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Baroque Instrumental

CPE Bach Harpsichord Concertos 
Andreas Staier; Freiburg Baroque / Müllejans Harmonia Mundi HMC902083/84

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op 6
Avison Ensemble Linn Records CKD362

Telemann Musique de Table 
Freiburger Barockorchester Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2042/5

Baroque Vocal

Handel Apollo e Dafne
La Risonanza Glossa GCD921527

Handel Flavio
Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn Chandos Chaconne CHAN0773(2)

Lully Bellérophon 
Soloists; Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset Aparté AP015

Chamber

Bartók. Grieg. R Strauss Violin Sonatas
Vilde Frang; Michail Lifits EMI 9476392

Beethoven Violin Sonatas, Vol 3
Alina Ibragimova; Cédric Tiberghien Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0045

Dvorák String Quartets Op. 106 & 96 
Pavel Haas Quartet Supraphon SU40382

Choral

Delius Appalachia. The Song of the High Hills
Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis Chandos CHSA5088

Elgar The Kingdom
Soloists, Hallé Choir and Orchestra / Mark Elder Hallé CDHLD7526

Macmillan Visitatio Sepulchri. Sun-Dogs.
Netherlands Radio Choir; Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / James MacMillan; Celso Antunes BIS BIS-SACD1719

Concerto

Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1-3
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda Chandos CHAN10610

Debussy Fantaisie Ravel Piano Concertos Massenet Piano works 
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier Chandos CHSA5084

Reger. R Strauss The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 53 
Marc-André Hamelin; Berlin RSO / Ilan Volkov Hyperion CDA67635


Contemporary

Birtwistle Night's Black Bird
Hallé Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth NMC NMCD156

 D Matthews Terrible Beauty, Op. 104; Clarinet Quartet; String Trio; String Trio No. 2; Winter Passions 
Nash Ensemble NMC NMCD152

Music of Poul Ruders Vol. 6 Piano Concerto No. 2; Bel Canto; Serenade on the Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
Vassily Primakov; Norwegian Radio Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen; Mikko Luoma; iO Quartet Bridge BRIDGE9336

DVD Documentary

Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere
A film by Eric Schultz Arthaus 101553

André Previn: A bridge between two worlds
A film by Lilian Birnbaum and Peter Stephan Jungk C Major 703208

Carlos Kleiber: I am lost to the world
A film by Georg Wübbolt C Major 705608

DVD Performance

Britten Death in Venice 
Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice / Bruno Bartoletti (dir Pier Luigi Pizzi) Dynamic 33608

Mahler Symphony No 9 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado ACCENTUS ACC20214

Verdi Don Carlo 
Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano EMI Classics 6316099

Early Music

Agricola Missa In myne Zyn 
Capilla Flamenca / Dirk Snellings Ricercar RIC306

Byrd Complete Consort Music 
Phantasm Linn Records CKD372

Striggio Mass in 40 Parts etc 
I Fagiolini et al / Robert Hollingworth Decca 4782734

Historic Archive

Beethoven String Trios 
Leonid Kogan; Rudolf Barshai; Mstislav Rostropovich Supraphon SU40522

Mahler/Cooke Symphony No 10 
LSO, Philharmonia / Berthold Goldschmidt Testament SBT31457

Monteverdi Coronation of Poppea
Janet Baker et al Sadlers Wells Chorus and Orchestra / Raymond Leppard Chandos CHAN3172(2)

Instrumental

Brahms Handel Variations. Piano works, Opp 118 & 119  
Murray Perahia Sony Classical 88697727252

Liszt Harmonies du Soir
Nelson Freire Decca 4782728

Ravel The Complete Solo Piano Music
Steven Osborne Hyperion CDA67731/2

Opera

Mozart Die Zauberflöte
Soloists; RIAS Chamber Choir; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2068/70

Rossini Ermione
Soloists; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry Opera Rara ORC42

Verdi Otello
Soloists; LSO / Sir Colin Davis LSO Live LSO 0700

Orchestral

Shostakovich Symphony No 10
RLPO / Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8572461

Suk Asrael Symphony
Czech PO / Sir Charles Mackerras Supraphon SU40432

English Spring Bax. Bridge. Delius - orchestral works
Hallé / Sir Mark Elder Hallé CDHLL7528

Recital

"Ne me refuse pas" French Opera Arias 
Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Orchestre National de France / Fabien Gabel Naïve V5201

"Diva, Divo" Various
Joyce DiDonato, Opéra National de Lyon / Kazushi Ono Virgin Classics 641986-0

Verismo Arias Various
Jonas Kaufmann; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome / Antonio Pappano Decca Classics 4782258

Solo Vocal

RR Bennett Songs before Sleep
Sophie Daneman; Susan Bickley; Hulett; Iain Burnside NMC Recordings NMCD155

Britten Songs & Proverbs of William Blake
Gerald Finley; Julius Drake Hyperion CDA67778

Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch
Christoph Prégardien; Julia Kleiter; Hilko Dumno Challenge Classics CC72378