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Giovanni
Felice SANCES Sacred and Secular Songs for
Soprano, Harp and Guitar
 Musica Fablua, directed by
Jan Walters ASV (Gaudeamus)
CD GAU 193 * [64:15] [GD] |
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DOMENICO
SCARLATTI Eighteen Harpsichord
Sonatas Jane Clark
(harpsichord) JANICULUM
JAN D204 [63.06] [RB] |
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SHCHEDRIN
Concerto Cantabile
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade Melancolique Vengerov/LSO/Rostropovich EMI Classics CDC5 56966
2 [PW] |
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ARTHUR
SHEPHERD (1880-1958) selected
works Piano Quintet (1940) (Abramyan Quartet) 29.00 songs (JoAnn Otley - soprano; Rhoda Vaun Young - piano):- Piano solos (Grant Johannesen - piano) 16.43 Abramyan Quartet , JoAnn Otley
- soprano; Rhoda Vaun Young -
piano TANTARA TCDO 39808HS
[69.56] [RB] |
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SCHUBERT:
Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished', Symphony No. 9 'The
Great'.
Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer.
EMI CDM567-338-2
78m ADD. [GF] |
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SCHUMANN:
Symphonies Nos. 1 'Spring' and No.
2. National Symphony Orchestra
Piero Coppola/London Philharmonic Orchestra Georges Enesco. Dutton Laboratories CDK1209
68m ADD (Transferred from Decca originals 1946/1947) [GF] |
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Dimitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906 - 1975) Piano Quintet in G Minor, 4 Waltzes for flute,clarinet & piano, Piano Trio No 2 in E Minor. Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874 - 1951) Kammersymphonie, Ode to Napoleon Verklärte Nacht Virgin Classics 7243
5 61760 2 7 |
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SIBELIUS
- The Seven Symphonies
Utah SO/Maurice
Abravanel analogue stereo
recordings rec May 1977, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah
VANGUARD CLASSICS SVC 3133 (boxed set - also available separately)
[RB] |
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SIBELIUS
TONE POEMS - conducted by SIR ADRIAN
BOULT Vol. 1 (The Legends) Vol. 2 (Nature and
Patriotism)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Adrian
Boult rec
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, July 1956 OMEGA CLASSICS OCD1027
[53.49] OCD1028 [55.17] [RB] |
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Bedrich
SMETANA (1824 - 1884) Ma Vlast/ My
Fatherland Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pesek
Recorded Philharmonic Hall,
Liverpool. May 1989 Antonin DVORAK
(1841 - 1904) Domov muj / My Home. Overture Op 62a
10.02 Czech Suite. Op 39 23.01 Symphony No 4 in D
Minor. Op 13 42.18
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pesek
Recorded Dvorak Hall, Prague
(2:1) May 1995. The House of Artists, Prague (2: 2+3) Mar & June 1989
Virgin Classics 7243 5 61739 2 7 CD1. 76.33 CD2. 75.20 [HD] |
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SIR CHARLES
VILLIERS STANFORD: Complete Songs Vol.
1.
Stephen Varcoe: baritone,
Clifford Benson: piano. Hyperion
CDA67123 78m DDD. [GF] |
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YEVHEN STANKOVYTCH
(b.1942) Symphony No. 1 Sinfonia Larga
(1973) Symphony No. 2 Heroic (1975) Symphony No.
4 Sinfonia Lirica (1977)
National SO of the
Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar
MARCO POLO 8.223792 70.01 [RB] |
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David
STAROBIN (guitar) New Dance -18 dances for
guitar (composed 1996-97)
Bridge 9084
51'03" [PW] |
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Sir John
TAVENER Fall and Resurrection
World premiere
performance Patricia Rozario
- Soprano, Michael Chance - counter-tenor, Martyn Hill - psaltis, Stephen
Richardson - bass, BBC Singers, Adrian Peacock - voice of God / Christ /
Devil, John Scott - chorus master, St. Paul's Choir John
Scott - director of music, City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Chandos CHAN 9800
- digital - full price [67.37] [JP] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY:
The Tempest, Marche Slave, Romeo & Juliet, 1812
Overture
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio
Abbado DG 453 496-2,
Full Price, 1 disc, 69 mins. [MB] |
The Tempest, Marche Slave, Romeo & Juliet |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74
'Pathetique'; SCHUMANN
Symphony No 4 in D minor. Philharmonia Orchestra
/ Otto Klemperer. EMI Classics
The Klemperer Legacy CDM5 67336 26 [ADD] [75' 37"]. Recordings from 1961
and 1962. [DW] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony 48.44
* SIBELIUS Tapiola 16.22 ** LSO/Eugene Goossens *
LSO/Tauno Hannikainen
** EVEREST EVC 9025 [65.16]
[RB] |
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UCCELLINI
Works for Violin.
Helene Schmitt with
continuo. Christophorus
77224, 76'19" [PW] |
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JAZEPS VITOLS
(1863-1948) Dramatic Overture
(1895) Latvian Folk Song Fantasy (1908) * Spriditis Overture (1907) Jewels - suite (1924) Autumn Song (1928) * Valdis Zarins
(violin) Latvian National SO/Dmitri Yablonsky rec 22-26 Aug 1994 Riga
MARCO POLO 8.223756 [66.32] |
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WAGNER: Parsifal, live performance from Muziektheater, Amsterdam, February 1997 Poul Elming (Parsifal), Robert
Lloyd (Gurnemanz). Violeta Urmana (Kundry), Carsten Stabel (Amfortas), Gunther
von Kannen (Klingsor), Wolfgang Schone (Titurel).Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
From: The Complete Operas of
Richard Wagner on 1 CD-ROM (AE003), priced $8.50 + $3.00 p&p.
Time: 40+ hours. Available only from
www.houseofopera.comYES! All the Wagner operas for around £10 [MB] |
Usual ratings not applicable |
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SIR WILLIAM
WALTON: Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto,
Partita for Orchestra.
Yehudi Menuhin Philharmonia Orchestra Sir William Walton.
EMI
CDM5 65005-2 74m ADD. [GF] |
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SIR WILLIAM
WALTON: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor.
'Belshazzar's Feast'.
Donald
Bell, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Sir William Walton.
EMI Walton Edition CDM5
65004-2 79m ADD (Rec: 1953/59). [GF] |
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RUTH ZECHLIN
Sacred Circles+; Music for Epiphany*;
Resurrection*; Three Songs of Hildegard von Bingenº.
Ruth Zechlin (organ*),
Harvestrude Chamber Choir, Claus Bantzen; Mechthild Seitz
(mezzo+), Werner Tast (fluteº). ARTE NOVA 74321 67504 2
[DDD] [63' 07"]. [DW] |
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