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Lambert Chandos C

At the tender age of 20, Constant Lambert wrote his ballet Romeo and Juliet for the famous Ballets Russes. A short time thereafter he completed

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FILM MUSIC VOL. 2

What’s not to like? The best thing about Malcolm Arnold’s film music is that, like all great composers who work in this medium, it serves

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Ravel Tortelier Chandos C

The most interesting thing on this disc is Yan Pascal Tortelier’s surprisingly successful orchestral transcription of Ravel’s Piano Trio, a colorful piece of work that

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Aus Italien Jarvi

Neeme Järvi’s sensibly paced but not all that wonderfully played Metamorphosen won’t win any awards, but his Aus Italien delivers the goods in spades, the

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RVW 2 Chandos C

Thanks to an enlightened decision by the composer’s widow, Ursula Vaughan Williams, we now have the opportunity to hear the original version of A London

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