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2 OCTOBER 2014All Prices Quoted are Dealer Prices

Johann Sebastian BACHThe Art of Fugue

Angela Hewitt

Angela Hewitt’s much-awaited recording of Bach’s ultimate masterpiece, The Art of Fugue, is destined to be the crowning achievement of her Bach cycle for Hyperion; a revelatory recording and performing project which has taken her all over the world and won her international acclaim and millions of dedicated fans.

CDA67980£9.00 (2 CDs for 1)

Johannes BRAHMSThe Complete Trios

The Florestan Trio, Stephen Stirling, Richard Hosford

CDD22082£9.00 (2 CDs for 1)

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J. S. BACHThe Six Motets

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

CDH55417£3.53

Arvo PÄRTChoral Music Peace upon you; Jerusalem; Morning star; The woman with the alabaster box; The deer’s cry; Virgencita; Solfeggio; Zwei Beter; Tribute to Caesar; Summa; Memento Ode VII from 'Kanon Pokajanen'; Alleluia-Tropus; Da pacem, Domine

Polyphony, Stephen Layton

Stephen Layton and Polyphony have a long and fruitful relationship with the music of Arvo Pärt. Their recording of Triodion and other choral works (CDA67375) won a Gramophone Award and became a cult classic. The extraordinary purity of Polyphony’s singing is the perfect vehicle for music of such clean, elemental simplicity.

CDA68056£9.00

CDS44411/3£10.59 (3 CDs)

CDA68050£9.00

CDA68020£9.00

CDA68016£9.00

CDA67984£9.00

George Frideric HANDEL20 Sonatas, Op. 1Rachel Beckett, Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Goodwin, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Richard Tunnicliffe, Paul Nicholson

The twenty sonatas on this recording show Handel writing for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and vitality, and Handel keeps the elements of antiphony in admirable balance in these works. For this reason, they are among the most attractive Baroque solo sonatas and deserve their lasting popularity.

Max BRUCHViolin Concerto No. 3; Scottish FantasyJack Liebeck,BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Award-winning violinist Jack Liebeck brings his impassioned tones, fulsome emotional display and formidable technique to the first of three albums of music by Max Bruch.

DURUFLÉ; WILLIAMS; RICE; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; MOORE; HOWELLS; TAVENERMusic for RemembranceWestminster Abbey Choir, Britten Sinfonia, James O’Donnell

This latest album from Westminster Abbey is a programme of memorial music composed in England and France in the shadow of two World Wars.

Claude DEBUSSYSongs, Vol. 3Jennifer France, Malcolm Martineau, Jonathan McGovern

Includes: Musique; Romance; La romance d’Ariel; Regret; L’archet; Chanson triste; Les baisers d’amour; Les Elfes; Aimons-nous et dormons; Souhait; Sérénade; Rêverie; La Belle au Bois dormant; Il dort encore; Les roses; Pierrot; Les baisers; Dans le jardin and more.

Hyperion presents a third volume in its acclaimed Debussy songs series, accompanied and curated by Malcolm Martineau, with booklet notes by French music expert par excellence Roger Nichols.

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 64Henrique OSWALD: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 10 Alfredo NAPOLEÃO: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat minor

Artur PizarroBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins

Portuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with the outpourings of two brilliant pianist-composers.

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Johannes BRAHMSWorks for Solo Piano, Vol. 3Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2; Intermezzi, Op. 119 Nos. 1 and 3; Intermezzo, Op. 116 No. 5; Theme with Variations in D minor; Waltzes, Op. 39

Barry Douglas

Barry Douglas returns for the highly anticipated third volume in his series devoted to Brahms’s solo piano music, the first two volumes having been met with widespread critical acclaim.

Sir Edward ELGARThe Dream of Gerontius; Sea Pictures

Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David SoarBBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Chandos Records is delighted to present this new recording of Elgar’s choral masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius and the enduringly popular song cycle Sea Pictures. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, a peerless Elgarian who this year was awarded the prestigious Elgar Society Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the composer’s music.

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CHSA 5140(2)£18.00 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

CHAN 10833£9.00

CHAN 10830£9.00

The Symphonic EuphoniumJoseph HOROVITZ: Concerto for EuphoniumPhilip WILBY: Concerto for EuphoniumAlun HODDINOTT: The Sunne Rising, The King Will RideKarl JENKINS: Concerto for EuphoniumDavid Childs BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bramwell Tovey

David Childs leads the way as the world’s foremost euphonium soloist, making the case for this once neglected instrument to growing audiences worldwide with his stunning virtuosity and extrovert musicality.

Franz Joseph HAYDNString Quartets, Vol. 1

Doric String Quartet

The Doric String Quartet has been widely praised for its live performances of Haydn’s works. The Sunday Telegraph wrote that ‘Haydn and the Doric are a perfect match… Unequivocally, these were performances of terrific panache and perception, seeming to get right under the skin of Haydn’s creative genius’.

CHAN 10831(2)£9.00 (2 CDs for 1)

CHAN 10834(4)£27.00 (4 CDs for 3)

Johan HALVORSENOrchestral Works, Vols. 1-4

Marianne Thorsen, Ragnhild Hemsing, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Neeme Järvi and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have lifted the lid on one of Norway’s best-kept musical secrets with their series devoted to the orchestral works of Johan Halvorsen. Now, in this four-disc box set, these fresh and revealing recordings have been brought together for the first time.

Leoš JANÁCvEK

Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Sinfonietta; Capriccio; Suite from the Cunning Little Vixen

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

This release features three pieces that originate in Janácvek’s late period, when his passionate feelings for Kamila Stösslová, thirty-seven years his junior, inspired an extraordinary flowering of his creative genius.

CHSA 5142£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)


Claudio MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

‘Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written’ - Harry Christophers.

COR16126£13.50

Ludwig van BEETHOVENSymphonies Nos. 2 & 8Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

October 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Twenty years after their acclaimed Beethoven Symphonies recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the orchestra continue to revisit this repertoire - this album follows the release of Symphonies 5 & 7 recorded live at Carnegie Hall.

SDG721£9.00

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 14 Tatiana Monogarova, Sergei LeiferkusLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Both works were recorded live in concert at Southbank Centre. The 2013 performance of Symphony No. 6 was part of Southbank Centre’s festival 'The Rest Is Noise', a year-long exploration of twentieth-century music for which the LPO won the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award in the ensemble category.

LPO-0080£5.56

William WALTON (1902-1983)Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Passacaglia for Cello Solo

Christian PoltéraSão Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), Frank Shipway

As a contrast to the two concertos, Christian Poltéra also performs two solo works by Walton and Hindemith. He is supported by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), who with conductor Frank Shipway, were nominated for a 2014 BBC Music Magazine Award for their recording of Richard Strauss’ Alpensymfonie.

BIS2077£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

The Complete Piano Sonatas (and early unnumbered sonatas)

Ronald Brautigam

The complete piano sonatas recorded by Ronald Brautigam are now being released as a boxed set, along with a ninth disc containing the early, unnumbered sonatas. Carefully selected instruments, built by Paul McNulty after originals from 1788-1819 are used for these performances.

BIS2000£36.00

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Rosamunde Overture; Funeral March from 'Adrast'

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

On the final disc of a complete cycle, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra offer us Schubert’s first two symphonies. Written between 1813 and 1815, by a composer still in his teens, both works exemplify the influences of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.


James MACMILLAN (b. 1959)

Clemency A Chamber Opera for five singers and string orchestra - Libretto: Michael Symmons Roberts

David Kravitz, Michelle Trainor, Christine Abraham, Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra, David Angus

Clemency is the third operatic collaboration between the composer James MacMillan and the poet Michael Symmons Roberts. It explores a central but enigmatic episode in the Old Testament: when Abraham and Sarah are visited by three mysterious strangers…

BIS2129£9.00

Visions Fugitives – Music for Strings PROKOFIEV: Visions Fugitives, Op. 22; HINDEMITH: Fünf Stücke für Striechorchester, Op. 44 No. 4;WEBERN: Fünf Sätze, Op. 5; BARTÓK: Divertimento for String Orchestra

Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen

The music on this disc spans from the years before World War I to a few days before the outbreak of World War II. Bartók, Webern, Prokofiev and Hindemith were all central figures of their time, illustrating – and to an extent personifying – different approaches to modernism in music.


Copenhagen RecitalGLINKA: Elegy; DARGOMYZHSKY: I am Sad; TCHAIKOVSKY: In the Din of the Ball; LEBEDEV: Concert Allegro; TELEMANN: Sonata in F minor; SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro; SCHNYDER: Winter 1941; HYLDGAARD: Concerto Borealis; BORCH: The Sky Darkens

Stefan Schulz, Saori Tomidokoro

Stefan Schulz, bass trombone player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is one of the foremost exponents of his instrument, and as such travels extensively giving concerts around the world.

