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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Rondos, Andante favori, Seven Bagatelles, Alla ingharese quasi un Capriccio Natalia Valentin (fortepiano) rec. 2009 PARATY [CC]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano Concerto 1 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata 13 Solomon (piano) RAI Turin O/Lorin Maazel rec. 1956 GUILD [JW]

Klaus Ib JØRGENSEN (b.1967) Moon-Pain, Goblin Dance, Lisbon Revisited Iris Oja (mezzo) Remix, KlettWood/Paul Hillier rec. 2008 DACAPO [DC]

Brooke JOYCE Waves of Stone Brooke Joyce (percussion; melodica; toy piano) Unison Piano Duo rec. 2008/9 INNOVA [CR]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sinfonia concertante, Violin Concerto 4 Walter Barylli (violin) Vienna PO/Clemens Krauss, Vienna State Opera O/Felix Prohaska rec. 1944/51 PREISER [JW]

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Symphonies 4 & 5 Danish Ntl SO/Michael Schønwandt rec. 1999 NAXOS [DM]

Louis SPOHR (1784-1859) Double String Quartets 1 & 2 Forde Ensemble rec. 2008 NAXOS [BW]

Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita 2 Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Faschingsschwank aus Wien Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata 31  rec. 2008 VIRGIN CLASSICS [JW]

Musique pour basson et piano - Vol. 2 Dag Jensen (bassoon) Midori Kitagawa (piano) rec. 1997 MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM [CR]

 

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