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BERLIOZ
(1803-1869) Benvenuto Cellini –
Soloists 
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev rec. 2007.
NAXOS
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BIRTWISTLE
(b. 1934) The
Mask of Orpheus (1973-1986) Soloists
BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis rec.1996.
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FAURÉ (1845
– 1924) Mélodies
Yann Beuron (tenor); Billy Eidi (piano) rec. 2009
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Heinz
Karl GRUBER (b.
1943) Aerial
(1998-9) [25:49] Peter EÖTVÖS (b.
1944) Jet Stream (2002) [21:39] Mark-Anthony
TURNAGE (b. 1960) From the Wreckage (2004-5) [14:59]
Hĺkan Hardenberger (trumpet)Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Peter Eötvös
rec. 2004, 2005
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON [62:53]
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OF THE MONTH Uuno KLAMI
(1900-1961) Northern
Lights, Cheremissian Fantasy for cello and orchestra, Kalevala
Suite,
Samuli Peltonen (cello) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgĺrds
rec. 2009.
ONDINE
[RB]
Bohuslav
MARTINU
(1890-1959) Overture, H. 34 Concerto for piano and orchestra
No. 2, Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, Concerto for piano
and orchestra No. 4 Incantation,
Robert Kolinsky (piano) Sinfonieorchester Basel/Vladimir Ashkenazy
rec. 2005, 2007. DDD
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[RB]
William
SCHUMAN
(1910-1992) Symphony No. 8; Night Journey - Choreographic
Poem for Fifteen Instruments Charles IVES,
arr. SCHUMAN Variations on ‘America’
Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz rec. 2007, 2008, 1991
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Giuseppe
VERDI
(1813-1901) Messa da Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano); Sonia Ganassi (mezzo); Rolando Villazón (tenor);
René Pape (bass) Orchestra and Chorus of the National Academy of Santa
Cecilia, Rome/Antonio Pappano rec. 2009,
EMI 
[MC]
Richard
WAGNER
(1813-1883)
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Soloists plus Vienna State Opera Chorus (Götterdämmerung) Vienna Philharmonic/Georg
Solti rec. 1958; 1962; 1964; 1965. Producer: John Culshaw; Senior engineers:
Gordon Parry, James Brown Japanese remaster, 2009; UK import limited
to 35 copies; Ł495; US Price $800+taxes CDs/SACD Hybrid
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Racines
Sacrées (Sacred
Roots) Traditional Quadish Maria Roula
SAFAR Incantation ŕ Ishtar Roula
SAFAR and Paul MINDY Qaddish:
pričre de louanges Roula SAFAR
Urtenu Grigor NAREKATSI (951-1003)
arr. Roula SAFAR Havoun Antoine
BEYLOUNI (b. 1930)
Abouned bachmayo Byzantine Chant Alleluia Roula
SAFAR Aasheq el Hob Florence
BASCHET Femmes - excerpts Levi
YITZHAK (1740 - 1810) arr. Roula SAFAR
Meyerke, main Suhn Plainchant Alleluia
[1.50] Traditional arr. Roula SAFAR Athanatai
Francois-Bernard MACHE Rasna
Karim HADDAD Meditatio 1
[5.13]
Roula SAFAR
(mezzo, guitar, percussion); Paul Mindy (harmonic flute) rec. 2009.
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Mozart, Réquiem : (Staged Performance)
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Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus
of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conductor: Jacques
Lacombe 5.2.2010 (JMI)
Donizetti,
Lucia di Lammermoor: (sung
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Walker. London Coliseum, 4.2.2010 (CC)
Gluck, Armide:
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F. Asenjo Barbieri, El Barberillo de Lavapiés:
Soloists, Orquesta Bilbao Philarmonia, Coral de Bilbao.Conductor: Jorge Rubio.Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao. 31.1.2010 (JMI)
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Sibelius:
Helena Juntunen (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchesta, Osmo Vänskä
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Beethoven and Schoenberg (4):
Daniel Barenboim (piano, conductor), Staatskapelle Berlin. Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2010 (MB)
Schubert, Ives (orch. Brant):
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 3.2.2010 (HS)
Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall:
Mathieu Dufour (flute), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Falk Struckmann (bass-baritone), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 30-31.01.2010 (BH)
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