BIS2144£9.00

(9 Hybrid SACDs for 4)

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)Cello Concerto; Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25 No. 3


777815-2£18.00 (2 CDs)

Hermann GOETZComplete Piano Works

Christof Keymer

Today, Goetz numbers among the overlooked composers of the nineteenth century, and in this respect, this new recording of his previously unpublished complete works for piano does him posthumous justice. The pianist Christof Keymer is the editor of this edition published by Amadeus-Verlag.

777879-2£13.80 (2 CDs)

777859-2£9.00

777821-2£9.00

Georg Philipp TELEMANNThe Grand Concertos for Mixed Instruments, Vol. 1

La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider

Following their dazzling, recording of Telemann’s wind concertos, this recording with La Stagione marks the beginning of a new 4-CD series dedicated to the composer’s concertos for mixed ensembles, taking us to the very heart of his oeuvre.

David POPPER Cello Concertos, Nos. 1-3

Wen-Sinn Yang, WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Niklas Willén

Popper was not only one of the most outstanding cellists of his time, but also contributed a number of superb compositions to cello repertoire. On this new release for CPO, Wen-Sinn Yang masters his challenging playing technique to the highest level.

Kurt ATTERBERG; Ture RANGSTRÖMString QuartetsStenhammar Quartet

Whilst Atterberg’s first quartet is regarded as a personal, refined work, his second quartet 'originated from a peculiar impulse to play a prank'. Ture Rangström’s inspiration for the string quartet came from friend and mentor Carl Nielsen, who commented: 'the vibrancy and temperament with which your work is imbued are genuinely delightful'. The result is a truly inspired, resolute work from Rangström’s youth.

777270-2£6.90

Emil Nikolaus von REZNICEKSymphonies, Nos. 3 & 4

Robert–Schumann–Philharmonie, Frank Beermann

An enigmatic contemporary of Richard Strauss, Reznicek’s opus encompasses Romantic, Neoclassical, and Expressionistic works that defy stylistic classification. This disc marks the completion of the series of his witty and fascinating Symphonies.

777938-2 £36.75 (7 CDs)

Carl MILLÖCKERGasparoneOperette in drei Akten von Friedrich Zell und Richard Genée

Soloists, Chor des Lehár Festivals Bad Ischl, Marius Burkert

While relatively unknown, Millöcker’s compositions were recognised by his contemporaries for their spark and originality. Here, CPO release his operette Gasparone, a beautifully orchestrated, witty tale of scheming, deception and heroism.

Felix WEINGARTNERComplete SymphoniesSinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja

König Lear, Op. 20; Der Sturm, Overture; Serenade for String Orchestra; Das Gefilde der Seligen, Op. 21; Lustige Ouvertüre, Op. 53; Aus ernster Zeit, Overture, Op. 56; Frühling, Op. 80

Marko Letonja and the Basel Symphony Orchestra set out on this journey of discovery with devotion and virtuosic skill. Felix Weingartner, an internationally acclaimed conductor and a highly influential figure in Basel’s music world also bequeathed to posterity an extensive compositional oeuvre marked by timeless freshness.

777637-2£9.00


Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Cambridge Mass

Olivia Robinson, Rebecca Lodge, Christopher Bowen, Edward Price The Bach Choir, New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Alan Tongue

World première performed and recorded at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, on 3rd March 2011.

ALBCD020£7.29

Piano Arrangements of Great Film MusicJane Chee

This CD covers the various themes used in films to express romance, nobility, adventure and hope.

ALBCD019£7.29

MOZART; HAYDNThe Complete Piano Recordings Wanda Landowska

In their understanding of period style, ornamentation and appropriate instrumental colour, and above all in their ability to get to the emotional heart of the matter, these recordings reveal Landowska’s playing to be as valid now, in our historically informed time, as it ever was.

APR_7305£11.10

Early ChetChet Baker, Dick Twardzik, Jimmy Bond, Peter Littman, Caterina Valente, Lars Gullin, Werner Rehm, Dick Simon, Gustl Mayer, Louis Freichel, Claus Ogerman, Gerd Schüttrumpf, Benoît Quersin, Charles Saudrais, Orchester Kurt Edelhagen, Tanzorchester des Südwestfunks, Rolf-Hans Müller

Following a rapid rise to stardom Chet Baker, in 1954, was voted best trumpeter by readers of the leading US jazz magazines – ahead of Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. The gentle poet of the trumpet – that was his image. He was a trumpeter with a decisive attacca style and lively boppy lines.

101752£5.55

Tony ScottTony Scott, Horst Jankowski, Peter Witte, Hermann Mutschler, Conny Jackel, Gerald Weinkopf, Helmut Brandt, Werner Baumgart, Mario Costalonga, Colin Stuart, Frankie Van Seca, Giancarlo Barigozzi

Charlie Parker, whose polyrhythmic playing and asymmetric phrasing fascinated him, and Ben Webster, who had taken him under his wing as a young musician; both influences come across significantly in Tony Scott’s playing: the thin, brittle tone of his virtuoso, up tempo bebop lines contrasted with the inimitable intimacy and warmth of his legato ballad style, a sound Scott literally breathed into the clarinet unlike anyone.

101743£5.55

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)

Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert

‘Ruthless but innocent – like a child playing with dynamite’ – thus wrote the Danish press at the first performance of Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 1 in 1894. This acclaimed recording cycle shows Denmark’s national composer as one of the wildest and most dynamic composers of early modernism.

6.220624£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)

Carl DAVISLast Train to TomorrowWritten by Hiawyn Oram

Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Children’s Opera Prague, Carl Davis

Last Train to Tomorrow tells the story, in words and music, of the 10,000 children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia who were put on the 'Kindertransport' rescue trains to Liverpool Street station, London and made it to safety.

CDC025£9.00

Great Italian OperasPUCCINI: Tosca; ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia; VERDI: Falstaff

These three recordings represent some of the most popular Italian operas ever composed.

ICAB 5131£19.80 (6 CDs)

Great SymphoniesBEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4ICA Classics has brought together performances of these works by some of the greatest conductors of the 20th century – such as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Guido Cantelli, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Sir Adrian Boult and Ataúlfo Argenta – in the very best remastered sound.

ICAB 5132£16.50 (5 CDs)

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Robert SCHUMANN; Franz SCHUBERT; Frédéric CHOPINMusic Festival December Nights, Moscow 1985

Sviatoslav Richter, Anatoly Kamyshev, Oleg Kogan, Natalia Gutman, Yuri Bashmet

Sviatoslav Richter in ensemble with his outstanding contemporaries: violinist and student of David Oistrakh, Oleg Kogan who passed away prematurely, violist Yuri Bashmet, cellist Natalia Gutman and clarinettist Anatoly Kamyshev. The programme includes Chopin’s Polonaise-fantaisie, ballade and cello suite, and Schubert’s sonata for violin and piano. Also featured are Schumann’s less well-known Piano Trio, Fairy Tale Pictures, Op. 113 for viola and piano, and Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, for clarinet and piano.

MELCD 1002204£11.10 (2 CDs)

Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

CherevichkiComic-fantasy opera in 4 acts

G. Nelepp, E. Antonova, Al. Ivanov, M. Mikhailov, E. Kruglikova, S. Krasovsky, F. Godovkin, A. Peregudov, O. Insarova, An. Ivanov, I. Ionov, V. Shevtsov, I. Sipayev, M. Skazin, The Bolshoi Theater Choir and Orchestra, Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Melodiya presents a recording of a wonderful and now so rarely performed lyric and comic opera by Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki. Displeased with his original composition of 1884 the opera was reworked in 1887 and staged at the Bolshoi; its first performance marks Tchaikovsky’s debut as conductor.

MELCD 1002129£11.10 (2 CDs)

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Ten Mazurkas, Op. 3; Nine Mazurkas, Op. 25

Samuil Feinberg

From the Melodiya archives comes a recording of the mazurkas of Alexander Scriabin, performed by Samuil Feinberg, whose artistic career was a remarkable phenomenon of 20th century Russian musical life. A pianist, composer, and educator that established his own performing school, Feinberg made these – some of his last recordings – not long before his passing in the early 1960’s.

MELCD 1002192£7.25

MELCD 1002221£7.25

VARIOUSThe Spy’s Choirbook: Petrus Alamire & the Court of Henry VIII

Alamire, English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, David Skinner

Among the musical treasures in the British Library is MS Royal 8.g.vii, a sumptuous choirbook prepared for Henry VIII and his first queen Catherine of Aragon. It was produced by Petrus Alamire, who not only headed one of the finest musical scriptoriums of the age but acted as a spy for Henry against Richard de la Pole, a Plantagenet claimant to the English throne. The music of this, The Spy’s Choirbook, is now available, courtesy of David Skinner, Alamire, and the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble.

