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Vivaldi: I'Colori dell'Ombra cover
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: I'Colori dell'Ombra
Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Pulcinella Orchestra, with Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Delphine Galou (contralto) & Javier Zafra(bassoon)
After a double album dedicated to Boccherini and acclaimed by critics, Ophélie Gaillard and the Pulcinella...
$45.00
The Beethoven Connection: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Sonatas cover
CLEMENTI / DUSSEK / HUMMEL / WOLFL
The Beethoven Connection: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Sonatas
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
"Bavouzet's keen intelligence and pristine musicianship are evident throughout, not least in his vivid...
$30.00

BBC Music Choices July 2020

Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) $30.00
Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel cover
CYRILLUS KREEK
Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis $35.00
Kaleidoscope: Beethoven Transcriptions cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Kaleidoscope: Beethoven Transcriptions
Mari Kodama (piano) $35.00
Bach & Vivaldi: Sonar in Ottava. Double Concertos for Violin and Violoncello Piccolo cover
J.S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Bach & Vivaldi: Sonar in Ottava. Double Concertos for Violin and Violoncello Piccolo
Giuliano Carmignola (violin); Mario Brunello (violoncello piccolo); Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni (cond.) $35.00

Harmonia Mundi - new titles

Gesualdo: Madrigali, books 1 & 2 cover
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, books 1 & 2
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew $43.00
Schoenberg: Violin concerto / Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night] cover
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Violin concerto / Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night]
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, A. Tamestit & J-G. Queyras $35.00
Beethoven: Piano concertos nos. 2 & 5
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano concertos nos. 2 & 5 "Emperor"
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado & Freiburger Barockorchester $35.00
Bach & Bartok Suites cover
J. S. BACH / BELA BARTOK
Bach & Bartok Suites
Julien Libeer $35.00

New titles from Hyperion

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
Stephen Hough (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu $50.00
Schumann (C) & Mendelssohn (Fanny): Piano Trios & String Quartet cover
CLARA SCHUMANN / FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Schumann (C) & Mendelssohn (Fanny): Piano Trios & String Quartet
The Nash Ensemble $30.00
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare cover
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare
The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill $30.00
Rachmaninov: Songs cover
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs
Julia Sitkovetsky, Roger Vignoles $30.00
» Great artists. Great recordings.

New releases from BIS for August

Lament - Norwegian Choral Works cover
LARS PETTER HAGEN / NILS HENRIK ASHEIM / ARNE NORDHEIM
Lament - Norwegian Choral Works
Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen, with Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Daniel Paulsen & Terje Viken (percussion) $35.00
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus cover
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins $35.00
Brahms: Symphony No 4 / Hungarian Dances / Tragic Overture cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 4 / Hungarian Dances / Tragic Overture
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard $35.00
Leschetizky - Morceaux pour Piano cover
THEODOR LESCHETIZKY
Leschetizky - Morceaux pour Piano
Tobias Bigger (piano) $35.00

OCT Gramophone Editors choice

Dowland: A Fancy cover
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: A Fancy
Bor Zuljan (lute) $36.00
Portraits de la folie cover
CAMPRA / DESTOUCHES / MARAIS / HEINICHEN / HANDEL / etc
Portraits de la folie
Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo) / Ensemble Amarillis, Héloïse Gaillard $35.00
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth $35.00
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera) cover
PETER BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera)
Stuart Skelton (tenor); Erin Wall (soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone); Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano); Hanna Husáhr (soprano) $55.00
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome cover
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $30.00
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies cover
FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) $30.00
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta cover
LEOS JANACEK
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle $40.00
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / 2 Overtures cover
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / 2 Overtures
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado $35.00
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Marbecks Collectibles

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Byron Janis I cover
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Byron Janis I
Byron Janis (piano) $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives / Barber: String Quartets cover
SAMUEL BARBER / CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives / Barber: String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet $30.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R): Complete Music For Wind Ensemble cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R): Complete Music For Wind Ensemble
Heinz Holliger (oboe), Netherlands Wind Ensemble, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Edo de Waart $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Imogene Cooper Piano Recital recorded live in February 2007 cover
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Imogene Cooper Piano Recital recorded live in February 2007
Imogen Cooper (piano) $27.00
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Beethoven recomendations

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Andras Schiff (pianos) $45.00
Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas cover
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit (piano) $30.00
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opus 95, 127, 130-133, 135 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opus 95, 127, 130-133, 135
Takacs Quartet $65.00
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Maria João Pires (piano) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding $35.00
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