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	Samuel BARBER Orchestral Works Volume 1 The School for Scandal Overture. Op.5. Symphony No. 1, Op.9 First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12 Symphony No. 2, Op.19 Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Marin Alsop Playing Time 69.47, Digital Recording, Recorded 8-9 / 12 / 98.At Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow Naxos 8.559024 [JP]
	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 61 38'42" Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 - 1893)* Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35** 28'21" Bronislaw Huberman (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell Staatskapelle Berlin / William Steinberg AAD Naxos 8.110903 "Great Violinists" Series [67'02"] [HD]	PERFORMANCE RECORDING HISTORICAL
	BEETHOVEN, MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos BACH Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: 1st movement, Adagio MENDELSSOHN Songs without words, vol 5, Opus 62: no 1, Andante espressivo in G major Fritz Kreisler/Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Leo Blech Naxos Historical 8.110909 78 mins.[PW]	PERFORMANCE RECORDING HISTORICAL
	ALBAN BERG Lulu orchestration of Act 3 completed by FRIEDRICH CERHA Teresa Stratas, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Kenneth Riegel, Gerd Nienstedt, Toni Blankenheim , Robert Tear , Helmut Pampuch, Jules Bastin, Ursula Boese, Claude Meloni, ; Pierre-Yves Le Maigat, Hanna Schwarz, Jane Manning, Anna Ringart, Paris Opéra Orchestra/Pierre Boulez. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 463 617-2 DG Originals series (Previously issued on LP DG 2740213 and CD DG 415 489-2GH3) 3CDs [172.00] [RB]
	FRANZ BERWALD (1796-1868) Piano Concerto, Theme and Variations (1819),  Rondeau-Bagatelle, Tempo di Marcia, Presto Feroce, Duo for violin and piano Greta Erikson (piano) Josef Grünfarb (violin) Swedish Radio Orchestra/Stig Westerberg first issued on LP 1972 GENESIS GCD 111 [61.41] [RB]
	Franz BERWALD (1796 - 1868) Complete Duos. In D Minor for violin and piano 18'22" Fantasy on two Swedish folk-melodies 7'29" Concertino in A Minor for Violin & piano (fragment) 2'40" Duo Concertant in A Minor for two violins 24'48" Duo in B Flat Major for Cello and Piano 17'07" Tobias Ringborg (violin) ; David Bergström (violin) ; Mats Rondin (cello) ; Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano). Recorded Örebro, Sweden. 19 - 21 May 1997 DDD Naxos 8.554286 [70'20"] [HD]
	BLOCH Sacred Service Ernest Bloch conducting LPO & Choir, Marko Rothmuller (bass-baritone) Rockport Records RR5001-2 44'20" MILHAUD Sacred Service Op.279 Central Synagogue Choir, New York, with Frederick Lechner (bar) & Alexander D. Richardson (organ)/Lazar Weiner (conductor) Rockport Records RR5005 60'20" [PW]	rating not supplied
	Joseph Bodin de BOISMORTIER (1689 - 1755) Ballets de Village Sérénade Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet Recorded Paris. 8 - 10 Sept 1997 DDD Naxos 8.554295 [74'45".] [HD]
	BRAHMS: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Maurizio Pollini, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado DG, 457 837-2 - 2 discs (44'59 & 48'37), Mid-price [MB]
	Johannes BRAHMS Lieder - Complete Edition - Volume 2 Funf Gedichte op 19 Lieder und Gesange op 32 Vier Gesange op. 43 Vier Lieder op 46.  Juliane Banse (sop), Andreas Schmidt (bar), accompanied by Helmut Deutsche  recorded August / December 1996 in conjunction with Sender Freies, Berlin. cpo 999 442-2 DDD Stereo, [57:33] [JP]
	Benjamin BRITTEN (1913 - 1976) Rejoice in the Lamb, 16'04" Hymn to St. Cecilia 10'18" and other choral works. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge. Conducted by Christopher Robinson. Recorded 13 - 15 July 1999, Cambridge. DDD Naxos 8.554791 [73'48"] [HD]
	BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5 in B flat major BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by Jascha Horenstein Recorded Royal Albert Hall, London, 15th September 1971 BBC Legends - BBCL 4033-2 - STEREO (ADD) Total time 74.46 [JP]
	William BYRD (1543 - 1623) Mass for Four Voices 24'39" Mass for Five Voices 23'56" Thomas TALLIS (c1505 - 1585) Missa Salve Intemerata Virgo* 24'38" St. John's College Choir, Cambridge. Conductor George Guest Recorded March 1986 and Dec 1988* DDD EMI Classics for Pleasure 5 74002 2 [73'13"] [HD]
