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Ama - We, the Basques
Coro Easo directed by Xalba Rallo Sagarazu
96 page hardback book and CD
ISBN 2-913542-06-9 / OPUS III OPS 30-271
[62:53] [GD]

Ensemble Amarillis with Maryseult Wieczorek (mezzo-soprano)
Music of 17.C Italy 'Furioso ma non troppo''
Ambroisie AMB 9901 73'10" [PW]

DVD Concert Review  "American Night"
George GERSHWIN
(1898-1937)
Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Rhapsody in Blue with Wayne Marshall (piano)
Songs: Someone to Watch Over Me and I Got Rhythm - .
Leonard BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)
Candide Overture; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.
Berlin Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor, Berlin Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
TDK Mediactive [85 minutes] EAN: 5 450270 001552.
[IL]

Anon. El Cant de la Sibil - La: Mallorca -Valencia 1400-1560
Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya directed by Jordi Savall
ALIA VOX AV9806 [61:11] [GF]

Cuban Contradanzas & Danzones
tracklisting
Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica and Charanga Orchestra/Daniel Guzman/Enrique Navarro (flute)
Nimbus NI 7058-9 2CD [2hrs 8 mins] [mid-price] [PW]

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] [JP]

Fischer-Dieskau at 75. The Mastersinger
Lieder and Scenes from Operas, 1964-78
Deutsche Grammophon 469 097-2. 2CD [79' & 75'27"] [PW]

"GARDEN OF SOUNDS"
Music for Clarinet and Percussion
Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) Nexus. Percussion Ensemble. Bob Becker; Bill Cahn; Robin Engleman; Russell Hartenberger.
Recorded CBC Studio 44, Toronto. 22 Jan 1999 BIS. CD - 1108 DDD [71'44"] [HD]

Gilels  The Giant Mozart Fantasia in D minor K397, Piano Sonata in A minor K310; Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor op.13 'Pathetique'. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27/2 'Moonlight'. 32 Variations on an original theme in C minor Wo080 ; Scriabin Piano Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor op.23 ; Beethoven 32 Variations; Schubert Moments musicaux D780 op.94 ; Schumann Arabesque in C op.18; Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole; Ravel Pavane & Jeux d'eau etc.
BMG 74321 75523 2 154' 26" 2CD around £13 [PW]

Elisabeth Grummer (soprano) with Aribert Reimann (piano).
Lieder by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schoek & Wolf
Orfeo C 506 001 B 67'46" [PW]

Jerusalem - Gregorian Chant and Early Polyphony
Discantis Conducted by - Brigitte Lesne
Recorded September 1999 in Abbay de Caunes Minervois, France.OPUS 111 OPS 30-291 DDD [67.24] [JP]

OH FLANDERS FREE
Music of the Flemish Renaisaance
 works by Fabri / Busnois / da Pesaro / Ockeghem / Rampollini / des Prez / Verdelo / de la Rue / Susato
Capilla Flamenca
Recorded 22 -24 September 1996.Irish College, Leuven. Belgium DDD
Naxos 8.554516 [54'57"] [PW] [HD]

On Heather Hill: Duo-Piano Discoveries from the British Isles
York Bowen
 Complete Works for piano duet .
Mervyn Roberts
A Christmas Prelude. Passacaglia. Two Chorales for two pianos. Elegy for two pianos
Alan Richardson
Debutante. Grandmother's Waltz. On Heather Hill. Improvisation on a Nursery Tune
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy for two pianos op.6

Bruce Posner and Donald Garvelmann (pianos)
Olympia OCD 680 [CSS] [PS]

Eastern Music
Indian Women Singers

Sulochana Brahaspati, Girija Devi and Shruti Sadolikar with sarangi and tabla.
Nimbus (Hindustani Classical Vocal series) NI 1740 71'40" + 74' + 65' [PW]

ORGAN DREAMS Vol. 2.
Christopher Herrick at the Organ of Ripon Cathedral.
Hyperion CDA67146 73m DDD. [GF]

