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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7 cover
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi
Internationally acclaimed and Grammy winning conductor Paavo Järvi directs one of the worlds finest...
$35.00
Distant Beloved cover
WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / R. STRAUSS
Distant Beloved
Simon O'Neill (tenor) Terence Dennis (piano)
"The inspiration for this recording of German lieder is distance. Travel plays a significant part in...
$27.00

Martha Argerich - Piano Legend

Martha Argerich: The Piano Legend cover
SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BMOZART / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
Martha Argerich: The Piano Legend
Martha Argerich (piano) with Piotr Anderszewski, Yefim Bronfman, Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Mikhail Pletnev, etc $25.00
Martha Argerich - 5 Classic Albums cover
BARTOK / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN
Martha Argerich - 5 Classic Albums
Martha Argerich (piano) with Renaud Capucon (violin) & Mischa Maisky (cello) $40.00
Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Recordings cover
SCHUMANN / MOZART / BARTOK / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Recordings
Martha Argerich (piano) with Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gidon Kremer, Itzhak Perlman, Nelson Freire, etc $105.00
Martha Argerich: The Lugano Recordings 2002 - 2016 cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Martha Argerich: The Lugano Recordings 2002 - 2016
Martha Argerich (piano), with, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud and Gautier Capucon, Maria João Pires, Stephen Kovacevich, etc $135.00
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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 $27.00
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
» Great gift ideas. Imported from Germany.

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

Gramophone Editor's Choices Feb

Schumann - Frage cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Frage
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) $27.00
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) $30.00
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 2018) cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 2018)
Franco Fagioli (Serse), Vivica Genaux, Inga Kalna, Francesca Aspromonte / Il Pomo d ́Oro Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev $95.00
Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 1955) cover
IGOR BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 1955)
Dragomir Ninkovich, Biserka Cvejic, Melanie Bugarinovich, Dragutin Petrovich, Dushan Popovich / Belgrade National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Oskar Dano $37.00

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