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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]

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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]

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