Béla Bartók: Violin Music, Volume 2

On this CD:

1. Rhapsody, for violin & piano No.2, Sz. 89, BB 96a
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

2. Hungarian Folksongs, for violin & piano (transcribed from "For Children" by Tivadar Országh & Béla Bartók) Part 1
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

3. Hungarian Folksongs, for violin & piano (transcribed from "For Children" by Tivadar Országh & Béla Bartók) Part 2
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

4. Sonatina, for violin & piano (arranged from piano work by Endré Gertler with Bartok's approval) Sz. 55, BB 102a Bagpipes
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

5. Sonatina, for violin & piano (arranged from piano work by Endré Gertler with Bartok's approval) Sz. 55, BB 102a Bear Dance
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

6. Sonatina, for violin & piano (arranged from piano work by Endré Gertler with Bartok's approval) Sz. 55, BB 102a Finale
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

7. Hungarian Folk Tunes, for violin & piano, arranged by Joseph Szigeti and Bela Bartók from "For Children" Part 1
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

8. Hungarian Folk Tunes, for violin & piano, arranged by Joseph Szigeti and Bela Bartók from "For Children" Part 2
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

9. Hungarian Folk Tunes, for violin & piano, arranged by Joseph Szigeti and Bela Bartók from "For Children" Part 3
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

10. Sonata, for violin & piano, No. 1 in C sharp Minor, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21)
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Gusztav Fenyo , Susanne Stanzeleit

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A Life In Music: Isaac Stern, Volume 9
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • A treasured musical document!
  • Isaac Stern perfect, orchestra pathetic
  • Definitive reading of the 2nd Violin Concerto
 A Life In Music: Isaac Stern, Volume 9

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ASIN: B000002A8I
Release Date: 1995-07-25

Tracks:

  1. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 'No. 1': I. Andante sostenuto
  2. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 'No. 1': II. Andante giocoso
  3. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 'No. 2': I. Allegro non troppo
  4. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 'No. 2': II. Andante tranquillo
  5. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra 'No. 2': III. Allegro molto

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A treasured musical document!.......2005-08-31

This album is a true finding. Isaac Stern was not a febrile player of Bartok's violin music like Menuhin, for instance but his encounter with Bernstein who was not a renowned Bartok's director produced a weird and successful chemistry. The complex dissonances and the melodic roughness are performed with leonine skillfulness and artistic feature of that unforgettable violinist: the maestro Isaac Stern!.

1 out of 5 stars Isaac Stern perfect, orchestra pathetic.......2004-04-23

Isaac Stern's playing is superb, indeed incredible and even perfect. So why the bad review?

I'm complaining of two things in particular, namely the playing of the orchestra and the overall sound of the recording. Because the sound of the recording can be summed up very quickly, I'll say that first:

Whoever engineered the sound and the placement of the microphones on this recording should have been fired immedietally after its release, if he or she wasn't. You see, the overall sound of the recording is as though the orchestra has been placed in a tin can, with the microphones and Isaac Stern on the outside; the recording sound is extremely hollow and there are places where the orchestra, even though the whole thing is playing, is virtually inaudibule underneath Stern's thunderously loudly microphoned playing.

Now.. for the orchestra.

Leonard Bernstein was a talented man. His knowledge of music was unending, he was a fantastic composer and he was a fantastic pianist; the charisma in his lectures is rivetting. On the podium, however, his talent lied in his awe-inspiring ability to completely ignore the score. I'm a student of music education, you see, and one of my extreme pet peeves is a performance in which the score is almost totally disregarded in favor of a vulgarly "expressive" interpretation. This you can see in virtually all of Bernstein's recordings of music written after the invention of the metronome, but this performance is the only one I'm concerned with right now.

This is what I did: I checked out my music library's copy of the score of Bartók's second violin concerto to follow along with the recording. Look at this list of balance problems, compiled within the first minute and a half of fifteen in the first movement.

