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CLASSICAL COMPACT DISCS & CLASSICAL DVDs

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THIS MONTH'S BIG OFFER
HYPERION CD OFFER

Founded in 1980, Hyperion is an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first. Arguably "Britain's Brightest label", the repertoire ranges over the entire spectrum of music, much of it unique to Hyperion.

MERCURY LIVING
PRESENCE BOX

Celebrating a groundbreaking label: This 50-album Box Set (plus bonus interview CD with Wilma Cozart Fine, Mercury’s producer) affords collectors an opportunity to acquire 50 classic recordings at a terrific price.
Limited Offer Price Only £79.99.

THE EARTH RESOUNDS
The Sixteen

This new recording from The Sixteen explores the amazing sacred music which emanated from Flanders in the 15th and 16th centuries and features the music of Josquin, Brumel, and Lassus.
Limited Offer Price Only £9.99.

DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Rachmaninov Romances

Dmitri Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of the leading and most charismatic baritones of our time. For his first CD release on Ondine, star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has chosen art song repertoire of great intensity and emotion from his Russian home country.

SOILE ISOKOSKI
Strauss Lieder

The music of Richard Strauss has been a cornerstone of the singing career of Soile Isokoski: “His music just sits so well in my voice, in terms of both its range and its lyrical quality.” Soile Isokoskis’ earlier CD release of Strauss Orchestral Songs and Vier letzte Lieder earned her a Gramophone Award.

HYPERION New Release Offer
Lawrence Power joins Anthony Marwood to play concertos by Britten, and Simon Crawford-Phillips to perform Shostakovich's music for viola and piano. Earlier releases also featured.
Only £9.99 under our current Hyperion offer!

CHANDOS New Release Offer
Works for the stage and concert hall by Falla and chamber music by Korngold join Michael Collins playing Weber's Clarinet Concertos as the latest top releases from Chandos.
Available at only £10.99 each.

DEBUSSY Solo Piano
Noriko Ogawa

BIS here present a CD box set of Noriko Ogawa’s critically acclaimed recordings of Debussy’s piano music.
5CD set only £21.99.

NAXOS New Release Offer
'Evening songs', arrangements for cello of works by Delius and Ireland, joins Roussel's 'The Spider's Banquet', choral music by Brahms sung by the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, and others of the latest top releases.
New and previous releases now from only £4.99.

ANDREAS SCHOLL
Bach Cantatas

The leading countertenor of our time returns to his musical roots with his own selection of arias from Bach’s cantatas - including one of the best-loved of all Bach’s vocal works, “Ich habe genug”.
Limited Offer Price Only £10.79.

HAYDN Violin Concertos
Carmignola

Carmignola’s technical precision, disciplined musicality and gorgeous tone bring every one of the composer’s intentions to vivid life. The remarkable Orchestre des Champs-Élysées makes an ideal partner.
Limited Offer Price Only £10.79.

ALISON BALSOM
Seraph

Alison’s new recording of modern and contemporary repertoire features the world premiere recording of Seraph, James MacMillan’s trumpet concerto written for Alison, works by Takemitsu and Zimmermann and her long-awaited recording of the ever popular Arutunian Trumpet Concerto.

RACHMANINOV Sym 3
RLPO Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the RLPO for Rachmaninov’s third and most expressive symphony, paired with his capriccio on gypsy themes, the Caprice Bohémien. This will be the first of a run of exciting releases focusing on the Russian music of Petrenko’s heritage.

CHANNEL CLASSICS
Channel Classics Records is a quality record label based in Holland. The label delivers music of the very highest quality, recorded to award-winning standards.
Only £10.49 each until 22 February 2012.

PENTATONE CLASSICS
SACD compatible with CD

Superb audio quality and performances to match particularly from Kent Nagano, Mikhail Pletnev, Julia Fischer and more. Also includes Philips Classics "Quadrophonic" recordings re-mastered for SACD and CD.

L'OISEAU-LYRE/ARCHIV
EARLY MUSIC OFFER

Decca's L'oiseau-Lyre and Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv produktion. Artists include Emma Kirkby, Trevor Pinnock, John Eliot Gardiner, Magdalena Kozena, Christopher Hogwood, and many more.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

LINN RECORDS
Linn's recordings continue to win awards, commendations and excellent star ratings. This is due to the talent and passion of their artists, the skills and commitment of their engineers and producers, and above all Linn's unremitting quest to reproduce the best possible sound.

ORIGINALS
Decca & Deutsche Grammophon

The Originals: critically acclaimed performances of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon artists past and present. Celebrate these landmark recordings for only £6.99 each.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

DECCA/DG
Full To Mid Offer

Selected top titles temporarily reduced to only £6.99 each. Artists include Renee Fleming, Jonas Kaufmann, Helene Grimaud, Magdalena Kozena, Julia Fischer, Claudio Abbado, and many more.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

NATALIE DESSAY
French soprano Natalie Dessay is one of the stars of today's operatic world, thrilling audiences as both a singer and an actress. Offer across both EMI & Virgin Classics and from Handel to Strauss.
From only £6.49 each!

