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MARCH 2014 REPRESENTINGTODAY’S

GREAT LABELS

THIS MONTH'S HIGHLIGHTS

2 MARCH 2014

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACHDie Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu

Ex Tempore, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken

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Sergei RACHMANINOVThe Transcriptions

Howard Shelley

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Thomas TALLISMissa Puer natus est nobis and other sacred musicThe Cardinall’s MusickAndrew Carwood

Gramophone Record of the Year-winning group The Cardinall’s Musick continues its exploration of Tallis’s sacred music. These recordings not only showcase the greatest repertoire of the English Renaissance in dazzling performances, but also illustrate the complex historical and political background of the works and their genesis.

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Anton ARENSKYPiano Trios

Leonore Piano Trio: Tim Horton, Benjamin Nabarro , Gemma Rosefield

Arensky’s Piano Trios represent a fine example of the Russian romantic piano trio, a form ‘invented’ by Tchaikovsky, Arensky’s close friend and influence.

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Malcolm WILLIAMSONThe Complete Piano Concertos

Piers Lane, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley

A real rarity from Hyperion’s Anglo-Australian artistic collaboration; music by an Australian composer who was once at the heart of the English establishment.

Hans PFITZNERThe Romantic Cello Concerto, Volume 4

Alban Gerhardt, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle

Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series continues to bring new works into a repertoire currently dominated by Dvorvák and Elgar. Alban Gerhardt performs the three concertos by Hans Pfitzner, a composer remembered most for his opera Palestrina.

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Franz SCHUBERTWinterreiseGerald Finley, Julius Drake

The Gramophone-award winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake turns to perhaps the most celebrated song-cycle of them all. Schubert’s Winterreise is a masterpiece of despair, astonishing in its bleakness and enthrallingly mesmerising as the journey continues. Finley brings all his considerable dramatic powers to his performance—and all but submerges them under the ice.

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Pietro LOCATELLIConcerti Grossi, Op. 1Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer

The concerto grosso form was popularized by Corelli, and Locatelli’s Op. 1 is a marvellous example of the genre; its solid craftsmanship, imaginative textures and exciting virtuosity bringing it into the top rank. These works are ravishingly performed here by The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer and soloist Elizabeth Wallfisch.

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Miklós RÓZSAFilm Music Suites

‘Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book’ (without narration); ‘Sahara’; ‘The Thief of Bagdad’; ‘Ben-Hur’

BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba

Here Rumon Gamba, a great champion of film music, conducts the BBC Philharmonic in some of Rózsa’s best-loved scores.

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Franz SCHUBERTWorks for Solo Piano, Volume 1

Barry Douglas

Having produced two highly regarded discs of solo works by Brahms, Barry Douglas, an exclusive Chandos artist, now embarks on the complete solo piano works by Franz Schubert. This first volume features two large-scale works, the ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy and the Sonata in B flat major, alongside two Schubert songs transcribed by Liszt.

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Johannes BRAHMSString Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115

Michael CollinsBrodsky Quartet

The Brodsky Quartet present the first of two discs that will feature Brahms’s complete string quartets. CHAN 10817

Joachim RAFFSymphony No. 5, ‘Lenore’; Overtures; Abends

Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeNeeme Järvi

This is the second volume in a series from Neeme Järvi and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande dedicated to the orchestral music of the Swiss-born composer Joachim Raff.

The idiomatic performances by Neeme Järvi and his Swiss orchestra in Volume 1, described as ‘peerless’ by BBC Music (*****), suggest that they are the perfect performers to reinvigorate interest in Raff’s music.

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Jean SIBELIUSViolin Concerto in D minor; Finlandia; Karelia Suite; The Swan of Tuonela; Valse Lyrique; Valse Triste; Andante Festivo

Jennifer PikeBergen Philharmonic OrchestraSir Andrew Davis

Jean Sibelius is perhaps best known for his seven great symphonies but there is also a large body of music for the concert hall, the theatre, and the salon, some of which is explored on this release.

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J. S. BACHLutheran Masses, Volume 2

The Sixteen Harry Christophers

Despite their exquisite beauty, featuring splendid choruses and deeply moving arias, there are relatively few recordings of Bach’s Lutheran Masses. On this second disc, which completes The Sixteen’s mini-series, the orchestra is joined by just eight singers to perform the Masses, allowing the beauty of the virtuosic vocal lines to be heard with absolute clarity.