1. Measures 3-6: Horn completely inaudible even though the only other thing going on is pizz. strings.
2. Measures 7-15: Orchestral strings inaudible; basses and 'celli *sensed* but not heard.
3. From entry in measure 9 to end: bassoons completely inaudible, even in soft dynamic levels where only they and clarinets are playing.
4. Measures 10-28: Clarinets completley inaudible.
5. Measures 15-17: Oboes inaudibule.
6. Measures 16-17: Flute sensed, but not heard.
7. Measures 15-21: TIMPANI inaudible!!
8. Measures 31-34: First six or so notes in clarinet heard, but nothing afterward; the scoring is so light at this point this is absurd.
9. Measure 32: Flute sensed, not heard. Again, scording so light that this should not be so.
10: Measures 31-40: Three horns used and light scoring, but inaudible beyond first attack (more like a splatter than an attack)
11: Measures 34-35: First six notes heard in flute run, but EXTREMELY rushed.
12: First climax, measures 43-51: Whole orchestra is used, forte, but only first violins are actually audible. Flutes are in their highest register but still inaudible. Low strings are sensed but not heard. Oboes? Bassoons? Clarinets? Horns, all four of them?! Measure 49 is thinly scored, but bassoons and oboes are only barely discernable. Bass clarinet in high register but inaudible. Canon-like counterpoint in strings, measures 48-51, is swamped by the raucously loud first violins.

All in the first two minutes of the first movement's fifteen!

Is it so much to ask that, in a Bartók recording, I hear all of what Bartók wrote? Ladies and gentlemen, in a fine orchestra like the New York Philharmonic on a fine label like Sony Classical, there is absolutely no excuse for this horrible balance.

I recommend, instead, Pierre Boulez' performance of the same piece on the Deutsche Grammophon label, with Gil Shaham as the soloist. Granted, Boulez is hardly perfect, but you'll hear more of the score than you will under Bernstein or, indeed, any other.

One star for the orchestra and the morons who engineered this recording, five stars for Isaac Stern.

5 out of 5 stars Definitive reading of the 2nd Violin Concerto.......2000-11-12

I had never listened much to Bartok's work before hearing Isaac Stern's recording of the Second Violin Conerto, performed with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. I listened to an old vinyl pressing of the 1958 recording, and through the hiss and pops, came a revealation. The first movement was arresting, full of lyrical, Romantic passages expressed in edgy, Modern tonalities. The second was a divine exercise in contrasts, by turns somber and playful. The third, a robust set of variations that completes the arch begun by the first two movements. Others have played the second conerto with great technical skill, but you can hear the strain of such precision - it exacts a price in warmth, leading to a cold, angular feel. Stern's reading, by contrast, comes across as effortless. He is simply so good that it sounds like he barely has to work at it. The payoff is a solo that penetrates like a confession, an outpouring of bittersweet reverie. Needless to say, I was hooked.

I spotted this CD in Best Buy, of all places. I read the details and discovered that it contained the very same recording that had captivated me years earlier, so I quickly snapped it up. Also on the disc is a 1961 Stern recording of Bartok's First Violin Concerto, with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy. Though no less impressive in its own right, the first concerto is shorter, less ambitious, and more transparently Romantic. Stern and Ormandy handle it deftly.

In all, this is a valuable addition to your collection if you enjoy great 20th-century orchestral music. Buy it because it's Isaac Stern, or buy it because it's Bela Bartok. Either way, buy it.
A Life In Music: Isaac Stern, Volume 10
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Variable in technique, but great musicianship throughout
  • Terrible Bartók
  • Go elsewhere for the Prokofiev
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ASIN: B000002A8J
Release Date: 1995-07-25

Tracks:

  1. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino - Andante assai
  2. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
  3. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato
  4. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato
  5. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai
  6. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 63: III. Allegro ben marcato
  7. Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor: I. Lassu
  8. Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor: II. Friss
  9. Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In D Minor: I. Lassu
  10. Rhapsody For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In D Minor: IIl. Friss

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Variable in technique, but great musicianship throughout.......2007-02-05

There's ample precedent for great violinists whose technique declined later in life but who remained masterful musicians--Szigeti and Menuhin come to mind. Stern wasn't technically near his best when he recorded the two Prokofiev Concertos with Mehta, but he's so full of vigor, warmth, and insight that I couldn't tear myself away. If you are picky about flawless intonation this CD isn't for you, but compared to late Menuhin, nothing that Stern does causes a wince. In spirit the interpretations are witty, lively, and somewhat rambunctious; these qualities are most welcome in comparison to the sterile correctness of many contemporary violinists. You know you're in MOther Russian here, not a NY music school for child prodigies.

