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November 1998

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Hamish MacCunn: Six Scottish Dances, Valse John Blackwell McEwen: Four sketches for piano, Sonatina for Piano, Three Keats Preludes, On Southern Hills, Five vignettes from La Côte d'Argent Alexander C Mackenzie: Refrain, High Spirits, Chasse aux Papillons, Trois Morceaux, Harvest Home Murray McLachlan

George GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris André Previn (piano) and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

DVORÁK (1841-1904) Piano Concerto.* SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 'Wanderer Fantasia'. Sviatoslav Richter (piano); *Carlos Kleiber conducting Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Piano Concerto in G-Major. Concerto for the Left Hand. Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine; Le Gibet; Scarbo. Samson François (piano); André Cluytens conducting Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Four Last Songs. 12 Orchestral Songs. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano); George Szell conducting the Radio Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin and the London Symphony Orchestra

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1,2 5* & 9. Victoria de los Angeles* (soprano); Heitor Villa-Lobos conducting theOrchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française.

Nino ROTA Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2. Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristian Ruud.

Malcolm ARNOLD  Symphonies Nos 7 and 8    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

Eric COATES (1886-1957) The Enchanted Garden: 10 Orchestral Pieces.   John Wilson conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra [71:18]March:London Calling; Symphonic Rhapsody on "I pitch my lonely caravan at night"; Springtime Suite; Ballet: The Enchanted Garden; Concert Waltz: Dancing Nights; À la Gavotte; March: The Seven Seas; Symphonic Rhapsody on a song by Richard Rogers - "With a Song in my Heart"; Lazy Night; March: High Flight.

Eric COATES Eight Orchestral Works.   Andrew Penny conducting the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

JANIS IVANOVS (1906-83) Symphony No 4 Atlantis, Rainbow - Symphonic Poem Latvian National SO/Vassili Sinaisky * Dzintars Women's Choir

PÁLL PAMPICHLER PÁLSSON: Lend Me Wings - Six Songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1992/3)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Concerto Di Giubileo for Orchestra  Rannveig Frída Bragadóttir (mezzo-soprano), Sigurdur Snorrason (Clarinet), Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Petri Sakari

Moritz MOSZKOWSKI ( 1854-1925) Piano Concerto in E-Major. From Foreign Lands. Marcus Pawlik (piano); Antoni Wit conducts the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

VISSARION SHEBALIN (1902-1963) Symphony No 2 in C sharp minor Op 11, Symphony No 4 in B flat major 'The Heroes of Perekop' , Russian Overture Op 31 Russian Cinematographic SO/Sergei Skripka

VISSARION SHEBALIN (1902-1963) Concertinos (Violin; French Horn) Sinfonietta, Symphony No 5

AMERICAN MASTERS (Three Symphonies):ROY HARRIS Symphony No. 3 RANDALL THOMPSON Symphony No. 2 DAVID DIAMOND Symphony No. 4 NYPO/Leonard Bernstein

WILLIAM SCHUMAN (1910-1992) Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 5 , Symphony No. 8 NYPO/Leonard Bernstein

Thea Musgrave Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, The Seasons, Autumn Sonata (Bass Clarinet concerto) Victoria Soames (clarinet and bass clarinet), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thea Musgrave

Thea Musgrave The Seasons, Helios, Night Music Nicholas Daniel (oboe),  Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Kraemer

Thea Musgrave Horn Concerto with Elgar Symphony No.1 Michael Thompson (horn), The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland conducted by Bramwell Tovey


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OCD639 ERIK CHISHOLM Piano Music Murray McLachlan Piano.

Ronald Stevenson Sing a Song of Seasons - Song Cycles  A Child’s Garden of Verses (R L Stevenson): Nine Haiku (Keith Bosley): Border Boyhood (MacDiarmid) The Art Song Collective: Richard Black Piano/Wills Morgan Tenor/Moira Harris Soprano.

FRANCIS POTT Farewell to Hirta Cello & Piano. David Watkin (cello); Howard Moody (piano); Francis Pott (piano). rating not applied

FRANK BRIDGE Songs: Janice Watson/Louise Winter/Jamie MacDougall/Gerald Finley/Roger Vignoles (piano)/Roger Chase (viola) rating not applied

FREDERICK MAY String Quartet in C minor; ALOYS FLEISCHMANN Piano Quintet. Hugh Tinney (piano) Vanbrugh String Quartet. rating not applied

SILVER APPLES OF THE MOON: Irish Classical Music. Irish Chamber Orchestra/Fionnuala Hunt.

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