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Alexander BORODIN (1833-1887)
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Orchestral works by Borodin, Mussorgsky and Liadov)
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Nikolay Andreevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Rimsky-Korsakov Complete Orchestral Works)
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Alexander BORODIN (1833-1887)
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Orchestral works by Borodin, Mussorgsky and Liadov)
Complete track-list at end of review
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1963-1983
SVET 10-14-5 [5 CDs: 76:04 + 76:22 + 75:15 + 75:53 + 62:07] 

 

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Review [CC]


Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Early String Quartets (1798-1800)
CD 1
String Quartet in F, Op.18/1 [28:59]
String Quartet in G, Op.18/2 [23:59]
String Quartet in D, Op.18/3 [24:39]
CD 2
String Quartet in c minor, Op.18/4 [23:28]
String Quartet in A, Op.18/5 [28:47]
String Quartet in B-flat, Op.18/6 [24:33]
Wihan Quartet
rec. live, Convent of St Agnes, Prague, 18 October, 8 November, 6 December, 2007, 17 January, 7 February, 13 March 2008. DDD
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NIMBUS 6104

 

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Moisés MOLEIRO (1904-1979)
Piano Music
Clara Rodriguez (piano)
No recording details provided. DDD
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NIMBUS 2536

 

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Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Op.99 (1939) [20:18]
Golondrinas (1940s) [4:48]
La Primavera (1940s) [1:51]
Platero en el Cielo de Moguer (1940s) [5:00]
Rondo Op.129 (1946) [7:35]
Suite Op.133 (1947) [16:17]
Quintet for Guitar and Strings Op.143 (1951) [23:08]
Eliot Fisk (guitar)
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The Shanghai String Quartet (op. 143)
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Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Symphony No. 2 Mysterious Mountain op. 132 (1955) [16:45]
Lousadzak op. 48 (1945) [16:35]
Lou HARRISON (1917-2003)
Symphony No. 2 Elegiac (1942-1975) [33:58]
Keith Jarrett (piano)
American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies
rec. SUNY Purchase, New York, USA. 1989. DDD
first issued on MusicMasters MMD 60204
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