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| Albéniz | Concertos from Spain | 30-Jun-08 |
| Arnell | An Epic English Symphony | 21-May-08 |
| Atterberg | The Russians, Brahms and Reger Were His Ideals | 17-Dec-08 |
| Bache | Like Another Mendelssohn | 11-Jun-08 |
| Bantock | English Music from Lyrita | 30-Apr-08 |
| Bantock | A Pagan Symphony | 22-Oct-08 |
| Bartók | Rare Bartók | 4-Jun-08 |
| Bazzini | Admired by Schumann & Mendelssohn | 15-Oct-08 |
| Bazzini | Admired by Schumann & Mendelssohn | 15-Oct-08 |
| Beethoven-Liszt | Recreating the Orchestral Score | 24-Sep-08 |
| Bennett | British Symphonic Collection 14 | 22-Dec-08 |
| Biarent | Indulging Cyclical Impulses | 26-Dec-08 |
| Blake | The Leeds Concerto | 18-Jul-08 |
| Bloch | Bloch's Symphony | 20-Oct-08 |
| Bořkovec | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Bonis | Rare Quartets for Piano & Strings | 9-Jun-08 |
| Bortkiewicz | Russian Rarity | 20-Jun-08 |
| Braga Santos | Portuguese Symphonist | 12-Jan-09 |
| Brahms | But Not for Purists! | 13-Oct-08 |
| Bretón | Spanish Classics | 24-Dec-08 |
| Britten | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Bruch | Beyond the Famous Violin Concerto | 5-Jan-09 |
| Burghauser | 20th-Century Czechs | 6-Oct-08 |
| Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Champion of Italian Instrumental Music | 28-Nov-08 |
| Catoire | Russian Piano Discovery | 10-Dec-08 |
| Chadwick | An American Romantic | 10-Nov-08 |
| Chaminade | A Light Touch | 30-May-08 |
| Cimarosa | Cimarosa Overtures, Volume 2 | 9-May-08 |
| Cliffe | Orchestral Works | 1-Sep-08 |
| Coleridge-Taylor | British Symphonic Collection 15 | 2-Jan-09 |
| Copland | Early Copland Ballets | 12-May-08 |
| Corsen | Salon Pieces from Curaçao | 9-Jan-09 |
| Cowen | British Symphonic Collection 15 | 2-Jan-09 |
| Cras | Shipboard Impressions | 14-May-08 |
| Creston | Symphonies from an Italian-American Composer | 14-Jan-09 |
| Czerny | The Pre-eminent Pupil of Beethoven | 26-Jan-09 |
| Dall'Abaco | Concerti from Verona | 21-Apr-08 |
| Davidov | Latvian Cello Concertos | 26-May-08 |
| Dobiáš | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Dobiáš | 20th-Century Czechs | 6-Oct-08 |
| Dobrzynski | Polish 19th-Century Symphonic Works | 23-Apr-08 |
| Dohnányi | Influenced by Hungarian Folk Music | 15-Dec-08 |
| Draeseke | Forgotten Late German Romantic | 6-Aug-08 |
| Dubois | Memorable Chamber Music from Nearly-Forgotten Master | 16-Apr-08 |
| Dvořák | Off The Beaten Path | 18-Jun-08 |
| Dyson | Concerto for Violin | 3-Oct-08 |
| Eben | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Ewazen | Sejong Plays Ewazen | 21-Jul-08 |
| Foerster | Czech Piano Trios | 25-Jun-08 |
| Foote | Foote Chamber Music, Volume 2 | 28-Apr-08 |
| Frøhlich | Danish Desserts | 10-Oct-08 |
| Françaix | To Give Pleasure | 31-Oct-08 |
| Fuchs | Quintets for Clarinet | 15-Aug-08 |
| Gade | Danish Desserts | 10-Oct-08 |
