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HARMONIES  [DC]
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DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Préludes Books 1 & 2 Roger
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Guillaume
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FIELD Being Dufay John Potter (tenor),
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DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Symphony 6, In
der Natur, Carneval, Othello Dortmund
PO/Jac van Steen rec. 2010 MDG [GD]
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FETLER (b.1920) 3 Poems by Walt Whitman,
Capriccio, Violin Concerto 2 Ann Arbor SO/Arie Lipsky rec. 2007-8 NAXOS
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Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Concerto 1 & 2,
Totentanz Idil Biret (piano), Bilkent SO/Emil Tabakov
rec. 2004/7 IBA BMP [J-PJ]
Kurt
ROGER (1895-1966) Chamber Music Robert
Plane (clarinet) Emily Beynon (flute) Mia Cooper, Lucy Gould
(violin) David Adams (viola) Alice Neary (cello) Benjamin
Frith (piano) rec. 2009 NAXOS [CR]
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) The Sound of Sibelius Lahti
SO/Osmo Vänskä rec. 2006-7 BIS  [DM]
A
Musical Journey - Northern Italy and Sicily NAXOS  [JF]
Trobadors – Trouvères – Minnesänger: Songs
and Dances of the Middle Ages Ensemble für frühe Musik
Augsburg rec. 1984 CHRISTOPHORUS ENTRÉE
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OF THE MONTH The Service of Venus and Mars: Music
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Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead, The Rock
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko AVIE
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Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Wigmore Hall, London, 15.3.2010 (BBr)
Wolfgang Rihm - Total Immersion:
Arditti Quartet, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Isserlis (cello), Rayanne Dupuis (soprano), Baldur Brönfmann (cond.), André de Ridder (cond.), Barbican Centre, London, 12/13.3.10 (GDn)
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Imogen Cooper (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Günther Herbig, Royal Festival Hall, 12.3.2010 (BBr)
Beethoven:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Ivan Fischer (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 10.3.2010 (GD)
The Magic Flute - The Andrea Oliva Story:
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9.3.2010 (JB)
“Music Masters of Wales” - Works by Karl Jenkins and Arwel Hughes:
David Childs (euphonium), Karl Jenkins (conductor), Susan Holsonbake (soprano), Timothy Birt (tenor), Mark Womack (baritone), Pennsbury High School Concert Choir, The Pennsbury Community Chorus, Jonathan Griffith (conductor), Orchestra of Distinguished Concerts International New York, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 6.3.2010 (BH)
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