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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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Jakub Jan Ryba : Czech Christmas Mass
F. X. Thuri / Czech Madrigalists
Naxos 8.554428 (54'43

Leopold Hoffman : Concertos pour violoncelle
Tim Hugh, violoncelle / Northern Sinfonia
Naxos 8.553853 (68’ 23

Leoncavallo : Pagliacci
C. Sodero / Metropolitan Opera
Naxos Historical 8.110037 (75 min)

Mozart : Così fan tutte
René Jacobs / Concerto Köln
harmonia mundi HMC 951663.65 (183' 2

Acantus
Gimell 462-516-2 (57'40

Bartók : Violin Concerto No. 2, Rhapsodies
Gil Shaham, violin, Pierre Boulez / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DG 459 639-2

Rendez-Vous with Korngold
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg et amis
DG 459-631-2 (2 CD - 119 min 15 s)

Léopold Simoneau : Airs et duos d’opéra
Schaenen / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
DG Originals 457-752-2 (76’ 53

Mozart : Mitridate, re di Ponto
C. Rousset / Les Talens Lyriques
Decca 460-772 (3 CD - 174' 33

Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor
Sir John Pritchard / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Decca 460-747-2 (137' 12")

Franz Waxman : Song of Terezin
L. Foster / Rundfunksinfonieorchester-Berlin
Decca 460-211-2 (59' 04)

Mozart : Così fan tutte
Böhm / Wiener Philharmoniker
Decca 455-476-2 (146’ 21

J. S Bach : St. John Passion
M. Suzuki / Bach Collegium Japan
BIS-CD-921 / 22 (2 CD - 126' 15

Shostakovich : String Quartets Nos. 3, 7, & 8
Yggdrasil Quartet
BIS-CD-913 (70'27

Handel : Solomon
McCreesh / Gabrielli Consort & Players
DG Archiv 459-688-2 (3 CD : 168'08

Gluck : Armide
Minkowski / les Musiciens du Louvre
DG Archiv 459-616-2 (139’ 28

Handel : Alcina & Agrippina (excerpts)
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Jeanne Lamon / Tafelmusik
Analekta fleur de lys FL 23137 (76' 21

Bach : Partitas No. 2, 4, 5
Richard Goode, piano
Nonesuch 79483-2 (72' 27

J.S. Bach : Arias and Oboe d’Amore
Daniel Taylor, contre-ténor
Bruce Haynes, hautbois d’amour
ATMA ACD 22158 (57’ 56

Verdi : Rigoletto
Giulini / Wiener Philharmoniker
DG Originals 457-753-2 (129'64

Bartok : Mikrokosmos (Books 1-6)
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
Philips 462-381-2 (2 CD - 152' 25)

Delibes : Lakmé
Bonynge / Monte Carlo
Decca 460-741-2 (138’ 09

Verdi : La Traviata
Pritchard / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Decca 460 759-2 (132' 24

Puccini : La Bohème
Serafin / Orchestra dell’Academia di Santa Cecilia
Decca 448-725 (115’ 54

The Artistry of Philippe Herreweghe
harmonia mundi HMX 2908069 (57'26