JOHN RUTTER COLLECTION

BEETHOVEN: THE SYMPHONIES

101 CHOPIN / VARIOUS

ARPEGGIONE SONATA / FUNF STUCKE IM VOLKSTON

Track listings include: Mozart "Rondo from Sernade No.13 in G, Bach "Gavotte en Rondeau from Suite No. 4 for Lute in E, Bach "Allergo assai from Brande nburg Concerto No. 2 in F, Mendelssohn "Scherzo (Allergo vivace) from a Midsummers Night's Dream."

SCHUBERT & SCHOENBERG

VERDI: RIGOLETTO

20C: PROKOFIEV - PIANO SONATAS 6-8

What a value: 20 bucks for two and a half hours of orchestral, instrumental and vocal performances by classical's rising stars and established masters! Includes Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 Lang Lang; Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata-First Movement Daniel Barenboim; Di Capua: O Sole Mio Luciano Pavarotti; Vivaldi: The Four Seasons-Summer Sir Neville Marriner; Lara: Granada Placido Domingo; Bach: Double Concerto II Julia Fischer; Puccini: E Lucevan Le Stelle Jonas Kaufmann; Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 Riccardo Chailly; Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Sir Georg Solti, and more.

All three symphonies, plus Rachmaninov's orchestral works the Bells; Symphonic Dances, and the Isle of the Dead. Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra. "Outstanding"- Penguin CD Guide.

Yvonne Loriod - "The Complete V�ga Recordings 1956-1963" Yvonne Loriod was an influential musician of the 20th century as a devoted teacher, a champion of contemporary composers, and a phenomenal pianist with a breathtakingly wide repertoire. To mark her birthday on January 20, Universal Music France presents Loriod's complete V�ga recordings in one 13-CD boxed set, including eleven world premiere recordings and a booklet of personal and endearing essays by friends Claude Samuel, Nigel Simeone, and Loriod's prot�g�, Roger Muraro.

PLANETS - ELOQUENCE

SYMPHONIES 1, 2 & 4

STABAT MATER

Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimo (singing very softly) and her ability to shape endless, velvety phrases. This is the first compilation of her recordings to focus on the irresistibly sensual side of Cecilia Bartoli's art. SOSPIRI contains favorite arias by Mozart and Handel, bel canto jewels by Bellini and Rossini and treasures by Vivaldi as well as music which Bartoli has "rediscovered" on her recent record-breaking solo albums.