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| Solomon Volkov Shostakovich and Stalin translated from the Russian by Antonia W. Bouis Random House of Canada, Toronto ISBN: 0-375-401082-1 (281 pages) |
| | Félix Mendelssohn Brigitte François-Sappey Fayard/Mirare, ISBN 9 782213 617299 (194 p.) |
| | Franz Liszt Pierre-Antoine Huré et Christophe Hardy Fayard/Mirare, ISBN 9 782213 617282 (167 p.) |
| | Frédéric Chopin Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger Fayard/Mirare, ISBN 9 782213 617312 (166 p.) |
| | Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wolfgang Brendel (Hans Sachs); Gösta Winbergh (Walther); Eva Johansson (Eva); Victor von Halem (Pogner); Elke Wilm Schulte (Beckmesser); Uwe Peper (David); Ute Walther (Magdalene); et al, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Rafael Frübeck de Stage Director: Götz Friedrich, Video Director: Brian Large Arthaus Musik 100 153 (2 DVD: 266 min) Sound 2 |
| | Beethoven/Komitas/Prokofiev: Grigory Sokolov live in Paris Naïve DR 2109 (123 min 03 s) |
| | Johannes Brahms : Ein Deutsches Requiem Barbara Bonney, soprano; Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Swedish Radio Choir; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Video Director: Bob Coles Arthaus Musik 101 047 (79 min) Sound 2 |
| | Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro Ezio Pinza; Bidù Sayao; Jarmila Novotna; Eleanor Steber; John Brownlee; Salvatore Baccaloni ; Paul Breisach, conductor; Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (live performance 1943); Bidù Sayao and Eugene Conley Concert, San Francisco (live perfo Guild GHCD 2203/5 (3 CDs 214m 12s) |
| | Benjamin Britten : The Turn of the Screw Opéra en un prologue et deux actes Philip Langridge, ténor; Felicity Lott, soprano; Sam Pay, haute-contre; Eileen Hulse, soprano; Phyllis Cannan, mezzo-soprano; Nadine Secunde, soprano Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Steuart Bedford Naxos 8.660109-10 (2 CD : 106 min 23 s) |
| | Eugène Ysaÿe Sonates pour violon seul, op. 27 Ilya Kaler, violon Naxos 8.555996 (67 min 50 sec) |
| | Tchaikovsky/Wagner Symphony No 6 Pathetique Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor Naxos Historical Great Conductors 8110865 (67 min 05 s) |
| | Sergey Lyapunov: Symphony No 2 Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor naïve V 4974 ( 62 min 07 s) |
| | George Rochberg: Violin Concerto Peter Sheppard Skœrved, violin; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor Naxos American Classics 8559129 (51 min 44 s) |
| | Berg/Webern Quatuor Arditti ; Stefan Litwin, piano ; Thomas Kakuska, alto Naïve, MO 782069 ; Arditti Quartet Edition 42 (40 min 21 s) |
| | Nikolaï Miaskovski / Mieczyslaw Vainberg Concertos pour violon Orchestre philharmonique russe; Dimitri Yablonski; Ilya Grubert, violon Naxos 8.557194 (66 min 49 s) |
| | Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 2 Latonia Moore, soprano; Nadja Michael, mezzo-soprano; Weiner Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Gilbert Kaplan, conductor DG Import 474 594-2 Hybrid SACD (2 CD: 85 min 52 s) |
| | Vagn Holmboe ; Sinfonias I-IV Soren Elbœk, violin; Troels Svane, cello; Danish Radio Sinfonietta; Hannu Koivula, conductor Dacapo 8226017-18 (56 min 52 s x2) |
| | Mozart : Sonate, Fantasia, Variazioni, Suite Andreas Staier, pianoforte Harmonia mundi, hmc 801815 (66 min 29 s) |
| | François-Joseph Gossec: Missa pro defunctis Salomé Haller; Ingrid Perruche, dessus; Katalin Varkonyi, bas-dessus; Cyril Auvity, haute-contre; Benoît Haller, taille; Alain Buet, basse-taille Chœur de chambre de Namur ; Patrick Davin, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Jean-Claude Malgoire K617 K617152 (2 CD : 90 min 45 s) |
| | Eve Egoyan: The Art of Touching the Keyboard J. Evangelista: Nuevas monodias españolas; K. Tanaka: Crystalline; J. Weir: The Art of Touching the Keyboard; S. Parkinson: Trail; P. Nørgård: Turn; A. Cameron: Corals of Valais. www.eveegoyan.com EVE0104 (71 min 51 sec) |
| | Priez pour Paix Bernard Levasseur, baryton ; Jacques Boucher, orgue œuvres de : de Bréville, Caplet, Delvincourt, Fauré, Langlais, Poulenc, Ropartz, Tournemire Eclectra, ECCD-2062 (58 min 58 s) |
| | Brahms : Quatuor avec piano nº 1 en sol mineur, op. 25; Schumann : Fantasiestücke op. 88 Martha Argerich, piano ; Gidon Kremer, violon ; Yuri Bashmet, alto et Mischa Maisky, violoncelle DG 463 700-2 (58 min 17 s) |
| | Organ Fireworks X Christopher Herrick, orgue Hyperion, no A67458, (71 min 25 s) |
| | La première intégrale Callas sur disque Amilcare Ponchielli, La Gioconda Callas; Barbieri; Poggi; Silveri; Amadini; chœur et orchestre de la radio italienne (RAI) de Turin; Antonino Votto, chef Enregistré du 6 au 10 septembre 1952, première édition en coffret de 3 vinyles. Réédition sous la direction technique de Ward Marston. Naxos Historical 3 CD 8.110302-04, 2004 |
| | Halévy: La Juive Isokoski, Schörg, Shicoff, Todorovic, Miles Orchestra and Chorus of Wiener Staatsoper; Simone Young, conductor RCA Red Seal 74321 79596 2 (3 CD: 191 min 21 s) |
| | Diva Angela Gheorghiu Airs tirés d'opéras de : Bellini, Bizet, Charpentier, Gounod, Handel, Massenet, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi Emi Classics 7243 5 57706 2 2 (66 min 53 s) |
| | Giacomo Puccini : Puccini Discoveries Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano; Riccardo Chailly, chef Decca 475 320-2 (80 min 47 s) |
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