| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MIASKOVSKY: Cello Concerto. TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations, Nocturne in D minor
SHOSTAKOVICH: Adagio from The Limpid Stream. PG*** (DELETION)
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Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), LSO - Maxim Shostakovich | 434 106-2 | Philips | £6.99 |
| HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in B flat | Kanta (cello), Capella Istropolitana - Breiner | 8.550059 | Naxos | £1.49 |
| HENSELT: Piano Concerto Op.16. HILLER: Konzertstuck for Piano & Orchestra. CHOPIN: Allegro De Concert Op.46 (DELETION) | Ponti, Rose (piano), Philharmonia Hungarica - Maga, Luxembourg RO - Cao, Berlin SO - Gertenbach | 1157172 | Vox | £4.99 |
MACDOWELL: Piano Concerto No.2. BEACH: Piano Concerto Op.45 (DELETION) |
List/Boehm (piano), Westphalian SO - Landau | 1157182 | Vox | £4.99 |
| PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos. 1 & 2 MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain* (DELETION) | Minneapolis SO - Skrowaczewski, *LSO - Dorati | 432 004-2 | Mercury | £4.49 |
| GRIEG: Two Melodies Op.53, Two Norwegian Airs Op.63, Erotik, Two Elegiac Pieces Op.34. SIBELIUS: Romance in C, Andante Festivo, Canzonetta Op.62a, Rakastava Op.14 | Capella Istropolitana - Leaper | 8.550330 | Naxos | £2.75 |
SILVESTRI CONDUCTS [2 CD SET]
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night Overture. RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole. ELGAR: 'In the South' Overture. DVORAK: Symphony No.8. GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla. BORODIN: Prince Igor Overture & Polovtsian Dances. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.5 (DELETION) |
Phil/VPO/BSO/LPO/Orch Conservatoire - Silvestri | CZS 5 68229 2 | EMI | £7.99 |
IRELAND: Piano Concerto. BRIDGE: Phantasm for Piano & Orchestra. WALTON: Sinfonia Concertante (original version, first recording) (DELETION) |
Kathryn Stott (piano), RPO - Handley | CDCF 175 | Conifer | £6.99 |
| Cello Concertos by DVORAK & ELGAR | M Kleigel (cello), RPO - Halasz | 8.550503 | Naxos | £1.25 |
| SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto. BRAHMS: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello* | M Kliegel (cello), NSO of Ireland- Constant, *with Kaler (violin) | 8.550938 | Naxos | £2.49 |
| LUTOSLAWSKI: Double Concerto for Oboe & Harp. R STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto. (DELETION) | H Holliger (oboe), U Holliger (harp),Cincinnati SO - Gielen | MCD 10006 | Vox Cum Laude | £4.99 |
| MENOTTI: Sebastian - Complete Ballet. OTTO LUENING (1900-1996): Legend*, Lyric Scene* (DELETION) | LSO/*Oslo PO - Serebrier | CD DCA 741 | ASV | £3.99 |
| GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite GERSHWIN:An American in Paris, A Sympphonic Picture of Porgy & Bess | Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy | SBK 62402 | Sony | £3.25 |
THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO 11 - SAUER: Piano Concerto No.1. SCHARWENKA: Piano Concerto No.4 |
Hough (piano), CBSO - Foster | CDA66790 | Hyperion | £5.49 |
GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Elegiac Melodies. SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, Rakastava. NIELSEN: Little Suite Op.1. WIREN: Serenade for Strings. PG*** "A splendid collection" DELETION) |
ASMF - Marriner | 417 132-2 | Argo | £7.99 |
| SALTER/DESSAU: House of Frankenstein - Complete Film Score | Moscow SO - Stromberg | 8.223748 | Marco Polo | £3.99 |
Prussian & Austrian Marches - BEETHOVEN: Yorck March. ANON: Torgau March, Finnish Cavalry March, St Petersburg March. LINDEMANN: Under The Flag Of Caprice. PREIS: You My Austria. MOLTKE: The Great Elector's Cavalry. WALCH: The Entry Into Paris. J F WAGNER: Tirolean Woodcutter Lads, Under The Double Eagle. SCHRAMMEL: Vienna Forever. PIEFKE: Koniggratz March, The Glory Of Prussia. FUCIK: Florentine March, Children Of The Regiment. HENRION: The Crusaders, Fehrbelliner Cavalry March. SCHMIDT: Coburg March. MUHLBERGER: The Emperor's Marksmen. M HAYDN: Pappenheim March. KOMZAK: Vindobona March, Archduke Albrecht March. ERTL: Hoch Und Deutschmeister March. FREDERICH II: Hohenfriedberg March. SEIFERT: Carinthian Songs. TEIKE: Old Comrades. RADECK: Fridericus Rex. J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron. WAGNES: The Bosnians Are Coming. SONNTAG (after Wagner): Nieblungen March. J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March [2 CD SET] |
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble - Karajan | 439 346-2 | DG | £7.99 |
| DELIUS: Marche Caprice (arr Langford). HOLST: The Perfect Fool (arr Parkes). ELGAR: The Wand Of Youth (arr Langford from Suites 1 & 2), Bavarian Dances (arr Parkes) HANDEL: Overture in D minor (arr Elgar/Langford). | Black Dyke Mills Band - Major Peter Parkes | CHAN 4507 | Chandos | £4.99 |
| BRITTEN: Paul Bunyan Overture, Piano Concerto op.13 (original version). SAXTON: Music To Celebrate The Resurrection Of Christ. PG*** | J MacGregor (piano), ECO/LSO - Bedford | 11022 | Collins | £3.99 |
| SUPPE: Overtures - The Beautiful Galatea, Pique Dame, Light Cavalry, Boccaccio, Poet & Peasant, Morning Noon & Night. AUBER: The Bronze Horse, Fra Diavolo, Masaniello | Detroit SO - Paray | 434 309-2 | Mercury | £3.99 |
MEYERBEER: Coronation March. SAINT-SAENS: Marche Militaire Francaise, Marche Heroique. GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette. LISLE: La Marseillaise. ADAM: If I Were King. ROSSINI: William Tell Overture. BOIELDIEU: La Dame Blanche. OFFENBACH: La Belle Helene, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Tales Of Hoffmann Suite (DELETION) |
Detroit SO - Paray | 434 332-2 | Mercury | £5.99 |
| BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS - Vol.1 COATES Calling all Workers. TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom. COLLINS:Vanity Fair. FARNON: Jumping Bean. BAYNES: Destiny. CURZON: The Boulevardier. LUTZ: Pas de quatre. BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade, The Water Mill*. WILLIAMS: The Devil's Galop, The Old Clockmaker. GIBBS: Dusk. WHITE: Puffin' Billy. KETELBEY: Bells across the Meadows. ELLIS: Coronation Scot. JOYCE: Dreaming. ANCLIFFE: Nights of Gladness | New London Orchestra - R Corp, *with Scott (oboe) | CDA66868 | Hyperion | £4.99 |
| BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1, MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto. PG*** (deletion) | Laredo (violin), Scottish CO - Laredo | PCD 829 | IMP Classics | £2.25 |
| DELIBES: Coppelia - Complete Ballet Music. CHOPIN: Les Sylphides. GOUNOD: Ballet Music from Faust, Concert Waltz from Faust [2 CD SET] DELETION | Rotterdam PO - Zinman | 438 763-2 | Philips Duo | £5.99 |
| Violin Concertos by MENDELSSOHN & TCHAIKOVSKY. PG*** | Nishizaki (violin), Slovak PO - Jean | 8.550153 | Naxos | £0.99 |
| IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar. LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs, Baba Yaga, The Enchanted Lake, Kikimora. HALVORSEN: Entry March of the Boyars. KABALEVSKY: Comedian's Galop (from Comedian's Suite). RUBINSTEIN: Dance of the Bayaderes No.2, Bridal Procession (from Feramors), Lesginka (from The Demon). MUSSORGSKY: Gopak (from Fair at Sorochinski) | Slovak PO - Hayman/Jean/Gunzenhauser | 8.550328 | Naxos | £1.49 |
| RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major, Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand. FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain | Thiollier (piano), Polish NRSO - Wit | 8.550753 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| 20th Century English Ballets FEENEY: Cinderella. MULDOWNEY: The Brontes. CARL DAVIS: A Christmas Carol | Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra - Pryce-Jones | 8.553495 | Naxos | £2.75 |
SESSIONS: Symphony No.2. HARBISON: Symphony No.2, Oboe Concerto (DELETION) |
W Bennett (oboe), San Francisco SO - Blomstedt | 443 376-2 | Decca | £8.99 |
| SPANISH IMPRESSIONS - TEXIDOR (1885-1957): Amparito Roca, Spanish March. ELLERBY (b.1957): Evocations (premier recording). RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso. NEWTON (b.945): Four Spanish Impressions (premier recording). DELIBES: Maids of Cadiz. FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance. BIZET: A Carmen Fantasy. GRANADOS: Andalucia. GIMENEZ: La boda de Luis Alonso | The Williams Fairey Band - Gourlay/Hurdley | CHAN 4544 | Chandos | £3.99 |
| HARRIS & SCHUMAN: Third Symphonies. PG*** "...splendidly played and well recorded." DELETION | NYPO - Bernstein | 419 780-2 | DG | £6.99 |
| STRAVINSKY: Les Noces. NIELSEN: Maskarade Ov*. BARBER: Adagio*. LUTOSLAWSKI: Les espaces du Sommeil**. GLASS: Floe+. TAVENER: Hymn To The Mother Of God++, Hymn For The Dormition Of The Mother Of God++. TAN DUN:Symphony 1997 - Song Of Peace# | Allen (sop), Sarfay (mezzo), Driscoll (ten), Oliver (bass), Barber, Copland, Foss and Sessions (piano), American Concert Choir, Columbia Percussion Ensemble - Stravinsky, *Philadelphia - Ormandy, **Shirley-Quirk (bar), LAPO - Salonen, +Philip Glass Ensemble - Riesman, ++Westminster Abbey Choir - Neary, #Ma (cello), Imperial Bells Ensemble of China, Yips Children's Choir, Hong Kong PO - Dun | BBC MM66 | BBC | £1.99 |
