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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
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 | Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). L'elisir d'amore.
Roberto Alagna (Nemorino); Angela Gheorghiu (Adina);
Evelino Pidò conducting l'Opéra National de Lyon; Brian Large, video director.
Universal-Decca DVD 074 103-9, 5.1 surround sound and stereo.
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|  | Domenico et Alessandro Scarlatti : Concerti & Sinfonie
Europa Galante, dir. Fabio Biondi
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45495 2 6 (63 min 39 s)
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|  | Offenbach : Les Contes d'Hoffman
Rudel/London Symphony Orchestra
Westminster/Universal 289 471 2472 (2 CDE-149.27)
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|  | Tavener : Lamentations and Praises
Chanticleer, dir. Joseph Jennings
Handel & Haydn Society of Boston Ensemble
Teldec 0927-41342-2 (69 min 26 s)
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|  | Mozart's Circle : Der wohltätige Derwisch (The Beneficent Dervish). Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
Cyndia Sieden, Sharon Baker, John Aler, Kevin Deas, Alan Ewing, Deanne Meek ; Boston Baroque, dir. Martin Pearlman
Telarc CD 80573 (66 min. 14 s.)
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|  | Marcelo Alvarez : French Arias
Elder / Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
Sony SK 89650 (67.43)
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|  | Vivaldi : La Senna Festeggiante
Juanita Lascarro, Sonia Prina, Nicola Ulivieri ; Concerto Italiano, dir. Rinaldo Alessandrini
Opus 111 OP 30339 (72 min 20 s)
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|  | Godowsky : Sonate en mi mineur, Passacaille
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Hyperion CDA67300 (66 min 4 s)
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|  | Concerto Les Quatre Éléments Concerto de Aranjuez
Rémi Boucher, guitare
Orchestre symphonique national d'Estonie, dir. Jaques Marchand
Électra ECCD-2055 (58 min 39 s)
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|  | Portrait 1
The Canadian Guitar Quartet
ECCD-2051 (63 min)
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|  | Ewa Podles : Russian Arias
Arias and songs by Borodin, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shchedrin, Stravinsky, and Mussorgsky
Ewa Podles, contralto, Constantine Orbelian, conductor, Philharmonia of Russia
DELOS DE 3298 (60 min 18 sec)
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|  | HAENDEL : Gloria; Extraits d'oeuvres de Haendel, Bach et Vivaldi
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano ; Académie Baroque de Montréal, dir. Alexander Weinmann.
Atma ACD2 2215 (53 min 28 s)
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|  | None but the Lonely Heart: Russian Romances
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
CBC Records MVCD 1144
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|  | Mozart : Concertos pour piano nos 9 et 25
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, dir. Sir Charles Mackerras
Alfred Brendel, piano
Philips 470 287-2 (67 min 44 s)
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|  | Marian Anderson : Softly Awakes My Heart Arias, Songs and Spirituals 1924-1944
Marian Anderson, contralto
Naxos Nostalgia Series 8.120566 (65 m 38 s)
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|  | Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live LSO0007
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|  | Scenes from Der Ring des Nibelungen
Pappano/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Placido Domingo, tenor
EMI 724355724229 (69 min 55 sec)
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|  | Chopin Recital
Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 58 ; Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise op. 22 ; Etudes op. 10 nos. 2 & 5 ; Etude op. 25 no.11 ; Nocturnes op. 9 nos. 1 & 2 ; Nocturne op. 15 no. 2 ; Impromptu no. 4 "Fantaisie-Impromptu" op. posth.
Yundi Li, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 4714792 (67 min)
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|  | Sibelius : Symphonies no 2 op. 43 et no 5 op. 82
Orchestre symphonique de Boston, dir. Serge Koussevitzky
Naxos Historical 8.110170 (71 min 14 s)
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