CCL CD712£11.00 (2 CDs)

Luciano BERIO (1925-2003)

Sinfonia for 8 voices and orchestra; Quattro version originali della Ritirata Notturna di Madrid di L. Boccherini; Calmo, for mezzo-soprano and 22 instrumentsVirpi RäisänenFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu

Ondine continues its exciting exploration of 20th century masterpieces together with conductor Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This release is dedicated to the orchestral works by the pioneer of Italian modernism Luciano Berio.

ODE 1227-5£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)

Erkki-Sven TÜÜR (b. 1959)

Symphony No. 5 for Big Band, Electric Guitar and Symphony Orchestra; Prophecy for Accordion and Orchestra

Nguyên Lê (electric guitar), Mika Väyrynen (accordion) UMO Big Band, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Olari Elts

ODE 1234-2£9.00

Jean SIBELIUS: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 47

Arnold SCHOENBERG: Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 36

Contrasts: Concertos for violin and orchestra

Liana Isakadze

The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

The remarkable violinist Liana Isakadze was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory in her early years, without examinations, where she studied under David Oistrakh. Her early career was marked by numerous awards including a Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud International Competition in Paris in 1965, and a first prize at the Jean Sibelius International Competition in Helsinki.


Jacques OFFENBACHFantasio

Sarah Connolly, Brenda Rae, Russell Braun, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Victoria Simmonds, Brindley Sherratt, Aled Hall, Gavan Ring, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Mark Elder

This recording marks the world premiere studio recording of the complete opera using the new critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck.

ORC51£18.00 (2 CDs)

Deck the Halls Susanna Andersson, Little Venice Ensemble

A kaleidoscope recital of classical, popular, and folk songs, all wonderfully arranged for this brilliant classical group. 5060192780444£9.00

STRAUSS; POULENC; KOECHLIN; WOLF; HERBERT; MACONCHY; SAMUEL; FRANCES-HOAD

Love said to me...

Caroline MacPhie, Joseph Middleton

This debut disc by soprano Caroline MacPhie is a beautiful recital of songs inspired or written by women.

5060192780451£9.00

Rosenblatt Recitals, Vol. 1Lawrence Brownlee: The Heart That Flutters; Francesco Meli: Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets; Anthony Michaels-Moore: Songs of the Sea; Ailyn Pérez: Poèm d’un Jour; Ekaterina Siurina: Amore e Morte, Allish Tyan: Fauré

Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London’s only world-class season of opera recitals. This luxury set brings together the first six Rosenblatt Recitals in a budget-price box for the very first time.

OACD9027BD£20.41 (6 CDs)

Rosenblatt RecitalsMOMPOU: Songs

Roger Padullés, Iain Burnside

The Catalan tenor, Roger Padullés, presents a studio recording entirely devoted to the beautiful songs of his great Catalan-Spanish compatriot, Federico Mompou (1893-1987).

OACD9021D£9.00

Sir Edward ELGARThe Spirit of England, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 80; The Fourth Of August; To Women; For the Fallen With Proud Thanksgiving Carillon, Op. 75 for speaker & orchestra; ‘Arthur’ - A Tragedy, the complete incidental music edited by Ben Palmer (First Recording)

Judith Howarth, London Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, John WilsonSimon Callow, BBC Concert Orchestra, The Orchestra of St. Paul’s, Ben Palmer

SOMMCD 255£9.00

Gordon JACOB; Malcolm WILLIAMSON; Doreen CARWITHEN Concertos for Piano and StringsMark BebbingtonPiano Innovation Chamber Ensemble (CBSO Players), Richard Jenkinson

Mark Bebbington’s much acclaimed collaboration with Somm now yields new riches in this important release featuring three exhilarating works for piano and string orchestra, including the world premiere recording of Gordon Jacob’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

SOMMCD 254£9.00


Skira Classica Srl, music editor and publisher, is the concessionary company of La Scala Theatre whose activity is the development and commercialisation of editorial products (CDs, DVDs and books) and merchandising bearing the “LA SCALA 1778” brand; under the name of “La Scala Shop” the company manages the activities of the La Scala Theatre Bookshop and the Theatre Museum and is responsible for the e-commerce website www.lascalashop.it.

LASCALA1£18.00 (Book/2 CDs)

SPONTINILa Vestale

Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Antonio Votto


VERDILa Traviata

Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Carlo Maria Giulini


DONIZETTI

Anna Bolena

Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni


ROSSINIL’Italiana in Algeri

Guilietta Simionato, Mario Petri, Carlo Maria Giulini


VERDIUn Ballo in Maschera

Maria Callas, Giuseppe Stefano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

LASCALACAL1£15.00 (Book/CD)

Callas alla Scala, Vol. 1Maria Callas

A collection of arias from the operas: Norma, The Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Sonnambula, Anna Bolena, Il Turco in Italia, I Puritani.

LASCALAVER1£18.00 (Book/2 CDs)

Verdi alla Scala, Vol. 1Choruses, Preludes and Symphonic Pieces from: Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Otello, Aida, Macbeth, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Traviata, Messa da Requiem.

LASCALAWAG1£18.00 (Book/2 CDs)

Wagner alla Scala

Overtures and Symphonic Pieces from: Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Götterdammerung, Die Walküre, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.


MOZARTCosi Fan Tutte

Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Guido Cantelli


PUCCINILa Fanciulla del West

Gigiola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli, Antonio Votto


PUCCINITurandot

Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni


VERDIIl Trovatore

Gabriella Tucci, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni


BIZETCarmen

Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Stefano, Herbert von Karajan

LASCALACAL2£15.00 (Book/CD)

Callas alla Scala, Vol. 2 Maria Callas

Including famous arias from the operas: Macbeth, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, La forza del destino, Aida.

LASCALAVER2£18.00 (Book/2 CDs)

Verdi alla Scala, Vol. 2 Famous Arias and Romances from: Macbeth, La Battaglia di Legnano, Riggoleto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo, Aida.

LASCALALP001£150.00 (3 VINYL LPS)

Deluxe Limited Edition Box SetVERDI

La Traviata: 1956Digitally remastered

Maria Callas, Gianno Raimondi, Carlo Maria Giulini


VARIOUSGloria in Excelsis DeoFestliche music fur Weihnachtszeit

Sven Geipel, Gunter Brauer, The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Thomas ClamorRuth Ziesak, Ensemble Sonora, Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode, Peter Habermann

Music from Accentus’s previous DVD (ACC20227) is now available on CD. The disc features festive Christmas music from the Church of St Mary, Marienberg.

ACC30227£9.00

Walter BRAUNFELS Verkuendigung - A Mystery in Four Acts and a Prologue Poetry by Paul Claudel - German text by Jakob Hegner (Live-Recording, Munich, Prinzregententheater, 18.12.2011) Juliane Banse, Janina Baechle, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Hanna Schwarz, Matthias Klink, Mauro Peter, Adrian Eröd, Robert Holl, Johannes Stermann, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

The Münchner Rundfunkorchester regularly rediscovers the works of long forgotten composers. This includes the music of Walter Braunfels whose popularity rivalled Richard Strauss’s in 1920’s Germany.

900311£13.80 (2 CDs)

Harry PARTCHPlectra and Percussion DancesHarry Partch

This new recording marks the first complete performance of Harry Partch’s major cycle in three parts, Plectra and Percussion Dances. The virtuosi of Partch give us revelatory interpretations of these stunningly original scores. Also included is a 7 minute spoken introduction, given by the composer in 1953 on the occasion of the broadcast premiere of this work.

BRIDGE 9432£9.00

Martin BOKYANMusic for Piano (1986-2007)Donald Berman

Pianist Donald Berman’s recording of Martin Boykan’s piano music gives passionate voice to the music of one of America’s most undervalued composers. Berman describes his encounter with Boykan’s music: ‘At the start I was awed by the diamond-like purity of individual moments, daunted by the complex counterpoint…it was music that lived in my head for a long time after performing it. It is deeply personal’.

BRIDGE 9434£9.00

Paul LANSKYTextures & ThreadsHammer/Klavier: Thomas Rosenkranz, Michael Sheppard, Svet Stoyanov, Gwendolyn BurgettTime Travellers: Svet Stoyanov, Gwendolyn Burgett, Ian Rosenbaum, Ayano Kataoka

Textures is Paul Lansky’s newest work, composed for the group Hammer/Klavier. It’s eight movements last 30 minutes and explore the wide expressive range of this unique combo. This is the work’s premiere recording. In the decade since its composition, Paul Lansky’s Threads for 4 percussionists has become one of the most frequently performed pieces for percussion ensemble.

BRIDGE 9435£9.00

Stephen Douglas BURTONSymphony No. 2, ‘Ariel’Diane Curry, Stephen Dickson Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Keene

Burton was born in Whittier, California in 1943. His Symphony No. 2, Ariel sets poetry of Sylvia Plath and features Diane Curry, mezzo-soprano, and in his only commercially available recording, the great baritone Stephen Dickson. Burton’s symphony, completed in 1975, is an ambitious and dazzlingly colourful work in 5 movements. The recording is a newly mastered performance of the long out of print 1978 LP.

