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Arte Nova 82876577432 : Schumann - Symphony No.1 'Spring'; Symphony No.2; Symphony No.3 'Rhenish'; Symphony No.4 - Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman
(GB pounds 9.99)

ASV CDWHL2155: British by Arrangement Vol. 2: Peter Hope - Three American Sketches; Majorcan Fantasy; Mexican Hat Dance; The Lark in the Clear Air; Albeniz arr. Arnold - Tango in D; Eric Wetherell - Airs and Graces; Liszt arr. Christopher Phelps - Fantasia and Fugue on a theme B-A-C-H; Tomlinson - Fantasia on Auld Lang Sang - Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland
(GB pounds 9.99)

ASV CDDCA1166: Sinding - Violin Sonata in C op.12; Suite in F op.14; Violin Sonata in F op.73 - Marco Rogliano violin and Maurizio Paciariello piano
(GB pounds 14.99)

ASV CDDCA1150: Villa- Lobos - Introduction to the Choros; Choros Nos.1 - 7 - Gelinas, Cavallin, Oramas, Alonso, Grand Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
(GB pounds 14.99)

Avie AV0044: Coleridge-Taylor - Violin Concerto; Dvorak - Violin Concerto - Philippe Graffin violin, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Hankinson
(GB pounds 14.99)

BBC Legends BBCL41422: Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5; 32 Variations in C min.; Schubert - Piano Sonata D958 - John Ogden piano, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein
(GB pounds 12.99)

BIS CD1252: Tveitt - Piano Concerto No.5; Variations on a Folk Song from Hardanger for two pianos and orchestra - Nils Mortensen and Sveinung Bjelland pianos, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
(GB pounds 14.99)

BISCD1347: Delius (arr. Warlock) - Music for Piano 4 Hands - Noriko Ogawa and Kathryn Stott pianos
(GB pounds 14.99)

Chandos CHAN10211: Cyril Scott - Symphony No.3 The Muses; Piano Concerto No.2; Neptune - Howard Shelley piano, Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
(GB pounds 14.99)

Chandos CHAN10201: Cui - A Feast in Time of Plague 'opera in one act'; Three Scherzos op.82; Les Deux Menetriers; Fair Spring; Budrys and his Sons - Russian State Symphony Orchestra , Valery Polyansky
(GB pounds 14.99)

Chandos CHAN10171: Karlowicz - Bianca da Molena: Symphonic Prologue from Music for the White Dove; Serenade for String Orchestra; Rebirth Symphony - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
(GB pounds 14.99)

Decca 4750902: French Touch: Opera and operetta arias by Gounod, Messager, Delibes, Massenet, Offenbach, Chabrier, Hahn & Alboulkier - Patricia Petibon soprano, Lyon National Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Yves Abel
(GB pounds 12.99)

Decca 4752502: Tenor Arias by Cilea, Donizetti, Puccini and Verdi - Joseph Calleja tenor, Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
(GB pounds 14.99)

DG Archiv 4715822: Gluck - Orphee et Eurydice - Richard Croft, Mireille Delunsch, Marion Harousseau, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
(2 discs - GB pounds 21.99)

DG Archiv 4745102: Handel - Saul - Neal Davies, Andreas Scholl, Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta, Paul Agnew, Jonathan Lemalu, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
(3 discs - GB pounds 29.99)

DG 4748132: Schumann - Symphonic Studies op.13 (1852 Version with Etudes from 1837 version); Fantasie in C; Bunteblatter; Arabesque - Mikhail Pletnev piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

DG 4576462: Mussorgsky (arr. Stokowski) - Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on a Bare Mountain; Symphonic Synthesis of Boris Godunov; Khovanshchina Symphonic Transcription - Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
(GB pounds 14.99)

DG 4748102: Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Op.10/1, 2 & 3; Piano Sonata Op.13 'Pathetique' - Maurizio Pollini piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

