Our top 20 titles for 2007

Handel: Arias from Theodora, Xerxes & La Lucrezia
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Bicket
The final Handel recordings by an American legend -- in SACD surround sound.
Avie AVI-80 | SACD

Roby Lakatos: Fire Dance
Roby Lakatos, violin / Ensemble Roby Lakatos
Discover the new king of the Gypsy violin -- in stunning SACD sound!
avanticlassic AVC-1018 | SACD

Julian Bream - My Life in Music
Julian Bream, guitar
Available commercially for the first time -- a remarkable portrait of a unique artist.
Avie AVI-2110 | DVD (All-region NTSC)

Enescu: Prelude & Fugue in C Major / Nocturne in D Flat Major / Scherzo / Piano Sonatas Nos.1 & 3
Luiza Borac, piano
The second release in Borac's survey of Enescu's complete surviving solo piano works -- in amazing SACD sound!
AVI-2081 | 2 SACDs

Klezmer Karma
Róby Lakatos
Hungarian Gypsy violin meets Yiddish and Jewish music of Easterm Europe -- in superb SACD surround sound!
avanticlassic AVC-1024 | SACD

Bruckner: Complete Symphonies
Saarbrücken RSO / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
10/10 -- classicstoday.com
Oehms OEH-207 | 11 CDs

Virgil Fox Plays the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ (DVD)
Virgil Fox, organ
The legendary Command recording, considered by many Fox's greatest -- remastered and with stunning visuals by Marshall Yaeger.
SeeMusicDVD ORA-1076 | DVD + CD

Bingo: Songs for Children in English with Brazilian & Caribbean Rhythms
Christy Baron, vocals / Roger Davidson, piano / de Camp, oboe / Finck, bass / Heicke, sax / Braga, drums
SBR-1006 | SACD

Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529 / Totentanz, (solo piano) S525 / Piano Sonata in b minor, S178
Markus Groh, piano
Avie AVI-2097 | SACD

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 "The Year 1905"
"Bychkov's stunning interpretation - in time for the Shostakovich centennial - cuts to the historical and emotional essence of the work." – Audiophile Audition
WDR-Sinfonieorchester Köln / Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Avie AVI-2062 | SACD

Craig Urquhart: Streamwalker
"If my compositions are about anything, it's that, in spite of appearances sometimes, life is profoundly beautiful." -- Craig Urquhart
Heart Earth Music HEM-93535 | CD

Hans Gál: Complete Works for Solo Piano
Leon McCawley, piano
Rediscover a 20th century Hungarian master contemporary of Bartók and Kodály
Avie AVI-2064 | 3 CDs

Golden Age of European Polyphony (1350-1650)
Laudantes Consort / Guy Janssens, conductor
10/10 -- classicstoday.com
Cyprès CYP-1630 | 11 CDs plus DVD with complete texts/notes

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition • Carpenter: New York City Sessions
Cameron Carpenter, Marshall & Ogletree Organ Op.1 "Epiphany" at Trinity Church, New York
The debut recording of an amazing young virtuoso organist and improviser.
SeeMusicDVD ORA-61 | DVD + CD

Karaoke Opera, Volume 1: Nessun Dorma
At last -- the essential DVDs that turns you into an opera star! Karaoke Opera provides world-class orchestral and choral accompaniment to some of the most beloved melodies of all time.
Musical Concepts MCV-111 | DVD

Flute Works by Debussy, Franck, Wagner, & Prokofiev
Marina Piccinini, flute / Andreas Haefliger, piano
"Programming in this way is in itself an art, and with such polished performances a recording with obvious appeal." – Musicweb International
Avie AVI-2087 | CD

Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi, Op.3 / 12 Concerti Grossi, Op.6
Orchestra of the Handel & Haydn Society / Christopher Hogwood, conductor
The landmark L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings, available together for the first time at mid-price.
Avie AVI-2065 | 3 CDs

Mozart: 5 Violin Concertos / Sinfonia Concertante / Concertone
Shlomo Mintz, violin & viola / Hagai Shaham, violin / English Chamber Orchestra
Mintz's Avie debut in some of his favorite repertoire.
Avie AVI-2058 | 3 CDs

Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano / Suzanne Mentzer, mezzo / Milwaukee SO / Andreas Delfs
A superb English-language production of a fairy-tale opera for all ages
Avie AVI-50 | 2 CDs

Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas (18) / Rondo, K511 / Fantasie, K475 / Eine kleine Gigue, K574 / Menuetto, K355 (K576b) / Adagio, K540
Leon McCawley, piano
Extraordinary value: a remarkable pianist brings new energy to some of the most popular Classical solo piano repertoire.
Avie AVI-2105 | 3 CDs