大象传媒

Musette & Tambourin (Les Fetes d'Hebe - opera-ballet)听

Performers:听听听听 Musicaeterna, Teodor Currentzis听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 Sony Classical: 88843082572 听听听听听听听听听听

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Rasverzi pyos gorani, laya (Altsesta - opera in 3 acts) 听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis听听听

Composers:听听听 Hermann Raupach (1728 - 1788)听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 Decca 478 6767 听听听听听听听

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Se viver non degg鈥檌o (Mitridate, Re di Ponto - opera in 3 acts K.87) 听听听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Miah Persson and Sophie Bevan (sopranos), Classical Opera, Ian Page听听听听

Composers:听听听 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 Signum Classics: SIGCD400 听听听听听听听听听听听 (4CD)

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24 Preludes Op.28 for piano 听

Performers:听听听听 Ingrid Fliter听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 Linn Records: CKD 475 (Hybrid SACD)听听听听听听听

Sarah Devonald compares recordings of Strauss鈥檚 Oboe Concerto and makes a recommendation:听

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Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

STRAUSS, R: Symphonia Domestica Op. 53; Oboe Concerto in D; Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64; Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings, AV147

Jonathan Small (oboe), Nicholas Cox (clarinet), Alan Pendlebury (bassoon), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

AVIE AV2071 (2CD mid-price)

Moments musicaux Op.16 for piano听

Performers:听听听听 Lazar Berman

Composers:听听听 Sergey Rakhmaninov (1873 - 1943)听

Album Title:听听听听 Eloquence: 480 7078

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24 Preludes Op.34 for piano 听

Performers:听听听听 Lazar Berman

Composers:听听听 Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)听听

Album Title:听听听听 Eloquence: 480 7075

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Sonata no. 2 in D minor Op.14 for piano 听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Lazar Berman

Composers:听听听 Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 Eloquence: 480 7075

William Mival talks to Andrew about recent releases of concertos by Andrzej Panufnik in the composer's centenary year and vocal works by Peter Maxwell Davies, 80 last month.听

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Miss Donnithorne's Maggot & Other Stories Blu-Ray & DVD

DAVIES, MAXWELL: Miss Donnithorne's Maggot

Alison Wells (mezzo)

ARTIST RECORDING CO. DVDBRARCD2001 (DVD Video 鈥揃lu-Ray)

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Peter Maxwell Davies: Black Pentecost & Stone Litany

DAVIES, MAXWELL: Black Pentecost; Stone Litany

Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

NAXOS 8572359 (CD budget)

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Kalevi Aho: Horn Concerto & Theremin Concerto

AHO: Concerto for Horn and Chamber Orchestra; Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra 'Acht Jahreszeiten'

Annu Salminen (horn), Carolina Eyck (theremin), Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)

BIS BIS2036 (Hybrid SACD)

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Panufnik: Symphonic Works Volume 8

PANUFNIK, A: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto

Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Ewa Kupiec (piano), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz

CPO 7776872 (CD)

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Zimmermann: Alagoana, Sinfonie in einem Satz, Photoptosis & Stille und Umkehr

ZIMMERMANN, B A: Alagoana. Caprichos Brasileiros; Sinfonie in einem Satz; Photoptosis - Prelude for large orchestra; Stille und Umkehr

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens

CAPRICCIO C5213 (CD)

HAYDN: String Quartets (complete)

Festetics Quartet

ARCANA A378 (19CD budget)

Mozart: Desperate Heroines

MOZART: L'ho perduta, me meschina (from Le Nozze di Figaro); Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni); Geme la tortorella (from La finta giardiniera); Pallid鈥檕mbre (from Mitridate, re di Ponto); Deh vieni, non tardar (from Le nozze di Figaro); Crudeli, oh dio! (from La Finta Giardiniera); Se il padre perdei (from Idomeneo); Fra i pensier piu funesti (from Lucio Silla); L'amero, saro costante (from Il re pastore)

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton (conductor)

NAIVE V5366 (CD)

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