"LOS BANDIDOS"
Christian LINDBERG
(b 1958)
Los Bandidos a 1'51"
Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839 - 1881)
Pictures from an Exhibition ab 32'53"
J.S.BACH
(1685 - 1750)
Sonata in G Minor. BWV 1029 b. 11'30"
Robert SCHUMANN
(1810 - 1856)
Fantasie-Stücke. Op 73 a 9'46"
Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882 - 1971)
Extracts from "L'Oiseau de feu" *a 11'19"
(* Guido Agosti's piano transcription used for this arrangement)
Christian Lindberg (trombonea - Alto tromboneb ) Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Recorded Sept 1998 in Danderyd, Sweden. DDD BIS CD-988 [69'05"]
[HD]

Mendelssohn, Schumann & Liszt
Lieder
Janet Baker/Geoffrey Parsons & Daniel Barenboim
EMI CZS5 73836 2 2 CD[121 mins] [PW]

Abida Parween (singer) Songs of the Mystics:
Ghazals, Kaafi etc.
Navras NRCD 5505/6 123'35" [PW]

REEL LIFE: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. I
Music Amici performing works by Michael Kamen, Rachel Portman, David Raksin, Bob James, Howard Shore, Bruce Broughton
Arabesque Recordings Z6741 (69:17) [JH]

Salon Orchestra Favourites I
Salonorchester Schwanen cond. Georg Huber.
Recorded 10,11 August 1999 DDD
Naxos 8.554756 [63'16"] [HD]

SOVIET TRUMPET CONCERTOS
ALEXANDER ARUTYUNYAN
(b. 1920)
Trumpet Concerto (1950)
Variations for trumpet and orchestra
ALEXANDRA PAKHMUTOVA
(b.1929)
Trumpet Concerto (1955)
MOISEI VAINBERG

Trumpet Concerto (1967)
Bibi Black (trumpet)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
CHANDOS CHAN 9668 [72.05] [RB]

Suprasl - Orthodox Mosaic from Suprasl Monastery
The Russian Patriarchate Choir conducted by - Anatoly Grindenko
Recorded 1996 in L'Eglise du Liban, Paris. OPUS 111 OPS 30-229 DDD [78.58] [JP]

SWEDISH ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES Vol. 2.
LARSSON:
Lyric Fantasy, Adagio for String Orchestra, de FRUMERIE: Pastoral Suite, BLOMDAHL: Adagio from 'The Wakeful Night', LARSSON: Little serenade Op. 12, ATTERBERG: Suite No. 3 Op. 19 No. 1, RANGSTROM: Divertimento elegiaco for string orchestra.
Sara Lindloff: Flute, Sara Troback: Violin, Johanna Persson: Viola, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Petter Sundkvist.
Naxos 8.553715 72m DDD. [GF]

A TREE IN YOUR EAR
PHILIP KENT BIMSTEIN
Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa (1994)
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Miniatures (1948)
ALAN HOVHANESS
Koke No Niwa (Moss Garden) (1960)
VIRKO BALEY
Orpheus Singing (1994)
YUSEF LATEEF
Saltwater Blues (1960)
MARK PHILIPS
Sonic Landscapes (1989)
STEPHEN CAPLAN (Oboe and English Horn)
MUSICIANS SHOWCASE RECORDINGS MS1014 [60.50] [RB]

Verdi Heroines
Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
DECCA 466 952-2 (67 minutes), Full Price [MB]

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VOICE OF DEEP SILENCE:
Monastery of the Assumption at Bet Gemal.
Performed by the Choir of the Sisters of the Assumption Monastery.
Musica Sancta Vol. 4 50m DDD.  [GF]

Rating not applicable

BOOK REVIEW

Bantock

An Introduction to the Life and York of Sir Granville Bantock
by Vincent Budd
 

Blyton

CAREY BLYTON INTERVIEWED BY PETER THOMPSON  

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