DVORAK: Cello Concerto Op.104. VICTOR HERBERT: Cello Concerto No.2. PG*** |
Yo Yo Ma (cello), NYPO - Masur | SK67173 | Sony | £5.99 |
| BRAHMS: Symphony No.2. SCHUMANN: Symphony No.2 [1970's recordings] | BPO - Karajan | 435 067-2 | DG | £2.75 |
| CARL VINE: Descent. BORISOVA-OLLAS: Wings of the Wind. HARTKE: The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon. GASPARINI: Through the Looking Glass. MARCH: Marine. ZHOU LONG: Two Long Poems from Tang | LSO - Daniel Harding | BBCMM 67 | BBC | £1.25 |
| FAURE: Masques et Bergamasques Op.112, Pavane, Sicilienne. SATIE: Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3. RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante defunte (DELETION) STILL SEALED | Orpheus CO | 449 186-2 | DG | £6.99 |
DEBUSSY: La Mer. MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition. RAVEL: Bolero. Penguin Guide *** |
BPO - Karajan | 447 426-2 | DG Originals | £4.49 |
| Violin Concertos by BERG & STRAVINSKY. RAVEL: Tzigane*. Penguin Guide *** | Perlman (vn), Boston SO - Perlman, *NYPO - Mehta | 447 445-2 | DG Originals | £3.99 |
| String Serenades by DVORAK & SUK. PG*** | Capella Istropolitana - Krecek | 8.550419 | Naxos | £1.99 |
CHENGZONG/WANHUA/LIHONG/ZHUANG: The Yellow River Piano Concerto (Original Version). CHENGZONG: Happy Loso. TON: Inner Mongolian Folk Songs. XIN: Mermaid Ballet Suite. JIENZHONG: Red Lilies Crimson and Bright, 3 Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody, Colourful Clouds |
Cheng-Zong (piano), Czecho-Slovak RSO - Leaper | 8.223412 | Marco Polo | £3.99 |
Piano Concertos by GREIG & SCHUMANN (DELETION) |
Geza Anda (piano), BPO - Kubelik | 415 850-2 | DG | £3.99 |
| FRANCK: Les Djinns Op.45, Symphonic Variations Op.46. FAURE: Ballade Op.19. RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (DELETION) | Lucy Parham (piano), RPO - J C Casadesus | CDRPO7023 | RPO | £3.49 |
Violin Concertos by KORNGOLD & BARBER. KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite* Penguin Guide Rosette - March 2003 |
Gil Shaham (violin), LSO - Previn, *Previn (piano) | 439 886-2 | DG | £5.99 |
HINDEMITH: Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt". HONEGGER: Symphony No.3. PG*** (recorded 1965, remastered) |
Leningrad PO - Mravinsky | 74321 25195 2 | Melodiya | £4.99 |
DEL TREDICI: Tattoo. ROREM: Violin Concerto*. BERNSTEIN: Concerto For Orchestra*. (DELETION) |
NYPO - Bernstein, *G Kremer (violin), NYPO - Bernstein, **Chama (baritone), IPO - Bernstein | 429 231-2 | DG | £4.99 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6. BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem* | BBC SO - A Davis/*Wiggleworth | BBC MM101 | BBC | £1.99 |
| SAINT-SAENS: Marche Militaire. WAGNER: Festive march from Tannhauser. IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar. MEYERBEER: Coronation March from the Prophet. HANSSEN: Valdres March. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Procession of the Noble from Mlada. SUPPE: March from Fatinitza. NEWMAN: Triumphal March & Prelude from 'Captain from Castille'. HALVORSEN: Entry of the Boyars. TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche solennelle. LEHAR: Merry Widow March. DELIBES: Cortege of Bacchus, etc | Slovak PO - Hayman | 8.550370 | Naxos | £2.75 |
| KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No.2. KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto. RACHMANINOV: Vocalise | M Lidstrom (cello), Gothenburg SO - Ashkenazy | BIS-CD-719 | BIS | £5.99 |
EMIL GILELS EDITION VOL.2 - CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1. POULENC: Concert Champetre in D major (recorded 12.10.1962) (Only available 'new' in box set) |
E Gilels (piano), Moscow PO - Kondrashin | 74321 40118 2 | Melodiya | £6.99 |
| Cello Concertos by ELGAR & LUTOSLAWSKI | P Wispelwey (cello, 19th cenury french), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic - Steen | CCS 12998 | Channel Classics | £4.99 |
VORISEK: Symphony Op.24. Z LUKAS (b.1928): Piano Concerto No.3 World Premiere Recording (DELETION) |
SWF SO - Altricher, Cechova (piano) | 74321 30482 2 | ArteNova | £3.49 |
SCHREKER: The Birthday of the Infanta. SCHULOFF: Moonstruck. HINDEMITH: The Demon (DELETION) |
Leipzig Gewandhaus - Zagrosek | 444 182-2 | Decca | £7.99 |
| SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals*. RAVEL: Mother Goose. DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Slovak RSO - Jean/*Lenard & Johnny Morris narrating | 8.554463 | Naxos | £2.75 |
| MASSENET: Scenes napolitaines. GODARD: Scenes italiennes. MENDELSSOHN: Song of the Venetian Gondolier. LISZT: Tarantelle. CUI: Tarantelle. LEONCAVALLO: Mattinata. GOUNOD: Saltarello. CHARPENTIER: Impressions d'Italie. DENZA: Funiculi, funicula | CSR SO - Lenard | 8.550087 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| LAWHEAD (b.1942): Aleost. HINDEMITH: Piano Concerto* ZWILICH: Symphony No.2 (DELETION) | Louisville Orchestra - Smith/Zimmermann, *with Luvisi (piano) | LCD002 | First Edition Record | £5.99 |
| BEACH: Gaelic Symphony. BARBER: Symphony No.1, Overture to The School for Scandal. PG*** | Detroit SO - Jarvi | CHAN 8958 | Chandos | £3.49 |
| VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Horns RV539. TELEMANN: Concerto for Three Corni da Caccia. HANDEL: Concerto for Two Wind Groups in F. L MOZART: Sinfonia da Caccia for Four Horns | Z Tylsar, B Tylsar, Divorsky, Petras (horns), Capella Istopolitana - Vajnar | 8.550393 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| CRESTON: Symphony No.2. IVES: Symphony No.2. PG*** "...well recorded and excellently performed and can be recommended to all with an interest in the American symphony" (DELETION) | Detroit SO - Jarvi | CHAN 9390 | Chandos | £4.99 |
| ISSAC STERN A LIFE IN MUSIC VOL.10 - PROKOFIEV: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. BARTOK: Rhapsodies for Violin & Orchestra Nos. 1* & 2* | I Stern (violin), NYPO - Mehta/*Bernstein | SMK 64503 | Sony | £3.99 |
| HANNIBAL: African Portraits | Griot, Eye Plus One Drummers, African Drummers, Gospel Singer, Jevetta Steele, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Blues Singer, Hannibal Lokumbe Quartet, Barton Green (tenor), Abbema (baritone), Jones (baritone), Smith (boy sop), Morgan State University Choir, Keenedy-King College Community Chorus, Doris Ward Workshop Chorale, CSO - Barenboim | 4509-98802-2 | Teldec | £3.49 |
| RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead. STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947 Version) | BBC Scottish SO - Maksymiuk | BBC MM107 | BBC | £1.99 |
| LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - WALTON: Crown Imperial, Orb & Sceptre. PARRY: Jerusalem, I was glad when they said unto me. ELGAR: Nimrod, Pomp & Circumstance March No.1. HENRY WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs. ARNOLD: Tam O'Shanter Overture. | English Northern Philh, Leeds Festival Chorus - P Daniel | 8.553981 | Naxos | £2.49 |
| WALTON: Portsmouth Point. BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes. MUSSORGSKY (orch Shostakovich): Prelude to Khovanshchina. LYADOV: Kikimora. STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring | BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Atherton | BBC MM 135 | BBC Music | £1.49 |
| WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Suite. SAINT-SAENS: La princesse jaune Overture*. BAX: Tintagel**.GERSHWIN: Girl Crazy Overture+. DAVID SAWER: Songs of Love & War++. McGUIRE: Calgacus+++ | BBC NO of Wales - Wigglesworth, *BBC Concert Orchestra - Serebrier, **BBC SO - A Davis, +BBCPO - Tortelier, ++BBC Singers, Tunstall, Morris (harp), Limbric Wright (percussion) - Cleobury, +++Wallace (bagpipes), BBC Scottish SO - Vanska | BBC MM 63 | BBC Music | £1.99 |
| NIELSEN: Symphony No.2. (Live Sheldonian 20/04/91). SIBELIUS: Symphony No.5* (Proms 92) | BBC SO - A Davis/*M Bamert | BBC MM 103 | BBC Music | £1.99 |
| IBERT: Divertissement. FAURE: Dolly Suite. DEBUSSY: Danse sacree et danse profane. RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin | ASMF - Marriner | CD DCA 517 | ASV | £1.99 |
| WALTON: Symphony No.2. SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2* | BBC Scottish SO - Brabbins/*Maksymiuk | BBC MM 139 | BBC | £1.49 |
| R STRAUSS: Don Quixote. SCUMANN: Cello Concerto* (Remastered for Great Recordings of the Century) | Rostropovich (cello), BPO - Karajan, *Orchestre National De France - Bernstein | CDM 5 66913 2 | EMI Great Recordings | £3.99 |
| BRITTEN: Simple Symphony. ELGAR: Serenade for Strings. BARTOK: Divertimento. RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No.3 | Sovak CO - Warchal | CLG 7111 | Classical Gallery | £1.49 |
| ADAM: Giselle Suite. GOUNOD: Faust Ballet Music DELIBES: Lakme (Airs de danse). PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda - Dance of the Hours. WEBER: Invitation to the Dance | CSR SO - Lenard | 8.550081 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.4. SCHUBERT: Symphony No.3. JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 | RTSI Orchestra - Sawallisch | 12035-2 | Ermitage | £1.99 |