BRIDGE 9436£9.00

Louis KARCHINTo the Sun and StarsMary Mackenzie, Sharon Harms, Thomas Meglioranza, Eric SedgwickOrchestra of the League of Composers, Ekmeles, Da Capo Chamber Players, Louis Karchin

Robert Carl writes, of this new release: ‘one hears a spirit that loves space, great open sounds and the drama of contrasts between large and small, vast and intimate. This is a spirit unafraid to combine clear and simple sounds evocative of the past with those that emerge from contemporary complexity’. Here, the superb American baritone, Thomas Meglioranza leads a cast of singers, ensembles and orchestra, conducted by the composer.

BRIDGE 9437£9.00

Robert SCHUMANNScenes from Goethe’s FaustLive-Recording, Herkulessaal Munich, 19.01.2013

Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding

The 'Faust Scenes' by Robert Schumann represent Daniel Harding‘s first recording on the BR-Klassik label. The conductor, orchestra and exceptional ensemble of soloists present us with a work which, until now, has undeservedly been on the fringes of the repertoire.

900122£13.80

(2 CDs + Digibook)


John Luther ADAMSBecome OceanSeattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot

Awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and described by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross as 'the loveliest apocalypse in musical history', John Luther Adams’ majestic orchestral work Become Ocean is a thrilling exploration of depth, turbulence, eerie silence and ultimately enveloping calm.

CA21101£9.00

Johannes BRAHMSThe Piano ConcertosDisc 1: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Ballade, Op. 10 No. 1 in D minor; Ballade, Op. 10 No. 2 in D major - Disc 2: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Ballade, Op. 10 No. 3 in B minor; Ballade, Op. 10 No. 4 in B major

Tzimon BartoDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach

C5210£9.00 (2-for-1)

Luigi DALLAPICCOLAThree Questions with Two Answers; Piccola Musica Notturna; Due Pezzi per Orchester; Variazioni per Orchester; Partita per Orchester

Arantza Ezenarro, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens

Luigi Dallapiccola was the most significant composer of the second generation of Modernism in Italy. Fascinated by Anton Webern and Alban Berg he explored serialism in a way that was completely unique, deliberately retaining strongly diatonic links and lyrical naturalness. Here, Karl-Heinz Steffens and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz take on some of his lesser-known works.

C5214£9.00

KREISLER; BRAHMS; ENESCU; RAVELCaprice ViennoisLuka Kusztrich, Dora Deliyska

Winner of the ‘Bank Austria Artist of the Year 2014/2015’ prize, young Austrian violinist Luka Kusztirch presents his debut album Caprice Viennois. The program brings us an exciting range of music from Austria, Hungary and Romania, of which, the technically astounding violin sonata of George Enescu closes this musically expansive voyage.

C5215£9.00

VARIOUSBaroque Christmas: Cantatas & MotetsRuth Ziesak, Wilfried Jochens, Reinhold Friedrich, Ludwig GüttlerThomanerchor Leipzig, Tölzer Knabenchor, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Berliner Barock-Compagney, L’Arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt, Hermann Max

This 2 CD-set brings together a collection of festive treasures of baroque Christmas music. A ‘must’, not only for lovers of Baroque music, but for those looking for some extraordinary music for the holiday season.

C5217£9.00 (2-for-1)

Johanna DODERERThe Piano TriosVilos Trio: Dalia Dedinskaite, Gleb Pys

vniak, Ole Christian Haagenrud

‘Doderer […] perfectly masters her writing, she is able to prove convincingly in her very densely written score, that even today you can still create intense music by using sound models deriving from the late romantic period, and which can be combined in an ideal way with forms of minimalist music’ - Die Presse.

C5220£9.00

CD-26301£11.10 (LP)

Paweł MYKIETYNMy Piano: solo, duo, with orchestra

Four Preludes for piano; Shakespeare’s Sonnets for male soprano and piano; Concerto for piano and orchestra

Anna Stempin-Jasnowska, Agata Zubel, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Bywalec

‘The piano, in actual fact, is a direct and autonomous representative of music in all its intellectuality’; Paweł Mykietyn’s contribution of works – for piano or with piano – appears to confirm the reflections of Thomas Mann taken from Doctor Faustus.

ACD 194-2£9.00

Anne HYTTADraumsynAnne Hytta

Draumsyn is the debut album of Norwegian hardanger fiddle player and composer Anne Hytta. The music is rooted in the traditional Norwegian hardanger fiddle style, but truly unique and timeless in sound and expression, closely connected to the nature of Norwegian mountain landscapes, valleys and streams.


Joseph HOROVITZ: The Essential CollectionVictoria Soames Samek, Michael Bell, Bingham String Quartet & ReedPlay

This is the third CD in the prestigious and specialist series devoted to a single composer. Clarinet & Saxophone Classics is proud to present the complete clarinet chamber music by Joseph Horovitz. A hugely popular composer with clarinet players around the world, this CD will take the listener on a journey filled with lyrical gems, breath taking virtuosity and a touch of jazz.

CC0060£7.29

VARIOUSAs Dreams Fall Apart: The Golden Age of Jewish Stage and Film Music 1925-1955

The New Budapest Orpheum Society has been tracing the origins, development, and influence of European Jewish cabaret music through extensive historical research and compelling performances in concert and on a series of widely acclaimed albums on Cedille Records. The ensemble’s third and newest project focuses on Jewish stage and film music from the early to mid-20th century.

CDR 90000 151£9.00 (2 CDs)

Joaquin TURINAChamber Music for Strings and PianoDisc 1: Piano Trio in F major; Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 35; Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76; Circulo, Op. 91; Disc 2: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67; Quintet in G minor, Op. 1; Sextet – Scène Andalouse

Lincoln Trio

Lincoln Trio brings its ‘interpretative flair’ (The Strad) and ‘masterly finesse’ (Cleveland Plain Dealer) to the early 20th century chamber music of Spanish-born, French-trained Joaquín Turina. The album offers Turina’s complete works for multiple strings and piano.

CDR 90000 150£9.00 (2 CDs)

SOLER: Sonate en Re mayo; ESPAÑOL: Andante (a la Sicilliana); LARRAÑAGA: Tañido de órgano; ALBÉNIZ: Suite Espagnole No. 3 Sevilla; El Albaicin (de la suite Iberia); GRANADOS: Allegro de Concierto; Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor (de Goyescas); TURINA: Miramar; Orgia (de Danzas Fantásticas) No. 3

Piano Musique EspagnoleRosa Maria Kucharski

This enterprising recital by the distinguished pianist Rosa Maria Kucharski is of especial interest as it contains a plethora of works which, for many, will be unknown. She is also the ideal interpreter of these pieces as she knew their composers very well.

CC4321-2£9.00

Benedetto MARCELLO (1686-1739)

Sonatas for flute & continuo, Op. 2, Vol. 1Ensemble Musica Antiqua Mediterranea: Christian Mendoze, Philippe Foulon, Marie Abdoun, Corinne Betirac

The twelve sonatas for flute op. 2 were constructed using the Chiesa sonata (or Church sonata) mould, divided into four or even five movements. The first movement is slow and they then alternate between serious episodes and lighter, quicker ones. This first volume presents six of these sonatas.

CC 777.704£7.29

VARIOUSAmerican Voices

John Alexander Singers

This program of all-American delights includes stunning selections by such living legends as Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre, as well as works from choral icon Dale Warland and the late master Norman Dello Joio.

DE 3473£9.00

Carson COOMANIn Beauty Walking; Sinfonia Concertante; Symphony of Light; Three Folk Fantasies

Leah Crane, Chloé Trevor,Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirk Trevor

This album is the third in a new series from Divine Art; here we have some of Cooman’s most exquisite, traditionally written, highly Romantic – and exceptionally beautiful – music for orchestra.

Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

Scheherazade, Op. 35 (composer’s own piano duet version); Antar, Op. 9 (arranged by Mrs Rimsky-Korsakov); Neapolitan Song, Op. 63 (composer’s own piano duet version)

Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow

Despite becoming somewhat unfashionable in the 20th century, piano transcriptions in the last twenty-five years or so, have been increasingly sought out, performed and recorded, and the best of them shed a totally new light on music that seemed all too familiar.

VARIOUSThe Harmonious Thuringian: Music from the early years of Bach and Handel

Terence Charlston

These performances explore the musical heritage of Bach and Handel and recreate the sound of a locally-built, Saxon or Thuringian harpsichord such as they and their contemporaries may have heard.

DDA25117£7.95

DDA25118£7.95

DDA25122£7.95


LAUBA: Salsa; Balafon; Tãdj; Ars; APERGHIS: Rasch; ROSSÉ: XIMIX; ROLIN; Vous, Blue Look!; ITOH: The Angel of Despair II; CHISHOLM: Wind Over the PlainsKoryun Asatryan: SaxophoneKoryun Asatryan, Karola Pavone, Eva Barthas, Gareth Lubbe

The saxophonist Koryun Asatryan here presents a sensational GENUIN debut. A wanderer between musical worlds, he is as much at home in jazz as in classics. He is also a newcomer to whom diverse pieces have already been dedicated including two world premiere recordings featured on this CD!

GEN 14301£9.00

VARIOUSBis willekommenBe welcome: Anthems and Motets for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

Ensemble Nobiles

The Ensemble Nobiles’s flawlessly pure intonation is as convincing as its choice of pieces. Here is an alternative for the Christmas season for all those who are looking for fresh repertoire, both old and new, from the Renaissance to the present day – utterly harmonious!

GEN 14314£9.00

Francis POULENC: Sextuor, Op. 100; Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Quintet for piano and winds in E flat major, Op. 16; Guillaume CONNESSON: Techno Parade; Samuel BARBER: Summer Music, Op. 31; Richard STRAUSS; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Berlin CounterpointAaron Dan, Viola Wilmsen, Sacha Rattle, Heidi Elizabeth Mockert, Andrej Z

v

ust, Zeynep Özsuca

This is chamber music for wind instruments and piano bursting with energy – original works of Poulenc, Beethoven, Connesson and Barber, as well as Berlin Counterpoint’s own phenomenal adaptation of Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel.

GEN 14317£9.00

Franz SCHUBERT: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Winterreise; Felix MENDELSSOHN: 5 Lieder; Frédéric CHOPIN: 6 Polnische Lieder; Franz LISZT; Liebestraum No. 3

WinterreiseSongs by Schubert, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Chopin, arranged for piano by Franz Liszt

Els Biesemans

After her highly praised GENUIN debut Els Biesemans is now presenting a CD with rare Liszt piano transcriptions of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Chopin, including the complete Winterreise and Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (‘On Wings of Song’).

GEN 14322£9.00

Walter ARLEN Die letzte BlaueDaniel Wnukowski, Daniel Hope, Rebecca Nelsen, Christian Immler

A continuation of the series exil.arte after the successful CD featuring Walter Arlens: Es geht wohl anders;the series is dedicated to composers who were suppressed, exiled or killed by the Nazis.

98996£11.10 (2 CDs)

Friedrich Hebbel Lieder Ulf Bästlein, Sascha El Mouissi

The much sought-after bass-baritone Ulf Bästlein continues his successful series of recordings dedicated to individual poets. In this new CD, he devotes himself to the most varied settings of texts by Friedrich Hebbel.

98999£9.00

Franz SCHUBERTWanderer Fantasie, D 760; Sonata in C major, D 840, 'Reliquie'Paul Badura-Skoda

The great pianist Paul Badura-Skoda presents two milestones of piano literature and the most important works by Franz Schubert in this genre: the monumental four-movement ‘Wanderer Fantasia’ in C major D 760 and the pioneering, unfinished and hence posthumously published Sonata in C major D 840 ‘Reliquie’.

99031£9.00

PLEYEL: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 2; CZERNY: String Quartet in D minor,

WERNER/HAYDN: Fugue No. 4 in C minor (from 'VI Fugen in Quartetten');

HAYDN: String Quartets in F minor, Op. 55 'The Razor'.

String QuartetHaydn Quartett

99047£9.00


Franz Anton HOFFMEISTER (1754-1812)

Sonatas for Piano, Vol. 1Biliana Tzinlikova

Hoffmeister’s Piano Sonatas are models of eighteenth century craftsmanship, combining the wit and display demanded of contemporary audiences with elements of operatic drama and poignancy. The Variations explore the dramatic possibilities of the keyboard, reflecting the Vienna of early Beethoven.

GP666£9.00

André RIOTTE (1928-2011)

Météorite et ses Métamorphoses (Motif, 31 Variations et une coda)Thérèse Malengreau

Météorite et ses métamorphoses, one of the composer’s last works, is a milestone in contemporary repertoire. Thoroughly organic, it develops as metamorphoses – a term Riotte preferred to ‘variations’ – and acknowledges the influence of Debussy, Bach, and Beethoven in his Diabelli Variations.

GP679£9.00

Antonio SALIERILiederSonetto: Il Genio degli Stati Veneti Divertimento vocal; Cavatina: Pensieri funesti; Ode: Deh, si piacevoli; In questa tomba oscura; Appel à l’amour; Der Zufriedene; Meine höchste Wonne; Maylied; An die zukünftige Geliebte; Andenken

Annelie Sophie Müller, Ilse Eerens, Ulrich Eisenlohr

This new recording is destined to cause a sensation among both aficionados and scholars alike by presenting an area of Salieri’s output that had previously been overlooked.

93.307£9.00

Richard STRAUSSTone Poems, Vol. 3Also sprach Zarathustra; Aus Italien

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, François-Xavier Roth

With 'Aus Italien' Richard Strauss began his journey into the musical form that would come to define his orchestral output. In this volume of the tone poems, this work is coupled with the monumental 'Also sprach Zarathustra'.

93.320£9.00

Frédéric CHOPINSonata for Piano and Cello in G minor, Op. 65; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G minor, Op. 8

Johannes Moser, Kolja Blacher, Ewa Kupiec

The two compositions performed here are among the very few pieces of chamber music that Chopin left behind. 93.321£9.00

PRAETORIUS; VIVALDI; MENDELSSOHN; FAURÉ; RUTTER; MANFREDINI; IVES; RHEINBERGER; HAYDN; SPEE; J. S. BACH; REGER; GRUBER

The Musical Advent Calendar 2014 SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR), Mädchenchor am Dom und St. QuintinMarcus Creed, Roger Norrington, Sir Neville Marriner

24 pieces of music, performed by some of the best amateur and professional ensembles in Southwest Germany provide a sparkling accompaniment for your Christmas countdown!

93.322£5.95

THIEL; LÜTZEL; RUCK; STROHBACH; PRAETORIUS; MENDELSSOHN; HERRMANN; GRUBER; MÖLLERMachet die Tore weit Christmas with the boys choir Capella Vocalis

Capella Vocalis, Eckhard Weyand

The bell-like voices of the choir intone popular Christmas carols such as 'Es ist ein Ros‘ entsprungen' and 'Stille Nacht', other heartwarming seasonal songs and a selection of Polish carols.

98.040£5.95

Franz SCHUBERTPiano Works, Vol. 12 Piano Sonata in D major, D 850; Rondo in E major, D 506; Twelve Valses, D 969

Gerhard Oppitz

Gerhard Oppitz's understanding of the musical depth of Schubert’s creations is all the more effective for its unobtrusive understatement.

98.618£9.00


C. P. E. BACH; NICHELMANN; FASCHThe King’s MenJermaine Sprosse

The disc features works for harpsichord and fortepiano in celebration of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s 300th anniversary.

KL1505£7.29

Orchestral LollipopsBrandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Fine Arts Brass, Howard Griffiths

A colourful recording of crafty arrangements for brass quintet and orchestra.

KL1506£7.29

THE ART OF REMIX Selected Remixes from the first 10 years of Nonclassical

Hot Chip, Thom Yorke, Tim Exile, Medasyn, Samoyed, Heavy Deviance, Gabriel Prokofiev, Murcof

Since their inaugural release in 2004 the Remix has become an essential element of the Nonclassical record. Ranging from edgy hip-hop to sublime ambience this album brings together a selection of the most creative remixes released on the Nonclassical label over the last 10 years, all of which are based on contemporary classical recordings, twisted, cut-up and re-worked into a range of remarkable genre-defying pieces of music.

NONCLSS018£5.55

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Linz Version)

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton

Oehms Classics now releases the ‘Linz Version’ of Anton Bruckner’s 1st Symphony. It is part of the cycle performed by the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra under Ivor Bolton. Symphonies 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 have already been recorded. This is a live recording from the Large Festival Hall in Salzburg made in October 2013.

OC436£7.00

János TAMÁS (1936-1995)

Feuerbilder Trio for clarinet, horn and piano; Trio Fantasy for clarinet, horn and violoncello; Fire Images for clarinet, viola and piano, Dream source for violoncello and piano; In the Garden of Saanen; Poema for horn and piano (revised 1961); Poema for violoncello and piano (original version)

Tomas Dratva, Fabio Di Càsola, Mischa Greull, Dieter Hilpert, Alexander Besa

The chamber-music compositions on the present CD cover all periods of the life‘s work of János Tamás. Born in 1936 in Budapest he was an important figure in Swiss musical life beginning in the 1960s. His legacy consists of a compositional oeuvre of about 120 works of nearly all genres.

OC443£7.00

La Dresda GalanteMiriam Feuersinger, Renate Steinmann, Jermaine Sprosse, Zürcher Barockorchester

The Zürcher Barockorchester perform selections from this demanding repertoire and successfully transport listeners to Dresden’s vibrant Augustan era.