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Franz SCHUBERTSymphony No. 3 in D major; Symphony No. 4 in C minor ‘Tragic’; Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

These three Symphonies were all composed before Schubert was twenty and were probably intended for small student or private orchestras. This makes them ideal candidates for the small but deft treatment of the SCO along with the intricate and stylish details brought out by Dausgaard.

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Max REGEROrchestral WorksVariations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart; Symphonischer Prolog zu einer Tragödie; Piano Concerto in F minor; Suite im alten Stil; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven; Eine Ballettsuite; Vier Tondichtungen nach Arnold Bröcklin

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam

Demonstrating great productivity, Reger wrote a large number of works in most musical genres, but today he is mainly remembered for his organ music and certain chamber works – his orchestral works often neglected. This box set is comprised of three separate discs that were previously released to critical acclaim.

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C. P. E. BACHKeyboard Concertos, Volume 20 (Double Concertos)

Concerto in E flat major Wq 47 (H 479); Concerto in F major Wq 46 (H 408); Concerto in D major Wq 109 (H 543)

Miklós Spányi, Tamás Szekendy, Cristiano HoltzConcerto Armonico Budapest, Péter Szűts

Miklós Spányi’s survey of the complete keyboard concertos of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach reaches its conclusion in the 300th anniversary year of the composer’s birth. The series forms an unprecedented overview of C.P.E. Bach’s long career as well as the development of the concerto genre and keyboard instrument.

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The Great Organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, ParisTOURNEMIRE: Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae paschali’ VIERNE: 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Clair de Lune; Toccata; Impromptu; Carillon de Westminster MESSIAEN: Le banquet celeste DUPRÉ: Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op. 7 No. 1 DURUFLÉ: Suite, Op. 5

Pétur Sakari

The young organist Pétur Sakari (aged just 21) has gathered five giants of the organ repertoire for his debut disc on BIS, performing on the famous organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.

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J.S. BACHEaster Oratorio; Actus tragicus

Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner

In March 2014, the Monteverdi Choir will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and this album follows the acclaimed release of the Ascension Oratorio. It features soloists Hannah Morrison (soprano), Meg Bragle (mezzo), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) and Peter Harvey (bass).

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Ronald CORPLullaby for a Lost Soul

Magid El-Bushra, Jill Carter, Matthew Turner, Julia Desbruslais

This latest CD of music by Ronald Corp OBE is an inspired mixture of settings of Francis Booth’s cycle of poems interspersed with Corp’s own arrangements of John Dowland lute songs. A superb disc of world-premiere recordings by a great English composer.

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Carl ORFFCarmina BuranaRecorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 6 April 2013.

Sarah Tynan, Andrew Kennedy, Rodion Pogossov, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Trinity Boys Choir, Hans Graf

One of the most recognisable and popular works in the choral repertoire, Carmina Burana is full of infectious tunes and colourful orchestration. The opening ‘O Fortuna’ is familiar to many from its use in numerous TV programmes, adverts and films. This live concert recording captures the drama of the 2013 performance at Royal Festival Hall; part of Southbank Centre’s year-long The Rest Is Noise festival.

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The Red of a Woman’s HeartLisa Harper-Brown David Wickham

This is our second disc of Australian art songs performed by one of Australia’s leading sopranos, Lisa Harper-Brown, and her excellent accompanist, David Wickham. This is wonderful introduction to some rarely-heard composers, with full texts and excellent notes by the pianist.

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Edward ELGARMusic for Powick Asylum

Innovation Chamber Ensemble (Players from the CBSO) Barry Collett

First recording with a professional orchestra of Elgar’s Powick Asylum Music.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVENPiano Trios, Volume 3

Gould Piano Trio , Robert Plane

This is Volume 3 of Beethoven Complete Piano Trios from the intrepid Gould Piano Trio recorded live for SOMM during their last year’s concerts at St. George’s Brandon Hill. They are joined here by the popular clarinetist Robert Plane, former principal clarinetist of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the CBSO.

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John ADAMS, Steven MACKEYAmerican Grace Orli Shaham, Jon Kimura Parker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Robertson

Steve Mackey received his first Grammy Award in 2011 and is fast becoming the leading composer of his generation as orchestras and ensembles worldwide continue to embrace and perform his music. John Adams has been at the forefront of contemporary composition for the best part of 40 years, his Pulitzer Prize in 2003 just one of countless highlights.

