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Bach: Markus Passion [St Mark's Passion] BWV 247 (1744) cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Markus Passion [St Mark's Passion] BWV 247 (1744)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió Jordi Savall
The existence of a third Passion by Bach based on the Gospel of St. Mark had long been known. Numerous...
$37.00
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias cover
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) / Ensemble Artaserse, with Emöke Baráth (soprano)
The French countertenor leads Artaserse in a kaleidoscopic survey of the many and varied operas by the...
$33.00

New From Deutsche Grammophon

Chopin: Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Berceuse, Sonata, Opp. 55-58 cover
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Berceuse, Sonata, Opp. 55-58
Maurizio Pollini (piano) $35.00
Andreas Ottensamer - Blue Hour cover
BRAHMS / WEBER / MENDELSSOHN
Andreas Ottensamer - Blue Hour
Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons, with Yuja Wang (piano) $35.00
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / etc cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / etc
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons $37.00
Mary Queen of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) cover
MAX RICHTER
Mary Queen of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Max Richter, Dave Foster, Jane Marshall (cor anglais), Hugh Webb (harp), London Voices (chorus), Jean Kelly (celtic harp) $35.00

L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

Himmelsmusik [Deluxe package] cover
THEILE / J. C. BACH / BUTNER / SCHUTZ / BERTOLI / etc
Himmelsmusik [Deluxe package]
Celine Scheen (soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo & direction) $33.00
Mediterraneo cover
TRADITIONAL
Mediterraneo
Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, featuring Misia $25.00
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell cover
PURCELL
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell
Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse, Trovesi, Muthspiel / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar $25.00
Handel Goes Wild cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Goes Wild
Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, featuring Valer Sabadus (counter-tenor) & Nuria Rial (soprano) $30.00
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The 50 Best Of Series

50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price] cover
50 BEST ADAGIOS
50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price]
Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor) $25.00
50 Best Opera Classics [3 CDs special price] cover
50 BEST OPERA
50 Best Opera Classics [3 CDs special price]
Beverly Sills, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Maria Callas, etc $25.00
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc) cover
50 BEST RELAXING PIANO
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc)
Various artists incls Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, etc $25.00
50 Best Rostropovich (3 Disc) cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Rostropovich (3 Disc)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [with Leonard Bernstein, David Oistrakh, Seiji Ozawa, George Szell & others] $25.00
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New Releases from Harmonia Mundi

Vivaldi: Sonatas for violoncello & basso cover
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Sonatas for violoncello & basso
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), with Michael Behringer, Lee Santana, Christoph Dangel $35.00
Haydn: Concerti Per Esterhazy cover
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concerti Per Esterhazy
Amandine Beyer (violin), Marco Ceccato (cello), Gli Incogniti $35.00
Debussy: Les Trois Sonates, The Late Debussy cover
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Les Trois Sonates, The Late Debussy
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Javier Perianes (piano), etc $35.00
Miserere mei Deus - Funeral Motets & Deplorations cover
JOSQUIN DES PREZ
Miserere mei Deus - Funeral Motets & Deplorations
Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss $35.00

Boxed Set Bargains From Naxos

Children's Classics Box Set cover
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / SAINT-SAENS / DUKAS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Children's Classics Box Set
Various storytellers including Dame Edna Everage, Prunella Scales, Bernard Cribbins, Angela Rippon & June Whitfield $40.00
Sarasate: Complete works for violin and piano cover
PABLO SARASATE
Sarasate: Complete works for violin and piano
Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) $38.00
Rossini: Complete Overtures [4 CD set] cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Complete Overtures [4 CD set]
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Christian Benda $35.00
Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas cover
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas
Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam $45.00

BBC Music Picks March 2019

Tasmin Little Plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach cover
AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH / CLARA SCHUMANN / DAME ETHEL SMYTH
Tasmin Little Plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach
Tasmin Little (violin) / John Lenehan (piano) $30.00
Sullivan: The Light of the World cover
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Light of the World
Natalya Romaniw, Eleanor Dennis, Kitty Whately, Robert Murray, Ben McAteer, Neal Davies / BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews $55.00
Schumann - Frage cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Frage
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) $27.00
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année & other late piano works cover
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année & other late piano works
Cédric Tiberghien (piano) $30.00

Red Line Specials - 2 For $25

RED LINE DEAL: Mozart: Concertos For Clarinet, Oboe & Bassoon cover
W. A. MOZART
RED LINE DEAL: Mozart: Concertos For Clarinet, Oboe & Bassoon
Karl Leister (clarinet) LotharKoch (oboe) Gunter Piesk (bassoon) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan $15.00
RED LINE DEAL: Brahms/Beethoven: Clarinet Sonatas cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
RED LINE DEAL: Brahms/Beethoven: Clarinet Sonatas
Gervase De Peyer (clarinet) Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Daniel Barenboim (piano) $15.00
RED LINE DEAL: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons cover
ANTONIO VIVALDI
RED LINE DEAL: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan $15.00
RED LINE DEAL: Minimalists (Incls Adams: Shaker Loops & Glass: Facades) cover
REICH / GLASS / HEATH / ADAMS
RED LINE DEAL: Minimalists (Incls Adams: Shaker Loops & Glass: Facades)
London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green $15.00
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Recent Boxed Sets

Leonard Bernstein Remastered cover
BARTOK / MAHLER / BEETHOVEN / GERSHWIN / IVES / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / etc
Leonard Bernstein Remastered
Isaac Stern (violin) Philippe Entremont (piano) Andre Watts (piano) / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein $225.00
Jacqueline du Pre: The Great Recordings cover
ELGAR / DVORAK / MONN / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Jacqueline du Pre: The Great Recordings
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), with Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano) and many others $120.00
John Williams Conductor cover
WILLIAMS / MORRICONE / BONFA / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN / LEGRAND / etc
John Williams Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell (violins) Yo Yo Ma (cello) / Pittsburg Symphjony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Williams $166.00
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics cover
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / MAHLER / GLUCK / REGER / etc
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics
Christa Ludwig (mezzo) with Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Leonard Bernstein (pianos) $63.00