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George BIZET
( 1838 - 1875) Symphony in C [28.36]
"L'Arlesienne" - Incidental music* Suite Number 1
(orch. Bizet) [19.05] Suite Number 2 (orch. Ernest
Guiraud 1837-1892) [17.06]
Orchestre
National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise Royal Philharmonic Orchestra* Sir
Thomas Beecham
Recorded
28 Oct & 1/2 Nov 1959. Salle Wagram, Paris. *21 Sept 1956, Abbey Road,
London. EMI Great Recordings of the Century CDM 5 67231 2 [65.00]
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SIR ARTHUR
BLISS A Knot of Riddles, Angels of
the Mind and other songs.
Geraldine McGreevy
(sop); Toby Spence (ten); Henry Hurford (bar); Kathron Sturrock (pf); Nash
Ensemble conducted by Martyn
Brabbins
Hyperion CDA 67188/9 (2 CD set) 122' 31" [GF] |
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BRAHMS:
The Four Symphonies, Variations on a Theme by Haydn & Tragic
Overture
Philharmonia
Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
(recorded live at Royal Festival Hall, London 1952) Testament, SBT
3167, 3 CDs (Full Price) [MB] |
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BRITISH STRING QUARTETS Vol
2. ELGAR Quartet in E minor Op 83.
RAWSTHORNE Quartet No 3.
ROUTH Divertimento for string quartet Op
66
Bochmann
String Quartet
Redcliffe
Recordings RR015 [DW] |
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BRUCH
Violin Concerto No
1; BLOCH
Baal Shem; BUNCH
Fantasy;
SARASATE
Zigeunerweisen
Ittai Shapira
(violin). ECO, Charles
Hazlewood
EMI Classics, Debut Series CDZ5 73501-2 [DDD] [66' 04"] [DW] |
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Buxtehude
Organ Works
Rainer Oster
Arte Nova 74321
63633-2 66' 06" [PW] |
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Philip
CASHIAN Dark Inventions, Chamber Concerto &
other works
Mary King
(mezzo-soprano) Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Birmingham Contemporary Music
Group/Stefan
Asbury
NMC D061 [PW] |
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ALVARO
CASSUTO (b. 1938) Evocations (1969)
To Love and Peace (1973) In Memoriam Pedro de Freitas
Branco
RDP SO/Alvaro Cassuto
STRAUSS
PORTUGALSOM SP4120 [RB] |
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CHOPIN
Sonata No 3 in B minor, Polonaise in A flat
Op 53; SCHUMANN
Papillons Op 2, Kinderszenen Op
15
Alex Slobodyanik
(piano)
EMI Classics, Debut Series CDZ5 73500 2 [DDD] [69' 00"] [DW] |
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STEPHEN
DODGSON The Piano
Sonatas
Bernard
Roberts
recorded at Christchurch, Sutton 1994-99 CLAUDIO RECORDS CLAUDIO CC4431-2
and CC4941-2 [RB] |
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Edward
ELGAR (1857 - 1934) Introduction and
Allegro**, Op 47 [13.59] Serenade in E Minor, Op 20
[13.05] Elegy, Op 58* [4.22] Sospiri, Op 70*
[5.08] Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 -
1958) Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
[16.13] Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' [4.39]
Sinfonia
of London: *New Philharmonia Orchestra **With Allegri String Quartet conducted
by Sir John Barbirolli
Recorded
10/11 November 1962 and 16 Aug 1966. Kingsway Hall, London. Recorded
17 May 1962. Temple Church, London. EMI Great Recordings of the Century
CDM5 67240 2 [58'07"] |
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Peter
Eötvös Three Sisters
Lyon Opera
Orchestra and singers/Kent Nagano & Peter Eötvös.
Deutsche
Grammophon DG 459 694-2 120'2" [PW] |
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JOHN (Axel)
FERNSTRÖM (1897-1961) Four String
Quartets String Quartet No. 4 (1945) String Quartet
No. 6 (1946) String Quartet No. 7 (1952) String
Quartet No. 8 (1952)
Lysell Quartet
rec
1998-1999 Swedish Radio, Studio 2 DAPHNE 1009 [67.36] [RB] |
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KARL GOLDMARK
(1830-1915) Violin Concerto (1877)
Prometheus Bound Overture (1889)
Sarah Chang
(violin) Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker/James Conlon
EMI CLASSICS
CDC5 56955 2 [54.25] [RB] |
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Adam
GORB - Metropolis *
Martin ELLERBY - Paris
Sketches * Geoffery POOLE -
Sailing With Archangels * Nigel CLARKE
- Samurai
The Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Timothy Reynish and
Clarke Rundell
CLASSICPRINT
CPV004CD * [59:47] [GD] [ANR] |
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Francisco
GUERRERO Zayin
Arditti
String Quartet
Almaviva
DS-0127 66'49" [PW] |
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GUILMANT,
WIDOR, FRANCK * Organ Works
- Guilmant, Symphony No.2, Widor, Symphony No.3, Franck, Choral No.2 for
Organ. Ian
Tracy: organ - Yan Pascal Tortelier - BBC Philharmonic
CHANDOS
CHAN9785 * [71:39] [GD] |
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HALVORSEN:
Stage Music Vol. 2. 'The King' - Suite,
Vasantasena - Suite, Tordenskjold - Suite, Festival
March.
Latvian National
Symphony Orchestra Terje Mikkelsen.
Simax Classics PSC1199 52m DDD [GF] |
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HANDEL
Music for harpsichord. Suite No 6 in F sharp
minor; Suite No 7 in G minor; Suite No 8 in F minor (1720 collection); Suite
No 4 in D minor (1727 collection); Capriccio in F; Sonatina in D minor; Sonata
in G minor; Toccata in G minor; Air and Variations in B
flat.
Alan Cuckston
(harpsichord)
Naxos
8.550416 [DDD] [61' 08"] [DW] |
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HANDEL
Water Music HWV 348, Fireworks Music
HWV351
Berliner
Philharmoniker Fritz Lehman
Archiv Originals mono 457-758-2 [GF] |
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George
Frederick HANDEL
Susanna
Peter Neumann
conducting Collegium Cartusianum & Kolner Kammerchor, Ruth Holton, Elisabeth
von Magnus, Syste Buwalda, John Elwes, Tom Sol
MDG Gold
332 0945-2 *[Disc 1: 60:08 - Disc 2: 51:41 - Disc 3: 46:05 * Total: 157:53]
[GD] |
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Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732 - 1809) Cello Concerto
No 1 in C Hob V11b/1 [24.46] (Cadenzas by Benjamin Britten)
Cello Concerto No 2 in D Hob V11b/2 [24.36] (Cadenzas by Mstislav
Rostropovich)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello and director).Academy of St Martin in
the Fields
Recorded
Abbey Road, London. November 15,16 1975 EMI Great Recordings of the Century
CDM5 67234 2 [49.34] [HD] |
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Huxley |
Huxley:
Opus Pistorum, for Quartet, Horn and Soprano
(1954)
Gaza Quartet,
Julian Moksha (horn), Marilyn Hay (soprano)
Recorded
1955, mono 1 CD from Blake Records, USA - BK4100 approx. $16 Running
time: 46 mins. |
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