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review
all the good CDs we get, but we don' t get every new release.
Only the very best of the new recordings we receive each month are
reviewed in the printed version of LSM. If a new release is not
mentioned in print, it does not imply it is
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![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-PRD-250150RGB.jpg) | Kodály : Sonates pour violoncelle op. 4 et 8 / duo pour violon et violoncelle op.7 Michal Kanka / violoncelle, Pavel Hula / violon, Jaromir Klepac / piano Praga PRD 250 150 (74 min 7 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Naxos-8554516RGB.jpg) | Oh Flanders Free Capilla Flamenca Naxos 8.554516 (54'57)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Naxos-8553908RGB.jpg) | Nielsen : String Quartets Vol. 2 Oslo String Quartet Naxos 8.553908 (61'58)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Naxos8550612.gif) | Mozart Piano Variations Vol. 2 Francesco Nicolosi, piano Naxos 8.550612 (72'20)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-HMC-901698RGB.jpg) | Canta la Maddalena Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano Aymes / Concerto Soave HMC 901698 (71'47)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-FL23128.gif) | Vivaldi : Concertos for Strings Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà Analekta fleur de lys FL 23128 (64 min)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Erato3984-24146-2.gif) | Preisner : Requiem for my friend Jacek Kaspszyk / Sinfonia Varsovia 68 min. Erato 3984-24146-2
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-ECMNewSeries1699.jpg) | Schubert : Fantasies D 760, D 934 Andras Schiff, piano Yuuko Shiokawa, violin ECM New Series 1699. 464 320-2 (49'54)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Dorian-90281RGB.jpg) | J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, arr. Labadie Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor Dorian xCD-90281
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-DG-4634722RGB.jpg) | Love Songs Magdalena Kozena, mezzo Graham Johnson, piano DG 463 472-2 (67'30)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Decca-4669642RGB.jpg) | Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, etc. Andreas Scholl, countertenor Dyer / Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Decca 466 964-2 (69'31)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-Decca-4669522RGB.jpg) | Verdi Heroines Angela Gheorghiu, soprano Riccardo Chailly / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Decca 466 952 2 (67')
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| ![](lsm/sm5-10/images/CD-BIS-1125RGB.jpg) | Sibelius : Finlandia, Tapiola, Swan of Tuonela, etc. Vänskä / Lahti Symphony BIS-CD-1125 (78'27)
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| | Chausson & Saint-Saëns Touchwood Piano Quartet. Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op.30; Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet in B flat Op 41 ASV CD QS 6241 (DDD) [67.05]
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| | Beethoven and Verdi : String Quartets for Orchestra A. Previn / Vienna Philharmonic DG 463-579-2 (66'12)
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| | Piazzola, Peres, Gismonti : Voyages Ricardo Peres, piano Port-Royal PR-2215-2 (42 min 28s)
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| | Tidal Storm OEuvres pour piano de Minthorn, Eatock, Glick, Palmo Timothy Minthorn, piano Furiant Records FMDC 4622-2 (71 min 11 s)
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| | Tchaïkovsky: Favorite pieces for violin and piano Alexander Markov, violon; Alexander Markovich, piano Erato Disques 8573-80231-2 (61 min 2 s)
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