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BECK: Six Symphonies, Op. 1
Sinfonia No. 1 in G minor Sinfonia No. 2
in F major Sinfonia No. 3 in A major Sinfonia
No. 4 in E flat major Sinfonia No. 5 in G major
Sinfonia No. 6 in C major
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra / Donald Armstrong, conductor
Cat. 8.554071
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BERWALD: Tone Poems
Drottningen av Golconda (The Queen of Golconda): Overture Elfenspiel (Play of the Elves) Ernste und heitere Grillen (Serious and Joyful Fancies) Konzertstuck for Bassoon and Orchestra Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains Wettlauf (Foot-Race) Patrik Hakansson, bassoon / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petri Sakari, conductor
Cat. 8.555370
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GIULIANI: Guitar Music, Vol. 2
(Gran) Sonata Eroica in A major, Op. 150 6 Variations on "I bin a kohlbauern Bub", Op. 49 Fughetta, Op. 113 Grand Potpourri No. 3, Op. 31 Potpourri No. 1, Op. 26 Potpourri No. 2, Op. 28 and others Marco Tamayo, guitar
Cat. 8.555850
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SCHUMANN: 12 Gedichte aus "Liebesfruhling", Op.
37 / Minnespiel, Op. 101
Thomas Bauer, baritone / Susanne Bernhard, soprano / Uta Hielscher, piano
Cat. 8.557074
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BRITTEN: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2
8 Folk Song Arrangements Come you not from Newcastle? Eho! Eho! Fileuse King Herod and the Cock La belle est un jardin d’amour and others Thomas Allen, baritone / Osian Ellis, harp / Margaret Feaviour, soprano / Judith Harris, mezzo-soprano / Vernon Kirk, tenor / BBC Singers / Wenhaston Boys Choir / Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford, conductor / Christopher Barnett, conductor / Simon Joly, conductor and others
Cat. 8.557222
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LEONIN / PEROTIN: Sacred Music from Notre-Dame
Cathedral
Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts, conductor
Cat. 8.557340
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ALWYN:
Derby Overture Overture Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Conerto No. 1 Sonata alla toccata Peter Donohoe, piano / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor
Cat. 8.557590
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BAX: Symphonic Poems
November Woods The Garden of Fand The Happy Forest The Tale the Pine Trees Knew Tintagel Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
Cat. 8.557599
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VIRTUOSO TIMPANI CONCERTOS
Alexander Peter, timpani / Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Peter, conductor
Cat. 8.557610
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GURIDI: Piano Works
3 Piezas breves (3 Short Pieces): Amanecer (Dawn) / Nostalgia 8 Apuntes para piano (8 Sketches for Piano) Cantos populares vascos (Basque Folk-Songs) Danzas viejas (Ancient dances) Lamento e imprecacion e Agar (Hagar's Lament and Curse) Mirentxu: Vals (Mirentxu: Waltz) and others Victoria Aja, piano
Cat. 8.557633
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Piano Recital: Kotaro
Fukuma
SCHUMANN
3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 111 Abegg Variations,
Op. 1 Novelletten, Op. 21
Kotaro Fukuma, piano
Cat. 8.557668
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SEEGER: Vocal, Chamber
and Instrumental Works
2 Ricercari 3 Songs Diaphonic Suite
No. 1 for Flute Diaphonic Suite No. 2 for Bassoon
and Cello Prelude No. 1: Andante Prelude
No. 9: Tranquillo and others
John Craig Barker, clarinet / Erik Charlston, percussion
/ Daniel Grabois, horn / Susan Heineman, bassoon / Marsha
Heller, oboe / Continuum / Joel Sachs, conductor and others
Cat. 8.559197
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KIM: Violin Concerto /
Dialogues / Cornet
Cecylia Arzewski, violin / Robert Kim, narrator / William
Wolfram, piano / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra /
Scott Yoo, conductor
Cat. 8.559226
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TALMA:
7 Episodes Conversations Full Circle
Lament Soundshots (excerpts) The
Ambient Air and others
Diana Ambache, piano / Judith Herbert, cello / Gabrielle
Lester, violin / Martin Outram, viola / Daniel Pailthorpe,
flute / Jeremy Polmear, oboe / Paul Sperry, tenor / Ambache
Chamber Orchestra / Diana Ambache, conductor
Cat. 8.559236
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AMRAM: Songs of the Soul / Shir L'erev Shabbat
/ The Final Ingredient
Jesse Blumberg, baritone / Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ / Thomas Glenn, tenor / Mark Kent, bass / Tyler Oliphant, baritone / BBC Singers / Michigan University Opera Chorus / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michigan University Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Kiesler, conductor / Christopher Wilkins, conductor and others
Cat. 8.559420
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FIRST S'LIHOT (THE): The Entire Midnight Service
According to Orthodox and Traditional Ritual
Ira Bigeleisen, cantor / Julian Jacobs, cantor / Benzion Miller, cantor / Simon Spiro, cantor / Schola Hebraeica / London Synagogue Singers / Neil Levin, conductor