| CARMEN: Bizet Suite No.1. FAURE: Dolly Suite, Pavane. DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune*. SAINT-SAENS: Le Rouet d'Omphale Op.31* DELIBES: Le Roi s'amuse Ballet Music* (BEECHAM EDITION) | Orchestra National de l'ORTF/*RPO - Beecham | CDM 7 63379 2 | EMI | £4.99 |
| MARTHA ARGERICH Plays SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto Op.35. HAYDN: Piano Concerto No.11 | Argerich (piano), Wurttemberg CO - Faerber | 439 864-2 | DG | £7.99 |
| Violin Concertos No. 1 by SHOSTAKOVICH & PROKOFIEV. PENGUIN GUIDE *** | Vengerov (violin), LSO - Rostropovich | 4509-92256-2 | Teldec | £4.99 |
| HARTMANN: Symphony No.6. WEBERN: Six Pieces for Orchestra Op.6. BERG: 3 Pieces for Orch Op.6 (DELETION; HARTMANN ONLY AVAILABLE IN BOX SET) | Bamberg SO - Metzmacher | CDC 5 55612 2 | EMI | £5.99 |
CURZON Plays BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.1. FRANCK: Symphonic Variations*. LITOLFF: Scherzo* (DELETION) |
Curzon (piano), LSO - Szell, *LPO - Boult | 425 082-2 | DeccaClassicSound | £4.99 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No.4. BLISS: Checkmate Suite*. ELGAR: Froissart Overture** (rec. 24.08.1973, Royal Albert Hall 15.09.1973 & Royal Albert Hall 03.08.1968) |
BBC Scottish SO - Del Mar, *BBC SO - Del Mar, **BBC SO - Arnold | BBC MM80 | BBC | £1.99 |
ARGERICH Plays PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto Nos.1 & 3. BARTOK: Piano Concerto No.3 (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) |
Argerich (piano), Montreal SO - Dutoit | CDC 5 56654 2 | EMI | £4.99 |
| FRENCH OVERTURES - ADAM: IF I Were King. AUBER: The Crown Diamonds, The Bronze Horse, Masaniello. OFFENBACH: La vie parisienne, La belle Helene. CHABRIER: Fete Polonaise, Danse slave. GOUNOD: Ainsi que la brise | Polish NRO/Czech-Slovak RSO - Hayman | 8.550473 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| GLADIATOR - Music by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard | The Lyndhurst Orchestra | 467 094-2 | Decca | £2.99 |
| ELGAR: The Spanish Lady Suite. WARLOCK: Capriol Suite. FINZI: Prelude Op.25, Romance Op.11. IRELAND: Minuet from A Downland Suite. WALTON: Passacaglia and Touch her soft lips and part. DELIUS: Two Aquarelles. HOLST: St Pauls Suite. DELETION | Guildhall String Ensemble | RD87761 | RCA | £6.99 |
| JAMES MACMILLAN: The Exorcism of Rio Sumpul. WILLIAM SWEENEY (b.1950): El Pueblo*. LYELL CRESSWELL (b.1944): Passacaglia (DELETION) | Parago Ensemble - David Davies, *with Quinn (bass) | CCD 1031 | Continuum | £5.99 |
| TAKEMITSU: Toward the Sea II for alto Flute Harp and Strings. PENDERECKI: Flute Concerto. SALLINEN: Flute Concerto Op.70 | Alanko (flute), Tapiola Sinfonietta - Kamu | 8.554185 | Naxos | £2.75 |
| CPE BACH: Flute Concerto Wq22. JC BACH: FLute Concerto in D | Jurkovic (flute), Slovak CO - Warchal | 2671662 | Point | £1.99 |
| CHABRIER: Espana. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol. GRANADOS: Andaluza. MOSZKOWSKI: Spanish Dances Book I Op.12. DEBUSSY: Images pour orchestre* (Remastered for Decca Legends) | LSO/*Suisse Romande - Argenta | 466 378-2 | Decca Legends | £4.49 |
ROSSINI: Ballet Music from Le Siege de Corinthe, Moise, Guillaume Tell & Otello. DONIZETTI: Ballet Music from La Favorite, Les Martyrs, Dom Sebastien & L'assedio di Calais [2 CD SET] PG*** STILL SEALED (DELETION) |
Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo/Philharmonia - Antonio de Almeida | 442 553-2 | Philips Duo | £7.99 |
| BRAHMS: Symphony No.2. MARTINU: Frescoes Of Piero Della Francesca | BBC SO - Belohlavek | BBCMM84 | BBC | £1.99 |
| GLASS: Violin Concerto. SCHNITTKE: Concerto Grosso No.5 for Violin Invisible Piano & Orchestra (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) | Kremer (vn), Keuschnig (piano), VPO - Dohnanyi | 437 091-2 | DG | £5.99 |
| CHRISTOPHER ROUSE (b.1949): Guitar Concerto. TAN DUN (b.1957): Guitar Concerto | Isbin (guitar), Gulbenkin Orchestra - Tang | 8573-81830-2 | Teldec | £5.99 |
| BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5. BRAHMS: Violin Concerto Op.77 | Chung (violin), VPO - Rattle | CDC 5 57165 2 | EMI | £2.75 |
GINASTERA: Violin Concerto. BARTOK: Sonata for Solo Violin* (DELETION) |
Accardo (violin), Hopkins Centre Orchestra - Bonaventura, *Lee (piano) | CDS 110 | Dynamic | £4.99 |
| STOKOWSKI TRANSCRIPTIONS - BOCCHERINI: Minuet. BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata - First Movement. CHOPIN: Prelude in E minor. FRANCK: Panis Angelicus. TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, At the Ball*. DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune, La Cathedrale Engloutie. RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C sharp minor. JS BACH: Sheep May Safely Graze, Wachet Auf, Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, Toccata and Fugue in D minor (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) | The Philadelphia Orchestra - Sawallisch, *Lipovsek (mezzo) | CDC 5 55592 2 | EMI | £5.99 |
| DVORAK: Piano Concerto. SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No.2* | Mulzer (piano), Munich SO - Pitamic, *Tomsic (piano), Slovenian SO - Nanut | CLG 7074 | Classical Gallery | £2.25 |
| BOULT conducts SCHUBERT: Symphony No.8. BIZET: Jeux d'enfants. RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2. SIBELIUS: Symphony No.7* (rec. 30.07.1964 Ryl Albert Hall & 8.03.1963 RFH Sibelius)) | Philharmonia/*RPO - Boult | BBCL 4039-2 | BBC Legends | £6.99 |
| SCRIABIN: Prometheus. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.4 | Philadelphia - Muti | 5 73245 2 | EMI | £2.25 |
CARTER: Symphony of Three Orchestras*. VARESE: Deserts, Ecuatorial**, Hyperprism |
Ensemble Intercontemporain - Boulez, *with Choeurs de Radio France, **NYPO - Boulez | SMK 68334 | Sony | £4.99 |
| BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto. BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto No.3 in G* | Trio Zingara, ECO - Heath, Schmidt (vc), ECO - Heath | MCAD-25878 | MCA | £2.49 |
| BRAHMS: Double Concerto. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.3* | Batiashvili (vn), Gerhardt (vc), BBC PO - Tortelier, *Wass (pno), BBC PO - Sinaisky | BBC MM221 | BBC | £1.49 |
| JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, The Chairman Dances*, Harmonium**. LOUIS ANDRIESSEN: De Snelheid*** | BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Elder/**Llewellyn, *BBC Concert Orchestra - Wordsworth, ***ASKO Ensemble - Knussen | BBC MM 222 | BBC | £2.75 |
| Crocodile Dundee - Original Motion Picture Score by Peter Best | Orchestra - Best | CD 009 | Silva Screen | £4.49 |
JAMES LEVINE (A Celebration in Music - Limited Edition) PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5. BARTOK: Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta. MOZART Symphony No.35 'Haffner'* BRAHMS: Symphony No.1*. SMETANA: Bartered Bride Overture*. SIBELIUS: Symphony No.4**. SCHOENBERG: Verklarte Nacht**. WEBERN: 6 Pieces for Orchestra Op.6**. STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring***. R STRAUSS: Tod und Verkalrung***. WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude & Liebestod [4 CD SET] |
CSO/*VPO/**BPO/***The MET Orchestra - Levine | 474 485-2 | DG | £8.99 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto. LALO: Symphonie Espagnole. | Mischa Elman (violin), Vienna State Opera Orchestra - Golschmann | 08 8034 71 | Vanguard | £4.99 |
| PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No.1. TARTINI: Violin Concerto in D minor* | Czerkow (vn), Munich SO - Capec, *Zwicker (violin), Camerata Romana - Duvier | CD 160 161 | Pilz | £1.49 |
| FRANCK: Symphony in D. CHAUSSON: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer. | Roocroft (sop), BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Otaka/Atherton | BBC MM96 | BBC | £0.99 |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Three Colloquies for Horn and Orchestra. GEORGE CRUMB: A Haunted Landscape* |
NYPO - Mehta/*Weisberg, with Myers (horn) | NW 326-2 | New World | £6.99 |
HODDINOTT: Clarinet Concerto No.2. McCABE: Clarinet Concerto. HARPER: Clarinet Concerto (1982). MACONCHY: Clarinet Concertino |
Hilton (clarinet), BBC Scottish SO - Gamba | CC0034 | Clarinet Classics | £7.99 |
FRED LERDHAL (b.1943): Waves. BOLCOM: Orphee Serenade. JACOB DRUCKMAN (b.1928): Nor Spell Nor Charm. GANDOLFI (b.1956): Points of Departure (DELETION) |
Orpheus CO | 435 389-2 | DG | £6.99 |
| BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture. DVORAK: Slavonic Dances Op.46 Nos. 1 & 3. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No.3. SATIE: Gymnopedie No.3. RAVEL: Ma Mere l'Oye - La hardin feerique. MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - The Great Gate of Kiev. ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March Op.39/4. MAHLER: Symphony No.10 - Scherzo. BRAHMS: Symphony No.3 - Allegro*. MOZART: Symphony No.29 - Minuet and Trio*.MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture*. SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2 - Allegretto* MOZART: Clarinet Concerto - Finale**. VERDI: Requiem - Sanctus**. HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No.1 - Finale**. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5 - Allegro con brio*** [2 CD SET] | BPO - Rattle/*Karajan/**Abbado/***Nikisch with Meyer (cl) | BP 1&2 | EMI | £2.99 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations, Nocturne Op.19/4, Pezzo Capriccioso. BRUCH: Kol Nidrei. BLOCH: Schelomo. | Kliegel (cello), NSO of Ireland - Markson | 8.550519 | Naxos | £2.99 |
| SIR GEORG SOLTI (A Celebration of His Life in Music) Recorded love at the Royal Albert Hall 18.10.1998. BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture. MOZART: Laudamus te*, Voi che sapete*. TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto**. VERDI: Pace pace mio Mio!***. PUCCINI: O mio babbion caro*** WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Closing Scene (deletion) | LPO - Mehta, *with Von Otter, ***Gheorghiu (sop), **Vengerov (vn), LPO - Rostropovich | 466 000-2 | Decca | £2.99 |
IDA HAENDEL Plays ELGAR: Violin Concerto*. BACH Partita No.2 in D minor BWV1004 - Chaconne |
Ida Haendel (violin), *with LPO - Boult | SBT 1146 | Testament | £6.99 |
| FRANCK: Symphony in D, Symphonic Variations* D'INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air** | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise - Cluytens, **Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire - Cluytens, *with Ciccolini (piano) | SBT 1237 | Testament | £5.99 |
| BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.2 SCHUMANN: Introduction and Allegro appassionato Op.92 (still sealed) | Biret (piano), Polish NRSO - Wit | 8.554089 | Naxos | £2.49 |
| SAINT-SAENS: Violin Concerto No.3. WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No.2. PG*** (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) | Perlman (vn), Orchestre de Paris - Barenboim | 410 526-2 | DG | £4.99 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 | Sultanov (piano), LSO - M Shostakovich | 0927 40835 2 | Apex | £1.49 |
| BRITTEN: The Prince of the Pagodas - Suite. McPHEE: Tabuh-Tabuhan - Toccata for Orchestra and Two Pianos*. Balinese Ceremonial Music - Transcribed for Two Pianos**. | BBC SO - Slatkin, *with Burley & Alley (pianos), **McPhee and Britten (pianos) | CHAN10111 | Chandos | £6.99 |
| HARRIS: Symphony No.3. BERNSTEIN: On the Waterfront. COPLAND: Billy the Kid | Dallas SO - Mata | DOR-90170 | Dorian | £4.49 |
ROSSINI/RESPIGHI: La Boutique Fantasque (Complete Ballet). BRITTEN/ROSSINI: Soirees Musicales, Matinees Musicales (DELETION) ORIGINAL CD ISSUE. PG*** "Bonynge goes for sparkle and momentum. The Decca disc has great brilliance and the orchestral colours glitter and glow. Bonynge's exuberance is certainly exhilarating when the sound is so spectacular. The Britten arrangements too are highly engaging" |
NPO - Bonynge | 410 139-2 | Decca | £5.99 |
| PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.1, The Love Of Three Oranges Suite*. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9** | ORTF National Orchestra - Martinon, *Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg - Froment, **Cincinnati SO -Susskind | CCD 47 | Great Composers | £1.99 |
| LISZT (arr. Dreznin): Apres une lecture de Dante for Violin and Strings (Fantasia quasi Sonata). CHIZHIK (b.1947): Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Mozart for Piano, Strings and Percussion. VUSTIN (b.1943): Tango hommage a Gidon for Violin, Strings and Percussion. KANCHELI: Rago Gidon Time for Violin Strings and Piano. BAKSHI (b.1952): The Unanswered Call for Violin Strings and Mobile Phones. PELECIS (b.1947): Meeting with a Friend for Violin and Strings. DUNAYEVSKY: (1900-1955): Circus - Fantasy after the film music | Kamerata Baltica - Kremer (dir/vn) | 474 8012 | DG | £4.99 |
CLIFFORD CURZON (Decca Recordings 1937-1971) Vol.3- SCHUBERT / LISZT: Wanderer Fantasy. MOZART: Piano Quartets Nos.1* & 2*, Piano Concerto No.23**. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1***. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2+. GRIEG: Piano Concerto++. BRAHMS: Piano Concertos Nos.1+++ & 2#. LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor S178, Liebestraum No.3 in A flat S541/3, Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp, S215/1, Gnomenreigen, Berceuse, S170. SCHUBERT Impromptus D899/3 & 4, D935/2, Moments musicaux, D780. BEETHOVEN: 15 Variations and fugue in E flat major on an original theme “Eroica” Op.35 [6 CD SET] DELETION |
Curzon (pno), Queen's Hall Orchestra - Wood, *with Amadeus Qt, **NSO - Neel, ***VPO - Solti, +LPO - Boult, ++LSO - Fjelstad, +++NSO - Jorda, #VPO - Knappertsbusch | 475 6786 | Decca | £24.99 |
| SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No.3. FRANCK: Symphony in D minor*. | Baltimore SO - Comissiona, Minger (org), *Houston SO - Comissiona | 08 6148 71 | Vanguard | £1.75 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden Suite. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.1 | BBC PO - Sinaisky | BBC MM 248 | BBC | £1.49 |
| GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris. BARBER: Adagio*. JOPLIN: The Entertainer**. COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man***. GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite - On the trail+ BERNSTEIN: West Side Story - Symphonic Dances | LSO - Previn (pno/cond), *Philadelphia - Ormandy, **The Labeque Sisters (piano), ***Dallas SO - Mata, +Utah SO - Abravanel, ++Minnesota Orchestra - de Waart | BX 705092 | Disky | £1.49 |
| PROKOFIEV: Cinderella - Suite. TCHIAKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty - Suite* | NSO of Ukraine - Kuchar, *Slovak State PO - Mogrelia, with Brian Cant (narrator) | 8.554610 | Naxos | £2.75 |
| ZWILICH: Flute Concerto. PISTON: Flute Concerto. BERNSTEIN: Halil (1981) DELETION | Dwyer (fl), LSO - Sedares | 3-7142-2 | Koch | £7.99 |
| GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2. LISZT: Symphonic Poems - Orpheus & Mazeppa. (Still Sealed) In gatefold sleeve with reproduction of original LP cover. All first releases on CD | Bamberg SO - Suitner | 477 5482 | DG | £2.25 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto Op.64. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1*. SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella**. KREISLER: Liebesfreud** PG*** "...immensely rewarding and poetic performances, given excellent digital sound" DELETION | Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Philharmonia - Tilson Thomas, *with Chicago SO - Slatkin, **Rivers (piano) | MDK 44902 | CBS | £3.99 |
HEIFETZ Plays LALO: Symphonie Espagnole. SAINT- SAENS: Havanise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op.28. CHAUSSON: Poeme. SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen. PG(***) "Dazzling performances." DELETION |
Heifetz (violin), RCA Victor SO - Steinberg/Solomon (Chausson) | GD87709 | RCA | £4.99 |
| TARTINI: Trumpet Concerto in D. ALBINONI: Trumpet Concerto in B flat, Concerto for Two Trumpets**. VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C*, Trumpet Concerto in A flat. ZIPOLI (1688-1726): Suite in F. BELLINI: Trumpet Concerto in E flat | M Andre (trumpet), Orchestre de Chambre JF Paillard - Paillard, ASMF - Marriner, Franz Liszt CO - Sandor, *with Lagorce (tpt), **L Andre (tpt) | 2292-45062-2 | Erato | £2.49 |
| PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No.1. TARTINI: Violin Concerto in D minor | Czerkow (violin), Camerata Romana - Duvier | CLS 4127 | ZYX Classics | £1.49 |
| ISSAC STERN - A LIFE IN MUSIC VOL.7 - WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No.2. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1. TCHAIKOVSKY: Meditation from Sounvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42/1*, Serenade Melancolique Op.26** (DELETION) | Stern (vn), Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy, *NSO - Rostropovich, **Columbia SO - Brieff | SMK 66830 | Sony | £3.99 |
| Symphonies by LALO and FRANCK. FAURE: Pavane Op.50 (remastered for EMI Great Artists of the Century) | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise - Beecham | 5 62948 2 | EMI | £4.99 |
| CELIBIDACHE Conducts SCHUBERT: 'Unfinished' Symphony. TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite Op.71a (recorded 14.06.1963) DELETION | RTSI Orchestra - Celibidache | ERM 114-2 | Ermitage | £3.49 |
| ALFVEN: Swedish Rhapsody Op.19. GRIEG: Lyric Suite Op.54, Symphonic Dance Op.64 No.3, Norwegian Dances Op.35. SIBELIUS: Karelia Overture. SINDING (arr. Sitt): The Rustle of Spring. SVENDSEN: Norwegian Artist's Carnival | CSSR State PO - Edlinger | 8.550090 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Suite for Saxophone & Orchestra. GLAZUNOV: Concerto for Alto Saxophone. DEBUSSY: Rapsodie arabe for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra. IBERT: Concerino da camera for Alto Saxophone and 11 Instruments. S RAHBARI: Japanese Improvisation for Solo Saxophone | S Rahbari (sax), BRT PO - A Rahbari | 8.554784 | Naxos | £2.49 |
