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Vivaldi - Bajazet / D'Arcangelo, Daniels, Ciofi, Genaux, Mijanovic, Garanca, Europa Galante, Biondi [Includes Bonus DVD]Vivaldi - Bajazet / D'Arcangelo, Daniels, Ciofi, Genaux, Mijanovic, Garanca, Europa Galante, Biondi [Includes Bonus DVD]
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $15.99
Best and most kicking record of the year. Pure brilliance.
LamentoLamento
Buy used from: $4.96
Radiant rendition of little known Baroque repertoire.
Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera SeriaSandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $9.50
Best Handel soprano arias recording in the recent memory.
Cecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · MinkowskiCecilia Bartoli ~ Opera Proibita (Handel · Scarlatti · Caldara) / Les Musiciens du Louvre · Minkowski
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.35
Cecilia Oratoriosa on fire.
Gesualdo: Quinto Libro di Madrigali (1611)Gesualdo: Quinto Libro di Madrigali (1611)
Buy used from: $60.21
Book Five in exquisite performance.
Deadwood: Music From HBO Original SeriesDeadwood: Music From HBO Original Series by Various Artists
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $8.00
Deadwood Rising.
Drawing Restraint 9Drawing Restraint 9
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.28
Drawing Restraint 9 from outer space.
The Medúlla VideosThe Medúlla Videos
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.00
For cool cats and humans alike.
AerialAerial by Kate Bush
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.49
The Mother of all Bushes climbes up the Aerial.
Handel - Teseo / Laszczkowski, Rostorf-Zamir, Wesseling, Meyer, Diestler, Katschner, Potsdam OperaHandel - Teseo / Laszczkowski, Rostorf-Zamir, Wesseling, Meyer, Diestler, Katschner, Potsdam Opera
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $20.00
Crazy Handel, Lexx style.
Handel - Rodelinda / Antonacci, Scholl, Streit, Chiummo, Winter, Stefanowicz, Christie, Glyndebourne OperaHandel - Rodelinda / Antonacci, Scholl, Streit, Chiummo, Winter, Stefanowicz, Christie, Glyndebourne Opera
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $19.99
Great Handel, Prisoner of Zenda style.
Handel - Serse / Rasmussen, Piau, Bayrakdarian, Bardon, Hallenberg, Peirone, Lippi, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, Dresden OperaHandel - Serse / Rasmussen, Piau, Bayrakdarian, Bardon, Hallenberg, Peirone, Lippi, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, Dresden Opera
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $24.66
Never was there a DVD so sweet of this Handel opera.
Rameau - Les Indes Galantes / Petibon, Croft, Hartelius, Agnew, Rivenq, Berg, Strehl, Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Paris OperaRameau - Les Indes Galantes / Petibon, Croft, Hartelius, Agnew, Rivenq, Berg, Strehl, Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Paris Opera
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $27.99
Greatest Rameau, in brilliant technicolor.
Mozart - The Da Ponte Operas / Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro - Peter Sellars, Wiener SymphonikerMozart - The Da Ponte Operas / Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro - Peter Sellars, Wiener Symphoniker
Buy new: $74.97 / Used from: $95.49
Peter Sellers collides with Mozart, sparks fly.