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	*Bach; Works For a Trumpet*
	Alison Balsom

	*Blue Note Sessions*
	Nigel Kennedy

	*Dragon Songs*
	Lang Lang Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China Long Yu, conducting

	*Elgar: Violin Concerto*
	Hilary Hahn, violin London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis, conductor

	Franz Liszt, Concerto in E-Flat Major and Frederc Chopin, Concerto in E Minor
	Yundi Li Philharmonia Orchestra Andrew Davis, conducting

	*Grieg: Peer Gynt*
	Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Paavo Järvi, conductor soloists: Peter Mattei, Camilla Tilling, Charlotte Hellekant; Ellerhain Girls’ Choir; Estonian National Male Choir

	*Holst: The Planets*
	Berlin Philharmonic and Berlin Radio Chorus Simon Rattle, conducting

	*J.S. Bach, Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin*
	Julia Fischer

	*Jenö Hubay: Scènes da la Csárdá*
	Michael Jelden

	*Josquin and the Lost Generation*
	Vox Early Music Ensemble

	*Live in Ramallah*
	Daniel Barenboim West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

	*Mahler: Symphony No. 2*
	Vienna Philharmonic Pierre Boulez conducting

	*Mahler: Symphony no. 6*
	Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach, conducting

	*Metheny/Mehldau*
	Pat Metheny Brad Mehldau

	*Mozart Piano Sonatas and Fantasias*
	Lars Vogt

	*Mozart: The Violin Sonatas*
	London Philharmonic Orchestra Anne-Sophie Mutter, conducting

	*Nuove Musiche*
	Rolf Lislevand

	*Prokofiev: Symphonies*
	London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev conducting

	*Rota: La Strada / Il Gattopardo*
	Benedetto Lupo, piano Orquesta Ciudad de Granada Josep Pons, conductor

	*Russian Album*
	Anna Netrebko Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev, conducting

	*Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra*
	Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Alasdair Fraser, fiddle Scottish Chamber Orchestra Alexander Platt, conducting

	*Shostakovich: Quartets*
	Jerusalem Quartet

	*Shostakovich: The Tale Of The Priest And His Worker Balda, Lady Macbeth Suite*
	Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Sanderling, conducting

	*Tchaikovsky*
	Joshua Bell violin; Berlin Philharmonic Michael Tilson Thomas conducting

	*The Mozart Album*
	Orchestra Mozart, Dresden Staatskapelle, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra Anna Netrebko, Christoph Strehl, Thomas Quasthoff, Elina Garanca, Bryn Terfel, René Pape, Erika Miklosa, Christine Rice, Miah Persson

	*Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus*
	Dresden musicians Peter Kopp conducting

	*Vivaldi: The Four Seasons*
	Janine Jensen, solo violin

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