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Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Concertos for Cello, Strings and Continuo:- Concerto in a minor, Concerto in B-flat major, Concerto in A major, - Raphael Wallfisch (cello); Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton rec.2008. - NIMBUS [BW]

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889) [133:26] - L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet rec. 1959, ADD - DECCA ELOQUENCE [DM]

Martina Bačová - Elegant Provocation Otmar MÁCHA Elegy for violin and piano Leoš JANÁČEK Violin Sonata George ENESCU Violin Sonata No.2 Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) Romanian Folk Dances arranged by Zoltan Székely - Martina Bačová (violin) Alexandr Starý (piano) rec. 2008, - ARCO DIVA [JW]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Dance of the Three Legged Elephants - Matthew Barley (cello); Julian Joseph (piano) -SIGNUM CLASSICS [BW]

Lyrita Fiftieth Anniversary boxed sets - 50 legendary recordings
Lyrita - Celebrating Fifty Years devoted to British Music - Set One William Alwyn - John Ireland
Lyrita - Celebrating Fifty Years devoted to British Music - Set Two Gordon Jacob - William Wordsworth
- LYRITA (two 4CD sets) Full details in the review [RB]

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This week: The music of Bach is without doubt the most sacred gift to the world of art. Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Richard Caniell's new label

GEOFFREY SELF (1930-2008) - an appreciation

Singers and music from the early 20th century - a collection of articles by Charles A. Hooey

October Download Roundup by Brian Wilson

The Beatles re-mastered by Jack Lawson (now completed)

Howard Blake - a survey of his music on CD by Rob Barnett

Creating a Composition Course by Patric Standford

Ralph Vaughan Williams on the Albion label - A triumphant contribution by Rob Barnett

Irish Classical Musicians – Seven Pioneers of the 19th Century by Basil Walsh

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Flute: An Autobiography by Richard Adeney Brimstone Press, 2009 [GHu]

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