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Florent Schmitt: Antoine et Cleopatre

SCHMITT, F: Le Palais hante Op. 49; Antoine et Cleopatre (Antony and Cleopatra)

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

NAXOS 8573521 (CD budget)

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Giovincello (Baroque Concerti)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479

GRAZIANI, C: Cello Concerto in C

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

PLATTI: Cello Concerto in D major

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419

Edgar Moreau (cello), Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

ERATO 2564605266 (CD)

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Dorothea Röschmann sings Mozart Arias

MOZART: Oh smania! oh furie!...D'Oreste, d'Aiace (from Idomeneo); La clemenza di Tito, K621 - Deh, se piacermi vuoi; Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro); E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro); In quali eccessi ... Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni); Solitudini amiche ... Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo); Ecco il punto...Non piu di fiori vaghe catene (from La clemenza di Tito); Bella mia fiamma, addio... Resta, oh cara, K528

Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

Mark Lowther joins Andrew live to compare recordings of George Frideric Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and makes a personal recommendation.

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Handel - Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks
HANDEL: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
DG 4777562 / ARCHIV 477 7562

Andrew talks to local lad and champion of classic Hollywood and Broadway repertoire, conductor John Wilson.

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Soft Lights and Sweet Music: Classic Angela Morley arrangements

Includes music by Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Gershwin, Bernstein and Weill, arranged for orchestra by Angela Morley.

The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

Vocalion CDSA 6803 (CD)

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Shall We Dance? – Big Band Arrangements of Geraldo

Includes music by Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers, Castiglione, Hanley, Harline, and Noble, arranged by Alan Roper, Angela Morley, Roland Shaw and Johnny Keating.

The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

Vocalion CDSA 6806 (CD)

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Moonlight Becomes You – Classic Arrangements of Paul Weston

Includes music by Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin, Swan, Waller and Van Heusen, arranged for orchestra by Paul Weston.

The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

Vocalion CDSA 6808

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Cole Porter in Hollywood

PORTER, C: Stereophonic Sound (from Silk Stockings); Begin the beguine; Love Of My Life (from The Pirate); From This Moment On; Always True To You In My Fashion; Wunderbar (from Kiss Me Kate); Easy to love; Josephine (from Silk Stockings); High Society Overture; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (from High Society); My heart belongs to Daddy; It's Alright With Me; Let's Do It! (Let's Fall In Love); Les Girls; Now You Has Jazz (from High Society)

Anna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison (vocals), The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

WARNER CLASSICS 2564627680 (CD)

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Celebrating Frank Sinatra

ARLEN: Ill Wind

BERLIN, I: Let's face the music and dance; Cheek to cheek

CARMICHAEL, H: I Get Along Without You Very Well

COATES, C: No-one Ever Tells You

GERSHWIN: A Foggy Day (In London Town)

HAGGART: What's New?

HEUSEN: Come Fly With Me

KERN: I Won't Dance (from Three Sisters); The Folks Who Live on the Hill

LOESSER: Guys And Dolls (Guys and Dolls)

PORTER, C: High Society Overture; From This Moment On; I've Got You Under My Skin

RODGERS, R: This Can't Be Love

Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker, Claire Martin (vocals), The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

Pianists Lucy Parham and Kenneth Hamilton join Andrew to discuss Sony’s recently released 50CD box set, dedicated to previously unreleased recordings of Vladimir Horowitz live in concert.

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Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983

Includes works by Haydn, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Moszkowski, Scriabin, Clementi and Horowitz.

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Vivaldi: Il teatro alla moda

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D major, RV 228; Violin Concerto, RV 282; Violin Concerto, RV 313; Violin Concerto, RV 314; Violin Concerto, RV 316; Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in G minor, RV 322; Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 323; Violin Concerto, RV 372a; Concerto No. 12 in B minor RV 391

Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli incognitiÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902221 (CD)