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are available here]
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Les
francs-juges Overture [1226"]
Waverley Overture, Op. 1 [1024"]
Le roi Lear Overture, Op.
4 [1557"] Le carnaval
romain Overture, Op. 9 [929"]
Béatrice et Bénédict
Overture [806"] Le corsaire
Overture, Op. 21 [844"]
Benvenuto Cellini Overture,
Op. 23 [1007"]
Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir
Colin Davis [JQ]
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
Zoraida
Di Granata [RJF]
Lukas
FOSS (b.
1922)
The Complete Works for Solo
Piano
Daniel Beliavsky [JF]
Michael
HAYDN (1737-1806)
Concerto
in D Major for two Trombones
and Orchestra Leopold
MOZART (1719-1787)
Serenade for Trumpet,
Trombone and Orchestra [19:37]
Michael
HAYDN (1737-1806) Concerto
in D Major for two Trombones
and Orchestra [12:56] Jean
FRANCAIX (1912-1997)
Theme and Variations for
Clarinet and Eleven Strings
[8:55] Reinhard
SÜSS (b. 1961)
Fortuna Desperata Concerto
for Piano and Chamber Ensemble
[34:20] [PG]
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Franz
KROMMER
(1759-1831)
Oboe Quintets and Quartets
[PCW]
Gian
Francesco MALIPIERO (1882-1973)
Fantasie di Ogni Giorno (1953)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
No. 3 (1948)Notturno di
Canti e Balli (1957) [KS]
Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Il
tabarro (1918) Giuseppe
Baroni.
Rec. Turin in 1949. [CC]
Ottorino
RESPIGHI
(1879-1936)
Arrangements for brass instruments
by Peter
LAWRENCE (b.1965) Fountains
of Rome, Pines of Rome, Roman
Festivals. [IL]
Franz
SCHUBERT
(1797
1828)
Schiller-Lieder, Vols. 3 and
4 (Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition
18)
Maya Boog (soprano) Lothar
Odinius (tenor)[GF]
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906 - 1975)
Symphony
No. 7, Op. 60 Leningrad
(1943) Roman Kofman
[PSh]
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
String Quartets: 1885-1889
[MC]
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949)
The Complete Songs, Volume
1
Christine Brewer (soprano)[TB]
Zeitgenössische
Gitarrenmusik (Contemporary
Guitar Music)
Christoph Jaggin (Guitar)
[ZT]
Fonotipia
A Centenary Celebration 1904-2004
[JW]
The
Salley Gardens- A Treasury
of English Song
Yvonne Kenny (soprano) [JW]
Carole
Farley
singer and champion
of repertoire.
Interviewed by Anne
Ozorio
View
from the audience
by Frank T. Manheim:
THE RELEVANCE
OF FUTURISM IN CLASSICAL
MUSIC TODAY: WHY CONTEMPORARY
COMPOSERS STILL HAVE
TROUBLE EXCITING AUDIENCES
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Christopher
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Finding Balance between
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