TRP077 Tring 3.49 Beethoven String Trios Op.9 Nos. 1 & 3. SCHUBERT: String Trio D471 Beethoven String Trio of London BBC MM 133 BBC Music 1.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Orchestra - Karajan HACD134 Javelin 2.75 Beethoven Piano Trios Op.1 Nos 1 & 2 (DELETION) PG***"fresh, alive and clear-textured. The recording is first-class" On Period Instruments P Cohen (fortepiano), Coin (vc), E Hobarth (violin) HMX 2908032 Harmonia Mundi 5.99 Beethoven The 32 Piano Sonatas with Andante favori [10 CD SET] PG*** Ashkenazy (piano) 443 706-2 Decca 32.99 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2, Septet Op.20* Schmalfuss (piano), Pilsen Radio SO - Malat, *Stuttgart PO Septet CLG 057 Classical Gold 0.99 Beethoven Septet Op.20, Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern welche Liebe Fuhlen"*, 12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"* Stuttgart Philharmonic Septet, *Hahn (cello), Rieger (pno) CLS 4070 ZYX 1.49 Beethoven Overtures - Coriolan, The Creatures of Prometheus, The Ruins of Athens, Fidelio, Leonore I, II & III, Egmont COE - Harnoncourt 0630-13140-2 Teldec 3.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.1 - Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (DELETION) Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) OCD 561 Olympia 6.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 8 - Nos. 28 Op.101 & 29 'Hammerklavier' (DELETION) T Nikolayeva (piano) OCD 568 Olympia 7.99 Beethoven THE COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS VOL 3 - Nos. 7, 8 'Pathetique', 9 & 10 Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) OCD 563 Olympia 7.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.2 - Nos. 4 - 6 (DELETION) T Nikolayeva (piano) OCD 562 Olympia 7.99 Beethoven Piano Trios Vo.2 - Op.1/3 & Op.44, Trio in E flat Hess48 & Trio in E flat WoO38 Stuttgart Piano Trio 8.550947 Naxos 2.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Zagreb PO - Edlinger 8.550180 Naxos 1.99 Beethoven String Quartets Op.95 'serioso' & Op.135 Brandis Quartet HMA 1901223 Harmonia Mundi 1.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.1 - Op.2 Nos. 1 - 3. PG*** (only available in 10 CD boxset at full price) Alfredo Perl (piano) 74321 27762 2 ArteNova 2.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 13, 14 'Moonlight' and 30 Maria Joao Pires (piano) 453 457-2 DG 2.75 Beethoven String Quartets Op.59 Nos. 1 - 3, Op.74 'Harp' [2 CD SET] PG*** and Key Recording "this is a set to rank alongside the very best". Gramophone Editors Choice - July 2002 The Takacs Qt 470 847-2 Decca 12.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Boston SO - Leinsdorf VD87745 RCA 1.99 Beethoven The Piano Trios, Variations Op.44, Allegretto WoO39, Allegretto Hess 48, 'Kakadu' Variations Op.121a, The Five Cello Sonatas, Variations WoO45/46 & Op.66, The Ten Violin Sonatas. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio Op.50 [9 CD SET] Barenboim (piano), Zukerman (violin), Du Pre (cello) CZS 5 74447 2 EMI 17.99 Beethoven Symphony No.9 Wiens, Hartwig, Lewis, NDR SO & Orchestra - Wand 74321 68005 2 RCA 2.75 Beethoven Symphony No.1, Leonore Overture No.2 (DELETION) Saito Kinen Orchestra - Ozawa 464 661-2 Philips 3.99 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 Pollini (pno), BPO - Abbado 471 352-2 DG 3.75 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8* Slovak PO - Libor Pesek, *Philharmonia Slavonica - Adolph 21030 Allegro 0.99 Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring' and 9 'Kreutzer' (Remastered for Decca Legends) PG*** Perlman (vn), Ashkenazy (piano) 458 618-2 Decca Legends 3.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 29 'Hammerklavier' & 26 'Les Adieux', Bagatelles Op.119 (without back cover, but otherwise fine and complete) Penguin Guide Rosette "This is arguably the finest Hammerklavier since Gilels. Kovacevich opens with an urgent, impatient forward momentum, as if to show Beethoven's ideas straining at the leash and attempting to transcend the restraints of the medium. The slow movement has a depth and imagination that only the greatest interpretations can rival." Kovacevich (piano) CDC 5 57520 2 EMI 4.49 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, Piano Sonata No.3 (Still Sealed) Grohovski (piano), Moscow RSO - Wilkins BAM 2005 Bel Air 1.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op.7, Op.27/1, Op.78 & Op.81 'Les Adieux' Edith Fischer (piano) OCD 333 Olympia 2.75 Beethoven Symphony No.9, Fantasia for Piano Chorus and Orchestra* Overtures - The Consecration of the House, Leonore Nos. I, II & III, Fidelio [2 CD SET] Sintow, Burmeister, Schreier, Adam, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Chorus, Kinderchor des Philarmonischen Chores Dresden, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Masur, *Brendel (pno), LPO & Choir - Haitink 454 038-2 Philips 3.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight', 23 'Appassionata' & 21 'Waldstein' PG*** Ashkenazy (piano) 466 210-2 Decca 2.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 'Tempest' & 23 'Appassionata' Waltl (piano) SCD 6006 Stradivari 0.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 'The Tempest' & 18 Alfredo Perl (piano) 74321 37311 2 Arte Nova 2.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Hamburg SO - Baum APCD 337 Apollo Classics 0.99 Beethoven Symphony No.9 Hamburg SO - Baum APCD 322 Apollo Classics 0.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight', 23 'Appassionata', 26 'Les Adieux', 21 'Waldstein', 8 'Pathetique' & 15 'Pastoral'* [2 CD SET] Daniela Ruso/*Mikulas Skuta (piano) DCD 5117 Prestige Classics 1.49 Beethoven Symphony No.8, Leonore Overtures I - III, Coriolan Overture (remastered - "Full Bloodied Transfers" Penguin Guide) Philharmonia - Klemperer CDM 5 66796 2 EMI 3.49 Beethoven String Quartets Vol.7 - Op.132 & Op.14/1 (trans. from Piano Sonata by Beethoven) The Kodaly Qt 8.554592 Naxos 2.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 6 [2 CD SET] Pommier (piano) 0927-41388-2 Erato 2.25 Beethoven Symphony No.6 (deletion) The T Chamber Symphony of New York - Schwarz D/CD 3017 Delos 2.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 (still sealed) LSO - Jochum ROY 6427 Royal Classics 1.99 Beethoven The Nine Symphonies [5 CD SET] Hungarian PO - Ferencsik, with Andor, Szirmay, Korondy, Solyom, Nagy, Budapest Philharmonic Choir (No.9) 55400 Delta Music 4.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 - 26 [3 CD SET] Kun-Woo Paik (piano) 475 6909 Decca 7.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, The Creatures of Prometheus Overture London Classical Players - Norrington VM 5 61374 2 Virgin 2.99 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5* Pollini (piano), VPO - Jocum/*Bohm 457 891 DG 2.99 Beethoven String Quartet No.12 (trans. for string orchestra)*, Piano Sonata No.28 Perahia (piano), *ASMF - Perahia SK 93043 Sony 5.99 Beethoven Diabelli Variations. PG***(remastered for Decca Originals Series) Kovacevich (piano) 475 7556 Philips Originals 3.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 - 13 [2 CD SET] Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano) 0927-41389-2 Erato 2.25 Beethoven The Last Three Piano Sonatas - Nos. 30 - 32 Artur Pizarro (piano) CKD 225 Linn 4.49 Beethoven Fidelio [2 CD SET] Denoke, Villars, Held, Polgar, Banse, Trost, Quasthoff, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, BPO - Rattle 5 57555 2 EMI 8.99 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3* & 5*, Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra Op.80**, Pianos Sonata No.5, Fur Elise WoO59, Andante Favori WoO57 [2 CD SET] DELETION Ashkenazy (piano), *VPO - Mehta, **Cleveland Chorus & Orchestra - Mehta 468 906-2 Decca 3.49 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 [5 CD SET] DELETION LSO - Josef Krips, with Vyvyan, Carter, Petrak, Bell, BBC Chorus FATCD 420 Eternal Classics 17.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.4 - Nos. 8 'Pathetique', 12 'With the funeral march', 27 and 28. PG*** (only available in 10 CD boxset at full price) Alfredo Perl (piano) 74321 27764 2 ArteNova 2.99 Beethoven OVERTURES VOL.2 - The Consecration of the House Op.124, Name-Day Celebration Op.115, Leonora I & II, King Stephen Op.117, Music for a Knightly Ballet WoO1, Funeral March for Leonore Prohaska WoO96/4, Triumphal March for Tarpeja WoO2a Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Drahos 8.553431 Naxos 1.75 Beethoven The Complete String Quartets [8 CD SET] PG***, Gramophone Award Winner. The Lindsay String Quartet RSB801 Resonance 19.99 Beethoven The Nine Symphonies [5 CD SET] The Hanover Band - Goodman/Huggett, with Harrhy (sop), Bailey (contralto), Murgatroyd (tenor), George (bass), Oslo Cathedral Choir NI 5144-48 Nimbus 9.99 Beethoven Symphony No.1, Piano Concerto No.1* (DELETION) The Hanover Band - Goodman, *with Mary Verney (piano) NIM 5003 Nimbus 2.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 Cleveland Orchestra - Dohnanyi CD-80198 Telarc 3.49 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.2 - Op.2/2, Op. 27/2 'Quasi una fantasia' & Op.31/1 (DELETION) Edith Fischer (piano) OCD 331 Olympia 4.49 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 "The Emperor", Fantasia for Piano Chorus and Orchestra Op.80 PG "the sound is beautifully balanced and the piano timbre is outstandingly natural....there is much to admire from the artistic point of view. The choral fantasia opens with electrifying solo playing" Alfred Brendel (piano), LPO & Choir - Brendel 420 347-2 Philips 3.49 Beethoven Missa Solemnis Op.123. PG***"Tate on a modest chamber scale, gains in incisiveness and loses hardly at all in weight, with bright, fresh singing". The soloists make an outstanding quartet" Vaness, Meier, Blochwitz, Tschammer, Tallis Chamber Choir, ECO - Tate CDZ 4 79523 2 EMI 3.99 Beethoven ANNIE FISCHER PLAYS SONATAS Vol.4 - Op.31/3 & Op.106 "Hammerklavier" (rec.1977-78) Annie Fischer (piano) HCD 31629 Hungaroton 7.99 Beethoven Fidelio - Highlights. PG*** Margiono, Seiffert, Leiferkus, Skovus, Bonney, Polger, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, COE - Harnoncourt 0927 41374 2 Apex 0.99 Beethoven Mass in C minor, Elegischer Gesang Op.118, Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt Op.112. PG*** and key recording "Hickox brings out the joy of the inspiration with excellent soloists and a fresh toned choir" Evans, Stephen, Padmore, Varcoe, Collegium Musicum 90 - Hickox CHAN 0703 Chandos 5.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 9, 10. Piano Sonata Op.6* Louis Lortie, *with Helene Mercier (piano) CHAN 9347 Chandos 3.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 'Pathetique', 21 'Waldstein' & 26 'Les Adieux' Lortie (piano) CHAN 9024 Chandos 3.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 (STILL SEALED) VPO - Bernstein 447 903-2 DG 3.75 Beethoven RUDOLF SERKIN (The Unreleased Studio Recordings) Piano Sonatas Op.2/1, Op.10/2, Op.26, Op.21/1, Op.31/1, Op.53 "Waldstein", Op.109, Op.110 & Op.111 (rec. 07.10.1970, 08.12.1970, 07.12.1980, 08.12.1970, 24.09.1975, 08.06.1976, 28.08.1980 & 15.03.1967) [3 CD SET] DELETION. Issued 1994. Peter Serkin (piano) SM3K 64490 Sony 13.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (DELETION) Berlin Staatskapelle - Barenboim 8573-82891-2 Teldec 3.99 Beethoven The 32 Piano Sonatas, The Five Piano Concertos* [12 CD SET] New Remastering 2005 (DELETION) Friedrich Gulda (piano), *with VPO - Horst Stein 476 8761 Decca 29.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique - Gardiner 447 062-2 Archiv 5.99 Beethoven HEWITT Plays the Sonatas Vol.1 - Piano Sonatas Nos. Op.10/3, Op.7 and Op.57 "Appassionato". Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2006. Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - October 2006 Angela Hewitt (piano) CDA67518 Hyperion 7.99 Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 9* [2 CD SET] (from Karajan's 1970s cycle) BPO - Karajan, *with Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Schreier, Van Dam, Wiener Singverein 474 260-2 DG 4.99 Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos.1 - 5 [3 CD SET] Perahia (piano), Concertgebouw - Haitink 8869 7102902 Sony 7.99 Beethoven The Nine Symphonies [5 CD SET] Russian National Orchestra - Pletnev, with Denoke (sop), Tarasova (mezzo), Wottrich (tenor), Goerne (baritone), The Moscow State Chamber Choir 477 6409 DG 32.99 Beethoven Fidelio - Highlights Talvela, Adam, King, Gwyneth Jones, Crass, Mathis, Schreier, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle and Chorus - Bohm 423 870-2 DG 1.99 Beethoven Symphony No.9. PG(***) "A great performance" (rec. 1951, remastered) Schwarzkopf, Hongen, Hopf, Edelmann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Furtwangler CDH 7 69801 2 EMI 3.99 Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op.31 Nos. 1 - 3 Lortie (piano) CHAN 9842 Chandos 4.99 Bellini La Sonnambula [2 CD SET] Orgonasova, Gimenez, Netherlands Radio CO & Ch -Zedda 8.660042-43 Naxos 5.99 Bellini La Sonnambula [2 CD SET] DDD Sutherland, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov, London Opera Chorus, NPO - Bonynge 417 424-2 Decca 8.99 Bellini La Sonnambula [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED Natalie Dessay, Francesco Meli, Carlo Colombara, Sara Mingardo, Jaël Azzaretti, Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon - Evelino Pidò 3 95138 2 Virgin 12.99 Bennett, Richard Rodney The Mines of Sulphur - An Opera in Three Acts [2 SACD SET, playable on SACD and CD Players] Irmiter, Clayton, Jovanovich, Maddalena, Gimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Robertson CHSA 5036 Chandos 17.99 Berkeley, Lennox Ruth Op.50 - An Opera in Three Scenes (Premier Recording) Jean Rigby, Mark Tucker, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Roderick Williams - baritone Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia - Hickox CHAN 10301 Chandos 8.99 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique London Classical Players - Norrington CDC 7 49541 2 EMI 3.49 Berlioz Overtures: Beatrice et Benedict,Rob Roy, King Lear, Le Carnaval Romain, Le Corsaire SNO - Gibson CHAN 8316 Chandos 3.49 Berlioz Les Troyens [4 CD SET] PG*** (STILL SEALED) Jon Vickers, Veasy, Lindholm, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, ROH CC Orchestra & Chorus - Colin Davis 475 6661 Decca 15.99 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, La Carnaval Romain (Re-issued as a full price SACD) RPO - Mackerras TRP012 Tring 3.49 Berlioz Te Deum. Penguin Guide*** (Recorded live at St Albans Cathedral) Araiza, London Symphony Chorus, LP Choir, St Albans School Choir, Woburn Singers, Haberdashers' Aske's School Choir, The Southend Boys Choir, The Choir of Forest School, Desborough School Choir, The Choirboys of High Wycombe Church, Haselbock (organ), European Community Youth Orchestra - Abbado 410 696-2 DG 4.99 Berlioz Beatrice & Benedict Overture, Romeo & Juliet - Love Scene, The Flight into Egypt Overture, The Trojans - Royal Hunt & Storm*, Funeral March for the final scene of Hamlet* Sydney SO - Pikler, *with N.S.W School of Opera CHAN 6587 Chandos 2.99 Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini Overture, Love Scene from Romeo & Juliet, La Damnation de Faust - Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps, Dance of the Sylphs, Rakoczy March, Le Corsaire Overture, Les Troyens - Trojan March, Royal Hunt & Storm, La Marseillaise McNair (sop), Leech (tenor), Boys from the Choir of St Michael and All Angels, Boys from the Choir of St David's Episcopal, Baltimore SO & Chorus - Zinman CD-80164 Telarc 4.99 Berlioz Cantatas (du Prix de Rome) - Hermine, La Mort de Cleopatre, La Morte de Sardanpale, La Mort d'Orphee (DELETION) Lagrange (sop), Uria-Monzon (mezzo), Vallejo (tenor), Choeur Regional Nord, Orchestre National De Lille - J C Casadesus HMC 901542 Harmonia Mundi 6.99 Berlioz Les Troyens [4 CD SET] Penguin Guide Rosette - March 2003, Gramophone Editors Choice - August 2001 Heppner, DeYoung, Lang, Mingardo, Mattei, LSO & Chorus - Colin Davis LSO 0010 CD LSO Live 10.99 Berlioz La Damnation de Faust [2 CD SET] Royal Festival Hall, 8 March 1962 (DELETION) Turp, Roux, Crespin, Shirley-Quirk, LSO & Chorus - Monteux BBCL 4006-7 BBC Legends 9.99 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique San Diego SO - Talmi 8.553597 Naxos 1.99 Berlioz Huit Scenes de Faust Op.1, L'Imperiale Op.26, Sur les lagunes*, Le Chasseur danois Op.19/6*, Plaisir d'amour**, Hymne des Marseillais*** (DELETION) Susan Graham, S Mentzer, J Mark Ainsley, Cokorinos, Montreal SO & Chorus - Dutoit, *Le Roux (bar), **Rouillon (bass), ***Gietz (tenor) 475 097-2 Decca 7.99 Berlioz Les Troyens [4 CD SET] PG*** Pollet, Voigt, Lakes, Perrguin, Courtis, Ainsley, Quilico, Choeur et Orchestre Symphonique du Montreal - Dutoit 443 693-2 Decca 16.99 Berlioz Nuits D'Ete, Herminie - scene lyrique for soprano and orchestra. Brigitte Balleys, Mireille Delunsch, Orchestre des Champs Elysees - Herreweghe. HMC 901522 Harmonia Mundi 4.99 Berlioz Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust*, Beatrice et Benedict**, Romeo et Juliette***, Harold en Italie+, Symphonie Fantastique [12 CD SET] Heppner, De Young, Lang, LSO - Davis, *with Sabbatini, Shkosa, Pertusi, **wuth Shkosa, Tarver, Gritton, ***with Barcellona, Tarver, Anastassov, +Zimmermann (viola) LSO0046 LSO Live 35.99 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Le Carnaval Romain Op.9, Benvenuto Cellini Overture (SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players) Cologne RSO - Bertini 71 094 Capriccio 5.99 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Plays on DVD and DVD-A Players Only - In Surround Sound) STILL SEALED VPO - Colin Davis B0003347-19 Philips 4.99 Berlioz Beatrice et Benedict [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto PG*** (DELETION) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Helen Watts, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd, Jules Bastin, John Alldis Choir, LSO - Colin Davis 416 952-2 Philips 13.99 Bernstein Candide Overture, Symphony No.2 "The Age of Anxiety"*, Ballet Fancy Free. Penguin Guide *** Bornemouth SO - Litton, *with Kahane (piano) CUV 5 61119 2 Virgin 3.49 Bernstein Candide Overture, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Fancy Free Ballet Jena PO - Montgomery 74321 43321 2 ArteNova 1.99 Bernstein Songfest, Chichester Psalms*. PG*** NSO/*Soloists from the Vienna Boys Choir Choir, IPO - Bernstein 415 965-2 DG 3.49 Bernstein Candide - Highlights Hadley, June Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda, Della Jones, LSO & Chorus - Bernstein 435 487-2 DG 2.49 Bernstein Candide Overture, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Symphonic Suite from On The Waterfront, Fancy Free Ballet NYPO - Bernstein SMK 63085 Sony 4.49 Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town", Fancy Free, Facsimile, Candide Overture, Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story", Symphonic Suite from the film "On the Waterfront", Prelude Fugue and Riffs, Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3, Chichester Psalms Divertimento for Orchestra, A Musical Toast, Slava!, Three Meditations from "Mass" for Cello and Orchestra, Halil, Concerto for Orchestra, Dybbuk Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Serenade, Songfest [7 CD SET] (STILL SEALED) Ludwig, Foss, Caballe, Rostropovich, Rampal, Kremer, Elias, IPO, LAPO, VPO, NYPO, NSO - Bernstein 469 829-2 DG 19.99 Bernstein Symphony No.1 'Jeremiah'*, Concerto for Orchestra 'Jubilee Games'** New Zealand SO - Judd, *with Medlyn (mezzo), **Gunn (baritone) 8.559100 Naxos 2.99 Bernstein Symphony No.3 'Kaddish', Chichester Psalms*, Miss Brevis** [SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players] BBC Radio 3 Building a Library - June 2005 Jamie Bernstein (speaker), Murray (mezzo), , The London Oratory School Schola, BBC SO & Chorus - Slatkin, *with Strong (treble), Loosley (sop), Richardson (mezzo), Castle (tenor), Carter (bass), **with Baker (counter-tenor), BBC Singers CHSA 5028 Chandos 6.99 Berwald Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Gothenburg SO - Jarvi 477 5031 DG 2.75 Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus [3 CD SET] Soloists, BBC Singers, BBC SO - Davis & Martyn Brabbins NMC D050 NMC 12.99 Bizet Symphony in C, Jeux d'enfants, Scenes Bohemiennes from "La jolie fille de Perth" New Zealand SO - Johanos 8.553027 Naxos 1.99 Bizet Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 LSO - Fruhbeck De Burgos PCD 905 IMP 1.99 Bizet Carmen [3 CD SET] with 'enchanced CD-ROM containing libretto) J Norman, Freni, Shicoff, Estes, Choeurs de Radio France, Orchestre National De France - Ozawa 470 417-2 Decca 7.99 Bizet Carmen - Highlights Larmore, Moser, Gheorghiu, Ramey, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra - Sinopoli 0927-48727-2 Apex 1.49 Bizet Carmen - Highlights P Johnson, D Smith, Herincx, E Robson, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Colin Davis 5 85008 2 EMI 1.99 Bizet Carmen - Highlights, L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1* & 2*, Agnus Dei**, Symphony No.1***, "Le crois entendre encore"+, "C'est toi"++, "Au fond du temple saint"++ [2 CD SET] Berganza, Domingo, Milnes, Cotrubas, The Ambrosian Singers, LSO - Abbado, *LSO - Abbado, **Carreras, Vienna Sangerknaben, VSO - Harrer, ***Orchestre National de France - Martinon, +Domingo, LAPO - Giulini, ++Cross, Quilico, Montreal SO - Dutoit 469 121-2 DG 3.99 Bizet Carmen - Suites Nos.1 & 2, L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos. 1 & 2. DELETION Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux - Markevitch 420 863-2 Philips 3.99 Blackwood, Easley (b.1933) Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media Op.28, MeFanfare in 19-note Equal Tuning Op.28a, Suite for Guitar in 15-note Equal Tuning Op.33* Blackwood (polyfusion synthesizer), *Jeffrey Kust (guitar) CDR 90000 018 Cedille Records 7.99 Bliss A Colour Symphony, Metamorphic Variations BBC Welsh SO - Wordsworth NI 5294 Nimbus 4.49 Bliss Discourse for Orchestra, Miracle in the Gorbals (Complete), Music from Things To Come Queensland SO - Lydon-Gee 8.553698 Naxos 3.49 Bliss A Colour Symphony, Adam Zero Ballet. PG*** English Northern Philharmonia - Lloyd-Jones 8.553460 Naxos 2.75 Bliss Viola Sonata*, Masks for Piano, Triptych for Piano, Two Interludes for Piano, Toccata for Piano (DELETION) Katherine Sturrock (piano), *with Emanuel Vardi (viola) CHAN 8770 Chandos 6.99 Boccherini Symphonies Op.37 Nos. 1, 3 & 4 [DDD] New Berlin CO - Erxleben 10457 Capriccio 3.99 Boccherini Three Piano Quintets Op.57 Cohen (fortepiano), Quatuor Mosaiques E 8721 Auvidis 4.99 Boccherini Quintets with Double Bass Op.39 Nos. 1 - 3, Op.44/4 "La Tiranna" Banchini & Gatti (violins), Moreno (viola), Gohl (cello), Stein (dble-bass) HMA 1951334 Harmonia Mundi 3.99 Boccherini Oboe Quintets Op.55 Nos. 1 - 6 (DELETION) Lencses (oboe), Parish Quartet 100454 Capriccio 5.99 Boccherini String Quartets Op.32 Nos. 1 - 3 Esterhazy Qt 8573 85565 2 Teldec 4.49 Boccherini String Quartets Op.32 Nos. 4 - 6 Esterhazy Qt 8573 85566 2 Teldec 4.49 Boismortier Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse - Comic Ballet in Three Acts Van Dyck, Biren, Hall, Gray, Le Concert Spirituel - Niquet 8.553647 Naxos 2.75 Boulez Repons, Dialogue De L'Ombre Double Ensemble InterContemporain - Boulez 457 605-2 DG 4.49 Boulez Sur Incises, Messagesquisse*, Anthemes** Soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain - Boulez, *Queryas (cello), Cellists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain - Boulez, **Hae-Sun Kang (violin), Soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Electro Acoustic Realisation by Andrew Gerzo 476 2528 DG 5.99 Boulez Le marteau sans maitre, Notations pour piano*, Structures pour deux pianos Livre II** (DELETION) Laurence (mezzo), Membres de l'ensemble interContemporain - Boulez, *Chen (piano), **Chen and Wambach (pianos) MK 42619 CBS 6.99 Bowen, York 13 Preludes from 24 Preludes Op.102, Ballade No.2, Sonata No.5, Romances Nos. 1 & 2, Berceuse Op.83, Moto perpetuo from Op.39, Toccata Op.155 S Hough (piano) CDA66838 Hyperion 7.99 