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Performer: Geoffrey Simon LATIN CELLO: La Paloma. Black Orpheus. Jealousy. El Condor Pasa. Modinha. Libertango. The Girl from Ipanema. Begin the Beguine. La Cumparsita. Michelangelo 70. Adìos a Cuba. America (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | FRENCH BALLET MUSIC OF THE 1920s: (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | HANSON, G.: 5 Nocturnes... (Geoffrey Hanson) (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | THE LONDON DOUBLE BASS SOUND: (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | ABREU, ZEQUINHA DE: Tico-Tico (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | ANDRIESSEN, JURRIAAN: Concertino for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | ANDRIESSEN, JURRIAAN: Concertino for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (Review by Robert Carl) | conductor | ANDRIESSEN, JURRIAAN: Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | ANDRIESSEN, JURRIAAN: Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1048 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | BARBER, SAMUEL: Adagio (Review by George Chien) | conductor | BARBER, SAMUEL: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 22 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | BARBER, SAMUEL: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 22 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Candide (Review by George Chien) | conductor | BIZET: Carmen Fantasy (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | BLOCH, ERNEST: Prayer (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | BLOCH, ERNEST: Sacred Service (Review by Walter Simmons) | conductor | BLOCH, ERNEST: Sacred Service (Review by Paul Turok) | conductor | BLOCH, ERNEST: Sacred Service (Review by Walter Simmons) | conductor | BORODIN: Requiem (orch. Stokowski). Prince Igor (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov) (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | CARMICHAEL: Stardust (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | DEBUSSY: 2 Arabesques (orch. Mouton) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: 3 Nocturnes. Première Rapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Bruyères (orch. Grainger) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Children’s Corner (orch. Caplet) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Claire de lune (orch. Caplet) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Danse—Tarantelle styrienne (orch. Ravel) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: La Mer. Première Rapsodie. Claire de lune (orch. Caplet). Deux Arabesques (ordn. Mouton). La Cathédrale engloutie (orch. Stokowski). Petite Suite (orch. Büsser). Pagodes (orch. Grainger) (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | DEBUSSY: La Mer. The Engulfed Cathedral (orch. Stokowski) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: L’Isle joyeuse (orch. Molinari) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Night in Granada (orch. Stokowski) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Nocturnes. L'îsle joyeuse (orch. Molinari). La Soirée dans Grenade (orch. Stokowski). Danse—Tarantelle styrienne (orch. Ravel). La Fille aux cheveux de lin (orch. Gleichmann). Bruyères (orch. Grainger). Children's Corner (orch. Caplet) (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Pagodes (orch. Grainger) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Petite Suite (orch. Büsser) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | DEBUSSY: Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune (Review by George Chien) | conductor | DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair(orch. Gleichmann) (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | DESMOND: LENNON/McCARTNEY When I’m 64 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | DESMOND: Take Five (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | DOWNEY: Declamations. Discourse, for Oboe, Harpsichord, and String Orchestra. Jinga-lodeon. Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | DOWNEY: The Edge of Space (Fantasy for Bassoon and Orchestra) (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | DOWNEY: The Edge of Space—Fantasy for Bassoon and Orchestra (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | DOWNEY: The Edge of Space—Fantasy for Bassoon and Orchestra (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | DOWNEY: The Edge of Space—Fantasy for Bassoon and Orchestra (Review by Robert Carl) | conductor | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 ("From the New World") (Review by George Chien) | conductor | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World“) (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, op. 39 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | ELLINGTON: Caravan (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | ELLINGTON: Satin Doll (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | FALLA, MANUEL DE: El amor brujo. Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Review by James Miller) | conductor | FRANCK, CÉSAR: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (Review by George Chien) | conductor | GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (with James Tocco, piano) (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (with James Tocco, piano) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | GLINKA: Russlan and Ludmilla (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | GOENS, DANIEL VAN: Scherzo (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | GRAINGER: Beautiful Fresh Flower. Colleen Dhas (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | GRAINGER: The Warriors. Beautiful Fresh Flower. Hill-Song No. 1. Irish Tune from County Derry. Hill-Song No. 2. Colleen Dhas. Danish Folk Music Suite (Review by John D. Wiser) | conductor | GRAINGER: The Warriors. Irish Tune from County Derry. Danish Folk-Music Suite. Hill Songs Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | GRIEG, EDVARD: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16 (with Margaret Fingerhut, piano) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | GRIEG, EDVARD: Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16 (Margaret Fingerhut, piano) (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | GRIEG, EDVARD: Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | HANSON, G.: Clarinet Concerto. Orpheus. Jubilate Deo. Odyssey (Concerto for Cello and Strings). Now Welcom Somer (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | HOLST, GUSTAV: The Planets, Op. 32 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | HOLST, GUSTAV: The Planets, Op. 32 (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | HORNER, JAMES: Titanic Fantasy (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | JACOB, GORDON: Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with (optional) Percussion (Review by Robert Carl) | conductor | JACOB, GORDON: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings, and Percussion (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | JACOB, GORDON: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings, and Percussion (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | JACOB, GORDON: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings, and Percussion (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | JOSEPHS: Fanfare (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | JOSEPHS: Fanfare (Review by George Chien) | conductor | KERN: Ol’ Man River (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Gayaneh (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | LUIGINI: Fantasy on Themes from “Samson et Dalila” (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Frère Jacques Fantasy (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | MASCAGNI, PIETRO: Cavalleria rusticana (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | MERCURY/QUEEN: Bohemian Rhapsody (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | MONTI: Czárdás (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | MOZART: Concerto in A Minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622 (with David Glazer, clarinet) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: (rev. Rimsky-Korsakov) A Night on Bare Mountain (Review by George Chien) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: 2 Pictures from the Crimea. Rêverie (arr. Walter Goehr) (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: A Tear Drop (arr. Kindler) (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov). Khovanshchina, Sorotchinsky Fair (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bare Mountain (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Leonard) (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo (Review by David DeBoor Canfield) | conductor | PAGANINI: Fantasy for Double Bass and Orchestra (with Gary Karr, double bass) (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | PAGANINI: Fantasy for Double Bass and Orchestra (with Gary Karr, double bass) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | PAGANINI: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Rossini (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | PAGANINI: Moses Fantasy (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | PORTER, COLE: I Love You, Samantha (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Hungarian Dance (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | RAVEL: 5 mélodies populaires grecques (orch. Ravel, Rosenthal) (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Bolero (Review by George Chien) | conductor | RAVEL: Boléro. Pavane pour une infante défunte. Tzigane (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Boléro. Pavane (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Jeux d’eau (arr. Viacava) (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Jeux d’eau (orch. Viacava) (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: La Valse. La Vallee des cloches (orch. Grainger). Ma Mère l'oye. Jeaux d'eau (orch. Vlacava). Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques. Boléro (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RAVEL: La valse. Piece in the Form of a Habanera (arr. Hoérée). Daphnis et Chloé (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: La valse. Pièce en forme de habanera (orch. Hoérée) (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: L’enfant et les sortilèges (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Ma mère l’oye (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Miroirs (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Miroirs (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Music, Volume 2 (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RAVEL: Orchestral Music, Volume 1 (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G. Five Greek Folksongs (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole. Gaspard de la nuit (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole. Gaspard de la nuit (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole. Le Gibet (orch. Goossens). Five O'clock Fox Trot (orch. Palmer). Concerto in G for Piano and Orchestra. Pavane pour une infante défunte. Pièce en forme de habanera (orch. Hoérée). Daphnis et Chloé (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RAVEL: The Five O’Clock Foxtrot (arr. Palmer) (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RAVEL: Tzigane (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Adagio with Variations (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Adagio with Variations (Review by Gil French) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Ballad of the Gnomes. Botticelli Triptych (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Ballad of the Gnomes. Botticelli Triptych (Review by Henry Fogel) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Ballad of the Gnomes. Botticelli Triptych (Review by Gil French) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Belkis, Queen of Sheba. Metamorphoseon (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Belkis, Queen of Sheba (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Brazilian Impressions. Church Windows (Review by James Miller) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Church Windows. Brazilian Impressions (Review by George Chien) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Church Windows—Four Symphonic Impressions. Brazilian Impressions—Suite for Orchestra (Review by John Ditsky) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Suite for Strings and Organ. Adagio with Variations for Cello and Orchestra (Review by Henry Fogel) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Suite in G for Organ and Strings (Review by Gil French) | conductor | RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Suite in G for Strings and Organ (Review by James Reel) | conductor | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol, op. 34 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | ROSSINI: La Danza (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | ROSSINI: William Tell (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | ROSSINI: William Tell (Review by George Chien) | conductor | RUNSWICK: American Bases (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Africa (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Ascanio (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (Stephanie Chase, violin) (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28 (with Stephanie Chase, violin) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: La jota aragonese (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: La princesse jaune (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Parysatis (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Requiem (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Sarabande and Rigaudon (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Suite algérienne (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in c, “Organ” (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: The Elephant (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: The Muse and the Poet (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 in B♭, D. 485 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto No. 1 in E♭ for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 107 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto in E♭ No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 107 (Review by ROGER DETTMER) | conductor | SHOSTAKOVICH: The Gadfly (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | conductor | SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, op. 22, no. 2 (with Christine Pendrill, English horn) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | SMETANA-SZELL: From My Life (String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, arranged for String Orchestra) (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SMETANA-SZELL: From My Life (String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, arranged for String Orchestra) (Review by James Miller) | conductor | SMETANA: The Bartered Bride (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | SMETANA: The Bartered Bride (Review by James Miller) | conductor | SPICE GIRLS: Wannabe (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Voices of Spring, Waltz, Op. 410. Thunder and Lightning, Polka, Op. 324 (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | STRAUSS II, JOHANN: Voices of Spring, op. 410. Thunder and Lightning Polka, op. 324 (Review by George Chien) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 (Nelli Shkolnikova, violin) (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 (with Nelli Shkolnikova, violin) (Review by George Chien) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet, Op. 67a (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet, Op. 67a (Review by Paul Turok) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Music for Cello and Orchestra (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1869 version). Serenade for Nikolai Rubinstein's Sainťs Day. Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15. Mazeppa (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (original 1869 version). Serenade for Nikolai Rubinstein's Saint's Day. Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15. “Mazeppa“ (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 (Little Russian) (Review by James Miller) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 (“Little Russian“; original version, 1972) (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33. Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. 19, No. 4. Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62. Christ Had a Garden, Op. 54, No. 5. Was I Not a Blade of Grass? Op. 47, No. 7. Andante cantabile, Op. 11 (Review by Howard Kornblum) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (original version). Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4. Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 (original version). Two Songs (orchestrated by the composer) (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (original version). Nocturne, Op. 19, no. 4. Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 (original version). Two Songs (orchestrated by the composer) (Review by Donald Seibert) | conductor | VAN HEUSEN, JIMMY: Here’s That Rainy Day (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on "Greensleeves." (Review by George Chien) | conductor | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on “Greens/eeves. “ (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Review by Vincent Alfano) | conductor | WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Review by George Chien) | conductor | WAGNER, RICHARD: Tristan and Isolde (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | YOUMANS: Tea for Two (Review by John Bauman) | conductor | YOUNG, VICTOR: When I Fall in Love (Review by John Bauman) | conductor |
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