	JOHN CAGE (1912-1992): THREE2 (1991) (9'00") TWENTY-THREE (1988) (23'00") SIX (1991) (3'00") TWENTY-SIX (1991) (26'00") Christina Fong (violin/viola) Glenn Freeman (percussion) Karen Krummel (cello) The Orchard (Valley Media) OGRE/OGRESS PRODUCTIONS 66991-6260 [RB]
	CHAUSSON Melodies DEBUSSY Fetes galantes (1); Proses lyriques; Nuits blanches Christine Schäfer (soprano) and Irwin Gage (piano) with Stella Doufexis (mezzo) Deutsche Grammophon 459 682-2 75'56" [PW]
	Luigi CHERUBINI (1760 -1842) String Quartet No 2 in C Major (1829) 29'11" String Quartet No 5 in F Major (1835) 25'43" HAUSMUSIK London Monica Hugget, Pavlo Beznosiuk , (violins) Roger Chase, (viola); Richard Lester (cello). Recorded June 24 -26 1997 Kammermusik Studio cpo 999 4642 DDD [54'54"] [HD]
	Napoléon COSTE (1805- 1883) Guitar Works. Vol 3. Pavel Steidl (Guitar) Recorded Newmarket, Canada. 16 - 20 December 1998 DDD Naxos 8.554353 [64'52"] [HD]
	Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Symphonic Fragments:-The Court of Lilies; Ecstatic Dance and Finale from the first Act; The Passion The Good Shepherd Live Performance: 20th September 1982 Modest Petrowitsch MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition - orchestrated by Maurice RAVEL Live performance 21-23 February 1999 NDR-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Günther Wand RCA Red Seal/BMG 74321 72788 2 [54:31] [IL]
	DEBUSSY Complete works for solo piano, vol.2 Images - Serie I. Images Serie II. Le Petit Negre. Children's Corner. La plus que lente Valse Romantique. Ballade. Danse (Tarantelle styrienne). Mazurka. Suite bergamasque. Hommage a Haydn. Elegie. Berceuse heroique. Page d'album. Etudes Book I. Etudes Book II. Etude Retrouvee Jean-Yves Thibaudet Decca 460 247-2, 2CD 150 mins.[PW]
	DELIUS Orchestral Works Volume 1 First Cuckoo*; Summer Night on the River*; Eventyr; Paris; excerpts from Koanga and Hassan Beecham with London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic* orchestras, London Select Choir Naxos Historical 8.110904 61'11" [PW]
	Marcel Dupré Complete Organ Music, Volume 8: Poèmes Symphonique Op. 37, 44 & 47. Jeremy Filsell (organ) Guild GMCD 7183 60 mins (PGW)
	EBEN Vox clamatis/Organ concerto/Missa cum populo Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus/Neumann, Pesek/Kamila Klugarova (organ) etc Panton 81 1141-2 60 mins [PW]
	Sir Edward ELGAR (1857 - 1934) Pomp and Circumstances Marches Nos 1-5, Op. 39 27'56" Sea Pictures. Op 37 27'44" Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 * 16'39" London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernadette Greevy (contralto) Vernon Handley Recorded Watford Town Hall Feb 1981 St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London Sept 1978* DDD / ADD* EMI Classics for Pleasure 574003 2 [69'19"] [HD]
Elgar	EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Bostock and the Münchner Symphoniker in rare ELGAR orchestral and vocal works - many world premiere recordings The Crown of India March Hail Immemorial Ind from The Crown of India * The Wind at Dawn * Empire March A Voice in the Desert * ** Polonia Piano Concerto (slow movement) *** The Spanish Lady suite Civic Fanfare - Hereford. Christine Østergaard (mezzo) * Peter Hall (Narrator) ** Margaret Fingerhut (piano) *** Münchner Symphoniker/Douglas Bostock rec 19-20 April 2000, Bavaria Tonstudio, München The British Symphonic Collection Vol. 7 CLASSICO CLASSCD334 [65.12] [RB]
	FRANCK Piano Works Ashley Wass Naxos Laureate Series 8.554484 [76 mins.] [PW]
	passatori - accordion, bandoneon, orchestra Richard Galliano: Opale Concerto (1994) Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion Richard Galliano: San Peyre (extracted from the suite of the same name)La Valse à Margaux, Mélodicelli' Habanerando Astor Piazzolla: Concerto pour Bandonéon (1979) Richard Galliano (accordion, bandoneon) I solisti dell' orchestra della Toscana Recorded Florence, Italy, 6, 7, 8 October 1998 Dreyfus FOM 36601 [JE]
	GERHARD String Quartets 1 & 2 Kreutzer Quartet Metier MSV CD92032. 38 mins. [PW]
	ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Symphony No.6 in C minor,Op. 58. The Forest, Op. 19. Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Anissimov. Naxos 8.554293 [DDD] [59'10]. [RB]
	Reynaldo HAHN (1875-1947) Chansons Grises and other songs Martyn Hill (tenor) and Graham Johnson (piano) Helios (Hyperion) CDH55040 (Reissue) [IL]