Brahms Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 (DELETION) PG "Both Kertesz performances are beautifully relaxed but at the same time alert" LSO - Kertesz 421 628-2 Decca 4.49 Brahms Piano Concerto No.2. R STRAUSS: Burleske* R Sekin (pno), Cleveland - Szell, *Philadelphia - Ormandy SBK 53262 Sony 2.25 Brahms Tragic Overture, Alto Rhapsody*, Symphony No.3 (deletion) *Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), *Arnold Schoenberg Choir, VPO - Levine 439 887-2 DG 3.99 Brahms Piano Sonata No.1, Paganini Variations, 4 Piano Pieces Op.119 (DELETION) Peter Bradley-Fulgoni DS 29476 Altamira 4.49 Brahms Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4. PG*** (from 1970s cycle) BPO - Karajan 437 645-2 DG 3.49 Brahms Symphony No.2, Tragic Overture. PG*** (DELETION) Halle - Skrowaczewski PCD 857 IMP 3.49 Brahms Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Idil Biret (piano) 8.550351 Naxos 1.99 Brahms German Requiem. PG*** (remastered for EMI Great Recordings of the Century) Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau, Philharmonia - Klemperer CDM 5 66903 2 EMI 4.99 Brahms Piano Quartet No.2 MAHLER: Piano Quartet Movement Domus VC 7 90739 2 Virgin 2.75 Brahms Symphony No.1, Academic Festival Overture George Enescu PO - Mandeal 74321 37852 2 ArteNova 1.49 Brahms Symphony No.2, Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture CSO - Solti 460 623-2 Penguin Classics 2.25 Brahms Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3. PG*** (DELETION) Suk (violin), Katchen (piano) 466 393-2 Decca Legends 5.99 Brahms Symphony No.4 (recorded Live 7-9 December 1997) NDR SO - Wand 09026 63244 2 RCA 2.75 Brahms POGORELICH Plays Capriccio Op.76/1, Intermezzo Op.118/2, Rhapsodies Op.79 Nos. 1 & 2, Intermezzi Op.117 Nos. 1 - 3 Ivo Pogorelich (piano) 437 460-2 DG 4.49 Brahms An eine Aolsharfe, Wie rafft' ich auf in der Nacht, Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen, Wehe so willst du mich wieder, Abenddammerung, Der Strom der neben mir verrauschte, Der Gang zum Liebchen, Auf dem See, Tambourliedchen, Serenade, Abendregen, Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!, Geheimnis, Unuberwindlich, Therese, Feldeinsamkeit, Bei dir sind meine Gedanken, Auf dem Kirchhofe, Es schauen die Blumen, Meerfahrt, Maienkatzchen, Wie bist du mine Konigin (DELETION) Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Holl (piano) BR 100 006 CD Bayer 6.99 Brahms A German Requiem Tomowa-Sintow, Van Dam, Wiener Singverein, BPO - Karajan CDM 7 69229 2 EMI 4.49 Brahms Variations on a theme by Schumann Op.9, Variations and Fugue in a theme by Handel Op.24, Variations on a Hungarian Song Op.21/2, Theme and Variations after the String Sextet Op.18. PG*** "The Russian Pianist Mickhail Rudy proves to be a Brahms interpreter of considerable insight" (only available in box set) Mikhail Rudy (piano) CDC 5 55167 2 EMI 6.99 Brahms Violin Concerto Op.77, Hungarian Dances* Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 17 - 21 Menuhin (violin), BPO - Kempe, *RPO - Kubelik CDE 7 67766 2 EMI 2.75 Brahms Du Pre Plays Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2. BRUCH: Kol Nidrei* (the later non-studio recordings of the sonatas) PG "..no devotee of this inspired partnership is likely to be disappointed" Du Pre (cello), Barenboim (piano), *with IPO - Barenboim CDC 5 57293 2 EMI 6.99 Brahms Secular Choral Works - Drei Gesange Op.42, Sieben Lieder Op.62, Lieder und Romanzen Op.93a*, Funf Gesange Op.104 Harvestehude Chamber Choir - Bantzer, *with Mohr (sop) 74321 46504 2 ArteNova 2.75 Brahms Symphony No.1, Haydn Variations, Alto Rhapsody* (only available in box set) Concertgebouw - Van Beinum, *with Heynis (contralto) 420 854-2 Philips Legends 4.49 Brahms Piano Quartets Nos. 1 - 3. MAHLER: Piano Quartet Movement. [2 CD SET] PG*** "..marvellously spontaneous accounts, urgent and full of warmth, yet with no lack of subtlety. The full, vivid recording can be strongly recommended" Domus VBD 5 61615 2 Virgin 4.99 Brahms KNAPPERTSBUSCH Conducts Symphonies Nos. 2 (rec. 1959) & 3 (rec. 15.11.1963)*, Double Concerto (rec.06.01.1959)**, Tragic Overture (rec. 1957), Alto Rhapsody (rec. 1957)*** [2 CD SET] 24 Bit Remastering VPO/*Stuttgart RSO/**Munich PO - Knappertsbusch, **with Sonnleitner (violin), Kiskalt (cello), ***with West (contralto), Vienna Academic Choir LS 1011 Lving Stage 7.99 Brahms The Two Cello Sonatas. PG***...an outstanding success". Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano) 410 510-2 DG 6.99 Brahms YURI BASHMET Plays Viola Sonatas Op.120 Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Trio Op.114* (DELETION) Bashmet (va), Muntyan (piano), *with Berlinsky (cello) OCD 175 Olympia 4.49 Brahms The Complete Motets. PG*** "With superb singing recorded vividly, this is an outstanding issue." DELETION The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge - Marlow CDCF 178 Conifer 6.99 Brahms Rinaldo for Tenor, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op.50, Ellens Gesang II for Soprano, Female Chorus, 4 Horns and 2 Bassoons Op.52/2, Begrabnisgesang for Chorus and Wind Instruments Op.13, Gesang der Parzen for Chorus and Orchestra Op.89. PG*** "Highly recommended" (DELETION) Davislim (tenor), Gens (sop), Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Ernst-Senff Chor Berlin, Dresdener Philharmonie - Plasson CDC 5 56983 2 EMI 7.99 Braunfels Die Vogel [2 CD SET] DELETION Kwon, Wottrich, Kraus, Holzmair, DSO & Chorus Berlin - Zagrosek 448 679-2 Decca 15.99 Bretan, Nicolae Golem, Arald (Operas in One Act) Agache, Daroczy, Sandru, Zancu, Voineag, Philharmonia Orchestra Moldova - Mandeal NI 5424 Nimbus 4.99 Bretan, Nicolae Luceafarul - Opera in One Act (World Premiere Recording) Voineag, Szabo, Casian, Croitoru, Chor der Sterne, Choeure des Etoiles, Philharmonic Orchestra Transilvania Cluj - Hary NI 5463 Nimbus 4.99 Breton, Tomas (1850-1923) La Dolores [2 CD SET] DELETION Domingo, Matos, Lanza, Beltran, Barcelona SO & Chorus - Marba 466 060-2 Decca 17.99 Brian, Havergal Symphony No.1 "Gothic" [2 CD SET] Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Opera Chorus, Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus, Lucnica Chorus, Bratislava City Choir, Bratislava Children's Choir, Youth Echo Choir, CSR SO, Slovak Philharmonic - Lenard 8.223280-281 Marco Polo 6.99 Brian, Havergal Violin Concerto, Symphony No.18, Jolly Miller Overture Bisengaliev (violin), BBC Scottish SO - L Friend 8.223479 Marco Polo 4.49 Brian, Havergal Symphonies Nos. 31, 7, 8 & 9, The Tinker's Wedding Overture [2 CD SET] PG*** DELETION) RLPO - Mackerras/Groves 5 75782 2 EMI 11.99 Bridge Oration, Enter Spring (DELETION) Cologne SO - Carewe, Baillie (cello) SHE CD 9601 Pearl 6.99 Bridge EDITION VOL 2 - Dance Rhapsody, Five Entr'actes, Dance Poem, Norse Legend, The Sea BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Hickox CHAN 10012 Chandos 7.99 Britten Peter Grimes [3 CD SET]. PG Rosette. (with libretto) P Pears, Watson, Pease, ROH CC Orch & Chorus - Britten 414 577-2 Decca 9.99 Britten Young Apollo for Piano, String Quartet and String Orchestra, Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, Two Portaits for String Orchestra, Sinfonietta Op.1. PG*** Kremer (vn),Bashmet (va), Lugansky (pno), Halle-Nagano 3984-25502-2 Erato 4.99 Britten Spring Symphony, Cantata Academica*, Hymn to St Cecilia**. PG*** (DELETION) Vyvyan, Proctor, Pears, ROH CC Chorus & Orchestra, Emmnauel School Boys Choir - Britten, *Vyvyan, Watts, Pears, Brannigan, LSO & Chorus - Malcolm, **LS Chorus 425 153-2 Decca 4.99 Britten Peter Grimes [2 CD SET] PG*** With Full Libretto Rolfe Johnson, Lott, Allen, ROH CC Orchestra & Chorus - Haitink CDS 7 54832 2 EMI 10.99 Britten String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, Three Divertimenti Maggini String Quartet 8.553883 Naxos 2.75 Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto James Bowman, Jill Gomez, L Watson, Della Jones, Hall, Maxwell, Henry Herford, Trinity Boys Choir, City of London Sinfonia - Hickox VCD 7 59305 2 Virgin 9.99 Britten String Quartet No.3, Alla Marcia (1933), Quartettino (1930), Simple Symphony Maggini String Quartet 8.554360 Naxos 2.75 Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn And Strings*, O Waly Waly, Our Hunting Fathers, Oliver Cromwell (DELETION) Bostridge, Britten Sinfonia - Harding, *Neunecker (horn), Bamberg SO - Metzmacher CDC 5 56871 2 EMI 7.99 Britten The Opera I - Albert Herring, Owen Wingrave, Billy Budd, Peter Grimes [8 CD SET] STILL SEALED Fisher, Peters, Cantelo, Novle, Evans, Brannigan, Pears, Luxon, Shirley-Quirk, Douglas, Harper, Vyvyan, Baker, Glossop, Pears, Langton, Watson, Pease, Kelly, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, ROH CG Chorus and Orchestra/ECO/LSO - Britten 475 6020 Decca 21.99 Britten Albert Herring [2 CD SET] PG*** (Originally released on Collins) Gillett, Barstow, Palmer, Jones, Finley, Taylor, Gritton, Lloyd, Northern Sinfonia - Bedford 8.660107-08 Naxos 6.99 Britten A Boy Was Born Op.3, A Hymn To The Virgin, Christ's Nativity, A Shepherd's Carol, Jubilate in C, Te Deum in C. PG*** Gritton (sop), Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Holst Singers, St Paul's Cathedral Choristers - Layton CDA66825 Hyperion 5.99 Britten Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine, Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi, Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus. FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS - The Plough Boy, The Salley Gardens, The foggy foggy dew, There's none to soothe, O Waly Waly, The Ash Grove, Greensleeves. PG*** "Bostridge's heady tenor is ideally suited to the inflexion's of Britten's music and he gives colourful, vigourously dramatic readings, helped by inspired accompaniment from Julius Drake. Excellent recording" Bostridge (tenor), Daniels (cont-ten), Maltman (baritone), Brown (horn), Brewer (harp), Drake (piano) VC 5 45525 2 Virgin 6.99 Britten The Three Cello Suites Peter Wispelwey GLO 5074 Globe 6.99 Britten War Requiem [2 CD SET] Lynda Russell, Thomas Randle, Michael Volle, Scottish Festival Chorus, The Choristers of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. Chamber Orchestra - Boddice, BBC Scottish SO - Brabbins, McPhee (organ) 8.553558-9 Naxos 5.99 Britten The Turn of the Screw [2 CD SET] PG*** (DELETION) Joan Rodgers, Ian Bostridge, Jane Henschel, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Harding VCD 5 45521 2 Virgin 14.99 Britten Billy Budd [3 CD SET] (rec. 12.02.2001) Shicoff, Skovhus, Halfvarson, Bork, Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Runnicles C 602 033 D Orfeo 15.99 Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Violin Concerto No.1 PG*** (DELETION) Cho-Liang Lin (vn), Chicago SO - Slatkin SK 42315 Sony 4.99 Bruch The Three Symphonies, Romanze Op.42, In Memoriam Op.65, Konzertstuck Op.84, Adagio Appassionato Op.57 [2 CD SET] Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Masur, with Accardo (vn) 462 164-2 Philips Duo 7.99 Bruch String Octet (1920), Piano Quintet (1918), String Quintet (1918) Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher 999 451-2 CPO 5.99 Bruch Scottish Fantasy, Serenade Op.75 for Violin and Orchestra (STILL SEALED) Fedotov (violin), Russian PO - Yablonsky 8.557395 Naxos 2.75 Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Scottish Fantasy. PG*** Chung (violin), RPO - Kempe 460 620-2 Decca/Penguin 3.49 Bruckner Symphony No. 7. PG*** (only available in box set) Concertgebouw Orchestra - Haitink 420 805-2 Philips 4.99 Bruckner Te Deum, Mass in D Minor. PG*** Soloists, Corydon Singers & Orchestra - Matthew Best CDA66650 Hyperion 3.49 Bruckner Symphony No.3 in D minor (1889) Netherlands PO - Hartmut Haenchen 14 002 Laserlight 1.99 Bruckner Symphony No.4 Philharmonia Slavonica - Adolph CLS 4123 ZYX 0.99 Bruckner Symphony No.3 Saarbrucken RSO - Skrowaczewski 74321 65412 2 ArteNova 3.99 Bruckner Symphony No.5 (original version) BPO - Barenboim 9031-73271-2 Teldec 3.49 Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 8 (ed. Nowak) & 0 [2 CD SET] PG*** NSO of Ireland - Tintner 8.554215-16 Naxos 5.99 Bruckner Symphony No.1 (only available