| BRITTEN: Simple Symphony, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. ZORAN ERIC: Cartoon. BRAHMS: 'Wir Wandelten' (arr. M Thomas) (DELETION) | The Kreisler String Orchestra | FACD226 | Factory Records | £2.99 |
| Violin Concertos by SIBELIUS & TCHAIKOVSKY | Josefowicz (violin), ASMF - Marriner | 446 131-2 | Philips | £3.49 |
| BIZET: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite No.1, Carmen Suite No.2 - Chorus of Street Urchins*, Gypsy Song*. DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice**. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol***. CHABRIER: Espana+. DE FALLA: Four Dances from The Three Cornered Hat++ [2 CD SET] DELETION | LSO - Abbado, *Haugue Phiharmonic Orchestra - Van Otterloo, **Boston Pops Orchestra - Fielder, ***BPO - Maazel, +Warsaw PO - Semkow, ++Berlin RSO - Maazel | 413 422-2 | DG | £3.49 |
| LALO: Symphonie Espagnole. SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen. MASSENET: Thais - Meditation* | Mutter (violin), Orchestrre National de France - Ozawa, *BPO - Karajan | 5 74570 2 | EMI | £2.75 |
| KREMER Plays SCHNITTKE: Concerto Grosso (1977). SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (booklet a bit worn, but otherwise fine) DELETION | Kremer (vn), LSO - Rozhdestvensky, with Grindenko (vn) | GD 60957 | RCA | £4.99 |
| MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture. BRIDGE: Seascape from 'The Sea'*. BAX: Mediterranean**, Tintagel***. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: March from Sea Songs+. BRITTEN: Sunday Morning and Storm from 'Peter Grimes'*. BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire Overture. SIBELIUS: The Oceanides | SNO - Gibson, *Ulster Orchestra - Handley, **LPO - Thomson, ***Ulster Orchestra - Thomson, +Bournemouth Sinfonietta - Hurst | CHAN 6538 | Chandos | £2.75 |
| ROSS LE FINNEY (1906-1997): Narrative for Cello and Chamber Orchestra*. EDWIN LONDON (b.1929): BeforeThe World Was Made**. FRANCIS THORNE (b.1922): Symphony No.6 for Strings. (DELETION) | Cleveland Chamber Symphony - London, *with Fischer (cello), **Schadeberg (sop) | TROY 208 | Albany | £5.99 |
| SCHUMANN: Faust Overture. BRAHMS: Symphony No.1 EISLER: Kleine Sinfonie | BBC Scottish SO - Volkov | BBC MM264 | BBC | £1.99 |
| SCHUMANN: Symphony No.1 'Spring'. WEBERN: Symphony Op.21, Five Pieces Op.5 (Edition for Strings). SCHOENBERG: Accompaniment to a Film Scene Op.34 (1930) DELETION | Frankfurt RSO - Inbal | CO-18005 | Denon | £3.99 |
| CABIN FEVER - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Nathan Barr and Angelo Badalamenti | LLLCD 1008 | La-La Land Records | £3.99 | |
| PURCELL: Sonata in D, Trumpet Voluntary. FISCHER (1733-1800): Trumpet Concerto in C. KREBS (1713-1780): Fantaisie in F minor. TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D. HANDEL: Trumpet Concerto in G minor. JS BACH: Trumpet Concerto in F | Andre (tpt), Wurttemberg CO - Faerber, ASMF - Marriner | 4509 92123 2 | Erato | £3.49 |
| ROUSSEL: Symphony No.4, Sinfonietta. MILHAUD: Suite Provencale. DEBUSSY: La Mer | Detroit SO - Jarvi | CHAN 9072 | Chandos | £3.99 |
| GADE (1879-1963): Tango Jalousie*. TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Act II 'Nutcracker'. RAVEL: Ma Mere L'Oye, La Valse (DELETION) | Danish NRSO - Temirkanov, *with Hansen (vn) | CHAN 9799 | Chandos | £3.99 |
| BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn. GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No.1. DVORAK: Carnaval Overture. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Overture | Ulster Orchestra - Handley | CHAN 8767 | Chandos | £2.99 |
| R STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra. RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome*. KHACHATURIAN: Sabre dance from 'Gayaneh'**. RAVEL: Bolero*** | Philharmonia - Maazel, *Philadelphia - Muti, **Hollywood Bowl SO - Felix Slatkin, ***New Philharmonia - Maazel | BX 705052 | Disky | £1.49 |
| RAVEL: La Valse, Bolero. MILHAUD: Suite provencale. DEBUSSY: La Mer | Detroit SO - Jarvi | CHAN 7031 | Chandos | £2.99 |
| CHENGZONG/WANHUA/LIHONG/ZHUANG: The Yellow River Piano Concerto. CHENGZONG: Happy Loso SAN TON: Inner Mongolian Folk Songs. ZUAQIANG/ MINGXIN: The Mermaid Ballet Suite. JIENZHONG: Three Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody. Colourful Clouds (arr. Jienzhong & Chenzong), Red Lillies Crimson and Bright (arr. Jienzhong) | Chengzong (piano), Slovak RSO - Leaper | 8.554499 | Naxos | £2.49 |
BARBER: Serenade for String Orchestra. IRVING FINE: Serious Song. ELLIOTT CARTER: Elegy. DIAMOND: Rounds for String Orchestra. LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra*. BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra*. SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1** & 2**, Verklarte Nacht**. MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time*** [4 CD SET] |
Los Angeles CO - Schwarz, *Royal Stockholm PO - Davis, **COE - Holliger, ***Trio Fontenay, Brunner (clarinet) | 0927 49421 2 | Apex | £7.99 |
| BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 4 & 5. BARTOK: Six Romanian Folk Dances. DVORAK: Slavonic Dances Op.72/2, Op.46 Nos. 2 & 8. LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 3 & 7. ZAMFIR (b.1941): La danse des rivieres sacrees | Zamfir (pan-pipes), Studio Orchestra - Britten | 432 988-2 | Philips | £2.99 |
| MICHAEL GIELEN conducts BARTOK: Piano Concerto No.3. ELLIOTT CARTER: Piano Concerto**. BERG: Three Pieces from the "Lyric Suite" (DELETION) | SWF SO - Gielen, *with Sherman (piano), **Oppens (pno) | 74321 52248 2 | ArteNova | £2.75 |
| LIVE FROM STATE OF THE NATION 2001 (New Works by young composers) JO THOMAS: Wolfie. DAVID HORNE: Broken Instruments. FRASER TRAINER: The Colour of Scars. ROLF HIND: Solgata. LARRY GOVES: Walking Underground. TANSY DAVIES: Small Black Stone. LUKE BEDFORD: Five Abstracts - No.2, 4 & 5. JOE CUTLER: Without Fear of Vertigo. RICHARD AYRES: No.24 Noncerto. PETER BATCHELOR: Steamin’. (Recorded 21-22 April 2001, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London) | London Sinfonietta - Pierre-Andre Valade | NMC D078 | NMC | £5.99 |
| WELSER-MOST Conducts STRAUSS JR: Die Fledermaus Overture. MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.4. BARTOK: Dance Suite. STRAVINSKY: Excerpts from The Firebird (Original Version 1910) | LPO - Welser-Most | CDZ 5 68097 2 | EMI | £2.49 |
| THE VAMPIRE LOVERS - Original Motion Soundtrack by HARRY ROBINSON (digitally restored) | Orchestra - Robsinson | GDICD009 | GDI Records | £4.99 |
| THE BEST OF OPERETTA Vol.2 - J STRAUSS JR: A Night in Venice Overture. KALMAN: Zwei Marchenaugen from The Circus Princess. LEHAR: "O Vaterland" and Vilja - Leid from The Merry Widow. "Gern Hab' Ich Die Frau'n Gekusst" and "Niemand Liebt Dichso Wie Ich" from Paganini. "Einer Wird Kommen" and "Wolgalied (The Czarevich). "Hor' ich Cymbalklange" from Gypsy Love. "Mein Ahnherr War Der Luxemburg" from The Count of Luxembourg. KALMAN: "Auftrittslied Sylva"," Ganz Ohne Weiber", "Machen Wirs Den Schwalben Nach", "Tanzen Mocht'ich" from The Gypsy Princess. STOLZ: "Mein Leibeslied Muss Ein Walzer Sein" from White Horse Inn. "Ich Liebe Alle Frau'n: Ob Blond, Ob Braun" from I Love All Women" | Kertesi and Csonka (sopranos), Berkes (tenor), Hungarian Operetta Orchestra - Kovacs | 8.550942 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| FAMOUS OPERETTA OVERTURES - J STRAUSS JR: Die Fledermaus, The Gypsy Baron, A Night in Venice. SUPPE: Morning Noon and Night in Vienna, Fair Galatea, Light Cavalry. OFFENBACH: La Belle Helene, Orpheus in the Underworld | CzechoSlovak State PO - Walter | 8.550468 | Naxos | £0.99 |
| LIVE FROM THE WIGMORE HALL - HANDEL: Concerto Grosso Op.6 Nos.1 & 10. VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins BWV524, Concerto for Oboe and Violin BWV548. JS BACH: Concerto for Two Violins BWV1043 | Academy of Ancient Music - Beznosiuk (vn/dir), with Rachel Podger (violin), de Bruine (oboe) | WHLIVE0005 | Wigmore Live | £3.99 |
| RAVEL: Piano Concertos. DEBUSSY: Phantasy for Piano and Orchestra* | Queffelec (piano), Strasbourg PO - Lombard, *Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra - Jordan | ECD 55041 | Erato | £3.99 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.2 (original version)*. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.9 (DELETION) | Freiburg PO - Fritzsch, *with Andreas Boyde (piano) | ATH CD 16 | Athene | £3.99 |
| COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Piano (premiere recording of original version). GOULD: Spirituals for Strings. BARBER: Adagio for Strings. WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Symphony No.5 | I Musici de Montreal - Turovsky, with C Neidich (clarinet) | CHAN 9849 | Chandos | £4.99 |
| CHERKASSKY Plays TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1*. MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibtion. CHERKASSKY: Prelude Pathetique. (rec. Royal Festival Hall 30.01.1968 & Wigmore Hall 20.02.1982) | Cherkassky (piano), *with LSO - Solti | BBCL 4160-2 | BBC Legends | £5.99 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1* | Menuhin (violin), LSO - Burgos/*Boult | CDE 7 67767 2 | EMI | £2.75 |
| ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville Overture, William Tell Overture#. J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Overture*. MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture*, A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture**. SUPPE: Poet and Peasant Overture+ SCHUBERT: Rosamunde Overture++. MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture+++. | Philharmonia - Giulini, *BPO - Karajan, **Philharmonia - Wallberg, +RPO - Beecham, ++RPO - Kletzki, +++ASMF - Marriner, #Philharmonia - Muti | CDE 5 68128 2 | EMI | £2.75 |
EZRA LADERMAN: Concerto for Orchestra. BRITTEN: Diversions on a Theme for Piano and Orchestra Op.21* (DELETION) |
Baltimore SO - Comissiona, *with Leon Fleisher | PHCD 122 | Phoenix | £4.99 |
| SLAVA 75 (The Offical 75th Birthday Edition) - HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto*. DVORAK: Cello Concerto**, Symphony No.9***. GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmilla (first release on CD)+, Valse-fantaisie (first release on CD)+. BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia (first release on CD)+. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.8++ JS BACH: Cello Suite No.3 [4 CD SET] | ASMF - Rostropovich (cello and director), *Oistrakh (vn), Rostropovich (cello), Richter (piano), BPO - Karajan, **Rostropovich (cello), LPO - Giulini, ***LPO - Rostropovich, +Orchestre de Paris - Rostropovich, ++NSO - Rostropovich | CMS 5 67807 2 | EMI | £9.99 |
| BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto "Emperor". GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F* (rec. Ulster Hall, 29.01.1992 & Royal Albert Hall 14.09.1985) | Cherkassky (piano), BBC Scottish SO - Zollman, *with BBC SO - Handley | BBCL 4231-2 | BBC Legends | £6.99 |
| When You Wish Upon A Star (A Salute to Walt Disney) SHERMAN: The Happiest Millionaire - Selections, Disney Salute, Mary Poppins - Selections, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Selections, It's A Small World. BRUNS: Davy Crockett. WASHINHTON/HARLINE: Pinocchio - Selections. MANCINI: The Great Mouse Detective. WASHINGTON: When You Wish Upon A Star. CHURCHILL: Snow White - Selections | Richard Hayman and His Orchestra | 8.990032 | Naxos | £2.99 |
| KHACHATURIAN: Gayane - Sabre Dance, Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Masquerade - Waltz. GLIERE: The Red Poppy - Coolies Dance, Phoenix - Adagio, Dance of the Chinese Women, Russian Sailors' Dance. GLAZUNOV*: Raymonda - Grande Valse - Pizzicato - Reprise de la valse, Prelude et La Romanesca, Scene mimique, Grand adagio, Grand pas espagnol. SHOSTAKOVICH: Age of Gold - Polka**. PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet*** - Morning Dance, Masks, Montagues and Capulets, Departure of the Guests, Balcony Scene, Romeo's Variation, Love Dance, Act II Finale | St Petersburg State SO - Anichanov, *Moscow SO - Anissimov, **New Zealand SO - Lyndon Gee, ***NSO of Ukraine - Mogrelia | 8.554063 | Naxos | £1.99 |
| STRAVINSKY: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra, Fnafare for a New Theatre, Lied ohne Name for Two Bassoons, Pastorale (1923), Three Songs from William Shakespeare*, Aria and Cabaletta from The Rake's Preogress*. BRITTEN: Sinfonietta Op.1. TIPPETT: Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round'. | Kammerorchester Basel - Hogwood, *with Kirkby (sop) | 74321 92650 2 | ArteNova | £3.25 |
| VERDI:Vespri Siciliani Overture. La Traviata – Preludes to Act I & Act III. La Forza del Destino Overture. Nabucco Overture. Aida – Prelude to Act I. BELLINI: Norma Overture. Norma - Prelude to Act II. ROSSINI: La Cenerentola Overture. DONIZETTI: Linda di Chamounix Overture. Don Pasquale Overture. (rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 19 February 1959. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 27 February 1959/ 16 April 1961. Teatro alla scala, Milan, 5-12 September 1960, Remastered) STILL SEALED | RPO/ Philharmonia/ Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala - Serafin | MM008-2 | Medici Arts | £4.99 |
| IRISH RHAPSODY - Irish Suite (Arr. Leroy Anderson). George M Cohen Medley An Old Fashioned Sing-Along. Macnamara's Band (arr. Hayman). VICTOR HERBERT: Irish Rhapsody, The Irish Have a Great Day Tonight. TRAD: Irish Tune from County Derry. Sing-Along Medley (arr. Hayman) | Richard Hayman and His Orchestra | 8.990018 | Naxos | £2.99 |
| STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (original 1911 ballet version), Agon, Fireworks. BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra, The Miraculous Mandarin (complete ballet) [2 CD SET] DELETION | Melbourne SO - Iwaki | VBD 5 61754 2 | Virgin | £3.99 |
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition. BORODIN: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. |
Berliner Philharmoniker - Simon Rattle. | 5 17582 2 | EMI | £4.99 |
BEETHOVEN: Concerto Movement for Violin and Chamber Orchestra WoO5, Romance Op.40. SCHUBERT: Polonaise for Violin and Small Orchestra D580, Konzertstuck in D fo Violin accompanied by String Quartet, 2 Oboes, 2 Trumpets and Timpani D345, Rondo for Violin accompanied by String Quartet D438. PG*** "..beautifully played and splendidly recorded"(DELETION) |
Kremer (violin), LSO - Tchakarov | 431 168-2 | DG | £5.99 |
| SAINT-SAENS: The Carnival of the Animals. BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf. (DELETION) | RPO - Stapleton, Aled Jones (narrator in Prokofiev and Britten) | DDD 502 | Boots | £2.99 |
| MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 SCHUMANN Violin Concerto D minor. Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - February 2005 Classic FM Best Buy - December 2004. PG***"The lightness and resilience of Capucon's playing matched by the transparent textures of the Mahler CO instantly establish the distinctive character of his version. The chamber scale works well, although Capucon's formidable virtuosity ensures that there is no feeling of a small scale performance..an outstanding version of an apt and rare coupling" | Renaud Capucon (violin), Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Daniel Harding | VC 5 45663 2 | Virgin | £4.99 |
| ARNE: Organ Concerto No.3. JOHN STANLEY: Organ Concerto No.10. HANDEL: Organ Concerto Op.7/4. CHARLES WESLEY: Organ Concerto No.4 (DELETION) | Gerard Brooks (organ), Langham Sinfonia - Tredinnick | PRCD 439 | Priory | £5.99 |
| ZUBIN MEHTA (THE DECCA YEARS) - HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto*. WEBER: Clarinet Concertino Op.26**. WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise de Concert Op.4***, Scherzo Tarantelle Op.16***. VIVALDI: Piccolo Concerto in A minor. BLOCH: Schelomo+ (DELETION) | LAPO - Mehta, *with Stevens (tpt), **Zukovsky (cl), ***Dicterow (violin), +Starker (cello), IPO - Mehta | 466 683-2 | Decca | £3.49 |
| MAHLER: Symphony No.9. BRAHMS: A German Requiem* [2 CD SET] Rec. London 22.10.1972 & 20.07.1973, remastered (DELETION) | BBC SO - Boulez, *with Harper (sop), Prey (bar), BBC Symphony Chorus | HR 4493/94 | Memories | £7.99 |
| LALO: Symphonie Espagnole*. SAINT-SAENS: Danse Macabre. CHABRIER: Espana. DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. IBERT: Escales (DELETION) | Philadelphia - Ormandy, *Meyers (violin), RPO - Lopez Cobos | 74321 24213 2 | RCA | £3.25 |
| MUSIC IN PARIS in the 1920s - HONEGGER: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra. TAILLEFERRE: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra*. SATIE: Parade**. POULENC: Les biches**. MILHAUD: Le boeuf sur le toit** (DELETION) | Klien (piano), Pro Musica Orchestra - Hollreiser, *Marciano (piano), Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg - de Froment, **Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg - de Froment | ACD 8157 | Vox | £4.49 |
| BERNSTEIN: Prelude Fugue and Riffs for Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble. GORFE: Grand Canyon Suite*. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofe)**, An American in Paris+. PG*** | Benny Goodman (cl), Columbia Jazz Combo - Bernstein, *NYPO - Bernstein, with John Corigiliano (violin), **Columbia SO - Bernstein (cond/pno), +NYPO-Bernstein | 516234 2 | Sony | £3.49 |
| MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. R STRAUSS: Notturno Op.44/1 | Linda Finnie (mezzo), RSNO - Jarvi | CHAN 9545 | Chandos | £3.99 |
| IRELAND: Piano Concerto (rec. BBC Proms 22.08.1993) Epic March (rec. BBC Proms 1942)*. WALTON: Viola Concerto (rec. BBC Proms 04.08.1994)**. GUTO PRYDERI PUW (b.1971): ...onyt agoraf y drws...(..unless I open the door...) (rec. BBC Proms 09.08.2007)*** | Stott (piano), BBC SO - A Davis, *LPO - Wood, **BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Otaka, ***BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Atherton | BBC MM295 | BBC | £2.99 |