	HAYDN Symphonies Nos. 103, 'Drum Roll', 104, 'London', Symphony No. 95. Collegium Musicum 90 Richard Hickox Chandos Chaconne CHAN0655 78m DDD. [GF]
	HINDEMITH Symphonies: Sinfonia Serena & Der Harmonie der Welt  Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Blomstedt  Decca 458 899-2 67 mins. [PW]
	ALAN HOVHANESS (b.1911) Piano Music Macedonian Mountain Dance Op. 144a 2.56 Mountain Dance No. 2 Op. 144b 2.12 Blue Job Mountain Sonata Op. 340 9.53 Mystic Flute Op. 22 2.14 Dance Ghazal Op. 37a 2.38 Love Song Vanishing Into Sounds of Crickets Op. 327 3.41 Sonata Ananda Op. 327 22.00 Fantasy Op. 16 20.09 Wayne Johnson (piano) rec September 1991, Seattle CRYSTAL RECORDS 813[66.32] [RB]
	ROBERT HUGILL Passion for unaccompanied male voices The Burgundian Cadence ZEN608 [41.01] [RB]
	Jacques IBERT (1890 - 1962) Piano Music Scherzetto 2'47" Pièce romantique 5'53" Tocatta sur le nom d'Albert Roussel 0'58" L'espiègle au village de Lilliput 0'55" Française: 'Guitarre 'pour le piano 2'34" Le vent dans les ruines 2'53" Petite Suite 16'19" Histoires 21'43" Les recontres 16'10" Hae-won Chang (piano) Recorded Heidelberg, Germany. 29 / 30 Sept 1991 DDD Naxos 8.554720 [70'47"] [HD]
	NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN: Piano Sonatas Nos.1 "Sonata-Fantasia" (Op.39) & 2 (Op.54); 13 Preludes (from 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, Op.53) Steven Osborne (piano) HYPERION CDA67159 [69'20"] [CA]
	Yrjö KILPINEN Kanteletar-Lauluja op 100 A selection of 26 Songs for soloists and piano sung by Camilla Nylund (sop), Hans Lydman (bar), accompanied by Peter Stamm recorded November 4-17, 1997 and January 26-28 1998. CPO 999 575-2 DDD Stereo, [65 18] [JP]
	Sebastian KNUPFER: Sacred Music Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her. Was mein Gott will das gescheh allzeit. Wenn mein Studlein vorhanden ist. Ach Herr strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn. Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus. Super flumina Babylonis. Jesus Christus unser Heiland. Die Turteltaube lasst sich horen.     Robert King   King's Consort   James Bowman   Robin Blaze   Michael George   Hyperion CDA67160 80m DDD. [GF]
Luening	THE SONGS OF OTTO LUENING AND ROBERT STARER OTTO LUENING: Selected Songs She Walks in Beauty (1951) (2.25) Venilia (1922) (1:34) At Christmas Time (1917) (1 :32) with Sylvia Buccelli, piano ROBERT STARER Letter to a Composer (1995) (8:34) Danielle Woerner with Marcia Gates, flute; Jean Kopperud, clarinet, Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet (HVPSQ) OTTO LUENING: Selections from Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson (1938-51) Our share of night to bear (.58) Hope is the thing with feathers (1.35) I felt a cleavage in my mind (.37) with Sylvia Buccelli, piano ROBERT STARER Images of Man (1994) The Universal Man (1.58) Behold Eternal Death (2:45) Compell the Poor (2:14) I am Weary (3:02) O Prince of Light (2:32) It Is an Easy Thing (3:03) Male and Female (3:08) Rise from the Dews of Death (4:19) with Marcia Gates, flute; Susan Seligman, cello; Robert Starer, piano OTTO LUENING Suite for Soprano and Flute (1936-37) + Night Song (4:03) Dawn Piece (1:02) Morning Song (2:34) Evening Song (2:12) with Patricia Spencer, flute ROBERT STARER The Ideal Self (1981) (4:05) with Marcia Gates, flute; Robert Starer, piano OTTO LUENING Selected songs to poems of William Blake Love's Secret (1949) (1:52) Ah! Sunflower (1984) (1.57) The Little Vagabond (1980) (2:07) with Sylvia Buccelli, piano OTTO LUENING The Soundless Song (1923) String Quartet (6:08) Moonlight (1:31) String Quartet (1:55) The Silent Voice (1:47) Flute and Clarinet (:23) The Soundless Song (2.09) with Marcia Gates, flute; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Sylvia Buccelli, piano; HVPSQ OTTO LUENING Transience (1922) (1.58) with Sylvia Buccelli, piano Recorded Nov. 1997 & Jan 1998 at the Make-Believe Ballroom, W. Shokan, NY Exec. Producer: Danielle Woerner Producer: Baikida Carroll Engineer: Tom Mark PARNASSUS PACD96-025 [77:14] [RB]
	Witold LUTOSLAWSKI Symphonic Variations Concerto for Orchestra Symphony No. 1 Jeux venitiens Musique funebre Livre pour orchestre Symphony No. 2 Mi parti Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra - Witold Lutoslawski recorded at Polish Radio & TV Studios, Katowice,a co-production with EMI and Polish Radio and TV May and June, 1976, and December 1977. EMI Double Forte CZS5 73833-2 [JP]

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