KL1508£7.29

Edward GIBBONThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume VIUnabridged

Read by David Timson

In Volume VI (Chapters LVII - LXXI), Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire.

NA0130£38.72 (22 CDs)

Victor HUGOThe Hunchback of Notre DameUnabridged

Read by Bill Homewood

Set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a story set on the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast.

NA0159£30.43 (17 CDs)

Georgette HEYERCousin KateUnabridged

Read by Jilly Bond

One of Georgette Heyer’s later novels, Cousin Kate sees the author take a more experimental turn as she blends the Regency romance genre with the suspenseful style of gothic horror.

NA0182£19.36 (10 CDs)


Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629); Jacob PRAETORIUS JR (1586-1651)

Organ Works: North German Organ Masters, Vol. 6Joseph Kelemen

The present recording leads listeners from the threshold of the Renaissance to the early Baroque period, tracing the origins of North German organ music with works of Hieronymus and Jacob Praetorius Jr (father and son). Joseph Kelemen plays the Scherer Organ, an astounding historical instrument built in the years 1623/24 in the Church of St Stephan in the Hanseatic city of Tangermünde.

OC691£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

LohengrinFalk Struckmann, Michael König, Camilla Nylund, Robert Hayward, Michaela Schuster, Daniel SchmutzhardFrankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra Choir and Extra Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Bertrand de Billy

Lohengrin is on the programme of the 2014 Bayreuth Festival; what could be more fitting, therefore, than to introduce a new recording from Frankfurt? The cast is brilliant, and the sound production is, as always, best placed in the experienced hands of the sound engineers of the Frankfurt Opera.

OC946£24.64 (3 CDs)

Claude DEBUSSYSally BEAMISH The SeafarerTrio Apaches, Sir Willard White

Brand new composition by celebrated British composer Sally Beamish commissioned by Trio Apaches. The disc includes a newly-commissioned transcription of Debussy’s La Mer. World famous bass baritone Sir Willard White reads the narration in The Seafarer.

ORC100043£9.00

Franz LISZTInsightsBalade; Sonettos; Canzone; Gondoliera; Tarantella; Fantasia

Alexander Krichel

PH14037£5.55

Johannes BRAHMSComplete Sinfonies

NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter WandPH14046£16.65 (3 CDs)

Richard STRAUSS; Richard WAGNERHeimkehr: Lieder von Wagner und StraussRoman Trekel, Oliver Pohl

This disc – the sixth collaboration between Roman Trekel and Oehms Classics – presents a programme of lieder by Richard Strauss including the Four Last Songs for baritone and piano accompaniment. Trekel, alongside pianist Oliver Pohl, also gives a fine account of the Wesendonck Lieder of Richard Wagner.

OC1811£7.00

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

WDR Sinfonieorchester Kӧln, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

PH14045£5.55

FARAKAS; SZÖNYI; DORATI; SOPRONI; WEINER; LISZT; SZÜCSHungarian viola music

Máté Szücs, Oliver Triendl

PH14022£5.55

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZARTPiano Concertos

Rudolf Buchbinder, Wiener Symphoniker

'Buchbinder has given us the finest all-round Mozart concerto cycle on disc, a reference edition guaranteed to give immense musical pleasure for years to come' - David Hurwitz, Classics Today.

PH14003£49.95 (9 CDs)


HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges – Suite;

BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin – Suite

Miraculous MetamorphosesKansas City Symphony, Michael Stern

Miraculous Metamorphoses contains classic modern masterpieces by Hindemith, Prokofiev and Bartók. It is also the premiere recording made in Helzberg Hall, at the Kauffman Centre for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Conductor Michael Stern’s interpretations of these great works have been captured in brilliant HDCD sound.

RR-132SACD£9.00 (Hybrid SACD)

Johann Sebastian BACHGoldberg Variations BWV 988Anastasia Voltchok

When she recorded Bach’s great set of variations in Basel’s Hans Huber Hall, Anastasia Voltchok was keen to play through the work only twice on one and the same day. A high degree of concentration and vital energy are the preconditions for such a bold undertaking, to say nothing of the most thorough preparation and years of experience on the concert stage.

SM209£9.00

Alessandro SCARLATTIFacinazione ArcadiaPoems written and recited by Giancarlo Pontiggia

Anne Schmid, Die Freitagsakademie Baroque Ensemble

'The poetry of Giancarlo Pontiggia draws on a variety of texts, ranging from the sources he has acquired from antiquity through to his rich language of today. Scarlatti, who was so inspired by Arcadia, now has the best of company in the 21st century!' – Anne Schmid.

SM212£9.00

Johann Sebastian BACHChristmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Highlights)Ingeborg Danz, Martin PetzoldSt Thomas’s Boys Choir Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Thomaskantor, Georg Christoph Biller

For centuries, the sound of Christmas has been imagined as the music of the angels; here the grand choruses of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio glow with festivity and joyful brilliance.

ROP4042£5.55

VARIOUSFireworks of Music: Celebrating the New Year in HanoverJackson Crawford, Ulfert Smidt

The present recording brings the New Year’s Eve concert of 2013 performed by the internationally renowned saxophonist Jackson Crawford and the virtuoso concert organist Ulfert Smidt to your living room.

ROP6089£7.29

VARIOUSshimmeringEnsemble LaCappella

Six young ladies with beautiful voices dedicate themselves to a very special figure: the Virgin Mary. Not only is the disc’s concept intriguing, the music’s historical arch ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary works is equally fascinating.

ROP6094£7.29

VARIOUSJoy and Gladness in Abundance: Christmas Music from the Marktkirche HannoverElisabeth Schwanda, Ute Engelke, Ulfert Smidt

Advent and Christmas music for soprano, recorder, and organ; three musical forces come together in order to generate fascinating tone-colours and exceptional combinations in an inspired concert programme rich in nuance.

ROP6095£7.29

VARIOUSChristmas Carols: British Music for the Festive SeasonKnabenchor Hannover, London Brass, Jörg Breiding

London Brass and the Knabenchor Hannover perform favourites from the British Christmas repertoire on their new CD ‘Christmas Carols’, featuring much-loved traditional and inspiring contemporary arrangements for choir and brass ensemble.

ROP7017£7.29

Krzysztof PENDERECKI: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Metamorphosen)

Karol SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1

Ju-Young Baek, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak

Baek, who has been hailed as the 'next Goddess of Violin', recently performed Violin Concerto No. 2 under the direction of composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

RPOSP047£5.55


Theodore LALLIET; Maurice RAVEL; Francis POULENC; Sergei RACHMANINOFFTrio Cremeloque

Savka Konjikusic, Luis Marques, Franz Jürgen Dörsam

This new release from Solo Musica features original compositions for oboe, bassoon and piano and, in the case of Ravel and Rachmaninoff, some new adaptations made by Trio Cremeloque themselves.

SM213£9.00

Astor PIAZZOLLA: Tango Suite; Enrique GRANADOS: Oriental; Manuel DE FALLA: Spanish Dacne; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Seranade No. 4, KV 439BGuitar Duo: Katona Twins

Péter Katona, Zoltán Katona

‘We generally struggle listening to our old recordings, as there is always something we feel we could have improved, and small imperfections become glaringly obvious. However, this recording is different which is why we decided to make it available to the public. We love the fresh energy and raw, innocent dynamism of these recordings’ - Péter and Zoltán Katona.

SM215£9.00

Philip GLASS; Christian BIEGAI; Timothy BLINKO; Rihards DUBRA; Steve REICH/Olaf MÜHLENHARDTBerlin Counterpointclair-obscur: saxophonquartett

In the last few years, the appearance of classical music in Berlin club settings has become commonplace. clair-obscur was at the centre of this movement and brought this style to lounges and clubs across Berlin. Inspired and fascinated by this concept they began recording a CD featuring contemporary music that would work in both environments: concert hall and club.

SM217£9.00

88843092602£9.00

Symphonic Stomp of SwedenGävle Symfoniorkester, Görgen Antonsson, Karl-Johan Ankarblom

Music that rushes straight to your feet! Get ready for a magical encounter between Gävle Symphony Orchestra and national fiddler Görgen Antonsson - arranged by Karl-Johan Ankarblom.

SCD1160£9.00

Johann Sebastian BACHBach in Los Angeles: Inventionen; Suite for Cello No. 1 in G major; Suite for Cello No. 5 in C minor

Jacques Bono, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu

By re-creating classical repertoire for the electric bass, namely Bach’s cello suites, Jacques Bono has provided a unique and modern interpretation of seemingly immovable works. Performances in Thuringia give him an enormous amount of inspiration and insight into Bach’s music.

Cécile CHAMINADEThe Flatterer: Piano Music of Cécile ChaminadeJoanne Polk

Coming of age in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, Chaminade’s major models were Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Bizet, and Franck—all renowned composers of serious Romantic music. Yet her true voice emerged when writing smaller character pieces for piano: her so-called ‘salon’ pieces.