DG 4747002: Watercolours: Swedish songs by Alfven, Aulin, Frumerie, Larsson, Linde, Nordqvist, Nystroem and Rangstrom - Anne-Sophie von Otter mezzo with Bengt Forsberg piano
(GB pounds 14.99)

DG 4715812: Ravel - 3 Chansons Madecasses; Shostakovich - Five Satiri; Respighi - Il tramonto; Schulhoff - Drei Stimmungsbilder; Britten - A Charm of Lullabies - Magdalena Kozena mezzo, with Henschel Quartet, Paul Edmund Davies flute, Jiri Barta cello and Malcolm Martineau piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

DG 4716142: Ravel - Sheherazade; Le tombeau de Couperin; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Menuet antique; Debussy - Danses for Harp and Orchestra; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire; Trois ballades de François Villon - Anne Sofie von Otter, Alison Hagley, Lisa Wellbaum, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
(GB pounds 12.99)

DG 4747292: Mark-Anthony Turnage - Scorched - John Scofield, John Patitucci, Peter Erskine, HR Big Band, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
(GB pounds 14.99)

Dutton CDSA6880: Lyapunov - Sextet; Gretchaninov - String Quartet No.3 - Dante Quartet
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 12.50)

Dutton CDLX7133: John McCabe - Piano Concerto No.2; Six Minute Symphony; Concertante Variations; Sonata on a Motet - Tamami Honma piano, St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus
(GB pounds 9.99)

Dutton CDLX7140: Montague Phillips - Revelry Overture; 4 Dances from The Rebel Maid; Spring Rondo & Summer Nocturne from Symphony in C; A Surrey Suite; A Shakespeare Scherzo; Arabesque; Sinfonietta - BBC Concert Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland
(GB pounds 9.99)

ECM 4724022: Machaut - Motets: De souspirant cuer M2. Fine Amour qui me vint navrer M3. Puis que la douce rousée M4. Qui plus aimme M5. Lasse! je sui en aventure M7. Ha! Fortune M8. O livoris feritas M9. Helas! ou sera pris confors M10. Fins cuers dous M11. Eins que ma dame d’onnour M13. Faus Samblant m’a deceu M15. Se j’aim mon loyal ami M16. Bone pastor M18. Diligenter inquiramus M19. Biaute parée de valour M20. Veni creator spiritus M21. Plange regni respublica M22. Inviolata genitrix M23 - David James, Rogers Covey Crump, Gordon Jones, Hilliard Ensemble
(GB pounds 14.99)

EMI 5574892: Moniusco - Straszny Dwor (The Haunted Manor) - Adam Kruszewski, Iwona Hossa, Anna Luban'ska, Krzysztof Szmynt, Dariusz Stachura, Chorus & Orchestra of the Polish National Opera, Jacek Kaspzyk
(2 discs - GB pounds 22.99)

EMI 557 6612: Brahms - String Quartet Op.51/1; String Quintet Op.111 - Belcea Quartet
(GB pounds 14.99)

EMI 5576812: Wagner and Strauss - Scenes and Arias from Tannhauser, Die Walkure, Tristan & Isolde, Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Salome - Deborah Voigt soprano, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong
(GB pounds 14.99)

EMI 5858942: Beethoven - Fantasie Op.77; Piano Sonata No.23 Appasionata; Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze - Jonathan Biss piano
(GB pounds 4.99)

EMI CfP 5859042: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius; Walton - Belshazzar's Feast - Richard Lewis, Majorie Thomas, John Cameron, James Milligan, Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

EMI CfP 5859082: Elgar - Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata; String Quartet; Piano Quintet; Concert Allegro; Serenade - Hugh Bean violin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves; David Parkhouse piano; Music Group of London; John Ogdon piano; Allegri Quartet
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)
At last EMI are reinstating Hugh Bean's classic concerto and sonata recordings.

