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	Bosgraaf, Erik - Bach: Concertos For Recorder - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Erik Bosgraaf Title: Bach: Concertos For Recorder Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Erik Bosgraaf Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Details: Although Bach clearly felt at home composing for the recorder, featuring it in major works including the Brandenburg Concertos and several cantatas, he never composed a concerto for solo recorder – in fact, he only wrote original solo concertos for harpsichord and violin. However, an examination of Bach’s compositional practices reveals that it was customary during his era to adapt or reuse musical material in new compositions. Taking this into conside... view item page for full details >>>

	Attademo, Luigi - Bach: Suites For Guitar - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Luigi Attademo Title: Bach: Suites For Guitar Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Luigi Attademo Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Info: Recording made in 2009–2010 - Details: J.S. Bach composed no original works for guitar, and although several compositions for lute have been attributed to him, his interest in this expressive instrument appears to have been rather limited, possibly because his mastery and knowledge of it was less extensive than of other instruments, such as the violin and keyboard. However, the 20th century still witnessed an increasing interest in the possibility of perf... view item page for full details >>>

	Dawson, Lynne and Bernhard Land - Bach: Christmas Oratorio - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Lynne Dawson and Bernhard Land Title: Bach: Christmas Oratorio Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Lynne Dawson Description: Released On: 14 November 2... view item page for full details >>>

	Brussing, Michael and Andras Bo - Lidl: Divertimenti For Baryton Trio - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Michael Brussing and Andras Bo Title: Lidl: Divertimenti For Baryton Trio Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Michael Brussing Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Details: Andreas Lidl was one of the greatest virtuosos on his instrument the Baryton, a string instrument no longer in use, resembling a crossing between a cello and a viola d’amore. Lidl played in the court orchestra of Count Esterhazy (the patron of Joseph Haydn) and composed many works for the Baryton. A collection of his trios is heard on this disc. Michael Brüssing, a modern Baryton virtuoso, draws lovely sounds from his instrument. He and his trio won gr... view item page for full details >>>

	Ensemble Conserto Musico - Galuppi: Complete Harpsichord Concertos - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Ensemble Conserto Musico Title: Galuppi: Complete Harpsichord Concertos Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Ensemble Conserto Musico Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Details: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785) was a highly successful composer of operas (he wrote 109 operas.) and instrumental music, working and composing at the courts of London and St Petersburg, before settling in his hometown Venice. His aesthetic credo was: “beauty, clearness and good modulation”. His music is easy to follow, graceful and pleasing to the ear and heart. This set offers the complete harpsichord concertos, small-scale works, full of brilliant vi... view item page for full details >>>

	Damas, Carlos and Jian Hong - Fragoso: Complete Chamber Music For Viol - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Carlos Damas and Jian Hong Title: Fragoso: Complete Chamber Music For Viol Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Carlos Damas Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Details: The death of António Fragoso (1897–1918) at the age of 21 robbed the Iberian Peninsula of a composer of great potential, the second within a century, following the Spaniard Juan Arriaga who died at the age of 20 in 1826, having displayed extraordinary promise. Fragoso, from Portugal, is less well known than Arriaga, but the music on this CD reveals a young composer thoroughly aware of the major musical figures of the time; the influence of Debussy and ... view item page for full details >>>

	Russian State Orchestra - Various: Russian Adagios - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Russian State Orchestra Title: Various: Russian Adagios Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Russian State Orchestra Description: Released On: 14 November 2011 - Details: A collection of famous Russian Adagios, some well-known (Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian), some true discoveries (Miaskovsky, Khrennikov). Nobody captures the Slavic warmth, passion and bittersweet melancholy better than the great, legendary Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov and his wonderful Russian Sate Orchestra. The apparently innate Russian genius for composing soulful melodies, combined with the influence of 200 years of Russian ballet, has resulted i... view item page for full details >>>