in box set) Berlin RSO - Chailly 421 091-2 Decca 6.99 Bruckner Symphony No.6 New Zealand SO - Tintner 8.553453 Naxos 3.25 Bruckner Symphony No.9 (ed. Nowak) RSNO - Tinter 8.554268 Naxos 2.49 Bruckner Symphony No.5 [2 CD SET] Haas Edition Munich PO - Celibidache CDC 5 56691 2 EMI 9.99 Bruckner Symphony No.8 (Haas Edition) (London 1970) plus ROBERT SIMPSON: Rehearsal of Symphony No.3 (London 05.05.1966)* DELETION [2 CD SET] LSO/*RPO - Jascha Horenstein INCD 7272 Intaglio 9.99 Bruckner Symphony No.7 (Novak Edition) CBSO - Simon Rattle CDC 5 56425 2 EMI 4.99 Bruckner Symphony No.8 (Haas Edition) [2 CD SET] PG*** ORIGINAL CD ISSUE VPO - Haitink 446 659-2 Philips 4.99 Bruckner Symphony No.8 (Original 1887 Version) Frankfurt RSO - Inbal 4509-93679-2 Teldec 1.99 Bruckner Symphony No.2 (deletion) Philharmonia - Lizzio 160 159 Pilz 0.99 Bruckner Symphony No.5. Original 1878 Version Munich PO - Thielemann 477 5377 DG 7.99 Bruckner Symphony No.9. (rec. London 02/12/1970). FAUST: Eine Faust Overture (Manchester April 1972)* BBC SO/*BBC Northern SO - Horenstein CD-781 Music & Arts 4.49 Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 0 - 9 [9 CD SET] Concertgebouw - Haitink 475 6740 Philips 29.99 Bruckner Symphony No.5 (Original Version of 1875-78) Recorded 1995, remastered Munich PO - Gunter Wand PH06012 Profil 3.99 Bruckner Symphony No.7 (Nowak Edition 1954) Frankfurt RSO - Inbal 0927 40817 2 Apex 2.49 Bruckner KLEMPERER Conducts Symphony No.5 (rec. 02.06.1968) VPO - Klemperer CD-8366 Music&Arts 7.99 Bruckner Symphony No.5 (DELETION) South West Radio SO Baden Baden - Hans Rosbaud CDGI 746.1 Arkadia 5.99 Bruckner Symphony No.8 [2 CD SET] Nowak Edition Munich PO - Celibidache 5 56696 2 EMI 11.99 Bruckner Symphony No.7 (rec. Lucerne 03.09.1958). R STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel Op.28 (rec. 07.02.1957)* DELETION BPO/*Concertgebouw - Klemperer CD-7511 Music&Arts 7.99 Bruckner Symphony No.3 (original version) Deutsches SO - Nagano HMC 901817 Harmonia Mundi 5.99 Bruckner Symphony No.2 Saarbrucken RSO - Skrowaczewski 74321 77065 2 ArteNova 3.49 Bruckner Symphony No.7 (Japanese Import) recorded 1964 (DELETION) The Hague PO - Schuricht 30CO-1339 Denon 5.99 Bruckner Symphony No.6. PG*** “Impressive even by the LSO's own lofty standards…While perhaps the hardest of Bruckner's symphonies to grasp, the sixth shares with its siblings a feeling of elemental struggle, and Davis made sense of this by giving things organic wholeness and shape” (The Times) LSO - Colin Davis LSO 0022 LSO Live 3.99 Bruckner HORENSTEIN Conducts Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9* [2 CD SET] rec. Royal Albert Hall 10.09.1970 and Royal Festival Hall 02.12.1970 LSO/*BBC - Horenstein BBCL 4017-2 BBC Legends 9.99 Bruckner KLEMPERER Conducts Symphony No.8 (Novak Edition) rec. The Saal, Funkhaus, WDR Cologne 07.06.1957, remastered) STILL SEALED Cologne RSO - Klemperer MM021-2 Medici Arts 5.99 Bruckner Symphony No.5 (score and revision report by Haas & Nowak (score corr. 1951 & 1989, revsions 1985) Complete Critical Works of Bruckner), Excerpts from the rehearsals of the symphony [2 SACD SET, playable on SACD and CD Players] VPO - Harnoncourt 82876 60749 2 RCA 7.99 Brull, Ignaz (1846-1907) THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO VOL. 20 - Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Andante & Allegro. PG*** "Like many issues in the Hyperion series, this brings real revelation about a composer who till now has seemed a shadowy figure." M Roscoe (piano), BBC Scottish SO - Brabbins CDA67069 Hyperion 8.49 Bryars, Gavin Cello Concerto 'Farewell To Philosophy', One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing (for Percussion Ensemble), By the Vaar (for Double Bass Bass Clarinet Percussion & Strings) DELETION J Lloyd-Webber (vc), Haden (dble bass), ECO - Judd, Nexus 454 126-2 Point 8.49 Bryars, Gavin String Quartet No.1 'Between the National and the Bristol' The Last Days (1992) for Two Violins, String Quartet No.2 (DELETION) Balanescu Qt 448 175-2 Argo 8.99 Bush, Geoffrey Greek Love Songs, The End Of Love, Songs Of Wonder, A Little Love Music, Three Songs Of Ben Johnson (DELETION) Luxon (bar), Cahill (sop), Partridge (ten), G Bush (piano) CHAN 8830 Chandos 5.99 Busoni Concerto For Piano & Orchestra (With Male Chorus) Op.39 PG*** "Ohlsson's bravura display is very exciting and the pianists own enjpyment in virtuosity enhances his electricity and flair" G Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra & Men's Chorus - Dohnanyi CD-82012 Telarc 4.49 Busoni Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.22 - Piano Concerto Op.39. PG*** and key recording "...in such an inspired reading as Hamelin's it emerges as a genuine Everest of a work." Hamelin (piano), CBSO - Elder CDA67143 Hyperion 7.99 Buxtehude Prelude et Fugues & Chorales - Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Prelude and Fugue in C, Choral - Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl, Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ, Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, Magnificat primi toni 'Dorian', Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (DELETION) Rene Saorgin (St Michel de Zwolle Organ) HMA 190942 Harmonia Mundi 2.99 Cage, John (1912-1992) The Complete String Quartets Vol.1 - Music For Four (1987 revised 1988), Thirty Pieces for String Quartet (1983) The Arditti Quartet MODE 17 Mode 8.49 Cage, John (1912-1992) The Complete String Quartets Vol.2 - String Quartet in Four Parts (1949-50), "Four" (1989) The Arditti Qt MODE 27 Mode 8.49 Cage, John (1912-1992) In a Landscape (1948), Souvenir (1983), Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947), A Valentine Out of Season (1944), Suite for Toy Piano (1948), Bacchanale (1938), Prelude for Meditation (1944), Dream (1948) DELETION Stephen Drury (keyboards) 09026 61980 2 Catalyst 6.99 Cage, John (1912-1992) Complete Piano Music Vol.9 - Etudes Australes Books I - IV [3 CD SET] Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) MDG 613 0795-2 Dabringhaus&Grimm 19.99 Cage, John (1912-1992) Complete Piano Music Vol.6 Pieces (1960-1992) - One(2): First Version, One (1987), Etudes Boreales, The Beatles 1962-70, ASLSP (1985), One (5) 1980, One(2) Second Version (1989) [2 CD SET] Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) MDG 613 0791 2 Dabringhaus&Grimm 13.99 Cage, John (1912-1992) Complete Piano Music Vol.7 (Pieces 1933-1950) - Ophelia, Soliloquy, The Seasons (1947), Two Pieces for Piano (1935), Jazz Study, Metamorphosis, Quest - Second Movement (1935), Three Easy Pieces (1933), A Room (1943), Crete and Dad (1945), Two Pieces for Piano (1946), Ad Lib. (1942), Tripel-paced - first version (1943) Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) MDG 613 0793-2 Dabringhaus&Grimm 6.99 Cage, John (1912-1992) The Complete Music for Violin Vol.2 - Freeman Etudes Books 3 & 4 (DELETION) Irvine Arditti (violin) MODE 37 Mode 8.49 Caldara, Antonio (1670-1736) Cello Sonatas Nos. 5 & 14, Trio Sonatas Op.1 Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7, Chiacona Op.2/12 Parnassi Musici (on period instruments) 999 871-2 CPO 4.99 Camilleri, Charles (b.1931) Violin Sonata No.1, Fantaisie-Bolero, Sonatina No.1, The Spirit of Solitude, The Edge of Silence, Scanzona, Fantasia Concertante No.4, The Frankfurt Prayer, Three Maltese Folk Songs Stanzeleit (vn), Rahman (pno) CD DCA 1040 ASV 4.99 Cannon, Philip (b.1929) String Quartet (1964), Clarinet Quintet "Logos", String Sextet (1985 (All first recordings) DELETION Medici String Qt, with Campbell (cl), Atkins (va), Phelps (cello) OCD 623 Olympia 7.99 Canteloube Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2 (La Pastrouletta è lou chibalie; Lo Fiolairé; Pour l’enfant; Chut, chut; Pastorale; Obal, din lo coumbèlo; Postouro, sé tu m’aymo; Tè, l’co tè; Hé! Beyla-z-y dau fé!), Chants de France (seletion - Auprès de ma blonde; Où irai-je me plaindre?; Au prè de la rose; Délicieuses cimes; Réveillez-vous!; D’où venez-vous fillette?), Triptyque. (STILL SEALED) Gramophone Editors Choice - December 2007 Veronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille - Serge Baudo. 8.570338 Naxos 3.49 Carpenter, John Alden (1876-1951) Violin Sonata (1912), String Quartet, Piano Quintet Posnak (pno), S Schwartz (vn), Vega Qt 8.559103 Naxos 2.99 Carr, Edwin (1926-2003) Symphony No.4, Promenade, Sinfonietta, Pacific Festival Overture (DELETION) New Zealand SO - Young CCD 1077 Continuum 8.99 Carter, Elliott Piano Concerto, Concerto for Orchestra, Three Occasions for Orchestra. PG*** Oppens (piano), SWF SO - Michael Gielen 74321 27773 2 ArteNova 3.25 Casken, John Cello Concerto Northern Sinfonia - H Schiff (cello & director) 20062 Collins 3.99 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Shakespeare Songs (STILL SEALED) Anne Victoria Banks (soprano), William Wellborn (piano) 8.223729 Marco Polo 5.99 Catalani, Alfredo (1854-1893) La Wally [2 CD SET] Rome 20.10.1960 (DELETION) Tebaldi, Maionica, Gardino, Perotti, Prandelli, Rome RTV Orchestra & Chorus - Basile 051 055 Europa Musica 6.99 Chabrier Espana, Suite pastorale, Habanera, Danse slave and Fete polonaise from the opera "Le Roi malgre lui", Lamento, Prelude pastoral, Joyeuse marche Monte Carlo PO - Niquet 8.554248 Naxos 2.99 Chaitkin, David (b.1938) Summersong for 23 Wind Instruments, Scattering Dark and Bright - Duo for Percussion and Piano*, Serenade for 7 Players**, Etudes***, Seasons Such as These+ Sylvan Winds - Weisberg, *Stout (perc), Murray (pno), **New York New Music Ensemble - Black, ***Burge (piano), +The Cantata Singers - Harbison CD 749 CRI 5.99 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers. PG*** (STILL SEALED) DELETION Petibon, Zanetti, Karolyi, Daneman, Agnew, Les Arts Florissants - W Christie 0630-11913-2 Erato 6.99 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Les Plaisers De Versailles, Airs Sur Les Stances Du cid, Amor Ogni Cosa Daneman, Karolyi, Dugardin, Gardeil, Agnew, Petibon, Piolino, Lallouette, Les Arts Florissants - Christie 0630-14774-2 Erato 7.99 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Sacred Works Vol.3 - Te Deum H147, Mass H1, Canticum Zachariae H345 Le Concert Spirituel - Niquet 8.553175 Naxos 2.99 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, Messe De Minuit, Noels sur les instruments Les Arts Florissants - Christie 8573-85820-2 Erato 5.99 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Le Malade Imaginaire (First Version). PG***"Eight first class soloists and a lively period orchestra are spurred by the consistently anumated direction of Minkowski adn the vivid recording adds to the illusion of live performance" DELETION. Poulenard, Verschaeve, Feldman, Deletre, Laurens, Bindi, Ragon, Fouchecourt, Les Musiciens Du Louvre - Minkowski 2292-45002-2 Erato 7.99 Chausson Symphony in B flat major, Viviane Symphonic Poem, Poeme for Violin & Orchestra Korcia (violin), Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy - Kaltenbach 8.553652 Naxos 2.99 Chausson STUTZMANN sings Seven Melodies Op.2, Four Melodies Op.8, Five Melodies Op.24 "Les serres chaudes", Serenade Op.13/2, L'aveu Op.13/3, La caravane Op.14, Le temps des lilas Op.19, Les heures bien douce Op.27/1, La chanson bien douce Op.34/1, Chanson perpetuelle Op.37 (DELETION) Stutzmann (contralto), Inger Sodergren (piano) 09026 68342 2 RCA 7.99 Chavez MUSICA MEXICANA Vol.7 - Toccata For Orchestra, La Hija De Colquide Suite, Paisajes Mexicanos (orchestral variations), Cantos De Mexico, Baile Mexico State SO - Batiz CD DCA 927 ASV 5.99 Chaynes, Charles (b.1925) Noces De Sang - Opera in Two Acts [2 CD SET] DELETION Farley, Jossoud, Baudouin, Salzmann, Gautier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpelier Languedoc-Roussillon - Dieserich, with Bellik (piano), Dumond (guitar) CY 838-839 Cybella 14.99 Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Requiem Ljubljana RSO & Chorus - Munih CD 160 144 Pilz 1.49 Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Requiem for Chorus and Orchestra in C minor (1916), Marche funebre (1820) Coro della Radio Svizzera Italiana, Gruppo Vocale