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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
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![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-Stockhausen-Verlag_CD57.jpg) | Karlheinz Stockhausen : Flute and Synthesizer Kathinka Pasveer, flûtes ; Michael Svoboda, euphonium ; Andreas Boettger, percussions ; Simon Stockhausen et Antonio Pérez Abellán, claviers Stockhausen-Verlag CD57 (69 min)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-Palleas_0111.jpg) | Shiraz. OEuvres de Vivier et de Brégent Louis-Philippe Pelletier, piano Pelléas CD-0111 (58 min 35 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-NAXOS811021415.jpg) | Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra-Comique, Paris, dir. André Cluytens Naxos 8.110214-15 (2 CD: 129 min 49 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-NAXOS-8.553783.jpg) | Martinu° : Quatuors à cordes nos 3 et 6 ; Duo pour violon et violoncelle ; Trois Madrigaux pour violon et alto Quatuor Martinu° Naxos 8.553783 (63 min 42 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-NAIVE782154.jpg) | Saariaho : L'aile du songe ; Laconisme de l'aile ; Poèmes de Saint-John Perse Orchestre de la Radio finlandaise, direction Jukka-Pekka Saraste Camilla Hoitenga, flûte et récitante Amin Maalouf, récitant Montaigne Naïve MO 782154 (60 min 23 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-Naive_V_4933.jpg) | Canciones espanolas Maria Bayo, soprano Malcolm Martineau, piano Naïve V 4933 (50 min 12 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-Naive_4927.jpg) | Beethoven : Sonates pour violoncelle et piano nos 2, 4 et 5 Anne Gastinel, violoncelle ; François-Frédéric Guy, piano Naïve V 4927 (57 m 55 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-HMC_901772.jpg) | W. F. Bach : Symphonies Fk 64 et 67 ; Concerto pour clavecin Fk 43 ; Adagio et Fugue en ré mineur Fk 65 ; Adagio et fugue en fa mineur Raphael Alperman, clavecin (soliste Concerto) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, premier violon Stephan Mai Harmonia Mundi HMC 901772 (65 min 54 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-HMC_901762.jpg) | Haydn : Sonates, vol. II Alain Planès, piano Harmonia Mundi HMC 901762 (73 min 17 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-DG2894715012.jpg) | Anne Sofie von Otter Sings Offenbach Les Musciens du Louvre, dir. Marc Minkowski Deutsche Grammophon 289 471 501-2 (70 min 2 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-DECCA4702902.jpg) | The Magic of Satie Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470 290 2 (78 m 37 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-Decasia.jpg) | Michael Gordon : Decasia Basel Sinfonietta, direction Kasper de Roo Cantaloupe Music CA21008 (62 min 38 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-CHANNEL19098.jpg) | Rameau : Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord; Rachel Podger, baroque violin Jonathan Manson, viola da gamba Channel Classics CCS 19098 (66 min 53 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-CHANDOS10014.jpg) | Poulenc: Works for Piano Eric Parkin, piano Chandos CHAN 10014(3) (3 CD: 200 min 24 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-CDH55142.jpg) | Moszkowski: Piano Music Vol. 2 Seta Tanyel, piano Helios CDH55142 (64 min 49 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-CBC_SMCD_5222.jpg) | Bruch : Concerto no 2 op. 44 ; Fantaisie écossaise op. 46 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, direction Mario Bernardi James Ehnes, violon Les disques SRC SMCD 5222 (55 min 4 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-CANT21009.jpg) | Steve Reich : Tehillim ; The Desert Music Alarm Will Sound et Ossia, dir. Alan Pierson Cantaloupe Music CA21009 (74 min 43 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-bizetcarmenalagna.jpg) | Bizet: Carmen Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, dir. Michel Plasson EMI 724355743428 (3 CD: 157 min 31 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-ALPHA503.jpg) | La Tarentella, Antidotum Tarantulae Lucilla Galeazzi et Marco Beasly, chant L'Arpeggiata, direction Christina Pluhar Alpha 503 (51 min 22 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/CD-ALIAVOX-9825.jpg) | Biber : Battaglia à 10 ; Requiem à 15 in Concerto La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, direction Jordi Savall Alia Vox AV 9825 (57 min 23 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm8-6/images/berlioztroyendvd.jpg) | Berlioz: Les Troyens Cambreling/Salzburg 2000 ArtHaus DVD (2 DVD)
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| | Sufi Music from Turkey Tâhir Aydogdu et Timuçin Çevikoglu Turkish Music Ensemble of the State Conservatory of Afyon Kocatepe University ARC Music, EUCD 1741, 2002 (58 min 31 s)
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| | Nagauta L'ensemble Kineya, dir. Katsukuni Kineya et Naokichi Kineya Ocora C 560144, 1997 (76 min 37 s)
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