| Gade | Mendelssohnian from Denmark | 7-Nov-08 |
| Gardner | British Piano Concerto & Symphony | 1-Dec-08 |
| Goldmark | Hungarian Piano Quintets | 3-Dec-08 |
| Grøndahl | Norwegian Piano Miniatures | 28-Jul-08 |
| Hahn | Chamber Music from the Belle Époch | 14-Jul-08 |
| Halvorsen | Norwegian Symphonies | 5-May-08 |
| Hausegger | Better Known as a Conductor | 25-Apr-08 |
| Hill | Quartets on Maori Folk Songs | 16-Jan-09 |
| Hindemith | String Quartets | 22-Sep-08 |
| Holbrooke | English Music from Lyrita | 30-Apr-08 |
| Holst | Not The Planets | 8-Aug-08 |
| Hurnik | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Jacob | Not The Planets | 8-Aug-08 |
| Jirko | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Jongen | Delightful Late Romantic String Quartets | 26-Nov-08 |
| Jongen | Piano Trios From Belgium | 19-Jan-09 |
| Joubert | Joubert's First Symphony | 14-Apr-08 |
| Juon | Piano Quartets of Swiss Extraction | 18-Aug-08 |
| Kalaš | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Kalabis | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Kalinnikov | Orchestral Music | 25-Aug-08 |
| Kalliwoda | Bohemian Symphonies | 23-Jul-08 |
| Kapp, Artur | The Kapp Family | 9-Jul-08 |
| Kapp, Eugen | The Kapp Family | 9-Jul-08 |
| Kapp, Villem | The Kapp Family | 9-Jul-08 |
| Kapr | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Kinsella | Symphonies from an Irish Composer | 11-Apr-08 |
| Kodály | More Than Hungarian Folk Songs | 31-Dec-08 |
| Korngold | To The Memory of FDR | 4-Aug-08 |
| Kurpinski | Polish 19th-Century Symphonic Works | 23-Apr-08 |
| Labor | Twilight of the Romantics | 10-Sep-08 |
| Lalo | Complete Piano Trios | 11-Jul-08 |
| Lambert | Conductor of the Royal Ballet | 1-Oct-08 |
| Larsson | Symphonies from Sweden | 30-Jul-08 |
| Le Flem | Early Chamber Music | 4-Jul-08 |
| Lekeu | Belgian Chamber Music | 19-Dec-08 |
| Lindblad | A Minor Swedish Symphonist | 12-Nov-08 |
| Lyatoshynsky | Russian Symphony Tour via Ukraine | 28-May-08 |
| Marschner | Chamber Music From An Opera Composer | 25-Jul-08 |
| Martinů | Rare Martinů Concertos | 16-May-08 |
| Martinů | A Youthful Czech Ballet | 15-Sep-08 |
| Marx | Marxian Piano Works | 29-Oct-08 |
| Mayer | Graceful String Quartets | 27-Jun-08 |
| McKay | Composer of the Great Plains | 27-Oct-08 |
| Medtner | Medtner's Fairy Tales | 9-Apr-08 |
| Mendelssohn-Hensel | Graceful String Quartets | 27-Jun-08 |
| Mendelssohn | Romantic String Octets | 23-Jan-09 |
| Mielck | The First Finnish Symphony | 7-Apr-08 |
| Molique | Molique's Quartets, Volume 1 | 2-May-08 |
| Moniuszko | Polish 19th-Century Symphonic Works | 23-Apr-08 |
| Montsalvatge | Concertos from Spain | 30-Jun-08 |
| Myaskovsky | Pinnacle of a Composer's Style | 17-Sep-08 |
| Noskowski | Polish 19th-Century Symphonic Works | 23-Apr-08 |
| Onslow | Romantic French Quartets | 1-Aug-08 |
| Paganini | String Quartets from the Master Violinist | 3-Nov-08 |
