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CLASSICAL

 The last 20 New books:

  1. Yo-Yo Ma

    Made In America - A virtuoso performance - of course.

  2. Yo-Yo Ma & Ammanuel Ax

    Brahms Cello Sonatas - Ma soothes my soul and this is no exception.

  3. Sid Rabinovitch

    Klezmer Suite - excellent although the other selection are not of the same caliber

  4. Beethoven

    Symphonies 6, 8 and 9 - passion

  5. J.S. Bach

    Four Concerti - what can you say

  6. Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra etc. - Berliner Philharmoniker (CD)

  7. G.F. Handel

    12 London Symphonies

  8. Mily Balakirav

    Symphonies and Poems

  9. Alexander Borodin

    The Essential Borodin

  10. Albioni, Pchebel, Handel

    Adagio/Canon/Sheba - Consort of London

  11. Battle & Marsalis

    Baroque Duets

  12. Ludwig Van Beethoven

    V. 1 Symphonies 1-4 - Arturo Toscanini

  13. Johannes Brahms

    The Four Symphonies - Scottish Chamber Orchestra

  14. Canadian Brass

    Bach Art of the Fugue

  15. Classical Kids

    Hallelujah Handel & Tchaikovsky Discovers America & Mozart's Magic Fantasy & Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery & Beethoven Live Upstairs

  16. Aaron Copland

    Best Of - New York Philharmonic

  17. Antonin Dvorak

    Slavonic Dances - Scottish National & New World - Slovak National

  18. Ofra Harnoy

    Vivaldi Concertos - Toronto Chamber Orchestra & Art Of Vol. 1 & Vivaldi Concertos - Toronto Chamber Orchestra

  19. Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite - Marriner & St. Martins


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MY COLLECTION

  1. ALBINONI, PACHELBEL, HANDEL.

    1. Adagio/Canon/Sheba - London Consort - MHS

  2. BACH, J.S.

    1. Violin ConcertosAccardo & MutterErato
    2. 4 Concerti - St. Luke's - MHS

  3. BAROQUE COMPOSERS

    1. Albinoni, Et Al - Consort Of London - MHS

  4. BAROQUE DUETS

    1. Battle & Marsalis - Sony

  5. BALAKIREV, Mily

    1. Symphonies and Poems - The Philharmonia - MHS

  6. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van

    1. Bicentennial Collection - D.G.
    2. Symphonies 1-4 - Toscanini - RCA
    3. Symphonies 6, 8 & 9 - Birmingham - MHS

  7. BORODIN, Alexander

    1. The Essential Borodin - London & Suisse - Decca

  8. BRAHMS, Johannes

    1. The Four Symphonies - Scottish Chamber - Telarc

  9. CANADIAN BRASS

    1. Unexplored Country& Friends - CBC
    2. Brass In Berlin - Berlin Phil. Brass - CBS
    3. Bells And Brass - Peace Tower Carillon - Good Day
    4. Canadian Brass In Paris - Boot
    5. Bach Art of the FugueCBS

  10. CANCIONES LATINAS

    1. Fisk & Robison - Musicmasters

  11. CHAVEZ, Carlos

    1. The Four Suns - Columbia

  12. CLASSICAL KIDS

    1. Hallelujah Handel - A & M
    2. Tchaikovsky Discovers America - A & M
    3. Mozart's Magic Fantasy - A & M
    4. Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery - A & M
    5. Beethoven Live Upstairs - A & M