Cantemus, Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana - Fasolis 8.554749 Naxos 3.25 Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Medee [2 CD SET] Tamar, Lombardo, Courtis, Ciofi, Cor da Camera Sluk di Bratislava, Orchestra Internationzale d'Italia Opera - Fournillier 7253/54 Nuova Era 11.99 Chopin Piano Sonata in B minor Op.58, Ballade No.4, Three Mazurkas Op.59, Barcarolle Op.60, Polonaise Op.61 (DELETION) Peter Katin (piano) OCD 186 Olympia 3.99 Chopin Piano Concerto No.2, Krakowiak Op.14, Variations on "La ci darem la mano" Op.2 Idil Biret (piano), Czecho-Slovak PO - Stankowsky 8.550369 Naxos 2.75 Chopin Mazurkas Nos. 1, 2, 5 - 7, 11 - 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 35, 37, 38, 410, 41, 46, 47 and 49 (DELETION) S Falvay (piano) 8.550256 Naxos 1.49 Chopin Piano Concerto No.1, Fantasia on Polish Airs Op.13, Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Op.22 Idil Biret (piano), Czecho-Slovak State PO - Stankovsky 8.550368 Naxos 1.99 Chopin Polonaises Vol.2 - Op.71/1-3, BI 1, 3, 5, 6, 13, 36, Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Op.22 Idil Biret (piano) 8.550361 Naxos 2.75 Chopin Mazurkas Vol.2 - Nos. 27 - 51 Idil Biret (piano) 8.550359 Naxos 1.99 Chopin Polonaises Vol.1 - Op.26/1 & 2, Op.40/1 & 2, Op.44, Op.53, Op.61 (STILL SEALED) Idil Biret (piano) 8.550360 Naxos 2.75 Chopin 24 Preludes Op.28 Pollini (piano) 413 796-2 DG 3.25 Chopin Piano Concerto No.1*, Fantaisie Op.49, Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66, Bercesue Op.57. PG*** Maria Joao Pires (pno), *with COE - Krivine 457 585-2 DG 3.99 Chopin Preludes Nos. 25 & 26, Impromptu Nos. 1 - 3, Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66, Barcarolle Op.60, Nocturnes Nos. 15, 16 & 20, Waltzes Nos. 15, 16 & 17 (deletion) Peter Frankl (piano) CD DCA 781 ASV 3.99 Chopin Grande valse brillante Op.18, Waltzes Op.69/2, Op.64/1 'Minute Waltz'*, Op.64/2, Mazurkas Op.33/2, Op.7/1, Etudes Op.10/12 'Revolutionary', Op.10/3 'Tristesse', Op.25/11 'Winter Wind'*, Fantasisie-impromptu Op.66, Preludes Op.28/15 'Raindrop'**, Polonaise Op.53***, Op.40/1, Funeral March from Piano Sonata No.2+, Nocturne Op.9/2 (still sealed) Ashkenazy (piano), *Bolet (piano), **De Larrocha (piano), ***Katchen (piano), +Kempff (piano) 433 070-2 Decca 2.99 Chopin Waltzes 1 - 19, Impromptus 1 - 4 Cziffra (piano) CDE 5 74974 2 EMI 2.49 Chopin Grande Valse brillante in E Flat Major Op. 18, Three Waltzes, Op. 34, Waltz in A Flat Major Op. 42, Three Waltzes Op. 64, Two Waltzes Op. Posth. 69, Three Waltzes Op. Posth. 70, Waltz In E Minor Op. Posth, Waltz In A Flat Major, Op. Posth, Waltz In E Major Op. Posth, Waltz In E Flat Major Op. Post, Waltz 'Sostenuto' In E Flat Major Op. Posth*, Waltz In A Minor Op. Posth*, Piano Trio Op.8**, Introduction and Polonaise brillante Op.3***, Grand Duo concertant+, Cello Sonata Op.65*** [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED Luisada (piano), *Zilberstein (piano), **Beaux Arts Trio, ***Rostropovich (cello), Argerich (piano), +Bylsma (cello), Orkis (piano) 463 069-2 DG 6.99 Chopin Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, Barcarolle Op.60 Vlado Perlemuter (piano) NI 5038 Nimbus 3.49 Chopin Piano Concerto No.1, Rondo a La Krakowiak Op.14* (DELETION) Krystian Zimerman (piano), Polish SO - Maksymiuk, *Kedra (piano), Warsaw PO - Rowicki 1813 Fidelio 4.49 Chopin The Mazurkas - Op.6, 7, 17, 24, 30, 33, 41, 50, 56, 59, 63, Op.posth 67 & 68, Mazurka "a son ami Emile Gaillard" KK919-924*, Mazurka "notre temps" KK918*, Mazurka KK891-895*, Mazurka KK896-900*, Mazurka Op. Posth KK1227-1228*, Mazurka Op. Posth KK1225-1226*, Mazurka Op. Posth KK1223*, Mazurka Op. Posth KK1224* [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED Jean-Marc Luisada/*Lilya Zilberstein (piano) 463 054-2 DG 6.99 Chopin Cello Sonata, Polonaise brillante Op.3, Grand Duo Concertant on Themes from "Robert le Diable", Nocturne in C sharp minor (arr. Piatorgsky), Etudes Op.25/7 & Op.10/6 (arr. Glazunov), Waltz Op.34/2 (arr. Ginzburg). PG*** "...fresh and ardent performances" Kliegel (cello), Glemser (piano) 8.553159 Naxos 2.49 Chopin Ballades Nos. 1 - 4, Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22, Polonaise -fantaisie Op.61 (DELETION) Miceal O'Rourke (piano) CHAN 9353 Chandos 4.99 Chopin 24 Preludes Op.28, Prelude Op.45, Prelude Op. posth (KK1231-1232). Impromptus* Nos. 1 - 4, Scherzi** Nos. 1 - 4, Rondo Op.1***, Rondo a la mazur Op.5***, Rondo Op.16+, Rondo for Two Pianos Op. posth 75++ [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED Argerich (piano), *Stanislav Bunin (piano), **Pollini (piano), ***Zilberstein (piano), +Pletnev (piano), ++Bauer and Bung (pianos) 463 063-2 DG 9.99 Clarke, Rebecca (1886-1979) Midsummer Moon for Violin and Piano, Prelude Allegro and Pastorale for Clarinet and Viola, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Two Pieces for Viola and Cello, Cortege for Piano, Epilogue for Cello and Piano, Chinese Puzzle for Violin and Piano, Lullaby for Viola and Piano, Morpheus for Viola and and Piano, Lullbay for Violin and Piano, Passacaglia on an old English tune for Cello and Piano (DELETION) McAslan (vn), Ponder (va), Pearson (pno), Farrell (cl), Jones (pno) CDLX 7105 Dutton 7.99 Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Symphonies Nos.1 & 3 'The Great National',Overture in C The Philharmonia - D'Avalos CD DCA 803 ASV 3.49 Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Piano Sonatas Op.2 Nos. 4 & 6, Duets Op.3 Nos 1 - 3, Op.6/1 Pietro Spada (piano) & Cozzolino (piano) 447224-2 Arts 2.75 Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) Preludio alla Haydn from Op.19, Sonata Op.13/6, Capriccio Op.17, Sonata Op.34/2, Preludio alla Mozart from Op.19, Sonata Op.33/2, Fantasia on "Au clair de la lune" Op.48. PG*** and key recording "This splendid recital has a fair claim to being the most desirable introduction to the music of Clementi in the catalogue" (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) A Staier (fortepiano - Broadwood 1802) 3984-26731-2 Teldec 4.99 Coates, Eric (1886-1957) Merrymakers Overture, Lonodn Suite, Cinderella, Selfish Giant, London Again Suite, Calling All Workers, Dambusters March Cechoslovak RSO - Leaper 8.223445 Marco Polo 4.49 Coates, Gloria (b.1938) Symphonies Nos. 1, 4 & 7 Stuttgart PO/Bavarian RSO - Hauschild/Schmole/Howarth 999 392-2 CPO 5.99 Coates, Gloria (b.1938) String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7* & 8 (still sealed) Kreutzer Qt, *with Adams (org), Finnissy (conductor) 8.559152 Naxos 3.49 Cook, James (b.1969) There is a world above the sun, Symphony for Organ and Harp, In heaven shall all be love, Trilogy, Heaven's eternal sunshine Hudson (org), Phillipson (harp), Hebbert (sop), Clark (sop), Voces Oxoniensis - Frowde 24121 Diversions 5.99 Copland Appalachian Spring - Complete Ballet, Cortege macabre from "Grohg", Letter from Home, John Henry (deletion) St Louis SO - Slatkin CDC 7 49766 2 EMI 5.99 Copland Piano Concerto*, Orchestral Variations, Short Symphony, Symphonic Ode Gramophone "A Winner" San Francisco SO - Tilson Thomas, *with Ohlsson (piano) 09026 68541 2 RCA 7.99 Copland The Tender Land [2 CD SET] Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series Minnesota - Brunelle VCD 7 91113-2 Virgin 12.99 Copland El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kid, Danzon Cubano, Organ Symphony BBC SO - Slatkin, with Preston (organ) BBC MM 98 BBC 1.99 Copland Symphony No.3, Organ Symphony* NYPO - Bernstein, *with Biggs (org) SMK 63155 Sony 4.49 Copland MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS - Billy The Kid, Danzon Cubano, Variations on a Shaker Melody, Danza de Jalisco, Dance of the Adolescent, Two Movements from Rodeo, El Salon Mexico Marcela Roggeri & Marcelo Bratke (pianos) KTC 1223 Etcetera 5.99 Copland ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER WORKS VOL.1 - Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo - Four Dance Episodes, Billy the Kid (orchestral suite), Danzon Cuban, El Salon Mexico*, Quiet City, Down A Country Lane, Appalachian Spring (Original Chamber Version)**, Nonet for Strings*** (first CD release), Copland rehearses Appalachian Spring (first CD release)** [2 CD SET] PG*** LSO/*New Philharmonia - Copland, **Columbia Chamber Ensemble - Copland, ***Columbia String Ensemble - Copland SM2K 89323 Sony 7.99 Copland Old American Songs (Sets I & II), Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Four Piano Blues. PG***"Superb collection of Copland Songs, beautifully recorded and masterfully performed." Susan Chilcott (sop), Iain Burnside (piano) BBM1074 Black Box 6.99 Copland Music for the Theatre, El Salon Mexico, Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Piano*, Connotations for Orchestra NYPO - Bernstein, *with Drucker (clarinet) 431 672-2 DG 6.99 Copland Dance Panels, Short Symphony, Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson* (DELETION) Orchestra of St Luke's - Dennis Russell Davies, *with Helene Schneiderman (mezzo) 513993W Musical Heritage Soc 5.99 Copland 81st Birthday Concert at the Library of Congress - Zion's Walls, At the River, Simple Gifts, Three Moods, Night Thoughts, Conversation with Copland, Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, The Little Horses Jan DeGaetani (mezzo), Leo Smit (piano) BCD 9046 Bridge 5.99 Corcoran, Frank (b.1944) Mad Sweeney, Music for the Book of Kells*, Wind Quintet**, Sweeney's Vision for Tape*** (DELETION) Das Neue Werk NDR Ensemble - Cichewiecz, with Corcoran (speaker), *Percussion Modern - Cichewiecz, with Corcoran (piano), **Stuttgart Wind Quintet, ***Produced and Engineered by Corcoran BBM1026 Black Box 7.99 Corelli Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nos. 1 - 6 A & Q Holbling (violins), Kanta (cello), Ruso (hpschd), Capella Istropolitana - Krechek 8.550402 Naxos 2.75 Corelli 12 Concerti Grossi Op.6 [2 CD SET] PG*** The Brandenburg Consort - Goodman CDD22011 Hyperion 7.99 Couperin, Francois Laetentur Coeli (Motet de St Barthelemy), Venite Exultemus Domino, Trois Lecons De Tenebres, Magnificat James Bowman (cont), Chance (cont), Caudle (viola da gamba), R King (chamber organ) CDA66474 Hyperion 6.99 Couperin, Francois Quatrieme Livre De Pieces De Clavecin [2 CD SET] DELETION Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) 2292-45824-2 Erato 14.99 Couperin, Francois Pieces de Clavecin [2 CD SET] "...his interpretations of Couperin are further proof both of his exceptional gift as a harpsichord player and of his lively musical imagination." Gramophone Rousset (harpsichord) HMX 2901885.86 Harmonia Mundi 7.99 Cowell, Henry (1897-1965) Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.10 for Oboe and Strings, Air and Scherzo*, Concerto Grosso, Fiddler's Jig**. PERSICHETTI (1915-1987): The Hollow Men*** MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose Manhatten CO - Clark, Lucarelli (oboe), *Louie (sax), **Horne (vn), ***Gekker (tpt) 3-7282-2 Koch 7.99 Cresswell, Lyell (b.1944) Prayer for the cure of a sprained back, Words for Music, Sextet. EDWARD HARPER (b.1941): Fantasia III, Ricercari in memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola. BYRD (arr. Harper): Laetentur Coeli, Timo et Hebetudo, In Resurrexione Tua. The New Music Group of Scotland - Harper, with Jane Manning (soprano) CD92014 Metier 6.99 Creston Symphony No.3 Op.48, Partita for Flute Violin & Strings Op.12, Out of the Cradle, Invocation & Dance Op.58 Seattle Symphony - Schwarz DE 3114 Delos 5.99 Creston Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 (still sealed) NSO of Ukraine - Kuchar 8.559034 Naxos 3.49 Crumb, George A Haunted Landscape for Orchestra (1984), Echoes of Time and the River (1967) for Orchestra, Star Child (1977) for Soprano, Antiphonal Children's Voices, Male Speaking Choir, Bell Ringers and Large Orchestra* Warsaw PO - Conlin, *with Narucki (sop), Alessi (trombone), Warsaw Boys' Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Crumb and Cesarczyk (bell ringers), Warsaw PO - Conlin 9174 Bridge 7.99 Czerny, Carl Duo Concertante Op.129, Introduction, Variations Brillantes et Rondeau de Chasse Op.202, Rondo Facile et Brillante