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Sarasate - Music for Violin and Orchestra Volume 4

SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella Op. 43; Jota de San Fermin Op. 36; Fantaisie sur le Don Juan de Mozart Op. 51; Fantaisie sur Der Freischutz de Weber Op. 14; Jota de Pamplona Op. 50; Airs ecossais Op. 34; Le Reve Op. 53; L鈥橢sprit follet

Tianwa Yang (violin), Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra, Ernest Martinez Izquierdo (conductor)

NAXOS 8572276 (CD budget)

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Saint-Saens - La Muse et le Poete

SAINT-SAENS: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op. 61; La Muse et le Poete Op. 132; Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33

Renaud Capucon (violin), Gautier Capucon (cello), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier (conductor)

ERATO 9341342 (CD)

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ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85

DVORAK: Rondo Op. 94; Klid (Silent Woods) Op. 68 No. 5

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902148 (CD)

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BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1 Op. 11

BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra Op. 40; Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra Op. 50

Augustin Dumay (violin and conductor), Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra

ONYX ONYX4101 (CD)

In another chance to hear his review from November 2012, Stephen Plaistow surveys recordings of Mozart鈥檚 Piano Sonata no. 8 in A minor and makes a recommendation:

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MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor K310

c/w March in C Major K408; Courante in E-flat Major K399; Gigue in G Major K574; Rondo in A Minor K511; Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major K533/494

Richard Goode (piano)

NONESUCH 7559798312 (CD)

Brahms: The Symphonies

BRAHMS: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete); Tragic Overture Op. 81; Intermezzo in E major Op. 116 No. 4; Intermezzo in E flat major Op. 117 No. 1; Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'; Liebeslieder-Walzer Op. 52: excerpts; Nagen am Herzen fuhl ich Gift in mir Op. 65, No. 9; Academic Festival Overture Op. 80; Hungarian Dances Op. 68 Nos. 1, 3 and 10 Orchestra. Brahms; Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 - Andante

Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

DECCA 4785344 (3CD mid-price)

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BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; Tragic Overture Op. 81; Symphony No. 2; Variations on a theme of Haydn

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

LSO LIVE LSO0733 (2Hybrid SACD budget)

Sarah Lenton joins Andrew to discuss recent operatic recordings

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HUMPERDINCK: Konigskinder

Daniel Behle, Amanda Majeski, Nikolay Borchev, Julia Juon, Magnus Baldvinsson, Martin Mitterrutzner, Chiara Bauml, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

OEHMS OC943 (3CD)

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MOZART: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots K35

Allan Clayton (Christian), Andrew Kennedy (Spirit of Christianity), Sophie Bevan (Spirit of Worldliness), Cora Burggraaf (Divine Justice), Sarah Fox (Divine Mercy), The Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page

SIGNUM SIGCD343 (2CD mid-price)

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BUSONI: Doktor Faust

Wolfgang Koch, Steven Humes, John Daszak, Raymond Very, Catherine Naglestad, Bavarian State Orchestra, Choir and Additional Choir of the Bavarian State Opera, Tomas Netopil (conductor)

OEHMS OC956 (3CD)

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EOTVOS: Love and Other Demons

Allison Bell (Sierva Maria), Nathan Gunn (Father Cayetano Delaura), Mats Almgren (Don Toribio, the bishop), Felicity Palmer (Josefa Miranda), Jean Rigby (Martina Laborde), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

GLYNDEBOURNE GFOCD020-08 (2CD mid-price)

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VERDI: Simon Boccanegra

Thomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria), Carlo Colombara (Fiesco), Luca Pisaroni (Paolo), Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Singakademie, Massimo Zanetti (conductor)

DECCA 4785354 (2CD)

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HANDEL: Serse

Anna Stephany (Serse), Rosemary Joshua (Romilda), David Daniels (Arsamene), Hilary Summers (Amastre), Joelle Harvey (Atalanta), Andreas Wolf (Elviro), Brindley Sherratt (Ariodate), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN07973 (3CD mid-price)