EMI CfP 5859132: Holst - The Planets; Beni Mora; The Perfect Fool - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
(GB pounds 5.99)

EMI 5859742: Carlo Maria Giulini - Beethoven - Symphony No.7; Berlioz - Romeo et Juliette - Orchestral Music; Brahms - Symphony No.4; Bruckner - Symphony No.9; Mahler - Symphony No.1; Stravinsky - The Firdbird Suite 1919; Petrushka Suite - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
(4 discs - GB pounds 17.99)

Finlandia 0927495982: Sibelius - Karelia Overture; The Wood Nymph; Spring Song; King Christian II suite; The Dryad; Dance Intermezzo; Pan and Echo - Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Shuntaro Sato
(GB pounds 14.99)

Halle CDHLL7505: Elgar - Cello Concerto; Falstaff; Bassoon Romance; Smoking Cantata - Heinrich Schiff, Graham Salvage, Andrew Shore, Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder
(GB pounds 9.99)

Halle CDHLL7506: Shostakovich - Symphony No.1; Symphony No.6 - Halle Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
(GB pounds 9.99)

Hyperion CDA67445: Liszt - Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - Steven Osborne piano
(2 discs - GB pounds 13.99)

Hyperion CDA67441/2: Hubay - Scenes de la csarda Nos.1 - 14; On the Themes of Lavotta; Poemes hongrois op.27; Nouveaux poemes hongrois - Hagai Shaham violin and Arnon Erez piano
(2 discs - GB pounds 27.99)

Hyperion CDA66849: Vivaldi - Gloria RV589; Ostro picta RV642; Nisi Dominus RV803; Ruggieri - Gloria - Soloists, The King's Consort, Robert King
(GB pounds 13.99)

Hyperion CDA67389: Karlowicz - Violin Concerto; Moszkowski - Ballade; Violin Concerto - Tasmin Little violin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
(GB pounds 13.99)

Hyperion CDA67456: Chopin - Four scherzos; Four ballades - Stephen Hough piano
(GB pounds 13.99)

Hyperion CDA67387: Lamond - Symphony in A major; Ouverture aus dem Schottischen Hochlande; Sword Dance from Eine Liebe im Schottischen Hochlande; D'Albert -Overture to Esther op.8 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
(GB pounds 13.99)

LSO Live 0045: Brahms - Symphony No.1; Tragic Overture - London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
(GB pounds 4.99)

LSO Live 0051: Sibelius - Symphony No 3; Symphony No 7 - London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
(GB pounds 4.99)

Metronome METCD1056: The Secret Bach: Adagio,BWV968. Chorale Variations,BWV766-71 - Partite diverse sopra O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV767 Chromatic Fantasia,BWV903a. Fugue,BWV1000. 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas,BWV1001-06 - Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 Klavierbüchlein für W. F. Bach - Menuet in G, BWV841;Menuet in G, BWV843;Allemande in G minor, BWV836 - Christopher Hogwood clavichord
 (GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos 8.555869: Walton - Belshazzar's Feast; Crown Imperial; Orb & Sceptre - Christopher Purves baritone, Huddersfield Choral Society, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.557166: Elgar - The Wand of Youth Suites; Dream Children; Nursery Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.557188: Howells - Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and string quartet; Clarinet Sonata; Prelude for harp; A Near Minuet for clarinet and piano; Violin Sonata No.3 - Mobius
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.557193: Hummel - Missa Solemnis in C major; Te Deum - Patricia Wright, Helen Medlyn, Patrick Power, David Griffiths, Tower Voices New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.557143: Delius - Marche Caprice; Summer Evening; Sleigh Ride; Spring Morning; American Rhapsody; The Walk to the Paradise Garden; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Summer Night on the River; A Song before Sunrise; Fantastic Dance - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.559129: George Rochberg - Violin Concerto - Peter Sheppard Skaeverd violin, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.559134: Barber - Knoxville : Summer of 1915; Toccata Festiva; Essays for Orchestra No.2 & No.3 - Karina Gauvin soprano, Thomas Trotter organ, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.559156: David Diamond - Symphony No. 8; Suite from the Ballet TOM; This Sacred Ground - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
(GB pounds 4.99)