Op.374/3, Chanson Sans Paroles Op.795/1, Grande Serenade Concertante Op.126 Clive Conway (flute), Christina Shillito (cello), Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet), Christine Croshaw (piano), Stephen Stirling (horn) CDE 84310 Meridian 6.99 Dargomizhky, Alexander (1813-1869) Le Convive De Pierre (Opera in 3 Acts) [2 CD SET] DELETION Atlantov, Vedernikov, Milachinka, Valaitis, Bolshoi Theatre Orch & Ch - Ermler LDC 2781039/40 LeChantduMonde 16.99 Debussy Jeux, Images, Printemps Orchestre National De L'O.R.T.F - Martinon, with Michel Sedrez & Fabienne Boury (piano, 4 hands) CDM 7 69588 2 EMI 3.49 Debussy La Mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. RAVEL: Bolero, Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2. PG*** BPO - Karajan 427 250-2 DG 3.49 Debussy The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien - Incidental music to the Mystery in 5 Acts. PG*** (without booklet) A Murray, Stutzmann, McNair, LSO & Chorus - Michael Tilson Thomas SK 48240 Sony 3.49 Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Images, Reverie, Danse, Valse Romantique, Arabesque Nos. 1 & 2, Ballade, Danse Bohemienne Pour Le Piano, Nocturne Tirimo (piano) MCD 24 IMP 2.75 Debussy Preludes Book I. PG "Michelangeli's account reveals the highest pianistic distinction; it is in many ways a wholly compelling and masterful reading of these minature tone-poems" Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) 413 450-2 DG 4.99 Debussy Preludes Books I & II. PG Rosette Award Gieseking (piano) CDH 7610042 EMI 3.99 Debussy COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC VOL. I - Preludes Books I & II, Images Books I & II, L'Isle joyeuse, Estampes, Children's Corner, Pour le piano Suite, Arabesques Nos. I & II, Mazurka [2 CD SET] Werner Haas (piano) 438 718-2 Philips 3.99 Debussy La Mer, Nocturnes, La Damoiselle elue* Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble, Orchestre National de Lille - Jean-Claude Casadesus, *with Delunsch (sop), Sulle (mezzo) HCX 3951490 Harmonia Mundi 2.49 Debussy VOLUME FOUR - Images I & II, Children's Corner, Berceuse Geroique, Mazurka, La Plus Que Lente, Masques, Elegie, The Little Negro, Page D'Album, Morceau De Concours, Hommage A Haydn, D'Un Cahier D'Esquisses (deletion) Martino Tirimo (piano) MCD 322 IMP Masters 2.75 Debussy Printemps (orch. Busser), Petite Suite* (orch Busser), Images BBC Scottish SO - Volkov/*Valade BBC MM266 BBC 0.99 Debussy Reverie, Estampes, Deux Arabesques, The Little Nigar: Cake Walk, Children's Corner, La Plus Que Lente,, L'lsle Joyeuse, Clair De Lune. PG*** "A fine issure on every count" Kyoko Tabe (piano) CHAN 9912 Chandos 5.99 Delalande, Michel-Richard (1657-1726) Symphony No.5 'pour les Soupers du Roy' (DELETION) La Simphonie du Marais - Reyne HMS 926009 Harmonia Mundi 3.99 Delibes Coppelia - Prelude and Mazurka, Act I Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 7bis, Act II Nos. 11 - 14, 16, 17, Act III Nos. 1 - 10 (DELETION) ROH CG Orchestra - Ermler ROH 006 Conifer 4.99 Diamond Romeo & Juliet, Psalm, Kaddish for Cello & Orchestra, Symphony No.3 Starker (vc), New York Chamber Symphony, Seattle Symphony - Schwarz 8.559155 Naxos 3.25 D'Indy Jour d'ete a la montagne Op.61, Symphony on a Mountain Air Op.25 Collard (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Janowski 0927 49809 2 Apex 3.99 Dohnanyi Symphony No.2, Symphonic Minutes BBC PO - Bamert CHAN 9455 Chandos 7.99 Donizetti Don Pasquale. CIMAROSA: Il Maestro Di Capella* [2 CD SET]. Penguin Guide*** Corena, Oncina, G Sciutti, Krause, VPO & Opera State Chorus - Kertesz, *Corena, ROH CC Orchestra - Quadri 433 036-2 Decca 9.99 Donizetti L'Elisir D'Amore [2 CD SET] Turin 3.9.1968 (DELETION) Freni, Casellato, Basiola, Bruscantini, Turin RAI Orchestra & Chorus - Rossi 043-009 Frequenz 3.99 Donizetti Ne m'oubliez pas - Opera Comique in 3 Acts plus Rare Arias Elkins, Oliver, Plessis, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia - Judd ORC4 Opera Rara 7.99 Donizetti RENEE Fleming Sings Rosmonda D'Inghilterra - Entrance of Rosmonda, Duet of Rosmonda & Clifford, Finale of Act I, Duet of Rosmonda & Leonora, Duet of Rosmonda & Enrico, Aria of Rosmonda Fleming, with Ford, Miricioiu, Miles, Montague, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia - Parry ORR 214 Opera Rara 6.99 Donizetti L'Elisir D'Amore [2 CD SET] DELETION Battle, Pavarotti, Nucci, Upshaw, MET - Levine 429 744-2 DG 9.99 Donizetti Lucia Di Lammermoor [2 CD SET] PG*** Sutherland, Cioni, Merrill, Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia - Pritchard 460 747-2 Decca 5.99 Donizetti Lucia Di Lammermoor [2 CD SET] Turin 1967 Scotto, Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Ferrin, Turin RTV SO & Chorus - Pradelli 043-503 Frequenz 3.99 Donizetti Cristoforo Colombo - Cantata for Bartione, Chours and Orchestra, Flute Sonata, Moderato for Cello and Piano, Study for Clarinet, Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano. BRICCIALDI: Fantasia for Flute and Piano on Lucrezia Borgia Antonucci (baritone), Orchestra Giovanile di Savona, Coro Gregorio Magno - De Bernart, Chirivi (fl), Petrocchi (cl), de Ritis (bassoon), Gambini (cello), Catalucci (piano) GB 2200-2 Bongiovanni 7.99 Donizetti Rita - Comic Opera in One Act Scarabelli, Ballo, Corbelli, Orchestra de Camera Siciliana - Amendola 70455 Nuova Era 7.99 Dorati, Antal Chamber Music - Duo Concertante for oboe and piano (1983), 5 Pieces for Oboe (1980), Notturno and Capriccio for oboe and string quartet (1926), Trittico for oboe and piano (1984) Kwak (oboe), Chou (piano), Leipzig String Quartet MDG 603 1126-2 Dabringhaus&Grimm 6.99 Dupre ORGAN MUSIC - Prelude And Fugue in B major Op 7 No 1, Esquisse in C major Op 41 No 1, Esquisse No 1 in E minor Op 41 No 2, Esquisse No 2 in B flat minor Op 41 No 3, Prelude And Fugue in G minor Op 7 No 3, Placare Christe Servulis Op 38 No 16, Choral Et Fugue Op 57, Te Lucis Ante Terminum Op 38 No 6, Variations Sur Un Vieux Nöel Op 20. PG*** "An outstandingly successful recital" John Scott (Organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) CDA66205 Hyperion 3.99 Durufle Sacred Choral & Organ Works Vol.1 - Requiem Op.9 (1961 Version), Quatre Motets sur des themes gregoriens Op.10, Scherzo Op.2, Notre Pere Op.14, Prelude et fugue sur le nom d'A.L.A.I.N Op.7 Lebrun (org), Monzon (mezzo), Henry (bar), Poly (cello), Vieollefon (violin), Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal, Orchestre de la Cite - Piquemal 8.553196 Naxos 2.49 Dvorak Symphony No.8, Carnaval Overture (deletion) Budapest Festival Orchestra - Fischer HMP 3903017 Harmonia Mundi 2.49 Dvorak Overtures - In Nature's Realm, Carnival & Othello, Symphonic Variations Op.78, Scherzo Capriccioso. Penguin Guide *** RPO - Farrer CD DCA 794 ASV 2.99 Dvorak Symphony No.8, Serenade for Strings RPO - Menuhin TRP019 Tring 2.75 Dvorak Symphony No.4 Czexh PO - Neumann 33C37-7442 Supraphon 2.99 Dvorak Symphony No.6, In Nature's Realm Overture Op.91 (only available in box set) Czech PO - Pesek VC 7 90791-2 Virgin 3.99 Dvorak Overtures - In Nature's Realm, Carnival, Othello, Scherzo Capriccioso. Penguin Guide *** "A splendid issue, superbly recorded") Ulster Orchestra - Handley CHAN 8453 Chandos 2.99 Dvorak String Quartets Nos. 12 & 14 The Chilingirian Quartet CHAN 8919 Chandos 2.99 Dvorak Vanda Op.25, In Nature's Realm Op.91, Carnival Op.92, Othello Op.92, My Home Op.62 BBC PO - Gunzenhauser 8.550600 Naxos 2.49 Dvorak Overtures - My Home, The Water Goblin, The Noon Witch, The Golden Spinning Wheel, The Wood Dove The Hero's Song [2 CD SET] Royal Scottish SO - Jarvi CHAN 241-3 Chandos 6.99 Dvorak Piano Trios Op.65 & Op.90 'Dumky'. PG*** The Florestan Trio CDA66895 Hyperion 7.99 Dvorak Rusalka [3 CD SET] PG*** & Key Recording Fleming, Heppner, Zajick, Hawlata, Czech PO - Mackerras 460 568-2 Decca 17.99 Dvorak Symphony No.6, Scherzo Capriccioso, Suite in A* Philharmonia - Davis, *Berlin RSO - Tilson Thomas SBK 60295 Sony 2.75 Dvorak Symphony No.9, Slavonic Dances Op.72 Nos. 5-8 Gran Canaria PO - Leaper 74321 30466 2 ArteNova 1.25 Dvorak String Quartets Nos. 12 & 13 Travnicek Quartet DICD 920248 Discover 1.99 Dvorak Piano Quintet Op.81, String Quartet Op.51. PG*** Takacs Qt with Haefliger (piano) 466 197-2 Decca 6.99 Dvorak Symphony No.9, Othello Overture, Carnaval Overture PG*** LSO - Kertesz 466 212-2 Decca 2.75 Dvorak The Nine Symphonies, Overture Carnival*, The Wood Dove*, Scherzo Capriccioso* [6 CD SET] BPO/*BRSO - Kubelik 463 158-2 DG 19.99 Dvorak Symphony No.9, Slavonic Dances Op.72/2, Op.46/6 & 8 NYPO - Masur 9031-73244-2 Teldec 2.49 Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 7 - 9, Caranval Overture, Scherzo Capriccioso [2 CD SET] Philharmonia/LPO - Giulini 3 50859 2 EMI 4.99 Dvorak Symphony No.9. BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Berlin PO - Fricsay 442 8671 DG 2.75 Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Philharmonia - Andrew Davis SBK 67174 Sony 2.49 Dvorak Symphony No.9, My Home Overture. PG*** Scottish National Orchestra - Jarvi CHAN 8510 Chandos 3.49 Dvorak Dimitrij [3 CD SET]. PG*** Vodicka, Drobkova, Hajossyova, Prague Philharmonic Choir & the Czech Radio Choir, Czech PO - Albrecht. SU 3793-2 Supraphon 15.99 Dvorak Piano Concerto Op.33 (DELETION) Frantz (piano), Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie - Muller Bruhl 316 003 Koch 2.75 Dvorak The Nine Symphonies [5 CD SET] Berlin Staatskapelle - Otmar Suitner 0002782CCC Edel Classics 14.99 Dvorak Four Hand Piano Music Vol.2 - Slavonic Dances Op.46 and Op.72 Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Kohn (piano) 8.553138 Naxos 2.99 Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 [2 CD SET] Czech PO - Neumann SU 3703-2 Supraphon 6.99 Dvorak Symphony No.9, The Water Goblin [DVD-A, playable on DVD players and DVD-A players) Live Recording. PG*** Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Harnoncourt 3984-25254-9 Teldec 4.99 Dyson, George (1883-1964) Hierusalem - Hymn for Soprano Chorus Solo String Quartet and String Orchestra with harp and Organ, Three Choral Hymns for Chorus and Organ, Three Songs of Praise for Chorus & Organ, Fantasia and Ground Bass for Organ, O Praise God In His Holiness (Psalm 150) for Chorus and Organ Valery Hill (sop), St Michael's Singers, RPO - Rennert (cond/org), Trotter (organ) CDH55046 Hyperion 4.49 Dyson, George (1883-1964) At the Tabard Inn Overture, Concerto de Chiesa, Symphony in G Bournemouth SO - Lloyd Jones 8.557720 Naxos 3.49 Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962) Chamber Cantatas and Songs - Die Romische Kantate, Man Lebt Vom Einen Tage Zu Dem Andern Kantate Im Exil, Kriegskantate, Die Den Mund Aufhatten, Kantate Auf Den Tod Eines Genossen, Die Zuchthaus-Kantate, 2 Sonette (Brecht), 2 Elegien (Brecht), 4 Lieder fur Gesang und Klavier, Kantate Zu Herrn Meiers Erstem Geburtstag, Die Weissbrot-Kantate (STILL SEALED) DELETION Moldenhauer (mezzo), Zelinsky & Smeyers (clarinets), Roller (viola), Hummel (cello), Alvares (piano) 999 339-2 CPO 6.99 Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962) "Storm" Suite for Orchestra, Movements for Nonet*, Sonata for Violin and Piano "Journey"**, Five Orchestral Pieces*** (DELETION) Leipzig Radio Orchestra - Guhl, *Members of the Leipzig RSO, **Schmahl (vn), Kaliga (pno), ***Leipzig RSO - Kegel 442076-2 Pilz 4.99 Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962) Die Mutter, Four Pieces op.13, Woodburry-Liederbuchlein, Litanie vom Hauch Op.21/1 (STILL SEALED) Labusch (sop), Zanasi (baritone), Arciuli (piano), Libetta (piano), Klausen Krause, Schwesig (speakers), Coro della Radio Svizzera - Fasolis CHAN 9820 Chandos 7.99 Elgar Violin Concerto. Penguin Guide Rosette Nigel Kennedy (violin), LPO - Handley CDC 7 47210 2 EMI 3.25 Elgar Symphony No.1 Op.55, Imperial March Op.32. PG*** BBC PO - Hurst 8.550634 Naxos 2.25 Elgar Coronation Ode, The Spirit of England. PG*** Cahill, Rolfe-Johnson, Howell, SNO & Chorus - Gibson CHAN 6574 Chandos 3.49 Elgar Overtures - Froissart, In the South, Cockaigne. Overture in D minor by Handel (arranged by Elgar) PG*** "The picture of London is full of bustle and pageantry, with