  13. COPLAND, Aaron

    1. Best Of - New York Phil - CBS

  14. DEBUSSY, Claude

    1. Rhapsody For Sax. And Orch. - Monte Carlo - Erato
    2. Album - PhiladelphiaColumbia

  15. DVORAK, Antonin

    1. Slavonic DanceScottish - MHS
    2. New World - Philadelphia - Columbia
    3. New World - Slovak - Sonata

  16. FANTASIA

    1. Philadelphia - Columbia

  17. FISK, Eliot

    1. Baroque Composers - Guitar Transcriptions - RCA

  18. GALWAY, James

    1. Greatest Hits - RCA
    2. Songs From The Seashore - RCA

  19. GERMAN BAROQUE TRUMPET

    1. Telemann & Molter - La Follia - Erato

  20. GERSHWIN, George

    1. Rhapsody In Blue - Winnipeg Youth Orch

  21. GRIEG, Edvard

    1. Peer Gynt Suite - Halle Orch. - Angel
    2. Peer Gynt Suite - St. Martins - MHS

  22. HANDEL, G.F.

    1. Messiah - London Handel Orch - MHS
    2. Water Music - St. Martin - MHS
    3. 12 London Symphonies - London Philharmonic - DG

  23. HARNOY, Ofra

    1. Favorite Encores - Fanfares
    2. Vivaldi Concertos - Toronto Chamber - RCA
    3. Art Of Vol. 1 - MasterSound
    4. Vivaldi Concertos - Toronto Chamber Orch. - RCA

  24. HOLLIGER, Heinz

    1. Virtuoso Oboe - D.G.

  25. HOLST, Gustav

    1. The Planets - Toronto Symphony - EMI

  26. HORN CLUB

    1. Music For Horns - Seraphim

  27. MA, Yo-Yo

    1. Japanese Melodies - CBS
    2. Barber & Britten - Baltimore - CBS
    3. Soul Of The Tango - Sony
    4. Portrait Of - CBS - MasterSound
    5. Brahms Cello Sonata - MHS
    6. Made In America - Sony

  28. MARSALIS, Branford

    1. Romances For Saxophone - CBS

  29. MARSALIS, Wynton

    1. In Gabriel's Garden - Eng. Chamber Orch. - Sony

  30. MENDELSSOHN, Felix

    1. Symph #3/Hebrides - Slovak-Naxos

  31. MOZART

    1. Cello Concerti - Columbia
    2. Complete String Quartets - American String Quartet - MusicMasters
    3. The Symphonies - Prague Chamber Orch. - Tearc
    4. The Complete Wind Concerti - Old Fairfield Academy - MusicMasters

  32. MUSGRAVE,ETC.

    1. Concertoes - London & New York Phil. - Decca

  33. MUSSORGSKY, Modest

    1. Pictures At An Exhibiiton/ Bald Mountain - Saint Louis - MMG

  34. PACHELBEL, Johann

    1. Canon - Paillard Orch. - Erato

  35. PROKOFIEV, Serge

    1. Stone Flower - Suisse Romande - London

  36. QUARTETTO GELATO

    1. Quartetto Gelato - SGM
    2. Rustic Chivalry - SGM

  37. RAMPAL, J.P.

    1. Sonatas - Schubert Etc. - CBS

  38. RAVEL, Maurice/Claude Debussy

    1. Bolero/La Mer - Boston & L.A.D.G.

  39. ROSE, Leonard

    1. Cello Concerti - Philadelphia - Columbia

  40. ROSTROPOVICH, Dimitri

    1. Shostakovich Etc. - Berlin Phil. - D.G.
    2. Dvorak Etc. - Boston Phil. - D.G.

  41. RUSSIAN COMPOSERS - D.G.

  42. SAXOPHONE CONCERTOS

    1. Paul Kuentz - Polydor

  43. SCHUMANN, Robert

    1. The Symphonies - Cleveland - MHS

  44. SMETANA, Bedrich

    1. Ma Vlast - Liverpool Philh. Orch. - MHS

  45. STRAUSS, Richard

    1. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Berliner Phil. (LP) - D. G.
    2. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Berliner Phil. (CD) - D.G.

