HANDEL: OPERA ARIAS

Mozart: Don Giovanni - Highlights / Barenboim, Furlanetto, Tomlinson, Salminen, Meier, Berlin Po, Et Al. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performer: Ferruccio Furlanetto, John Tomlinson, Matti Salminen, Waltraud Meier, Conductor: Daniel Barenboim, Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus. Daniel Barenboim recorded K 492, K 527 & K 588 with the Berlin Phil in the early Nineties - those were the days. His Cosi is the best of the triptych.

The Magic Of The Cello - Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Luigi Boccherini, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean Louis Duport, Performer: Fr�d�ric Lod�on, Paul Tortelier, Robert Veyron-Lacroix, Xavier Gagnepain, Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Charles Munch, Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Paris Orchestral Ensemble, Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra. This is a fine, exquisitely performed sampler of superb cello pieces from the Baroque to the Romantics. The French soloists play the pieces with taste. It is a collection of famous cellists.