bold brass and flashing percussion, and the closing pages have striking impact. SNO - Gibson CHAN 8309 Chandos 3.49 Elgar The Starlight Express Suite, King Arthur Suite C Glover, J Lawrenson, Bournemouth Sinfonietta - Hurst CHAN 6582 Chandos 3.49 Elgar Symphony No.3 (elaborated by A Payne) BBC SO - A Davis NMC D053 NMC 2.75 Elgar Symphony No.1, Cockaigne Overture (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) LSO - Tate CDC 7 54414 2 EMI 2.99 Elgar Caractacus Op.35, Severn Suite (Full Orchestral Version) Op.87a [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide *** Howarth, Davies, Wilson-Johnson, Roberts, Miles, LSO & Chorus - Hickox CHAN 9156/7 Chandos 15.99 Elgar Symphonies Nos. l & 2, In the South, Pomp & Circumstance Marches Op.39 Nos. 1, 3 & 5 [2 CD SET] BBC SO - A Davis 0630-18951-2 Teldec 3.99 Elgar Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, In the South, Pomp and Cicumstance Marches Nos. 1 & 2 [2 CD SET] Philharmonia - Sinopoli 453 103-2 DG 6.99 Elgar Enigma Variations, Five Pomp & Circumstance Marches Op.39, The Crown of India Suite Op.66 LPO - Barenboim SBK 48265 Sony 2.75 Elgar Symphony No.1, Cockaigne Overture Philharmonia - Barbirolli CDM 7 64511 2 EMI 3.25 Elgar Cello Concerto*, Serenade for Strings, Enigma Variations PG*** Philharmonia - Sinopoli, *with Maisky (cello) 460 624-2 Decca/Penguin Classi 2.99 Elgar The sketches, drafts and recordings of his Piano Concerto* realised for performance by Robert Walker, Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs (trans. for orchestra by Hayn Wood), Adieu (orch. Geehl), So Many True Princesses (orch. Payne)**, Spanish Serenade Op.23**, The Immortal Legions**. ANTHONY COLLINS: Elegy in Memory of Edward Elgar *David Owen Norris (piano), BBC Concerto Orchestra - Lloyd Jones, **with BBC Singers CDLX 7148 Dutton 5.99 Elgar Cello Concerto* (released for the first time) recorded live in Prague. JS BACH: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Solo Cello. Classic FM Disc of the Month - May 2006. Gramophone Editors Choice Disc of The Month - February 2006 J Du Pre (cello), *with BBC SO - Barbirolli SBT 1388 Testament 7.99 Elgar String Quartet, Piano Quintet* The Medici Qt, *with John Bingham (piano) ECD84082 Meridian 3.49 Elgar Falstaff, Imperial March, Sea Pictures* LPO- Barenboim, *with Yvonne Minton (mezzo) SBK 63020 Sony 3.49 Elgar Symphony No.2, In the South [SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players] Classic FM Disc of the Month - November 2005. Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - October 2005 BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Hickox CHSA 5038 Chandos 7.99 Elgar Minatures - Froissart Overture, May Song, Carissima, Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra Op.62, Three Characteristic Pieces Op.10, Minuet Op.21, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Three Bavarian Dances New Zealand SO - Judd, with Tilson (bassoon) 8.557577 Naxos 3.49 Ellington, Duke Take the 'A' Train, Isfahan, I got it bad, Do nothin' till you hear from me, Chelsea Bridge, Things ain't what they used to be, In a Sentimental Mood, Squatty Roo, Come Sunday, Serenade to Sweden, I Didn't Know About You, In A Mellow Tone, It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing (DELETION) André Previn (piano), David Finck (double-bass) 463 456-2 DG 7.99 Enesco Symphony No.3 Op.21, Chamber Symphony for 12 Solo Instruments Op.33 (DELETION) Cluj-Napoca OI & Chorus - Baciu 8.223143 Marco Polo 3.99 Enesco Symphonie Concertante for Cello & Orchestra Op.8 Orchestral Suite No.3 "Villageoise" Maggio-Ormezowski (cello), Mote Carlo PO - Foster ECD75329 Erato 3.99 Enesco The Three Violin Sonatas Sirbu (violin), Sarbu (piano) CDS 41 Dynamic 6.99 Englund Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Piano Concerto No.1 Sivelov (piano), Turku PO - Panula 8.553758 Naxos 3.49 Enna, August (1860-1949) The Little Match Girl - One Act Opera, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep - Ballet for orchestra & narrator Bonde-Hansen (sop), Sjoberg (sop), Helmuth (narr), Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Danmarks Radio Pigekor - Zeilinger 999 595-2 CPO 6.99 Erickson, Robert (1917-1997) Recent Impressions (1987), Two Songs (1986), High Flyer (1969), Summer Music (1974) STILL SEALED Continuum - Seltzer/Sachs 8.559283 Naxos 3.49 Esposito, Michele (1855-1929) Three Ballades, A la memoria di Bellini, Five Irish Folk Tunes, Preludes Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9, Impromptu, Three Piano Pieces, A Village Fete, Reverie, Nocturne and Waltz, Remembrance, Visione (deletion) Miceal O'Rourke (piano) CHAN 9675 Chandos 3.49 Falla La Vida Breve. PG*** De Los Angeles, Rivadeneyra, Cossutta, Higueras, Orfeon Donostiarra, Orquestra Nacional de Espana - Burgos CDM 7 69590 2 EMI 4.99 Falla Love The Magician, Nights in the Garden of Spain*, Interlude and Dance (from La Vida Breve). PG*** LSO - Simon, with S Walker (mezzo), *Fingerhut (piano) CHAN 8457 Chandos 4.49 Falla El Amor Brujo (Original 1915 Version)*, El Retablo de Maese Pedro Galofre (ten), Valladares (sop), Pons-Tena (bar), I Cameristi - Dini Ciacci, *with Herrera (mezzo), Valladares & Pons-Tena (dialogue) 8.553499 Naxos 2.49 Falla El Amor Brujo (2nd Version 1924)*, El Sombrero de Tres Picos (1917-19)** Asturias SO - Valdes, *Nafe (mezzo), **Martos (mezzo) 8.557800 Naxos 2.49 Falla Popular Spanish Suite (trans. for Violin and Piano by Kochanski), Dance of the Corregidor from The Three Cornered Hat (trans. for Solo Harp by Watkins), Two Dances from Love The Magician (trans. for Cello and Piano by C Schiff), Mazurka, Serenata, Cancion, Psyche, Homage to Claude Debussy, Soneto a Cordoba, Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello The Schirmer Ensemble - Kelly 8.554366 Naxos 2.99 Falla La Vida Breve (Original CD Issue with libretto) DELETION Berganza, Nafe, Inigo, Carreras, Pons, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO - Navarro 435 851-2 DG 7.99 Faure CHAMBER MUSIC VOL . 2 [2 CD SET] Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2. String Quartet Op.121 Collard (piano), Quartet Parrenin CMS 7 62548 2 EMI 8.99 Faure Requiem, Dolly Suite Op.56* Battle, Schmidt, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus - Giulini, *Boston SO - Ozawa 449 846-2 DG 1.99 Faure Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 The Nash Ensemble (Ian Brown (piano), Crayford (violin), Chase (viola), Can Kampen (cello)) 3403 CRD 3.49 Faure Requiem (Japanese Import) (DELETION) Clement, Huttenlocher, Maitrise Saint-Pierre-Aux-Liens de Bulle, Orchestre Symphonique de Berne - Corboz WPCS-21095 Erato 2.99 Field Complete Piano Music Vol.1 - Three Sonatas Op.1, Sonata No.4 Pietro Spada (piano) 47178-2 Arts 2.75 Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles for Clarinet & Strings, Three Soliloquies from "Love's Labours Lost", A Severn Rhapsody, Romance for Strings, Introit for Violin & Orchestra Op.6 Plane (clarinet), Northern Sinfonia - Griffiths 8.553566 Naxos 3.25 Finzi Cello Concerto, Eclogue for Piano and Strings Op.10*, Grand Fantasia and Toccata Op.38* Hugh (cello), Northen Sinfonia - Griffiths, *Donohoe (piano) 8.555766 Naxos 3.49 Finzi A Young Man's Exhortation Op.14, Till Earth Outwears Op.19a, Oh Fair to See Op.13b (STILL SEALED) BBC Music Magazine Recommended - September 2007 John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano) 8.570414 Naxos 3.49 Le Flem, Paul (1881-1984) Pour les Morts, Sept Pieces Enfantines, Le Grand Jardinier de France musique de Film, Symphony No.4 Rhenish PO - Lockhart/Nopre 8.223655 Marco Polo 6.99 Fossa, Francois de (1775-1849) Guitar Trios Op.18 Nos. 1 - 3 Wynberg (gtr), Baever (vn), Epperson (vc) 8.550760 Naxos 2.25 Francaix A Huit, Divertissement, Clarinet Quintet, L'heure du berger The Gaudier Ensemble, Tomes (piano) CDA67036 Hyperion 6.99 Franck Violin Sonata, String Quartet* Kremer (violin), Maisenberg (piano), *Prague City Quartet PR 250 024 Praga 5.99 Franck Three Chorals, Pastorale Op.19, Prelude, Fugue et Variations Op.18 (DELETION) PG*** "..masterly accounts; these performances are beautifully shaped and grandly paced." Peter Hurford (Organ at the Basilica of St Sernin, Toulouse Aristide Cavaille-Coll 1889) 411 710-2 Decca 6.99 Fry, William Henry (1813-1864) Santa Claus Symphony, Macbeth Overture, Niagara Symphony, The Breaking Heart RSNO - Rowe 8.559057 Naxos 3.49 Fuchs, Kenneth (b.1956) An American Place for Orchestra, Concerto for Cor Anglais 'Eventide', Out of the Dark - Suite for Chamber Orchestra LSO - Falletta, with Stacy (cor anglais), T Jones (horn) 8.559224 Naxos 3.49 Furtwangler Symphony No.3 (Complete 4 Movement Version) RTBF SO - Walter 8.223105 Marco Polo 5.99 Furtwangler Symphony No.3 Bavarian State Orchestra - Sawallisch C 406 961 B Orfeo 5.99 Gilbert & Sullivan Overtures - Cox & Box, The Sorcerer, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Princess Ida, Ruddigore, The Yeoman of the Gurad, The Gondoliers, The Grand Duke Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Penny 8.554165 Naxos 2.49 Gilbert & Sullivan Ruddigore (without dialogue), Cox and Box* [2 CD SET] PG*** Reed, Round, Riley, Sandford, Adams, Hindmarsh, Knight, *Styler, Riordan, Adams, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, ROH CG Orchestra/*NSO of London - Godfrey 473 656-2 Decca 4.99 Gilbert & Sullivan Overtures - HMS Pinafore*, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Ruddigore*, The Yeoman of the Guard, The Gondoliers, Di Ballo Overture, Ruddigore (Alternate Version)* DELETION The D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra - John Owen Edwars/John Pryce-Jones, *The New Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra - Simon Phipps CDVIR 8316 TER 3.99 Gade, Niels (1817-1890) Elverskud (The Elf King's Daughter) - Ballad on Danish Legends for solo voices, choir and orchestra, Spring Fantasy Op.23* Elmark (sop), Dolberg (contralto), Paevatalu (baritone), Tivoli Concert Choir, Tivoli SO - Schonwandt, *Dahl (sop), Dolberg (contralto), Henning-Jensen (tenor), Byriel (bass), Westenholz (piano), Tivoli SO - Schonwandt 8.224051 Da Capo 5.99 Gade, Niels (1817-1890) Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Collegium Musicum Copenhagen - Schonwandt DCCD 9202 Da Capo 6.99 Gade, Jacob (1879-1963) (Jealousy – Suites, Tangos and Waltzes) - Jalousie, Tango Tsigane (1925), Leda and the Swan, Légende d’amour (1939), Suite d’amour (1940), Rhapsodietta (1931), Romanesca, Tango (1933), Wedding at Himmelpind, Rustic Suite (1937), Valse Capriccio (arr.: Ole Højer) (1943), Copenhagen Life, Waltz (1937), Douces Secrets, Valse lente (1919) [SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players]. “Dacapo has here put together a very attractive disc of Gade's music ... An irresistible collection” The Times Odense SO - Aeschbacher 6.220509 DaCapo 7.99 Galuppi, Baldassarre (1706-1785) Laetatus Sum, Nisi Dominus, Lauda Jerusalem. VIVALDI: Dixit Dominus Invernizzi & Cirillo (sops), Mingardo (contralto), Agnew & Colley (tenors), Foresti & Zeppenfeld (basses), Kornerscher Sing-Verein Dresden, Dresdner Instrumental Concert (on original instruments) - Peter Kopp 477 6145 Archiv 4.99 Gaubert, Philippe (1879-1941) Complete Works for Flute Vol.1 - Madrigal for flute and pianoTrois aquarelles for flute, cello and piano, Divertissement grec for two flutes and harp*, Soir paien for voice, flute and piano, Tarentelle for flute, oboe and piano*, Piece romantique for flute, cello and piano, Medailles antiques for flute, violin and piano*, Suite (*premiere recording) Smith (flute), Pinkas (piano), Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 8.557305 Naxos 3.25 Gehlhaar, Rolf (b.1943) Solipse for Cello and Tape Delay ad.lib (1973), Polymorph for Bass Clarinet and Tape Delay (1978), Rondell for Trombone and Tape Delay (1975), Diagonal Flying for Piano and Synthesizer (1989) Ryder (cello), Jenkins (bass clarinet), Jones (trombone), Woodward (piano), Gehlhaar (sound space) KTC 1127 Etcetera 8.99 Gerber, Steven R (b.1948) Symphony No.1, Dirge & Awakening for Orchestra, Viola Concerto*, Triple Concerto** Russian PO - T