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CINEMA CLASSICS 2005
Cosi fan tutte, K. 588: Soave sia il vento (Closer) • Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, "Trout": Theme with Variations: Andantino (Spider-Man 2) • Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4 (The Notebook) • Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Sideways) • Rigoletto: La donna e mobile (The Punisher) • String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke": Scherzo (National Treasure) and others
Various artists
Cat. 8.556814
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SCHUBERT:
5 German Dances and 7 Trios with Coda, D. 90 • String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, Op. 161
Kodaly Quartet
Cat. 8.557125
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BLOCH:
America: an Epic Rhapsody • Suite hebraique
Elena Matusova, choirmaster / Hagai Shaham, violin / Lucnica Chorus / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Atlas Camerata Orchestra / Dalia Atlas, conductor
Cat. 8.557151
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BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 4
Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177 (version 1) • Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177 (version 2) • Canzonetta in D minor, BuxWV 168 • Canzonetta in E minor, BuxWV 169 • Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171 • Danket dem Herrn, BuxWV 181 (version 1) and others
Craig Cramer, organ
Cat. 8.557195
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BRITTEN:
Occasional Overture • Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29 • The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
London Symphony Orchestra / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor
Cat. 8.557200
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MILHAUD:
L’Homme et son desir, Op. 48 • La Creation du monde, Op. 81 • Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58 • Suite provencale, Op. 152b
Bernard Deletre, bass / Tomoko Makuuchi, soprano / Mathias Vidal, tenor / Jian Zhao, mezzo-soprano / Lille National Orchestra / Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor
Cat. 8.557287
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ROSSI:
Toccate e Correnti d’Intavolatura d’organo e cembalo
Sergio Vartolo, harpsichord
Cat. 8.557321
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BERKELEY:
3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet • 5 Short Pieces for Piano, Op. 4 • 6 Preludes for Piano, Op. 23 • Andantino for Cello and Piano, Op. 21, No. 2a • Concertino for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 49 • Duo for Cello and Piano, Op. 81, No. 1 and others
David Berlin, cello / Deborah de Graaff, clarinet / Masahide Kurita, flute / Elizabeth Sellars, violin / Len Vorster, piano / Schirmer Ensemble
Cat. 8.557324
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ZEMLINSKY: Rustic Dances, Op. 1 / Four Fantasies,
Op. 9 / A Ray of Light
Silke Avenhaus, piano
Cat. 8.557331
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GANSEBUCH (DAS) (THE GEESE BOOK): German Medieval Chant
Bells of the Church of St. Lorenz • Bicinium and Chorale: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott • Carmen in G major • Ewiger Gott • Fantasia in C major • Ich wird erlost and others
Matthias Ank, organ / Schola Hungarica / Laszlo Dobszay, conductor / Janka Szendrei, conductor
Cat. 8.557412
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INCE:
Domes • Symphony No. 3, "Siege of Vienna" • Symphony No. 4, "Sardis"
Prague Symphony Orchestra / Kamran Ince, conductor
Cat. 8.557588
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RHEINBERGER:
Organ Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 137 • Organ Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 177
Paul Skevington, organ / Amadeus Orchestra / Timothy Rowe, conductor
Cat. 8.557787
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PENNY MERRIMENTS: Street Songs of 17th Century England
A Merry Jest of John Thomson and Jakaman His Wife • An Old Song on the Spanish Armada, or Sir Francis Drake • Good Advice to Batchelors, How to Court and Obtain a Young Lass • London Mourning in Ashes • Neptune’s Raging Fury, or The Gallant Seaman's Sufferings • Old England Grown New and others
The City Waites
Cat. 8.557672
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TALLIS: Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata
Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor
Cat. 8.557770
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WAGNER, R.: Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde
Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano / John Erik Eleby, bass / Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano / Lennart Forsen, bass / Magnus Kyhle, tenor / Royal Swedish Opera Chorus / Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor and others
Cat. 8.660152-54
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NANCARROW: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango?
