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Performer: English Str O

MATTHEWS, DAVID: Symphony No. 9... (Kenneth Woods) (Review by Phillip Scott)

ensemble or orchestra 

The Wasps: Overture (William Boughton) (Review by Richard Burke)

ensemble or orchestra 

ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

ARENSKY: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, op. 35 (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

ARNE, THOMAS: Alfred (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio for Strings (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio for Strings (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

BARBER, SAMUEL: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 14 (Review by James H. North)

ensemble or orchestra 

BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. Divertimento for Strings (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

ensemble or orchestra 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Romances for Violin and Orchestra (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Serenade for Violin, String Orchestra, Harp, and Percussion (Review by James H. North)

ensemble or orchestra 

BLOCH, ERNEST: Baal Shem (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

BOCCHERINI, LUIGI: Concerto No. 2 in D for Cello and Orchestra (Review by David Johnson)

ensemble or orchestra 

BORENSTEIN: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra (Review by Jim Svejda)

ensemble or orchestra 

BOYCE: Eight Symphonies, op. 2 (Review by Nils Anderson)

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BOYCE: Symphonies (Review by Nils Anderson)

ensemble or orchestra 

BRIDGE, FRANK: Sir Roger de Coverley. An Irish Melody. There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Two Entr'actes (Review by Ivan Katz)

ensemble or orchestra 

BRIDGE, FRANK: Suite for String Orchestra (Review by John Ditsky)

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BRIDGE, FRANK: Suite for String Orchestra (Review by Robert McColley)

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BRIDGE, FRANK: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Lament. An Irish Melody. Two Entr'actes. Two Old English Songs. Sir Roger de Coverley (Review by Walter Simmons)

ensemble or orchestra 

BRITTEN: Les Illuminations, op. 18. Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, op.31. Nocturne, op. 60 (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10. Simple Symphony, Op. 4. Lachrymae—Reflections on a Song of Dowland (orch. version). Prelude and Fugue, for 18-part String Orchestra, Op. 29 (Review by John Ditsky)

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BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad. English Idylls Nos. 1 and 2. The Banks of Green Willow (Review by John Ditsky)

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BUTTERWORTH: The Banks of Green Willow. A Shropshire Lad (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

CLARKE, JEREMIAH: The Island Princess (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

COPLAND, AARON: Rodeo (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

CORBETT, WILLIAM: Sonata in E, op. 3, no. 5 (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

DELIUS: By the River (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

DELIUS: Summer Evening (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 11 (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Serenade in E for Strings, Op. 22 (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

ensemble or orchestra 

DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Serenade in E, for Strings Op. 22 (Review by Howard Kornblum)

ensemble or orchestra 

ECCLES, JOHN: Europe reveils in ye Peace. The Judgment of Paris (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Chanson de Matin; Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, nos. 1 and 2 (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture. Introduction and Allegro, op. 47. Sospiri, op. 70 (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47. Elegy, Op. 58. Sospiri, Op. 70. Serenade in E minor for Strings, Op. 20 (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Sospiri. Wand of Youth Suite (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

ELGAR: Spanish Lady (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

FINZI: Concerto for Clarinet and Strings. Love's Labors Lost (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

FINZI: Eclogue for Piano and Strings' (Review by Ivan Katz)

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FINZI: Eclogue- (Review by Walter Simmons)

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FINZI: Love's Labours Lost (Review by John Ditsky)

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GERBER, STEVEN: String Sinfonias Nos. 1 and 2 (both arr. Williams) (Review by Colin Clarke)

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GERBER, STEVEN: String Sinfonias Nos. 1 and 2 (both arr. Williams) (Review by Colin Clarke)

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GERBER, STEVEN: String Sinfonias Nos. 1 and 2 (both arr. Williams) (Review by Ken Meltzer)

ensemble or orchestra 

GERBER, STEVEN: String Sinfonias Nos. 1 and 2 (both arr. Williams) (Review by Huntley Dent)

ensemble or orchestra 

GERBER, STEVEN: Two Lyric PIeces (Review by Colin Clarke)

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GERBER, STEVEN: Two Lyric PIeces (Review by Colin Clarke)

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GERBER, STEVEN: Two Lyric PIeces (Review by Ken Meltzer)