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BARBER, BARG, HARTMANN, STRAVINSKY, BRITTEN 1930s Violin Concertos, Volume 1Gil Shaham

Gil Shaham’s 1930s Violin Concertos project represents a major and unparalleled artistic statement. Recorded with four of the world’s preeminent orchestras – the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Dresden – as well as with esteemed New-York based Sejong Soloists, this project has been recognized as “one of the most imaginative programming concepts in years” (Musical America).

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Andrzej PANUFNIK Sfere Symphonic Works Vol. 7 Michael von Schönermark, Sarah van der KempKonzerthausorchesrter Berlin, Polish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz

Andrzej Panufnik’s fifth symphony is regarded by many as his symphonic masterpiece. This is the 7th volume in the successful series of his symphonic works.

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Jacques-Martin HOTTETERRE Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1 Suites Op. 2 Camerata Köln

With this release Camerata Köln launches its complete recording of Hotteterre’s oeuvre on four CDs.

Robert SCHUMANN Symphonic Works

Robert Schumann PhilharmonicFran Beermann

“Schumann shines in a completely new light” Dr. Joachim Draheim

Anton EBERL Piano Sonata op. 27 Variations Marie-Luise Hinrichs

Anton Eberl was born in Vienna in 1765, made early contact with Mozart, and remained his lifelong friend. Beginning in the early 1790s his compositions enjoyed popularity, and some of his works, including the two variation works recorded on the present CD, were falsely published under Mozart’s name.

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E.T.A. HOFFMANN Missa in D MinorMiserereSibylla Rubents, Jutta Boehnert, Rebecca Martin, Thomas Cooley, York Felix Speer, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Rupert Huber

E.T.A Hoffmann is rightly regarded as one of the great writers of the German romantic era.

Delphin STRUNCK (1601-1694) Nicolaus Adam STRUNCK (1640-1700)

Complete Organ Works Friedhelm Flamme This release features the complete extant organ works of Delphin Strunck and his son Nicolaus Adam Strunck.

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Carl Heinrich GRAUN Osteroratorium Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens Graun’s Easter Oratorio on CPO is extremely imaginative, festive and displays a musical affinity to Bach’s cantata oeuvre.

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BACH The Sacred Apocryphal Bach Alsfelder Vokalensemble, Barockorchester Bremen, Wolfgang Helbich

The Bremen Cathedral music director Wolfgang Helbich earned an excellent reputation throughout Germany as an interpreter of classical and romantic music.

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Abba for OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraCarl Davis

Abba, from winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, were to become one of the most popular groups of all time. Forty years later, their music lives on. Having taken soundings from colleagues and industry representatives, Carl Davis decided to make an Abba for Orchestra CD, having already successfully made and marketed a Beatles for Orchestra CD and a Bond for Orchestra CD.

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DONIZETTI RitaKatarina Karnéus Barry Banks Christopher Maltman The Hallé Sir Mark Elder

Opera Rara’s new release is a double first – the first recording of the newly restored critical edition of the score, in the original French, and our first project with the critically acclaimed Hallé, conducted by Sir Mark Elder (Music Director, the Hallé and Artistic Director, Opera Rara) with Katarina Karnéus (Rita), Barry Banks (Pepé) and Christopher Maltman (Gasparo).

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George Frideric HANDELPeace & Celebration

European Union Baroque OrchestraChoir of Clare College Cambridge

Recorded live at a concert at St John’s Smith Square, London, this recording of famous works by Handel celebrates the 300th anniversary of the accession of George I, the first of the Hanoverian monarchs in 1714.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Piano Sonatas Op. 2; Piano Sonata in A major Op. 101; Grand Sonata in B flat major Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Paavali Jumppanen

Jumppanen has collaborated with numerous contemporary composers and has premiered many solo and

chamber works for the piano. Of particular note are his recordings of Pierre Boulez’s complete piano sonatas at the request of the composer. This adaptability between musical genres gives a fresh reading of the core classical piano repertoire.

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LISZT: Grandes études de Paganini

BRAHMS: Paganini Variations

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Paganini Variations for Two Pianos

RACHMANINOV: Paganini Rhapsody

Tzimon Barto,Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

Tzimon Barto is recognized as one

of the foremost American pianists of his generation, with dashing virtuosity and a unique artistic personality. Barto records both parts to Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations for Two Pianos with solid accompaniment led by Christoph Eschenbach.

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

Mystery Sonatas ‘Rosary Sonatas’

Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Battalia

Biber’s Mystery Sonatas are a set of 16 virtuosic violin sonatas which serve as a unique masterpiece of the Baroque repertoire. Biber

uses many extended techniques for the instrument, most prominently the requirement of various re-tunings of the instrument in order to pull of special effects and techniques.

