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Revueltas, "Redes" (complete film score) / Copland, "The City" (complete film score) Angel Gil-Ordonez, PostClassical Ensemble (Naxos)

Smetana, Ma vlast Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)

Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (Sony)

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D899 and D935 Radu Lupu (piano) (Decca)

Mozart, Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 / Rondo K373 / Rondo K269 / Adagio K261 Christian Tetzlaff (violin, conducting), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Erato)

Agreed! The original chamber version of the entire "Appalachian Spring" ballet and the track of Copland in rehearsal of it were real revelations. And that's after having listened to and loved the full orchestral version for 50-plus years. Continuing on the Copland journey today: Copland, Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes) / The Red Pony (Suite) /Prairie Journal / Letter from Home JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Naxos)

"A Copland Celebration--Vol. 1" (Sony) 2 discs of Aaron Copland conducting: (1) a bunch of his music played by the London Symphony Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra; (2) and perhaps most significantly, the original chamber version of the entire "Appalachian Spring" ballet played by the Columbia Chamber Ensemble, and "Nonet for Strings" played by the Columbia String Ensemble.

Mozart, Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 / Violin Sonatas K454 and K526 Arthur Grumiaux (violin); Clara Haskil (piano--sonatas); Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (concertos) (Philips)

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)