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Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring / Fireworks / Petrouchka Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas (piano--Petrouchka), Boston Symphony Orchestra (Petrouchka), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (The Rite of Spring, Fireworks) (RCA)

Mozart, Clarinet Quintet / Brahms, Clarinet Quintet Anthony McGill (clarinet), Pacifica Quartet (Cedille)

Bach, Brandenburg Concertos Florilegium (Channel Classics)

Mozart, Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41 / Overture to "La Clemenza di Tito" Sandor Vegh, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg (Decca)

Schubert, "Trout" Quintet / Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for Flute and Piano / Piano Trio (Notturno) Martin Helmchen (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Alois Posch (double bass), Aldo Baerten (wooden flute) (PentaTone)

Schubert, String Quartets Nos. 12-15 Quartetto Italiano (Philips)

Mendelssohn, String Quintets No. 1 and No. 2 L'Archibudelli (Sony)

Mozart, "The Marriage of Figaro" and other overtures Otmar Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin (Berlin Classics)

Copland, Symphony No. 3 / Symphony for Organ and Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, E. Power Biggs (organ), New York Philharmonic (Sony)

Mozart, Posthorn Serenade / Marches in D, K. 335 No. 1 and No. 2 Sandor Vegh, Camerata Acaedemica des Mozarteums Salzburg (Philips)

Just finished listening to a fascinating CD of relatively obscure Copland music written for: (1) a puppet show at the 1939 NY World's Fair ("From Sorcery to Science); (2) a documentary film shown at the 1939 NY World's Fair ("The City (Suite)"); (3) a WWII documentary about the resettlement of refugees in the US ("The Cummington Story (Suite, Arr. Sheffer)"); and (4) a WWII Hollywood film about Ukrainians fighting Nazi invaders ("The North Star (Suite)"), which seems relevant right now. Copland, Celluloid Copland--World Premiere Film Music Jonathan Sheffer, Eos Orchestra (Telarc)

Copland, Music for Films Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

Mozart, Overtures Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden (RCA)

Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite / The Tender Land Suite Gould, Fall River Legend Suite / Latin-American Symphonette (Tango, Guaracha) Aaron Copland, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Copland); Morton Gould and his Orchestra (Gould) (RCA)

Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite (chamber version) / Short Symphony / Quiet City / Three Latin American Sketches Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Mendelssohn, Complete Works for Cello and Piano Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Bernadene Blaha (piano) (Analekta)

Schubert, Trout Quintet / Sonata for Piano and Arpeggione in A minor / "The Trout" Emanuel Ax (piano) (Quintet, Sonata, and "The Trout"), Pamela Frank (violin) (Quintet), Rebecca Young (viola) (Quintet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Quintet, Sonata), Edgar Meyer (double bass) (Quintet), Barbara Bonney (soprano) ("The Trout") (Sony)

Schubert, Octet Mullova Ensemble (Onyx)

Schubert, Piano Quintet in A major "The Trout" Rudolf Serkin (piano), Jaime Laredo (violin), Philipp Naegele (viola), Leslie Parnas (cello), Julius Levine (double bass) Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat major Rudolph Serkin (piano), The Budapest String Quartet (Sony)

Martinu, Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Josef Suk (violin, viola), Vaclav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)

Martinu, The Complete Piano Trios Smetana Trio (Supraphon)

Haydn, The "Paris" Symphonies--Nos. 82-87 Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (Sony)

Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings / Piano Trio No. 1 Janacek and Smetana Quartets (Octet), Suk Trio (Piano Trio) (Supraphon)

I actually haven't heard that CD--I'm just your procurer. 😎 Chuck's the A&R guy in this instance. But I know that the Czech Phil of that era was quite extraordinary and special. Glad you're enjoying it!

Bach, Complete Brandenburg and Violin Concertos I Musici (their 1958/1965 recordings) (Philips)