STNS 30037£7.29

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Gustav MAHLERDas Lied von der ErdeChrista Ludwig, Waldemar KmenttWiener Symphoniker, Carlos Kleiber

This recording bears witness to Carlos Kleiber’s sole encounter with Gustav Mahler in a re-mastered recording of a concert given at the Vienna Konzerthaus on 7 June 1967.


J. S. BACH: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005; BARTÓK: Sonata for Solo Violin; KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D majorNigel ArmstrongThe Colburn Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

Hailed as ‘an astonishing talent, with exquisite technique’, Nigel Armstrong remains a personal favourite of Sir Neville Marriner, who looks forward to their next performances together. After recording the Korngold concerto on this album, Sir Neville and Nigel gave three more performances of the work with orchestras in Europe.

YAR65007£9.00

BERG by Arrangement: Music for String OrchestraPiano Sonata, Op. 1; Early Pieces; Kanon; Lyric SuiteLeopoldinum Orchestra, Ernst Kovacic

These arrangements for string orchestra of works by Alban Berg take their cue from Berg himself: he arranged three of the six movements of the Lyric Suite for string orchestra; the Dutch composer Theo Verby arranged the other three.

TOCC 0247£9.00

Giacomo FACCOPensieri Adriarmonici, Vol. 2Manuel Zogbi, Mexican Baroque Orchestra, Miguel Lawrence

The first of these two CDs was well received: Fanfare described Facco as ‘a Baroque spitfire violinist’; The Observer remarked on the ‘attractively sunny disposition’ of his music; and MusicWeb International recommended it as ‘ear-catching listening’.

TOCC 0259£9.00

WAGNER: Transcribed for solo piano, Vol. 2Lohengrin: Free Fantasy; Tristan und Isolde: Love Duet; Das Rheingold: End of last Scene; Parsifal: Good Friday Spell; Siegfried: End of Last Act

Juan Guillermo Vizcarra

Music Web International wrote of Vol. 1: ‘Juan Guillermo Vizcarra makes a staggeringly powerful case for these transcriptions […]. Vizcarra is especially skilled at layering the dynamics within these complex textures ensuring that the ear is guided to primary and secondary material. […] Vizcarra is beautifully poetic’.

TOCC 0192£9.00

Robin MILFORD Chamber MusicPhantasy Quintet, Op. 33; Idyll, Op. 57; Trio in F major, Op. 87; Threne, Op. 81; Lyrical Movement, Op. 89; Prelude, Op. 92; Sonata in D major, Op. 77Robert Plane, Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper, David Adams, Alice Neary, Benjamin Frith, Gould Piano Trio

The revival of interest in the music of Robin Milford (1903–59) has largely bypassed his exquisite chamber music, an omission this recording seeks to redress.

TOCC 0244£9.00

Alessandro SCARLATTI: Bella Madre de’ Fiori

Giovanni BONONCINI: Il lament d’Olimpia; Care luci del mio bene

Chamber CantatasGloria Banditelli, Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti

As maestro di cappella at the church of S. Gerolamo della Carità, Alessandro Scarlatti wrote cantatas, the musical genre preferred by the nobility of the time. Likewise Bononcini who obtained the post of Maestro di Cappella at the Hapsburg court.

TB 660003£5.55

Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso; Opere per flauto e continuoAccademia della Magnifica Comunità, Enrico Casazza

Even though this collection does not include the more well-known works the Palermitan composer is posthumously famous for, these compositions are immensely important. They allow us to assess the style of Scarlatti, then nearing creative decline, which appears to be suspended between the glorious contrapuntal tradition and beautiful melodies that look decidedly towards the future.

TB 661990£11.10 (2 CDs)

Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1474-1520)

La Serva Padrona; Salve ReginaFederico Benetti, Angela Nisi, I Solisti Liriensi, Flavio Emilio Scogna

Pergolesi’s early fame and popularity can, to an extent, be attributed to his integration of musical styles. He brought the theatre into churches, and religious seriousness into theatres, even in an intermezzo: 'A Serpina penserete' is a beautiful lament that might well be sung by the Virgin Mary. His modernity consists in this, and it is still surprising now.

TC 711606£9.00

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Un Giorno di Regno - Melodramma giocoso in two acts; Libretto by Felice RomaniMikheil Kiria, Simone Alberti, Alice Quintavalla, Angela Nisi, Marco Frusoni, Dario Ciotoli, Roberto Jachini Virgili, Marco Miglietta, Riccardo Certi, Vassalli del Barone, Diego Procoli, Belcanto Chorus, Roma Sinfonietta, Martino Faggiani, Gabriele Bonolis

Verdi’s opera Un Giorno di Regno coincided with the death of his wife, which took place shortly after the death of his two sons. The levity of the subject-matter of this opera was inevitably incompatible with Verdi’s grief. In a letter to his publisher Tito Ricordi, he saw ‘the work of a poor young man who was ill, rushed, and devastated by a horrible calamity’ mistreated by its audience.

TC 812290£13.80 (2 CDs)


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OA1148D £17.01 (DVD)

The Beauty of BalletDELIBES: Coppélia; ADAM: Giselle; MASSENET: Manon Hérold; La Fille mal Gardée; KHACHATURIÁN: Spartacus

The Australian Ballet

Budget-priced boxed set of five of the most popular ballets in the repertoire.

Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKYLAC After Swan Lake Recorded live at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 2013

Anja Behrend, April Ball, Stephan Bourgond, Alvaro Prieto, Mimoza Koike, Jeroen Verbruggen, Bernice Coppieters Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jean Christophe Maillot, Leonard Slatkin

Jean-Christophe Maillot has re-worked Swan Lake with the writer Jean Rouaud (1990 Prix Goncourt winner) to bring a new drama to this pillar of ballet repertoire.

ACC20320£13.61 (DVD)

ACC20313 £13.61 (DVD)

C. P. E. BACH; J. S. BACH; HANDELCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The 1786 Charity Concert - A Revival

Christina Landshamer, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius, Thomas E. BauerAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

In 1786 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach presented the greatest musical achievements of his century to a captivated audience and enthusiastic reviewers. The music director from Hamburg arranged a remarkable program for a charity concert. As a tribute to the 300th anniversary of C. P. E. Bach the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin will revive the memorable concert from April 9, 1786 and reawaken a great moment in music history.

Johann Sebastian BACHGoldberg VariationsIncluding documentary ‘The Return is the Movement of Tao’, by Michel Mollard

Zhu Xiao-Mei

The Goldberg Variations stood at the beginning of Zhu Xiao-Mei's international career and represents the ‘greatest musical encounter’ of her life; ‘it is a universal piece of music that knows no frontiers’. The unique interpretation was produced at her critically acclaimed concert at the Leipzig Bach Festival at J. S. Bach’s final resting place in St. Thomas Church in 2014. Michel Mollard’s exquisite documentary – ‘The Return is the Movement of Tao’ – that complements the concert recording, offers insights into the mind of a fascinating artist and her vision of the Goldberg Variations.

108122£20.41 (Blu-ray)

107544 £40.82 (2 Blu-rays)

Ludwig van BEETHOVENSymphony No. 9Ode to Freedom

The Gewandhaus Chorus and Orchestra Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Doris Soffel, James Wagner, Gwynne Howell, Kurt Masur

On occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 Arthaus Musik combines two unique programmes in one Blu-ray.

Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKYThe Nutcracker; Sleeping Beauty; Swan Lake

Dutch National Ballet, The Kirov Ballet, Corps de Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala

This Blu-Ray Box offers high-end ballet productions with famous dancers like Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle, Anna Tsygankova and Larissa Lezhnina, and bonus features including interviews with the choreographer, dancers, and backstage footage.

OABD7154D£20.41 (Blu-ray)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZARTDon Giovanni (2008) Die Zauberflöte (2003) Le Nozze de Figaro (2006)

Containing three of Mozart’s best-known and loved operas, this 5-disc box set features outstanding Royal Opera House productions and a raft of world-class artists, available at mid-price for the very first time. NB individual titles will remain available at full-price.

OA1150BD £20.41 (5 DVDs)

OABD7155BD£23.76 (5 Blu-rays)


108135£17.01 (DVD)

108129 £20.41 (Blu-ray)

Engelbert HUMPERDINKHänsel und GretelLive Recording from the Zurich Opera House, 1999

Alfred Muff, Gabriele Lechner, Liliana Nikiteanu, Malin Hartelius, Volker VogelThe Children‘s Chorus and the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst

Humperdinck‘s Hänsel und Gretel is steeped in the guileless world of folk-song: the children‘s songs and dances, the idyllic forest scenes, the supernatural material and the central thematic chorale are all rooted in German traditional music.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: FidelioCarl Maria von WEBER: Der FreischützRobert SCHUMANN: Genoveva

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is one of the few true stars among conductors worldwide. Performances like the New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra enable him to reach an audience of millions, displaying the characteristic passion and fiery intensity that identify him as a true servant of his art.

