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1.		Mozart: Symphonies 38-41 by Scottish Chamber Orchestra Price: £9.98 Customer Review: yes it didn't win a Gramophone award but surely it's a fantastic recording. crystal clear, well directed by Sir Charles Mackerras. Listening to them is pure joy. Dont know where to start? this is the recording that you can start with absolutely! 5 star!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Brahms; Schumann - Piano Quintets by Artemis Quartet Price: £9.98	Click here for more information

3.		At Newport by Count Basie Price: £8.99 Customer Review: This is one of the best swing albums in my (quite extensive) collection... The reunion of Basie band with Lester Young, Jimmy Rushing and Jo Jones is beyond words and the final jam (with Roy Eldridge and Illinois Jacquet as adittional attraction...) is... wow!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Price: £5.98 Customer Review: Sublime, intersting and flawless. For me, reminiscent of Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris in terms of depth, colour and spirituality.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Works of Igor Stravinsky [22cd] by Igor Stravinsky Price: £17.99 Customer Review: It's common to find good value box sets from labels such as EMI Classics, Brilliant Classics and Warner Classics, but not so often on the Sony label. In general, the bigger the set the better the value, with collections of more than ten discs often falling into the bargain category of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944--45 from HarperPerennial Price: £4.49 Customer Review: At the Winchester Festival, reviewing his book, Hastings made a misguided and alarming remark, "that the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, other than Taranto Raid, played no significant part in WW2". It is therefore no wonder that he has omitted to include in his book the British Pacific Forces's... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century from Fourth Estate Ltd Price: £10.00 Customer Review: This is a huge subject, and Alex Ross does a great job of covering it. Not everyone will be happy if their pet composer or movement has been tackled only briefly (if at all), but it would be impossible to fit the entire century into a single volume. As a result of reading this I have been moved to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 from Penguin Price: £18.99 Customer Review: ...the poor old Penguin Guide is trading on it's past glories. I don't think our erstwhile reviewers are listening too closely to the music or else the dreadful recording of Mravinsky's rendition of Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony would have earned a solitary star instead of the **(*) it gets. There are... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Handel - Messiah from Linn Price: £13.99 Customer Review: As so often with recordings raved about by the UK critical establishment, I found this a big let-down. This performance is no doubt very scholarly and accurate, but to me it's precious, petite and ultimately soporific. The booklet says they wanted to create the freshness and surprise of a premiere;... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Fiesta by Gustavo Dudamel Price: £10.98	Click here for more information

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