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RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 * The Isle
of the Dead SCHUBERT-TAUSIG
Marche Militaire WEBER-TAUSIG
Invitation to the Dance
* Earl Wild
(piano) RPO/Jascha Horenstein rec Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 1965
CHESKY
CD2 [65.43] [RB] |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3 & Variations on a theme of
Chopin
Andrei Pisarev,
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Samuel Friedmann
Arte Nova
74321 67509 2 66'19" [DW] |
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Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Piano Concerto in G
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli (piano) The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ettore
Gracis
Recording made in March 1957 EMI (Great Recordings of the Century
Series) CDM 5 67238 2 [46:34] [IL] |
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ROSSINI
Stabat Mater
Catherine Malfitano,
Agnes Baltsa (sopranos), Robert Gambill (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Choir
and Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Riccardo
Muti EMI
Red Line CDR 57 3279 2 (budget price) [DW] |
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Nino ROTA
(1911-1979) The Two Piano Concertos
Giorgia
Tomassi (piano) with the Filarmonica della Scala conducted by Riccardo Muti
EMI CDC
5 56869 2 [58:24] [IL] |
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ERIK SATIE
(1866-1925) piano music
Aldo Ciccolini
(piano)
rec 1983-36, Salle Wagram, Paris GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY EMI
CLASSICS CDM 5 67239 2 [71.31] [RB] |
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Robert
SAXTON A yardstick to the stars &
other chamber works
Brunel
Ensemble/Christopher Austin, with soloists
NMC D065
79 mins [PW] |
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Alessandro
SCARLATTI Cantatas Volume
III
Nicholas
McGegan directing the Arcadian Academy, countertenor Brian Asawa
DHM 75605
51325 2 [64:15] [GD] |
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Schoenberg
String Quartet in D major
Webern
Slow movement for string quartet
Zemlinsky
String Quartet No
1
Brodsky
Quartet
Vanguard Classics 99208 65'07" [PW] |
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SCHUBERT
- The Complete Finished Sonatas for
Piano
John Damgaard
(piano)
ClassicO CLASSCD 245-49 (five disc set) [PC] |
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SCHUBERT
Shepherd on the Rock,
SCHUMANN & LACHNER Frauenliebe und
leben, SPOHR Six German
songs
Evelyn Tubb
(soprano) Lesley Schtazberger (clarinet) Richard Burnett
(fortepiano)
Classicprint CPV005CD 61'16" [PW] |
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JEAN
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) BARBIROLLI conducts
SIBELIUS' ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
The Hallé
orchestra
All recorded in stereo 1966-1970 - all in the Kingsway Hall apart from
the works on CD1 and Pelléas suite on CD4 which were set down in EMI's
Abbey Road studio no. 1. EMI CLASSICS CMS5 67299 2 (5CD bargain price)
[RB] |
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SIBELIUS
Swanwhite Op. 54, Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op.
63, Pelleas et Melisande Op. 46, Tapiola Op. 112, Symphony No. 7
(includes a talk and various speeches by Sir Thomas
Beecham, and the British and Finnish National Anthems)
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra Sir Thomas
Beecham
* Live recordings from the 90th birthday Sibelius concerts 1954/55).
BBC Legends BBCL4041-2 68m ADD [RB] [GF] |
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Richard
STRAUSS: Salome, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Liebe
der Danae & Capriccio
Julia Varady,
Bamberg Symphoniker, Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau
ORFEO C 511 991 A (Full Price) [MB] |
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Igor STRAVINSKY
Vol. 3 Pulcinella
(complete); Four pieces for solo clarinet
(Charles Neidich); Piano Concerto (Misha Dichter);
Danses Concertantes.
Robert
Craft/Philharmonia Orchestra and 20th Century Classics
Ensemble.
Koch 3-7470-2H1 77 mins [PW] |
no stars awarded |
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Virgil THOMSON
(1896-1989) Symphony on a Hymn Tune, Symphony
No. 2 in C major, Symphony No. 3, Pilgrims and Pioneers
James Sedares
conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
NAXOS American
Classics Series 8.559022 [64:21] [IL] |
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Carl
UNANDER-SCHARIN The King of Fools
(Tokfursten)
Cast led
by Mats Persson (baritone) and Anna Larsson (contralto) Conductor Michael
Bartosch. Caprice
CAP 22046 [PW] |
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WAGNER:
Die Walkure - Act 1
Marianne
Schech, Franz Volker, Friedrich Dalberg. Bavarian State Orchestra Georg Solti.
Orfeo
d'Or C 019 991Z 64m ADD (Rec 1947). [GF] |
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WEBERN
Passacaglia
BERG Three Pieces from the 'Lyric Suite',
Three Orchestral Pieces op. 6 SCHOENBERG
Variations for Orchestra Op. 31.
Berliner
Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan
DG Originals
457-760-2 74m ADD (Rec 1973/4) [GF] |
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Markus ZAHNHAUSEN
Lyric Scenes
Susanna
Laurin
(recorder)
BIS CD 1013 66'22" [PW] |
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