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popular classics.</p> <p>Here are a selection of recommended recordings that should find a place in everyone's collection.</p> </section> <section class="itemlist"> <h3>Displaying items <span class="info">141</span> to <span class="info">160</span> of <span class="info">195</span></h3> <table class="resultslist table-bordered table-striped"> <thead> <tr class="hidden-phone"> <th> <div class="sortoptions artist"> <span class="info">Sort:</span> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=artist" class="artist">Artist</a> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=title" class="title">Title</a> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=price" class="price">Price</a> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=releasedate" class="releasedate">Release Date</a> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=itemFormat" class="itemFormat">Format</a> <a href="/classical/best-versions/1/?sort=availability" class="availability">Availability</a> </div> <div class="itemsperpage items-20"> <span 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<div class="details"> <a href="/detail/121487/Complete-Flute-Concertos-Rondo-in-D-Major-Andante-in-C-Major-pl"> <span class="composer">W.A. MOZART</span><br /> <span class="title">Flute Concertos</span><br /> <span class="performer">Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] <br />"I was immediately struck by the dynamic shading the conductor was extracting from the orchestra, each phrase sharply chiselled. A remarkable and fascinating achievement." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/123078/Masterworks-for-Flute-and-Piano"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10123/10123078.jpg" alt="Masterworks for Flute and Piano cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=123078&a=add" data-catalogID="123078" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$35.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />2-6 weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/123078/Masterworks-for-Flute-and-Piano"> <span class="composer">PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / DUTILLEUX / JOLIVET</span><br /> <span class="title">Masterworks for Flute and Piano</span><br /> <span class="performer">Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Ronald Brautigam (piano)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] <br />"On the evidence of this sensational disc, it seems clear that Sharon Bezaly is a flutist virtually without peer in the world today. Here we have four genuine masterpieces that make a lovely program together, all really written for flute and piano,... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/110128/Organ-Concertos-The"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10110/10110128.jpg" alt="Handel: The Organ Concertos cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=110128&a=add" data-catalogID="110128" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$55.00</span> <span class="stock"><span class="lowstock">Low Stock</span></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/110128/Organ-Concertos-The"> <span class="composer">GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL</span><br /> <span class="title">Handel: The Organ Concertos</span><br /> <span class="performer">Simon Preston (organ) / The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Archiv Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2002 ] <br />"Simon Preston's set of Handel Organ concertos now comes on three discs....attractive for the warmth and assurance of the playing, which comes near the ideal for a period performance...strongly recommended." (Penguin Guide) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/129606/La-Maga-Abbandonata"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10129/10129606.jpg" alt="La Maga Abbandonata cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=129606&a=add" data-catalogID="129606" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$27.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br /></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/129606/La-Maga-Abbandonata"> <span class="composer">HANDEL</span><br /> <span class="title">La Maga Abbandonata</span><br /> <span class="performer">Simone Kermes / Maite Beaumont / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2007 ] <br />The two singers on this disc are outstanding. Simone Kermes, familiar to Handel lovers from Peter Neumann's impressive German recordings of Saul and Belshazzar, and who has recorded the title-role in Curtis's Deidamia, is a clean and focussed soprano... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/127601/Rodelinda-first-recording-of-complete-opera"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10127/10127601.jpg" alt="Rodelinda (first recording of complete opera) cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=127601&a=add" data-catalogID="127601" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$83.69</span> <span class="stock">Special Order<br />3 - 6 weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/127601/Rodelinda-first-recording-of-complete-opera"> <span class="composer">HANDEL</span><br /> <span class="title">Rodelinda (first recording of complete opera)</span><br /> <span class="performer">Simone Kermes / Marijana Mijanovic / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Archiv / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] <br />1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "I find it difficult to imagine anyone doing greater justice to the role than Simone Kermes, who proves capable of descending to the depths of deepest pathos at one moment, while... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/152369/La-Diva-Arias-for-Cuzzoni"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10152/10152369.jpg" alt="La Diva: Arias for Cuzzoni cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=152369&a=add" data-catalogID="152369" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$32.