Naxos 8.559164: Griffes - The White Peacock; Three Poems of Fiona McLeod; Bacchanale; Clouds; Three Tone Poems; Poem for Flute and Orchestra; The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan - Barbara Quintiliani soprano, Carol Wincenc flute, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
(GB pounds 4.99)

Oehms OC316: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 - Alfredo Perl piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Yakov Kreizberg
(GB pounds 8.50)

Ondine ODE10302: Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 - Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
(GB pounds 14.99)

Somm SOMMCD030: Shostakovich - Cello Sonata (arr. Viola); Suite from "The Gadfly" for Viola & Piano; Viola Sonata - Lars Anders Tomter viola and Havard Gimse piano
(GB pounds 10.99)

Sony 5153002: Berlioz - Te Deum; Harold in Italy; Overtures - Le Corsair, Les Francs-Juges, Roman Carnival; King Lear; Waverley; Overture & March from Les Troyens - Alexander Young tenor, William Primrose viola, London Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
(2 discs - GB pounds 9.99)

Sony 5153032: Mahler - Lieder: from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Ruckert Lieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Lieder und Gesange aus der jugendzeit - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig & Walter Berry with Leonard Bernstein piano
(GB pounds 9.99)

Sony 5128662: Beethoven - Diabelli Variations; Bagatelles Op.119; Fantasie in G minor Op.77 - Rudolf Serkin piano
(GB pounds 9.99) (all of Sony's Serkin Edition available at this price)

Sterling CDS10552: Frederic Cliffe - Symphony No.1; Cloud and Sunshine - Malmo Opera Orchestra, Christopher Fifield
(GB pounds 13.99)

Supraphon SU37392: Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen Suite; Sinfonietta; Schluck and Jau music for Gerhart. Hauptmann's Play; Jealousy; Kata Kabanova Overture; Taras Bulba; Sarka Overture - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
(2 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

Telarc CD80607: Liszt - St Stanislaus - Soloists, May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon
(GB pounds 14.99)

Telarc CD80620: Jennifer Higdon - Concerto for Orchestra; City Scape - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
(GB pounds 14.99)

Testament SBT1339: Bruckner - Symphony No.3 (1890 version); Wagner - Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
(GB pounds 12.99)

Vanguard ATM1239: The Fauré Album - Violin Sonata No.1;Romance Op.20; Transcriptions from 'Pelleas and Melisande'; Sérénade Toscane; Andante, Op.75; Clair de Lune, Op.46/2; Morceau de lecture a vue; Piano Trio; Après un Rêve (transcribed for trio by Akira Eguchi) - Gil Shaham violin, Brinton Smith cello, Akira Eguchi piano
(GB pounds 14.99)

Virgin Veritas 5456422: Monteverdi - L'Orfeo - Ian Bostridge, Natalie Dessay, Veronique Gens, Paul Agnew, Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim
(2 discs - GB pounds 22.99)

Virgin 5456462: Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Ete; Les Troyens - Pantomime Act 2; Ravel - 5 Greek Songs; Pavane pour une Infante Defunte; Faure - Trois Melodies; Faure arr. Shohat - Elegie for Cello and Orchestra - David Daniels counter-tenor, Paris Orchestra Ensemble, John Nelson
(GB pounds 14.99)

Virgin 5456262: Italian Opera Arias by Cilea, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Mascagni - Rolando Villazon tenor, Munich Radio Orchestra, Marcello Viotti
(GB pounds 14.99)

Warner Classics 2564602972: Ives - 17 songs; Piano Sonata No.2 "Concord" - Susan Gaham mezzo with Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
(CD single - GB pounds 14.99)

Warner Classics 2564602912: Berg - Violin Concerto; Britten - Violin Concerto - Daniel Hope, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Watkins
(GB pounds 9.99)

