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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony #2 "London"
(Original 1913 version)
London Symphony/Hickox
Chandos 9902
(Gerald Fenech)

Chandos 9902
Arthaus DVD 100019

Francis Poulenc
Dialogues des Carmélites
Choeurs de l'Opéra National du Rhin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Jan Latham-Koenig
Arthaus DVD 100019
(Ray Tuttle)


Serge Prokofieff
Love for Three Oranges
Kirov Chorus & Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Philips 462913
(Ray Tuttle)

Philips 462913
MD&G 3211008

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies
MD&G 3211008
(Gerald Fenech)


Jean Sibelius
"Kullervo" Symphony, Op. 7
Lilli Paasikivi, Raimo Laukka
Helsinki University Chorus
Lahti Symphony/Osmo Vanska
BIS 1215
(Gerald Fenech)

BIS 1215
Hyperion 67166

Robert Schumann
Piano Works
Marc André Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67166
(Gerald Fenech)


Bohuslav Martinů
Symphonies
Symphony #2
Symphony #4
National Symphony of Ukraine/Arthur Fagen
Naxos 8.553349
(Robert Cummings)

Naxos 8.553349
Naxos Historical 8.110942

Serge Prokofieff: Violin Concerto #2, Op. 63 *
Louis Gruenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Jascha Heifetz, violin
* Boston Symphony/Serge Koussevitsky Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony/Pierre Monteux
Naxos Historical 8.110942
(Robert Cummings)


Johann Schelle
Sacred Music
King's Consort/King
Hyperion 67260
(Gerald Fenech)

Hyperion 67260
MD&G 3351030

Ottorino Respighi
Orchestral Music
Wuppertal Symphony/George Hanson
MD&G 3351030
(Gerald Fenech)


Constant Lambert
Ballets
Pomona
Tiresias
English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
Hyperion 67049
(Steve Schwartz)

Hyperion 67049
Decca 289 458 902

Gustav Mahler: Symphony #9
Emil Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony #2 (Adagio)
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi
Decca 458902
(Steve Schwartz)


18th Century British Symphonies
Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly: Periodical Overture
Thomas Augustine Arne: Symphony #4
Collett: Symphony, Op. 2 #5
William Smethergell: Symphony, Op. 5 #2
Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony, Op. 10 #1
John Marsh: A Conversation Sinfonie
The Hannover Band/Graham Lea-Cox
AS&V 216
(Gerald Fenech)

AS&V 216
Hyperion 67209

Victor de Sabata
Orchestral Works
London Philharmonic/Aldo Ceccato
Hyperion 67209
(Gerald Fenech)


CPO 999783

Paul Hindemith
Complete Orchestral Music

Volumes 2 & 3
Radio-Symphony Frankfurt, Tasmanian Symphony, Queensland Symphony/Werner Andreas Albert
CPO 999783 & 999784
(Robert Cummings)


Sergiu Celibidache Conducts
Works by Dvořák, Franck, Hindemith, Sibelius, Strauss & Shostakovich
Jacqueline Du Pré, cello
Swedish Radio Symphony/Sergiu Celibidache
DGG 469069
(Robert Cummings)

DGG 469069
EMI 56965

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #4, Op. 7
Piano Sonata #23, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Piano Sonata #22, Op. 54
Piano Sonata #25, Op. 79
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
EMI 56965
(Robert Stumpf)


Beecham Conducts Frederick Delius
Royal Philharmonic/Thomas Beecham
EMI 67553
(Robert Stumpf)

EMI 67553
Chandos 9754

Zoltán Kodály
Choral Music
Danish National Radio Choir/Stefan Parkman
Chandos 9754
(Steve Schwartz)


Rosalyn Tureck
Première Performances
Music by David Diamond, Luigi Dallapiccola & William Schuman
Rosalyn Tureck, piano Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Saidenberg Little Symphony/Daniel Saidenberg
VAI 1124
(Steve Schwartz)

VAI VAIA 1124
Sony 64533

Isaac Stern
Modern Music for Violin
by Hindemith, Bloch & Copland
Isaac Stern, violin
Alexander Zakin & Aaron Copland, piano
Sony SMK64533
(Steve Schwartz)


Giuseppe Verdi
Jérusalem
Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Fabio Luisi
Philips 462613
(Ray Tuttle)

