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❦Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds / Abbado
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Works: Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp; Sinfonia Concertante for Winds. Artists: Claudio Abbado/Orchestra Mozart. (1 CD) (DG) DGG B001550502 $20.98 $17.98 Special Low Price! “...Abbado’s supreme affinity for Mozart ensures that these are some of the most satisfying and energising performances you will ever hear.” -BBC
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❦Christopher Page & The Gothic Voices Title: The Earliest Songbook in England. (1 CD) (Hyperion) HYP 55297 $12.99 $10.99 “Another happy triumph for Christopher Page and his team. As usual with Gothic Voices the singing is seamless and utterly beyond criticism. A perfect hour’s listening.” -International Record Review “This is a permanent addition to any good medieval collection” -Fanfare
❦Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & 25 / Pollini Artists: Maurizio Pollini (Pno) (1 CD) (Testament) TES 1473 $22.49 $20.49 “It’s utterly superb: there’s a freshness about Pollini’s playing, a spontaneity that’s absent from his more magisterial later Chopin, and his technique is even more dazzling, too. If there’s a more naturally musical and immaculate recording of the Studies than this 1960 account, then I have yet to hear it.” -The Guardian
❦Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae Artists: Andrew Litton/ Deutsche Oper Berlin Orch. & Chorus. Manuela Uhl; Matthias Klink; Burkhard Ulrich; Thomas Blondelle; Mark Delavan. (2 DVD-Video) (Arthaus DVD) 2AHM 101580 $42.99 $38.99 “...Consummately Richard Strauss then, and this performance amply demonstrates the qualities and strengths of an opera that, like much of the composer’s late work, remains largely unknown, underperformed, underrated and surely ripe for rediscovery.” -Opera Journal
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❦A Tribute to Fritz Kreisler
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Artists: Ferras, Heifetz, Kreisler, Kremer, Mintz, Mutter, Oistrakh, Ricci. (1 CD) DGG B001637702 $20.98 $15.98 On Sale “This set, with 42 tracks totaling more than two hours of music, juxtaposes recordings made by Kreisler in his On Sale prime (1910-1913) with reinterpretations by modern admirers of his compositions and arrangements." -Broadwayworld.com
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❦Romantic Violin Concerto :: Vol. 11
Works: Reger: Violin Concerto; Two Romances, Op. 50. Artists: Tanja Becker-Bender (Vln). Lothar Zagrosek/ Konzerthausorchester Berlin.(1 CD) HYP 67892 $20.99 $18.99 "It's remarkably beautiful, and Tanja Becker-Bender does some wonderful things with it, shaping its lines with great lyrical force and a tremendous sense of drama." -The Guardian
❦Rachmaninov from Ashkenazy
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Works: Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1; Chopin Variations. Artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Pno) (1 CD) DEC B001639102 $20.98 $15.98 On Sale "Vladimir Ashkenazy has been recording the music of Rachmaninov On Sale for over forty years as pianist and conductor, but here he records two of the composer's bigger works for piano for the first time. The First Piano Sonata may be a tougher nut to crack interpretatively than the Second, but as Ashkenazy shows the rewards can be great." -Classical Source
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❦Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov Works: Symphony No. 3 in A minor; Vocalise, Op. 34/14 arr. for orchestra; Caprice Bohémien, Op.12. Artists: Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. (1 CD) EMI 790192B $17.98 $15.98 "Petrenko and the RLPO also identify the zest, the orchestral lucidity and the rhythmic thrust that marked the composer’s later years. An exhilarating performance.” -The Daily Telegraph This will be the first of a run of exciting releases focusing on the Russian music of Petrenko’s heritage.