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ALBERTO GINASTERA
String Quartets
Miró Quartet
Kiera Duffy (Soprano)
Pentatone PTC5187412
8717306264129
Released : July 2025
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PICTURES FROM FINLAND
Various Composers
Oulu Sinfonia
Rumon Gamba (Conductor)
Chandos CHAN20401
0095115240120
Released : July 2025
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HISTORY of the RUSSIAN
PIANO TRIO Vol. 7
Aloiz / Winkler
The Brahms Trio
Naxos 8.574688
747313468874
Released : July 2025
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets Vol. 2
Nos. 6-12
Cuarteto Casals
Harmonia mundi HMM902733.34
3149020953839
Released : July 2025
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Preludes and Fugues Op. 87
Yulianna Avdeeva (Piano)
2-Disc Set
Pentatone PTC5187480
8717306264808
Released : July 2025
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KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN
Concerto funebre
Rebekka Hartmann (Violin)
Rachmaninoff International Orchestra
Kent Nagano (Conductor)
Farao Classics B108128
Released : June 2025
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WELSH MUSIC FOR STRINGS
Various Composers
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes (Conductor)
Rubicon RCD1198
5065002228840
Released : June 2025
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BALTIC TIDES
Lucija Garuta
Ester Mägi
Eva Maria Doroszkowska (Piano)
First Hand Records FHR177
5060216342177
Released : June 2025
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ADOLF von HENSELT
Complete Piano Études
Marcel Tadokoro (Piano)
Naxos 8.574704
747313470471
Released : June 2025
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WILLIAM MUNDY
Vox patris caelestis
Choir of New College Oxford
Robert Quinney (Director)
Linn Records CKD775
691062077521
Released : June 2025
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THOMAS PITFIELD
Orchestral Music
Liepãja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann (Conductor)
Toccata TOCC0765
5060113447654
Released : June 2025
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JOAN CABANILLES
Organ Works
Anna Pikulska (Organ)
Bartholomé Sánchez Organ
MDG 9062367-6
760623236766
Released : June 2025
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GÜNTER RAPHAEL
Symphony No. 1
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony
Fabian Enders (Conductor)
Prospero PROSP0118
4262353970799
Released : June 2025
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IF THE FATES ALLOW
Purcell and his Contemporaries
Helen Charlston (Mezzo)
Sounds Baroque
BIS BIS-2734
7318599927343
Released : May 2025
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios
The Brahms Trio
Naxos 8.574687
747313468775
Released : May 2025
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1
Symphonic Dances
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (Conductor)
Chandos CHSA5351
Released : May 2025
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BRAHMS/SCHUMANN
Works for Viola & Piano
Christian Euler (Viola)
Paul Rivinius (Piano)
MDG 9032353-6
760623235363
Released : May 2025
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DEBUSSY/MESSIAEN
L'extase
Magdalena Kozená (Mezzo-Soprano)
Mitsuko Uchida (Piano)
Pentatone PTC5187129
8717306261296
Released : May 2025
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FOLIO
Lessons From The Master
Tabea Debus (Recorders)
Tom Foster (Harpsichord)
TYXart TXA24191
4250702801917
Released : May 2025
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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Chamber Music for Wind & Piano
Various Performers
Divine Art DDX21120
809730112027
Released : May 2025
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3
Yunchan Lim (Piano)
Fort Worth Symphony
Marin Alsop (Conductor)
Decca 4871286
Released : May 2025
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DUTCH CELLO SONATAS Vol. 9
Doris Hochscheid (Cello)
Frans van Ruth (Piano)
Hybrid-SACD
AudioMax AUD 9032359-6
760623235967
Released : May 2025
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Discoveries
First Recordings & Rarities
Various Artists
Deutsche Grammophon
028948671908
Released : May 2025
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Music for Cello & Orchestra
Nikolay Shugaev (Cello)
Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 8.574679
747313467976
Released : May 2025
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HONEY-COLOURED COW
Moosic for Bassoon
Laurence Perkins (Bassoon)
Various Artists
Hyperion CDA68441
034571284415
Released : May 2025
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Blue Electra
Albany Symphony Orchestra
David Alan Miller (Conductor)
Naxos 8.59955
636943995525
Released : April 2025
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RUTH GIPPS
Orchestral Works Vol. 4
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (Conductor)
Chandos CHAN20319
095115231920
Released : April 2025
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MAURICE RAVEL
Très Franc
Piano Works
Emre Yavuz (Piano)
TYXart TXA24192
4250702801924
Released : April 2025
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas 3, 21, 26
Julian Jaeyoung Kim (Piano)
Hänssler Classic HC24017
881488240177
Released : April 2025
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AN ENGLISH PASTORAL
Various Composers
Chu-Yu Yang (Violin)
Eric McElroy (Piano)
Somm Recordings SOMMCD 0700
748871070028
Released : April 2025
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