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Haydn - Lord Nelson Mass

HAYDN: Missa in Angustiis 'Lord Nelson Mass'; Symphony No. 102 in Bb

Mary Wilson (soprano), Abigail Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Keith Jameson (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass-baritone), Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman (conductor)

LINN CKD426 (Hybrid SACD)

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Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn

HAYDN: Scena di Berenice Hob XXIVa:10; Armida Hob. XXIVa:10; L'anima del filosofo Hob. XXVIII:13; Arianna a Naxos Hob. XXVIb:2; L'isola disabitata Hob. XXVIII:9; L'infedelta delusa Hob. XXVIII:5; La Methilde Ritrovata Hob. XXXIVb:3

Lisa Larsson (soprano), Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72622 (Hybrid SACD)

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Hommage a Trois

HAYDN: Chi nel cammin d'onore (from L'Isola disabitata); Il pensier sta negli aggotti (from L'Anima del Filosofo - Orfeo ed Euridice); Teco lo guida al campo (from Armida); Gia la morte in mante nero (from La vera costanza); Non sparate... mi disdico... (from La Vera Costanza)

MOZART: Crudel! perche finora farmi languir cosi? (from Le nozze di Figaro); Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro); Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni); Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni); Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (from Cosi fan tutte); Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen (from Die Zauberflote); Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena (from Die Zauberflote)

CIMAROSA: Sinfonia (from Il maestro di cappella); Se mi danno il permisso (from Il maestro di cappella); Ci sposeremo fra suoni e canti (from Il maestro di cappella)

William Berger (baritone), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

LINN CKD428 (Hybrid SACD)

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Haydn - String Quartets Volume 6

HAYDN: String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 in C; String Quartet Op. 33 No. 1 in B minor; String Quartet Op. 33 No. 5 in G

Leipzig String Quartet

MDG MDG3071812 (CD)

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Haydn - Piano Trios Volume 4

HAYDN: Piano Trio in Bb Hob.XV:8; Piano Trio in A Hob.XV:9; Piano Trio in Eb Hob.XV:10; Piano Trio No. 24 in Eb Hob.XV:11; Piano Trio in E minor Hob.XV:12

Bartolozzi Trio: Matthew Truscott (violin), Richard Lester (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

NAXOS 8573128 (CD budget)

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Haydn - Complete Symphonies Volume 21

HAYDN: L'incontro improvviso - Overture in D; Symphony No. 99 in Eb; Symphony No. 100 in G 'Military'

Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey (conductor)

HANSSLER HAEN98014 (CD)

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Erica Jeal surveys recordings of Schumann’s Symphony no.1 and makes a recommendation:

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SCHUMANN: Symphony no. 1

c/w Symphonies nos. 2, 3 and 4 (complete)

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)

ARTE NOVA 82876577432 (2CD budget)

Andrew explores new releases on the relatively recent Bluray pure audio format with the help of record producer Steve Smith and reviewer Dr Christopher Dingle

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Allegri: Miserere

ALLEGRI: Miserere mei Deus; Miserere mei Deus (with additional embellishments)

PALESTRINA: Stabat mater; Missa Papae Marcelli; Tu es Petrus

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)

GIMELL GIMBD641 (Blu-ray audio)

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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67; Symphony No.7 in A Op.92

Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4791106 (Blu-ray audio)

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MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64; Violin Concerto in D minor Op. post.; Violin Sonata in F minor Op. 4

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla, Patrick Gallois (conductor), Romain Descharmes (piano), Tianwa Yang (violin)

NAXOS NBD0032 (Blu-ray audio)

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Sempre Libera

BELLINI: Ah! Se una volta sola (from La Sonnambula); Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula); Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula); O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani); Ah! tu sorridi (from I Puritani); Vien, diletto, e in ciel la luna (from I Puritani)

DONIZETTI: Ardon gli incensi (from Lucia di Lammermoor); Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

VERDI: E strano! e strano!...Ah! fors e lui (from La traviata); Sempre libera (from La Traviata); Era piu calmo? (from Otello); Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello)

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4790775 (Blu-ray audio)

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BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in Eb 'Romantic'; Symphony No. 7 in E; Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor)

FARAO A108076 (Blu-ray audio)

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Hymn to the Virgin

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin

POULENC: Salve Regina

DURUFLE: Ubi caritas

WHITEACRE: Lux aurumque

LAURIDSEN: O nata lux

ODEGAARD: Komm

KARLSEN: O Magnum Mysterium

BRUCKNER: Ave Maria

RACHMANINOFF: Bogoroditse Devo

PART: Bogoroditse Devo

GJEILO: Tota pulchra es

SMITH: Pulchra es tu Maria, Stabat Mater

KVERNO: Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Schola Cantorum, Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl (conductor)

2L 2L95SABD (2 discs: Blu-ray audio disc + Hybrid SACD)

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JANACEK: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta

Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass), Jaroslaw Malanowicz (organ), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)

NAXOS NBD0026 (Blu-ray audio)

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BACEWICZ: Concerto for Strings

BARTOK: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

BJORKLUND, T: Carmina

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op. 4

Trondheimsolistene

2L 2L50SABD (2 discs: Blu-ray audio disc + Hybrid SACD)

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Historical recordings from the 1962 Salzburg Festival recently released on the Testament label

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VERDI: Requiem

Leontyne Price (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo), Giuseppe Zampieri (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Berliner Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

TESTAMENT SBT1491 (CD mid-price)

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HAYDN: Symphony No. 55 in Eb

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Op. 58

MOZART: Symphony No. 39 in Eb K543

Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

TESTAMENT SBT1492 (CD mid-price)

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MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550

MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Bohm (conductor)

TESTAMENT SBT21489 (2CD mid-price)

SCHUBERT: Die schone Mullerin D795

Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

ONYX ONYX4112 (CD)