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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
mentioned in print, it does not imply it is
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 | Verdi: Falstaff
Haitink/Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
BBC Opus Arte DVD OA 0823D
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|  | Before the Revolution, a 1909 Recording Expedition in the Caucasus and Central Asia by The Gramophone Company
Compilation et commentaires de Will Prentice
TOPIC Records TSCD921 (65 m 55 s)
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|  | Le Mozart noir : Musique du chevalier de Saint Georges, Leclair, Gossec
Geneviève Gilardeau, Linda Melsted, violons
Orchestre Tafelmusik, dir. Jeanne Lamon
CBC Records / Les disques SRC SMCD 5225 (72 m 51 s)
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|  | Martinu :Légendes des pays tchèques
Divers solistes et instrumentistes, Chœur philharmonique de Prague, direction Jaroslav Brych
Praga Digitals PRD 50 170/1 (2 CD : 90 m 7 s)
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|  | The Artistry of Elly Ameling
Philips 473-451 (4 CD : 395 m 55 s)
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|  | Oboe Recital
Philippe Magnan, oboe & English horn; Claude Soucy, piano
Pelléas CD-0112 (68 m 25 s)
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|  | Great Pianists: Moiseiwitsch, volume 5
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Naxos 8.110683 (64 m 43 s)
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|  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
Joan Rodgers, soprano ; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Bronder, tenor ; Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
EMI 575751-2 (5 CDs: 327 m)
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|  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano ; Kurt Streit, tenor ; Thams Hampson ; bass-baritone, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
EMI 557445-2 (5CDs: 354 min)
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|  | Bach: St. Matthew Passion
McCreesh / Gabrieli Players
Archiv 474-200-2 (2 CD: 161 m 32 s)
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|  | The Jesuit Operas
Kapsberger, Zipoli, Schmid, anonymes
Ensemble Abendmusik, dir. James David Christie (2002)
Dorian DOR-93243 (2 CD : 130 m 4 s)
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|  | Karajan: The Collection
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
DG 474 290-2 (20 CDs - also available singly in 10 volumes of 2 CDs each with 2 CD sampler set available separately)
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|  | Beethoven : Quatuor pour cordes op. 130 (Finale : Grande Fugue op. 133) ; Mozart : Cinq fugues à quatre voix K. 405; Adagio et fugue K. 546
Quatuor Hagen
DG 471 580-2 (63 m 30 s)
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|  | Debussy : Pelléas et Mélisande, suite ; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ; Trois Nocturnes
Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, dir. Abbado
DG 471 332-2 (61 min 55 s)
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|  | Vissi d'arte: Montserrat Caballe
Arias from Cosi fan tutte, Il Corsaro, I masnadieri, Les Huguenots, Turandot, La Gioconda, Andrea Chenier, Un ballo in maschera, Luisa Miller, Mefistofele, Tosca, Louise, Lucia di Lammermoor, Norma, Salome
Montserrat Caballe, soprano; Various orchestras and conductors
DECCA 473 704-2 (156 m)
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|  | Beethoven: Sonatas 4, 9 ''Kreutzer'' & 10 for piano & violin
Joseph Szigeti, violin; Claudio Arrau, piano
Classica D'Oro CDO 2019 (78 m 39 s)
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|  | Chostakovitch : Sonate pour violoncelle et piano op. 40 ; Sonate pour alto et piano op. 147 (version pour violoncelle)
Petr Prause, violoncelle ; Yakov Kasman, piano
Calliope CAL 9326 (64 m 9 s)
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|  | Journey to Persia
Dastan Trio
ARC Music EUCD1786 (47 m 49 s)
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|  | Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, direction Bruno Walter. (Festival de Salzbourg, 11 août 1937)
Mariano Stabile, basse ; Auliki Rautavaara, soprano; Ezio Pinza, basse ; Jarmina Novotna, mezzo ; Esther Rethy, soprano
Andante 3981 (3 CD : 156 m 11 s)
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|  | Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra-comique de Paris, dir. Elie Cohen (1928-1929)
Germaine Féraldy, soprano ; Joseph Rogatchewsky, ténor ; Georges Villier, baryton ; Louis Guénot, baryton-basse.
Naxos (Great Opera Recordings) 8.110203-04 (2 CD : 141 m 34 s)
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|  | Under the Stars
Reneé Fleming, soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Paul Gemignani, conductor
Decca 473 250 2 (65 m 36 s)
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|  | Herschel : Symphonies
London Mozart Players, dir. Matthias Bamert (2003)
CHANDOS (Contemporaries of Mozart) CHSA 5005 (68 m 23 s)
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