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	RILM Retrospective Series Volume 4; Speaking of Music : Music Conferences, 1835-1966 dirig� par James R. Cowdery, Zdravko Blazekovic et Barry S. Brook Rilm, New York 2004, www.rilm.org ISBN 1-932765-00-X

	Rhapsody in Red, How Western Classical Music Became Chinese Sheila Melvin and Jindong Cai Algora Publishing , pp. 362. ISBN 0-87586-179-2.

	Frank Zappa : 10 ans apr�s Circuit, musiques contemporaines, vol. 14 no 3, 2004, 120 p.

	Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos Sena Jurinac ; Reri Grist ; Hildegard Hillebrecht ; Jess Thomas ; Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne / Karl B�hm Festival de Salzburg 1965 DVD TDK DVUSCLOPAAN

	Anna Netrebko: The Woman, The Voice Documentary and music video taken from the soundtrack of Netrebko's 'Opera Arias' with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Vincent Paterson, director and choreographer Deutsche Grammophon DVD 073 230-9 (133 m)

	Verdi A�da Daniela Dess� (A�da), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Amneris), Fabio Armiliato (Radam�s), Juan Pons (Amonasro) et Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ramfis) Orchestre symphonique et ch�ur du Gran Teatre del Liceu, direction Miguel �ngel G�mez Mart�nez Opus Arte OA 0894 D (186 min)

	So Much to Tell Songs by Copland, Barber, and Gershwin Measha Brueggergosman, soprano Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman, conductor CBC Records SMCD 5234

	Sofia Gubaidulina The Canticle of the Sun; Prelude for violoncello solo; In Croce for cello and bajan. Collegium Vocale Gent, Daniel Reuss, chef ; Pieter Wispelwey, violoncelle ; An Raskin, bajan. Channel Classics Hybrid SACD -CCS SA 20904- (67 min 2 s)

	Notes from Abroad Nadina Mackie Jackson, basson ; David Swan, piano ; Aleks Sch�rmer, piano Ind�pendant www.nadina.ca

	Dialogues, Musiques classiques de l'Inde du Nord Nayan Gosh, Paul Grant Arion, 2004, ARN 64633 (63 min 13 s)

	H�l�ne Grimaud : Artist Portrait H�l�ne Grimaud, piano ; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / David Zinman ; New York Philharmonic / Kurt Masur ; Staatskapelle Berlin / Kurt Sanderling Warner Classics 0927 48173-2

	Les ann�es Path� : Le Chant Fran�ais 1948-1965 R�gine Crespin, Martha Angelici, Janine Micheau, sopranos ; Rita Gorr, Solange Michel, mezzo-sopranos ; Henri Legay, Nicolai Gedda, Albert Lance, Paul Finel, Raoul Jobin, t�nors ; Michel Dens, Ernest Blanc, Jean Borthayre, barytons EMI Classics 7243-5-85329-2-0 (10 CD)

	Herz Concertos pour piano no 1. op. 34, no 7 op. 207 et no 8 op. 218 Orchestre symphonique de Tasmanie / Howard Shelley, piano et direction Hyperion CDA67465 (58 min 06 s)

	Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von N�rnberg Wilhelm Furtw�ngler, Orchestre et Ch�ur du Festival de Bayreuth ; Max Lorenz ; Jaro Prohaska ; Maria M�ller - Festival de Bayreuth, juillet 1943 Music&Arts CD 1153 (4)

	Two newly discovered broadcast recordings Mozart : Concerto K.466 ; Beethoven : Sonata Op. 2 No 3 A.B.Michelangeli, piano ; Stuttgart Phil. Orch. / Karl M�nchinger Music&Arts / 1147(1)

	Beethoven Sonates � Clair de Lune � ; � Path�tique � ; � Appassionata � ; � Les Adieux � ; � La Waldstein � ; l'Opus 109 ; l'Opus 78 et la � Fantaisie � op. 77 Rudolf Serkin, piano Music&Arts CD 1141 (2)

	Quatuor Bozzini : Portrait Montr�al �uvres de Vivier, Lesage, �sterle et Goldstein Collection qb / DAME CQB 0401

	Beaux-Arts Trio Mendelssonh : Trio no 1 en r� min. op.49, Dvorak : Trio en mi min. op.90 � Dumky � Warner Classics 2564 61492-2 (66 min 54 s)

	Howard Bashaw Form Archimage Marc Couroux, piano ; EastWest Quartet ; Roger Admiral, piano ; Duo Kovalis Arktos 200480

	Leonardo Balada Guernica Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra / Salvador Mas Conde Naxos 21st Century Classics 8.557342

	Kissin Evgeny Kissin : piano Schubert : Sonate en si b�mol majeur, D.960; Liszt : Transcriptions de quatre lieder de Schubert (St�ndchen, Das Wandern, Wohin ?, Aufenthalt) ; Valse Mephisto no 1 RCA 82876-58420 2 (72 min 21 s)