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38 discs and four books reviewed this
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WILLIAM
WALTON
Symphony no 1
a comparative review: Previn, Haitink, Rattle,
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BAROQUE ARIAS Volume 2. Works
by: Handel, Ahle, Schutz, Buxtehude and
Bach.
Yoshikazu Mera: counter-tenor. Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki.
BIS CD-1029 74m
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ENGLISH ORCHESTRAL SONGS:
PARRY, STANFORD, FINZI, GURNEY
Christopher
Maltman (bar); BBC Scottish SO/Martyn
Brabbins Hyperion
CDA 67065 [72:09 ] |
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THE FRENCH FLUTE (1920-1930)
Music by Duruflé, Rhené-Baton, Hahn,
Ropartz,
Gallon
Bent Larsen (flute), Lars Grunth (viola), Sverre Larsen (piano),
rec Tivoli, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 30-31 March 1996 , CLASSICO CLASSCD 160 [58.51] |
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Bach |
Collection:
J.S. BACH:
Four Orchestral Suites.
HANDEL:
Concerto Grosso in A minor.
RAMEAU: Gavotte with 6 variations.
GLUCK: 'Iphigenie en Aulide' - Overture.
CHERUBINI: 'Anacreon' - Overture.
Philhrmonia
Orchestra/New Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer.
Testament mono/stereo
SBT2131 140m ADD. (Rec.: 1954-69) |
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Collection: THE FRENCH TOUCH:
Paul
Dukas (1865-1935) - L' aprenti
sorcier Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921) - Le Rouet d'Omphale
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) -
Ma mère l'Oye César Franck
(1822-1890) - Le chasseur maudit
Charles Munch conducting
the Boston Symphony
Orchestra RCA VICTOR
09026 68978 2 [50:38] |
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GREAT AMERICAN
COMPOSERS: HOWARD HANSON Symphony No. 2
Romantic: AARON COPLAND
Billy The Kid ; Rodeo - Hoe-Down ;
CHARLES GRIFFES : The Pleasure-Dome
of Kubla Khan; The White Peacock ;
MORTON GOULD Tropical
conductor: Charles
Gerhardt CHESKY CD112
[62:15] |
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RUSSIAN FUTURISM Russian
Music of the 1920s:
details below Music
by:- Alexander MOSSOLOV (1900-1973)
Alexander F GOEDICKE
(1877-1957) Julian KREIN
(1913-1996) Michail F GNESIN
(1883-1957) Georg KIRKOR
(1910-1980) Lev KNIPPER
(1898-1974) |
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Collection: MUSIC FOR
STRINGS: Sibelius:
Suite Champêtre/Canzonetta;
Dvorák: Waltzes in A and
Dflat minor/Nocturne in B/Humoresque in G flat;
Elgar: Salut
d'amour/Sospiri; Grieg:
Two Melodies: The Goal; The First Meeting/Nordic Melodies:
In FolkStyle; Cow Call; Peasant Dance/Two Elegiac Pieces: The Wounded Heart;
Last Spring The Serenata
of London/Barry Wilde
IMP 30367 02492 [69:23] |
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ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH (1923-) Symphony No. 1
(1957) [40:09]
RUTH GIPPS
(1921-99)
Symphony No. 2
(1945) [23:57]
Munich SO/Douglas Bostock
rec Arco Studios, München, 2-3 December
1998 ClassicO CLASSCD 274
[64:18] |
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CHOPIN.
Peter Katin Plays Chopin, Volume One. Ballade No 4 in F Minor, Op 52;
Three Mazurkas, Op 59; Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op 58; Barcarolle, Op 60;
Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op
61.
Peter Katin (piano)
Olympia OCD186 DDD. [75' 00"]. |
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Ernst von
DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960) Suite in F sharp
minor, The Veil of Pierrette, Variations on a Nursery Theme
Howard Shelley (piano);
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Matthias
Bamert CHANDOS CHAN
9733 [69:52] |
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Sir Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) 'Rediscovered works for
violin' Marat Bisengaliev
(violin); Benjamin Frith
(piano).
Black Box BBM1016 [67:57] |
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John IRELAND
(1879-1962) Piano Music Vol.
II John
Lenehan
(piano)
NAXOS 8.553889 [70:43] |
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FRANCIS
JACKSON Daniel in
Babylon. Monodrama with Music. Drama by John Stuart Anderson
Francis
Jackson, organ. John Stuart Anderson, narrator; St.Peter's Singers, directed
by Simon Lindley
Recorded in Leeds Parish Church by Martin J. Monkman. [76.06]
Amphion CD PH1 145 |
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JOSEPH
MARX (1882-1964) Romantic Piano Concerto
in E major (1919) [36.39] ERICH
KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Piano Concerto in C sharp for the left
hand (1922) [27.35]
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish SO/Osmo
Vänskä
rec 19/20 June 1997 HYPERION CDA66990 [64:39] |
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JON
LEIFS Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Pastoral
Variations, Fine II,
Dettifoss
Iceland Symphony Orchestra En
Shao BIS-CD-930 56m
DDD |
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F.
LIZST: Grande Fantasie sur La Clochette
and other first thoughts and second drafts.
Leslie Howard
(piano) Hyperion CDA67408/10 [221m] DDD. |
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MARK LOCKETT
Hollowed Ground
Wriggly Pig 001 [64.21] |
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EDWARD MACDOWELL
(1860-1908) Fireside Tales (6)
Woodland Sketches (10) New England Idylls
(10).
Gerard
van der Laan (piano)
LUCTOR-002 [71.00] |
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