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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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Elgar : Concerto pour violoncelle op. 85
Britten : Symphonie avec violoncelle op. 68 Truls Mork,
violoncelle Simon Rattle / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Virgin Classics 7243 5 45356 2 8 (65 min 11 s)

Goldmark /Sibelius : Concertos pour violon
Joshua Bell, violon
Esa-Pekka Salonen / Orchestre Philharmonique de Los Angeles
Sony Classical SK65949 (65 min 35 s)

Bach: Variations Goldberg
Canadian Brass
BMG Classics 09026-63610-2 (50 min 42 s)

André Hamelin, piano
Mark Elder/ City of Birmingham symphony orchestra
Hypérion 67143 (73 min 48 s)

Gerry Hemingway
Chamber works
Tzadik Composer Series TZ 7052 (60 min 40 s)

Music of a life so far
Simon Fryer, violoncelle
(Lydia Wong, piano)
Phoenix Records PHX0877-2 (65 min 11s)

Gluck : ALCESTE (version italienne de 1767).
Singholz, Lavender, Degerfeldt.
Chorus et orchestre du théâtre de Drottningholm, Arnold Östman.
3 CD. Naxos 8.660066-68. Livret en italien et en anglais.

Schoenherg : Gurrelieder et 2 symphonies de chambre
Jessye Norman, soprano James McCracken, ténor Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano
David Arnold, baryton Kim Scown, récitant Tanglewood Festival Chorus Orchestre symphonique de Boston / Seiji Osawa
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester-Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal (Symphonies de chambre)

Nostalgia with Kyra Vayne
Kyra Vayne, soprano
Eklipse EKR P-19