  46. STRAVINSKY, Igor

    1. Rites Of Spring - Boston Symph. - D. G.

  47. SUBOTNICK, Morton

    1. Touch - Columbia
    2. Wild Bull - Nonesuch
    3. Sky, Butterfly - Nonesuch

  48. TCHAICHOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch

    1. Swan Lake Suite - N.Y. Phil. - Columbia
    2. Complete Suites for Orchestra - New Philharm. Orch. - MHS
    3. Complete Suites for Orchestra - New Philharm. Orch. - MHS

  49. TELEMANN, G. P.

    1. Flute Concertos; Suite - J.P. Rampal - Decca
    2. Overtures - Sst. Martin - Decca

  50. VANESSA-MAE

    1. The Classical Album - Angel

  51. VIVALDI, Antonio

    1. Four Seasons - Canadian Brass - CBS
    2. Four Seasons - St Paul Chamber Orch. - RCA
    3. String Symphonies - Isreali Chamber Orch. - MHS
    4. 5 Concerti - Saar Chamber Orch. - Nonesuch
    5. Greatest Hits - Eng./Paillard/Baroque Chamber Orch. - RCA

  52. WALSYNGHAM WAY


WORLD MUSIC

The last 20 new world music recordings

  1. Calexico

    Carried To Dust - Wonderful mixed bag of edgy Tex-Mex

  2. Chi Chi Peralta

    The best.

  3. Bebel Gilberto

    Bebel Gilberto Wonderful - sensuous.

  4. Compay Segundo

    Gracias Compay All the best from a great Cuban tradition.

  5. Various Artists

    Hecho en Cuba A great overview of Cuban music - infectious.

  6. Bebel Gilberto

    Tanto Tempo "Remixes" Very interesting a new take on some gorgeous music - doesn't lose in the translation.

  7. Bebel Gilberto

    tantotempo Astrud's daughter and a sensuous, wonderful singer.

  8. The Chieftains

    Celtic Wedding Sounds like a great and spiritual time

  9. Celia Cruz

    Agucar Negra Irrepetible - the queen of salsa and some great music

  10. The Chieftains

    The Bells of Dublin - REAL Celtic music, the greatest musicians on Earth with Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, etc...

  11. Tan Dun

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, solos by Yo-Yo Ma much, much better than the movie. Ma makes the cello sound like an integral oriental instrument.

  12. Piazzolla, Astor

    Songs From A Heavy Heart - great tangos

  13. Buena Vista Social Club

    - Ry Cooder did us all a favour when he went to Cuba.

  14. Quartetto Gellatto

    Neopolitan Cafe - great instrumentation and atmospheric singing.

  15. Afro Celt Sound System

    Volume 1 Sound Magic - I like Vol. 2 better but the pipes are great.

  16. Afro Celt Sound System

    Volume 2 Release - WOW.

  17. Afro Celt Sound System

    Volume 3 Further In Time - Even more adventurous and great sound.

  18. Susan Aglukark This Child

    - the pure beautiful voice of Canada's Far North

  19. The Chieftains

    Water From The Well, The Long Black Veil, Santiago, Tears of Stone, Cotton-eyed Joe - the REAL Celtic music, the greatest musicians on Earth..

  20. Enya

    Watermark, Shepherd Moon, Enya, The Memory of Trees - I've had these for a long time, this haunting voice enraptures me.

  21. Garolou

    Tableaux D'hier Vol. 1 - a New Brunswick friend of mind gave me this group.


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MY COLLECTION

  1. ADE, King Sunny

    1. Synchro System - Island

  2. AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM

    1. Volume 2: Release - EMI
    2. Volume 1: Sound Magic - Virgin
    3. Volume 3: Further In Time - Virgin

  3. BARDE

    1. Barde - Polydor
    2. Images - Polygram

  4. BURNING BUSH

    1. Kletzmer Music

  5. CHIEFTAINS, THE

    1. Water From The Well - BMG
    2. The Long Black Veil - BMG
    3. Santiago - BMG
    4. Tears of Stone - BMG
    5. Cotton-eyed Joe - Sanachie
    6. The Bells of Dublin - MHS
    7. Celtic Wedding - MHS

