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ARENSKY
Egyptian Nights
Moscow SO/ Dmitry Yablonsky
MARCO
POLO 8.225028 (50:43) |
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Howard BLAKE
A Month in the Country; Violin Concerto "The
Leeds"; Sinfonietta for 10 brass
instruments .
Christiane Edinger (violin)
English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel
ASV CD DCA
905 |
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ERNEST
BLOCH - BLOCH PERFORMS BLOCH
Schelomo (Hebrew Rhapsody)
for cello and orchestra (1916) *, From Jewish Life for cello
and piano (1924) **, Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh) for
baritone, choir and orchestra
***.
Zara Nelsova
(cello) *, Aron Marko Rothmüller ***, London Philharmonic Choir ***,
LPO * ***, Composer * **
*** Jewish
Musical Heritage Recordings SMHR CD015 [73:32] |
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BRITTEN
Violin Concerto (1939
rev 1950) ** WALTON Violin Concerto
(1939) * Sergej Azizian
(violin) Copenhagen PO * cond Giordano Bellincampi ** cond Osmo
Vanska.
recorded 1996/97 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen ClassicO CLASSCD
233 [63:58] |
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Anton
BRUCKNER Symphony No.4 in E flat major,
"Romantic" (1878/80 version, ed.
Haas)
Royal
Scottish National Orchestra conducted by George
Tintner Naxos
8.554128 |
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EISLER
The Hollywood Songbook
Matthias Goerne (baritone) and Eric Schneider
(piano) DECCA 460
582-2 [70:09] |
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Edward
ELGAR: In the South (Alassio) Op. 50*. Enigma
Variations Op. 36$. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5$.
Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin. Op. 15*, The Starlight Express Op.
78^.
National Symphony Orchestra
Boyd Neel*, Sir Malcolm Sargent$, Sir Charles
Groves^
Dutton Laboratories
CDK 1203 [71] ADD (Recorded in 1945) |
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MANUEL DE FALLA
(1876-1946) Grabaciones Históricas - Historic
Recordings (1923-1976 commercial recordings, radio tapes and live concert
hall tapes) Junta de
Andalucia - Consejeria de Cultura
Almaviva DS0121
4CDs |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
(1845-1924) Requiem (1893 version)
- world premiere of version with harmonium 32:20 Pelléas et
Mélisande suite (1898) Op. 80 16.44 Three Mélodies
(Dream Sequence) orchestrated by Douglas Bostock 6:56 world premiere
Pavane (chorus and orch) Op. 50 (1877) 5:53 Pueri
Gaudentes Chamber
Philharmonic of Bohemia/Douglas Bostock
ClassicO
CLASSCD 241 62:30 |
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ZDENEK FIBICH
Hippodamia
Trilogy (1889-91) - three melodramas 1. The Courtship
of Pelops 2. The Atonement of Tantalus 3. Hippodamias
Death
. SUPRAPHON SU
3037-2 616 |
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G.F.HANDEL:
FURY WITH RED SPARKLING EYES Dramatic arias by Handel
JENNIFER LANE (mezzo) Brewer
Chamber Orcestra conducter by Rudolph Palmer
NEWPORT CLASSICS
CD NPD 85628 |
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KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN
(1905-63) The Eight Symphonies &
Gesangs-Szene (1935-63)
Bavarian
Radio SO Wergo
WER60187-90-50 |
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Joseph HOROVITZ
Trumpet Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Jubilee
Serenade; Sinfonietta;Canzonet; Rondino.
Nicholas Daniel (oboe); James Watson (trumpet) with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
conducted by Joseph Horovitz
ASV CD WHL 2114
[67:14] |
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Sidney JONES
The Geisha
Lilian Watson; Christopher Maltman; SarahWalker; Richard Suart; the
New London Light Opera Chorus and Orchestraconducted by Ronald Corp
HYPERION CDA67006 [77:12] |
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ARAM KHACHATURYAN
(1903-1978) Violin Concerto in D minor
Leonid Kogan (vn)/Grand
SO/composer
Concerto-Rhapsody in B minor for violin and orchestra - Leonid
Kogan (vn)/Moscow
SO/Kondrashin Revelation
RV 10065 |
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MARTIN KISZKO
The Battle of the Sexes
OST (1999) Incidental Music to the BBC wild life documentary
series on The Natural History of Sex 18
tracks.
City of
Prague PO/Harry Rabinowitz
BBC MK1103
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David LYON
(b.1938) Light
Music Michael Thompson
(horn) with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by David Lloyd-Jones
MARCO
POLO 8.225039 [60:59] Concerto for Horn and Strings; Fairytale
Suite; Fantasia on a Nursery Song; Farnham Suite for Strings; Country Lanes;
Overture to a Comic Opera; Waltz for Strings; Ballet for
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CZESLAW MAREK
1891-1985
Suite for orchestra
Op 25 (1926 rev 1943) Meditations Op 14 (1911-13)
Sinfonia Op 28 (1928)
Philharmonia/Gary
Brain.
Vol
1 Koch International 3-6439-2 (74:31) |
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CZESLAW MAREK
1891-1985 Orchestral Works Vols
1-2
Capriccio Op 15 (1915)
Serenade for violin and orchestra (1916-18) (Ingolf Turban
- violin) Sinfonietta (1916)
Vol 2 Koch
International 3-6440-2 (66:52) |
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CZESLAW MAREK
(1891-1985) Vol. 3: Rural Scenes - seven songs for high voice and orchestra
(1929) Village Songs - seven songs for high voice and
orchestra (1934) Polish Hymn (1975); Death
Melody (1924); Greeting (1924); A Look Backwards
(1911) (a cappella male
chorus) Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Gary
Brain KOCH SCHWANN
3-6441-2 [58:30] recorded May 1997, Abbey Rd, London |
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FRANK
MARTIN (1890-1974) Golgotha - Passion
Oratorio
(1946)
Martina
von Bargen (sop) Margit Hungerbühler (con) Friedhelm Decker (ten) Joachim
Gebhardt (bar) - Christus Martin Blasius (Bass) Chor der Erlöserkirche,
Bad Homburg Offenbacher Kammmerorkester cond: Hayko Siemens
VENGO 21.401
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JOSEPH MARX
(1882-1964) Violin Sonata (No. 1) in A major
(1913)
Tobias
Ringborg (violin) Daniel Blumenthal
(piano) Pavane
ADW7378 |
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NIKOLAI
MIASKOVSKY (1881-1950) Symphony No. 1 in
C minor Op. 3 (1908) c. 42mins State SO of the Ministry of Culture
Gennadi Rozhdestvenski
Symphony No. 5 in D Op. 18 (1919) c. 31 mins State Academic
SO of the USSR Gennadi
Rozhdestvenski.
Revelation
RV10069 |
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NICOLAI MIASKOVSKY
(1881-1950) Symphony No. 2 in C sharp minor
Op. 11 (1910) Symphony No. 22 Symphonic Ballad Op. 54
(1941)
State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture Gennadi
Rozhdestvensky (No 2); State Symphony of the USSR, Evgeny Svetlanov
(No.22).
Revelation
RV10068 [79:51 ] |
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