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Leonard Bernstein's Concert for Peace
Patricia Wells (soprano), Gwendolyn Killebrew (contralto), Alan Titus (baritone) & Michael Devlin (bass-baritone)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Norman Scribner Choir, Leonard Bernstein
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John Gardner: Symphony No. 2 & John Veale: Symphony No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
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The performances are strong. Wildner has a fine understanding of Braunfels’s eclectic but always immediate style, and there’s some superb playing, with the BBC CO wind on virtuoso form... — More…
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Another joyous unearthing of British music from the Tippett Quartet…The most idiomatic string writing comes in the pieces by the leastknown composers: in the soulful Summer’s Eve at Cookham... — More…
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English Music for Viola and Piano
William Lewarne Harris, Alan Richardson, Thomas Dunhill, Wilfrid Mellers, Christopher Edmunds, Norman Fulton & Thomas Pitfield
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), John Lenehan (piano)
The quality of the works is surprisingly good, considering how swiftly they were forgotten, and the partnership of Bradley and Lenehan is classy indeed. — More…
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol
New York Philharmonic, Camarata Singers, Pierre Boulez
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Captain Blood: Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt
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It is quite a satisfying range: Karl Jenkins’s Chums!, the sole 21st-century piece, is a lively and inventive romp, while Susan Spain-Dunk’s Rhapsody Quintet of 1920 is mostly marked ‘espressivo’... — More…
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