Sanderling, *with Lars Anders Tomter (va), **The Bekova Sisters Piano Trio CHAN 9831 Chandos 7.99 Gerhard, Roberto (1897-1970) Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (DELETION) Tenerife SO - Perez MO 782103 Auvidis 6.99 Gerhard, Roberto (1897-1970) L'Infantament Meravellos De Schahrazada Op.1, Cancionero De Pedrell (scratch on edge of disc, but plays fine) Benita Valente (soprano), Tan Crone (piano) KTC 1060 Etcetera 8.49 Gerhard, Roberto (1897-1970) L'Alta naixenca del rei en jaume, Sis cancons populars catalanes, Cancionero de pederll, Sardana I & II. DELETION Cors (sop), Garrigosa (baritone), Coral Carmina, Orquestra simfonica de barcelona i nacional de catalunya - Colomer MO 782106 Auvidis 8.99 Gerrard, Lisa Whalerider - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Performed and arranged by Lisa Gerrard CAD 2304CD 4 AD 4.99 Gershwin Porgy and Bess - Highlights. PG Rosette W White, Haymon, Evans, Glyndebourne Chorus, LPO - Rattle CDC 7 54325 2 EMI 1.99 Gershwin Porgy & Bess [3 CD SET] PG Rosette Award White, Haymon, Evans,Glyndebourne Chorus, LPO-Rattle 5 56220 2 EMI 10.99 Gershwin Porgy and Bess [2 CD SET] (1951 Studio Recording) Winters, Williams, Matthews, Coleman, Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Orchestra - Engel MH2K 63322 Sony Masterworks 4.99 Gershwin An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue K Perkins (piano), American Radio Orchestra - Brown ACD 8034 Vox 0.99 Gershwin Suite from Girl Crazy, Funny Face Overture, Oh Kay! Overture, Cuban Overture*, Rhapsody in Blue*, An American in Paris*, Porgy & Bess Suite** Boston Pops Orchestra - Fiedler, *Cleveland Orchestra - Maazel (with Davis (piano) in Rhapsody), **Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra 460 612-2 Decca/Penguin 1.99 Gershwin Porgy & Bess [2 CD SET] World Premiere Recording of the Original 1935 Production Version Powell, Lister, Mack, Cabell, Nashville SO & Chorus - Mauceri 475 7877 Decca 10.99 Gideon, Miriam (1906-1996) Music for voice and ensemble - Sonnets from Shakespeare, Rhymes From the Hill*, The Hound of Heaven** Nocturnes***, The Resounding Lyre+, Spirit Above The Dust++, Wing'd Hour+++ (DELETION) Sharp (baritone), The Prism Orchestra - Black, *DeGaetani (mezzo), Bloom (cl), Roches (marimba), Sherry (cello), **Metcalf (baritone), Roseman (ob), Cohen (vn), Phillips (va), Sherry (cello), ***Raskin (sop), DeCapo Chamber Players - Jahoda, +Cassolas (tenor), Speculum Musicae - Black, ++Bonazzi (mezzo), Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Weisberg, +++Cassolas (tenor), The Prism Orchestra CD 782 CRI 7.99 Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983) Variaciones Concertantes for Orchestra Op.23, Piano Concerto No.1, Piano Sonata No.1 Europa Symphony - Grohs, Noguera (piano) 74321 59218 2 ArteNova 3.99 Giordano, Umberti Andrea Chenier [2 CD SET] rec. 1978, remastered. PG*** ".....searingly effective...Domingo at his most heroic... Scotto gives one of her most eloquent and beautiful performances and Levine has rarely displayed hsi powers as an urgent and dramatic opera conductor more potently on record Domingo, Scotto, Milnes, Kraft, Ewing, John Alldis Choir, NPO - Levine 74321 39499 2 RCA 10.99 Glass, Philip Violin Concerto, Company, Akhnaten - Prelude & Dance Anthony (violin), Ulster Orchestra - Yuasa 8.554568 Naxos 3.25 Glass, Philip Songs from SATYAGRAHA- Protest, Evening Song, Kuru Field of Justice, Tolstoy Farm. AKHNATEN: Hymn to the Sun, Akhnaten & Nefertiti, Window of Appearance. EINSTEIN: Trial/Prison, Knee 1, Bed, Knee 5 Perry, Esswood, The Philip Glass Ensemble - Riesman, New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Keene, Stuttgart State Opera - Russell Davies MK 45580 Sony 3.99 Glazunov PIANO WORKS VOL. 1 Suite on the Name 'Sacha' Op.2, Two Pieces Op.22, Waltzes on the Name 'Sabela' Op.23, Prelude & Two Mazurkas Op.25, Three Studies Op.31, Petite Valse Op.36, Nocturne Op.37, Grande Valse de Concert Op.41, Three Minatures Op.42 (DELETION) Tatjana Franova (piano) 8.223151 Marco Polo 4.99 Glazunov Symphony No.3, Lyric Poem Op.12, Solemn Procession in G major (DELETION) USSR Ministry of Culture SO - Rozhdestvensky OCD 120 Olympia 6.99 Glazunov Intermezzo Romantico, Overture No.2 on Three Greek Themes Op.6, Introduction & Dance of Salome Op.90, The Song of Destiny Op.84 Hong Kong PO - Antonio de Almeida 8.220445 Marco Polo 3.99 Glazunov Raymonda - Ballet Op.57 Extended Highlights PG*** SNO - Jarvi CHAN 8447 Chandos 3.99 Glazunov Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (DELETION) USSR Ministry of Culture SO - Rozhdestvensky OCD 101 Olympia 6.99 Glazunov The Kremlin Op.30, From The Middle Ages Op.79, Poeme lyrique Op.12, Poeme epique Moscow SO - Krimets 8.553537 Naxos 3.25 Glazunov Raymonda - Complete Ballet [2 CD SET] Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - Svetlanov 74321 49609-2 RCA 8.99 Glazunov Le Chant du Destin, Suite Caracteristique, Preludes Op.85 Nos. 1 & 2 Moscow SO - Golovschin 8.553857 Naxos 2.99 Glazunov Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Moscow SO - Anissimov 8.553561 Naxos 3.25 Glazunov Symphony No.2, Coronation Cantata (premier recording)*. PG*** "the Coronation Cantata...is a winning rarity, very well performed with a strong team of soloists, all attractively Slavonic in timbre". Russian State SO - Polyansky, *with Lutsiv-Ternovskaya, Kuznetsova, Grivnov, Stepanovich, Russian State Symphonic Cappella CHAN 9709 Chandos 6.99 Glazunov Introduction and Dance of Salome Op.90. The King of the Jews Op.95*. PG*** Russian State SO - Polyansky, *with Russian State Symphonic Cappella CHAN 9824 Chandos 6.99 Gluck Alceste (Vienna Version 1767; complete) [3 CD SET] PG*** Ringholz, Lavender, Degerfeldt, Treichl, Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra & Chorus - Ostman 8.660066-68 Naxos 6.99 Gluck Iphigenie en Tauride [2 CD SET] With Full libretto. PG Rosette Award Diana Montague, Aler, T Allen, Massis, Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir - Gardiner 416 148-2 Philips 11.99 Gluck Orfeo and Euridice [2 CD SET] Fink, Cangemi, Kiehr, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester - Jacobs HMC 901742.43 Harmonia Mundi 12.99 Gluck Ifigenia in Tauride [2 CD SET] Live 1957 recording, remastered Callas, Dondi, Albanese, Colzani, Cossotto, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan - Sanzogno CMS 5 65451 2 EMI 8.99 Gluck BARTOLI Sings Tremo fra’ dubbi miei*, Ah taci barbaro… Come potesti, oh Dio!*, Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (La clemenza di Tiol), Di questa cetra in seno* (Il Parnaso confuso), Misera dove son!... Ah! non ico che parlo* (Ezio), Ciascun siegua il suo stile… Maggior follia* (La Semiramide riconsciuta), Quel chiaro rio (La corona), Berenice, che fai?* (Antigono) (*world premiere recordings) PG*** "A Fine Collection of eight formidable arias. This formidable display of singing is splendidly supported by crsip, alert playing from the Berlin orchestra of period instruments. Clear, full recording" Bartoli (mezzo), Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin 467 248-2 Decca 6.99 Gluck Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo Nos. 1 - 8 (DELETION) Simcisko and Plaskurova (violins), Alexander (cello), Dobiasova (hpschd) 9351 20344 Opus 6.99 Godowsky BEREZOVSKY Plays CHOPIN / GODOWSKY Etudes Chopin : Etude in C major Op. 10 Nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 12, Op.25 No.1 & 5. Godowsky : Etude in A minor Op.10 No.5 (tarantella). Etude in E flat minor Op. 10 No.6 (left hand only), Etudes Op.10/5 and Op.25/9 In G flat Major combined - 'Badinage‘, Etudes Op.10/11 and Op.25/3 in F major combined, Alt Wien - Triakontameron No 11, Etude in C major Op.10/1 (diatonic), Etude in a minor Op. 10/2 ('Ignis Fatuus'), Etude in C# minor Op. 10/4 (for left hand), Etude in C major Op.10/5 (study on white keys), Etude in C# minor Op. 10/12 (for the left hand), Etude in A flat major Op. 25/1 Version 2, Etude in C# minor Op. 25/5 (Mazurka) 2nd Version, Waltz in D flat major Op 64/1(Chopin). BBC Music Awards Finalist - April 2006 Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2005 BBC Music Magazine Recommended - November 2005 Boris Berezovsky (piano) 2564 62258 2 Warner Classics 6.99 Goetz, Hermann (1840-1876) Piano Quintet Op.16, Piano Quartet Op.6 Pro Arte Piano Quartet, *with Marrion (dble-bass) CD DCA 1157 ASV 7.99 Gorecki Symphony No.2 Op.31 'Copernican', Beatus Vir Op.38 Kilanowicz (sop), Dobber (bar), Polish Radio Choir, Silesian Philharmonic Choir, Polish RSO - Wit 8.555375 Naxos 3.25 Gounod Faust [3 CD SET]. PG*** Studer, Leech, Van Dam, Hampson, Choeur de l'Armee Francaise, Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse - Plasson CDS 7 54228 2 EMI 17.99 Gounod Faust - Highlights Sabbatini, Ghiaurov, Penachanska, Bulgarian National Choir, Berlin RSO - Paternostro 14209 Laserlight 1.99 Gounod Faust [2 CD SET] rec. Philadelphia 1985 Alain Vanzo, Valerie Masterson, James Morris, Gino Quilico, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera Company of Philadelphia - Baudo PO-1024 Ponto 7.99 Grainger Suite on Danish Folk Songs, Colonial Song, Country Gardens, Irish Tune from County Derry, Green Bushes, Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon, Shepherd's Hey, My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone, To a Nordic Princess Slovak RSO - Brion 8.554263 Naxos 2.75 Grainger Rambles and Reflections - Piano Transcriptions: BYRD The Carman's Whistle Air and Variations. DOWLAND: Now, o now, I needs must part. HANDEL: Hornpipe from Water Music. SCOTT: Handelian Rhapsody. DELIUS: Air and Dance. STANFORD: Four Irish Dances: A March-Jig (Maguire's Kick), A Slow Dance, The Leprechaun's Dance, A Reel. ANON: Beautiful Fresh Flower (Chinese Melody). R STRAUSS: Ramble on the last love-duet in Der Rosenkavalier. BRAHMS: Cradle-Song (Wiegenlied) Op 49 No 4. FAURE: Apres un reve, Nell. TCHAIKOVSKY: Paraphrase on Flower-Waltz. GERSHWIN: The Man I Love, Love Walked In. (After Stephen Foster): Lullaby from Tribute to Foster (a couple of small pen marks on the back of the booklet, otherwise fine) Piers Lane (piano) CDA67279 Hyperion 5.99 Grieg ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Sings Lieder by Grieg. Penguin Guide Rosette (Gramophone Record of the Year Solo Vocal Award 1993) Von Otter (mezzo), Forsberg (piano) 437 521-2 DG 4.99 Grieg Lyric Pieces (Selection) Balazs Szokolay (piano) 8.550450 Naxos 1.99 Grieg Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2, The Last Spring*, Piano Concerto** Blegen (Sop), Philadelphia - Ormandy, *Boston Pops - Fiedler, **Bakkelund (pno), Olso PO - Gunther-Hegge 74321 40454 2 RCA 2.75 Grieg Lyric Pieces Op.12 - Arietta, Walzer, Norwegian Melody, Op.38 - Berceuse, Melodie, Elegie, Walzer, Op.43 - Solitary Traveller, In my native country, Little Bird, Erotik, Op.47 - Melodie, Melancholie, Elegie, Op.54 - Notturno, Op.57 - Vanished Days, Home-sickness, Op.62 - Phantom, Ballad, Op.68 - At your feet, At the Cradle & Op.71 - Once upon a time, Puck, Peace of the woods (still sealed) Deletion Daniel Levy (piano) ED 1005 Edelweiss 2.75 Grieg Peer Gynt - Suites 1 & 2, Holberg Suite*, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Three Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.56 (STILL SEALED) BBC SO - Maksymiuk, *Bournemouth Sinfonietta - Studt 8.554050 Naxos 2.49 Grieg Peer Gynt - Excerpts Hendricks (sop), Oslo PO & Chorus - Esa Pekka Salonen SBK89898 Sony 2.49 Grieg Complete Piano Music Vol.1 - 4 Piano Pieces Op.1, Poetical Tone Pictures Op.3, Humoresques Op.6, Sonata Op.7, Lyrical Pieces Vol. 1 Op.12 (DELETION) Geir Henning Braaten (piano) VCD 19025 Victoria 2.99 Grieg Complete Piano Music Vol.III - Lyric Pieces Op.65, Norwegian Folk Songs Op.66, Lyric Pieces Op.68 (DELETION) Geir Henning Braaten (piano) VCD 19032 Victoria 2.99 Grieg Peer Gynt - Incidental Music (excerpts), Piano Concerto*. PG*** "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score." Hollweg (sop), Beecham Choral Society, RPO - Beecham, *Ousset (piano), LSO - Marriner 7 67847 2 EMI 3.49 Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (1884-1920)