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Amy
BEACH (1867-1944) Piano
Music Vol. 2 - The Turn of the Century Kirsten
Johnson (piano)
rec. 2007/8 GUILD [JW]
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin
Sonatas 5 & 9 Kalina Macuta (violin) Daniel Blanch (piano)
rec. live 2008 COLUMNA MUSICA [KS]
John
CAGE (1912-1992) Collection Michael Dietz
(percussion) Ensemble Musica Negativa/Rainer Riehn; Gentle Fire.
rec. 1971-73 EMI AMERICAN CLASSICS [CC]
Sir
William HERSCHEL (1738-1822) Symphonies London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert rec. 2002 CHANDOS [GPu]
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Death
and the Maiden, Symphony
8
Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta rec. 2007 NAXOS [ST]
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Rosamunde Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Symphony
9 Leopold Stokowski & his SO rec. 1947-52 CALA [JW]
Duos
for Cello and Bass Bloemendal
(cello) Joel Quarrington (bass) rec. 1978/2008 CRYSTAL
RECORDS [JW]
Richard
Farrell Complete Recordings Vol. 1 Includes Edvard
GRIEG (1943-1907) Piano Concerto Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Concerto 1 Richard
Farrell (piano) Halle O/George Weldon rec. 1956-58 ATOLL [JW]
Herein
Lies the Soul Includes Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Variations on
an Original Theme Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Introduction
and Rondo Capriccioso
Steven Moeckel (violin) Paula Fan (piano) rec. 2006 No
label [PSh]
Yehudi
Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings rec.
1932-84 EMI CLASSICS [51 CDs] [JW]
Stellar
Saxes Kenneth
Tse and Nobuya Sugawa (saxophones) rec.
2008 CRYSTAL RECORDS [JW]
West
of the Sun -
Music of the Americas Includes Alberto
GINASTERA (1916-1983) Sonata
1 Samuel BARBER (1910-1981) Piano
Sonata Joel Fan (piano) rec. 2008 REFERENCE RECORDINGS
[JW]
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