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November 1999 part 3

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ZOLTAN KODALY: Dances of Galanta', 'Peacock Variations', Dances of Marosszek, 'Hary Janos' - Suite.   Brno State Symphony Orchestra/SWF Symphony Orchestra Jose' Serebrier BIS CD-875 79m DDD.

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897-1957) String Sextet (1915)  String Quartet No 3 (1945)   Flesch Quartet plus others ASV CD DCA 1062 [59:27]

CONSTANT LAMBERT Summer's Last Will & Testament; The Rio Grande; Aubade Heroique. Sally Burgess (mezzo) William Shimell (baritone) Jack Gibbons (piano) Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones. HYPERION CDA 66565 [75.00]

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 ANTONIO LOTTI: Requiem in F major, Miserere, Credo.  Balthasar Neumann Choir, Balthasar Neumann Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77507 2 69m DDD

MICHEL PIGNOLET DE MONTECLAIR (1667 - 1737) A la Guerre! Concertos for natural trumpet and harpsichord  Ensemble "Pian e Forte" / Gabriele Casson, natural trumpet / Antonio Frige, harpsichord. Dynamic CDS229

MOZART: 'Le Nozze di Figaro'   Erich Kunz, Imgard Seefried, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Chor der Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan. (Recorded 1950) EMI Great Recordings of the Century CMS567-068-2 120m ADD

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MOZART: Die Zauberflote Anton Dermota, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Wilma Lipp. Singverein des Gesellschafte der Musikfreunde in Wien, Wiener Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan. (Recorded: 1952) EMI Great Recordings of the Century CMS567071-2 129m ADD £17.00

The Best of Carl ORFF: Carmina Burana (highlights) Schulwerk (School Work) excerpts Die Kluge (excerpt)/ Der Mond (excerpts)   Lucia Popp, John van Kesteren, Herman Prey Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichhorn and others BMG/RCA Victor 75605 51357 2 [77:43]

ARVO PÄRT (b.1935) Fratres (1977, 1992) 9:43 * Tabula Rasa (1977) 23:07 ** Symphony No. 3 (1971) 25:17  Gil Shaham (violin) * ** Roger Carlsson (percussion) * Adele Anthony (violin) ** Erik Risberg (prepared piano) ** Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 647-2 [58:29]

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 (1917) No. 2 (1935) SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 (1948) No. 2. (1967)  Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin) LSO/Sir Colin Davis (Prokofiev) rec 1988 BBCSO/Andrew Davis (Shostakovich) Rec 1989 VIRGIN VERITAS Twofers VBD5616332 [48.55] + [67.26] £8.99 Bargain of the Month

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2, Vocalise, Intermezzo and Dance from Aleko   LSO coducted by André Previn EMI Great Recordings of the Century CDM5 66982 2

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RAUTAVAARA, Einojuhani. Cantus Arcticus, Op 61 (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra); Piano Concerto No 1, Op 45; Symphony No 3, Op 20.   Laura Mikkola (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Lintu.   DDD [73' 32"]. Naxos 8.554147.

Kaija SAARIAHO Nuits, adieux (Electric Phoenix directed by Terry Edwards) Près (Ansi Kartunen, cello with electronics)
Jose Manuel LOPEZ Lituus (Brass Quartet of Ensemble Intercontemporain) Violin Concerto (Anne Mercier with Orquesta Nacionales of Spain) Sibila (rtve musica) SIB 003 58 mins.

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Erwartung; Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs)   Jessye Norman · Metropolitan Opera Orchestra · James Levine Philips CD 426 261-2 62m DDD

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