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Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

Keyboard Sonatas arr. accordionK22, K11, K159, K126, K6, K386, K19, K519, K135, K203, K13, K30, K12, K1, K52, K140

Janne Rättyä (classical accordion) The accordion in Rättyä’s hands

seems capable of an impossible feat. The nuanced attention to Scarlatti’s articulations and phrasing reveal a stunning range of colour and gentleness not usually associated with the instrument.

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Folk Music of the British IslesVarious Artists

Some of the best of British folk music representing each country of the British Isles.

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Works by: Niels W. GADE, J.P.E HARTMANN, Peter Arnold HEISE, Friedrich KUHLAU, Thomas LAUB, Carl NIELSEN, Il NORHOLM, Svend S. SCHULTZ & C.E.F. WEYSEArs Nova CopenhagenPaul Hillier Grammy-winning British conductor Paul Hillier meets the crown jewels of Danish choral music with his Copenhagen forces!

“Hillier and Ars Nova imbue the music with real feeling, bringing out the subtle colours of the scoring. The clarity and sharp focus of the singers’ enunciation never neglects human warmth” 5 Stars, BBC Music Magazine

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Danske SNAGE I Dreamt a Dream - Drømte Mig En Drøm

Michala PetriDR VokalEnsembletMichael Bojesen Michala Petri and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble were joined by conductor and composer Michael Bojesen in a beautiful and exciting project, the fulfilment of a long-standing dream for all the artists; songs of the Danish heartland.

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GREGORIAN CHANTThe Monks and Novices of Saint Frideswide

Timeless sounds from an earlier age. Men’s voices sing a selection of ancient plainchant to soothe the distractions of the modern age.

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Keep the Home Fires Burning Various Artists

Humour, irony and superb musicianship abound in these lovingly restored recordings from a century ago.

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Pelle GUDMUNSEN-HOLMGREEN Mixed Company

Paul Hillier London Sinfonietta Theatre of Voices

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BEETHOVEN, FAURÉ, ZEMLINSKY, BRITTEN, BARBER, EISLER & WEILL Far Away

World famous Tenor Thomas Michael Allen presents ‘Far Away’ on CPO for March

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ALBÉNIZ, DEBUSSY, SCHUMANN Evocation Kim Barbier

The French pianist Kim Barbier has distinguished himself as a versatile artist who is equally at home in piano concertos and in the chamber music repertoire.

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Christoph Willibald GLUCK (Arranged by Richard WAGNER 1847)

Iphigenia in Aulis Camilla Nylund, Michelle Breedt, Christian Elsmer, Oliver Zwang, Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering

Christoph Spering is interested in the Gluck and Wagner years, his serendipity led him to early Wagner and his adaptation of the Gluck opera, Iphigenia in Aulis, from which Wagner formed an almost new opera.

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Goffredo PETRASSIPiano Concertos

Pietro Massa, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003) represents a salient figure in the development of Italian music history in the 20th century.

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Richard WAGNERAnne Schwanewilms, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister

One of the most interesting voices of our time presents her first Wagner Album: Anne Schwanewilms, who just had her very sucessful Debut at Metropolitan Opera, New York sings amongst others, the Wesendonck-Lieder and Elisabeth’s Aria from Tannhäuser.

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TSCHAIKOWSKY Symphony No. 7 Klavierkonzert No. 3 Lilya Zilberstein, Gürzenich- Orchestra Köln, Dmitirj Kitajenko

Oehms presents the final in the cycle of the highly praised, award-winning Tschaikowsky cycle with Dmitri Kitayenko and the Gürzenich-Orchestra Köln.

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Marcelo NISINMAN, Julio VIERA, Pablo ORTIZ Musique Des Lumières, Facundo Agudin Oehms Classics proudly presents the first in the series of world premieres of leading Argentine composers in the field. This music has found a fantastic spokesman who interprets the melancholy of the tango argentino in an impressive manner.

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KLETZKI: Violin Concerto SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No.2 LUTOSŁAWSKI: Partita

Robert Davidovici, RPO, Grzegorz Nowak

Conducted by Grzegorz Nowak, Principal Associate Conductor of the RPO, this disc includes a World Premiere of Kletzki’s Violin Concerto, the manuscripts of which were feared destroyed during a bombing raid in World War II.

