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Arnold
BAX
(1883-1953)
Folk-Tale, Sonata for cello and piano,
Sonatina for cello and piano, Legend-Sonata
for cello and piano Gordon
JACOB (1895-1984) Divertimento
for solo cello, Elegy for cello and
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BIRTWISTLE (b.
1934)
The
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OF THE MONTH
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Symphonic
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Justin
CONNOLLY (b.1933)
Verse, Triad III, Cinquepaces, Poems of
Wallace Stevens I - Jane Manning (soprano)
Nash Ensemble/Justin Connolly rec. 1972,
- LYRITA [RB] 
Wim
MERTENS (b.1953)
9 albums:Clairière, With Usura,
Maximizing the audience, Sonorous Resonances,
A man of no fortune & with a name to
come, The Belly Of An Architect, Educes
me, After virtue, Motives for writing -
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Giacomo
PUCCINI
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Bohème (1896) Norma Fantini,
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Robertson rec. 2007 -
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Arthur SULLIVAN
(1842-1900)
The
Tempest
Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) The
Tempest - incidental music (1924) -
Kansas City Symphony/Michael Stern rec.
2008- REFERENCE RECORDINGS
[RB]
David
WYNNE
(1900-1983)
Piano Sonata No. 2 , String Quartet No.
3 Ian PARROTT
(b.1916) String Quartet No. 4 David
HARRIES (1933-2003) Piano Quintet
rec. 1971- LYRITA [RB] 
Igor
Gorin - Volume 2 -
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