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Brahms: Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73; Academic Festival Overture Op. 80; Tragic Overture Op. 81

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

CHANNEL CCSSA33514 (Hybrid SACD)

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 14 & 21

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K449; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'; Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Die Kolner Akadamie, Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)

BIS BIS2054 (Hybrid SACD)

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Morton Feldman 鈥� Two Pianos and Other Pieces 1953-1969

FELDMAN: works including Two Pianos; Four Instruments; Piano Three Hands; False Relationships and the Extended Ending

John Tilbury and Philip Thomas (pianos)

ANOTHER TIMBRE at81x2

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Tetzlaff Quartett play Mendelssohn & Berg

BERG: Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Tetzlaff Quartett

AVI MUSIC AVI8553266 (CD)

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DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor

Diana Damrau (Lucia), Ludovic Tezier (Enrico Ashton), Joseph Calleja (Edgardo Di Ravenswood), David Lee (Lord Arturo Bucklaw), Nicolas Teste (Raimondo Bidebent), Marie Mclaughlin (Alisa), Andrew Lepri Meyer (Normanno), Munchener Opernchor, Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)

ERATO 2564621901 (2CD mid-price)

Mark Lowther compares performances, spanning 80 years of recording history, of Bach鈥檚 four Orchestral Suites (BWV 1066鈥�1069) and makes a recommendation:

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JS Bach: Overtures

BACH, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069

Freiburger Barockorchester

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902113/14 (2CD mid-price)

Stephen Johnson joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss and compare some new recordings of music by Mendelssohn including three 鈥淪cottish鈥� Symphonies and two discs of piano repertoire.

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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 2

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 11; Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 'Scottish'; Ruy Blas Overture Op. 95

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5139 (Hybrid SACD)

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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 11; Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 'Scottish'

Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72641 (Hybrid SACD)

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 'Scottish'; Hebrides Overture Op. 26

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54

Maria Joao Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

LSO LIVE LSO0765 (2SACD + Blu-ray Audio)

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Mendelssohn: Songs without Words & 17 Variations Serieuses

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words; Variations serieuses in D minor Op. 54

Rena Kyriakou (piano)

VOX CDX5077 (2CD budget)

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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E major Op. 14; Fantasia on "The Last Rose of Summer" Op. 15; 3 Fantasies (or Caprices) Op. 16; Fantasia in F sharp minor Op. 28; Songs without Words, Book 2 (6) Op. 30; Individual 鈥楲ieder ohne Worte鈥�: E flat major, Espressivo & Allegro, MWV U 68; Individual 鈥楲ieder ohne Worte鈥�: A major [Allegretto], MWV U 138; Songs without Words, Book 3 (6) Op. 38

Howard Shelley (piano)

HYPERION CDA68059 (CD)

MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K626

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Werner Gura (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

NAIVE V5370 (CD)

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VERDI: Requiem

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Orlin Anastassov (baritone), Chor, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons (conductor)

BR KLASSIK 900126 (2CD mid-price)

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DVORAK: Requiem

Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Wolak (alto), Daniel Kirch (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)

NAXOS 8.572874-75 (2CD Budget)

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FAURE: Requiem, Op.48

GOUNOD: Ave Verum in E flat major; Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la croix

Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Flemish Radio Choir, Brussels Philharmonic Soloists, Herve Niquet (conductor)

EVIL PENGUIN EPRC015 (CD)

Schubert Lieder Volume 9: Winterreise

SCHUBERT: Winterreise D911

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902107 (CD)