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Policy
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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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Robert Shaw / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc 2CD-80506 (2CD-85’49)
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|  | Dvorák: Cello Concerto
Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra
Naxos Historical 8.110819 (70’17)
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|  | Wagner: Das Rheingold
Bodanzki / Met Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Naxos Historical 8.110047-48 (2 CD - 141’ 16
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|  | Saint-Saëns : Sonates pour violon nos et 2, Tryptique, 2 élégies, Berceuse
Philippe Graffin, violon
Pascal Devoyon, piano
Hyperion CDA67100 (72 min 30 s)
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|  | Stravinsky : Le Rossignol / Renard
Nathalie Dessay, soprano
James Conlon/Orch. et Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris
EMI 7243 5 56874 2 5 (62 min 51 s)
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|  | Duos for Violin and Cello
The Toth Duo
Eclectra ECCD-2036 (54 min 30 s)
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|  | Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2
Krystian Zimerman, pianist and conductor
Polish Festival Orchestra
DG 459-684-2 (2 CD- 81’52)
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|  | Brahms : 4 Ballades op.10 / Schubert : Sonate D537 / Beethoven : Sonate op.7
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 457 762-2 (80 min 09 s)
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|  | Aprčs un ręve
Mischa Maisky, cello / Darla Hovora, piano
DG 457-657-2 (78’ 21)
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|  | Pavarotti and Friends : For the Children of Guatemala and Kosovo
Decca 466-600-2
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|  | Renee Fleming : Strauss Heroines
C. Eschenbach / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca 289-466-314-2 (77’30)
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|  | Whale spirit rising
Yuli Turovsky / I Musici de Montréal
David Mott, saxophone baryton
Chandos CHAN 9748 (59 min 18 s)
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|  | Flute and Recorder Music
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|  | Musique hongroise
Terebesi/Fabi/Gadbois
Atma ACD 22195 (64’44)
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|  | Michel Corrette: Symphonies des noëls
Arion Ensemble
Atma ACD 22192 (67’32)
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|  | Handel Overtures
J. Thiffault / Orchestre baroque de Montréal
Atma ACD 22157 (70’44)
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| | Georgy Catoire: Piano Music
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Hyperion CD A67090 (77’ 59
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| | Tchaikovsky : The Seasons
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Decca 466 562 (66’45)
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| | John Field : Nocturnes and Sonatas
Benjamin Frith piano
Naxos 8.550761 (61’41)
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| | Elliott Carter : Symphonia, etc.
Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony Orchestra
DG 459 660-2
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| | Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Chopin
Decca 466-357-2 (78’25)
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