Philips 462613
Chandos 9838

Takashi Yoshimatsu
Orchestral Music
Kamui-Chikap Symphony (Symphony #1)
Ode to Birds & Rainbow
BBC Philharmonic/Sachio Fujioka
Chandos 9838
(Ray Tuttle)


J.S. Bach
From the Klavierübung
Rosalyn Tureck, piano
Philips 456979
(Steve Schwartz)

Philips 456979
Music & Arts CD727

Gustav Mahler
Symphony #7 in E minor
New Philharmonia/Jascha Horenstein
Music & Arts CD727
(Steve Schwartz)


Lost Feuermann - The Japanese Recordings 1934 & 1936
Short works by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Godard & others
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
Wolfgang Rebner & Fritz Kitzinger, piano
Orchestra of the Berlin Staatsoper/Frieder Weissmann
Music & Arts 1075
(Ray Tuttle)

Music & Arts CD1075
Citadel 88130

Morton Gould: Symphony on Marching Tunes, Fall River Legend, Philharmonic Waltzes, Latin-American Symphonette, etc.
Alberto Ginastera: Estancia Ballet Suite
London Symphony/Morton Gould
Citadel CTD88130
(Steve Schwartz)


John Adams
Century Rolls
Emanuel Ax, piano
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi
Hallé Orchestra/Kent Nagano
Nonesuch 79607
(Ray Tuttle)

Nonesuch 79607
DGG 459663

Anton Bruckner: Symphonies #3-5
Wolfgang Mozart: Symphony #35 ("Haffner")
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony & Swedish Radio Symphony/Sergiu Celibidache
DGG 459663
(Ray Tuttle)


Shura Cherkassky
The Historic 1940s Recordings
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Ivory Classics 72003
(Ray Tuttle)

Ivory Classics 72003
Nonesuch 79605

Angels Hide Their Faces
Music by Henry Purcell & Johann Sebastian Bach
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; others
Nonesuch 79605
(Ray Tuttle)


Rued Langgaard
Symphony #4 "Løvfald"
Symphony #6 "Det Himmelrivende"
Symphony #10 "Hin Tordenbolig"
Suite (Symphony #14) "Morgenen"
The Music of the Spheres
Danish National Radio Symphony
Danacord DACOCD560
(Gerald Fenech)

Danacord DACOCD560
Danacord DACOCD542

Louis Glass
Symphony #3, "Wood Symphony"
Symphony #6, "Birth of Seyldings"
Plovdiv Philharmonic/Nayden Todorov
Danacord DACOCD542
(Gerald Fenech)


The English Connection
Works by Henry Purcell, John Jenkins, William Lawes, Matthew Locke & William Young
Bell'Arte Antiqua
AS&V 213
(Gerald Fenech)

AS&V 213
DGG Originals 463609

Gustav Mahler: Symphony #9
Franz Schubert: Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
Chicago Symphony/Carlo Maria Giulini
DGG Originals 463609
(Gerald Fenech)


Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantatas
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
Virgin Veritas 45420
(Ray Tuttle)

Virgin Veritas 45420
EMI 57111

Johann Sebastian Bach
Music for Flute
Emmanuel Pahud
Berliner Barock Solisten
EMI Classics 57111
(Ray Tuttle)


Giya Kancheli
Simi
Magnum Ignotum
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Royal Flanders Philharmonic/Jansug Kakhidze,
ECM 1669
(Ray Tuttle)

ECM 1669
Bridge 9103

Paul Lansky
Ride
Paul Lansky, computers, etc.
Bridge 9103
(Ray Tuttle)


Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov
Orchestral Music
Hasmik Hatsagortsian, Vardouhi Khachatrian
Armenian Philharmonic/Loris Tjeknavorian
AS&V CDDCA1102
(Gerald Fenech)

AS&V CDDCA1102
Naxos 8.553660 align="right"

Alexander Glazunov
Symphony #5, Op. 55
Symphony #8, Op. 83
Moscow Symphony/Alexander Anissimov
Naxos 8.553660
(Gerald Fenech)


Roberto Alagna
French Arias
Roberto Alagna, tenor
London Voices
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/de Billy
EMI Classics 57012
(Ray Tuttle)

EMI 57012
Telarc 80543

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony #2, Op. 27
Vocalise, Op. 34/14
Cincinnati Symphony/Jesús López-Cobos
Telarc 80543
(Ray Tuttle)

Trumpet