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Decca e 470 289-2DH Track 2 Liszt: 0 komm im Traum The singer beseeches her beloved to come to her in her dreams, as Laura once visited Petrarch by night • —Reviewed on page 87

A typically Baxian melody, introduced on the winds with a tinge of the Scottish and a glance seawards

L'amour masque – Mon reve The singer conjures up in her dreams her ideal man and awards him all the qualities she desires • Reviewed on page 99

Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1745 Track 5 Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, RV544 – Allegro A spirited allegro movement from Vivaldi's Double Concerto, the violin and cello playing a stylish game of cat and mouse throughout —Reviewed on page 55

A powerful, muscular opening to the only surviving movement of Faure's early Violin Concerto —Reviewed on page 61

Peter Seiffert Tarmhauser; Jane Eaglen Elisabeth; Waltraud Meier Venus; Rene Pape Hermann; Thomas Hampson Wolfram von Eschenbach; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim