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CHOPIN
Introduction and Variations
in B flat on 'Je
vends des scapulaires' from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12. Andante spianato
and Grand polonaise in E flat, Op. 22. Berceuse in D flat, Op. 57. Nocturne
in C sharp minor, Op. Posth. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op.
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Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924)
La Rondine - a sequel
to La Boheme?
A discussion of the opera followed by comparative reviews of three recordings by Ian Lace The second in a series of comparative reviews of Puccini operas |
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 A Survey of the Mahler Symphonies
Tony Duggan approaches the end of his
series of comparative reviews of recordings of the Mahler symphonies:
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CRYSTAL QUINTET Five Instrumental Anthology Discs from Crystal Records Inc. Each includes a work by ALAN HOVHANESS |
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Duo 1 POINT 5 BILL PERCONTI
(alto saxophone) CRYSTAL RECORDS
CD653 61.58 [RB] |
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BRASS BONANZA eight American brass
quintets CRYSTAL CD200 62.25
[RB] |
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PISTONS
AND PIPES Richard Giangiulio
(trumpet) Paul Riedo (organ) CRYSTAL RECORDS
CD666 67.14 [RB] |
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AMERICAN MUSIC FOR VIOLA Paul Cortese (viola)
Jon Klibonoff (piano) CRYSTAL RECORDS CD636
63.22 [RB] |
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THE MAKING OF A MEDIUM The Piano Trio - Mozart, Hovhaness, Frescobaldi, Pasatieri, Bartok The Verdehr Trio CRYSTAL CD741 70.33
[RB] |
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ALEXANDER ALYABIEV
(1787-1851) String Quartet No.1 (1815) String Quartet No.3 (1825) Beethoven Quartet :Dmitry
Tsyganov (violin) Vassily Shirinsky (violin) Vadim Borisovsky (viola) Sergey
Shirinsky (cello) rec 1948 mono BOHEME CDBMR
907086 [49.36] [RB] |
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MALCOLM
ARNOLD: Symphony No. 5,
Divertimento No. 2, Symphonic Study: 'Machines',
Sarabande and Polka, The Belles of St. Trinians. Munich Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Bostock. Classico
CLASSCD294 61m DDD. [HC] [GF] |
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C.P.E.BACH
Six keyboard sonatas
Carole Cerasi (harpsichord
and fortepiano) Metronome MET CD
1032. 67'27" [PW] |
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J.S.BACH
Lute Suites BWV 995-998;
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro
BWV 998.  Paul
Galbraith (guitar)
Delos DE 3258 59'38" [PW] |
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J S BACH:
Goldberg
Variations BWV988
Angela Hewitt: Piano. Hyperion CDA67305.
79m DDD.[GF] |
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J.S.BACH
Goldberg Variations arr.
Labadie
Les Violons
du Roy/Bernard Labadie Dorian- 90281 79'30"
[PW] |
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BACH:
Cantatas BWV
94-96.
 Helen Donath, Arleen
Auger, Else Paaski, Marga Hoffgen. Gachinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling. Hanssler Classic
Bach Akademie Vol 30 92.030 71m ADD/DDD. [GF] |
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BARTOK:
First Rhapsody,
Romanian
Folkdances; ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3; SZYMANOWSKI: Mythes, Op.30 Ida Haendel (violin) &
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) DECCA 455 488-2 [60'
55"] Plus bonus CD - "Ida Haendel: the Decca Years, 1940-47" [75'09"]
[CA] |
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David BEDFORD
Song of the White
Horse also featuring Star Clusters, Nebulae
& Places in Devon Nash Ensemble & Queens
College Choir conducted by Steuart Bedford, with Mike Ratledge and David
Bedford, keyboards, soloist Diana Coulson (Song of the White Horse) / Chorus
and Brass of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Star Clusters…) * produced
and engineered by Mike Oldfield Classicprint CPVP011CD
* [48:52] [GD] |
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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major. Op.
