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New releases for October

Medtner / Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos cover
NIKOLAI MEDTNER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Medtner / Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos
Jayson Gillham (piano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey
Young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham presents his third album on ABC Classics, featuring the music...
$35.00
Journey To Mozart cover
GLUCK / HAYDN / MYSLIVECEK / SALOMON / MOZART
Journey To Mozart
Daniel Hope (violin) / Zurich Chamber Orchestra
"It's both a highly personal selection and a rather puzzling one…Hope's brilliance as a soloist does...
$35.00

New Zealand releases on Rattle

Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon cover
JOHN PSATHAS
Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon
Donald Nicolson / New Zealand String Quartet / NZ Trio / John Psathas $30.00
Landscape Preludes cover
BODY / CRESSWELL / FARR / PSATHAS / BODY / etc
Landscape Preludes
Henry Wong Doe (piano) $30.00
Passing By cover
JACK BODY
Passing By
NZTrio, Stephen de Pledge, Stroma New Music Ensemble, Kronos Quartet $30.00
Inland: New Zealand composers cover
DOUGLAS LILBURN / KENNETH YOUNG / MIKE NOCK / GAO PING / etc
Inland: New Zealand composers
Michael Houstoun (piano) $42.00
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Harmonia Mundi Gold New Titles

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Complete Opera) cover
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Complete Opera)
Lynne Dawson (soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Rene Jacobs (director) $25.00
Dvorak: String Quintets Op.81 & 97 / Quartets Op.34 & 96 'American' cover
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quintets Op.81 & 97 / Quartets Op.34 & 96 'American'
Melos Quartett with Garard Caussa (viola) $32.00
Schubert: Mass in A flat D.678 (with Mendelssohn - Psalm 42) cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in A flat D.678 (with Mendelssohn - Psalm 42)
Anna Korondi (soprano) Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano) Andreas Karasiak (tenor) / RIAS-Kammerchor / Orchestre des Champs elysaes / Herreweghe $25.00
The Elfin Knight: Ballads & Dances from Renaissance England cover
ANONYMOUS
The Elfin Knight: Ballads & Dances from Renaissance England
Joel Frederiksen (coloratura basso profondo) / Ensemble Phoenix Munich $25.00
» Classic reissues imported from France!

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

Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 / Concerto For Orchestra cover
BÉLA BARTÓK
Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 / Concerto For Orchestra
Javier Perianes (piano), Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado $35.00
Haydn: Piano Sonatas [Nos 32, 40, 49, 50] cover
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas [Nos 32, 40, 49, 50]
Paul Lewis (piano) $35.00
Schubert / Chopin / Liszt / Stravinsky: Four Pianos - Four Pieces cover
SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / LISZT / STRAVINSKY
Schubert / Chopin / Liszt / Stravinsky: Four Pianos - Four Pieces
Alexander Melnikov (pianos) $35.00
Perpetual Night cover
JOHNSON / LAWES / COPRARIO / BLOW / PURCELL / JACKSON / etc
Perpetual Night
Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé $35.00

New Titles From Naxos

Czerny: Piano Trios cover
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Trios
Sun-Young Shin (violin), Benjamin Hayek (cello) & Samuel Gingher (piano) $18.00
Italian Clarinet Treasures cover
LABATE / GAGLIANO / BUSONI / GABUCCI / etc
Italian Clarinet Treasures
Sergio Bosi (clarinet) / Ricardo Bartoli (piano) $18.00
Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 4 cover
AGUSTIN BARRIOS
Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 4
Celil Refik Kaya (guitar) $18.00
Rossini: Chamber Music and rarities Vol. 2 cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music and rarities Vol. 2
Laura Giordano (soprano), Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Alessandro Luciano (tenor), Bruno Taddia (baritone) $18.00

Gramophone Editor's Choices Oct

Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera)
Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder $120.00
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording) cover
J. S. BACH
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording)
Yo Yo Ma (cello) $28.00
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs cover
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone) / Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano) $35.00
Stenhammar: Symphony No.2 cover
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Symphony No.2
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra / Christian Lindberg conductor $35.00

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 $108.00
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