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Q-Disc

Q97008 Lotichius songs
Q97057 Lotichius chbr wks

Qualunque

541149909022 Enescu cel sons

Quartz

QTZ2010 Game over Mints review
QTZ2018 Blackford voices of exile
QTZ2045 Shostakovich VC1 review
QTZ2048 Debussy pno duets review
QTZ2053 Shostakovich Rachmaninov cello sons review
QTZ2087 Desyatnikov leaden echo review
QTZ2092 Villa Lobos pno wks v2 review

Querstand

VKJK0422 Composition Feminine

Quindecim Recordings

186 Solo rumores Cervantes

Quintone

Q09004 Mendelssohn young genius

Radio France

SIG11070 Campo str qts

Radioservis

CR03852 Martinu Schumann pno qnts
CR04392 Bloch vln wks review
CR04932 Kraft CCs review

Rain Worthington

no number Yet still night
no number Shredding glass

Ramée

RAM0605 Mattheson hpsd suites review
RAM0702 Dard bassoon sons
RAM0703 L'estocart Deux coeurs aimants
review
RAM1004 Handel kybd stes review
RAM1005 Le Juene Psalms of David review
RAM1008 Sammartini concs review
RAM1102 Monteclair concerts review
RAM1103 Eberl chamber wks review

Raptus

305.05.03 Ries pno sons

Raumklang

RK2207 Hotteterre fl wks review
RK2208 Triste plaisir review
RK2304/1-2 Georgian journey review
RK2410 Una musa plebea review
RK2604 The Songbook of Anna von Köln
RK2901 Wolkenstein love songs review
MA20044 Virgo Cecilia review

Ravello

RR7805 Qt at crossroads
RR7810 Lee perc wks review
RR7817 Howe clusters review
RR7818 Sprezzatura review

RCO Live

RCO05002 Beethoven Brahms sys review
RCO08003 Bruckner sy8 review
RCO08006 Strauss Alpensinfonie

RCP

076 Blanche Selva

Real Sound

RS0510105 Toselli songs

Red Bandanna

IA003 Wassermann Trilaterus

Redcliffe Recordings

RR021 Routh well tempered pianist

Red Priest

RP001 Priest on the run
RP002 Nightmare in Venice
RP003 Vivaldi 4 seasons arr.
RP004 Pirates of the Baroque
RP005 Cello illuminations review review
RP006 Bach cello stes review
RP007 Bach Only dancing review

Reeman

CRJR01 Reeman orchestral works

Reference Recordings

RRC25 Liszt sonata
RR35 Ravel pno wks review
RRC102 Tavener Ikon of Eros review
RR104 Bells for Stokowski review
RRC106 World keys review
RRC113 Organ odyssey review
RRC115 Sullivan Sibelius Tempest review review
RR117 Grainger Band music review review
RR119 West of the sun review
RR120 Britten's orchestra review
RR122 Brubeck Gandolfi chbr wks review
RR2102 Medinah sessions review
RR2103 Janacek orch wks review

Relief

CR1908 Bizet Carmen review
CR991072 Mahler sy9
CR991081 Shostakovich sy13 review
CR991089 Beethoven sys review
CR991090 Viktor Simon review
CR991091 Tribute to Boris Tchaikovsky review

REL/River

no number Christmas classics

Retrospective

RTS4162 Children's favourites review review
RTS4164 Golden age of gramophone review
RTS4181 My fair lady, Gigi review
8400 Vln sonatas Rostal review
93185 Tchaikovsky sy3 Boult review
93651 Concs Elman Nelsova

Ricercar

RIC220 Flutes d'Angleterre review
RIC232 Violino oder Geige review
RIC243 Chansons de troubadours review
RIC244 Boccherini stabat mater review
RIC245 Charpentier mass
RIC259 Choral wks by A & G Gabrieli review
RIC263 Gossec Trois grandes sys review
RIC311 Musicalische Exequien review
RIC312 Un camino de Santiago review
RIC313 Giorgi ave maria review
RIC314 Telemann bassoon chamber wks review
RIC315 Haydn baryton trios review
RIC316 Ciconia Opera omnia review

Riga Saxophone Quartet

no number Song and dance

Riverrun

RVRCD77 Wilson str qts
RVRCD82 Wilson str qts review

RLPO Live

no number Tchaikovsky sy5

Roberts Wesleyan College

1044 My eternal king

Roddard

RDD001 Vierne Ravel songs

Ronald Senator

RS1962 Senator Spring changes

Rondeau

ROP6036 Telemann Der tag
ROP6044 Dvorak biblical songs review

Rosa Classics

ROP7004 Rutter Magnificat

Rotterdam Philharmonic Vintage

no number Mahler sys 6 & 8

Round Top Records

RTR013 Shostakovich Faure pno qnts review
RTR015 Clarinet qnts

Royal Academy of Music

RAM034 Strauss wind ens

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

RFP001 Struass Alpine sy review
RFP002 Meulemans concs for orch review review
RFP003 Hendrickx orch wks

Royal Opera House

ROHS003 Verdi Don Carlo review
ROHS004 Strauss Elektra review
ROHS005 Puccini Tosca review
ROHS006 Puccini Madame Butterfly review
ROHS007 Mozart Don Giovanni
ROHS008 Wagner Meistersingers review
ROHS009 Verdi Un ballo review
ROHS010 Gluck Alceste review
ROHS011 Verdi Trovatore review

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

SP005 Mozart wind concs review
SP006 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker review
SP012 Gershwin pno/orch
SP013 Beethoven PCs review
SP014 Schumann sys review
SP015 Spanish gtr review
SP017 Best of Bond review
RPO017CD Golden age of Hollywood review
SP018 Mozart 2 PCs review
SP019 American classics review
RPO022CD Golden age of Hollywood 2 review

RTE Lyric

CD109 Fallen leaves
CD118 Margaret Burke Sheridan review
CD119 Balfe Falstaff review review
CD121 Bodley sys review
CD122 Triocca review
CD123 Hiccup review
CD124 Clarinet vars review
CD125 Gribbin orch wks review
CD126 Wilson orch wks review review
CD127 Fleischmann orch wks review
CD128 For eternity review
CD134 Kinsella sys review
CD136 O Riada orch wks review
CD274 Deane orch wks review
TR0901 Toss the feathers review review

RTVE

65149 Carlos Alvarez
65171 Puccini Turandot review
65225 Zarzuela review
65270 Misa pastorela review
65272 Santander festival 2006 review
65280 Voces de Zarzuela review

Rubato Records

RRL1104U CPE Bach kybd wks

Rubedo Canis Musica

RCM12007 Colors Pollack
RCM19801 Baxh chbr wks for harp review

Russian Disc

RCD00768 Taktakishvili orch wks

 

 

 

 
 

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