  6. CLANNAD

    1. Sirius - RCA

  7. CRUZ, Celia

    1. Agucar Negra Irrepetible - MCA

  8. ENYA

    1. Shepherd Moon - WEA
    2. Enya - Atlantic
    3. The Memory of Trees - WEA
    4. Watermark - WEA

  9. GAROLOU

    1. Tableaux D'hier Vol. 1 - JAM

  10. GIPSY KINGS

    1. Gipsy Kings - Columbia

  11. GILBERTO, Bebel

    1. Tanto Tempo - Crammed
    2. TantoTempo Remixes - Crammed
    3. Bebel Gilberto - Crammed

  12. HAZA, Ofra

    1. Im Nin'alu - WEA

  13. INCANTATION

    1. Andes Song - Polygram

  14. JULUKA

    1. Scatterlings - Warner
    2. Stand Your Ground - Warner
    3. The Best Of - Attic

  15. KASHTIN

    1. Kashtin - Musicor
    2. Akua Tuta - Columbia

  16. THE KLEZMATICS

    1. Jews With Horns - Xenophile

  17. LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE

    1. Y'a Ben Du Changement - Le Tamanoir

  18. LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS

    1. Mellow Nostalgia - RCA

  19. MARLEY, Bob

    1. Confrontation - WEA
    2. Legend - island

  20. McKENNITT, Loreena

    1. Book Of Secrets - Quinlan Road The Voice - WEA

  21. MacISAAC, Ashley

    1. Hi! How Are You? - A & M

  22. MOUSKOURI, Nana

    1. An American Album - Fontana
    2. British Concert - Fontana
    3. Songs Of The British Isles - Philips

  23. N'DOUR, Youssou

    1. The Guide (Wommat) - Columbia

  24. PERLMAN, Itzahk

    1. In The Fiddler's House - Angel

  25. PIAZZOLLA, Astor

    1. Songs From A Heavy Heart - Music Collection

  26. QUARTETTO GELLATO

    1. Neapolitan Cafe - QG Records

  27. RICHARD, Zachary

    1. Allons Danser - CBS

  28. ROOTS AND WINGS - CBC

  29. SAVUKA

    1. Shadow Man - Capital
    2. Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World - Capitol

  30. SCRUJ MCDUHK

    1. The Road To Canso - Scruj Tunes

  31. SEGUNDO, Compay

    1. Gracias Compay - eastwest

  32. SHANKAR, Ravi

    1. Sounds Of India - CBS
    2. Festival From India - Liberty
    3. West Meets East - Angel

  33. SIMON, Paul

    1. Graceland - Warner
    2. Rhythmn Of The Saints - Warner

  34. TAN, Dun

    1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Sony

  35. TROUBADOURS DE ROI BADOUIN

    1. Christmas In The Congo - Philips

  36. VARIOUS ARTISTS

    1. Hecho en Cuba - isba

  37. WHITTAKER, Roger

    1. Greatest Hits - RCA

  38. YOTHU YINDI

    1. Freedom - Warner

  39. ZIMRIYAH CHOIR

    1. Hear Our Voice - BBC

JAZZ

The last 20 new recordings:

  1. Greg Lowe

    The Yellow Pelican - An excellent Manitoba guitarist and a very good jazz recording.

  2. Stefon Harris

    African Tarantella - A wonderful recording Harris andGully are two of the best and the best people and teachers you could hope to meet.

  3. Janice Finlay

    she's hip - A very talented Winnipeg instrumentalist. A great teacher.

  4. Stefon Harris

    Evolution - Great jazz and Stefon and Terreon Gully are both marvellous teachers.

  5. Diana Krall

    Live In Paris - A Canadian with great talent in a Jazz mecca.

  6. Dave Brubeck

    24 Classic Recordings - A well-picked retrospective of his many stages and moods.

  7. Stan Getz

    Jazz Essentials - A very good overview.

  8. Chet Baker

    Starlight

  9. Stan Getz

    Getz for Lovers

  10. Charlie Parker

    The Best Of

  11. George Wallington

    The New York Scene - Very stylish music.

  12. Perlman & Peterson

    Side By Side - two of the world's greatest musicians doing standards with a flair.

