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This month brings you another bumper crop of great reviews from the leading music magazines, quality dailies and online review sites. There’s no doubt about it: Naxos releases and distributes some of the best CDs and DVDs available!
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Gramophone Choice
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DUSSEK, F.X.: Sinfonias, Altner G4, A3, Bb2, Bb3
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Hakkinen
Naxos 8.572683

Häkkinen…inspires his musicians into a softly atmospheric evocation of pastoral spaciousness interspersed with shadows of gentle agitation. Excellent. - Gramophone
first-rate performances featuring excellent energetic playing - MusicWeb International
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Naxos CDs
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BERLIOZ, H.: Symphonie fantastique / Le corsair
Lyon National Orchestra, Slatkin
Naxos 8.572886 [CD] / NBD0029 [Blu-ray Audio]
A seriously classy recording of a suave, stylish and enthralling performance. - Herald Scotland
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ROSSINI, G.: Occasione fa il ladro (L')
Martirosyan, Antonelou, Ruggeri, Utzeri, Cortes, Wurttemberg Philharmonic, Fogliani
Naxos 8.660314-15

An idiomatic and joyous performance of this strangely neglected work. - MusicWeb International
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See Naxos catalogue
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Accentus Music
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BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 5
Abbado
Accentus Music ACC-10243 [Blu-ray Video] / ACC-20243 [DVD]
DVD Performance Award - Gramophone Awards 2012
lyrical, nuanced, and profoundly coherent - Fanfare
chamber music on the grandest scale - Gramophone
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See Accentus Music catalogue
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BR Klassik
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MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 9
Bavarian Radio Symphony, Haitink
BR-Klassik 900113
Haitink and the Bavarians are compelling and deeply perceptive. Indeed this reading ranks alongside the finest. - MusicWeb International
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See BR Klassik catalogue
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Dacapo
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HOLMBOE, V.: Chamber Symphonies
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, Storgards
Dacapo 6.220621

Excellent performances, superb sound: you will not hear a finer disc this year. - Gramophone
Conductor John Storgårds achieves a detailed and colourful performance with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. - The WholeNote
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See Dacapo catalogue
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Ondine
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RAUTAVAARA, E.: Modificata / Incantations / Towards the Horizon
Storgards
Ondine ODE1178-2
Contemporary Award - Gramophone Awards 2012

Truls Mørk’s beautifully controlled performance...is as remarkable...Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds... and Ondine’s sensational, vivid sound set the seal on a superb Contemporary Award-winner. - Gramophone
Bravo, bravo and thrice bravo; my disc of the year. - MusicWeb International
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See Ondine catalogue
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Opus Arte
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WAGNER, R.: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Glyndebourne, 2011
Opus Arte OABD7108D [Blu-ray Video] / OA1085D [DVD]
DVD Choice
David McVicar reminds us that this is an opera about youth and self-discovery - BBC Music Magazine
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See Opus Arte catalogue
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