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Sharon Kam (clarinet), Ori Kam (viola), Matan Porat (piano)

Weber, Kurpiński & Crusell: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

Sharon Kam (clarinet) ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gregor Bühl

Egk: Peer Gynt

Chor des Bayerisches Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg

2 CDs: $34.75

Gluck: Les Pèlerins de la Mecque

Anne-Marie Rodde (Amine), Robert Gambill (Ali), Paolo Orecchia (Chef de Caravane), Julie Kaufmann (Rezia), Malcolm Walker (Vertigo), Ulrich Ress (Sultan), Claes-Haakan Ahnsjo (Osmin), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (A Calender), Annegeer Stumphius, Iris Vermillion (Balkis) Munchener Rundfunkorchester, Leopold Hager

Stravinsky: The Firebird

Emile Naoumoff (piano) Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Gluck: Alceste (highlights)

Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda & Siegmund Nimsgern Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Serge Baudo

Hartmann: Concerto for piano, winds & percussion and Concerto Funèbre

Maria Bergmann (piano) & Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Special offer. Ernst Krenek - Chamber Music

Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Peter Marsh (violin), Susan Jensen (violin), Jan Karlin (viola), Leighton Fong (cello), Richard Naill (cello), Jeff von der Schmidt (horn), Vicki Ray (piano), Susan Svrcek (piano), Mark Robson (organ)

CD: Original price $19.25 Reduced $14.82

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Plácido Domingo (Canio), Ileana Cotrubas (Nedda), Matteo Manuguerra (Tonio), Heinz Zednik (Peppe), Wolfgang Schöne (Silvio), Josef Pogatschnig & Wolfgang Witte (Due Contadine) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Adam Fischer

D. Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas

Zuzana Ruzicková (harpsichord)

Janacek: Suite for string orchestra, Idyll & Adagio

Philharmonisches Kammerorchester München, Michael Helmrath

Kozeluch: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Sonate concertante

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Prague Chamber Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Wiener Symphoniker, Hermann Scherchen

Franz Schmidt: Fredigundis

ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Ernst Märzendorfer

2 CDs: $34.75

Christmas Songs With Carlo Bergonzi

Carlo Bergonzi Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir, Paul Angerer

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major

Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Daniel Müller-Schott plays Cello Concertos

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) NDR Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach

Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice

Robert Swensen (Orfeo), Helen Donath (Euridice), Sylvia Greenberg (Genio), Thomas Quasthoff (Creonte), Paul Hansen (Plutone), Azuko Suzuki (Baccante) Bavarian Radio Chorus & Munich Radio Orchestra, Leopold Hager

Pergolesi: Missa Romana, Magnificat & Salve regina

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Martin Sieghart

Mansurian: Cello Concerto No. 2, etc.

Liana Issakadze (violin), Ivan Monighetti (cello) Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588

Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Brigitte Fassbaender (Dorabella), Peter Schreier (Ferrando), Wolfgang Brendel (Guglielmo), Reri Grist (Despina), Theo Adam (Don Alfonso) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, Vallée d'Obermann, Funérailles & other piano works

Vardan Mamikonian (piano)

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Luciano Pavarotti (Gustavo III), Piero Cappuccilli (Renato), Gabriele Lechner (Amelia), Ludmila Semtschuk (Ulrica), Magda Nador (Oscar), Georg Tichy (Cristiano), Franco De Grandis (Horn), Goran Simic (Ribbing), Alexander Maly (A judge) & Franz Kasemann (A servant) Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, etc.

Pavel Gililov (piano) & Boris Pergamenschikow (cello)

Meyerbeer, Spohr & Barmann: Clarinet Quintets

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Consortium Classicum & Philharmonia Quartett Berlin

Strauss - Ein Heldenleben & Der Rosenkavalier Suite

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Solère: Clarinet Concerto

Dieter Klocker, Sandra Arnold Prague Chamber Orchestra

Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos

Daniel Müller-Schott (Gofriller cello 1700) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

Leoncavallo: La Bohème

Alan Titus (Schaunard), Alexandrina Milcheva (Musette), Franco Bonisolli (Marcello), Lucia Popp (Mimi), Bernd Weikl (Rodolfo), Alexander Malta (Barbemuche), Raimund Grumbach (Colline), Jörn W Wilsing (Visconte Paolo), Norbert Orth (Durand), Friedrich Lenz (Gaudenzio), Sofia Lis (Eufemia) Coro de la Radio de Baviera & Orquesta de la Radio de Munich, Heinz Wallberg