| Perosi | Music by the Director of the Sistine Choir | 24-Dec-08 |
| Piston | Americana | 8-Oct-08 |
| Pizzetti | Italian Rarities | 2-Jun-08 |
| Pizzetti | Brilliant Italian Orchestrator | 7-Jan-09 |
| Porter | Porter Symphonies #1 & 2 | 4-Apr-08 |
| Potter | British Symphonic Collection 14 | 22-Dec-08 |
| Poulenc | Poulenc Rarities | 22-Aug-08 |
| Röntgen | Right Through The Bone | 23-May-08 |
| Rabl | Twilight of the Romantics | 10-Sep-08 |
| Rachmaninoff | Russian Rarity | 20-Jun-08 |
| Rachmaninoff | Legendary Song Transcriptions | 24-Nov-08 |
| Raff | Romantic String Octets | 23-Jan-09 |
| Reicha | Master of the Wind Quintet | 8-Sep-08 |
| Respighi | Italian Rarities | 2-Jun-08 |
| Respighi | Chamber Music from Italy | 19-Nov-08 |
| Ries | Piano Trios by Ries | 7-May-08 |
| Ries | Piano Sonatas from Beethoven's Rival | 5-Dec-08 |
| Romberg | Quintets for Clarinet | 15-Aug-08 |
| Rootham | English Music from Lyrita | 30-Apr-08 |
| Rota | Italian Rarities | 2-Jun-08 |
| Roussel | Chamber Music | 23-Jun-08 |
| Ruggles | Americana | 8-Oct-08 |
| Sarasate | Virtuoso Spanish Dances | 29-Sep-08 |
| Schierbeck | Neilsen's Pupil | 26-Sep-08 |
| Schmidt | In the Austro-German Tradition | 12-Sep-08 |
| Schmidt | On the Other Hand... | 17-Nov-08 |
| Schmitt | Battle Scenes and Orgies | 5-Sep-08 |
| Schreker | Tonal Fantasies | 29-Aug-08 |
| Schuman | Americana | 8-Oct-08 |
| Schwarz-Schilling | A Musical Chameleon | 12-Dec-08 |
| Seidel | A Czech Anthology | 16-Jul-08 |
| Severac | Piano Music from the South of France | 2-Jul-08 |
| Sibelius | Little-Known Sibelius | 18-Apr-08 |
| Simpson | An Acquired Taste | 24-Oct-08 |
| Sirmen | Graceful String Quartets | 27-Jun-08 |
| Smyth | Melodious, Energetic and Emotionally Stirring | 5-Nov-08 |
| Stanford | Quintets for Clarinet | 15-Aug-08 |
| Stenhammar | Swedish Serenade | 13-Jun-08 |
| Strauss, R. | Finding A Style | 6-Jun-08 |
| Surinach | Concertos from Spain | 30-Jun-08 |
| Tchaikovsky | Latvian Cello Concertos | 26-May-08 |
| Thomson | American Original | 21-Nov-08 |
| Tomášek | Bohemian Concertos for Piano | 2-Apr-08 |
| Truscott | Better Known As A Writer | 21-Jan-09 |
| Turina | Concertos from Spain | 30-Jun-08 |
| Turina | Inspired by Folk Music | 27-Aug-08 |
| Vine | Orchestral Music from Down Under | 14-Nov-08 |
| Voríšek | Impromptu Inspirations | 19-May-08 |
| Wagenaar | A Dutch Treat | 20-Aug-08 |
| Wagner, S. | Symphony of the Son | 13-Aug-08 |
| Weiner | Hungarian String Quartets | 7-Jul-08 |
| Weingartner | Chamber Works | 3-Sep-08 |
| Wirén | 20th-Century Swedish Symphonies | 8-Dec-08 |
| Wolf | Wolf's Quartet | 11-Aug-08 |
| Wolfl | Early Romantic Piano Sonatas | 16-Jun-08 |
| Wolfl | Beethoven's Early Rival | 19-Sep-08 |
| Zelenski | Polish 19th-Century Symphonic Works | 23-Apr-08 |
| Zemlinsky | Early Symphonies | 17-Oct-08 |
| Zemlinsky | Smiling Through The Tears | 29-Dec-08 |
