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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/sm7-3/images/cd-schubert.jpg) | Schubert : Lieder, vol. II Ian Bostridge, ténor Julius Drake, piano EMI 7243 5 57141 2 1 (67 min 27 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm7-3/images/cd-messiaen.jpg) | Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps Ensemble Amici Naxos 8.554824
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| ![](lsm/sm7-3/images/cd-concert.jpg) | Concert français: Œuvres de Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Chausson, Debussy, Milhaud et Massenet James Ehnes, violon; Orchestre symphonique de Québec, direction Yoav Talmi Analekta FL 2 3151 (78 min 1 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm7-3/images/cd-cancionero.jpg) | El Cancionero de Montecassino. Música Religiosa & Profana. La Capella Reial de Catalunya, direction Jordi Savall Alia Vox AV9816 A+B (CD 1 : 71 min 15 s, CD 2 : 74 min 30 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm7-3/images/cd-bach.jpg) | Bach : arrangements Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion CDA67309
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| ![](lsm/sm7-3/images/../../../columns/anson/images/bsocd150.jpg) | Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Centennial Celebration
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| | Chris Paul Harman: Globus Hystericus, Theme and Variations, Procession Burlesque, Midnight with the Stars and You. Continuum, Marc Stabat (violin), Christina Petrowska Quilico, Stephen Clarke (piano) CMCCD-7201 (61’27”)
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| | Heifetz : Concertos pour violon de Tchaïkovski, Wieniawsky et Sibelius Jascha Heifetz, violon; Orchestre Philharmonique de Londres, direction John Barbirolli (Tchaïkovski et Wieniawsky) direction Thomas Beecham (Sibelius) Naxos Historical 8.110938 (78 min 58 s)
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| | Berlioz : Te Deum Marie-Claire Alain, orgue; Roberto Alagna, ténor Chœur et Orchestre de Paris, direction John Nelson Virgin 7243 5 45449 2 7 (57 min 40 s)
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| | Chopin : Sonate pour violoncelle et piano op. 65; Polonaise Brillante; Nocturnes; Valses... Thérèse Motard, violoncelle Louise-Andrée Baril, piano Analekta FL23142 (62 min 14 s)
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| | Schumann : Allegro op. 8 ; Grande Sonate no 3 op. 14 John Rea : Las Meninas Richard Raymond, piano Enregistrement public septembre 2000 Étiquette Chaîne culturelle Radio-Canada RIC 29975 (65 min 39 s)
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| | Oeuvres de Milhaud, Ravel, Lekeu et Chausson Quatuor Petersen; Juliane Banse, soprano Wolfram Rieger, piano Capriccio 10 860 (68 min 20 s)
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| | Chopin : 19 Valses Richard Raymond, piano Analekta Fleur de Lys FL23158 (60 min 51 s)
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| | Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor Tansini / Italian Broadcasting Authority Naxos 8.110150-51 (2 CD - 134’24)
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| | Tchaïkovski : Quatuors à cordes nos 1 et 3 Quatuor St. Lawrence EMI 7243 5 57144 2 8 (69 min 42 s)
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