MOZART Violin Concerto No 4 K218; Maxim Vengerov, violin-cond; UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
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BIZET Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra (orchestration of Jeux d'enfants Nos. 6, 3, 2, 11, 12); Bastille Opera Orchestra; Myung-Whun Chung, cond.
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GALLAGHER Berceuse; Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Krakow; Szymon Kawalla, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Gallager on CDs | College of Wooster Bio

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 1; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; Bernard Haitink, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Rachmaninov (RACHMANINOFF)

GRANADOS Intermezzo from Goyescas London Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, cond. ALTERNATE ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Granados

PROKOFIEV Symphony No 1 Op 25 Classical; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, cond. ALBUM NOTES | Read more about Prokofiev

BRITTEN On Dowland Songs; Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, cond.
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DVORAK Serenade in E Op 22; Southwest German Radio Orchestra.
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GUILIANI Grand Overture Op 61; David Starobin, guitar
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In the mid 1930's many work projects were administered by the federal government, including the Art, Music, Theatre, and Writers' projects. Started for the creation and preservation of the nation's infrastructure by executive order of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1935. The WPA was a work relief program that provided jobs for many individuals who had become unemployed during the Depression. Listen to a rare symphonic orchestra music program of the Manhattan Concert Band from the Federal Music Project during the late 1930's. Plus more concert music favorites.

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TORROBA Cowboy's Dance; San Francisco Guitar Ensemble
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TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto #1 in b, Op 23; Andras Schiff, piano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, cond.
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DELIUS Dance Rhapsody #1; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.
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ELGAR Sympnony # 1 op 55; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, cond.
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Sir Edward Elgar was born 150 years ago on 2nd June 1857 at Broadheath, a village some three miles from the small city of Worcester in the English West Midlands. [d. 23 February 1934] ...

Hans Richter called Elgar's first symphony the "greatest symphony of modern times" and to my taste it's the most important symphony since Mozart's 40th. Elgar stumbled on a simple, noble theme, quite unlike the folk-song melodies of his younger contemporary, Vaughan Williams. This motto theme drives the whole symphony through to the last movement where it reappears, deconstructed with massive brass and percussion chords punctuating its marchlike theme, but decidedly off the beat like random thunder. First performed in 1908 just before the First World War, the symphony as a whole is like a tone picture of the Victorian/Edwardian era marching off into the sunset.

JOBIM Retrato em Branco e Preto; Orchesta Nova; Carlos Franzetti, cond. aka Zingaro (retrato Em Branco E Preto) Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with Erik Friedlander, Gary Schocker, Juliet Haffner, Guillermo Figueroa, David Finck, Lawrence Feldman, Robert Chausow Conducted by Carlos Franzetti
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SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op 13; Vladimir Feltzman, piano
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WOO Lover and Beloved; Amy Schuman, harp; Peter Kent, violin; Ed White Cello
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Mood:  lyrical

DAMASE Sonata; Jean Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp
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MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, k 364; Maxim Vengerov, cond violin; Lawrence Power, viola; UBS Festival Orchestra
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F MENDELSSOHN Overture; Women's Philharmonic Orchestra; Joanne Falleta, cond.
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BRAHMS Symphony #4 in e, op 98; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, Cond.
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...and other selections.