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DAVID VAN
VACTOR 1906-1994 Symphony No
1* (1937) 22.14
Symphony No
3**(1958) 26.31
Sinfonia
Breve** (1958)
Recitativo and
Saltarello**
(1946)
*Frankfurt RSO
**Hessian RSO all conducted by
the composer
CRI AMERICAN MASTERS CD702 [75.17] |
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Ian VENABLES
Songs Kevin McLean-Mair (tenor), Graham Lloyd (Piano)
Emerald String
Quartet
Enigma ED10045 |
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WAGNER:
Götterdämmerung
Astrid Varnay, Bernd Aldenhoff, Hermann Uhde, Elisbaeth Hongen, Heinrich
Pflanzl, Ludwig Weber, Martha Modl. Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther
Festpielhaus. Hans Knappertsbusch.
Testament mono SBT 4175. 240m ADD (previously unpublished. Recorded live
in 1951) |
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WILLIAM
WALTON (1902-1983) Spitfire Prelude and
Fugue, Sinfonia Concertante (1927 version),
Hindemith Variations , March: A History of the English
Speaking Peoples
Peter Donohoe (piano) English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel
rec Leeds Town Hall, 3 May, 24-25 October 1996 NAXOS 8.553869
[52.52] |
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BAROQUE CHRISTMAS
MUSIC: Telemann:
Festive Suite in A major,
PURCELL: Two Christmas
Interludes, VALENTINI:
Sinfonia a tre per il santissimo Natale Op. 1 No. 12,
TORELLI: Concerto a
quattro, SCHIASSI: Sinfonia
pastorale.
Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle Alun Francis
. Hyperion Helios CDH55048 47m DDD. |
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Sonate Veneziane del '700
Stefano Bet (flute) Francesco Cera
(harpsichord) Tactus TC 700002,[73'11'] (Distributor Chandos) |
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Cello Concerto Collection
Featuring Arto Noras (Cello) SHOSTAKOVICH, STRAUSS,
ELGAR , DVORÁK, BARTÓK, SAINT
SAËNS, LALO
& DUTILLEUX Orchestras and conductors as
indicated
FINLANDIA 3CD boxed set |
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DANISH ROMANTIC
OVERTURES Royal Danish Orchestra / Johan
Hye-Knudsen rec AAD late 1960s by EMI Denmark and DMI, and first issued
on Fona LP STERLING CDS-1018-2 [51.30] |
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Spanish Piano Music
Vol.2: Turina,
Falla, and
Mompou Martin
Jones
NIMBUS NI 5619/23 [6 hrs 10 mins] |
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FLUTISSIMO Music for flute
and
piano Sharon Bezaly (flute) Ervin Nagy
(piano)
BIC-CD-1039 [55.31] |
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JOHN AND PETER's WHISTLING
BOOK John Turner - recorder, Peter Lawson - piano.
FORSYTH CD FCD001/2 2 CDs [56.34]+[48.29] |
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IAN BOSTRIDGE Sings the ENGLISH
SONGBOOK
Ian Bostridge (tenor); Julius Drake
(piano)
EMI CDC5568302 |
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ILLUMINA Unaccompanied choral
works by W H Harris, Rautavaara,
Rachmaninov, Byrd, Hildegard of Bingen, Tallis, Rutter, Charles Wood, Whyte,
Holst, Desprez, Grechaninov, Tchaikovsky, Palestrina,
Ligeti. Choir of Clare College/Timothy Brown
COLLEGIUM RECORDS COLCD 125 [76.08] |
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ROMANTIC RUSSIA.
GLINKA: Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture,
MUSSORGSKY: Khovanschina: Prelude, Night
on the Bare Mountain. BORODIN: Prince
Igor, Overture and Polovtsian Dances.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C minor: 'Little
Russian'*.
London
Symphony Orchestra/Paris Conservatoire Orchestra* Sir Georg Solti.
Decca Legends 460-977-2 77m ADD. |
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THE COUNTRY HOUSE Domestic Music
of the 18th
Century
Marie Vassiliou - sop; Alasdair Elliott - ten; Harry Nicoll - ten; Lesley
holliday - flute; John Trusler - violin; Marylin Sansom - cello; Jane Clark
- hrpchd Janiculum JAN
D201 [70.25] |
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THE GRAND TOUR Musical delights
encountered by the 18th Century traveller in Paris, Rome, Naples &
Venice Marie
Vassiliou - sop; Alasdair Elliott - ten; Harry Nicoll - ten; Lesley Holliday
- flute; John Trusler - violin; Marylin Sansom - cello; Jane Clark - hrpchd
Janiculum JAN D202
[64.01] |
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Great
Conductors: Sergiu CELIBIDACHE
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Don
Juan, Tod und Verklärung, Ein Heldenleben*
Ottorino RESPIGHI
(1879-1936) Pini di Roma - Bonus
CD - Celibidache rehearses Tod und Verklärung and Pini di Roma
†
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu
Celibidache DG 453 190-2 2CDs +bonus CD * [52:08]; [69:53]; † [37:52]
Midprice |
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MRAVINSKY Edition BOX.
1
LENINGRAD PO/YEVGENY MRAVINSKY
10 CDs BMG-Melodiya 74321 25189 2 (also available
separately) |
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The MRAVINSKY Edition BOX.
2 LENINGRAD PO/YEVGENY MRAVINSKY
10 CDs BMG-Melodiya 74321 29459 2 |
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Los de Azuero
(Traditional music from Panama)
NIMBUS NI 5579 71.49 mins |
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Min'yo Folk
song from Japan.
Takahashi
Yujiro and
friends.
Nimbus NI 5618 [73' 33"] |
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Ragas Tilak Kamod
etc Abdul Jaffer Khan (sitar) with Sadahiv Pawar
(tabla)
Navras NRCD 0110 |
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. By Harriet
Beecher
Stowe Read by Liza Ross
4 CDs/4MCs Naxos Audiobooks NA417512/4 311m DDD. |
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ARTHUR
HONEGGER by Harry Halbreich (Translated by Roger
Nichols)
Amadeus Press 680 pp £32:50 (USA:$44.95 [Amazon $31.47]) |
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