SELECTION FOR OCTOBER 2008.

Prices valid until the end of October 2008.

 

GRAMOPHONE DISC OF THE MONTH

 

WAGNER

Der Fliegende Hollander; Adam/Silja/Talvela/Klemperer (1968)

Testament  SBT 21423 (2 CDs)

£21.99

 

EDITOR’S CHOICE

 

Audivi Vocem

(Tallis/Tye/Sheppard); Hilliard Ensemble

ECM  476 6353

£12.99

BACH/ GUBAIDULINA

Violin Concertos; Mutter

DG  477 7450

£12.99

BRITTEN

Albert Herring; Pears/Evans/English Opera Group/Britten

Nimbus  NI 5824/6 (2 CDs)(Live 1949)

£18.99

DVORAK

Symphony 6/etc; Netherlands PO Amsterdam/Kreizberg

Pentatone  PTC 5186 302 (SACD)

£12.99

GERSHWIN

Rhapsodies/Piano Concerto/etc; McDermott/Dallas SO/Brown

BRIDGE 9252 (2 CDs)

£12.99

IVES

Three Orchestral Sets; Malmo SO/Sinclair

Naxos  8559353

£4.99

MILFORD

Piano Music & Songs; Bannister/Terroni

Toccata Classics  TOCC 0009

£11.99

SCHUMANN

Das Paradies & die Peri; Soloists/Bavarian RSO/Harnoncourt

RCA  88697 271552 (2 SACDs)

£12.99

VILLA-LOBOS

Choros Vol 2; Sao Paulo SO/Neschling/etc

BIS CD 1450

£12.99

BACH/DOWLAND –Reissue

Lute Works; Julian Bream

DG  477 7550 (2 CDS)

£11.99

 

OUR PICK OF THE MONTH’S NEW RELEASES

 

Leroy ANDERSON

Orchestral Music vol 4; BBC CO/Slatkin

Naxos  855 9381

£4.99

AVISON

Concerti Grossi Op 9 & 10; Avison Ensemble

Divine Art  DDA 21211 (2 CDs)

£11.99

BACH

Cantatas Vol 40; Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki

BIS SACD 1671

£12.99

BARTOK

Concerto for  2 Pianos, Percussion & Strings/etc; cond Boulez

DG  477 7440

£12.99

BEETHOVEN

Piano Concertos 1-5; Kissin/ LSO/ Davis

EMI  206 3112 (3 CDs)

£21.99

BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonatas Vol 6; Brautigem (Fortepiano)

BIS SACD 1573

£12.99

BEETHOVEN

Violin Concerto (+ Tsintsadze Miniatures) Batiashvili

Sony  88697 334002

£12.99

BELLINI

La Straniera; Ciofi/ Stone/ Schmunck/ etc/ Parry

Opera Rara  ORC 38 (2 CDs)

£24.99

BERLIOZ

Symphonie Fantastique/etc; BPO/Rattle

EMI  216 2240

£12.99

BIZET

Pearl Fishers (highlights, in English); Evans/ Banks/etc/ Cohen

Chandos  CHAN 3156

£7.99

BRAHMS

Horn Trio/Violin Sonata/etc; Faust/ van der Zwart/ Melnikov

Harmonia Mundi  HMC 901981

£12.99

BRAHMS

Piano Quartets 1-3; R & G Capucon/ Causse/ Angelich

Virgin  519 3102 (2 CDs)

£12.99

BRAHMS

Symphony 1/etc; ORR/Gardiner

SDG 702

£12.99

BRAHMS

Symphonies 2 & 4; Philharmonia/ Dohnanyi

Signum  SIGCD 132 (2 CDs)

£7.99

BRITTEN

Billy Budd; Gunn/ Bostridge/ Saks/ LSO/ Harding

Virgin  519 0392 (3 CDs)

£21.99

BRITTEN

Piano Concerto/Diversions/etc; Osborne/ BBC SSO/ Volkov

Hyperion  CDA 67625

£11.99

CLEMENTI

Piano Sonatas vol 2; Shelley

Hyperion  CDA 67717 (2 CDs)

£11.99

DVORAK

Symphony 9 (+ Schumann); La Chambre Philharmonique/ Krivine

Naïve  V5132

£12.99

Elizabethan Street Songs”;

