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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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Verdi : Il Trovatore
Salvatore Licitra, tenor (Manrico) ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano (Leonora) ; Leo Nucci, baritone (Conte di Luna) ; Violeta Urmana, mezzo
(Azucena) Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan Riccardo Muti, conductor
Sony S2K 89553 (CD1 : 66 m 40 sec ; CD2 : 61 m)

Mozart : Don Giovanni
Halasz/Esterhazy Sinfonia
Naxos 8.660080-82 (3 cd-73.39)

John Field : Piano Concertos No. 5 & 6
Benjamin Frith
Naxos 8.554221 (57.22)

Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Naxos 8.110655 (67.52)

Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben. Tod und Verklärung
Mengelberg/Concertgebouw Orchestra
Naxos 8.110161 (65.54)

Brahms : Symphonies No. 2 & 4
Mengelberg/Concertgebouw orchestra
Naxos 8.110158 (77.38)

Kilar : Angelus, Exodus, Krzesany, Victoria
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice), dir. Antoni Wit Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, dir. Jacek Mentel
Hasmik Papian, soprano
Naxos 8.554788 (65 min 11 s)

Bartók : OEuvres pour piano vol. 2
Jeno Jando, piano
Naxos 8.554718 (56 min 3 s)

Biber : Mystères du Rosaire
Odile Edouard, violon baroque ; Alain Gervreau,
Angélique Mauillon, harpe ; Freddy Eichelberger, orgue
K617 K617119/2 (2 CD : 114 min 14 s)

Rihm : Jagden und Formen
Ensemble Modern, dir. Dominique My
Deutsche Grammophon collection 20/21
471 558-2 (51 min 02 s)

Korngold : The Sea Hawk, musiques de film
Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction André Previn
Deutsche Grammophon 471 347-2 (67 min 57 s)

Moonlight : sonates pour piano de Beethoven
Maria João Pires, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 453 457-2 (51 min 16 s)

Pavarotti : Live Recital
Decca 466 350 2 (68'19)

Vladigerov : Colours of Bulgaria, pièces pour piano
Dimiter Terziev, piano
Arktos 200153 (46 min 41 s)

Mendelssohn : Trio avec piano en do mineur, op. 66 ; Lalo : Trio avec piano en la mineur, op. 26
Trio Gryphon
Analekta FL 2 3127 (59 min 10 s)