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Shostakovich Symphony 8
RCO, Nelsons

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HALLÉ WALKURE
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Complete Orchestral Works


EMI Complete Ferrier


Storyteller


Mahler Symphony 7
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jonathan Nott

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Simone Young

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Italia Nicola Benedetti


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Momentous!

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Italian Cello Concertos and Sonatas
3CDS £10.95


Brahms Symphonies Zinman
£26.85

 

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Beethoven Symphonies
Thielmann


Magic Moments of Opera
10 Operas Arthaus £95


Brilliant Classics 40CDs


Brilliant Classics 60CDs


9 Symphonies Chailly
£31.90


9 Symphonies C Davis
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Bruch VC1 Gluzman
Quite the finest performance of the Bruch concerto I have ever heard.


The best opera DVD of the year so far [ST]


Mahler Song Cycles
Katarina Karnéus

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Oakgrove

CD2027 Nilla Pierrou

Obsidian

CD706 Cantiones sacrae 1575
CD707 Taverner Imperatrix review

OK Mozart

001 The brothers Kreisler

Olive Music

OM004 Consort songs review
OM008 Marchand Livre de pièces de clavecin

Olympia

OCD663 Shebalin str qts v1
OCD664 Shebalin str qts v2
OCD665 Shebalin str qts v3

Omnibus Classics

CC5003 Ball VC

Ongaku

024101 Cohler on clarinet review
024102 More Cohler on clarinet review
024107 Bach Goldbergs
024108 Bach partitas v1 review
024109 Bach partitas v2 review
024112 Alpher American reflections review
024113 Bach WTC Bk1 review
024114 Once upon a time review
024115 Bach WTC Bk2 review
024119 Messiaen Qt end of time review
024120 Vento chiaro - wind qnts review
024123 Solo vln Kaler review

Onmusic Recordings

7488 Intimate Barrios
no number Terruno review

Opera Australia

OPOZ56007CD Meyerbeer Huguenots
OPOZ56015BD Sullivan Mikado review

Opera d'Oro

OPD1270 Massenet Manon
OPD7077 Bizet Docteur Miracle review
OPD7080 Mozart Don Giovanni review

Opera Fanatic

OF5 Verdi Trovatore

Opera Spanga

FFDOC29 Saint-Saens Samson & Delilah

OPMC Classics

OPMC001 Stravinsky ballets
OPMC002 Ravel Daphnis review
OPMC003 RimskyK Sheherezade review

OPNL Guillou

OPNL2010 Guillou org conc

Opus One

CD183 Robb sy1 review
CD187 Robb PC review
CD191 Robb Hispanic songs

Orchard Road

no number Curiale Awakening

Orchestral Concert CDs

CD1/2008 Dvorak sy9 Brno PO review
CD2/2008 Prague SO review
CD3/2009 Vln sons Campoli Katin
CD4/2009 Czech trio review
CD5/2009 Brahms sy1 Ferencsik review
CD6/2009 Bruckner sy7 review
CD7/2009 Suk Asrael sy review
CD8/2009 Bach Mozart Haydn review
CD9/2009 Dvorak CC review
CD10/2010 Dvorak sy8 review
CD12/2011 Britten VC Tchaikovsky sy4 review
CD13/2011 Haydn sy88 Masur review
CD14/2011 Shostakovich sy10 review

Orchid

ORC100005 Rozsa Korngold VCs review
ORC100006 Schubert Schone Mullerin
ORC100007 Bach Matthew Passion review review
ORC100008 Joy in the morning
ORC100009 St Petersburg review
ORC100010 Milo review
ORC100012 Rhythm & texture review
ORC100013 Schubert Schwanengesang review
ORC100015 Winter sketches review
ORC100016 Vienna cel sons review
ORC100017 Liszt pno son review

ORF Edition Alte Musik

CD389 As I walked forth review
CD479 By yon bonnie banks
SACD3008 L'Europe reunie review
SACD3052 Bach motets review

Organum

OGM101066 Doleo review
OGM250061 Mendelssohn org sons review
OGM250078 Organ mass Freiburg Dom review
OGM251129 Bach organ wks review
OGM253017 Bach organ wks review
OGM261029 Claviermusik des Barock review
OGM261098 Franck sy review
OGM261128 Mozart Epistle organ sonatas
OGM267014 Engelkonzert review
OGM271011 Matheu Bosch review
OGM292016 Muffat apparatus review

Original Cast Recordings

OC6127 Blitzstein centennial concert

Orphee Productions

OP1102 Chamouard sy1 review
OA1104 Chamouard sy3

Orquestra Barroca de Sevilla

OBS002 Scarlatti salve regina

Other Minds

OM10012 Stravinsky pianola

Ottavo

OTRC30973 Duo Macondo

Our Recordings

6.220570 Mozart flute qts review
6.220601 Cafe Vienna review
6.220602 Melodies vln & gtr review
6.220604 Virtuoso Baroque review
6.220605 Nightingale review
8.226903 Lalo transc. gtr & vln
8.226904 Giuliani gtr & vln review

Oxingale

OX2011 Vinyl cello review
OX2012 After reading Shakespeare

 
 
 

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