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Walton |
WALTON.
Symphony No 1; Varii
Capricci
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson.
ChandosCHAN8862
recorded 1990 [DDD] [59' 37"]. |
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WALTON.
Symphony No 1*; Cello Concerto+;
Symphony No 2º; Overture Portsmouth Pointº; Comedy Overture
Scapinoº; Violin Concerto+.
Ida Haendel (vn), Paul Tortelier (vc), *Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard
Haitink; +Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund;
ºLondon Symphony Orchestra, André Previn.
2CD EMI double fforte
CZS5 733712 two for the price of one [78' 04" and 73' 25"]
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Alexander
ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942) Psalms
13, 23 and 83 Three Ballet Pieces
Karl
Anton Rickenbacher conducts the Rundfunkchor Berlin and
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Berlin
KOCH Schwann 3-1486-2
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SARAH CHANG (violin)
Sweet Sorrow VITALI; GLUCK; BRAHMS; LALO; VIEUXTEMPS; PAGANINI;
SIBELIUS; CHOPIN; LISZT; TCHAIKOVSKY;
SAINT-SAENS
EMI CLASSICS CDC 5 567912 [61.45.] |
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MUSIC FOR A MILLENNIUM Famous
British classics arranged for brass
band
Harlequin Brass NPC
Records NPC001 [64:00] |
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Collection:
TREASURES OF OPERETTA
Marilyn
Hill Smith (sop); Peter Morrison (bar); Ambrosian Singers; The Chandos Singers;
The Chandos Concert Orchestra condcuted by Barry Knight
2CDs CHANDOS CHAN
7131(2) [139:13] |
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Simunye - Music for a Harmonious World
I Fagiolini
and the SDASA Chorale
Erato 0630188372 |
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| HISTORICAL |
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Brahms |
BRAHMS:
'Ein deutsches Requiem' op.
45. Maria Stader,
Otto Wiener. Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berliner Mottenchor, Berliner
Philharmoniker. Fritz Lehmann.
DG The Originals Mono 457-710-2
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Milhaud |
D.
MILHAUD: 'Les Choephores'.
HONEGGER:
Symphony No. 5 'Di Tre
Re'. ROUSSEL:
Bacchus et Arianne - Suite.
Chor
de l'Universite Lamoureux Orchestre Igor Markevitch
DG The Originals 449-748-2
[73m] ADD. |
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Z. KODALY:
'Hary Janos': Suite. Dances of Marrozzek,
Dances of Galanta, Psalmus Hungaricus.
RIAS Kammerkchor and Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Ferenc Fricsay. . DG The
Originals Mono/Stereo 457-745-2 75m ADD. |
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Vivaldi |
VIVALDI:
The Four Seasons
BOCCHERINI:
Overture in D, Symphony in C. Includes alternate
stereo take of 'Autumn'.
Manoug
Parikian Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini.
Testament SBT 1155 79m
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ERSKINE
CHILDERS: The Riddle of the
Sands.
Music
by: Schumann
Read
by Dermot Kerrigan. Naxos
Audiobooks. NA205512 154m DDD. |
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Vol. 2. A Scandal in Bohemia,
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Five Orange Pips, Silver Blaze.
Read by David Timson. Music: Moeran, Paganini, Suk, Smetana.
Naxos Audiobooks NA317012
219m DDD. |
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CLASSIC CHILLING TALES Volume 3: J.S. Le
Fanu: An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street. Ambrose
Bierce: That Damned Thing, The Moonlit Road. F. Marion Crawford: The
Upper Berth. B.M. Croker: 'To Let'.
Read
by Jonathan Keeble/Clare Anderson.
Naxos Audiobooks
NA216412 156m DDD |
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| BOOK REVIEWS |
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GEORGE ENESCU
[1881- 1955] - His Life and Music By Noel
Malcolm (with a preface by Lord Menuhin) - 320 pages Toccata Press ISBN 0
907689 32 9 £20 |
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Palestrina |
PFITZNER's
PALESTRINA - The 'Musical Legend' and its
Background by Owen Toller Toccata Press 1997 310pp ISBN 0 907689 24 8
£30.00 |
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