58 30.46 Armando José FERNANDES Concerto in B Flat 27.20 Helena Sá E Costa (pno)
Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional (Beethoven) Cond Efrem Kurtz Academia
de instrumentistas de Câmera Recorded Lisbon 12 Dec 1954;
2 May 1960 Strauss Potugalsom SP4238 ADD 58.10 [HD] |
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BEETHOVEN:
Symphony No.9 in D
minor, Op.125
"Choral" Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
(soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter
(bass); Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto
Klemperer TESTAMENT SBT 1177
[70'48"] [CA] |
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ADOLPHE
BIARENT
(1871-1916) Poème Héroïque (1907-11) 10.34 Rapsodie Wallonne (1910) 26.11 Contes d'Orient (1909) 36.23 
Diane Andersen (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège et de la
Communauté Française/Pierre Bartholomée
rec 15 16 Jan; 8 19 July 1998 CYPRES CYP7605 [74.20] [RB] |
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ADOLPHE BIARENT
(1871-1916) Trenmor - symphonic poem (1905) 15.54 Symphony (1908) 28.03 Two Sonnets for cello and orchestra (1909-13) 14.41 Luc Dewez (cello) Orchestre
Philharmonique de Liège et de la Communauté Française/Pierre
Bartholomée rec Conservatoire Royal de
Liège, 16-19 October 1995 CYPRES CYP3601 [58.53] [RB] |
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BLUMENFELD
Complete Preludes & Impromptus
Philip Thomson
(piano) Ivory Classics 71002.
75'02" [PW] |
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Luigi BOCCHERINI
(1743 - 1805)
Flute Quintets
Op.55 58'34" Michael Faust (flute) Auryn
Quartet Recorded February 12 -15 1996
Sendesaal. Germany. DDD cpo 999 382-2 [HD] |
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Christopher BOCHMANN
(b 1950)
Aleafonia Concertante No
3 (1983) 11'44" Em Homagem (1984) 9'51" Epitaph
(1991) 16'54" Misere Mei (1994) 11'54" Metaphors
(1997) 10'41" Orquestra Sinfónica
Juvenil Christopher Bockmann Recorded Lisbon. 25 March
'99; 29 June '99; 10 Nov '99 Strauss Portugalsom ST 2246 DDD
[61'28"] [HD] |
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BRUCH: Symphony
No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 3. Lydia Mordkovitch:
Violin London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox. CHAN9784 72m
DDD.[GF] |
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BRUCKNER:
The Symphonies Royal
Scottish National Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Georg Tintner
NAXOS [TB] |
a review of the series |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
(1824 - 1896) Symphony No 00 in F Minor "Study Symphony" 37.25 "Volkfest" Finale to Symphony No 4 in E Flat major. 19.03 Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Cond. Georg Tintner Recorded Henry Wood Hall,
Glasgow. 3/4 Sept 1998 Naxos 8.554432 [56.37] [TD] [HD] |
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BRUCKNER:
Symphony
No.5
BBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jascha Horenstein
BBC Legends BBCL 4033-2 [TD] |
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BRUCKNER:
Symphony No.7 Rameau:
Gavotte with Six
Variations Philharmonia and New
Philharmonia Orchestras Conducted by Otto Klemperer EMI "The Klemperer Legacy"
CDM5 67330 2 [TD] |
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JOHN CAGE
(1912-92) Seventy-Four for orchestra - Version 1 (1992) 12.11 The Seasons - Ballet in one act (1947) 16.35 Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950/51) 20.39 Seventy-Four for orchestra - Version 2 12.03 Suite for Toy Piano (1948) 7.13 Suite for Toy Piano (orch Lou Harrison) 6.30
Margaret Leng Tan (piano)American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies
ECM NEW SERIES 1696 - 465 140-2 [75.11] [RB] |
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ANDRE CAPLET
(1878-1925)
Le Mystère
de Jésus (1923) Brigitte Desnoues (mezzo)
Maîtrise de Radio France Orchestre des Pays de Savoie/Mark Foster rec Radio France, Paris, 23-25
Nov 1996 MARCO POLO 8.225043 [61.13] [RB] |
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ANDRÉ CAPLET
(1878-1925)
Quintet for piano and winds (1898) 26.26 MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin 17.06 Pavane pour une Infante Défunte 5.11 Ma Mère l'Oye 15.18 (all three Ravel pieces transcribed by David Walter) Claire Désert (piano)
Quintette Moraguès rec Lausanne, 24-27 June 1999 LE CHANT DU MONDE LDC 2781116
[65.10] [RB] |
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PAUL
CRESTON
(1906-1985) The First Three Symphonies Symphony No. 1 (1940) 23.32 Symphony No. 2 (1944) 22.23 Symphony No. 3 (1950) 26.38 National SO of the
Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar rec Kiev, 25-29 December 1998
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559034 [72.39] [RB] [LF]
[DW] |
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