	St Petersburg SO / V.Lande - Schubert: Symphony No.8 and 9 - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: St Petersburg SO / V.Lande Title: Schubert: Symphony No.8 and 9 Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: St Petersburg SO Description: Released On: 22 August 2011 - Details: After completing his 6th symphony in 1818, Schubert struggled to complete another symphony. Nos. 1-6 display a deep knowledge of the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart and his hero Beethoven – especially his 2nd symphony. The influence of Rossini can also be detected in the early symphonies. The creative crisis concerned Schubert’s attempts to find a symphonic voice that was his own. The years 1818-25 saw him commence 5 symphonies, and abandon 4 of them. Imm... view item page for full details >>>

	Spada, Pietro - Paisello: Complete Piano Concertos - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Pietro Spada Title: Paisello: Complete Piano Concertos Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Pietro Spada Description: Released On: 22 August 2011 - Details: Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was a very successful and popular opera composer in his time. Mozart had great respect for him and took Paisiello’s Opera buffa as a model for his own operas (notably Le Nozze di Figaro). Although Paisiello’s works are mostly forgotten now his piano concertos still enjoy popularity: they are delightful, charming and brilliant works, perfect examples of the Neapolitan style, much in vogue in 18-th century Europe. Excellent p... view item page for full details >>>

	Zigante, Frederic - Villa-Lobos: Complete Guitar Music - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Frederic Zigante Title: Villa-Lobos: Complete Guitar Music Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Frederic Zigante Description: Released On: 22 August 2011 - Details: Heitor Villa-Lobos is widely recognised as Brazil’s most important composer, whose style reflects his country and his era: rooted in 20-th century European modernism, he developed his own unique style, blending all colours, smells and sounds of his homeland into his rich, exuberant and vibrant music. Villa-Lobos wrote an immense oeuvre. An important place hold his guitar works perfect instrument to present his own style, fusing Latin-American folk-inspir... view item page for full details >>>

	Various Artists - Handel: Complete Cantatas Vol.3 - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Various Artists Title: Handel: Complete Cantatas Vol.3 Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Various: Classical Orchestral Description: Released On: 22 August 2011 - Details: This dramatic cantata is one of the earliest works composed for Handel’s Italian patron Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. It is thought that the first performance took place in 1707, around the same time as his La Resurrezione. Handel met Corelli, and had heard the music of Alessandro Scarlatti, and his compositional skills had broadened considerably as a result. In addition, his ability at realising in his music the emotion behind the words, and of creat... view item page for full details >>>

	Ivo Bartoli, Sandro - Fantasia Contrappuntistica,Seven Elegies - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Sandro Ivo Bartoli Title: Fantasia Contrappuntistica,Seven Elegies Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Sandro Ivo Bartoli Description: Released On: 25 July 2011 - Details: The Italian virtuoso pianist, composer and intellectual, Ferruccio Busoni, is mainly remembered for his magnificent works for piano, which are some of the most ferociously demanding in the repertoire. Devoted to the music of Liszt and later in life to Bach, Busoni wrote much that is beautiful, complex and ground-breaking. The Seven Elegies put into practice the ideas contained in his controversial pamphlet Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music, which highligh... view item page for full details >>>

	Hanover Band / Sandor Vegh - Schubert: Complete Symphonies - CD	£11.75 VAT Inc £9.79 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Hanover Band / Sandor Vegh Title: Schubert: Complete Symphonies Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Hanover Band Description: Released On: 25 July 2011 - Details: All seven of Schubert’s completed symphonies - plus the B minor fragment known as the ‘Unfinished’ - enjoy a popularity now which they haven‘t always had. Only the twentieth century gave these pieces the recognition they deserved and an appreciation of their true emotional depth. All display his gift for pure and lovely melody, but there are great differences between the restraint of the earlier six symphonies and the last two, where he fully employed Roma... view item page for full details >>>

	Campanella, Michele - Liszt: Late Masterpieces - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Michele Campanella Title: Liszt: Late Masterpieces Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Michele Campanella Description: Released On: 25 July 2011 - Details: Franz Liszt’s own Bechstein piano was donated to the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena as a result of a warm friendship that struck up in 1938 between the owner of the piano, Roberto Almagia, and the founder of the Accademia, Count Guido Chigi Saracini. Almagia had bought it for his wife, but she had since died, and he was so impressed with the Count, he felt instinctively that the Accademia was the right place for the piano. In addition, Almagia knew t... view item page for full details >>>

