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 We review all the good CDs we get, but we don' t get every new release. Only the very best of the new recordings we receive each month are reviewed in the printed version of LSM. If a new release is not mentioned in print, it does not imply it is inferior.


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Beethoven, Krufft, Lachner : Lieder
Christophe Pregardien, tenor
Andreas Stair, pianoforte
Teldec 3984-21473-2 (65' 19

German Romantic Opera Arias
Ben Heppner, tenor
Donald Runnicles / NDRSinfonieorchester
RCA09026-63239-2

Twentieth Century Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
Philips Duo 462-859-2 (157' 14")

Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite
Naxos 8.559007 (67' 45

Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier
Bodanzky / Metropolitan Opera
Naxos Historical 8.110034-36 (3 Cds-168')

Frederic Rzewski : The People United Will Never Be Defeated
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Hyperion CDA 67077 (73' 33

Schumann : Der Rose Pilgerfahrt
Marcus Creed / RIAS Kammerchor
harmonia mundi HMC 901668 (62' 27

Monteverdi : L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ivor Bolton / Bavarian State Orchestra
FARAO B 108 020 (3 CD - 169' 39")

Brahms : Symphonies Nos. 1-4
Celibidache / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
DG459-636-2 (4 CD - 173' 58

Schubert : Goethe Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Jorg Demus / Gerlald Moore, piano
DG Originals 457-747-2 (76')

The Pure Voice of Emma Kirkby
Decca / L'Oiseau-Lyre 460-583-2 (77'30")

Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Varviso / Orchestra e coro Rossini di Napoli
Decca 452-591-2 (144' 52

Heroes
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Sir Roger Norrington
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Decca 466-196-2 (57' 53

Elgar & Lutoslawski : Cello Concertos
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
J. van Steen / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Channel Classics CCS 12998 (53'45

Schubert : String Quartets D. 87, D.112, D. 173
Sorrel Quartet
Chandos CHAN 9700 (73' 18

Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden, Op. 38
Jon Vickers, Narrator
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

Haydn : Trios
Trio Franz Joseph
ATMA ACD 22181 (73' 08

Fruhlingslieder
Donna Brown, soprano
Stephane Lemelin, piano
ATMA ACD 22165 (62' 53")

Christian Sinding : Songs
Bodil Annesen, soprano
Erling Ariksen, piano
Naxos 8.553905 (56'15

Musique de Ballet
Christie / Les Arts Florissants
Erato 3984-26129-2 (70' 36")

Britten : Peter Grimes
C. Davis / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Philips Duo 462-847-2 (146' 18

Catalani : La Wally
Cleva / Monte Carlo
Decca 460-744-2 (124' 30

The 20th Century Violin Concerto, Vol. 1
Philips Duo 462-856-2 (145' 25")

Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol. 1
Philips Duo 462-853-2 (154' 02)

Musica Baltica
R. Goebel / Musica Antiqua Koln
Archiv DG 459-619-2 (80'48

Schubert : Mass in A flat D. 678, etc.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir & ORR
Philips 457-578-2 (73'28

Verdi : Overtures and Preludes
C. Abbado / Berlin Philarmoniker
DG 457-627-2 (54'20

Verdi : Un Ballo in Maschera
Bartoletti / Santa Cecilia
Decca 460-762-2 (125'42")

Wagner : Der Fliegende Holländer
Dorati / Covent Garden
Decca 460-738-2 (144' 58

Alfred Schnittke's Cello Concerto
Maria Kliegel
Naxos 8.554465 (64' 14

Haydn's Symphonies No. 77 & No. 78, and No. 79
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward
Naxos 8.553363 (58' 26

Clara Schumann's Trois Romances, Op. 11
Yoshiko Iwai
Naxos 8.553501 (71' 29

Rimsky-Korsakov's Operatic Suites
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Elena Okolysheva
Naxos 8.553858 (69' 19

Donizetti : Mary Stuart
C. Mackerras / English National Opera Orchestra
Chandos CHAN3017 (136' 06

Ignaz Friedman
Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century
Philips 456-784-2

Verdi : Il Trovatore
Bonynge / National Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca 460-735-2 (138' 10