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Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
The Complete Symphonies - MP3 Edition

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer
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Monkey
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Benny Goodman Big Band 1957-64 – The Yale University Archives: Volume 2
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Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Dreams (or Reverie) in E minor op. 24 (1898) [4:28]
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Divine Poem op. 43 (1902-03) [44:27]
Prometheus – Poem of Fire op. 60 (1908-10) [23:02]
Alexander Goldenweiser (piano)
All-Union Radio Committee Grand Symphony Orchestra/Nikolai Golovanov rec. 1946-1947, Moscow. ADD
VISTA VERA VVCD-00168 [72:03]

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Review [RB]


Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Manfred Symphony in B minor op. 58 (1885) [60:40]
Romeo and Juliet – Overture-Fantasia (1869) [18:50]
State TV and Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra/Konstantin Symeonov
rec. 5 March 1960, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow. ADD
Great Russian Conductors – vol. 6
VISTA VERA VVCD-00150 [79:33]

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Carlo BROSCHI or FARINELLI (1705-1782)
Il Quaderno dell’Imperatrice arie per soprano di Farinelli dedicate a Maria Theresa d’Austria (1753) [50:31]
Angelo Manzotti (sopranist/male soprano)
Ensemble Isabella Leonardo/Maurizio Schiavo
rec. Chiesa di S.Albino, August 2007 
CONCERTO CD 2007 [50:31]

 

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Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Visions of the East
Ode to the Temple of Sound (1965) [11:57]
Symphony No.10 'Vahaken' (1959) [18:55]
Floating World (Ukiyo) (1964) [12:37]
Meditation on Zeami (1963) [14:31]
Frost Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami/Chung Park
rec. Gusman Hall, University of Florida, Coral Gables, Florida. November 2006. DDD
world premiere recordings: Ode, Vahaken, Zeami
first complete recording: Floating World
CENTAUR CRC 2954 [58:00]

 

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Late String Quartets

Wihan Quartet
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NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI6100-2 [3 CDs]

 

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Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741)
Mandolin Concerto in C, RV425 (FV1) [8:14]
Sonata in G minor, RV42 [11:18]
Lute Concerto in D, RV93 [10:37]
Keyboard Concerto in D (arranged by J S Bach, BWV972) [8:43]
Double Mandolin Concerto in G, RV532 (FV2) [11:51]
Viola d’amore and Lute Concerto in D minor, RV540 (F.XIII.38) [11:41]
Trio Sonata in C, RV82 [9:56]
Eliot Fisk (guitar); Albert Fuller (harpsichord); Frederic Hand (guitar); Louise Schulman (viola d’amore); Orchestra of St Luke’s
rec. 27 July and 4 August 1992, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York DDD
Re–issue of MusicMasters 67097–2
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Review [JW]


Henry PURCELL (1659 – 1695)
Dido and Aeneas (1689)

Richard WAGNER (1813 – 1883)
Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite (Brünnhilde’s Immolation) [19:48]
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)

NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 7956 [76:35]

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Priest on the Run
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Nightmare in Venice
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Baroque cello Illuminations
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Johann /Giovanni (H.A.) HOFFMANN (1770-1842)
Divertimento a Mandolino, Violono e Basso (No.1)
Giovanni Francesco GIULIANI (1760-1818)
Quartetto per Mandolino, Violino e Cello o Viola e Liuto
Ensemble Baschenis:
CONCERTO CD 2036 [66:41]

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