Cat. 8.559428-29
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TACONET: Fourteen Songs / Violin Sonata in D minor
Anges (Angels) Au bord de l’eau (By the water) Chanson (Song) Chanson aux eternels murmures (Song to Eternal Murmuring) Elegie En regardant passer la vie (While watching life go by) and others Carlos Cebro, piano / Fanny Clamagirand, violin / Virginie Martineau, piano / Dominique Mea, soprano
Cat. 8.225300
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GIGLI, Beniamino: Milan and London Recordings (1938-1940)
Amarilli mia bella Aprile Desiderio Dir nur gehort mein Herz (Desiderio) Don Giovanni, Act I: Dalla sua pace Don Giovanni, Act II: Il mio tesoro and others Maria Caniglia, soprano / Cloe Elmo, mezzo-soprano / Beniamino Gigli, tenor / Giuseppe Noto, baritone / Studio Orchestra / Studio Chamber Orchestra / Umberto Berrettoni, conductor / Dino Olivieri, conductor / Lawrance Collingwood, conductor / Luigi Ricci, conductor
Cat. 8.110271
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BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations / Bagatelles,
Op. 126 / Rondo a capriccio (Schnabel) (1937)
Artur Schnabel, piano
Cat. 8.110765
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / SCHUBERT: Waltzes
and Dances (Kapell)(1946-1952)
William Kapell, piano / Edmund Kurtz, cello / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann, conductor
Cat. 8.110767
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VERDI: Otello (Broadcast
1938)
George Cehanovsky, baritone / Giovanni Martinelli, tenor / Nicholas Massue, tenor / Nicola Moscona, bass / Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor / New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus / New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Ettore Panizza, conductor and others
Cat. 8.111018-19
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KITT, Eartha: C'est Si Bon (1952-1954)
African Lullaby Angelitos Negros Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore Avril au Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade) Bal Petit Bal C'est Si Bon and others Robert Clary, vocals / Eartha Kitt, vocals / Henri Rene Chorus / Studio Vocal Group / Male Quartet / Henri Rene Orchestra / Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra / Anton Coppola Orchestra / Abba Bogin Orchestra
Cat. 8.120800
Not available in the United States.
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GARNER, Erroll: Erroll Garner Plays Misty (1953-1954)
(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings (There Is) No Greater Love Avalon Don't Worry 'Bout Me Exactly Like You I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm and others Erroll Garner, piano / Fats Heard, drums / Wyatt Ruther, double bass
Cat. 8.120771
Not available in the United States.
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FITZGERALD, Ella: Lullaby Of Birdland (1947-1954)
A Man Wrote A Song A New Shade Of Blues Angel Eyes Baby Doll Because Of Rain Black Coffee and others Ella Fitzgerald, vocals / Gordon Jenkins Chorus / Sy Oliver Chorus / The Rhythmaires / Gordon Jenkins Orchestra / Sonny Burke Orchestra / Ray Brown Orchestra / Sy Oliver Orchestra / Illinois Jacquet Orchestra / Bobby Orton Teen-Acers / Leroy Kirkland Orchestra
Cat. 8.120774
Not available in the United States.
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Opera Explained: MASSENET - Werther
David Timson, reader
Cat. 8.558173
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BECKETT:
The Unnamable Sean Barrett, reader
Cat. NA533712
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MOZART: Don Giovanni (NTSC)
Horiana Branisteanu, soprano / Stafford Dean, bass / Leo Goeke, tenor / Benjamin Luxon, baritone / Rachel Yakar, soprano / Glyndebourne Chorus / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink, conductor
Cat. 101087
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PROKOFIEV: Ivan the Terrible (NTSC)
Natalya Bessmertnova, dancer / Yuri Grigorovich, choreographer / Irek Mukhamedov, dancer / Gedminas Taranda, dancer / Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir / Bolshoi Ballet / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra / Algis Zhuraitis, conductor
Cat. 101107
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CALLAS: Maria Callas -
Living and Dying for Art and Love (PAL)
Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano / Judi Dench, narrator / Tito
Gobbi, baritone / Antonio Pappano, piano / Placido Domingo,
conductor
Cat. DV-DOCMC
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Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul
Syndicate
Black Water Carnavalito Improvisation
Little Rootie Tootie March of the Lost Children
Medicine Man and others
Joe Zawinul, synthesizer / Zawinul Syndicate
Cat. DV-JJZS
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugen Onegin
(PAL)
Nikolay Baskov, tenor / Maria Gavrilova, soprano / Aik
Martirosyan, bass / Vladimir Redkin, baritone / Bolshoi
Theatre Chorus / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra / Mark Ermler,
conductor
Cat. DV-OPEON
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