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Gramophone Winners 2021

Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera) cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera)
Stuart Skelton (tenor); Erin Wall (soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone); Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano); Hanna Husáhr (soprano)
GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Opera
GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Recording of the Year

'The burly...
$60.00
Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets cover
EDWARD ELGAR / AMY BEACH
Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets
Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Chamber
BBC Music Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber

Amy Beach's piano...
$30.00

Gramophone Winners & Finalists

Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo cover
JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo
Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) $35.00
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
Sean Shibe: Bach cover
J. S. BACH
Sean Shibe: Bach
Sean Shibe (guitar) $35.00
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book II [excerpts] cover
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - Book II [excerpts]
Piotr Anderszewski (piano) $30.00
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
Schmidt - Complete Symphonies cover
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Schmidt - Complete Symphonies
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi $40.00
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
Ludovic Tézier: Verdi cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Ludovic Tézier: Verdi
Ludovic Tézier (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin $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
Biber: Requiem cover
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Requiem
Freiburger Barockconsort, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier $35.00
Rossini: Amici e Rivali cover
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Amici e Rivali
Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris, with Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) $30.00
Chanson d'Amour cover
FAURÉ / POULENC / RAVEL / DEBUSSY
Chanson d'Amour
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano) $30.00
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BBC Music November Picks

'Strings attached' the Voice of Kannel cover
MACHAUT / BYRD / DOWLAND / FRESCOBALDI etc
'Strings attached' the Voice of Kannel
Anna-Liisa Eller (kannels & psaltery) $35.00
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4
Francesa Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) $30.00
Michael Spyres - BariTenor cover
MOZART / MEHUL / OFFENBACH / LEONCAVALLO / LEHAR / WAGNER / RAVEL / etc
Michael Spyres - BariTenor
Michael Spyres (baritone/tenor) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja, Choeur d'hommes de l'Opéra national du Rhine $30.00
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa cover
ARVO PART
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Renaud Capucon (violin/conductor) / Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, with Guillaume Bellom (piano) $30.00

Gramophone Editors Choice - Sept

Mozart: The Three 'Prussian' String Quartets cover
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Three 'Prussian' String Quartets
Doric String Quartet $30.00
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour cover
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour
Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico $35.00
Corigliano: the Ghosts of Versailles (complete opera) [CD+DVD+Blu-ray audio] cover
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: the Ghosts of Versailles (complete opera) [CD+DVD+Blu-ray audio]
Teresa Perrotta, Jonathan Bryan, Kayla Siembieda, Ben Schaefer / Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Joseph Colaneri $45.00
Journey Through A Century: Solo Violin Works cover
KREISLER / PENDERECKI / PROKOFIEV / REGER / SCHNITTKE etc
Journey Through A Century: Solo Violin Works
Sueye Park (violin) $35.00

Naxos CD Special $5 Each

Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon cover
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon
Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) $20.00
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Sinfonietta cover
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Sinfonietta
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd $20.00
Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano cover
PAUL MORAVEC / YI CHEN / TANIA LEON / EVE BEGLARIAN / NED ROREM / etc
Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano
Marya Martin (flute) Colette Valentine (piano) Eve Beglarian (electronics) $20.00
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death
Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano) Hilko Dumno (piano) $20.00

Marbecks Collectables

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Cello Concertos cover
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Cello Concertos
Anner Bylsma (cello) / Concerto Amsterdam $20.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Concerto in D / etc cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Concerto in D / etc
Guildhall String Ensemble $20.00
Puccini: Messa Di Gloria / etc cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Messa Di Gloria / etc
Roberto Alagna (tenor) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano $25.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang' cover
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang'
Cynthia Haymon (soprano) Alison Hagley (soprano) Peter Straka (tenor) / Philharmonia Chorus / Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Weller $25.00
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Beautiful Eloquence Boxed Sets

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets
Lindsay String Quartet $155.00
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings cover
SIBELIUS / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / etc
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings
Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer, Orchestras conducted by Anthony Collins $195.00
Eileen Joyce: The Complete Studio Recordings cover
BERGMAN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / STRAUSS / MOZART /etc
Eileen Joyce: The Complete Studio Recordings
Eileen Joyce (piano) $55.00
Gillian Weir: A Celebration cover
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration
Gillian Weir (organ) $190.00
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