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Tibor de Machula was for many years lead cellist of the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and this MP3 comes from a rare recording on the Philips label where he plays a selection from Bach's Cello Suites. Click
here for the file |
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Andre Gavrilov burst onto the world stage in the
1970s after winning the International Tchaikovsky competition at the ripe
old age of 18. This MP3
comes from a Melodiya recording and pressing of the Bach French Suites BWV
812-817 which was also released on EMI CD in their Twofer series. Click
here for the file |
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Bela Bartok is one of my favourite composers when I'm in
the mood for some tougher than normal music and this is an MP3 file of the
Lento movement from his 1st String Quartet played by the Vegh Quartet on
the French Astree Auvidis label. Click
here for the file |
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André Previn and the LSO play
Benjamin Britten's Sea Interlude No.2. A spectacular recording by the terrific
EMI production-engineering team 'The Two Christophers' (Bishop and Parker)
who make any orchestra in any location sound great!
Click
here for the file |
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Vera Beths (Violin) and Reinbert de Leeuw
(Piano) play a section of
John Cage's Melodies for Violin and Piano. Click
here for the file |
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French music has its own distinct flavour and
chamber music by the Impressionist masters is quiet special - this MP3
file is an early 60s recording of the Prologue from Debussy's Cello
Sonata played by Maurice Gendron and Jean Francaix on the Philips label. Click
here for the file |
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Monteverdi's Laudate Dominum performed by
Andrew Parrott conducting the Taverner Consort & Choir on EMI Digital. Click
here for the file |
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Melodiya digital recording of Mussorgsky's
Four Walls sung
by Yevgeni Nesterenko and conducted by
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky with the USSR Ministry of Culture S.O. Click
here for the file |
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I love Moussorsgky so
here's another piece of music by this unique Russian soul - Finnish Bass Martti Talvela
sings Lullaby from his Decca recital. Click
here for the file |
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A youthful Maria-João
Pires plays the Andante from Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 on the
Erato label. Click
here for the file |
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Antal Dorati conducts the Netherlands Radio
Philarmonic Orchestra playing a selection from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé
Suite. Click
here for the file |
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The Symphony No.5 Presto movement conducted by Bernard
Haitink with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Orchestra from his acclaimed Shostakovich cycle - a Decca Digital recording . Click
here for the file |
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Paavo Berglund conducts the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra playing The Harp from Sibelius' Swanwhite - another great
recording from EMI ! Click
here for the file |
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Kyung-Wha Chung plays Aria 1 from
Stravinsky's Violin Concerto
with the LSO conducted by André Previn. Click
here for the file |
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Vaughan Williams is one of my favourites - this
file features the Presto from his Violin Concerto with Nora Grumlikova on
violin and Peter Maag conducting the Praag Symphony Orchestra on the
Supraphon label. Click
here for the file |
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Renata Scotto was one of the great Verdi
sopranos and here she is from an old 1950s mono English Columbia pressing
of her recital with Manno Wolf-Ferrari conducting the Philarmonia
Orchestra. Click
here for the file |
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Another classic Decca recording
Le
Fosche from Verdi's Il Trovatore
Chorus & Orchestra of L'Accademia di Sant Cecilia, Rome
conducted by Carlo Franci, chorus master Gino Nucci. Click
here for the file |