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/152369/La-Diva-Arias-for-Cuzzoni"> <span class="composer">HANDEL</span><br /> <span class="title">La Diva: Arias for Cuzzoni</span><br /> <span class="performer">Simone Kermes (soprano) / Lautten Compagney / Wolfgang Katschner (conductor)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] <br />This recording presents opera arias written for the brightest star soprano in Handel's London opera company, the Italian soprano Francesca Cuzzoni. These arias demonstrate the emotional and vocal range demanded by Handel's female characters,... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/113578/la-Gloire-de-Dieu"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10113/10113578.jpg" alt="A la Gloire de Dieu cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=113578&a=add" data-catalogID="113578" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$32.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/113578/la-Gloire-de-Dieu"> <span class="composer">IVES / TIPPETT / POULENC / BARBER / STRAVINSKY</span><br /> <span class="title">A la Gloire de Dieu</span><br /> <span class="performer">The Sixteen / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Harry Christophers</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Coro / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] <br />BEST VERSION EVER OF THE "SYMPHONY OF PSALMS" "The Sixteen give a deeply committed and technically brilliant reading of this extremely difficult repertoire." - Gramophone. </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/526663/Lutheran-Masses-Volume-1"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10526/10526663.jpg" alt="Lutheran Masses Volume 1 cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=526663&a=add" data-catalogID="526663" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$32.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/526663/Lutheran-Masses-Volume-1"> <span class="composer">J. S. BACH</span><br /> <span class="title">Lutheran Masses Volume 1</span><br /> <span class="performer">The Sixteen Harry Christophers</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Coro / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] <br />Following a series of concerts at London's newest music venue, Kings Place, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen recorded two new CDs of the Masses. Each volume also features a Cantata. The fact that The Sixteen has not performed or recorded such a... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/107215/Membra-Jesu-Nostri"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10107/10107215.jpg" alt="MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=107215&a=add" data-catalogID="107215" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$35.00</span> <span class="stock"><span class="lowstock">Low Stock</span></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/107215/Membra-Jesu-Nostri"> <span class="composer">DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE</span><br /> <span class="title">MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri</span><br /> <span class="performer">The Sixteen / The Symphony of Harmony & Invention, Harry Christophers</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Linn Records / CD - released 25/Apr/2001 ] <br />2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Baroque Vocal </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/603080/Puccini-Turandot-Complete-Opera"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10603/10603080.jpg" alt="Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=603080&a=add" data-catalogID="603080" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$50.00</span> <span class="stock"><span class="lowstock">Low Stock</span></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/603080/Puccini-Turandot-Complete-Opera"> <span class="composer">GIACOMO PUCCINI</span><br /> <span class="title">Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera)</span><br /> <span class="performer">Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] <br />"A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/106488/String-Quartets-4-6-8"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10106/10106488.jpg" alt="String Quartets 4, 6 & 8 cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=106488&a=add" data-catalogID="106488" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$30.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/106488/String-Quartets-4-6-8"> <span class="composer">SHOSTAKOVICH</span><br /> <span class="title">String Quartets 4, 6 & 8</span><br /> <span class="performer">St Petersburg String Quartet</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] <br />'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc' (Fanfare). </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/581144/Brahms-The-Final-Piano-Pieces"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10581/10581144.jpg" alt="Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=581144&a=add" data-catalogID="581144" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$30.00</span> <span class="stock"><span class="lowstock">Low Stock</span></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/581144/Brahms-The-Final-Piano-Pieces"> <span class="composer">JOHANNES BRAHMS</span><br /> <span class="title">Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] <br />"'One of the finest accounts of Brahms's late piano works on record, one that stands head and shoulders above most contenders in an ever-growing catalogue." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Instrumental </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/109132/Piano-Works"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10109/10109132.jpg" alt="Mompou: Piano Works cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=109132&a=add" data-catalogID="109132" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$30.