Warner Classics 2564614382: British Light Classics: Arnold - English Dance; Coates - Calling all workers; By the Sleepy Lagoon; Dam Busters March; Arthur Wood - Three Dale Dances; Yorkshire Moors Suite; Barnsley Fair; Barwick Green; Ellis - Coronation Scot; Haydn Wood - The Bandstand Hyde Park; Bath - Cornish Rhapsody; Farnon - A Portrait of a Flirt; Westminster Waltz; Duncan - March from Little Suite; Charles Williams - Rhythm on Rails; Heart O' London; Devil's Galop; Benjamin - Jamaican Rumba; Edward White - Puffin' Billy; Collins - Vanity Fair; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
(GB pounds 9.99)

BBCL4042-2BBC Legends BBCL4042-2: Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde - Alfreda Hodgson contralto, John Michinson tenor, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein.
At last the BBC Legends series, which until now had promised so much and delivered so little, comes good with this magnificent release. Those who have possessed the earlier Descant and Music & Arts "off-air" transfers will know that this performance with the wonderful Alfreda Hodgson is without equal, but now they can also discover the excellence of BBC Manchester's studio recording.
(GB pounds 12.99)

BBC Legends BBCL4051-2: Mahler - Symphony No.7 - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein
First "official" release, from the stereo broadcast tapes, of this truly legendary performance from the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1969, although the transfer is slightly disappointing offering little improvement over previous "unofficial" releases.
(GB pounds 12.99)

Claudio CC4833-2: Paul Carr - Clarinet Concerto; Occasional Postcards; Concerto for Two Saxophones; Girl on a Beach Under a Sunshade; Collage; Nocturne on an American Hymn Tune - Nicholas Carpenter, Andrew Sutton & Andrew Franks, Sussex Symphony Orchestra, Mark Andrew-James Our local orchestra and a local composer; very approachable contemporary music with Britain's foremost young clarinetist, Nicholas Carpenter
(GB pounds 13.99)

We can supply the complete Concert Artist/Fidelio catalogue which includes many recordings by Sergio Fiorentino and Joyce Hatto. Some examples:

CACD90212Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9021-2: Bax - Symphonic Variations in E - Joyce Hatto piano, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
(GB pounds 12.99)
At last, Joyce Hatto's premiere recording of Arnold Bax's gigantic work for piano and orchestra appears on CD. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1970, with Vernon Handley in the early days of his exploration of the bye-ways of English music, it's a very welcome addition to the catalogue.

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9011-2: Bax - Piano Sonatas No.1 & No.4; Toccata; Water Music - Joyce Hatto piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9201-2: Liszt - 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante - Sergio Fiorentino piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9202-2: Liszt - Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini; 3 Petrarch Sonnets; 2 legendes - Sergio Fiorentino piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9085-2: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.2; Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No.2 - Joyce Hatto, National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Rene Kohler
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9179-2: Rachmaninov - The Complete Piano Transcriptions - Joyce Hatto piano
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9199-2: Grieg - Piano Concerto; Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 - Sergio Fiorentino, London Concert Orchestra, Arthur Dennington (recorded at public concerts)
(GB pounds 12.99)

Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9217-2: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3; 6 Moments Musicaux Op.16 - Joyce Hatto piano, National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Rene Kohler
(GB pounds 12.99)

CACD92122Concert Artist/Fidelio CACD9218-2: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2; Etudes-Tableaux Op.39 - Joyce Hatto piano, National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Rene Kohler
(2 discs - GB pounds 12.99)

 

 

CTRS1009Christopher Town CTRS1009: Flying Visits: Organ music by Büsser, Gigout, Salomé, Langlais, Bales, Sløgedal, Mushel, Roberts, Torres, Andriessen, Mendelssohn, Oldroyd, Parry and Stanford - Robert Munns organ of St. Michael and All Saints, Croydon
(GB pounds 9.99)

 

Some releases in the Decca British Music Collection:

Some examples from the first release of EMI's Great Artists of the 20th Century series:

Some examples from EMI's budget Gemini series (complete series available at GB pounds 9.99 per 2 disc set):

