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CD From Hell: Barbirolli’s Most Embarrassing Moments?

David Hurwitz

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This latest release in the BBC’s ongoing series of live […]
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Reference Recording: Vaughan Williams 8th: Barbirolli (Dutton)

ALAN RAWSTHORNE - Street Corner Overture
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Symphony No. 8
ARNOLD BAX - Oboe Quintet (arr. Barbirolli)
FREDRICK DELIUS - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
WILLIAM WALTON - Crown Imperial March
EDWARD ELGAR - Land of Hope and Glory

  • Record Label: BBC - 4100-2
  • Medium: CD

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