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Anthony Collins: Complete Decca Recordings – Australian Eloquence 484 1467 (2021) [14 CDs complete content listed below, 14 hrs 17:35] *****: Anthony Collins...
Handelsman debut album of Debussy Impressionism... DEBUSSY: Images = Images, Book I; Estampes; Images, Book II; Masques; D’un cahier d’esquisses; L’isle Joyeuse -...
ARC ROMANTIQUE = CHOPIN: Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1;Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. post.; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109; Piano Sonata...
STIMME aus der FERNE (“Voice from Afar”) = SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Major, D. 664; CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode, “La Ricordanza,” Op. 33; SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op....
A gorgeous Fourth, a welcome addition to the huge Brahms recorded repertory. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in e; MACMILLAN: Larghetto for Orchestra – Pittsburgh Symphony/...
J.S. BACH :The Brandenburg Concertos - Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin - Harmonia Mundi 902686.87 9/2021 2 discs (1h 27’35); ***** (Isabelle Faust; violin Antonie...
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major; HINDEMITH: Concerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra – Hubert Jelinek, harp/ Werner Tripp, flute/ Gerhard Turetschek, oboe/ Alfred...
Monteux: The First NBC SO Concerts, Vol. I = BACH (arr. Respighi): Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor; MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”; FRANCK: Psyché et Eros;...
Fedorova: Shaping Chopin = Grande Valse brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 18; 3 Waltzes, Op. 34; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42; Three Mazurkas, Op. 50; 3 Waltzes, Op. 64;...
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