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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
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| Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly Mirella Freni (Butterfly), Placido Domingo (Pinkerton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless), Michel Sénéchal (Goro), Marius Rintzler (The Bonzo). Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan. 1974 film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponelle. Decca (London) DVD 071504. Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM stereo. |
| | Telemann : Concertos pour flûte à bec Orchestre de chambre de Cologne, dir. Helmut Müller-Brühl Daniel Rothert, flûte à bec; Elke Martha Umbach, flûte traversière Naxos 8.554018 (64 min 33 s) |
| | Joyous Light Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Elmer Iseler Singers & Chamber Orchestra, Raffi Armenian, conductor CBC Records SMCD 5215 (58 m 50 s) |
| | Mahler: Symphony 6 San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas SFS Media 821936-0012 9 (2 CD-87.30) |
| | Chostakovitch : Quintette pour piano et cordes op. 57, quatuor no 8 Quatuor Talich, Yakov Kasman, piano Calliope CAL 9320 (54 min 45 s) |
| | Fauré : Sonates pour violon et piano nos 1 et 2, Berceuse op. 16, Romance op. 28, Andante op. 75, Morceau de lecture. Isabelle Faust, violon ; Florent Boffard, piano Harmonia Mundi HMC 901741 (60 min 41 s) |
| | Gilbert et Sullivan : The Pirates of Penzance, Trial by Jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Promenade Orchestra, dir. Isidore Godfrey (1949) Naxos Historical 8.110196-97 (2 CD : 113 min 45 s) |
| | Les Divertissements de Versailles. Grandes Scènes lyriques Lully : Extraits de divers ballets de cour, comédies mêlées de musique et tragédies en musique Les Arts Florissants, dir. William Christie Erato 0927-44655-2 (78 min 4 s) |
| | Puccini: La Bohème Beecham/ RCA Victor Orchestra EMI 7243 56775329 (2 CD 107.21) |
| | Freedman : Tableau (1952), Tangents (1967), Touchings (1989) et Town (1991) CBC Vancouver Orchestra; dir. Mario Bernardi et Kazuyoshi Akiyama; Esprit Orchestra, direction Alex Pauk; Ensemble Nexus Centre disques CMCCD 8402 (2 CD : 55 min 53 s et 61 min 32 s) |
| | Ligeti : Études pour piano, deuxième livre; Capriccios nos 1 et 2; Invention; Musica Ricercata Lucille Chung, piano Dynamic CDS 358 (56 min 39 s) |
| | Berlioz : Les Troyens London Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sir Colin Davis Ben Heppner, ténor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano LSO Live (Berlioz Odyssey ) 0010CD (4 CD : 239 min 36 s) |
| | La Trompette italienne André Henry, trompette, Marc-André Doran, orgue Atma ACD2 2240 (59 min 58 s) |
| | Tchaïkovski /Thibaudeau : La Dame de pique Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, dir. Jacques Lacombe Analekta AN-2 8816 (79 min 50 s) |
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