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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 5: Saint-Saens

SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33; Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 119; La Muse et le Poete Op. 132; Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43; Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne

麻豆约拍 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Antje Weithaas (violin), Julia Lynch (piano), Judith Keaney (piano), Natalie Clein (cello)

HYPERION CDA68002 (CD mid-price)

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Luca Marenzio 鈥� Primo Libro di Madrigali 1580

La Compagnia del Madrigale

GLOSSA CGD 922802 (CD)

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Arise, my Muse

BLOW: Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain; Venus and Adonis: Suite

CLARKE, JEREMIAH: The Glory of the Arcadian Groves

CROFT: Ye tuneful Numbers - A song with symphonies

GABRIELI, G: Sonata No. 21

PURCELL: Arise, my Muse, Z320; Strike the Viol (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323); Here the deities approve, Z339; The pale and the purple rose; Tis Nature's voice (from Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z328); Crown the altar (from Celebrate this Festival - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, Z321); If music be the food of love Z379A (first version); Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c; O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406; Fairest Isle (from King Arthur)

Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Pamela Thorby, Tabea Debus (recorder), Bojan Cicic (violin), Stephen Pedder (violin), Julia Kuhn (viola, violin), Mark Levy (viola da gamba), William Carter (theorbo, baroque guitar)

WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0065 (CD mid-price)

Sir Simon Rattle - American Music

Works by John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin

Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Kim Criswell, Damon Evans, Thomas Hampson, Cynthia Haymon, Audra McDonald, Willard White, Michael Collins (clarinet), Peter Donohoe (piano), Glyndebourne Chorus, London Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle (conductor)

EMI CLASSICS 50999 2 15014 2 5 (7CDs)

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John Adams: Portrait

ADAMS, J: Shaker Loops; Road Movies for violin & piano; John's Book of Alleged Dances

Louise Bessette (piano), La Pieta, Angele Dubeau (conductor)

ANALEKTA AN28732 (CD)

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Adams - Complete Piano Music

ADAMS, J: Phrygian Gates for solo piano; American Berserk (2001); China Gates; Hallelujah Junction

Ralph van Raat (piano) Maarten van Veen (piano)

NAXOS 8559285 (CD budget)

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ADAMS, J: The Dharma at Big Sur; My Father Knew Charles Ives

麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra, John Adams

NONESUCH 7559798572 (2CD budget)

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ADAMS, J: Harmonium; Choruses from 鈥淭he Death of Klinghoffer鈥�

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon, Kent Nagano (conductor)

Nonesuch 7559 795492 (CD)

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ADAMS, J: Nixon in China

Robert Orth, Maria Kanyova, Thomas Hammons, Marc Heller, Tracy Dahl, Chen-Ye Yuan, Melissa Malde, Julie Simson, Jennifer DeDominici, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Opera Colorado Chorus, Marin Alsop (conductor)

NAXOS 8669022-24 (3CD budget)

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Mendelssohn & Adams: Violin Concertos

ADAMS, J: Violin Concerto

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64

Chad Hoopes (violin), MDR Sinfonieorchester, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

NAIVE V5368 (CD)

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John Adams: El Nino

Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Willard White, Theater of Voices, The London Voices, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchestra Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)

NONESUCH 79634-2 (2CDs)

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John Adams: Harmonielehre

ADAMS, J: Harmonielehre; Doctor Atomic Symphony; Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5129 (Hybrid SACD)

Andrew talks to Simon Heighes about a box set of operas by Gluck from Decca. In his anniversary year, Gluck is being reassessed and we are finding out that he was more than just the instigator of operatic reforms and the composer of Orfeo ed Euridice and the 2 Iphegenia operas. His career was in fact multi-faceted and, coming between Handel and Mozart, his style is a tantalising mix of late Baroque and early Classical.

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Bernard Haitink conducts Strauss: Don Juan & Ein Heldenleben

STRAUSS, R: Don Juan Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

LPO LPO0079 (CD mid-price)

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Clemens Krauss conducts Richard Strauss

STRAUSS, R: Don Juan Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40; Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30; Don Quixote Op. 35; Symphonia Domestica Op. 53; Suite for orchestra from Der Burger als Edelmann (The Bourgeois Gentleman) Op. 60; Aus Italien Op. 16; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28; Salome

Christel Goltz (Salome), Hans Braun (Jokanaan), Julius Patzak (Herodes), Margareta Kenney (Herodias), Anton Dermota (Narraboth), Walter Berry (Erste Soldat), Herbert Alsen (Zweiter Soldat), Ljubomir Pantscheff (Ein Cappadocier), Rudolf Christ, Hugo Meyer-Welfing, Kurt Preger, Murray Dickie, Franz Bierbach (Juden), Wiener Philharmoniker, Clemens Krauss (conductor)

DECCA 4786493 (5CD budget)

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STRAUSS, R: Elektra

Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Anne Schwanewilms (Chrysothemis), Waltraud Meier (Klytaemnestra), Rene Pape (Orest), Bonita Hyman (Erste Magd), Andrea Hill (Zweite Magd), Silvia Hablowetz (Dritte Magd), Marie-Eve Munger (Vierte Magd), Roberta Alexander (Funfte Magd), Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor)

DG 479 3387 (2CD mid-price)

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58

Maria Joao Pires (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

ONYX ONYX4125 (CD)