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Review for GHCD 2361 - Stokowski NBC Pops
The ever-versatile colorist Leopold Stokowski here finds representation “in the lighter vein” (to paraphrase one of his RCA Victor LPs), 1941-1944, as he leads the NBC Symphony in ethnic and dance pieces popular to audiences of wartime America. The range of composers themselves proves rather eclectic, opening with a work by NBC violist Carlton Cooley, his recollection the southern coast of England, his Promenade (24 March 1942), which calls...
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Review of GMCD 7345 - Paraphrases Brillantes
Nowadays if you miss live performances of a new opera from an established composer there is a good chance that it will be available as a recording, possibly even as a DVD. In the nineteenth century if you missed one or wanted to repeat the experience the alternative was through transcriptions. These could range...
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Review of GMCD 7341 - Music by Fribbins
Well established as a lecturer and administrator, notably at Middlesex University (where he organized an important seminar on the music of Zemlinsky, the proceedings from which were reviewed in May 2008), Peter Fribbins (b.1969) also has a growing output to his name. This first disc ...
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Wills Arthur
Dr. Arthur Wills was Director of Music at Ely Cathedral from 1958 to 1990, and also held a Professorship at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1964 until ...
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	ArtNr. GMCD 7340 Carillon de Westminster - Organ Works This new recording is made on the beautiful organ installed in the Neumunster Zurich and ranges from French organ music of the 18th century to 20th century Swiss organ music. ... Composer: Michel Corrette (1707-1795); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750); Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901); Ernst Friedrich Richter (1808-1879); Samuel Rousseau (1853-1904); Théodore Dubois (1837-1924); Louis Vierne (1870-1937); Carl Türcke (1866-?) Artists: Ursina Caflish at the Organ of Neumünster Zürich Details GBP 8.50 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GMCD 7342 Farewell – Music by Haydn, Martin, Vogel, Haller, Schaeuble This important new CD is made up of music associated with 'Farewell', of saying 'goodbye', not always with regret, for it begins with Haydn's great 'Farewell' Symphony (Der Abschied-Sinfonie) which ... Composer: Joseph Haydn (1722-1809); Frank Martin (1890-1974); Wladimir Vogel (1896-1984); Herman Haller (1914-2002); Hans Schaeuble (1906-1988) Artists: Camerata Zürich, Barbara Böhi (soprano), Marc Kissóczy (conductor) Details GBP 8.50 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GMCD 7347 Guitar Works by Rodrigo, Turina, Boccherini, Assad, Gnattali, Regondi, Derungs, Wettstein, Senfl This outstanding new recording from the brilliant young guitarist Admir Doçi features a wide range of music for solo guitar, with songs for soprano and guitar by Joaquin Rodrigo, music ... Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999); Joaquín Turina (1882-1949); Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805); Sérgio Assad (b.1952); Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988); Giulio Regondi (1822-1872); Martin Derungs (b.1943); Peter Wettstein (b.1939); Ludwig Senfl (1486-1542/3) Artists: Admir Doçi (guitar), Leila Pfister (mezzo), Martin Derungs (harpsichord), Mattia Zappa (cello), Matthias Weilenmann (recorder) Details GBP 8.50 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GMCD 7349 Bap Nos - In Memoriam Meinrad Schütter The Swiss composer Meinrad Schütter would be celebrating his 100th birthday in 2010. Reason enough and about time to finally introduce this highly original composer to an interested, international audience. ... Composer: Meinrad Schütter (1910-2006); Gregorianischer Choral; Christian Henking (b.1961); Leoš Janácek (1854-1928) Artists: CAPELLA NOVA, Susanne Doll (organ), Vera Schnider (harp), Raphael Immoos (conductor) Details GBP 8.50 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GLCD 5171 The Golden Age of Light Music: War and Peace - Light Music of the 1940s In retrospect it is clear that the 1940s had a major impact on the way in which Light Music would develop in the remaining years of the 20th Century. The ... Composer: Various Artists: Various Details GBP 5.10 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GLCD 5172 The Golden Age of Light Music: Lightly Classical This collection has been prepared with three main aims: firstly to prove that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not as insurmountable as some people seem to ... Composer: Various Artists: Various Details GBP 5.10 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GHCD 2362 Schumann Symphonies - Toscanini, Walter - 1940 & 1946 In the year commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, we are proud to present a unique coupling of the composer's Second and Fourth Symphonies and Manfred ... Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Artists: NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (conductor), Bruno Walter (conductor) Details GBP 4.60 / USD Units
	ArtNr. GHCD 2366 Fritz Busch - Alfvén Mendelssohn Schubert Wagner, 1946 & 1949 This is the latest release in our on-going series of recordings by the legendary German conductor Fritz Busch, earlier issues of which have drawn exceptional reviews from the international classical ... Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827); Franz Schubert (1797-1828); Richard Wagner (1813-1883); Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) Artists: Konserthus Stiftelsens Orkester Malmö, Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, Sinfonie-Orchester Winterthur, Fritz Busch (conductor) Details GBP 4.60 / USD Units

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