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/109132/Piano-Works"> <span class="composer">FEDERICO MOMPOU</span><br /> <span class="title">Mompou: Piano Works</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] <br />1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/113043/Piano-Concerto-No-1-No-2-Capriccio-Brillant-in-B-minor-Op-22-Ro"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10113/10113043.jpg" alt="Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=113043&a=add" data-catalogID="113043" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$30.00</span> <span class="stock"><span class="lowstock">Low Stock</span></span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/113043/Piano-Concerto-No-1-No-2-Capriccio-Brillant-in-B-minor-Op-22-Ro"> <span class="composer">FELIX MENDELSSOHN</span><br /> <span class="title">Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] <br />1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/108425/Piano-Concertos-Nos-1-5-Africa-Fantasie-for-piano-and-orchestra"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10108/10108425.jpg" alt="Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=108425&a=add" data-catalogID="108425" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$60.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/108425/Piano-Concertos-Nos-1-5-Africa-Fantasie-for-piano-and-orchestra"> <span class="composer">CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS</span><br /> <span class="title">Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 27 / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] <br />1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- "This seems to me a spiffing set and pleasurable discoveries and rediscoveries await." (Gramophone) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/117625/Rachmaninov-Piano-Concertos-Nos-1-4-Rhapsody-on-a-theme-of-Paga"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10117/10117625.jpg" alt="Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=117625&a=add" data-catalogID="117625" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$55.00</span> <span class="stock">Special Order<br />3 - 6 weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/117625/Rachmaninov-Piano-Concertos-Nos-1-4-Rhapsody-on-a-theme-of-Paga"> <span class="composer">SERGEI RACHMANINOV</span><br /> <span class="title">Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] <br />"His thorough knowledge of the Romantic repertoire makes him an ideal advocate for this music and Andrew Litton is the ideal partner, especially with his fine Dallas orchestra." - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2004) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/116368/Piano-Concertos-Nos-2-3"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10116/10116368.jpg" alt="Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=116368&a=add" data-catalogID="116368" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$35.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/116368/Piano-Concertos-Nos-2-3"> <span class="composer">JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL</span><br /> <span class="title">Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3</span><br /> <span class="performer">Stephen Hough (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] <br />"In Stephen Hough's virtuosic hands, the coruscating final coda of the A minor Concerto is one of the most exciting things I've heard for years. Bravo!" - Lionel Salter (Gramophone) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/111276/Vingt-Regards-sur-lEnfant-Jsus"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10111/10111276.jpg" alt="Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=111276&a=add" data-catalogID="111276" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$55.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/111276/Vingt-Regards-sur-lEnfant-Jsus"> <span class="composer">MESSIAEN</span><br /> <span class="title">Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus</span><br /> <span class="performer">Steven Osborne (piano)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2002 ] <br />'Steven Osborn's performance is one of towering authority and technical achievement' - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 'a performance of commanding virtuosity, deep poetry and ravishing colour' (Gramophone) </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/126815/Phases-A-Nonesuch-Retrospective"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10126/10126815.jpg" alt="Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=126815&a=add" data-catalogID="126815" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$110.00</span> <span class="stock">Special Order<br />3 - 6 weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/126815/Phases-A-Nonesuch-Retrospective"> <span class="composer">STEVE REICH</span><br /> <span class="title">Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective</span><br /> <span class="performer">Steve Reich and Musicians / Kronos Quartet / Theatre of Voices / Pat Metheny</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Nonesuch / 5 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2006 ] <br />Pioneer of US minimalism Steve Reich is 70 this year and to celebrate Nonesuch has released a bargain-priced 5 CD set of his greatest works including definitive recordings of "Music for 18 Musicians", "Different Trains" and "Drumming". </span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="cover "> <a href="/detail/204911/Pictures-at-an-Exhibition-piano-version-with-piano-pieces-by-Pr"><img src="https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10204/10204911.jpg" alt="Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with piano pieces by Prokofiev] cover" border="0" class="coverimage" /></a> </div> <div class="itemoptions"> <a href="/cart/?catalogID=204911&a=add" data-catalogID="204911" class="btn btn-small btn-cart"><i class="fa fa-shopping-cart"></i> add to cart</a> <span class="price">$30.00</span> <span class="stock">Out of Stock<br />6+ weeks</span> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/detail/204911/Pictures-at-an-Exhibition-piano-version-with-piano-pieces-by-Pr"> <span class="composer">MUSSORGSKY</span><br /> <span class="title">Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with piano pieces by Prokofiev]</span><br /> <span class="performer">Steven Osborne (piano)</span><br /> </a> <span class="description"> [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] <br />GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Instrumental </span> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $('.resultslist').find('a.btn-cart').click(function(e) { addToCart(this); 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