/ String Quartet No. 1
Rachel Evans, viola / Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / David Krakauer, clarinet / Celeste Marie Roy, bassoon / Joel Sachs, piano / Continuum / Joel Sachs, conductor and others
Cat. 8.559196
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BOLCOM: Songs
Casino Paradise: My Father the Gangster • Casino Paradise: Night Make My Day • Dynamite Tonite: When We Built the Church • Greatshot: You Cannot Have Me Now - or, The Military Orgy • I Will Breathe a Mountain • Mary and others
William Bolcom, piano / Carole Farley, soprano
Cat. 8.559249
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JEWISH OPERAS, VOL. 1
Chelm: Scenes 2-5 • The Dybbuk (excerpts) • The Golem, Act II: Finale
Lauren Allardyce, soprano / Matthew Chellis, tenor / Joseph Evans, tenor / Raphael Frieder, baritone / Michael Gallant, tenor / Chamber Opera Ensemble / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michigan University Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor / Kenneth Kiesler, conductor / Paul Hostetter, conductor and others
Cat. 8.559424
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WEISGALL: T'kiatot / Psalm of the Distant Dove / A Garden Eastward
4 Choral Etudes • A Garden Eastward • Psalm of the Distant Dove • T'kiatot: Rituals for Rosh Hashana
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano / Ana Maria Martinez, soprano / Kristen Okerlund, piano / Steven Ovitsky, shofar / BBC Singers / Barcelona Symphony-National Orchestra of Catalonia / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Avner Itai, conductor / Jorge Mester, conductor
Cat. 8.559425
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF THE WORLD (COMPLETE)
Cat. 8.208009
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KLEBE: Violin Sonatas / Capriccio for Solo Violin,
Op. 128 / Fantasia Incisiana, Op. 137
Eckhardt Fischer, violin / Christian Kohn, piano
Cat. 8.225304
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TALLIS: Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata
Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor
Cat. 5.110111
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TALLIS: Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata
Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor
Cat. 6.110111
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BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy
/ WALTON: Viola Concerto / H. CASADESUS: Viola Concerto
in the Style of Handel" (1944-1946)
Harold in Italy, Op. 16 • Viola Concerto in A minor • Viola Concerto in B minor in the Style of Handel
William Primrose, viola / Philharmonia Orchestra / Boston Symphony Orchestra / RCA Victor Orchestra / Serge Koussevitzky, conductor / Frieder Weissmann, conductor / William Walton, conductor
Cat. 8.110316
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MELBA, Nellie: American Recordings, Vol. 2 (1909-1910)
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms • D’une prison • Don Cesar de Bazan: A Saville, belles Senoras (Sevillana) • Down in the Forest • En sourdine • Faust: Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle (Jewel Song) and others
John Lemmone, flute / Nellie Melba, piano / Nellie Melba, soprano / Studio pianist, piano / Studio Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers, conductor
Cat. 8.110335
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BEETHOVEN / FRANCK / LEKEU: Violin Sonatas (Menuhin)
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Yehudi Menuhin, violin / Hephzibah Menuhin, piano
Cat. 8.110989
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GOUNOD: Faust (1950)
Jussi Björling, Cesare Siepi, Frank Guarrera, Lawrence
Davidson, Anne Bollinger, Dorothy Kirsten, Thelma Votipka,
Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus, Fausto Cleva
Cat. 8.111083-85
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BELAFONTE, Harry: Matilda, Matilda (1949-1954)
Acorn In The Meadow • Delia • Hold 'Em Joe • I'm Just A Country Boy • Jerry (This Timber Got To Roll) • John Henry and others
Harry Belafonte, vocals / Brew Moore, tenor saxophone / Millard Thomas, guitar / Studio Chorus / Henri Rene Chorus / The Belafonte Singers / Studio Vocal Group / Hugo Winterhalter's Chorus / Studio ensemble / Studio Orchestra / Henri Rene Orchestra / Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra / Howard McGhee Orchestra / Pete Rugolo Orchestra / Alan Greene, conductor
Cat. 8.120799
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CARMICHAEL, Hoagy: Riverboat Shuffle (1927-1938)
Barnacle Bill The Sailor • Bessie Couldn't Help It • Cosmics • Harvey • High And Dry • Jet Black Blues and others
Irving Brodsky, vocals / Hoagy Carmichael, piano / Hoagy Carmichael, vocals / Scrappy Lambert, vocals / Ella Logan, vocals / Carson Robison, vocals / Blind Willie Dunn Gin Bottle Four / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra / Hoagy Carmichael Orchestra / Irving Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang / Carmichael Collegians / The Cotton Pickers / Perry Botkin Orchestra
Cat. 8.120767
Not available in the United States.
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GOODMAN, Benny: Sing, Sing, Sing (1937-1940)
And The Angels Sing • Bach Goes To Town • Bei Mir Bist Du Schon • Benny Rides Again • Boy Meets Goy • Busy As A Bee and others
Mildred Bailey, vocals / Count Basie, piano / Ziggy Elman, trumpet / Helen Forrest, vocals / Benny Goodman, clarinet / Martha Tilton, vocals / Cootie Williams, trumpet / Benny Goodman Sextet / Benny Goodman Quartet / Benny Goodman Orchestra
Cat. 8.120768
Not available in the United States.
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KERN: Showboat (1932, 1946)
Showboat (1932 Studio Album) • Showboat (1946
Broadway Revival)
• Showboat: Ah Still Suits Me (Joe, Queenie) (1936
Studio Recording)
Charles Fredericks, vocals / Jan Clayton, vocals / Kenneth
Spencer, vocals / Carol Bruce, vocals / Helen Dowdy, vocals
/ Colette Lyons, vocals / Show Boat Chorus / Show Boat
Orchestra / Edwin MacArthur, conductor
Cat. 8.120789
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The Story of American Classical
Music
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano / Adele Anthony, violin / James Barbagallo, piano / Boris Berman, piano / Colin Currie, percussion / Da Vinci Quartet / Eaken Piano TrioBournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Northern Sinfonia / Keith Brion, conductor / Arthur Fagen, conductor / Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor / Tony Rowe, conductor / Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor and others
Cat. 8.558164-65
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BRONTË:
Jane Eyre
Emma Fielding, reader
Cat. NAX35712
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LONGFELLOW:
The Song of Hiawatha
William Hootkins, reader
Cat. NA334012
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