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Joseph-Guy ROPARTZComplete Sonatas, Volume 1

Nicolas Dautricourt Juliette Hurel Raphaël PidouxFrançois Kerdoncuff

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Philippe GAUBERTViolin, Cello et Piano

Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian Henri Demarquette Marie-Josèphe Jude

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op. 18/2, Op. 18/4, Op. 95

The Minetti Quartet The young Austrian Minetti Quartett follow up

their first two Hänssler Classic releases with works from the grand master of string quartets, Beethoven.

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Franz SCHUBERT Great Choral Works: A Flat Minor D 678Donna Brown,Monica Groop, James Taylor, Michael VolleOregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Great Choral Works

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

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Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH Piano Concertos Volume 3

Michael Rische, Kammersymphonie Leipzig, Rainer Maria Klass

The third instalment of Michael Rische’s highly

acclaimed series of the Piano Concertos this is a special release in commemoration of the 300th Birthday of CPE Bach.

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ADAMS, BOLCOM, COPLAND, MORAVECComposing AmericaThe Lark Quartet

Each work, to varying degrees, presents the listener with a distinct transformation of the popular and folk musics that have defined America. Promising to deliver “a performance of grace, proportion and burnished brilliance” (The Washington Post), The Lark Quartet continues to delight audiences with its energy, commitment and artistry.

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TCHAIKOVSKYThe TempestPiano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor

Joyce Yang, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

This disc presents the debut concerto recording of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition silver-medalist, Joyce Yang, heard here in an impassioned 2011 account of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, recorded in Odense, Denmark. Also on the recording is the rarely heard symphonic fantasy, The Tempest, op. 18. In this work Tchaikovsky evokes Shakespeare's island and the sea around it, both in calm and storm, heard here in Alexander Lazarev and the OSO's intensely powerful reading.

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Hector BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Edgar VARÈSE IonisationSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Three musical visionaries on one CD. Mariss Jansons interprets Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" and "Ionisation" by Edgard Varèse.

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F. CHOPIN Etudes. Op. 10 & Op. 25

Vladimir Ashkenazy Frédéric Chopin’s etudes are a unique combination of virtuoso technique and artist talent.

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Anton RUBINSTEIN, Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Chamber Music for Wind Instruments, Volume 1 Valentin Zverev, Vladimir Sokolov, Anatoly Demin, Sergei Krasavin, Aleksey Nasedkin, Alexander Korneev, Vladimir Zverev, Boris Afanasyev, Vladimir Vlasenko, Alexander Bakhchiev This is the first disc in the series of Russian Chamber Music for Wind Instruments which, includes rarely performed quintets for Piano and Wind Instruments.

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Panorama Argentino Piano Music of Argentina, Volume 2

Mirian Conti

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Vadim SALMANOV Symphonies Nos 1-4 The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society Yevgeny Mravinsky Melodia presents a set of symphonies by Vadim Salmanov, a remarkable representative of the Leningrad composing school.

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Anton RUBINSTEIN The Demon Alexander Polyakov, Nina Lebeeva, Evgeny Vladimirov, Alexey Usmanov, Nina Grigorieva, Nina Derbina, Yury Eknikov, Boris Morozo, Academic Choir of the USSR All-Union Radio, Klavdy Ptitsa Symphony Orchestra of the USSR All-Union Radio, Boris Khaikin Anton Rubinstein’s opera The Demon was inspired with the poem of the same name by Mikhail Lermonotov.

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Antonio VIVALDI Five Concertos for Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo Valery PopovThe State Chamber Orchestra of the Belorussian SSRValery Polyansky Mostly known for his violin compositions, Vivaldi paid homage to virtually all musical instruments; five bassoon pieces stand out among his numerous concertos for wind instruments.

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Sergei PROKOFIEV Nikolai Gres, Tamara Antipova, Nikolai Panchekhin, Antonina Kleshchyova, Lyudmila Gelovani, Gennady Troitsky, Danil Demianov, Nikolai Timchenko, Mikhail Kiselyov, Tatiana Tugarinova, Mechislav Shchavinski, Leonid Neverov, Vladimir Zakharov,

Melodia presents a recording of one of Prokofiev’s least frequently performed operas Semyon Kotko. It was the first opera Prokofiev composed after he returned to the Soviet Union.

12 MARCH 2014

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John DOWLAND Arranged by David Chevallier.

A Game of Mirrors

Anne Magouet, David Chevallier, Bruno Helstroffer

This is a one-of-a-kind Dowland experience, inspiring and illuminative for jazz fans and early music lovers alike.

