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Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) 
Clarinet Trio; Septet
The Nash Ensemble
rec. 1989
VIRGIN CLASSICS [LW] 
Howard
GOODALL (b. 1958)
Eternal Light - A Requiem etc. Choir of Christ
Church Cathedral, Oxford London Musici/Stephen Darlington rec. 2008
EMI CLASSICS [JQ] 
Scott
JOPLIN (1868-1917)
Rags and Waltzes Joshua Rifkin (piano); Ralph Grierson
(piano); The Southland Stingers/George Sponhaltz rec. 1974-9 EMI
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Ferdinando
PAËR (1771-1839)
Missa piena Dresdner Kreuzchor; Staatskapelle Dresden/Roderich
Krelle rec. 2008 CARUS [JW]
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Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736)
Messa di San Emidio Alessandro
SCARLATTI (1660–1725) Messa per il Santissimo Natale
Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini rec. 2008 NAĎVE [RH]
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SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Night Ride and Sunrise etc. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari
Inkinen rec. 2007 NAXOS [RB]
Sophie
Cashell - Début
Music by Frédéric CHOPIN (1810 – 1849), Franz
LISZT (1811 – 1886), Maurice
RAVEL (1875 – 1937), Claude
DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918), Philip
MARTIN (b 1947) and Nikolai
KAPUSTIN (b 1937) Sophie Cashell (piano)
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The
Color of the Word
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(1839 – 1881), Claude DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918) and
Henry PURCELL (1659 – 1695) Georgine Resick
(soprano); Warren Jones (piano) rec. 2007
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Opera
Fanatic
A film directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
ARTHAUS MUSIK 
[JS]
Otto
Little Pieces
Otto: Kirby Shelstad (vibraphone), Robbie
Shankle (flute, clarinet and sax), Austin Hoke (cello), Jim Hoke (pedal
steel and autoharp) DIVERSIONS [BBr] 
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