Even more so ae we swept to Hungary for the two Bartok Rhapsodies with Bernstein. I had thought that the version recorded by Gil Shaham with Boulez on DG were very good, but they are bloodless compared to what we have here, gypsy fiddling at its most soulful as filtered through Bartok's modernist sensibility. Great cembalon, too, miked up close.

In all, one of Stern's most gratifying and exciting records.

1 out of 5 stars Terrible Bartók.......2005-04-16

Bartók's music is not pretty. It's excellent, yes, but he was too heavily influenced by the folk music of his native Hungary for it to be pretty. It's harsh, it's edgy, and it doesn't help matters when you have a violinist as vibrato-happy as Isaac Stern. Instead of raw, energetic Hungarian folk music, what you get is what sounds like a buzzsaw with a nervous twitch trying to be romantic.

(One of the reasons I cannot stand Isaac Stern--and, in fact, a lot of string soloists and vocalists in general--is that they like to abuse vibrato. Vibrato is a means of expression and, in the same way that too much honey becomes nauseating, it loses its effect when overused and ends up sounding as though the soloist has more of a nervous twitch than anything.)

As for the orchestra, I would seriously like to know what got the previous reviewer thinking that this is exactly as Bartók wanted. Now, I may not be a violinist, but I know that the violin cannot overpower an orchestra. Where are these "smears" of orchestral color? I cannot hear them underneath Isaac Stern's obnoxiously microphoned and sickeningly sweet playing. As for Bernstein, he's his usual terrible self here. Dynamics are ignored, tempi are ignored, and the score is otherwise neglected in favor of an obscenely romantic "interpretation" that is just plain wrong. It's not as terrible as his performance (again, with Stern) of Bartók's second violin concerto on the same label, but still awful. Bartók must be rolling in his grave.

(...)

2 out of 5 stars Go elsewhere for the Prokofiev.......2000-02-13

This recording of the Prokofiev concerti dates from late in Stern's career. Unfortunately, there is little to enjoy in it. For these wonderful concerti get the Gil Shaham (DGG) recording or, even better dig up a copy with Nathan Milstein or Shlomo Mintz as soloist.

The Bartok Rhapsodies are this disc's savior (and the only reason I haven't consigned it to the used CD bin). Full orchestral and violinistic color are smeared across the sound waves exactly as Bartok himself intended. Wonderful.

That said, if the Bartok has been released elsewhere, get it there. The Prokofiev concerti are immeasurably dissapointing.
Béla Bartók: Violin Music, Volume 2
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    		Béla Bartók: Violin Music, Volume 2

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    ASIN: B0000030UI
    Release Date: 1994-03-22
    Bela Bartok: Violin and Piano Music, Volume 3
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      		Bela Bartok: Violin and Piano Music, Volume 3

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      GeneralGeneral | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      Release Date: 1997-02-18

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      1. Son in e, Op.Posth: First Movt: Allegro Moderato
      2. Son in e, Op.Posth: Second Movt: Andante
      3. Son in e, Op.Posth: Third Movt: Vivace
      4. Andante
      5. Slovak Folk Songs: Allegro
      6. Slovak Folk Songs: Andante
      7. Slovak Folk Songs: Allegretto
      8. Slovak Folk Songs: Lament: Lento
      9. Slovak Folk Songs: Poco Andante
      10. Slovak Folk Songs: Allegro
      11. Slovak Folk Songs: Romanze: Assai Lento
      12. Slovak Folk Songs: Moderato
      13. Slovak Folk Songs: Fangspiel: Prestissimo
      14. Burlesque, Op.8c No.2
      15. For Children: Allegro Non Troppo
      16. For Children: Andante Sostenuto
      17. For Children: Vivace
      18. For Children: Betyarnota: Andante
      19. For Children: Tanedal: Allegro
      20. For Children: Gyernetdal: Andante
      21. For Children: Furulyaszo: Andante Molto Rubato
      22. For Children: Andante
      23. For Children: Andante
      24. For Children: Allegro
      25. Contrasts, SZ111: Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance): Moderato Ben Ritmato - Susanne Stanzeleit/Gusztav Fenyo/Michael Collins
      26. Contrasts, SZ111: Piheno (Relaxation): Lento - Susanne Stanzeleit/Gusztav Fenyo/Michael Collins
      27. Contrasts, SZ111: Sebes (Fast Dance): Allegro Vivace - Susanne Stanzeleit/Gusztav Fenyo/Michael Collins
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        ASIN: B000002SCD
        Release Date: 1994-03-15

