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JOHN ADAMS
Shaker Loops
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Marin Alsop (Conductor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.559031
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Iberia
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
2-Disc Set
Hyperion CDA67476/77
034571174761
Juno Award Winner
ROBERT ALDRIDGE
Elmer Gantry
Florentine Opera Company
William Boggs (Conductor)
2-Disc Set
Naxos 8.669032-33
Grammy Award Winner
HUGO ALFVEN
Symphonies & Rhapsodies
Neeme Järvi (Conductor)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
5-Disc Set
Brilliant Classics
5029365897426
HUGO ALFVEN
Symphony No. 4
(From the Outermost Skerries)
Niklas Willen (Conductor)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.557284
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
12 Etudes, Op. 35
Scherzo Diabolico
Bernard Ringeissen (Piano)
Naxos 8.555495
0747313549528
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Grande Sonata Op. 33
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Hyperion CDA66794
034571167947
Juno Award Winner
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Concerto for Solo Piano
Troisième Recueil de Chants
Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Hyperion CDA67569
034571175690
Juno Award Winner
GREGORIO ALLEGRI
Miserere
King's College Choir
David Willcocks (Conductor)
Roy Goodman (Treble Soloist)
Decca 4663732
EYVIND ALNÆS
Symphonies 1 and 2
Terje Mikkelsen (Conductor)
Latvian National Symphony
Hybrid SACD
Sterling CDS1084-2
7393338108429
WILLIAM ALWYN
Complete Symphonies
Richard Hickox (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
3-Disc Set
Chandos
CHAN9429
JULIAN ANDERSON
Alhambra Fantasy
Oliver Knussen (Conductor)
BBC
Sinfonietta
Ondine 1012
0761195101223
Gramophone Award Winner
LEROY ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
Other Holiday Favorites
Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)
Naxos 8.559621
0636943962121
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN
Symphonic Works Vol. 1
David Porcelijn (Conductor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
CPO 777721-2
761203772124
Released : January 2013
PASQUALE ANFOSSI
Sinfonie & Ouverture
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Alessandro Fabrizi (Conductor)
Concerto Classics 2122
8012665212218
Released : December 2022
ISTVAN ANHALT
The Tents of Abraham
Istvan Anhalt (Conductor)
Ensemble Instrumental de Montréal
Kingston Symphony Orchestra
Centrediscs CMCCD10204
Juno Award Winner
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Violin Sonatas
Mark Fewer (Violin)
John Novacek (Piano)
Azica ACD71263
787867126325
Released : March 2011
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Ballet Mecanique
Serenade for Strings
Daniel Spalding (Conductor)
Philadelphia Virtuosi
Chamber Orchestra
Naxos 8.559060
ANTON ARENSKY
Suites for Two Pianos
Lavrova/Primakov Duo
Natalia Lavrova (Piano)
Vassily Primakov (Piano)
LP Classics 1001
Released : November 2011
VIKTOR ORRI ÁRNASON
Eilífur
Budapest Art Orchestra
Fóstbræður Male Choir
Pentatone PTC5186950
827949095061
Released : June 2021
ARNOLD
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Richard Hickox (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Chandos 9385
095115938522
VYACHESLAV ARTYOMOV
Requiem
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko (Conductor)
Divine Art DDA25173
809730517327
Released : October 2018
GEORGES AURIC
L'eventail de Jeanne
Geoffrey Simon
Philharmonia Orchestra
Chandos 10290
09115129029
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