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Now playing, CD 39: Igor Stravinsky – Suite italienne for Cello and Piano from "Pucinell" (arr: Stravinsky & Piatigorsky) Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major Op.119 Dmitri Shostakovich – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op.40 Sergei Prokofiev – Tale of the Stone Flower Op.118: Act 2 - Waltz (arr: Piatigorsky & Kiushevitsky) Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) (Deutsche Grammophon)

This sounds good. I'll look for it. Now playing, CD 23: Robert Schumann – Marches (4) for Piano Op.76/2 in G minor – Concert Etudes (6) for Piano after Paganini Caprices Set 2 Op.10/4 in C minor – Concert Etudes (6) for Piano after Paganini Caprices Set 2 Op.10/5 in B minor – Concert Etudes (6) for Piano after Paganini Caprices Set 2 Op.10/6 in E minor – Novelletten (8) for Piano Op.21/1 in F major – Blumenstück for Piano in D flat major Op.19 – Nachtstücke (4) for Piano Op.23 Sviatoslav Richter (Philips / Decca) Copenhagen, July 1986.

Going further back, O'Brien is on Roswell Rudd's 1974 LP "Flexible Flyer".

Now playing, CD 2: Emmanuel Chabrier – Bourrée Fantasque – Joyeuse Marche Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte – Menuet antique – Menuet sur le nom de Haydn – Jeux d'eau – Miroirs 5 pieces for piano – Le Tombeau de Couperin — Marcelle Meyer (piano) (Documents / EMI)

Frederic Delius – Florida Suite, Idylle Printemps, Schervo, Over the Hills and Far Away, La Quadroone, Koanga (final scene) — English Northern Philharmonia – David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos) My only Delius CD. (Have some bits and pieces elsewhere.) I enjoyed it (except for the last six minutes when the opera singers started in).

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.43 — Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Paavo Berglund (EMI / Warner Classics)

Now playing, CD 18: Frédéric Chopin – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/6 in B minor – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/7 in A major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/8 in F sharp minor – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/9 in E major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/10 in C sharp minor – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/11 in B major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/19 in E flat major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/17 in A flat major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/23 in F major – 24 Preludes for Piano Op.28/24 in D minor – Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major B.158 Op.60 – Nocturne No.4 for Piano Op.15/1 in F major – Polonaise-fantaisie for Piano in A flat major B.159 Op.61 Franz Liszt – Sonata for Piano in B minor S.178 Sviatoslav Richter (Decca)

Now playing, CD 13: Frédéric Chopin – 14 Waltzes – Waltz for Piano in E flat major B.62 Op.18 "Grande valse brillante" – 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.34 – Waltz for Piano in A flat major B.131 Op.42 "Grande Valse" – 3 Waltzes for Piano B.164 Op.64 – 2 Waltzes for Piano Op.69 – 3 Waltzes for Piano Op.70 – Waltz for Piano in E minor B.56 Op. posth. — Alfred Cortot (piano) Frédéric Chopin – Concerto for Piano No.2 in F minor B.43 Op.21 Alfred Cortot (piano) – Orchestra – John Barbirolli (EMI Classics)

Now playing, CD 17: Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem Mass — Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Luca Canonici (tenor) — Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – John Eliot Gardiner (Philips)

Now playing, CD 6, The Early Recordings 1945 - Part IV: Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Le Coq d'Or: Introduction & Cortège de noces — San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classical)

Now playing, CD 13: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quartet for Strings No.20 in D major K499 "Hoffmeister" – Quartet for Strings No.21 in D major K575 ('Prussian' Quartet No.1) Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

Agreed. It was issued in the US with the more pedestrian title of "The Songs Of Johnny Mercer" by Inner City in 1980 on vinyl and by The Jazz Alliance in 1996 on CD. Her life did have a tragic end, but I think that she had ups as well as down in her life.

Now playing, CD 4: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertina for violin, viola and orchestra K365/320d; Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, K App. 56//315f; Sinfonia concertante K App. 104/320e — Iona Brown, violin, Nobuko Imai, viola, Stephen Orton, cello, Howard Shelley, piano – Academy of St Martin in the Fields – Iona Brown (Decca)

Now playing, CD 5, The Early Recordings 1945 - part III: Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Vincent d'Indy – Fervaal Op.40: Prelude to Act 1 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Sadko (tone poem) Op.5 Johannes Brahms – Rhapsody for Contralto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op.53 — Marian Anderson (contralto) – San Francisco Municipal Men's Chorus — San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical) It looks like this 1945 recording of The Rite of Spring was issued in an album of eight 78s. Monteux was the first to record The Rite of Spring - in 1929. His third recording of the piece was with the Boston Symphony in 1951. Between 1929 and 1945, it was recorded by Stravinsky (twice), Stokowski (first US recording, with the Philadelphians), and van Beinum.

