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SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, The RPO Legacy
Volume 5.
MENDELSSOHN: Overture; 'The Fair
Melusine', Scherzo in G minor,
SAINT SAENS: Symphonic Poem, 'Le Rouet d'Omphale',
DELIUS: Summer Evening,
DVORAK: 'The Golden Spinning Wheel',
MASSENET: 'The Last Sleep of the Virgin',
MEHUL: Overture, 'Les deux aveugles de Tolède',
HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 102,
BERLIOZ: Overture, 'King Lear',
LISZT: Symphonic Poem, 'Orpheus',
PAISIELLO: Overture, 'Nina, o la pazza d'amore',
HANDEL-BEECHAM: Ballet, 'The Great Elopement'.
 Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham
Dutton Laboratories 2CDEA5025
2 discs 151m ADD (Rec 1947-51).[GF] |
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ANTIQUE BRASSES. Works
by
Salieri, Beethoven, Crusell, Rossini, Nicolai, Beethoven
etc. London Gabrieli
Brass Ensemble Christopher Larkin.
Hyperion CDA67119 80m
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Collection: British Light Music
Discoveries.
Music by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Philip Lane, William
Blezard, Eric Fenby, Raymond Warren, Adrian Cruft, Anthony Hedges, Paul
Lewis and Arthur Butterworth
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
conducted by Gavin Sutherland
ASV CD WHL 2126 [74:08]
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BRITISH SONG.
Michael Tippett, The Heart's Assurance;
Francis Routh, A Woman Young and Old;
David Matthews, The Golden Kingdom;
John Rushby-Smith, Love's Legacy.
Margaret Field (soprano)
Andrew Ball (piano).
Redcliffe Recordings RR009
[72' 22"]. [DW] |
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THE CLASSIC SALON; THE ART DECO CAFÉ.
London Salon Ensemble.
MERIDIAN CDE 84416/CDE
84361 2 CDs [PS] |
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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CLARINET MUSIC
David Farshaw, Jeremy
Pike, John Reeman, Kevin Malone, Geoffrey Kimpton, David Golightly and Stephen
Plews. Roger Heaton, clarinet - Stephen Pruslin, piano
ASC CS CD2 [HC] |
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DIÁSPORA SEFARDÍ.
Romances & Musical Interludes with Sephardi
influences. Hesperion XXI
Montserrat Figueras: canto. Jordi Savall.
Aliavox AV9809 130m
DDD. [GF] |
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FAST FORWARD INTO THE MILLENIUM
String Quartets by Kevin Malone, David Ellis,
John Casken, Robin Walker, Geoffrey Poole and Anthony Gilbert.
Coull Quartet, Nossek Quartet, the Lindsays, Camerata Ensemble
ASC [HC] |
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LA FOLIA: 1490-1701. Works by
Corelli, Marais, Martin
y Coll., Ortiz & Anon.
Various Instrumentalists Jordi
Savall.
Aliavox AV9805 55m
DDD. [GF] |
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WALTER
GIESEKING
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 - 1918) Suite bergamasque
15.43 Pagodas 4.08 La Soiree dans Grenade 4.14 (from
"Estampes") Reflets dans l'eau 4.39 (from "Images 1")
L'Isle joyeuse 4.55 MAURICE RAVEL (1875
- 1937)
Sonatine 10.03 La Vallee des cloches 4.51 (from
"Miroirs") ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856)
Kreisleriana. Op. 16 29.33 Fantasies
 Walter Gieseking
(pno). Recorded BBC
Studios, London. 29 Sept 1956 (Debussy, Ravel) Recorded BBC Studios, London.
6 Dec 1953 (Schumann) MONO recording. BBC Records. BBCL 4030-2 [79.04]
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GREAT MUSICIANS IN COPENHAGEN:
Works by
Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Poulenc, Beethoven,
Chopin and Paganini.
Gregor Piatigorsky, Vladimir
Horowitz, Rudolf Serkin, Nathan Milstein, Wanda Landowska. Danish Radio Symphony
Orchestra Fritz Busch/Nikolai Malko.
Danacord DACOCD303.
70m (Recorded 1932-43). [GF] |
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I will give my spirit |
I WILL GIVE MY
SPIRIT Music for Easter
and Pentecost ERIC
THIMAN and
others Cathy Roberts (soprano)
Chris Hyde (baritone) Glossop Methodist Circuit Choir
(augmented)/David W. Rothery.
CD DRD 0139
from Dunelm Records, 2 Park Close, Glossop SK13 7RQ [RB] |
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ISRAELI WIND VIRTUOSI and friends, Volume
2.
BEETHOVEN Sextet in E flat,
Op. 71
(arr. clarinet and string trio).
HAYDN Oboe Concerto in C, Hob.VIIg:C1
(arr. bassoon and string trio, in F).
MOZART Andante in B flat, K315 (arr.
clarinet and string trio). BACH
Four Duets, BWV802-5 (arr. clarinet and bassoon).
Chorale Prelude, 'Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland', BWV659 (arr.
bassoon and string trio). All arrangements by Mordechai Rechtman (Haydn with
Ilan Rechtman).
Eli Heifetz (clarinet); Mordechai
Rechtman (bassoon); Gil Sharon (violin); Gad Lewertoff (viola); Hillel Zori
(cello).
Meridian CDE84412 [DDD]
[64'32]. [CC] |
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VESSELINA KASAROVA. Lieder
recital. Songs
by Schubert, Brahms and Schumann.
Vesselina Kasarova
(mezzo soprano), Friedrich Haider (piano).
