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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/sm5-7/images/cd-virgin-724354535628rgb.jpg) | Elgar : Concerto pour violoncelle op. 85 Britten : Symphonie avec violoncelle op. 68 Truls Mork, violoncelle Simon Rattle / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Virgin Classics 7243 5 45356 2 8 (65 min 11 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-7/images/cd-sony-65949rgb.jpg) | Goldmark /Sibelius : Concertos pour violon Joshua Bell, violon Esa-Pekka Salonen / Orchestre Philharmonique de Los Angeles Sony Classical SK65949 (65 min 35 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-7/images/cd-rca-09026636102-rgb.jpg) | Bach: Variations Goldberg Canadian Brass BMG Classics 09026-63610-2 (50 min 42 s)
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| ![](lsm/sm5-7/images/cd-hyperion-67143rgb.jpg) | André Hamelin, piano Mark Elder/ City of Birmingham symphony orchestra Hypérion 67143 (73 min 48 s)
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| | Gerry Hemingway Chamber works Tzadik Composer Series TZ 7052 (60 min 40 s)
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| | Music of a life so far Simon Fryer, violoncelle (Lydia Wong, piano) Phoenix Records PHX0877-2 (65 min 11s)
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| | Gluck : ALCESTE (version italienne de 1767). Singholz, Lavender, Degerfeldt. Chorus et orchestre du théâtre de Drottningholm, Arnold Östman. 3 CD. Naxos 8.660066-68. Livret en italien et en anglais.
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| | Schoenherg : Gurrelieder et 2 symphonies de chambre Jessye Norman, soprano James McCracken, ténor Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano David Arnold, baryton Kim Scown, récitant Tanglewood Festival Chorus Orchestre symphonique de Boston / Seiji Osawa Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester-Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal (Symphonies de chambre)
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| | Nostalgia with Kyra Vayne Kyra Vayne, soprano Eklipse EKR P-19
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