  13. Art Pepper

    Gettin' Together - my first CD by Art and it's very good if a little "modern" for me.

  14. Charlie Parker

    The Genius Of from 1944-48. - Very Interesting and very modern.

  15. Dizzy Gillespie - Max Roach

    1948 Pleyel - Quintet 1949 excellent groups - the sound is off a little now and then but still worth it.

  16. Elliot Lawrence

    The Music Of - recorded in 1956 (big band) and 1958 (septet)

  17. Charles Mingus

    His Final Work - a little to avant garde for me but it has its moments.

  18. Dizzy Gillespie

    Sweet Soul Live.

  19. Ella Fitzgerald

    Pure Ella - voice and piano and wow.

  20. Billie Holiday

    God Bless The Blues - lovely voice - I'm listening to more and more ladies form this era.


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MY COLLECTION

  1. APPLEYARD, PETER

    1. Vibes - Pickwick - 1979

  2. ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

    1. Essential - 1998

  3. BADALAMENTI, ANGELO

    1. Twin Peaks - Warner - 1990

  4. BAKER, CHET

    1. The Legacy V. 1 - Enja - 1995
    2. Starlight - CCB - 1956-63

  5. CNADIAN BRASS

    1. Basin Street - Good Day - 1987
    2. Plays Fats Waller - RCA - 1979
    3. Rag-ma-tazz - Radio Canada Inter'l - 1975

  6. Cool Jazz For Hot Nights - Candid - 2000

  7. COREA, CHICK

    1. Crystal Silence - BMG - 1972
    2. Akoustic Band - GRP - 1989

  8. DESMOND, PAUL

    1. Pure Desmond - CBS - 1975

  9. DI MEIOLA, AL

    1. Elegant Gypsy - Columbia - 1977
    2. Electric Rendezvous - Columbia - 1982
    3. The Infinite Desire - Columbia - 1982

  10. ELLINGTON, DUKE

    1. Essential - 1998

  11. FINLAY, JANICE

    1. she's hip - Boathouse - 2002

  12. FITZGERALS, ELLE

    1. >Essential - 1998
    2. >Pure Ella - GRP - 1994

  13. G, KENNY

    1. Duotones - Arista - 1986
    2. Silhouettes - Arista - 1988
    3. Gravity - Arista - 1985

  14. GETZ, STAN

    1. Best Of Two Worlds - Columbia - 1976
    2. Stan Getz - Verve - 1980
    3. Jazz Essentials - Verve - 1992
    4. Getz for Lovers - Verve - 2002

  15. GILLESPIE, DIZZY

    1. Sweet Soul Live - Navarre - 2000
    2. & Roach 1948 & 1949 - BMG - 1997
    3. Pleyel Concert - Vogue - 1948

  16. GRAPPELLI, STEPHANE

    1. Brandenburg Boogie - Angel - 1980
    2. Tea For Two - Angel - 1978
    3. Anything Goes - CBS - 1989

  17. HAMPTON, LIONEL

    1. The Best Of - Navarre - 2000

  18. HARRIS, STEFON

    1. Evolution - EMI - 2004
    2. African Tarantella - EMI - 2006

  19. HIROSHIMA

    1. East - Epic - 1989

  20. HOLIDAY, BILLIE

    1. Essential - 1998
    2. God Bless The Blues - Newsound - 2000

  21. JARRE, JEAN-MICHEL

    1. Oxygene - Polydor - 1976
    2. Zoolook - Polydor - 1984

  22. KOFFMAN, MOE

    1. Best of Moe Koffman - GRT - 1975

  23. KRALL, DIANA>

    1. Live In Paris - Verve - 2001

  24. LAWS, HUBERT

    1. Romeo And Juliet - Columbia - 1976
    2. Land Of Passion - Columbia - 1978

  25. LOWE, Greg

    1. The Yellow Pelican - 2004

  26. MANHATTAN TRANSFER

    1. Bodies And Souls - Atlantic - 1983
    2. Brasil - Atlantic - 1987
    3. Extensions - Atlantic - 1979
    4. Mecca For Moderns - Atlantic - 1981
    5. Offbeat Of Avenues - Columbia - 1991
    6. Pastiche - Atlantic - 1978
    7. Vocalese - Atlantic - 1985
    8. Tonin' - Atlantic - 1994

