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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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	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : Six concertos hambourgeois pour clavecin, Wq 43 Melante Amsterdam, Bob Van Asperen, clavecin et direction Virgin � Veritas x 2 � 5 61913 2 (CD 1 : 43 min 30 s ; CD 2 : 44 min 42 s)

	Le Manteau, musique de Dmitri Shostakovitch Angela Cheng, piano, Jens Lindemann, trompette, CBC Radio Orchestre, direction Mario Bernardi Les Disques SRC/CBC Records SMCQ 5216

	Verdi : Aroldo, op�ra en quatre actes Livret de Francesco Maria Piave Neil Shicoff (Aroldo), Carol Vaness (Mina), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Egberto), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Briano), Julian Gavin (Godvino), Sergio Spina (Enrico) et Marina Comparato (Elena) Ch�urs et Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin, direction Fabio Luisi Philips 462 512-2 (CD 1 : 77 min 36 s ; CD 2 : 49 min 05 s)

	Beethoven : Symphonie n^o 5 en do min., op. 67 Brahms : Concerto pour violon en r� maj., op. 77 Kyung Wha Chung, violon, Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne, direction Simon Rattle EMI 24355 71652 (73 min 18 s)

	Italian Opera Arias Jane Eaglen, soprano Philharmonia, Carlo Rizzi, conductor Sony Classical 89443 (60� 14�)

	Kaleidoscope Marc-Andr� Hamelin, piano �uvres de Woods, Behr, Moskowski, Hamelin et autres Hyp�rion CDA67275 (67 min 21 s)

	Elliott Carter Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, direction Lorraine Vaillancourt Atma ACD2 2280

	D.E. Inghelbrecht : La Nursery ; Debussy : Children�s Corner Lise Boucher, piano ATMA classique ACD2 2266

	Casta Diva Angela Gheorghiu Evelino Pid�/London Symphony Orchestra EMI 724355716323 (61�26)

	Jean-Marie Leclair, Pietro Locatelli : L�Ange et le Diable Manfredo Kraemer, Pablo Valetti, violons; The Rare Fruits Council Astr�e Na�ve E 8842 (Dur�e : 68 min 8 s)