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Kenneth Hamilton plays Ronald Stevenson
NOVELLO arr. Ronald Stevenson: We'll Gather Lilacs (from Perchance to Dream)
RACHMANINOV arr. Ronald Stevenson: Lilacs Op. 21 No. 5
STEVENSON: Fantasy on Peter Grimes; Three Scottish Ballads; Beltane Bonfire; Heroic Song for Hugh MacDiarmid; Symphonic Elegy for Liszt; Chorale and Fugue in Reverse on Themes of Robert and Clara Schumann; Elizabethan Pieces (3) after John Bull
TAUBER arr. Ronald Stevenson: My Heart and I (from Old Chelsea)
Kenneth Hamilton (piano)
PRIMA FACIE PFCD050 (CD)

BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
DG 4795929 (CD)

Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 violins
VIVALDI: Concerto For 2 Violins In C RV 507; Concerto for 2 Violins in B flat major, RV 529; Concerto for 2 Violins in C minor, RV510; Concerto in C major for Two Violins, RV 505; Concerto for strings No. 8, RV 127; Concerto for 2 Violins in B flat major, RV527; Concerto for Two Violins, RV513
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli incogniti
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902249 (CD)

Top recommendation:

Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21
Martha Argerich (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 5567982 (CD)

Other recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Sara Mohr-Pietsch also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Evgeny Kissin (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)
MELODIYA MELCD1001994 (CD)

Janina Fialkowska (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
ATMA ACD22643 (CD)

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Andris Nelsons (conductor)
DG 4779520 (CD)

Maria Joao Pires (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor),
DG 4794370 (5CD)

Moriz Rosenthal (piano), Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann
ALTARA ALT1014-D (download only)

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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Stravinsky
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1911 version); Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Orpheus
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
LPO LPO0091 (CD)

Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin
BARTOK: The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite); Dance Suite, BB 86, Sz. 77; Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111
Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay (violin), Mark Van de Wiel (clarinet), Yefim Bronfman (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD466 (CD)

Kathleen Ferrier's 1946 recording of Gluck's 'What is Life?' (鈥楥he far貌 senza Euridice鈥� from Orfeo ed Euridice). Hilary Finch looks at a recording which seemed to hold within it the hopes, fears, and lingering grief of its day - and it became an icon of its time.

Kathleen Ferrier: The Complete Decca Recordings
DECCA 4783589 (14CD)

Mark Lowther joins Andrew to look at recordings of music premiered in 1946 by composers including Richard Strauss, Aaron Copland and Charles Ives. Together they compare recordings by artists associated with the works' premieres with more recent versions.

Herbert von Karajan - The Great Recordings
BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major Op. 56
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
DEBUSSY: La Mer; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
RAVEL: Bolero; Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version); La Valse
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63; Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82; En Saga Op. 9; Lemminkainen Suite Op. 22: The Swan of Tuonela (No. 2); Karelia Suite Op. 11; Finlandia Op. 26; Valse Triste Op. 44 No. 1; Tapiola Op. 112
STRAUSS, R: Metamorphosen; Don Quixote Op. 35; Symphonia Domestica Op. 53
WAGNER: Der fliegende Hollander: Overture; Parsifal: Prelude to Act 1; Parsifal: Prelude to Act 3; Tannhauser: Overture and Venusberg Music; Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Overture; Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod; Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3
David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 5160912 (download)

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9; R. STRAUSS: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 556580 2 (2CD)

Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica
STRAUSS, R: Symphonia Domestica Op. 53; Oboe Concerto in D; Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64; Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings, AV147
Jonathan Small (oboe), Nicholas Cox (clarinet), Alan Pendlebury (bassoon), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
AVIE AV2071 (2CD)

HONEGGER: Symphony No. 2 in D for strings and trumpet; Symphony No. 3, H186 'Liturgique'
STRAVINSKY: Concerto in D for string orchestra 'Basler'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 4474352 (CD)

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 鈥楲iturgique鈥�
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
MULTISONIC 31 0025-2 (CD)

Honegger: Symphony No. 3
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3, H186 'Liturgique'
POULENC: Gloria
Luba Orgonasova (soprano), The Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO LIVE RCO06003 (Hybrid SACD)

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms; Symphony in C; Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra 'Dumbarton Oaks'; Violin Concerto in D; Symphony in 3 movements; Concerto in D for string orchestra 'Basler'; Ebony Concerto; Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments; Movements for Piano & Orchestra; Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; Violin Concerto in D
Isaac Stern (violin), Columbia Symphony Orchestra
SONY 88875126242 (3CD)

STRAVINSKY: Symphony in E flat Op. 1; Symphony in C; Ode (Elegiacal Chant in three parts); Symphony in 3 Movements; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Le Baiser de la Fee
Nash Ensemble, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor), Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor), Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN241-8 (2CD)

Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok
BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91, Sz. 83; Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95; Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110; Rhapsody for piano & orchestra Op. 1, BB36b, Sz. 27; Scherzo (Burlesque) for piano & orchestra, Sz. 28
Otto Schad, Rolf Reinhardt, Richard Sohm, Gyorgy Sandor (piano), Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Baden-Baden), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor), Pierre Cao (conductor)
VOX CDX25506 (2CD)

BARTOK: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (complete)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10610 (CD)

IVES, C: Symphony No. 2; The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the Dark
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Gunther Schuller (conductor)
SONY SK94731 (download)

Ives: Symphonies Nos. 2 & No. 3, 'The Camp Meeting'
IVES, C: Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SONY G010001222765X (download)

Copland: Symphony No. 3 and Quiet City
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3; Quiet City
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 4191702 (CD)

Koussevitzky Conducts Copland
COPLAND: Quiet City; Symphony No. 3; Appalachian Spring Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)
PRISTINE AUDIO PASC458 (download)

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34; Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op. 68; Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op. 33a
PART: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Truls Mork (cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
BIS BISCD420 (CD)