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Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphonies 2
& 3 Netherlands SO/Jan Willem de Vriend rec. 2009/10 CHALLENGE
CLASSICS 
[GD]
Engaging
listening but ...
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Concertos
11-13 Andrea Bacchetti (piano) O di Padova e del Veneto/Carlo
Goldstein rec. 2011 DYNAMIC [DC] Natural
feeling and genuinely enjoyable.
Paul
PELLAY (b. 1965) Thesaurus of violinistic
fiendishness Peter Sheppard Skćrved (violin) rec. 2010
MÉTIER [PCG] A
very great deal more approachable than the title would suggest.
Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858–1924) Puccini-Passion
Cheryl Barker (soprano) State O Victoria/Richard Bonynge rec. 2002 MELBA
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Ambroise
THOMAS (1811–1896) Mignon
Rise Stevens, James Melton, Mimi Benzell, Ezio Pinza, Met/Wilfred Pelletier
rec. 1945 SONY CLASSICAL [RH] The
performance does little justice to Thomas’s Mignon. Only of
real interest to lovers of the art of Rise Stevens.
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Dismas ZELENKA (1679-1745) Cantatas for
Holy Sepulchre Hana Blažiková, David Erler, Tobias Hunger,
Tomáš Král, Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová rec. 2011 SUPRAPHON
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Light Music Premieres - Vol. 6 Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin
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RAVEL (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto 20 Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) Concerto
for Orchestra Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Fętes
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