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NICOLAI MEDTNER
(1901-37) The complete (14) piano
sonatas
 Marc-André
Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion
CDA67221-4 4 CDs: CD1 [65:36] CD2 [61:04] CD3 [74:31] CD4 [77:43]
[4:38:54] |
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E.J. MOERAN
Violin Concerto
Albert Sammons/BBCSO/Boult Fantasy Quartet
Leon Goossens/Carter String Trio Serenade London Symphony
Orch./ Cameron
Historic Live Recordings 1946-1948
SYMPOSIUM
CD 1201 [72:44] |
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LUDOLF NIELSEN
Symphony No. 1 in B minor
Op. 3 (1902-3) From the Mountains - Symphonic
Suite Op. 8 (1903-5)
Danish PO/Frank
Cramer.
MARCO
POLO - DA CAPO 8.224093 [71:25] |
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Silvestre REVUELTAS.
La Coronela, Itinerarios, Colorines
Santa
Barbara Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, Gisèle
Ben-Dor Koch
3-7421-2 |
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Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade,
Mikhail GLINKA Overture Russlan and
Ludmilla, Modest MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Night on Bald Mountain, Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH Galop, "Moscow Cheremushki"
The
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Altrichter-conductor, Malcolm
Stewart-solo violin.
RLPO
Records RLCD101 |
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ROSSINI.
The Barber of Seville. A buffo opera in two acts
composed in 1816. A
digital recording by the Metropolitan Opera 1989. Conductor Ralf Weiker.
Stage production John Cox.
Video. Deutsche Grammophon 072 414-3. |
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LIONEL SAINSBURY
Twelve Preludes; Cuban
Fantasy; Nocturne; Andalusian Fantasy; South American
Suite
Lionel
Sainsbury
(piano) PNH
443 [71:34] |
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SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
No. 1 in A minor. Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1* The Swan; Allegro
appassionato; Suite op. 16
Mischa
Maisky (cello); Daria Hovora* (piano); Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 457
599-2 [70:14] |
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ALESSANDRO
SCARLATTI Stabat Mater (circa
1718) EMANUEL D'ASORGA Stabat Mater
(circa 1707)
Camerata Polifonica
Siciliana cnducted by Douglas
Bostock ClassicO
CLASSCD162 |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT
(1874-1939) Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln (The
Book of the Seven Seals)
(1937) Stig
Andersen (ten) Rene Pape (bass) Christiane Oelze (sop) Lothar Odinius (ten)
Friedemann Winklhofer (organ) Bavarian Radio Choir Bavarian Radio SO/Franz
Welser-Möst Co-production in association with Bavarian Radio
EMI Classics
CDS5 56660 2 4 2CDs CD1 [61:01] CD2 [45:47] |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
(1872-1915) Symphony No 3 in C minor 'Le
Divin Poème' (1903)
Concertgebouw
Orchestra/Kiril
Kondrashin Live
recording of a concert on 12 February 1976 ETCETERA KTC 1027
[46:01] |
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ALEXANDER
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Universe -
Mysterium: Prefatory Act (as restored by Alexander Nemtin) (rec 1973)
40:13 ARAM KHACHATURYAN (1903-1978)
Piano Concerto (rec 1963)
33:57 Alexei Lyubimov
(piano - in Scriabin) Irina Orlova (organ - in Scriabin) USSR State Academic
Chorus (in Scriabin) Yakov Flier (piano - in Khachaturyan) Moscow PO/Kyrill
Kondrashin BMG-Melodiya
74321 59477 [74:33] |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Cotswold Romance/Death of
Tintagiles London
Philharmonic Choir/London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Hickox Chandos
CHAN 9646 |
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EGON WELLESZ:
Violin Concerto, Op. 84. Prosperos
Beschwörungen, Op. 53.
Andrea Duka Lowenstein (violin), Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien/Gerd Albrecht.
ORFEO C 478
981 A EGON WELLESZ: Piano Concerto,
Op. 49. Divertimento, Op. 107. Drei Skizzen, Op. 6. Eklogen, Op. 11. Triptychon,
Op. 98.
Karl-Andreas Kolly (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester/ Howard Griffiths.
PAN CLASSICS
510104. |
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Corner |
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AN ANNIVERSARY
BOUQUET. Fourteen chamber works by various composers,
mainly Australian, to commemorate, in 1994, 20 years of broadcasting of radio
station 2MBS-FM, the first licensed stereo FM broadcasting station in Australia.
Various
artistes. MBS
34CD MBS Records, 76 Chandos Street, St Leonards, NSW 2065. [67'
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You'd be SURPRISED!
Barbara Kennedy
with Peter Lockwood (piano).
GLOBE
CLO 6045 [55:03]
Songs of Love and Laughter by Irving Berlin; George Gershwin;
Marve Fisher; Cole Porter; Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern; Noel Coward;
Stephen Sondheim; and Flanders and Swann. |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Getting a Handel on Messiah
by David W. Barber with illustrations by Dave Donald
Preface by Trevor Pinnock
Published
by Sound and Vision $11:95 ISBN 920151-17-5 |
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A Working Musician's Joke Book
by Daniel G. Theaker Preface by David W. Barber
with cartoons by Mike
Freen Published
by Sound and Vision $9:95 £4:95 (UK) ISBN 920151-22-1 |
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When the Fat Lady Sings
Opera history as it ought to be taught
by David W. Barber with illustrations by Dave Donald Preface
by Maureen
Forrester
Published by Sound and Vision $12:95 ISBN 920151-11-6 |
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