Releases in the budget Historical series from EMI:

EMI CfP Sadler's Wells Operas, sung in English, including:

CZS5751092Some examples from the EMI/IMP Great Conductors of the 20th Century series (complete catalogue available at GB pounds 9.99 per 2-CD set):

JAND205Janiculum JAND205: Kings Over the Water: Songs and instrumental music by Fede, Scarlatti, Stradella, Vitali, Desmarets, Lully, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Leo, Cocchi and Anon. - Marie Vassiliou soprano, Harry Nicoll & Richard Edgar-Wilson tenors, John Trusler & Andrew Roberts violins, Marilyn Sansom cello, Jane Clark harpsichord
(GB pounds 11.70)

 

 

Some examples from Sony's Sir Thomas Beecham series (complete catalogue available at GB pounds 9.99 per single CD and GB pounds 13.99 per 2-CD set):

Sony SMK89751: Barber - Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Cello Concerto - Isaac Stern violin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein; John Browning piano, Cleveland orchestra, George Szell; Yo-Yo Ma cello, Baltimore Symphony, David Zinman
(GB pounds 9.99)

Sony SMK89752: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2; Cello Concerto No.1 - Andre Previn & Leonard Bernstein pianos, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein; Yo-Yo Ma cello, Philadelphia orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
(GB pounds 9.99)

8573892272Some releases in the budget Apex series from the Warner Music group (complete series available at GB pounds 4.99 per disc)

  • 8573892282: Mompou - Cancons i Danses; Suburbis; Cants magics - Jean-Francois Heisser piano
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573892272: Elliott Carter - Oboe Concerto; Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux; A Mirror on which to Dwell; Penthode - Heinz Holliger oboe, Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573892382: Mahler - Symphony No.4 - Edith Wiens soprano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan
     (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573890862:Hanns Eisler - 32 Lieder - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone with Aribert Reimann piano
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573890982: Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Corelli Fantasia Concertante; Ritual Dances from Midsummer Marriage - BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Davis
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573890812: Brahms - German Requiem - Margaret Price soprano, Samuel Ramey baritone, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573890832: Chopin - 24 Etudes; 3 Nouvelles Etudes - Boris Berezovsky piano
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573890972: Vivaldi - Concertos Op.8/Nos. 1 - 6, incl. 'Four Seasons' - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Marike Blankestijn
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573892292: Bruch - Concerto for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra; 8 Pieces; Romance for Viola & Orchestra - Paul Meyer clarinet, Gerard Causse viola, Francois-Rene Duchable piano, Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano
    (GB pounds 4.99)
  • 8573892352: Gounod - Messe Chorale; Saint-Saens - Mass, Op.4 - Soloists, Marie-Claire Alain, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Coboz
    (GB pounds 4.99)

WRW202-2Walker WRW202-2: Sullivan - The Light of the World oratorio - Karen Johnson soprano, Adrienne Murray contralto, Paul Dutton tenor, Stephen Wells baritone, Richard Wiegold bass, Liverpool Youth Choir, NFMS North West Festival Choir, John Bethell with David Houlder organ of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
(3 discs - GB pounds 32.50)

 

 

A selection of hybrid Super Audio Compact Discs (SACD), also playable on all Compact Disc players:

Albany TROY458: George Lloyd - Cello Concerto; The Serf: Orchestral Suite No.1 - Anthony Ross cello, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 13.99)

Albany TROY515: Roy Harris - Symphony No.2; Morton Gould - Symphony No.3 - Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 13.99)

Albany TROY566: William Schuman - Piano Concerto; Symphony No.4; Credendum - John McCabe piano, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 13.99)

Albany TROY591: Nikolai Lopatnikoff - Festival Overture; Robert Helps - Piano Concerto No.2; Virgil Thompson - Filling Station; Robert Kurka - Symphony No.2 - Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 13.99)

Albany TROY605: Stucky - Son et Lumiere; Gabriel Gould - Watercolours; Harbison - Cello Concerto; Morton Gould - Symphony No. 2 - David Finkell cello,Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 13.99)

