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This Month's Choices

December 2010

DVD
DVD

Szymanowski: King Roger
Vienna SO/Mark Elder et al
'A magnificent, richly-charged King Roger under Mark...

Chamber
Chamber

Franck • Grieg • Janáček: Violin Sonatas
Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
'...

Recording of the Month
Disc of the Month

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
'Energy and quality of imagination shine...

Orchestral
Orchestral

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
RLPO/Vasily Petrenko
'Petrenko treats Shostakovich's Tenth as a truly great...

Opera
Opera

R Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Christine Brewer et al; Scottish CO/Richard Armstrong
'This is a more delicious...

Jazz
Jazz

Phronesis: Alive
Jasper Høiby (bass), Ivo Neame (piano), Mark Guiliana (drums)
'Phronesis takes a...

Choral & Song
Choral & Song

Venables: Venetian Songs; On the Wings of Love
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet...

Instrumental
Instrumental

Chopin recital including the Polonaise-Fantaisie
Nelson Goerner (piano)
'As an introduction to Chopin...

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