| ROY HARRIS: Symphony No.3 (rec. BBC Studios 02.11.2000). COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (rec. Ulster Hall, Belfast 30.11.2001)*, Clarinet Concerto (rec. BBC Studios 13.04.2000)**. IVES: Central Park in the Dark (rec. Barbican London 16.01.2004)*** | BBC SO - Llewellyn, *Ulster Orchestra - Thierry Fischer, **Plane (cl), BBC NO of Wales - Stern, ***BBC SO - Foster | BBC MM272 | BBC | £2.99 |
| ZARA NELSOVA Plays LALO: Cello Concerto. SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No.1. BLOCH: Schelomo* | Nelsova (cello), LPO - Boult/*Ansermet | SBT 1361 | Testament | £6.99 |
| HAITINK Conducts ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro Op.47, Enigma Variations. BRITTEN: Our Hunting Fathers Op.8* Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - May 2005 | LPO - Haitink, *with Harper (sop) | LPO 0002 | LPO Live | £3.99 |
| WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Symphony No.5. MORTON GOULD: Spirituals for Strings. COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Piano (premiere recording of original version) | I Musici de Montreal - Turovsky, with Charles Neidich (cl) | CHAN 9848 | Chandos | £5.99 |
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7. ROSSINI: L’Italiana in Algeri – Sinfonia. WILMS: Rondo from Sinfonia a grand orchestra. WEBER: Adagio from Clarinet Concerto No.1 [SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players] |
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, with Acs (cl) | CCS SA 25207 | Channel Classics | £5.99 |
WEBER: Euryanthe Overture TIPPETT: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 (rec. BBC Studios 11.04.1971 & Royal Festival Hall London 14.04.1971 (Tippett & Brahms) |
BBC SO - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | BBCL 4235-2 | BBC Legends | £5.99 |
| DVORAK: Cello Concerto. ELGAR: Cello Concerto*. VIVALDI: Cello Concertos RV413** & RV417**. HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1*** & 2***. MONN: Cello Concerto in G minor+. SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto++. SAINT-SAENS: Cello Concerto No.1+++. BRUCH: Kol Nidrei Op.47# [3 CD SET] | Gutman (vc), Philadelphia - Sawallisch, *Cohen (vc), LPO - Del Mar, **Harrell (vc), ECO - Zuckerman, ***Tortelier (vc), Wurttemberg CO - Faerber, +Du Pre (vc), LSO - Barbirolli, ++Gutman (vc), LPO - Masur, +++ Tortelier (vc), CBSO - Fremaux, #Chang (vc), LSO - Rostropovich | 5 09442 2 | EMI | £5.99 |
| Great Conductors of the Century Vol.25 - ROSSINI: William Tell Overture (Abbey Road 1934). DVORAK: Legend No.2 (Abbey Road 1935). WAGNER: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Die Walkure (Abbey Road 1947 with Furmedge & Field-Hyde (sops), Patriss (contralto), Garside (mezzo), Widdop (bass), Chitty (tenor)). MOZART: Divertimento No.15 - Theme and Variations (Abbey Road 1947). DELIUS: Appalachia (Queen's Hall 1935 with Matthews (bar)). WEBER: Der Freischutz Overture (Queen's Hall 1935). RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No.2 "Antar" (Shepperton Studios 1951). MENDLELSSOHN: Songs without words Nos. 44 & 45 (Abbey Road 1951). TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.4 - (Salle Wagram 1957/Kingsway Hall 1958 (1st movement)). HANDEL (arr. Beecham): Amaryllis Suite - Sarabande (Abbey Road 1949) (all recordings previously unpublished except Tchaikovsky) [2 CD SET] Remastered DELETION | LPO/RPO with Royal Opera Chorus - Beecham | CZS 5 75938 2 | EMI | £8.49 |
| RATTLE Conducts SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.10. BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem*. (DELETION) | Philharmonia/*CBSO - Rattle | CDM 7 64870 2 | EMI | £3.49 |
| MUSTONEN Conducts HINDEMITH: The Four Temperaments - Theme and Variations for Piano and String Orchestra. SIBELIUS: Symphony No.3 | Helsinki PO - Olli Mustonen (piano/cond) | ODE 1022-2 | Ondine | £6.99 |
HARTMANN: Concerto Funebre. SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto Op.35 (DELETION) |
Christine Edinger (violin), Kattowice RSO - Penderecki | CTH 2057 | Thorofon | £4.99 |
S RICHTER Plays Piano Concertos by SCHUMANN and GRIEG (recorded 1974) DELETION |
Richter (piano), Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo - Von Matacic | 501062 | Olympia | £6.99 |
HEIFETZ Plays BRAHMS: Double Concerto. JS BACH: Concerto for Two Violins BWV1043*. MOZART: Sifonia Concertante K364** [SACD, playable on SACD and CD Players] |
Heifetz (violin), Piatigorsky (cello), RCA Victor SO - Wallenstein, *Heifetz and Friedman (violins), New SO of London - Sargent, **Heifetz (violin), Primrose (viola), RCA Victor SO - Solomon | 88697 04605 2 | RCA Living Stereo | £4.99 |
MICHELANGELI Plays GRIEG: Piano Concerto*. DEBUSSY: Preludes Book I (rec. Royal Festival Hall, London 17.06.1965 & 12.04.1982) |
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), *with New Philharmonia - De Burgos | BBCL 4043-2 | BBC Legends | £5.99 |
MALIPIERO: Ricercari per undici instrumenti (1925). CASELLA: Scarlattiana - Divertimento on Music of Scarlatti for Piano and Orchestra*. STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite (1922) |
Kammerorchester Basel - Hogwood, *with Spiri (piano) | 74321 92765 2 | ArteNova | £3.49 |
| KARAJAN Conducts WALDTEUFEL: Skaters' Waltz. J STRAUSS II: Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Thunder and Lightning Polka. J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March. SUPPE: Light Cavalry Overture. CHABRIER: Espana, Marche Joyeuse. WEINBERGER: Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka. OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture. BERLIOZ: Roman Carnaval Overture. LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci - Intermezzo. BORODIN: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances. (Remastered for Karajan Collection) Crease on back cover | Philharmonia - Karajan | 4 76900 2 | EMI | £3.99 |
| SUK: Serenade for Strings. DVORAK: Serenade for Strings. | Suk Chamber Orchestra - Josef Suk | 10 4136-2 | Supraphon | £3.99 |
JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No.2 "Hungarian". BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (cadenza by Joachim with bonus tack of cadenza by Rachel Barton) [2 CD SET] |
Rachel Barton (violin), Chicago SO - Kalmar | CDR 90000 068 | Cedille | £4.99 |
| KEMPE Conducts DVORAK: Symphony No.9. PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges - Symphonic Suite Op.33. BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No.3(rec. Royal Albert Hall, 29.08.1975 and 27.08.1975) Penguin Guide Rosette - December 2008 | BBC SO - Kempe | BBCL 4056-2 | BBC Legends | £6.99 |
EUGENE ORMANDY (The Original Jacket Collection) - RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade. RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2, Vocalise. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5, Serenade for Strings, Violin Concerto*. BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra, Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Two Pictures. MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto*. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1**. The Bach Album - JS BACH: Toccata and Fugue BWV565 (arr. Ormandy), Arioso (arr. Smith), Little Suite from The Anna Magdalena Notebook (arr. Frost), A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (arr. Harris), Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Cailliet), Fugue in G minor "The Little" (arr. Smith), Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (trans. Ormandy) Preludium in E (arr. Kreisler/Smith), Air on the G String, Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Walton), Come Sweet Death (arr. Taynton), Sleepers Awake (arr. Ormandy), Toccata Adagio and Fugue BWV564. JC BACH: Sinfonias for Double Orchestra Op.18 Nos. 1 & 3. WF BACH: Sinfonia in D minor for Two Flutes and String F65. CPE BACH (arr. Steinberg): Concerto for Orchestra in D. BORODIN: Nocturne for String Orchestra (arr. Sargent). MASCAGNI: Intermezzo. TRAD: Londonderry Air (arr. Harris). BARBER: Adagio for Strings. MASSENET: Elegie. TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile (arr. Frost). SIBELIUS: Valse Triste. GRIEG: Nocturne from Lyric Suite, The Last Spring from Two Elegiac Melodies. MACDOWELL: To A Wild Rose (arr. Frost). VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Greensleeves, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis [10 CD SET] |
Philadelphia - Ormandy, with *Isaac Stern (violin), **Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) | 8697 27987 2 | Sony | £18.99 |
| BOULT Conducts BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.6 (rec. Abbery Road 1977). MOZART: Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" (rec. Abbey Road 1974) | LPO - Boult | MM019-2 | Medici Arts | £4.99 |
MARJAN MOZETICH (b.1948): Affairs of the Heart - Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra. ELENA LANGER (b.1974): Platch for Violin and String Orchestra (world premiere recording)*. SCHNITTKE: Concerto for Three** |
Roman Mints (violin), New Prague Sinfonia - Toms, *with West Kazakhstan PO - Toms, **Mints (violin), Rysanov (viola), Blaumane (cello), West Kazakhstan PO - Toms | QTZ 2052 | Quartz | £6.99 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade. STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale [SACD, playable on CD and SACD Players] | Chicago SO - Reiner | 82876 66377 2 | RCA Living Stereo | £5.99 |
