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STEPHEN
DODGSON - orchestral music:
Flute Concerto (1990-91) * Last of the Leaves -cantata
for bass, clarinet and strings (1973) ** Duo Concerto for violin,
guitar and strings (1989) ***
 * Robert Stallman (flute)
** Michael George (bass) John Bradbury (clarinet) *** Jean-Jacques Kantorow
(violin) Anthea Gifford (guitar) Northern Sinfonia/Ronald Zollman
rec Newcastle-upon-Tyne
23-24 Oct 1992 world premiere recordings BIDDULPH LAW 013 [57.16]
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STEPHEN
DODGSON - The Selevan Story - a selection
of chamber works with guitar(s) Promenade (two guitars) (1988)
Capriccio (Flute and guitar) (1980) Divertissement
(violin and guitar ensemble) (1983) Follow the Star
(three guitars) (1979) Hymnus de Sancto Stephano (soprano and
guitar ensemble) (1983) The Selevan Story (flute, violin,
two guitars, guitar ensemble) (1992)
The St Levan Ensemble
rec Sharpham House, Devon
30 Sept-2 Oct 1994 ESG Records [RB] |
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ANTONIN
DVORAK (1841 - 1904)
Serenade
for Wind. Op.44 23.27 GEORGES ENESCU
(1881-1955) Dixtuor. Op. 14
19.52 LEOS JANACEK (1854 - 1928)
Mládí 16.48
 Oslo Philharmonic
Wind Soloists Recorded
Ris Kirk (Oslo) (Dvorak, Enescu)And Sojenberg Kirke, Oslo (Janacek) 4-6 Nov
1996 Naxos 8.554173 [60.24] [HD] [PW] |
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DVORÁK
Serenade for Strings
29.17
SUK
St Wenceslas Meditation 6.42
JANACEK Suite for Strong Orchestra 20.13
Czech Chamber Orchestra/Ondrej
Kukal rec (Dvorák) March
1994; remainder May 1996 CAMPION RRCD1346 [57.03] [RB] |
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Eckard
Sonatas Op. 1/3, 1/4 & 2/1 &
Minuet d'Exaudet with
6 Variations
Arthur Schoonderwoerd
(fortepiano)
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT
9806 01. 55'12" [PW] |
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR:
Introduction
&
Allegro. (1947/1956 versions), Elegy
(1947/1956 versions), Enigma Variations, Symphony
No. 1, Bavarian Dance No. 2; 'Lullaby'.
Hallé Orchestra Sir
John Barbirolli. Dutton
Laboratories/Barbirolli Society CDSJB 1017 117m ADD. [GF] |
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GEORGE
ENESCU (1881-1955) Poème Roumain -
Symphonic Suite (1898) 27.10 Vox Maris - symphonic poem
(1929) 26.24 Voix de la Nature - Nuages d'automne sur les
forêts (1931-39) 8.38
Florin Diaconescu, George Enescu Bucharest PO and choir/Christian Mandeal
rec Bucharest, 9-18 July 1997
ARTE NOVA 74321 65425 2 [62.21] [RB] |
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ROBERT FARNON:
From the Highlands, From
the Emerald
Isle.
Robert Farnon and his Orchestra.
Dutton Laboratories Vocalion
Series CDLK4100 78m ADD (Mastered from Decca originals 1957 Mono/Stereo).
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Elena
FIRSOVA Akhmatova Songs; Mandelstam Poems;
Hymn to Spring;
Frozen Time; La Malinconia; The Night Demons; Vernal
Equinox; Scent of Absence; Crucifixion; Meditation in the Japanese Garden;
Before the Thunderstorm.
Patricia Rosario,
Tim Mirfin, Michael Vaiman
Meladina Record
MRCD00012a/00013a. 79'18" [PW] |
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CARLO
GESUALDO
Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday (Responsoria,
1611)
Taverner Choir/Andrew
Parrott
SONY SK 62977 [67.18]
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PHILIP GLASS
(b.
1937)
Company. Violin Concerto. Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten.
Adele Anthony (violin); Ulster
Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa.
Naxos 8.554568 [DDD]
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LOUIS GLASS
(1864-1936)
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor op. 23 (1896 rev 1929) 32.38
String Quartet No. 4 in F Sharp Minor op. 35 (1907) 45.14
Zapolski Quartet
rec Danish Radio 1998 DA
CAPO MARCO POLO 8.224048 77.54 [RB] |
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Alexander Konstantinovich GLAZUNOV
(1865-1936)
Symphony No.6
The Forest Op. 19
 Moscow Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Anissimov
NAXOS 8.554293
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GLINKA
Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
(arr. Roberts).
BÖHME Sextet in E flat minor, Op. 30.
ALABIEV Quintet.
MUSSORGSKY Gopak of the Young Ukrainians from 'Sorochintsky Fair'.
Pictures at an Exhibition (both arr. Roberts).
 Fine Arts Brass Ensemble.
