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Title | Artist | CD # |
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| 1 | (20) | SMETANA: The Bartered Bride | Neal Davies, Yvonne Howard, Susan Gritton, Geoffrey Moses, Philharmonia Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus / Sir Charles Mackerras | Chandos CHAN 3128 |
| 2 | (6) | The Art of Renée Fleming | Renée Fleming | Decca 478 4446 |
| 3 | (2) | Love & Longing | Magdalena Kožená, Berlin Phil / Simon Rattle | DG 479 0065 |
| 4 | (-) | JS BACH: Bach Transcriptions | Hélène Grimaud | DG 477 7978 |
| 5 | (4) | 50 Best Relaxing Classics | Various | EMI 4 57547 |
| 6 | (-) | STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration; Four Last Songs; WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod fromTristan and Isolde | Christine Brewer, Atlanta SO / Donald Runnicles | Telarc CD 80661 |
| 7 | (-) | The Voice of Emotion | Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall | Alia Vox AVSA 9889 |
| 8 | (1) | BEETHOVEN for All | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim | Decca 478 3513 |
| 9 | (-) | BRITTEN: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op 74; Tit for Tat; Folk Songs | Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | Naxos 8.572600 |
| 10 | (-) | Essential Gilbert & Sullivan | Glyndebourne Opera with George Baker, Owen Brannigan, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair | EMI 3 27861 |
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