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Michael GORDON Rushes

Rushes Ensemble

Composed for seven bassoons, Rushes takes its place alongside Michael Gordon’s Timber for expanding the boundaries of a single instrument’s repertoire into unknown (and at times, otherworldly) spaces.

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Karl FIORINIViolin ConcertosEmanuel Salvador, Marta Magdalena Lelek, Sudecka Philharmonic Orchestra, Bartosz Zurakowski

“...what really hallmarks the concerto is the intense and molten lyricism of the solo violin score played spectacularly by Emanuel Salvador to whom Mr Fiorini dedicates the work. Salvador performed this work with great pathos and conviction projecting the most dissonant and spaced out tonal passages into sheer lyricism.” Times of Malta (Karl Fiorini Concerto, May 2008)

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Glenn KOTCHEAdventurelandKronos Quartet, eighth blackbird

When he’s not manning the drumkit for alt-rock juggernaut Wilco, Glenn Kotche works tirelessly on his own as a composer and percussionist with “unfailing taste, technique and discipline” (Chicago Tribune). His latest work is the multi-hued Adventureland, a kaleidoscopic amusement ride of strings, gamelan, electronics and Kotche’s vast arsenal of percussion instruments.

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BRUHNS, HASSEComplete Organ Works

Manuel Tomadin

Manuel Tomadin has won awards at several national and international contests, including the first prize in Germany’s Füssen-Breitenwang-Mittenwald contest and the second prize in the prestigious Paul Hofhaimer Competition in Innsbruck on two occasions.

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Carson COOMANLitany: Music for Organ

Erik Simmons

Carson Cooman is an American composer with a catalogue of hundreds of works in many forms; ranging from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six inhabited continents in a whole range of venues.

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The Operatic PianistAndrew Wright

This disc focuses on the art of transcription and paraphrase.

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Pace, mio Dio…Dinara Alieva

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Power Playersldar AbdrazakovKaunas City Symphony OrchestraConstantine Orbelian

Tracy SILVERMAN Between the Kiss and the Chaos

Tracy SilvermanThe Calder Quartet: Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook, Jonathan Moerschel, Eric Byers

Mark ABELTerrain of the Heart

Jamie ChamberlinAriel PisturinoVictoria Kirsch

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Edward GIBBONDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2 (Unabridged)

Read by David Timson

Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature.

Jen GREENDinosaurs (Unabridged) Read by Benjamin Soames

Journey back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, the biggest, scariest creatures the world has ever known.

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Nikolai MEDTNER, Sergei RACHMANINOFFVadym Kholodenko plays Medtner and Rachmaninoff

Vadym Kholodenko

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Haruki MURAKAMISouth of the Border, West of the Sun (Unabridged)

Read by Eric Loren

South of the Border, West of the Sun is Murakami’s seventh novel, written in 1992. Hajime tells the story of his relationship with Shimamoto, an unconventional girl, from their first meetings as children through to life as students.

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PENDERECKI, MEYER, SŁOWINSKI Fourtune: Polish Flute Quartets

Długosz, Pujanek, Budnik-Gałązka, Kwiatkowski

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Witold LUTOSŁAWSKIOpera Omnia, Volume 4

NFM Wrocław Symphony OrchestraStanisław Skrowaczewski

Johann Sebastian BACH The Flute Sonatas

Grzegorz Cimoszko Richard Fuller

Jaromir WEINBERGERSchwanda, The Bagpiper

Chorus of the Sachsische Staatsoper of DresdenStaatskapelle Dresden Constantin Trinks

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Katarzyna Zdybel: Portrait Katarzyna ZdybelKatarzyna Kluczewska Lutosławski QuartetPaweł Jabłczyński

M. HAYDN: Menuette J. HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante W. A. MOZART: Jupiter Sinfonie

Concilium musicum Vienna

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SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, MOZART, HAMEL ELIASSON, PÄRT, BEETHOVENSymphonia Momentum

Rebekka Hartmann, Symphonia MomentumChristoph Schlüren

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Das Glück is' a VogerlErwin Steinhauer Upper Austrian Concert-Schrammeln

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J. S. BACH Karl Richter Edition

Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites; Harpsichord Concertos; The Musical Offering; Organ Recital

Die Solistengemeinschaft der Bachwoche Ansbach Münchener Bach-Chor , Münchener Bach-Orchester Karl Richter

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Cianfranco Bortolato Roberto Arosio

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TCHAIKOVSKYThe Nutcracker

Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas

MOZARTWind Divertimentos

Frans VesterDanzi Quintet

CANTELOUBE Chants d’Auvergne

Frederica von Stade Royal Philharmonic OrchestraAntonio De Almeida

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Dum Clamarem: Sorrow and Hope in Gregorian ChantMediae Aetatis SodaliciumNino Albarosa

This CD opens with an early piece presented in a late edition within the Brescia Gradual of the 12th century and linked to the Canticle of the Three Young Men. The two following sections are each made up of pieces from different masses arranged to provide the correct liturgical order.