	Bedrossian, Franck - Manifesto - CD	£13.18 VAT Inc £10.98 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Franck Bedrossian Title: Manifesto Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Aeon View All: Franck Bedrossian Description: Released On: 25 July 2011 - Details: Franck Bedrossian is one of France's most brilliant young composers. He is an explorer of sound, keeping an ear out to its possibilities. Silence, beginnings, resonances, explosion. The musical universe of Franck Bedrossian redraws possible geographies with his double culture: Pop/Rock and contemporary music. A fervent defender of speculative writing, he intends to break the silence of pure research and make his voice heard. He sets complex sounds like the... view item page for full details >>>

	Gulke, Peter / WDR SOandC Koln - Schreker: Orchestral and Choral Music - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Peter Gulke / WDR SOandC Koln Title: Schreker: Orchestral and Choral Music Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Peter Gulke Description: Released On: 13 June 2011 - Details: The music of late-romantic Viennese composer Franz Schreker was largely forgotten by the end of World War Two, but there has recently been a revival in interest in his work. Fundamentally a theatre composer, he is most famous for his operas, but he composed in other genres and this 2-CD set shows his fine capabilities in orchestral and vocal music. His only symphony (Symphony in A minor) was written when he was a student at the Vienna Conservatory, and hin... view item page for full details >>>

	Moscow Academy / Victor Popo - Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses - CD	£5.99 VAT Inc £4.99 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Moscow Academy / Victor Popo Title: Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Moscow Academy Description: Released On: 13 June 2011 - Details: In the field of choral music Tchaikovsky is known as the first Russian composer to have composed cycles of the Liturgy and the Vespers, but his considerable output of secular choral music is less well-known, and a delightful surprise. These secular choruses are little jewels, written for various types of choir, with all the familiar qualities of melody and rich harmony that we associate with Tchaikovsky. Some, including Autumn, Child’s Song and A Legend (f... view item page for full details >>>

	Mccarthy-hite Project - J.s Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge - CD	£9.47 VAT Inc £7.89 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Matteo Messori Title: J.s Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Matteo Messori Description: Released On: 13 June 2011 - Details: J.S. Bach’s great masterpiece, The Art of Fugue, was incomplete when the composer died in 1750, and he left no indications whatsoever for its instrumentation. Since then there has been much debate on the subject, but we now know that it was written as a practical work intended for keyboard performance exploring the contrapuntal possibilities within one subject. Bach also adopted the same compositional notational method for the beautiful and profound organ ... view item page for full details >>>

	Various artists - Richard Strauss: Complete Chamber Music - CD	£22.55 VAT Inc £18.79 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Various artists Title: Richard Strauss: Complete Chamber Music Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Various: Classical Orchestral Description: Released On: 13 June 2011 - Details: Richard Strauss was supremely a composer for the orchestra, and of opera and songs, but in his earlier years he wrote a large amount of chamber music. The young Strauss was heavily influenced by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, and it was only later that he fell under the spell of Wagner and composed the operas and programme music for which he is best known. This splendid 9-CD set of Richard Strauss’ complete chamber music encompasses a huge ra... view item page for full details >>>

	Marilley, Sophie - Jolivet: Complete Songs - 2CD	£8.03 VAT Inc £6.69 VAT Ex check availability
	Artist: Sophie Marilley Title: Jolivet: Complete Songs Music: Classical Orchestral Format: CD Label: Brilliant Classics View All: Sophie Marilley Description: Released On: 13 June 2011 - Details: 20th Century French composer André Jolivet was known for his devotion to French culture and this can be clearly seen in his fine mélodies, or French art songs, which combine all the qualities of rich melody and sensitivity to text that are essential requirements for this form. This is the first complete recording of Jolivet’s edited Mélodies for solo voice and piano. Jolivet’s Mélodies were composed over almost a quarter of a century (1928-1951) and they c... view item page for full details >>>