Best Classical Recordings 2009

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Tracklisting

Bach: Piano Concerto No.1 – Allegro
Hélène Grimaud (pf)
Taken from Hélène Grimaud: Bach
DG 477 7978

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas – Act II excerpt
Gerald Finley (bar), Lucy Crowe (sop), Sarah Connolly (mz), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Choir of the Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Kenny Devine
Taken from Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Chandos CHAN 0757

Suk: Asrael – Agadio e maestoso (excerpt)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Taken from Suk: Asrael
Ondine ODE 1132-5

Tchaikovsky: At the Ball
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (pf)
Taken from Tchaikovsky: Romances
ONYX 4034

Haydn: Symphony No.96 – Adagio – Allegro
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Howard Shelley
Taken from Haydn: The London Symphonies
Hyperion CDS 44371/4

Taverner: O Christe Jesu, pastor bone
Alamire/David Skinner
Taken from Henry’s Music
Obsidian CD705

Mozart: Piano Sonata No.13 – Andante cantabile
Claire-Marie Le Guay (pf)
Taken from Haydn-Mozart: The Concertante Spirit
Universal Accord 480 1704

Sacchini: Dardanus – Il me fuit…Rien ne peut émouvoir
Véronique Gens (sop), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Taken from Tragédiennes, Vol.2
Virgin Classics 216 5742

Elgar: Serenade for Strings – Allegro piacevole
Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis
Taken from Elgar: Orchestral Works
Signum Classics SIGCD 168

Dvorak: Symphony No.7 – Scherzo – Vivace
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg
Taken from Dvorak: Symphony No.7; Golden Spinning Wheel
Pentatone PTC 5186 082

Haydn: String Quartet in F minor – Allegro
Meta4 Quartet
Taken from Haydn: String Quartets Op.55, 1-3
Hännsler CLASSIC CD 98.587

Handel: Messiah – His yoke is easy, his burden is light
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton
Taken from Handel: Messiah
Hyperion CDA6780

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