Giovanni SGAMBATIThe Complete Piano Works, Volume 7

Francesco Caramiello, Francesco Libetta

This seventh and last volume of the complete piano works of Sgambati, who was one of the most authoritative of Liszt’s pupils and an extraordinary leading force in the musical life of Rome in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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STRADELLA Arias and Cantatas

Complesso Barocco di Milano

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Giorgio GASLINIFlute Works

Roberto Fabbriciani, Massimiliano Damerini, Orchestra Filharmonica di Roma, Ezio Monti

Pianist, composer, and conductor born in Milan, a jazz musician of international fame, Mr. Gaslini has more than three thousand concerts and a hundred CDs to his name, and is a 10 time Critics Award winner.

16 MARCH 2014

HOROVITZ, MARTINU, MILHAUD, GERSHWIN, GRGIN, ALBENIZ, GARDEL, D’RIVERADon’t Mind The Gap!

Benjamin Feilmair Florian Feilmair

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David POPPERComplete Suites for Cello

Alexander Hülshoff Martin Rummel

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ESCHMANN, GADE, NIELSEN, REINECKE, SCHUMANNFather & Son

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Anton REICHAComplete String Quartets, Volume 2

Kreutzer Quartet: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde

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Nikolai TCHEREPNINSongs: Fairy Tales, Op. 33; Four Songs, Op. 16; Japanese Lyrics, Op. 52; Four Songs, Op. 8; Oceanic Suite: A Cycle

Elena Mindlina David Witten

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Igor RAYKHELSONOrchestral Music, Volume 3

Piano Concerto in G minor; Cello Concerto in B minor

Boris BerezovskyAlexander Kniazev Russian State Symphony Orchestra Hobart Earle

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Heino ELLERComplete Piano Music, Volume 5

Sten Lassmann TOCC 0225

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Adolfo Barabino

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An Englishman in New York: Impressions on John Dowland’s Lute MusicJoe Brent Alon Sariel

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CHOPINThe Nocturnes

Nikita Magaloff

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MOZARTHorn Concertos

Hermann BaumannSt. Paul Chamber Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman

J.S. BACHMass in B minor

Elly Ameling, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause, Wiener SingakademiechorStuttgarter Kammerochester, Karl Münchinger

POULENC, SCHOENBERG, DEBUSSY, RAVEL, STRAVINSKY, BACHMartin Chalifour in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Martin Chalifour

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BarefootJoanna Pierce Martin

STUCKY: Meditation and Dance USTVOLSKAYA: Trio for Clarinet

SALONEN: Nachtlieder

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B MinorDavid Howard

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VIVALDIConcertosIncluding “The Four Seasons”

I Musici Felix Ayo

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Suryodaya: The Coming of Light Robert GuptaBadal Roy

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101696Richard WAGNER Götterdämmerung – Der Ring des Nibelungen Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Mlan, 2013

Lance Ryan, Gerd Grochowski, Johannes Martin KränzleConductor: Daniel Barenboim Stage Director: Guy Cassiers

Götterdämmerung, the final instalment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is a story of human passions. Two essentially benevolent creatures, involved with and possibly doomed by their traffic with the gods, find treachery and evil in the world of the humans and are ruined by the dark side of humanity.

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Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Carlo Maria GIULINI – Rehearsal and Concert

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Carlo Maria Giulini was one of Italy’s most enigmatic conductors. He found success in both the opera house and the concert hall. Modest, reserved and unruled by ambition, Giulini’s interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony is refined and precise, marked by rich string textures and lyrical warmth.

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Sergei PROKOFIEV The Fiery Angel Live from the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1993

Conductor: Valéry Gergiev Stage Director: David Freeman Valéry Gergiev is said to be at his best when interpreting Russian composers.

