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MALCOLM ARNOLD Music for Wind Symphony Band       Dallas Wind Symphony / Jerry Junkin       REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-66CD [66:24]

KLEMPERER'S TITANIC BACH J S BACH: Choruses from Mass in B Minor (Previously unpublished)    Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer      Testament SBT1138 79m ADD. (Recorded 1961) Stereo.

ARNOLD BAX Symphony No. 2; November Woods    Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones.     Naxos 8.554093

BELL, Derek: Variations. "Come on, Northern Ireland, Come on"*; Divertissement Variations on a tune kindly contributed by Dr Paddy Moloney+; Toccata Burlesca for oboe and pianoº; Symphony No 2, 'The Violet Flame'*; DOUNO, Beinsa: Izgryava Slunteseto§; Vehadi§; Klamen Zenu§; Gospodi kolko Te obicham§.     *Tzvatarika Christoforu (mezzo) Vratza PO, Bulgarian Nat. Phil. Choir, Derek Bell and Maria Tutoriliva (harps), cond. Valeri Vatcher. +Vratza Phil. Wind Quartet, Peter Belneev (piano); ºPetco Totev (oboe) Derek Bell (piano). §Barnaby Brown (flute), Oghnyan Nicolor (tenor) Derek Bell (harp).   Athene ATH CD14. [DDD] [73' 52"].

FRANZ ADOLF BERWALD (1796-1868)The Four Symphonies    Jena PO/David Montgomery    ARTE NOVA 74321 37862 2 [129:13]

George Whitefield CHADWICK (1854-1931) Symphonic Sketches, Melpomene Overture, Tam O'Shanter (Symphonic Poem)    Czech State PO/Jose Serebrier     REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-64CD [72.25]

George Whitefield CHADWICK (1854-1931) Suite Symphonique, Aphrodite (Symphonic Poem), Elegy     Czech State PO/Jose Serebrier     REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-74CD [72.25]

ZEZ CONFREY (1895-1971) Piano Music     Eteri Andjaparidze (piano)    NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559016 [62:29]

DUSSEK. Music For Harp and Piano. Duo Concertant in B flat Op 69 no 1; Duo Concertant in B flat Op 69 no 3; Sonata in F sharp minor Op 61.    Derek Bell (harp) Joanna Leach (square piano).    Athene ATH CD10. DDD [61' 04"].

FIELD, John. Nocturnes 1 - 16.   Joanna Leach (square piano)   Athene ATH CD1 [75' 39"].

ALBERTO GINASTERA (1916-83) Violin Concerto*(1963) [26.37] BELA BARTÓK (1881-1945) Violin Sonata** (op. Posth) (1904) [27.09]   *Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Hopkins Center Orchestra/Mario di Bonaventura **Salvatore Accardo (violin) / Noel Lee (piano)   recorded 1968 - live recordings DYNAMIC CDS 110 1 [53.56]


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EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Divertissement (1959-60) [18.37] Variations on a Chinese Theme (1911-12) [27.18] The Eternal Rhythm (1913) [20.24] Kaleidoscope (1917, 1933) [9.50]    Melbourne SO/Vernon Handley    ABC CLASSICS 462 766-2 [76.12]

EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Symphony No. 1 (1940) 42.02 Oboe Concerto (1927) 12.22 Tam O'Shanter (1919) 3.10 Concert Piece for two harps, oboe (doubling cor anglais) and orchestra (1958) 22.00    West Australian SO /Vernon Handley    ABC CLASSICS 462 014-2 [79.55]

EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Symphony No 2 (1944)  Concertino (1927)  Fantasy for Nine Winds (1924)    Sydney SO/Vernon Handley.    ABC CLASSICS 442 364-2.[61.57]

FERDE GROFÉ (1892-1972): Mississippi Suite (1926) [13.35] Grand Canyon Suite (1931) [32.00] Niagara Falls Suite (1961) [22.11]     Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg    recorded Poole, 27-28 July 1998 NAXOS 8.559007 [67.45]

HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981) Symphony No. 2 (1930) [27.37] Symphony No. 4 (1943) [20.54] Elegy for Koussevitsky [10.54]    Jena PO/David Montgomery   rec Jena, 4 Aug 1996 ARTE NOVA 74321 43306 2 [59.44]

KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN (1905-63) Symphony 5 *(1950) Symphony 6 **(1951-55) Symphony 8 #(1960-62)   * **Berlin SO/Günther Herbig #Leipzig RSO/Herbert Kegel   *rec Berlin Christuskirche, April 1979 **rec Berlin Christuskirche, February 1979 #rec Leipzig Bethanienkirche, Jan 1971.BERLIN CLASSICS 0090482BC issued 1995 [64.50]

GUSTAV HOLST Music for Wind Symphony Band    Dallas Wind Symphony / Howard Dunn   rec 20-22 June 1990, Dallas REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-39CD [51:00]

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