  27. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER

    1. Fresh Aire VI - Amer. Gramm. - 1986
    2. Saving The Wildlife - Amer. Gramm. - 1986
    3. Fresh Aire III - Amer. Gramm. - 1985

  28. MARSALIS, WYNTON

    1. Black Codes From Underground - CBS - 1985

  29. MILLER, GLEN

    1. 20 Greatest Hits - Point - 1990
    2. Essential - 1998

  30. PARKER, CHARLIE

    1. Great Sessions 1947-48 - Jazz Anth. - 1989
    2. The Genius Of 1944-48 - Jazz Heritage - 1991
    3. The Best of - AANT - 2001

  31. PEPPER, ART

    1. Gettin' Together - Fantasy - 1960

  32. PERLMAN & PETERSON

    1. Side By Side - Telarc - 1994

  33. PONTY, JEAN LUC

    1. Storytelling - Columbia - 1989

  34. RETURN TO FOREVER

    1. Musicmagic Columbia_1977
    2. No Mystery_Polydor_1975

  35. RONSTADT, LINDA

    1. What's New - Asylum - 1983

  36. SANBORN, DAVID

    1. Close Up - Columbia House - 1988

  37. SHADOFAX

    1. The Odd Get Even - Private Inc. - 1990

  38. SHANKAR, RAVI & PHILIP GLASS

    1. Passages - Private Inc. - 1990

  39. SINATRA, FRANK

    1. Essentials - 1998

  40. SKY

    1. I & II - Arista - 1980
    2. III Arista - 1981
    3. IV Forthcoming - Arista - 1982

  41. SNOW, MARK

    1. X-Files - Warner - 1996

  42. SONGS IN THE KEY OF X

    1. Warner - 1996

  43. SYRINX

    1. Syrinx - Columbia

  44. VANESSA-MAE

    1. Violin Player - EMI - 1995

  45. VANGELIS

    1. Beaubourg - RCA - 1982
    2. Chariots Of Fire - Polygram - 1981
    3. Opera Sauvage - Polydor - 1979
    4. See You Later - Polygram - 1980

  46. VARIOUS

    1. Jazz Giants - Giants Of Jazz

  47. VAUGHAN, SARAH

    1. The Magic Of - Newsound - 2000

  48. VOLLENWEIDER, ANDREAS

    1. Down To The Moon - CBS - 1986
    2. White Winds - CBS - 1984
    3. Caverna Magica - CBS - 1983
    4. Dancing With the Lion - CBS - 1989

  49. WALLINGTON, GEORGE

    1. The New York Scene - New Jazz - -1957

  50. WILDROOT ORCHESTRA

    1. Wildroot Orchestra - Attic - 1981

MUSICALS, ETC.

new recordings:

  1. Capitol Sings Rodgers and Hart

    Excellent performances of classic songs.
MY COLLECTION

  1. BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR

    1. Tapestry - 1979

  2. CATS

    1. Geffen - 1983

  3. GREAT LOVE SONGS

    1. Longine Symph. - 1973

  4. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

    1. RCA 

  5. LEWIS Furey

    1. Fantastica - RCA - 1980

  6. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

    1. Columbia - 1973

  7. RODGERS & HART

    1. Capitol Sings - Capitol - 1992

  8. STREISAND, Barbra

    1. Memories - Columbia - 1981
    2. Greatest II - Columbia - 1978
    3. Broadway Album - Columbia - 1985
    4. Til I Loved You - Columbia - 1988

  9. TREASURY OF WALTZES

    1. Longine Symph. - 1973

  10. WEST SIDE STORY

    1. Columbia - 1973

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