Recommended Classical CDs

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Recent Releases

Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919) / Ravel: Bolero cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY / MAURICE RAVEL
Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919) / Ravel: Bolero
Ensemble Aedes, Mathieu Romano, Les Siècles
In 1914 Stravinsky was more than ever taken up by his interest in pagan Russia and its folk rituals....
$40.00
Bruckner Symphony No 4, 'Romantic' (1874 Version) cover
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner Symphony No 4, 'Romantic' (1874 Version)
Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra, François‑Xavier Roth
After the tremendous success of the 7th Symphony, François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln...
$40.00
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New DG and Decca titles

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter's Virtuosi cover
BACH / BOLOGNE / PREVIN / VIVALDI / WILLIAMS
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter's Virtuosi
Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) / Mutter's Virtuosi $45.00
Bruce Liu - Waves cover
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN / MAURICE RAVEL
Bruce Liu - Waves
Bruce Liu (piano) $40.00
The Great Puccini cover
GIOCOMO PUCCINI
The Great Puccini
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) / PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Carlo Rizzi $50.00
A Choral Christmas cover
DAVIS / HANDEL / ANDERSON / GRUBER / CHILCOTT / TRADITIONAL
A Choral Christmas
VOCES8 Foundation Choir & Orchestra, VOCES8, Barnaby Smith $40.00

John Wilson & Sinfonia of London

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M57 cover
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M57
Sinfonia of London Chorus & Orchestra, John Wilson $35.00
Rodgers: Oklahoma! cover
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Oklahoma!
Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Rodney Earl Clarke, Louise Dearman, Jamie Parker / Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $65.00
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead cover
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) $30.00
Ireland: Orchestral Works cover
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) $24.50
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Mel's classical picks for 2023

Ice Land, The Eternal Music cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ice Land, The Eternal Music
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross (conductor), The Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson (soprano) $35.00
Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration cover
JOE HISAISHI
Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration
Royal Philahmonic Orchestra, Joe Hisaishi (piano, conductor), with The Tiffin Choirs & Bach Choir $35.00
Ades: Dante cover
THOMAS ADES
Ades: Dante
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel $45.00
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 cover
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä $35.00

Hugo's classical picks for 2023

Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 cover
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3
Gringolts Quartet $35.00
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth $35.00
Cage: Choral Works cover
JOHN CAGE
Cage: Choral Works
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (conductor) $35.00
Pärt: Tractus cover
ARVO PART
Pärt: Tractus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) $40.00

66th Grammy Award Nominations

Saariaho: Reconnaissance cover
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Reconnaissance
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) $35.00
Lawrence Brownlee - Rising cover
DAMIEN SNEED / JEREMIAH EVANS / BRANDON SPENCER / MARGARET BONDS etc
Lawrence Brownlee - Rising
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Kevin J. Mi (piano) $24.50
Yuja Wang - The American Project cover
TEDDY ABRAMS / MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Yuja Wang - The American Project
Yuja Wang (piano) / Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams $37.00
Ades: Dante cover
THOMAS ADES
Ades: Dante
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel $45.00

Classical On Vinyl

Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass (LP) cover
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass (LP) $85.00
Debussy / Rameau (2LP) cover
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Debussy / Rameau (2LP)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) $110.00
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (3LP) cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (3LP)
Yo Yo Ma (cello) $130.00
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird (LP) cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Firebird (LP)
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä $110.00
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Up and coming releases from BIS

Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times cover
JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times
BBC Singers, Martyn Brabbins, with Chloë Abbott (trumpet), David Goode (organ) $35.00
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 74 & Op. 130 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 74 & Op. 130
Chiaroscuro Quartet $35.00
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2 cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) $35.00
Children! cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Children!
Hiyoli Togawa (viola) $35.00
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New/released soon Eloquence Sets

Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters - The Stereo Recordings cover
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / MUSSORGSKY / DELIBES / BARTOK / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters - The Stereo Recordings
Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra $350.00
Pablo Casals - The Philips Legacy cover
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / etc
Pablo Casals - The Philips Legacy
Pablo Casals (cello/conductor) with Mieczysław Horszowski (piano), Sándor Végh (violin), Ensemble of 102 Cellos, etc $100.00
John Mauceri - The Sound of Hollywood cover
GERSHWIN / RODGERS / BERLIN / HERRMANN / SCHOENBERG / WAXMAN / etc
John Mauceri - The Sound of Hollywood
John Mauceri, with Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Marilyn Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir John Gielgud, Patti LuPone $205.00
Kathleen Battle Edition cover
MOZART / BACH / SCHUBERT / HANDEL / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Kathleen Battle Edition
Kathleen Battle, with Jessye Norman, Christopher Parkening, Itzhak Perlman, etc $165.00
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