MUSIQUE D'ABORD
Harmonia Mundi’s superbudget "Musique d’Abord" range with nearly 150 titles features some of Harmonia Mundi's most remarkable recordings. Artists include William Christie, Hilliard Ensemble, Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson.
Offer price only £4.99 each!

EMI GEMINI OFFER
EMI Classics' flagship twofer(2 CDs for the price of one) mid price series. Recordings drawn from EMI's rich legacy of recording expertise. Each set contains over two hours of music and each CD booklet includes detailed notes.
Only £6.49 till 3 March 2012.

EMI GREAT RECORDINGS
OF THE CENTURY

Great Recordings of the Century has proved exceptionally successful since its launch in 1998. The series with original LP sleeves reproduced on the front covers, and critical endorsements from the Gramophone on the back has been transferred from the original sources.
From only £6.49 each.

MARIINSKY LABEL
The Mariinsky label, draws on the theatre's rich legacy and historical ties to the great Russian composers. It showcases the extraordinary talent within the theatre and orchestra, presenting new recordings of works that are both familiar and less well known.
From only £8.99 until 3 March 2012.

LSO Live
LSO Live is dedicated to making exciting recordings that have the power to reach and inspire. LSO Live recordings capture the energy and excitement that you experience at a concert but with the refinement and production standards of the finest studio recordings
CD from £4.99, Hybrid CD/SACD from £7.49.

NEW YEAR'S DAY
CONCERT 2012

The annual New Year's Day Concert in the stunning Vienna Musikverein has been an exalted tradition for more than seven decades, and the resulting recordings with works from the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries are among the most popular classical releases each year.
CD, DVD or Blu-Ray all at special prices!

SIGNUM CLASSICS
Most only £8.99!
Signum Records produce great music recorded with integrity and creativity at the highest level. Over 270 titles including award winners & five star review recipients.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

RSK Entertainment offers
Josef Suk is commemorated with a 6cd set for only £29.99 and also Vol 2 of Brian's orchestral music. Fretwork performing C17th English composers, plus Rachel Podger's Mozart & Haydn and Magnificat performing Rogier all still on offer.
Each title on offer for a limited period only.

CORO LABEL
Coro is the lively and successful record label of Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles; comprising both a choir and a period-instrument orchestra.
Limited Offer from only £8.99.

ONYX LABEL
ONYX is a premier-quality label featuring world-renowned artists and musicians once closely associated with labels such as Philips and Decca. "A fine label with much to offer" (James Jolly, Gramophone).

GIMELL
Most only £9.99 each!
Gimell and the Tallis Scholars together have devoted their careers to bringing a highly characterised choral ensemble 'sound' to the public. They consistently garner plaudits and awards.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

DIANA DAMRAU
Liszt Lieder

Following her album of Strauss songs, Diana Damrau “a peach of a singer” turns to songs by Liszt in the company of distinguished pianist Helmut Deutsch.

BIS RECORDS
Offer Price only £9.99 each!.
BIS Records have now released over 1600 titles. The label combines universally recognised sound quality with upcoming high profile young soloists and lively repertoire. How classical labels should be.
Offer expires 31 January 2012.

MOZART Syms 39/40
Claudio Abbado
This live recording brings two more Mozart Symphonies from the acclaimed partnership of Orchestra Mozart and conductor Claudio Abbado.

ANGELA GHEORGHIU
Homage To Maria Callas

A collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by the defining diva of this century. The arias are shared favourites of both Callas and Gheorghiu, and Angela’s new recording demonstrates once again her extraordinary vocal and emotional range.

CPO RECORDS
Offer Price from only £8.99 each!
CPO's declared mission is to fill niches in the recorded classical repertory, with an emphasis on romantic, late romantic and 20th-century music. Huge catalogue at extra special prices.
Offer expires 31 January 2012.

WARNER CLASSICS APEX CD OFFER
Over 500 titles on Warner Classics's great super-budget label, from only £5.49 each per single disc. Many titles reduced from full price straight to Apex.

PAUL MEALOR A Tender Light
Tenebrae

Performed by the brilliant Tenebrae Choir under conductor Nigel Short, and featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, A Tender Light showcases the mastery of this Welsh composer whose music is being considered as the new sound of British choral composition.

WIGMORE HALL LIVE
Launched in October 2005, Wigmore Hall Live has released over 40 recordings to great critical acclaim - bringing the unique Wigmore Hall experience to music-lovers worldwide.

