Midsomer Murders: Tom Barnaby's Last CasesThe cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham, a modern master of the English village mystery, this collection features John Nettles (Bergerac) as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby investigating his final cases in the murderous county. Jason Hughes (This Life) costars as his earnest, efficient protg, Detective

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Arthur Grumiaux - Art of Arthur Grumiaux

with one (or possibly two) of the theoretically romantic situations ending in death

Henry Desmarets

No matter how mighty the armies of the Param Empire and the demonic powers of their battle leader Jin Valel may seem

The rich continuo sound is provided by international specialists from Italy

with their output for different imprints sometimes being released in parallel

Four additional episodes aired on December 30

(Gramophone Critics' choice 1998)

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Julien Chauvin has chosen to record it with soprano and mezzo soloists (the equivalent of the French dessus and bas-dessus) and a two-part children's choir: 'The choir can play a real role in the narration of so powerful and poignant a text'

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