Franz Joseph Haydn — The first Symphonies written for Prince Esterhazy - 5 – Symphony No.13 in D major Hob.I/13 – Symphony No.23 in G major Hob.I/23 – Symphony No.22 in E flat major Hob.I/22 "Philosopher" – Symphony No.21 in A major Hob.I/21 – Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra – Dennis Russell Davies (Sony Classical)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto K271a/271i (doubtful attrib) / Concertone for 2 violins and orchestra K190/186E — Henryk Szeryng (violin), K.190- Gerard Poulet, violin, Richard Morgan, oboe, Norman Jones, cello – New Philharmonia Orchestra – Alexander Gibson (Decca)

Now playing, CD 25: Agustín Barrios Mangoré – La catedral – Madrigal for guitar – Minuet – Mazurka apasionata – Estudio – Preludio – Un sueno en la Floresta – Waltz for Guitar Op.8/3 in D minor – Cueca – Aire de zamba – Suite Andina: Aconquija – Maxixa – Una limosna por el amor de Dios "El ultimo canto" – Choro da saudade – Villancico de Navidad — John Williams (guitar) (Columbia MasterWorks / Sony Classical)

Now playing, CD 16: Gabriel Fauré – Requiem Op.48, Pavane Op.50 — Elly Ameling (soprano), Bernard Kruysen (baritone), Daniel Chorzempa (organ) – Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chorus – Jean Fournet (Philips) Louis Vierne – Pièces de fantaisie - Suite No.3 Op.54: 1st movement Dédicace, 2nd movement Impromptu, 3rd movement Etoile du soir, 6th movement Carillon — Daniel Chorzempa (organ) Friday Fauré?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni K 527 — Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Carmela Remigio (soprano), Patrizia Pace (soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass), Matti Salminen (tenor) — Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Ferrara Musica Chorus – Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon) Playing this one day late in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of Mozart's death.

Now playing, CD 34: Franz Schubert – Symphony No.9 (8) in C major D.944 "The Great" – Rosamunde D.797 Op.26/1 Overture (D 644) – Rosamunde D.797 Op.26: Ballet music – Rosamunde D.797 Op.26/7 Entr'acte No.3 in B flat major — Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)

Now playing, CDs 57a & 57b: Vladimir Horowitz – Live and Unedited: The Historic 1965 Carnegie Hall Return Concert (Sony Classical / RCA Red Seal) Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564 Robert Schumann – Phantasie for Piano in C major Op.17 Alexander Scriabin – Sonata for Piano No.9 in F major Op.68 "Black Mass" FrédéricChopin – Poème for Piano Op.32/1 in F sharp major – Mazurka for Piano B.105 Op.30/4 in C sharp minor – Étude for Piano Op.10/8 in F major – Ballade for Piano No.1 in G minor B.66 Op.23 Claude Debussy – Children's Corner: No.3 Serenade for the Doll Alexander Scriabin – Piece for Piano Op.2/1 Étude in C sharp minor Moritz Moszkowski – Études (15) de virtuosité Op.72 "Per aspera ad astra": No.11 in Ab major Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen Op.15/7 Träumerei Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen Op.15 [studio recording]

Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16/1-3 6' Robert Schuman – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 — Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano) – BBC Symphony Orchestra – Sir Colin Davis (Philips)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto for Violin No.3 in G major K 216 — David Oistrakh (violin) – Philharmonia Orchestra – David Oistrakh Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concertone for 2 Violins in C major K 190 (186E) — Igor Oistrakh (violin) – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – David Oistrakh (EMI Classics)

George Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351 – Concerto a due cori No.1 in B flat major HWV 332 — Ronald George (French horn), Julie Brye (oboe), Washington McClain (oboe), Derek Conrod (French horn), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Stanley King (oboe), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Thomas Müller (French horn), John Abberger (oboe), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon) – Concerto a due cori No.2 in F major HWV 333 — Stanley King (oboe), Julie Brye (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Derek Conrod (French horn), Ronald George (French horn), Washington McClain (oboe), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), Thomas Müller (French horn), John Abberger (oboe) – Concerto a due cori No.3 in F major HWV 334 — Derek Conrod (French horn), Teresa Wasiak (French horn), Thomas Müller (French horn), Ronald George (French horn), Washington McClain (oboe), Stanley King (oboe), John Abberger (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Nadina Mackie Jackson (bassoon), Julie Brye (oboe) Tafelmusik – Jeanne Lamon (Vivarte / Sony Classical)