BIS SACD1291: Grieg - Norwegian Dances; Symphonic Dances; Lyric Suite - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

CCn'C 01912SACD: Adams - The Chairman Dances; Fearful Symmetries; Sumera - Symphony No.2 - Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera, Kristjan Jarvi
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.50)

Chandos CHSA5001: Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.2 (original 1913 version); Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willows - London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Chandos CHSA5007: Britten - War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes - Heather Harper, Philip Langridge, Martyn Hill, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 2 discs - GB pounds 33.99)

Chandos CHSA5017: Britten - Prince of the Pagodas Suite; McPhee - Tabuh-Tabuhan; Balinese Ceremonial Music* - Elizabeth Burley piano, John Alley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin; Benjamin Britten and Colin McPhee pianos* (recorded 1941)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Chandos CHSA5019: Faure - La naissance de Venus*; Requiem**; Pavane; Cantique de Jean Racine - Pablo Strong** treble, Mary Plazas* soprano, Pamela Helen Stephen* mezzo, Timothy Robinson* tenor, James Rutherford*** bass, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Pascal Tortelier
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Chandos CHSA5020: Vaughan Williams - The Poisoned Kiss - Janice Watson, James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, John Graham-Hall, Richard Mark Richardson, Gail Pearson, Helen Williams, Neal Davies, Anne Collins, Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 2 discs - GB pounds 33.99)

Chandos CHSA5028: Bernstein - Symphony No.3 "Kaddish"; Chicester Psalms; Missa Brevis - Pablo Strong, Ann Murray, Simon Baker, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Channel Classics CCSSA19503: Vivaldi - 12 Violin Concerti Op.4 La Stravaganza - Rachel Podger, Arte dei Suonatori
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Channel Classics CCSSA20804: Death & Devotion - cantatas by Tunder, Weckmann, Buxtehude and Ritter - Johannette Zomer, Peter Harvey, Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
(GB pounds 14.99)

Coro CORSACD16016: Tallis - Spem in Alium; Te Deum; Sing and Glorify; Gibbons - O All True Faithful Hearts; Great King of Gods; Byrd - Deus venerunt gentes; Tomkins - Know you not; O God, the Heathen are come; Be Strong - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Decca 4706112: Gluck - Italian Arias - Cecilia Bartoli mezzo, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Decca 4706082: Chopin - Ballade No.4; Berceuse; Polonaise-fantasie; 2 Nocturnes Op.62; 3 Waltzes Op.64; 3 Mazurkas Op.59; Barcarolle - Vladimir Ashkenazy piano
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Decca 4706212: Bel Canto - Arias by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini - Renee Fleming soprano, Orchestra of St Luke's, Patrick Summers
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Decca 4706492: Shostakovich Piano Sonata No.2; 3 Fantastic Dances; 5 Preludes; Lyric Waltz from Dances of the Dolls; Short Piece & Spanish Dance from film The Gadfly; Nocturne from ballet The Limpi; Aphorisms; Polka from ballet The Golden Age - Vladimir Ashkenazy piano
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Delos SACD3237: Mahler - Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" - Hedi Grant Murphy soprano, Petra Lang mezzo, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Litton
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 2 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

Deutsche Grammophon 4706522: Mahler - Symphony No.3; Bach Suite - Petra Lang mezzo, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccado Chailly
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 23.99)

Deutsche Grammophon 4746002: Beethoven - Complete Symphonies Nos.1 - 9 - Gundula Janowitz, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Hilde Rossel-Majdan, Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (1960s recordings)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 5 discs - GB pounds 59.99)

Dutton Laboratories CDSA4804: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2; Ustvolskaya - Concerto for Piano Timpani & Strings - Ingrid Jacoby piano, Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (Tony Faulkner recording at Watford Town Hall)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 12.50)