| BERNSTEIN: Wonderful Town Overture*, Prelude, Fugue & Riffs. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Orch. Grofé), Summertime+, It Ain't Necessarily So+. ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine++. BERNARD/BLACK: Dardanella. DONALDSON/KAHN: Makin' Whoopee! McPHAIL/MICHELS: San. STRAVINSKY: Ebony Concerto - Moderato. STRAYHORN (orch/arr.Henderson) Take the 'A' Train**. ELLINGTON (orch/arr.Henderson) : Sophisticated Lady**, That Doo-wah Thing**. (DELETION) | London Sinfonietta - Rattle with Collins (cl), Donohoe (piano), *Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Rattle, **Terry (tpt), Watson (alto sax), Redman (tenor sax), Lovano (tenor sax), Carter (vn), Allen (piano), Hash (drums), Washington (bass), CBSO - Rattle, +Blackwell (clara), Evans, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, LPO - Rattle, ++CBSO - Rattle | 5 57691 2 | EMI | £3.99 |
| THE ART OF JULIUS KATCHEN VOL.2 - BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4, Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra. MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 13*, 20** and 25**, Piano Sonata K331 [2 CD SET] | Katchen (piano), LSO & Chorus - Gamba, *with New SO of London - Maag, **with Stuttgart CO - Munchinger | 460 825-2 | Decca | £6.99 |
| DOHNANYI: Violin Concerto No.2. BARTOK: Violin Concerto No.2 (DELETION) | Mark Kaplan (violin), Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelonia i Nacional de Catalunya - Foster | 3-7387-2 | Koch | £6.99 |
| BORODIN: Symphony No.1. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.2 'Little Russian'. PG*** | Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Rasilainen | 0927 40597 2 | Apex | £2.99 |
| ROZHDESTVENSKY Conducts BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique Op.14. TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (rec. Royal Albert Hall 09.09.1971 & Edinburgh 09.09.1960) | Leningrad PO - Rozhdestvensky | BBCL 4163-2 | BBC Legends | £6.99 |
| MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibiton, A Night on the Bare Mountain. BORODIN: Overture and Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade*.TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest** [2 CD SET] DELETION | RLPO - Mackerras, *Nolan (vn), LPO - Litton, **Bournemouth SO - Litton | VBD 5 61751 2 | Virgin | £3.99 |
| ROGER SESSIONS Piano concerto. FRANCIS THORNE: Piano Concerto No.3* (back cover a photo copy replacement, otherwise complete) | The New Westchester Philharmonic - Paul Lustig Dunkel, with Robert Taub (piano), *Ursula Oppens (piano) | NW 80443-2 | New World | £7.99 |
| SZELL Conducts PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5. BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra (Inner booklet coming loose from gatefold sleeve, but otherwise fine)DELETION | Cleveland Orchestra - Szell | MHK 63124 | Sony | £4.99 |
| KARAJAN (THE COLUMBIA GOLDEN YEARS) MOZART: Symphony No.39 (rec. July 1955). BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5 (rec. Nov 1954). SCHUBERT: Symphony No.8 (rec. May 1955). BRAHMS: Symphony No.1 (rec. May 1952). BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique (rec. July 1954). TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.4 (July 1954). [3 CD SET] Minor creases on covers, but otherwise fine. (24 bit Digitally Remastered) | Philharmonia - Karajan | URN 22.304 | Urania | £13.99 |
| SOLTI Conducts BRUCKNER: Symhony No.5. SCHOENBERG: Variations Op.31 [2 CD SET] DELETION | CSO - Solti | 425 008-2 | Decca | £8.99 |
| HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. VIVALDI: Cello Concertos RV413* & RV417* | Harrell (cello), ASMF - Marriner, *ECO - Zuckerman | CDZ 4 79520 2 | EMI | £2.99 |
| SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals. PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf. BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Lapsansky & Toperczer (pianos), Czechoslovak RSO - Lenard | 8.550335 | Naxos | £1.99 |
BLOCH: From Jewish Life. TAVENER: Eternal Memory (DELETION) PG*** |
Isserlis (cello), Moscow Virtuosi - Spivakov | 09026 61966 2 | RCA | £3.99 |
VALEN: Violin Concerto. STENHAMMAR: Two Sentimental Romances. SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto*
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Tellefsen (violin), Trondheim SO - Ruud, *RPO - Berglund | PSC1173 | Simax | £7.99 |
GOOSSENS: Oboe Concerto. MARTINU: Oboe Concerto. VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto. MOZART: Oboe Concerto |
Ambrose King (oboe), Janacek PO - Swerling | CACD1035 | Cala | £5.99 |
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4*, Sonatas 30 & 31. BRAHMS: Fantasies Op.116, Intermezzi Op.117, Klavierstücke Op.118, Piano Concerto No.1**. GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F***. RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G***. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2+, Prelude Op.32 no.12, Etude-Tableau Op.33 nos 1, 2 & 9, Variations on a theme of Corelli Op.42. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto++. R STRAUSS: Burleske++ [6 CD SET] |
Helene Grimaud (piano), *with NYPO - Masur, **Berlin Staatskapelle - Sanderling, ***Baltimore SO - Zinman, +Philharmonia - Ashkenazy, ++Deutsches SO Berlin - Zinman | 2564 63265 2 | Warner Classics | £11.99 |
STOKOWSKI Conducts MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bare Mountain. GLINKA: Kamarinskaya. SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude Op.34/14 (arr. Stokowski). STRAVINSKY: Pastorale (arr. Stokowski). SCRIABIN: Le Poeme de l'extase. TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture**. LYADOV: Eight Russian Folk Songs Op.58. BORODIN: Polovtsian Dance with Choir* (DELETION) Royal Festival Hall, London 15.06.1969. |
RPO - Stokowski, *with John Alldis Choir, WNO Chorus, **Band of the Grenadier Guards | BBCL 4069-2 | BBC Legends | £7.99 |
BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTERS - WILLSON: The Music Man. STROUSE: Annie. BART: Oliver. RODGERS: Doe Re Mi (from the Sound of Music). BOCK: Fiddler on the Roof. HAMLISCH: A Chorus Line. SCHOENBERG: Les Miserables, Drink with Me (from Les Miserables). STYNE: Gypsy. BERNSTEIN: West Side Story |
Richard Hayman and His Orchestra | 8.555012 | Naxos | £2.99 |
PROKOFIEV: Summer Day. RODRIGO: Summer Concerto* DELIUS: A Song of Summer**. VIVALDI: Summer from Four Seasons***. R R BENNETT: Summer Music+. READE: The Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite - Summer++ COATES: A Song of Summer+++. ANON: Summer is Icumen In# |
SCO - Serebrier, *Guttman (vn), RPO - Serebrier. **Philharmonia - Arwel Hughes, ***Garcia (vn), ECO, +Smith (fl), Rhodes (pno), ++Johnson (cl), Kanga (hp), +++Rayner Cook (bar), Terroni (pno), #St George's Canzona - Sothcott | CD QS 6114 | ASV | £2.99 |
BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture, On the Town - Three Dance Episodes*. GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess - A Symphonic Picture. BARBER: Adagio for Strings. COPLAND: Billy the Kid* |
LSO - Previn, *St Louis SO - Slatkin | HMV 5 72124 2 | HMV | £2.75 |
SCHOENBERG: Pelleas et Melisande Op.5, Verklarte Nacht Op.4 (version for String Sextet)***. SIBELIUS: Pelleas et Melisande Op.46 - Incidental Music, The Swan of Tuonela*. FAURE: Pelleas et Melisande Op.80 - Incidental Music, Pavane** [2 CD SET] DELETION |
Rotterdam PO - Zinman/**Fournet, *Boston SO - Davis, ***New Vienna Qt, Fuhrlinger (viola), Hiller (cello) | 462 309-2 | Philips | £6.99 |
BEECHAM (The 1959 Royal Festival Hall Concert) Conducts BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.7. ADDISON: Carte blanche. MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina Overture. SAINT-SAENS: Dance of the Priestesses. DEBUSSY: Cortege et air de danse. GOUNOD: Juliet's Dream (with speeches) |
RPO - Beecham | BBCL 4012-2 | BBC Legends | £0.00 |
BARBER: Piano Concerto Op.38. GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F* |
Rushkin (piano), MIT SO - Epstein, *List (piano), Berlin SO - Adler | 1157192 | Vox | £4.49 |
GOLDSCHMIDT: Suite for Orchestra Op.5. ROBERTO GERHARD: Concertino for Strings Op.12. WEILL: Symphony No.2 (DELETION) |
Berlin Kammersymphonie - Bruns | EDA 018-2 | Edition Abseits | £7.99 |
STRAVINSKY: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.4. SCRIABIN: Prometheus* (ORIGINAL CD ISSUE) |
Lubimov (piano), Toronto SO - Saraste, *with Toronto Mendelssohn Choir | 0630-17277-2 | Finlandia | £3.99 |
NONO: Prometeo - Suite 1992 (Excerpts)*. SCRIABIN: Prometheus**. LISZT: Symphonic Poem No.5 'Prometheus' BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus (DELETION) |
BPO - Abbado, *with Ade-Jesemann & Bair-Ivenz (sops), Otto (alto), Hall (tenor), Krumbiegel & Schadock (spkrs), Berliner Singakademie, Solistenchor Freiburg, **Marth Argerich (piano) | SK 53978 | Sony | £7.99 |
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