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	Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works Alison Latham Oxford University Press, 2004, 213 p. ISBN 0-19-861020-3

	Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms Alison Latham Oxford University Press, 2004, 208 p. ISBN 0-19-860698-2

	The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner's Manual David Hurwitz Amadeus Press (New Jersey) ISBN 1-57467-099-9 Trade Paperback 195 pages

	Getting the Most out of Mozart David Hurwitz Amadeus Press, Unlocking the Masters Series,185 p. Includes Full-Length BMG Classics CD. ISBN 1-57467-096-4

	Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Beethoven � Schubert � Brahms R�cital � Lugano, le 7 avril 1981 EuroArts 2052318 (101 min)

	Salvatore Lanzetti Sonate a violoncello solo e basso continuo op. 1 n. VII � XII Gaetano Nasillo, violoncelle solo ; Andrea Marchiol clavecin ; Sara Bennici, violoncelle Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 041002 (76 min 14 s)

	Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Maureen Forrester, contralto, Richard Lewis, tenor Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter (conductor) Live Performance (April 16, 1960) Music & Arts 4206 (64 min 40 s)

	Vaughan Williams : Symphonie no 4 ; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 ; Flos Campi Ch�ur et Orchestre symphonique de Bournemouth / Paul Daniel ; Paul Silvertone, alto Naxos 8.557276 (62 min 34 s)

	Krzysztof Penderecki: Polish Requiem Izabela Kosinska (soprano), Jadwiga Rapp� (alto), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor), Piotr Nowacki (bass), Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Antoni Wit Naxos 8557386-87 (99 min 28 s - 2 CDs)

	Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducts Schoenberg: Verkl�rte Nacht [a], Pelleas & Melisande [b]; Scriabin: Symphony No 5 (Prometheus, the Poem of Fire) [b], Schmidt: Symphony No 2 [a] Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [a], New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra [b]/Dimitri Mitropoulos Music & Arts CD-1156(2) (135 min 05 s - 2 CDs)

	The Music of Leroy Anderson Catherine Wilson, piano; Ensemble Vivant; Skitch Henderson, conductor, with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Spy Recordings SRCD 1001 (2 CDs: 126 min 50 s)

	Graupner : Partien auf das Clavier (1718) GWV 104, 105 & 107, vol. 4 Genevi�ve Soly, clavecin Analekta AN2 9116 (64 min 01 s)

	Handel Arias Ren�e Fleming, soprano Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket, conductor Decca 4755472 (69 min 33 s)

	Devienne : Quatuors op. 73 pour basson et cordes Mathieu Lussier, basson, Olivier Thouin, violon, Jean-Luc Plourde, alto et Beno�t Loiselle, violoncelle Atma ACD2 2364 (73 min)

	Proud Music of the Storm, Over Thorns to Stars, Tara's Dream, Prairie Dawn, Crimson Dream, Fanfare for a Cold Land Stephen Chatman Interpr�tes divers Centrediscs / Centredisques CMCCD 10304 (62 min 02 s)

	Bolivian baroque �uvres de Domenico Zipoli et d'auteurs anonymes Ensemble Florilegium et solistes boliviens Channel Classics CCS SA 22105 CD : 72 min 28 s + DVD 44 min 58 s

	Drumming Steve Reich S� Percussion Cantaloupe Music CA21026 (74 min 02 s)

	Jean Sibelius: Orchestral Works Symphonies 1-7, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Night Ride and Sunrise, The Swan of Tuonela, En Saga; Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling Brilliant Classics 6899 (294 min 45 s - 5 CDs)

	Bliss : Quatuor � cordes no 2 ; Quintette pour clarinette Quatuor Maggini ; David Campbell, clarinette Naxos 8. 557394 (59 min 04 s)

	Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 4 and 5 Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo V�nsk� BIS-SACD-1416 (67 min 03 s - Hybrid SACD)

	Gustav Mahler: Orchestral Works Symphony No 2 - Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein Symphonies No 5, Adagietto, No 8, Part I - Vocal soloists, Schola Cantorum of New York, Juilliard Chorus, Colombus Boychoir, New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein Sony 5174942 (127 min 41 s - 2CDs) Re-issue

	Johann Sebastian Bach Sonates pour violon et clavecin vol. 1 James Ehnes, violon ; Luc Beaus�jour, clavecin Analekta AN 2 9829 (59 min 28 s)

	Mozart Int�grale des sonates pour pianoforte et violon, vol. 1 David Breitman, pianoforte ; Jean-Fran�ois Rivest, violon Analekta AN 2 9821-2 (2cd : 137 min 28 s)

	Antonio Vivaldi Les 12 concertos pour violon et cordes Il Cimento dell'Armonica e dell'Inventione, op. 8 Louis Kaufman, violon ; Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra, dir. Henry Swoboda ; The Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, dir. Clemens Dahinden. Naxos Historical 8.110297-98 (2 cd : 126 min 34 s)

	Georg Philipp Telemann �uvres pour fl�te et violes Barthold Kuijken, fl�te ; Susie Napper, Margaret Little, violes de gambe ; Eric Milnes, clavecin Atma ACD2 2245 (69 min 24 s)