Tarleton’s Jig

Globe Editions  GE 002

£12.99

“De Fuego y de Agua

(Spanish Songs); Martin/ K & M Labeque

KML 1119

£12.99

HANDEL

Joshua; Gilchrist/Wolff/ Collegium Cartunianum/ Neumann

MDG  332 1532 (2 CDs)

£24.99

HANDEL

Messiah; Sampson/ Padmore/ etc/ Sixteen/ Christophers

Coro  COR 16062 (3 CDs)

£15.99

HAYDN/HUMMEL

Trumpet Concertos (+ TorelliNeruda); Alison Balsam

EMI  216 2130

£10.99

Lamenti

(Monteverdi/Cavalli/etc); Dessay/ Villazon/ Jaroussky/ etc/ Haim

Virgin  519 0442

£12.99

LUKASZEWSKI

Choral Music; Trinity College Choir/ Layton

Hyperion  CDA 67639

£11.99

MAHLER

Symphony 4; Czech PO/Markl

Exton  OVCL 00267

£12.99

MAHLER

Symphony 5; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/ Zinman

RCA  88697 314502 (SACD)

£12.99

MARTINU

Violin Concertos 1 & 2; Matousek/ Czech PO/Hogwood

Hyperion  CDA 67674

£11.99

MORALES

Magnificat/etc; Brabant Ensemble/Rice

Hyperion  CDA 67694

£11.99

MOZART

Violin Sonatas Vol 6; Podger/ Cooper

Channel Classics  CCSSA 26208 (SACD)

£12.99

MUSSORGSKY

Pictures at an Exhibition/etc; Cincinnati SO/ Jarvi

Telarc  CD 80705

£12.99

“The Play of Daniel”;

Dufay Collective

Harmonia Mundi  HMU 907479

£12.99

PORPORA

Cantatas for Soprano; Fedi/ Auser Musici/ Ipata

Hyperion  CDA 67621

£11.99

“Scene d’Amour

(Opera Arias); Isokoski/ Helsinki PO/ Franck

Ondine  ODE 1126-2

£12.99

SCHUBERT

Lieder; Fink/ Huber

Harmonia Mundi  HMC 901991

£12.99

SCHUBERT

Symphony 9; Philharmonia/ Mackerras

Signum  SIGCD 133

£7.99

SCHUMANN

Dichterliebe; Finley/ Drake

Hyperion  CDA 67676

£11.99

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony 4; SCO/ Haitink

CSO Resound  CSOR 901814 (+ Bonus DVD)

£10.99

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony 10; LPO/ Haitink

LPO 0034

£7.99

SIBELIUS

Symphonies 6 & 7/Karelia Suite; Royal Stockhom PO/ Ashkenazy

Exton  OVCL 00293 (SACD)

£12.99

SKEMPTON

“Cloths of Heaven” (Choral Music & Songs); Exon Singers/ Owens

Delphian  DCD 34056

£12.99

“Songs my Mother Taught Me”;

Kozena/Martineau/etc

DG  477 6665

£12.99

SPOHR

Symphonies 2 & 8; NDR RPO/ Griffiths

CPO  777 1782 (SACD)

£12.99

“Spotless Rose” –

Hymns to the Virgin Mary; Phoenix Chorale/ Bruffy

Chandos  CHSA 5066 (SACD)

£12.99

R STRAUSS

4 Last Songs/etc; Fleming/ Munich PO/ Thielemann

Decca  478 0647

£12.99

STRAVINSKY

Rite of Spring/etc; Netherlands RPO/ van Zweeden

Exton  OVCL 00330 (SACD)

£12.99

TARTINI

Devil’s Trill Sonata/etc; Palladians

Linn  CKD 292 (SACD)

£12.99

TOVEY

Piano Trios; London Piano Trio

Toccata Classics  TOCC 0068

£12.99

 

NEW DVDS

 

ADAM

Giselle; Cojocaru/ Kobborg/ Royal Ballet/ Gruzin (ROH 2006)

Opus Arte  OA 0993D

£24.99

BIZET

Carmen; Antonacci/ Kaufmann/ Pappano (ROH 2007)

Decca  074 3312

£19.99

BRITTEN

Peter Grimes; Griffey/ Racette/ Michaels-Moore/ Runnicles (Met)

EMI  217 4149 (2 DVDs)

£15.99