RCA Red Label 09026 68763
2. [DDD]. [DW] |
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HELEN LAWRENCE - Portrait of
an Artist Two CDs: (1) operatic recital; (2) Pushkin songs
CD1 39.57
Helen Lawrence (sop)
National PO/Robin Stapleton
rec 1979 Abbey Road studio 1, London CD2 48.12
Helen Lawrence (sop) Julian Rolton (piano)
BEULAH 1-2RF5
[39.57]+[48.12] [RB] |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter:
Selected 20th Century
Violin Works Back to the Future
DG 463 790-2, 4 discs
(69'51, 77'57, 56'08 & 62'17), mid price. [MB] |
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NUIT D'ETOILES: MELODIES
FRANCAISES
GABRIEL FAURÉ eight
songs
CLAUDE DEBUSSY eleven
songs
FRANCIS POULENC eight
songs
Véronique Gens
(sop)/Roger Vignoles (piano)
rec Metz, Arsenal, 8-12 Nov
1998, 4 Oct 1999 VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45360 2 [64.31] [RB] |
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PIAE CANTIONES, Church and
School songs from Medieval
Scandinavia.
Pro Musica Antiqua
Oslo.
Simax PSC1203 65m DDD.
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ROMANTIC VIOLIN CONCERTOS OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI Violin Concerto
28:17
ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN Violin Concerto
23:53
SAMUEL BARBER Violin Concerto 23:13
Bohuslav Martinu PO/Kirk Trevor
(Menotti; Arutiunian) and Leon Gregorian (Barber)
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD514
[75.41] [RB] |
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SING JOYOUS BIRD: Love
Ballads of the Early 1900s.
ANN HODGES, soprano,
LINDA NOTTINGHAM, piano.
CD available (£10) from
Miss Hodges, 15 Broxbourne, Herts EN10 7JG [PS] |
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STRING QUARTETS.
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
Quartet in E flat;
Emilie Mayer Quartet in G
minor Op 14;
Laura Lombardini Sirmen Quartet No 2 in B flat, Quartet No 3 in
G minor.
Erato Quartet Basel
CPO 999 679 - 2 [DDD]
[72' 23"]. [DW] |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY PIANO DUETS
Works by Alan Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley, John Joubert,
Kenneth Leighton and Peter Melville Smith.
Helen and
Harvey Davies
ASC CS CD13
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Intermezzo - Various
Composers
Bizet:
Prelude to Carmen
2.11
Mascagni: Intermezzo
from Cavalleria Rusticana
3.40
Leoncavallo:
Intermezzo
from I Pagliaci 2.49
Schmidt:
Interlude from Notre Dame
4.24
Humperdinck: Dream
Pantomime from Hansel & Gretel 5.58
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon
Lescaut 5.49
Johann Strauss.Jr:
Intermezzo from Tausend und eine Nacht
7.48
Massenet: Meditation from
Thais 4.39
Bizet: Entr'acte to Act 3 of Carmen
3.10
Faure: Sicilienne from Pelleas
& Melisande 3.16
Stenhammar: Interlude from
The Song 5.49
Sibelius: Intermezzo from
Karelia Suite 3.46
Offenbach: Barcarolle from
the Tales of Hoffman 3.19
Mascagni: Intermezzo from
L'Amico Fritz 4.35
Verdi: Prelude to Act 1 of
La Traviata 3.53
Verdi: Prelude to Act 3 of
La Traviata 4.02
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
from La Gioconda 7.53
Various artists.
Recording dates. N/A Naxos. 8.554703 [68.10] |
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WELSH CLASSICAL FAVOURITES:
Grace Williams,
Walford
Davies, Gareth Walters, Trevor Roberts, Alun Hoddinott, Mervyn Burtch, William
Mathias and Ian Parrott.
ROYAL BALLET SINFONIA/Andrew
Parry.
MARCO POLO 8.225048
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"Who's Afraid of 20th Century Music?"
The Millennium Concert.
Philharmonisches
Staatsorchester Hamburg/Ingo Metzmacher.
EMI 7243 5 56970 2 8
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WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED; Christmas Music from English Parish
Churches and Chapels 1740-1830.
VITAL SPARK OF HEAVENLY flame; Music of Death and Resurrection from English
Parish Churches and Chapels 1760-1840.
PSALMODY, with THE
PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS/PETER HOLMAN.
HYPERION CDA 66924/67020.
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The World of the 18th Century
Symphony
Johann
Stamitz. Symphony in F Major.
Franz Beck. Symphony in E Major.
Christian Cannabich. Symphony No. 50 in D Minor.
Francois-Joseph Gossec. Symphony in G Major.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Symphony in B Flat Major.
Johann Christian Bach.
Symphony in D
Major.
Leopold Hoffman. Symphony in F major
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. Symphony in G Major.
Johann Baptist Vanhal. Symphony in D Major
Joseph Martin Kraus. Symphony in C 'Violin Obligato'
Northern Chamber Orchestra - Nicholas Ward. a Nicolaus
Esterhazy Sinfonia - Uwe Grodd b Capella Istropolitana - Christian
Bendac Camerata Budapest - Hanspeter Gmürd
Failoni Orchestra - Uwe Grodde Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Petter
Sundkvistf
Recording dates N/A. Naxos.8. 554761 [76.27] [HD] |
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Patrick DOYLE, Wynton MARSALIS, and Edgar
MEYER
Listen to the Storyteller - A Trio of Musical Tales from Around
The World
- told by Kate Winslet, Wynton
Marsalis and Graham Greene
Joshua Bell (violin); Edgar Meyer (Bass solo); Jerry Douglas (Dobro solo)
Orchestra of St. Lukes conducted by Robert Sadin (The Fiddler and the Dancin'
Witch) and Steven Mercurio
SONY SK 60283
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