Farao S108019: Barber - Symphony No.1; Schumann - Symphony No.4 - Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Harmonia Mundi HMC801818/19: Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Simon Keenlyside, Veronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Lorenzo Regazzo, Angelika Kirchschlager, Marie McLaughlin, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 3 discs - GB pounds 29.99)

Hyperion SACDA67425: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2; Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No.2 - Marc-Andre Hamelin piano, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
(GB pounds 14.99)

Linn CKD233: Tallis - Spem in alium; Te lucis ante terminum; Salvator mundi; Iniejunio et fletu; O salutaris hostia; Lamentations I; Lamentations II; Miserere; Mass for 4 Voices - Magnificat
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Linn CKD211: Mozart (ed. Robert Levin) - Requiem K626; Mozart - Adagio & Fugue K546 - Susan Gritton, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Timothy Robinson, Peter Rose, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Linn CKD180: Poulenc - Organ Concerto*; Pierre Petit - Concertino for Organ, Strings & Percussion; Barber - Toccata Festiva - Dame Gillian Weir, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, David Hill*
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Naxos 6.110013: Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos No.2 & No.3 - Konstantin Scherbekov, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos 6.110020: Shostakovich - Symphony No.7 "Leningrad" - Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos 6.110051: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.3; Andante and Finale op.79 - Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 9.99)

Naxos 6.110060: Grieg - Piano Concerto; In Autumn; Symphonic Dances - Havard Gimse piano, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 9.99)

PentaTone PTC5186011: Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf; Jean-Pascal Beintus: Wolf Tracks - Bill Clinton, Sophia Loren, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186015: Schmidt - Symphony No.4: Carnival Music; Notre Dame - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186022: Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No 1 - Christian Tetzlaff violin, Nicolai Lugansky piano, Russian National Orchestra, Kent Nagano
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186027: Rachmaninov - Vespers Op.37 - St Petersberg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186101: Beethoven - Piano Concertos No.2 & No.4 - Stephen Kovacevich piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (original Philips recording)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186105: Mozart - Horn Concertos K371, K386, K447 & K495; Rondo K371 - Alan Civil, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186106: Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L'Italiana in Algeri; La cambiale di matrimonio; La scala di seta; Tancredi; Il Signor Bruschino; Il Turco in Italia; L'inganno felice - Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (original Philips recording)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186114: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Werner Haas, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186116: Saint-Saens - Symphony No.3; Mussorgsky - Pictures from an Exhibition - Daniel Chorzempa organ, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186119: Mozart - Symphonies No.31 & No.38 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186121: Schubert - Piano Quintet "The Trout"; Mozart - Clarinet Quintet - Beaux Arts Trio with Samuel Rhodes viola and Georg Hortnagel double-bass; George Pieterson clarinet, Grumiaux Quartet
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

PentaTone PTC5186140: Bach - The Art of Fugue - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
 (hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Philips 4706162: Mozart - Piano Concertos No.9 K271 and No.25 K503 - Alfred Brendel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Philips 4706012: Dvorak - Slavonic Dances - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

Philips 4706182: Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade; Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia; Balakirev (arr. Lyapunov) - Islamey - Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 16.99)

SFS Media 82193600032 : Mahler - Symphony No.3; Kindertotenlieder - Michelle deYoung mezzo, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Michael Tilson-Thomas
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 2 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

SFS Media 82193600012 : Mahler - Symphony No.6 - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson-Thomas
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 2 discs - GB pounds 19.99)

SFS Media 82193600042: Mahler - Symphony No.4 - Laura Claycomb soprano, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
(GB pounds 16.99)

Sony SH93067: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto. No.1; Rachmaninov - Melody Op.3/3; Preludes Op.32/3, Op.23/10; Moment Musicaux Op.16/2; Daisies Op.38/3; Oriental Sketch; Polka Italienne - Arcadi Volodos, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - GB pounds 14.99)

Telarc SACD60586: Mahler - Symphony No.6 - Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander (including discussion disc)
(hybrid/dual-layer SACD/CD - 3 discs - GB pounds 18.99)
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