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GERBER, STEVEN: Two Lyric PIeces (Review by Huntley Dent)

ensemble or orchestra 

GORDON, RICKY IAN: Saint Blue (Review by Jim Svejda)

ensemble or orchestra 

GRIEG, EDVARD: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Mr. Handel's Water Piece. Atalanta (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Concertos for Cello and Orchestra (Review by David Johnson)

ensemble or orchestra 

HOLST, GUSTAV: St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 (Review by Michael Ullman)

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HOLST, GUSTAV: St. Paul's Suite, op. 29, no. 2 (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

IRELAND, JOHN: A Downland Suite (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

MATTHEWS, DAVID: Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings (Review by Phillip Scott)

ensemble or orchestra 

MATTHEWS, DAVID: Symphony No. 9. Variations for Strings. Double Concerto (Review by Phillip Scott)

want list ensemble 

MAW: Sonata Notturno. Life Studies (Review by Paul A. Snook)

ensemble or orchestra 

MAW: Sonata Notturno. Life Studies (Review by Michael Jameson)

ensemble or orchestra 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Complete String Symphonies, Volume 1 (Review by Jon Tuska)

ensemble or orchestra 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Complete String Symphonies, Volume 2 (Review by Jon Tuska)

ensemble or orchestra 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Complete String Symphonies, Volume 3 (Review by Jon Tuska)

ensemble or orchestra 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Symphony No. 4 for Strings (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

PACHELBEL, JOHANN: Canon in D (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

PACHELBEL, JOHANN: Canon (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

PARRY, HUBERT: An English Suite (Review by Ivan Katz)

ensemble or orchestra 

PARRY, HUBERT: An English Suite (Review by Walter Simmons)

ensemble or orchestra 

PARRY, HUBERT: Lady Radnor's Fan (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

PARRY, HUBERT: Lady Radnor's Suite (Review by John Ditsky)

ensemble or orchestra 

PARRY, HUBERT: Lady Radnor's Suite (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

PRITCHARD: Seven Halts on the Somme (Review by Jim Svejda)

ensemble or orchestra 

PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67. Symphony No. 1 in D, op. 25 (“Classical“). Concerto No. 1 in D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 19 (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

PURCELL, HENRY: The Fairy Queen (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Ancient Airs and Dances (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise, op. 83. Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op. 28 (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

SAWYERS, PHILIP: Viola Concerto. Remembrance for Strings. Octet (Review by Phillip Scott)

ensemble or orchestra 

SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, op. 46. Romance in C, op. 42. Andante Festivo for String Orchestra. Kuolema (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

STANLEY, JOHN: The Choice of Hercules (Review by John Bauman)

ensemble or orchestra 

STRAUSS, RICHARD: Metamorphosen—Study for 23 Solo Strings (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Apollo (Apollon musagète) (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

SVENDSEN: Romance in G for Violin and Orchestra, op. 26 (Review by David K. Nelson)

ensemble or orchestra 

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for Strings, Op. 48 (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

ensemble or orchestra 

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C, for Strings Op. 48 (Review by Howard Kornblum)

ensemble or orchestra 

TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Overture in D for Two Trumpets, Timpani, Strings, and Continuo. Concertos (Review by George Chien)

ensemble or orchestra 

TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Trumpet Concertos (Review by George Chien)

ensemble or orchestra 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: Concerto for Double String Orchestra. Little Music for Strings. Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli. A Child of Our Time—Five Negro Spirituals. Evening Canticles (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

ensemble or orchestra 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: An Oxford Elegy. Flos Campi. Te Deum. O, clap your hands. The Old 100th Psalm Tune (Review by John D. Wiser)

ensemble or orchestra 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Oboe and Strings“ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Fantasia on Greensleeves' The Lark Ascending (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves. Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme of Tallis. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra. Concerto Grosso. Fantasia on Greensleeves. Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (Review by James Miller)

ensemble or orchestra 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra. Concerto Grosso. Fantasia on “Greensleeves.“ Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus (Review by George Chien)

ensemble or orchestra 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Henry V (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

WARLOCK: Caprioi Suite (Review by Michael Ullman)

ensemble or orchestra 

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

WARLOCK: Capriot Suite' (Review by Robert McColley)

ensemble or orchestra 

WIREN: Serenade for Strings, op. 11 (Review by Heuwell Tircuit)

ensemble or orchestra 

YOUNG, VICTOR: The Art of Dancing (Review by Jim Svejda)

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