Reicha, A: Lenore

Camilla Nylund (soprano), Pavla Vykopalová (mezzosoprano), Corby Welch (tenor) & Vladimír Chmelo (bass) Prager Kammerchor & Virtuosi di Praga, Frieder Bernius

Pfitzner: Das Christelflein (The Christmas Elf), Op. 20

Helen Donath, Janet Perry, Claes H. Ahnsjö, Paul Hansen, Alexander Malta, Nikolaus Hillebrand, Raimund Grumbach, Ferry Gruber Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kurt Eichhorn

Nicolai Gedda

Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Erik Werba (piano)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Irmgard Seefried, Sieglinde Wagner, Anton Dermota, Josef Greindl Wiener Philharmoniker, Mitglieder des Salzburger Domchors, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Spohr - Complete Piano Trios

Neue Münchner Klaviertrio

2 CDs: $34.75

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Annie Fischer (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay

Honegger: Symphony No. 3 & Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet

Prokofiev: Incidental music from Eugene Onegin & Noches Egipcias

Oleg Jankowskij, Igor Kostolewskij, Alexei Petrenko, Ludmila Poljakowa WDR Rundfunkchor & Sinfonieorchester Köln, Gerd Albrecht

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 & Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Julia Varady (Lisa), Elena Obraztsova (Countess), Vladimir Atlantov (Hermann), Alexander Voroshilo (Tomsky), Bodo Brinkmann (Yeletsky), Ludmila Shemchuk (Pauline), Yoshihisa Yamaji (Chekalinsky), Karl Helm (Surin), Ulrich Reß (Chaplitsky), Alfred Kuhn (Narumov), Friedrich Lenz (Master of Ceremonies), Gudrun Wewezow (Governess) & Carmen Anhorn (Masha) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Algis Shuraitis

Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1

Nina Stemme (Sieglinde), Johan Botha (Siegmund) & Ain Anger (Hunding) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst

Schubert: Lieder & Schwanengesang | Mozarteum, Salzburg 17/8/1964

Hermann Prey (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano)

Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Friedrich Gulda (piano & direction)

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

György Sándor (piano) Wiener Symphoniker, Ferenc Fricsay

Special offer. American Concertos

Baiba Skride (violin) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

2 CDs: Original price $19.25 Reduced $14.82

K.u.K Festkonzert - Vol. 1 | Marches, polkas & waltzes

Tschechische Philharmonie, Václav Neumann

Verdi Heroines

Julia Varady, Grace Bumbry, Krassimira Stoyanova, Marjana Lipovsek, Agnes Baltsa, Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Dragoni, Ileana Cotrubas

2 CDs: $16.75

Verdi: Luisa Miller

Lilian Sukis (Luisa), Giuseppe Taddei (Miller), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Graf von Walter), Franco Bonisolli (Rodolfo), Christa Ludwig (Federica), Malcolm Smith (Wurm), Milkana Nikolova (Laura) & Horst Nitsche (Bauer) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Alberto Erede

Schumann, Schubert & Reiter: Lieder

Eduard Kutrowatz (piano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano)

Wolf & Reger: Orchestral Songs

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

2 CDs: $16.75

Mozart: Adagio & Fugue K546 & Symphonies K202, 318

Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Liederabend: José Carreras

José Carreras (tenor) & Edoardo Müller (piano)

Lisa Della Casa | Live Recording 1957

Lisa Della Casa (soprano) & Arpad Sándor (piano)

Borodin Quartet: Brahms, Shostakovich, Ravel | Salzburg Festival 7th August 1961

Borodin Quartet

Reichardt, J F: Selected lieder

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Maria Graf (harp)

Strauss: Don Quixote, Sonata for cello and piano, Songs Opp. 10 & 32

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Mozart: Symphony No. 25 & Requiem

Lisa Casa, Ira Malaniuk, Anton Dermota, Cesare Siepi Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Bruno Walter

Einem - Konzert für Klavier und Orchester

Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) RSO Vienna, Cornelius Meister

Weber: Der Freischütz

Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Renate Holm (Aennchen), James King (Max), Eberhard Waechter (Ottokar), Manfred Jungwirth (Kuno), Karl Ridderbusch (Kaspar), Gustav Elger (Samiel), Franz Crass (Eremit) & Heinz Zednik (Kilian) Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Robert Schumann: Lieder

Margaret Price (soprano) & James Lockhardt (piano)