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An eclectic batch of orchestral, chamber and instrumental discs this week, ranging from Sviatoslav Richter's legendary 1958 recital in Sofia to blistering Prokofiev from Valery Gergiev and his Kirov forces. There are also some interesting repertoire and artists-pairings, such as Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing seventeenth-century songs and Sir Neville Marriner conducting Walton's Cello Concerto.
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Franz Bauer-Theussl conducts the Wiener Volksopernorchester.
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André Previn conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
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Mitsuko Uchida plays Sonatas Nos. 8, 11, 16 and 18.
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The Guarneri Quartet are joined by Peter Serkin.
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Sir Neville Marriner directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in music by Bax, Bridge, Delius, Foulds and Grainger.
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Reinbert de Leeuw conducts the Netherlands Chamber Choir in the Mass, Pater Noster, Credo and other works.
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings music by Caccini, Caldara, Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi and others with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
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Bernard Haitink conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Alborada del gracioso, Le tombeau de Couperin, Boléro and the Valses nobles et sentimentales.
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Performed by the Guarneri Quartet.
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Valery Gergiev conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirov Chorus, with soloists Ljubov Sokolova and Nikolai Putilin.
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Seiji Ozawa conducts the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Sir Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
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Mitsuko Uchida is the soloist, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Kurt Sanderling.
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Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra in three contrasting works for strings.
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Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra.
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Performed by Mitsuko Uchida.
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George Szell conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Eugen Jochum conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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Julian Lloyd Webber is the soloist, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Yehudi Menuhin and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner.
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Richter performs music by Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky and Schubert.
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Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, with Olga Borodina as the soloist.
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Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
