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Janusz Wawrowski - Phoenix cover
SZYMANOWSKI / RAVEL / YSAYE / LUTOSLAWSKI
Janusz Wawrowski - Phoenix
Janusz Wawrowski (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak
Janusz Wawrowski's last Warner Classics album was Hidden Violin, a celebration of Polish composers and...
$30.00
Schumann & Brahms: Lieder cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann & Brahms: Lieder
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
This album is both a debut and a proof of musical pedigree. After numerous orchestral albums, for the...
$35.00

BBC Music Award Nominations 2021

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 (with CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4) cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 (with CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck $35.00
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
Handel: Samson cover
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson
Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Fflur Wyn, Mary Bevan, Jess Dandy, Hugo Hymas / Dunedin Consort, John Butt $70.00
Fatma Said - El Nour cover
SERRANO / de FALLA / RAVEL / BERLIOZ / LORCA / etc
Fatma Said - El Nour
Fatma Said (soprano), with Rafael Aguirre (guitar) Malcolm Martineau (piano) & others $30.00
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome cover
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson $30.00
Tchaikovsky: All Night Vigil / Sacred Choral Works cover
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: All Night Vigil / Sacred Choral Works
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava $30.00
Chanson d'Amour cover
FAURÉ / POULENC / RAVEL / DEBUSSY
Chanson d'Amour
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) $30.00
Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets cover
EDWARD ELGAR / AMY BEACH
Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets
Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano) $30.00
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3 cover
JOHN IRELAND / YORK BOWEN / WILLIAM ALWYN / ERIC COATES / JAMES FRANCIS BROWN
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3
Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) $30.00
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, Missa D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz cover
JOSQUIN DES PRES
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, Missa D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz
The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips $30.00
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde cover
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski $35.00
Richard Strauss: Cello Sonatas cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Cello Sonatas
Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano) $30.00

New titles from Alpha Classics

And Love Said... cover
BRIDGE / POLDOWSKI / QUILTER / BRITTEN / WALTON etc
And Love Said...
Jodie Devos (soprano), Nicolas Krüger (piano) $35.00
Clair-Obscur cover
STRAUSS / BERG / ZEMLINSKY
Clair-Obscur
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier $35.00
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy - Chopin - Mussorgsky cover
DEBUSSY / CHOPIN / MUSSORGSKY
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy - Chopin - Mussorgsky
Behzod Abduraimov (piano) $35.00
Plaisirs Illuminés cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Plaisirs Illuminés
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello) / Camerata Bern, Francisco Coll (cond) $35.00
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April Gramophone Editors Choice

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 cover
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša $32.00
Ligeti: The 18 Études cover
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: The 18 Études
Danny Driver (piano) $30.00
Donizetti: Pietro Il Grande, Kzar delle Russie (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Pietro Il Grande, Kzar delle Russie (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY
Festival Donizetti Opera / Roberto De Candia, Loriana Castellano, Paola Gradina, Nina Solodovnikova / Rinaldo Alessandrini (cond) $64.00
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Trio, Op. 36 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Trio, Op. 36
Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado $35.00
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Terzo & Quarto cover
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Terzo & Quarto
Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew $45.00
Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / RICHARD WAGNER / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
Lise Davidsen (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder $35.00
French Duets cover
FAURE / POULENC / DEBUSSY
French Duets
Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano) $30.00
Elgar: Violin concerto / Violin Sonata cover
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin concerto / Violin Sonata
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle $30.00
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Marbecks Collectables

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Bolero & other orchestral works cover
RAVEL / GLINKA / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Bolero & other orchestral works
Academy St Martins in the Fields, Neville Marriner $20.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / etc cover
MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / etc
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner $20.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 'Prague', & 39 cover
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 'Prague', & 39
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner $20.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music cover
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music
Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner $25.00
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New From Eloquence

Eugen Jochum - Choral Recordings on Philips cover
J. S. BACH / JOSEF HAYDN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / RUDOLF MENGELBERG
Eugen Jochum - Choral Recordings on Philips
Concertgebouworkest, Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum $120.00
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphonies cover
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphonies
Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati $25.00
Schubert: Impromptus; Klavierstücke; Moments musicaux cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Impromptus; Klavierstücke; Moments musicaux
Jörg Demus (piano) $25.00
Jeanne Demessieux - The Decca Legacy cover
BACH / MESSIAEN / WIDOR/ HANDEL / FRANCK / etc
Jeanne Demessieux - The Decca Legacy
Jeanne Demessieux (organ) $85.00
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