This year offered a fascinating mix of recordings, including concert-hall show stoppers, classic choral stylings, a chamber music "dream team," up-and-coming pianists and a high-tech remastering of a master at play. With these 2009 releases, you'll find a few fresh faces — musicians hovering around age 30 — including young pianist Jonathan Biss (a former NPR young-artist-in-residence) and the sublime Dutch fiddler Janine Jansen. Plus, this year proved exceptionally strong for music by and from Russians. Enjoy this sampling of both classic and less-familiar fare.
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— Cover for Rachmaninov plays Rachmaninov
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— Cover for Holst: The Planets; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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— Cover for Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D959; Piano Sonata in C major 'Reliquie' D840
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— Cover for Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
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— Cover for Chopin: 21 Mazurkas
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— Cover for Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 9
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— Cover for Mendelssohn Discoveries
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— Jansen
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— Cover for Handel: Coronation Anthems
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— romanovsky
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