Nimbus NI5645
[DDD] [65'37]. [CC] |
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Leopold
GODOWSKY: Studies on
Chopin's Etudes
(complete)
Marc-Andre Hamelin
(piano)
HYPERION CDA67411/2
(2 CDs) [153' 02"] [CA] |
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GRIEG
Sonata;
Lyric Pieces;
7 Fugues.
Mikhail Pletnev
(piano)
Deutsche Grammophon DG
459 671-2; 75 mins. [PW] |
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Grieg
Violin Sonatas 1-3
Henning Kraggerud
(violin) with Helge Kjekshus (piano)
Naxos 8.553904 66'50".
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Hakim; Henze; Matthews;
Smirnov Solo Violin Music
Peter Sheppard
Metier CD92028
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HANDEL:
Opera
Arias and Overtures -2.
Emma Kirkby, The
Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman.
Hyperion CDA67128 71m
DDD. [GF] |
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HOWARD HANSON
(1896-1981)
Two Yuletide Pieces, Poèmes
Erotiques, Sonata, Three Miniatures, Three Etudes, Enchantment
For the First Time, Slumber Song
Thomas Labé
(piano)
NAXOS 8.559047 [75.39]
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JOSEPH HAYDN
(1732 - 1809)
Symphony No 66 in B flat major. 21.23
Symphony No 67 in F major 25.15 Symphony No 68 in B Flat
Major 29.18
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Bela Drahos
Recorded Phoenix
Studio, Budapest 19 - 23 January 1998 Naxos 8.554406 [76.05]
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HAYDN
- London Symphonies 93-104.
London Festival
Orchestra/Ross Pople.
Arte Nova Classics
74321 72109 2 (4 CDs) [PC] |
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Franz Joseph HAYDN
(1732 -
1809)
Missa in Anguistiis "Nelson Mass" Hob.XXXII:11 39'44"
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo "Kleine Oregelmesse". Hob
XXII:7 17'38"
Viktoria Loukianetz (sop);
Gabriele Sime (contralto); Kurt Azesberger (ten); Robert Holzer (Bass): Hungarian
Radio &Television Chorus Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia Béla
Drahos
Recorded Budapest. June 17
- 20 1998 DDD Naxos 8.554416 [57'31"] [HD] |
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VICTOR HERBERT
(1859-1924)
Auditorium Festival March
Irish Rhapsody
Selections from Natoma
Columbus Suite
Slovak RSO/Keith Brion
rec Bratislava 11-16 Jan 1999
MARCO POLO 8.225109 [67.13] [RB] [IL] |
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ALAN HOVHANESS
Khaldis - concerto for piano, four trumpets and
percussion (1951) 18.58
Mount Katahdin - piano sonata (1987) 13.16
Fantasy - piano solo (1944) 19.14
(Khaldis - Martin Berkofsky
(piano) Lawrence Sobol (cond), trumpets William Rohdin Dan Cahn, Francis
Bonny, Patrick Dougherty, Percussion Neal Boyar rec 1972. Sonata: Martin
Berkofsky: Fantasy: composer
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD814
[51.41] [RB] |
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JACQUES IBERT
(1890-1962) Piano
Music.
Scherzetto. Piece romantique. Toccata sur le nom d'Albert Roussel.
L'espiegle au village de Lilliput. Francaise. Le vent dans les ruines.Petite
Suite. Histoires. Les rencontres.
Hae-won Chang (piano).
Naxos 8.554720 [DDD]
[70'47]. [CC] |
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Janacek, Debussy, Ravel &
Nielsen Violin
Sonatas.
Christian
Tetzlaff (violin) with Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Virgin Classics VC
7243 5 45122 2 3. 68'41" [PW] |
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KERLL Missa
Non sine quare
La Risonanza/Fabio
Bonizzoni
Symphonia SY 99171
53'57" [PW] |
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ONDREJ KUKAL
(b.1964) Violin Concerto
Danse Symphonique
for large orchestra Clarinet Concerto
Present string duo String Quartet No. 1
Composer (violin)/South Bohemia
Chamber PO/Vladimir Valek (violin concerto) Prague RSO/composer
(Danse) Ludmilla Peterkova (cl)/New Vlach Quartet/Jacub Waldman (double
bass) (clarinet concerto) Jana Vlachova (violin)/Mikael Ericsson (cello)
(Present) New Vlach Quartet (string quartet)
rec 1997 Czech Radio studio
and Ceske Budejovice CAMPION RRCD1343 [65.27] [RB] |
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FRANZ LEHÁR
When the heart is young - a recital of 19 songs
Sarah Leonard (soprano) Andrew
Ball (piano)
rec 6-8 Jan 1999, Waterloo,
London A Beulah live! recording BEULAH 1RF4 [65.10]
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Kenneth
LEIGHTON: Sonatina
No.2, Five Studies Op.22,
Fantasia Contrappuntistica Op.24, Pieces for Angela Op.47, Four Romantic
Pieces Op.95
Margaret Fingerhut
(piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 9818 [67'
12"] [CA] |
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DAVID LYON
Horn Concerto, Fairytale
Suite and other
orchestral music.
Michael Thompson (French
horn), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
Marco Polo 8.225839
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