Oboe on the Road. ROSNER: Sonata. PISTON Suite. DEL AGUILA: Sommergesang. ANGEL: Noon Song. SIBBING: Ballad, Blues, and Rag. GOMPPER: Anon.

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OBOE ON THE ROAD Mark Weiger (ob); Robert Conway (pn)  CENTAUR CRC-2451 (58:31) ROSNER Sonata. PISTON Suite. DEL AGUILA Sommergesang. ANGEL Noon Song. SIBBING Ballad, Blues, and Rag. GOMPPER Anon. This is one of those 20th-century collections — like Saxophone Masterpieces(RIAX RICA-1001), which appeared on my 1999 Want List—whose largely unfamiliar contents and …

NOVÁK De Profundis. Lady Godiva. Toman and the Wood Nymph

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NOVÁK De Profundis. Lady Godiva. Toman and the Wood Nymph Libor Peëek, cond; BBC Philharmonic  CHANDOS CHAN-9821 (66:22) Vitezslav Novákwas, along with his friend and colleague Josef Suk (the elder), one of the leading Czech composers of the generation between Dvorak and …

Songs My Mother Taught Me. GIANNINI Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky!; Sing to My Heart a Song; It is a Spring Night.. Songs by RACHMANINOV, THOMPSON, HAGEMAN, CHARLES, SPROSS, QUILTER, RASBACH, COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, NILES, DUNGAN, MALOTTE

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SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME Roberta Alexander (sop); Brian Masuda (pn)  ETCETERA KTC-1208 (72:37) GIANNINI Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky!; Sing to My Heart a Song; It is a Spring Night. RACHMANINOV Spring Waters. R. THOMPSON Velvet Shoes.HAGEMAN Do Not Go, My Love; Music I …

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4. Symphony No. 5. The Wasps: Overture

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4. Symphony No. 5. The Wasps: Overture – Ralph Vaughan Williams, cond; BBC SO (London, 10/11/1937); Sir John Barbirolli, cond; Hallé O (Manchester, 2/17/1944); Sir Henry Wood, cond; Queen’s Hall O (London, 4/22/1936) – AVID AMSC 599, mono (74:43) The chief significance …

RAUTAVAARA: Symphony No. 3. Piano Concerto No. 1

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RAUTAVAARA Symphony No. 3. Piano Concerto No. 1. Cantus Arcticus – Hannu Lintu, cond; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Laura Mikkola (pn) – NAXOS 8.554147 (73:32) I’ve often reflected that, at least since about 1970, Finland seems to be home to …

PICKER: Emmeline

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PICKER Emmeline – George Manahan, cond; Patricia Racette (Emmeline Mosher), Curt Peterson (Matthew Gurney), Anne-Marie Owens (Aunt Hannah Watkins), et al; Santa Fe Opera O – ALBANY TROY 284-85 (2 CDs; 113:07) Born and educated in New York City, Tobias Picker, now in his …