102192£13.61 (DVD)

102202 £17.01 (DVD)

WAGNER vs VERDIA Documentary in 6 Parts

Containing the following 6 programmes: The Revolutionairies; Verdi’s World; The Wagner Religion; … And The Women; The Chant; … And The Effects Of Their Music

Featuring Hans Neuenfels, Christian Thielemann, Rolando Villazón, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, Gottfried Wagner and many more

The 6-part documentary series Wagner vs Verdi presents different and very personal perspectives of work of both giants of music theatre, using interviews with famous interpreters of both composers and live recordings from some of the world’s major opera houses.

Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY; Yvan TALBOTA Nutcracker

Compagnie Malka, Bouba Landrille Tchouda

Together with his Compagnie Malka, Tchouda re-interprets the traditional ballet, adding music by Yvan Talbot and hip-hop choreography, creating a new interpretation of the work.

718304£20.41 (Blu-ray)

718208 £15.65 (DVD)

Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKYThe NutcrackerRecorded: Wiener Staatsoper, April 2012

Liudmila Konovalova, Vladimir Shishov, Emilia Baranowicz, Davide DatoWiener Staatsballett, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Paul Connelly

This production from the Vienna State Opera presents The Nutcracker ballet in Nureyev’s final choreography, the 1985 Paris version. The critic Clive Barnes set the tone by remarking: ‘no version of The Nutcracker that we have ever seen has been more potently dramatic; few have displayed so sharp an imprint of personal style’. It is staged by Nureyev’s pupil and protegé Manuel Legris of the Wiener Staatsballett.

Anton BRUCKNERSymphony No. 5Recorded: Semperoper Dresden, 2013

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Following on from their recording of Bruckner’s 8th Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden are continuing their internationally acclaimed Bruckner cycle. The star conductor once again shows his talent for the German Romantic repertoire with a highly acclaimed interpretation of Bruckner´s Symphony No. 5.

Mary WigmanThe Soul of DanceDirected by Norbert Busè and Christof Debl

From the birth of 'Ausdruckstanz' in Switzerland to her sensational tour across the USA, the thrilling documentation featuring partially unpublished material, follows this exceptional dancer’s tragic life.

102204£17.01 (DVD)

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EUROPAKONZERT 2014 From Berlin Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is based on William Shakespeare’s comedy of the same name, and its lively overture has long since secured a place on the concert stage. Also inspired by a Shakespearean comedy hero is Edward Elgar’s symphonic study Falstaff. We then turn from comedy to the tragic twists of fate: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony is characterized by a sombre main theme that, for the Russian composer, symbolizes 'a complete resignation before fate, which is the same as the inscrutable predestination of fate'.

2059854£20.41 (Blu-ray)

Antonín DVOÁRvK

Rusalka (Recorded at La Monnaie opera House)

Myrtò Papatanasiu, Pavel Černoch, Annalena Persson, Willard White, Renée Morlo, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Ádám Fischer

Antonín Dvorvák’s penultimate opera draws its substance from the underwater wonderland of little

mermaids, Undines and Melusines: Rusalka, a water nymph, wishes to become human in order to be loved by the young prince.

2059924£20.41 (Blu-ray)

Annette Dasch: The Crucial Question Annette DaschMünchner Rundfunkorchester, Marc Piollet

In 2011, an extraordinary concert of the star soprano took place. Based on The Crucial Question, Annette Dasch dedicated the programme to mythical female characters in desperate crisis situations, with works by Schubert, Berlioz and Schumann.

2059934£20.41 (Blu-ray)

Jack YELLEN; Lou POLLACK; Schlomo CARLBACH; Israel SCHORRRejoice: with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchack Meir HelfgotBonus: Interviews with Izthak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Itzhak Perlman, Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Rejoice Chamber Orchestra, Russell Ger

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings. The program is directed by Joshua Waletzky, whose earlier collaboration with Perlman, In the Fiddler’s House, won a Primetime Emmy in 1995.

718408£15.65 (DVD)

Giuseppe VERDIBest of: AriasNino Machaidze, Leo Nucci, Daniela Dess, Marcelo Álvarez, Francesco Meli, Dimitra Theodossiou, Giacomo PrestiaOrchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma

C Major are pleased to present a budget price collection of some of Verdi’s greatest arias including: ‘La donna è mobile’, ‘Sempre libera’ and many more from the most popular Verdi operas. This is a beautiful visual festival of great stagings, costumes and settings!

718604£6.50 (Blu-ray)

The Berliner Philharmoniker in Tokyo: Concert at the Suntory Hall Including the EuroArts & Idéale Audience Catalogue

SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1; DVORvÁK: Symphony No. 8; J. S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 for

solo violin, BWV 1001 (Presto)Hilary Hahn, Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

A new edition of a very popular series of budget DVD with the entire EuroArts & Idéale Audience Catalogue included in the slipcase.

2020248£4.85 (DVD)

Johann Sebastian BACHChristmas Oratorio BWV 248Montiverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists perform Gardiner’s new interpretation of this classic piece.

2045094£20.41 (Blu-ray)

Giuseppe VERDIBest of: Opera ChorusesNicola Luisotti, Yuri Termirkanov, Boris BrottOrchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo

C Major are pleased to present a budget price collection of some of Verdi’s greatest opera choruses from the popular operas: Nabucco, La Traviata, Aida, Il Trovatore and many more. This is a beautiful visual festival of great stagings, costumes and settings (staged by Daniele Abbado, Joseph Franconi Lee, Pier´Alli etc.)

718804£6.50 (Blu-ray)

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718708£6.50 (DVD)

2059858£17.01 (DVD)

2059928£20.41 (2 DVDs)

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Menaham Pressler plays MOZARTPiano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27Menahem Pressler, Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi

On the occasion of his 90th Birthday Menaham Pressler celebrates with Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris at Salle Pleyel in Paris, performing Mozart piano concertos Nos. 23 and 27 as well as Debussy's Clair de lune.

Bonus material: Paavo Järvi in conversation with Menahem Pressler

ICAB 5134£34.00 (5 DVDs)

ICAB 5133 £34.00 (5 DVDs)

Classic BBC PromsThis set presents some exceptional performances given at the world famous BBC Proms festival. It features piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson, Russian maestro Yuri Temirkanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, who has had a strong association with the Proms throughout his career, and Sir Georg Solti with his much-loved Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Masterworks: STRAUSS and MAHLERSTRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel; Ein Heldenleben; Bonus introductions and educational guides (ICAD 5031) MAHLER: Symphony No. 6, Hartmut Haenchen (ICAD 5018)MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4, Kurt Sanderling (ICAD 5042)MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 (ICAD 5051)R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel; MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 – Adagietto (Bonus)

This box set includes some of the greatest works by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas, Kurt Sanderling, Hartmut Haenchen and Erich Leinsdorf.

OC997£20.41 (2 DVDs)

OC996 £20.41 (2 DVDs)


SiegfriedLive Recording June-July 2012, Oper Frankfurt; Staged by Vera Nemirova

Lance Ryan, Peter Marsh, Terje Stensvold, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Magnús Baldvinsson, Meredith Arwady, Susan Bullock, Robin Johannsen, Alan BarnesFrankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle

Oehms Classics are pleased to be releasing each opera from their acclaimed Ring cycle box-set individually. Recorded at Frankfurt Opera with Sebastian Weigle, the third instalment, Siegfried is a 2-DVD tour de force.


Die WalküreLive Recording June-July 2012, Oper Frankfurt; Staged by Vera Nemirova

Frank van Aken, Ain Anger, Terje Stensvold, Amber Wagner, Susan Bullock, Martina Dike, Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Elizabeth Reiter, Claudia Mahnke, Katharina Magiera, Brenda Rae, Lisa Wedekind, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Bernadett FodorFrankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle

Oehms Classics are pleased to be releasing each opera from their acclaimed Ring cycle box-set individually. Recorded at Frankfurt Opera with Sebastian Weigle, the second instalment, Die Walküre is a 2-DVD tour de force.

Ludwig van BEETHOVENThe Complete String Quartets

Belcea Quartet: Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher, Krzystof Chorzelski, Antoine Lederlin

This luxury Belcea Quartet Box brings a new high-definition audio-visual reference recording of Beethoven´s Complete String Quartets.

2072664£47.64 (4 Blu-rays)

2059888£17.01 (DVD)

2072668£47.64 (5 DVDs)

Arrigo BOITOMefistofeleIldar Abdrazakov, Ramón Vargas, Patricia Racette, Erin Johnson, Chuanyue WangSan Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Dance Corps

The season kicks off with Boito’s resplendent retelling of Goethe’s Faust, a monumental work of 'choral grandeur and melodic richness' (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House.

2059674£20.41 (Blu-ray)

2059678£20.41

(2 DVDs in luxury digipak)

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