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Friedrich GULDA Concerto for Cello and Wind OrchestraWorld Premiere: Concerto for Myself Heinrich SchiffMünchner Philharmoniker Concerts from the Münchner Klaviersommer 1988 For Friedrich Gulda, pianists who didn’t also compose were not to be considered real musicians. It is no wonder therefore that he, as an exceptional pianist, is able to delight his audience with two of his own compositions at the Münchner Klaviersommer 1988.

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A History of Dance on Screen A film by Reiner E. Moritz

Featuring: Alvin Ailey, Pina Bausch, Maurice Béjart, Matthew Bourne, Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham, John Neumeier, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Roland Petit, Sasha Waltz

In this revelatory new documentary, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: How has the media influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice versa? Over this period an extensive archive of beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers has accumulated on film and television, resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media.

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Boris BLACHER 200 000 Taler Recording of the World Premiere Production, Deutsche Oper Berlin 1970

Conductor: Heinrich HollreiserDirector: David Freeman Boris Blacher was one of the most important and most widely performed composers in post-war Germany. In his 1969 opera 200 000 Taler he adapted a short story by famed and popular Jewish author Scholom Aleichem and created a sophisticated milieu study around tailor Schimele Soroker and his family who come to great fortune by winning the lottery.

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BACHMesse in h-Moll

Thomanerchor Freiburger BarockorchesterGeorg Christoph Biller

The Mass in B Minor is Bach’s last completed vocal work, this work in particular reveals the overwhelming wealth of his compositional skills.

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César FRANCKStradella

Orchester & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de WalloniePaolo Arrivabeni

Stradella is an opera full of youthful ardour, animated by a strong romantic spirit, in which the orchestra - as one would expect from even a young César Franck - is not mere accompaniment to the voices but has a role of its own.

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Wayne MCGREGOR Going Somewhere – A Moment in Time Two films directed by Catherine Maximoff

“He’s doing some of the most exciting work in ballet on the planet” New York Times

“Startling Clarity and Breathtaking Invention” The Telegraph

“Going Somewhere” a documentary by the renowned filmmaker Catherine Maximoff, awarded with the Dance on Camera Award presents Wayne McGregor during an extraordinary workshop led in a small British town’s high school, during which the dances turn out to be researchers themselves and explore their physical boundaries.

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Jacques Louisser Trio Play Bach and moreIn 1959, Louisser hit upon the idea that was to make his international reputation, by combining his interest in jazz with his love of J.S. Bach. Thereby he created his very own view of Bach, blending the most beautiful tunes of the Baroque master with an irresistibly swinging sound.

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MAHLER Mahler-mania

Nico and the Navigators & Deutsche Oper Berlin

ćNico and the Navigators tackle the cosmos of Mahler’s songs in an evening of poetical and physical expression that endeavours to distil this sifting of senses for the stage.

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BRITTENDeath in VeniceEnglish National Opera

John Graham-Hall Andrew Shore Tim Mead Sam Zaldivar Laura Caldow Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu Joyce Henderson Marcio Teixeira

Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera

Director: Deborah WarnerConductor: Edward Gardner

Deborah Warner’s beautiful and evocative production of Britten’s final operatic masterpiece has been acclaimed as an ‘exquisitely achieved marriage of music, drama and design’ (The Independent). In Britten’s luminous and compelling interpretation of Thomas Mann’s classic novella, the ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s infatuation with the Polish boy Tadzio and his subsequent decline are portrayed in a ‘remarkable and harrowingly believable’ performance (The Guardian) by John Graham-Hall, who had already won golden opinions for singing the role of Aschenbach at La Scala. The superb ENO chorus and orchestra are conducted by Edward Gardner, a long-standing champion of Britten’s music.

MOZARTTHE GREAT OPERAS BOX SET Glyndebourne, La Scala, DNO, Paris National Opera, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real

Idomeneo Die Entfrührung aus dem Serail Le nozze di Figaro Don Giovanni Cosi fan tutteLa Clemenza di TitoDie Zauberflöte

From the mythological setting of Idomeneo via the sparkling wit of Le nozze di Figaro and powerful tragicomedy of Don Giovanni to the fantastical workings of the late Singspiel Die Zauberflöte, Mozart’s mature operas stand among the greatest achievements of Western art, dramas that illuminate the composer’s creativity as a whole and which stood out in their own time for the new level of characterisation, wit and lessons on life and humanity they brought to the musical stage. Featuring recordings made during the last ten years from some of the world’s leading opera houses, this collection offers an acclaimed series of productions that present consummate interpretations of Mozart’s scores through striking set designs and peerless singing, paying homage to a group of masterpieces which are just as relevant today as when they were first performed.

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