        Tracks:

        1. Six Medieval Tunes - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        2. Rosa das rosas - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        3. Maravillosos e piadosos - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        4. Instrumental Kyrie (Codex Faenza) - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        5. Sanctus - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        6. Flos florum - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        7. Messe de Nostre Dame III.: Gloria - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        8. Motet - Quam pulcra es - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        9. Requiem (Missa pro defunctis): II. Kyrie - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        10. Motet - Absalom, fili mi - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        11. (untitled) - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        12. Rias Chamber Choir: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        13. O magnum mysterium - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        14. Hodie Christus natus est - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        15. Ricercar - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        16. Buccinate in neomenia - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        17. Toccata V In G major - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        18. Zefiro torna - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        19. The First Booke Of Songes: 'Now O Now' - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        20. Dances From Terpsichore: Passameze - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC

        Tracks:

        1. Suite In A Minor For Flute And Strings - Overture - Various Artists
        2. Abdelazer: Rondo - Various Artists
        3. Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8 'Christmas': I. Allegro - Various Artists
        4. Oboe Concerto: I. Allegro - Various Artists
        5. Concerto For Mandolin: I. Allegro - Various Artists
        6. Concerto For Mandolin: II. Largo - Various Artists
        7. Concerto For Mandolin: III. Allegro - Various Artists
        8. Adagio In G Minor For Organ And Strings - Various Artists
        9. The Four Seasons - 'Spring' RV.269: I. Allegro - Various Artists
        10. The Four Seasons - 'Spring' RV.269: II. largo - Various Artists
        11. The Four Seasons - 'Spring' RV.269: III. Allegro - Various Artists
        12. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - Various Artists
        13. Canon In D - Various Artists
        14. Water Music - Suite In D: Alla Hornpipe - Various Artists
        15. Contata No. 80: Chorale - Ein 'Feste Burg ist unser Gott - Various Artists
        16. Quella pace gradita (Cantata) - 'Care selve, soggiorni quieti' - Various Artists
        17. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro - Various Artists
        18. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, BWV 1047: II. Andante - Various Artists
        19. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai - Various Artists

        Tracks:

        1. Symphony No. 96 In D Major 'Miracle': I. Adagio - Allegro - Various Artists
        2. Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade, K. 525): I. Allegro - Various Artists
        3. Minuet For Strings - Various Artists
        4. Divertimento, Hob.II:20: III. Adagio - Various Artists
        5. Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495: III. Rondo - Various Artists
        6. Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - Various Artists
        7. Cello Concert No. 1 In E Flat, G. 474: I. Allegro moderato - Various Artists
        8. Piano Concerto No. 21 In C, K. 467, 'Elvira Madigan': II. Andante - Various Artists
        9. Trumpet Concerto In E Flat Major: III. Allegro - Various Artists
        10. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto Allegro - Various Artists
        11. Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture - Various Artists
        12. Medea: Overture - Various Artists

        Tracks:

        1. Barber Of Seville: Overture - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        2. Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op. 6: III. Rondo (Allegro spirituoso) - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        3. Symphony No. 8 In B Minor, D.759 'Unfinished': I. Allegro moderato - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        4. Symphony No. 4 In A 'Italian': I. Allegro Vivace - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        5. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance (Larghetto) - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        6. Symphony No. 6 In F, Op. 68 'Pastoral': I. Allegro ma non troppo - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        7. Der Freischutz: Overture - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC

        Tracks:

        1. Roman Carnival Overture - Various Artists
        2. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 In D - Liszt
        3. Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, 'Rhenish': I. Lebhaft - Various Artists
        4. Voices Of Spring, Op. 410 - Johann Strauss
        5. Dance Of The Persian Slaves: Khovanshchina - Various Artists
        6. VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Various Artists
        7. Carnaval Overture, Op. 92 - Various Artists
        8. Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod - Various Artists
        9. Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale, (Allegro con fuoco) - Tchaikovsky

        Tracks:

        1. Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles - Various Artists
        2. Pavane, Op. 50 - Various Artists
        3. Symphony No. 1 In E Major, Op. 26: I. Lento - Various Artists
        4. Symphony No. 4 In E Flat 'Romantic': III. Scherzo And Trio - Various Artists
        5. Symphony No. 5 In C Minor: IV. Adagietto (Sehr langsam) - Various Artists
        6. Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 In D, Op. 39-1 - Various Artists
        7. Poeme De L'amour Er De La Mer, Op. 19: II. Interlude - Various Artists
        8. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring - Various Artists
        9. The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Various Artists
        10. Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: Renunciation - Various Artists

        Tracks:

        1. Finlandia - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        2. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini: Variation No. 18 - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        3. Pavane pour une infante defunte - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        4. Nocturnes: 'Fetes' - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        5. The Firebird: 'Infernal Dance' - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        6. Feste romane: 'La Befana' - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        7. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        8. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta: III. Adagio - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        9. Adagio For Strings - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        10. Rodeo: Hoe-down - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        11. Romeo And Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64c: Montagues And Capulets - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        12. 5 Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16: Peripetie: Sehr rasch - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        13. A Set Of Pieces For Theater Or Chamber Orchestra - No. 3: In The Night - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
        14. Candide: Overture - GATEWAY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC

        Tracks:

        1. Orfeo ed Euridice: 'J'ai perdu mon Eurydice' - Various Artists
        2. Don Giovanni: 'Madamina, il catalogo e questo' (Catalog Aria) - Various Artists
        3. Fidelio: 'O namenlose Freude!' - Various Artists
        4. Norma: 'Casta Vista' - Various Artists
        5. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: 'Largo al factotum della citta' - Various Artists
        6. L'Elisir d'Amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' - Various Artists
        7. La Traviata: 'Lunge da lei...de'miei bollenti spiriti' - Various Artists
        8. Aida: 'Qui Radames verra...O patria mia' - Various Artists
        9. Tannhauser: 'Wie Todesahnung O du mein holder Abendstern' - Various Artists
        10. Carmen: 'Votre toast je peux vous le rende' (Song Of The Toreador) - Various Artists
        11. La Gioconda: 'Suicidio!' - Various Artists
        12. Pagliacci: 'Vesti la giubba' - Various Artists
        13. La Fanciulla del West: 'Ch'ella mi creda libero' - Various Artists
        14. TOSCA: 'E lucevan le Stelle' - Various Artists
        15. Adriana Lecouvreur: 'Ecco! respiro appeno...Io son lumile ancella' - Various Artists
        16. Peter Grimes: 'Embroidery In Childhood Was A Luxury Of Idleness' - Various Artists
        17. Salome: 'Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund gekusst' - Various Artists

        Music Review:

        1. Baroque Recorder Sonatas I
        2. Bax & Whitlock: Choral Music
        3. Beethoven: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 3.
        4. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 6; Choral Fantasy; Rondo in B flat
        5. Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. 10
        6. Berlioz: Béatrice Et Bénédict/Le Roi Lear/Herminie
        7. Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonatas
        8. Clarke: Sonata for viola; Trio
        9. Clementi: Symphony No. 1; Overture in C; Symphony No. 3 "The Great National"
        10. Clementi: Symphony No. 2 in; Overture in D

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        Prescription Mixes, Dose 4

        Walton: Scenes from Shakespeare/ Gielgud, Plummer, Marriner

        Stokowski Conducts Beethoven, Britten, Falla

        While My Lady Sleeps [Original recording remastered] [Import]

        Too Much for Your Heart

        Son De Santiago [Import]

        Take This Road

        The Whole World Spinz Anyway

        Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Vol. 2 [Import]

        Se Cansaron

        The Harsh Light Of Day (Limited Edition) [Enhanced]

        Sururu Na Roda [Import]

        The Unquiet Peace

        Jessye Norman - Christmastide

        Super Nova