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Prokofiev – The 5 Piano Concertos — No.1, Op.18 — Andre Previn (piano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca / London)

I'd love to hear this. It looks like it's on CD from Naxos but not available in the US. In addition to Mannie Klein's well-known jazz work, my wife tells me that he was a great Klezmer player.

Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Piano No.1 in C major Op.15 – Concerto for Piano No.2 in B flat major Op.19 Martha Argerich (piano) – Philharmonia Orchestra – Giuseppe Sinopoli (Deutsche Grammophon)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in D major Op.12/1 – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A major Op.12/2 – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in E flat major Op.12/3 Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon)

I have read that there will be two more seasons of The Americans -- a 13-episode season five in 2017 and a sixth and final 10-episode season in 2018. I think Season 4, which just ended, was the best season so far.

I think it's worth sticking with it for a while. I've been impressed by the stories and the acting, which gets more nuanced.

Sergei Rachmaninov – Suite for 2 Pianos No.2 Op.17 Maurice Ravel – La valse version for two pianos Witold Lutoslawski – Variations on a theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos — Nelson Freire (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) (Philips / Deutsche Grammophon)

Buck Clayton Jam Session – The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest [(B) – Dec 1953 on The Complete CBS Jam Sessions] (Columbia CL 548 [12" LP] — Mosaic) — With Buck Clayton, Joe Newman / Urbie Green, Henderson Chambers / Lem Davis, Julian Dash, Charles Fowlkes / Sir Charles Thompson, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones — Titles tunes plus Christopher Columbus and Lean Baby; 1 alternate take; 3 tracks restored to full length

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – The Centennial Edition – CD 13c – June 1942 [The Early Forties Recordings – 1940-42] (RCA Victor) — With Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Ben Webster / DE or Billy Strahorn, Fred Guy, Alvin "Junior" Raglin, Sonny Greer /Herb Jeffries — Titles: My Little Brown Book, Main Stem, Johnny Come Lately — Barney Bigard's last session with Ellington Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – The Centennial Edition – CD 13d – July 1942 [The Early Forties Recordings – 1940-42] (RCA Victor) — With Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Rex Stewart / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Chauncey Haughton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, Ben Webster / DE or Billy Strahorn, Fred Guy, Alvin "Junior" Raglin, Sonny Greer / Ivie Anderson — Titles include: Hayfoot Strawfoot, Sentimental Lady, Sherman Shuffle — Ellington's last studio recording for RCA before the AFM recording ban and also Ivie Anderson's last recording with Ellington

Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat, S.124 — Arthur Rubinstein – RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra – Alfred Wallenstein (RCA Victor Red Seal / Living Stereo – Sony Music)

Sergei Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 — Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Fritz Reiner Manuel de Falla – Nights in the Gardens of Spain — San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Enrique Jorda Arthur Rubinstein (RCA Victor), CD 72 from:

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I also recommend Eddie Lambert's "Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide" (see pages 3-4, 28-29, 95, 320-22, 323). He has some thoughtful insight into Ellington's use of collaboration in his approach to composing. Duke did not have everything on paper before he brought a new piece of music to the band.

Now playing: Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Violin No.1 in A minor BWV 1041 — Jeanne Lamon (violin, music director) – Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV 1043 — Jeanne Lamon (solo violin I, music director), Linda Melsted (solo violin II) – Concerto for Violin No.2 in E major BWV 1042 — Jeanne Lamon (violin, music director) – Concerto for 3 Violins in D major BWV 1064R — Jeanne Lamon (solo violin I, music director), Linda Melsted (solo violin II), David Greenberg (solo violin III) Tafelmusik (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 3 from:

Just curious, do you have files with personnel for any of these?

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Concerto for Piano No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 — Martha Argerich (piano) – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Charles Dutoit (Deutsche Grammophon)

Joseph Haydn – The Last Three String Quartets: Op.77, Op.103 — Vera Beths (violin), Lucy van Dael (violin), Jürgen Kussmual (viola), Anner Bylsma (cello) – L'Archibbudelli (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 50 from:

Yes, two very good albums.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Rondo for Horn and Orchestra in E flat major K 371 cadenza: Koster; instr. Robert D. Levin, 1993 – Concerto for Horn No.2 in E flat major K 417 – Concerto for Horn No.3 in E flat major K 447 – Concerto for Horn No.4 in E flat major K 495 – Concerto for Horn No.1 in D major K 412 (386b) instr. Levin, 1993 — Ab Koster (French horn) – Tafelmusik on period instruments; Jeanne Lamon music director – Bruno Weil (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major BWV 1049 – Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major BWV 1050 – Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major BWV 1051 — Tafelmusik – Jeanne Lamon (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

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Frédéric Chopin – Sonata for Piano No.2 in B flat minor B.128/ Op.35 "Funeral March" – Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major Op.22 – Scherzo for Piano No.2 in B flat minor/D flat major B.111/ Op.31 Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Now playing: Zoltán Kodály – Háry János — Suite Op.15 – Dances of Galánta – Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song "The Peacock" London Symphony Orchestra – István Kertész (Decca Records), CD 33 from The Decca Sound