ORIGINALS
Decca & Deutsche Grammophon

The Originals: critically acclaimed performances of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon artists past and present. Celebrate these landmark recordings.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

DECCA/DG
Full To Mid Offer

Selected top titles temporarily reduced to only £6.99 each. Artists include Renee Fleming, Jonas Kaufmann, Helene Grimaud, Magdalena Kozena, Julia Fischer, Claudio Abbado, and many more.
Offer expires 3 March 2012.

SELECT DVD OFFER
Over 1400 titles from Arthaus, Opus Arte, Euroarts and TDK are among this massive DVD offer spread across major and minor DVD labels from Select Distribution. Includes Blu-Ray releases.

MacMILLAN Miserere
The Sixteen

Continuing their work with Scotland’s most prominent living composer, James MacMillan, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen release the premiere recording of his exquisite new work Miserere for the Coro label. The Sixteen’s UK premiere of the Miserere at the 2010 Spitalfields Festival won both public and critical acclaim.
Only £9.99 for a limited period.

DUTTON EPOCH
Latest Releases

Full details of the latest issues and catalogue listing of Dutton Epoch. Dutton Epoch champions the unrecorded music of 20th century British composers in world-class modern digital recordings and featuring some of Britain’s finest orchestras, conductors and soloists.
New issues at mid price

SUPRAPHON
Over 400 titles with some prices as low as £5.49. The Supraphon catalogue is continually expanding, adding new recordings by the best Czech artists as well as digitally remastered re-editions of historic recordings.

MOZART Sinfonia Concertante
Claudio Abbado

Maestro Abbado continues his devotion to 18th-century repertoire with three albums of Mozart’s wondrous wind compositions. This second release includes the Sinfonia concertante in E flat, and the ever-popular Flute & Harp Concerto.

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas
Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis has just emerged from a vast Beethoven project, greeted all over the world as a landmark, and now he returns to Franz Schubert, the other key focus of his concert career, the other pillar of his discography.
Limited offer 2CD set only £13.99.

HARMONIA MUNDI
Just about the whole full price catalogue available. Artists include Rene Jacobs, Paul Lewis, Mark Padmore, Philippe Herreweghe, Alfred Deller, Andreas Scholl, and many more.

NAXOS CD BIG OFFER
Our biggest offer by the number of titles included is our Naxos super budget CD offer. Virtually the whole Naxos Compact Disc catalogue included - over 4,000 CDs all crammed on to one offer page!

PUCCINI Tosca
Blu-Ray Offer

Complete from Verona at a limited "introductory Blu-ray" price. Package includes an extra 140 minutes of highlights from Arthaus Blu-rays and an Arthaus Blu-ray catalogue.
All for only £8.99!

DECCA OPERA SERIES
Decca launch their new opera series with 20 releases showcasing many of the greatest opera recordings ever made. Some at mid-price for the first time, whilst others have been unavailable for many years.
Sets from only £10.99 each!

CODAEX Distribution Offer
Recently updated. Now as well as our Codaex Distribution offer giving you their best sellers all reduced in price it is combined with some of the highly recommended releases from recent reviews.
Each title on offer for a limited period only.

EMI CLASSICS
DVD Offer

Artists include Maria Callas, Daniel Barenboim., Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Itzhak Perlman, Alban Berg Quartet, and many more.

TEODORA GHEORGHIU
Anna De Amicis

This pre-classical programme is dedicated to Anna de Amicis, the famous soprano who first created the role of Giunia in Mozart's Lucio Silla. Teodora Gheorghiu made her debut at the venerable Vienna State Opera in 2004. Outside the opera house, her career has equally flourished in recital and concert appearances.

EMI BRITISH
COMPOSERS SERIES

Extra reductions on 2cd sets & single CDs only £4.99. Celebrating the past, shaping the future: EMI's British Composers series offers the best of British music.

AUDITE New Offers
The first titles to feature on our new Audite label page are Volumes 1 and 2 of Grieg's complete symphonic works performed by WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln conducted by Eivind Aadland.
£10.49 each for a limited time.

HYPERION HELIOS
Helios is the budget-priced reissue label of Hyperion Records who are devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

ALIA VOX
Since its creation in 1998 ALIA VOX has developed its role as the exclusive producer of all new recordings by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI. They are joined by the most outstanding performers in music is from the middle ages to the present.

OVERSTOCKS & SECOND HAND
CDs & DVDs

Lots of new additions and thousands of titles reduced from previous lists.

VIRGIN VERITAS
& VIRGIN DE VIRGIN

Virgin De Virgin is a popular, wide-ranging 2-CD series offering highlights from the Virgin Classics catalogue at an affordable price. Veritas travels from 11th-century polyphony to Bruckner and includes some of the finest period performance recordings reissued in budget-price 2-CD sets.

ALPHA
Records that are as beautiful to look at as to listen to; that’s how the creation of Alpha was greeted by the press in 1999. Alpha strive to be one of the main explorers of new musical talent. Their choices, sometimes audacious, abide by one single rule: the quest for musical excellence.

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