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Michael DAUGHERTY (b. 1954)

Philadelphia Stories (2001) UFO (1999) 8.559165 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Hubert Culot

David DIAMOND (b. 1915)

	Symphony No. 2 (1942/3) Symphony No. 4 (1945) 8.559154 Reviews by Hubert Culot and Rob Barnett
	Psalm (1936) [8:39] Kaddish (1987) [10:44] Symphony No. 3 (1945) 8.559155 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Michael Cookson and Colin Clarke
	Suite from the ballet TOM (1935) This Sacred Ground (1963) Symphony No. 8 (1960) 8.559156 Review by Rob Barnett
	Symphony No.1 (1941) Violin Concerto No.2 (1947) The Enormous Room (1948) 8.559157 Review by Hubert Culot

Jacob DRUCKMAN (1928-1996)

String Quartet No. 3 (1981) Reflections on the Nature of Water, for solo marimba (1986) Dark Wind for violin and cello (1994) String Quartet No. 2 (1996) 8.559260 Review by Michael Cookson

Vernon DUKE (1903-1969)

Piano Concerto (orch. Dunn) (1923/1998) Cello Concerto (1938) Homage to Boston - suite for piano solo (1945) 8.559286 Reviews by Bob Briggs, William Kreindler and Rob Barnett

Dennis EBERHARD (b. 1943)

Shadow of the Swan: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Prometheus Wept 8.559176 Reviews by Christopher Thomas and Jonathan Woolf

Ralph EVANS (b. 1953)

String quartet 1 (1995) 8.559354 Review by Rob Barnett

Morton FELDMAN (1926-1987)

String Quartet (1979) 8.559190 Review by Dominy Clements

Nicolas FLAGELLO (1928-1994)

	Symphony No. 1 (1964-68) Sea Cliffs (1957) Intermezzo from The Piper of Hamelin (1969) Theme, Variations and Fugue 8.559148 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Hubert Culot
	Piano Concerto No. 1 (1950) Dante's Farewell (1962) (orch. Anthony Sbordini) Concerto Sinfonico for saxophone quartet and orchestra (1985) 8.559296 Review by Rob Barnett and Christopher Fifield
	Missa Sinfonica (1957) 8.559347 Reviews by Rob Barnett, William Kreindler and Jonathan Woolf

Arthur FOOTE (1853-1937)

	Piano Quintet (1897) String Quartet No 2 (1893) String Quartet No 3 (1911) 8.559009 Review by Rob Barnett
	Piano Quartet (1890) String Quartet No 1 (1883) Nocturne and Scherzo for flute and string quartet (1918) 8.559014 Review by Rob Barnett
	Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, op. 5 (1882/4) Piano Trio No. 2 in B flat Major, op 65. (1907/8) Melody for violin and piano, op. 44 (1899) Ballade for violin and piano, op. 69 (1910) 8.559039 Review by Raymond Walker (as Marco Polo 8.225117)

Lukas FOSS (b. 1922)

Works for Solo Piano (complete) Scherzo Ricercato (1954), Passacaglia (1940) Grotesque Dance (1938), Prelude in D major (1951) Fantasy Rondo (1944), Four Two-Part Inventions (1938) For Lenny: Variation on "New York, New York" (1987) Solo (1981) 8.559179 Review by John France

Jefferson FRIEDMAN (1974-)

String Quartet No. 2 8.559180 Review by Derek Warby

Wiliam Henry FRY (1813-1864)

Santa Claus Symphony Overture to Macbeth Niagra Symphony The Breaking Heart 8.559057 Reviews by Christopher Fifield and Gwyn Parry-Jones

Kenneth FUCHS (b. 1956)

	An American Place (2004) Eventide - concerto for english horn, harp, percussion and string orchestra Out of the Dark, suite for chamber orchestra 8.559224 Reviews by Tim Perry and Colin Clarke
	United Artists (2006), Quiet in the Land (2004) Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze (1986), Autumn Rhythm (2006) Canticle to the Sun (2005) 8.559335 Review by Dan Morgan

George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Gershwin in Hollywood (arr. Robert Russell Bennett) An American in Paris (1928) Cuban Overture (1932) Symphonic Picture from Porgy and Bess (arranged by Robert Russell Bennett) (1943) 8.559107 Review by Dave Billinge

Philip GLASS (b. 1937)

	Company Violin Concerto Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten 8.559056 (also released as 8.554568) Review by John French, Colin Clarke and Marc Bridle
	Symphony No. 2 (1994) Symphony No. 3 (1995) 8.559202 Reviews by John Phillips, Hubert Culot and Rob Barnett
	The Light (1987) Symphony No. 4 'Heroes Symphony ' (1996) 8.559325 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Dominy Clements
	String quartet 2 (1983) 8.559354 Review by Rob Barnett

Louis GOTTSCHALK (1829-1869)

	A Night in the Tropics Célèbre Tarantelle, Souvenir de Porto Rico, The Dying Poet Tournament Galop, O! Ma Charmante, La Babanier Manchega, Célèbre Tarantelle Berceuse Symphonie Romantique ('A Night in the Tropics') 8.559036 Review by Adrian Smith
	Piano Music 8.559145 Review by Dan Satz
	Symphonie No. 2, ‘À Montevideo’ Célèbre Tarantelle, Escenas Campestres Cubanas  Variations de concert sur l'hymne portugais du Roi Louis I Ave Maria, La  Casa del Joven Enrique por Méhul  Symphonie romantique 8.559320 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Göran Forsling

Morton GOULD (1913-1996)

	American Ballads (1976) Foster Gallery (1939) American Salute 8.559005 Reviews by Ian Lace and Christopher Thomas
	Jekyll and Hyde Variations (1957) Fall River Legend (1948) 8.559242 Reviews by Patrick Gary, Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn

Charles Tomlinson GRIFFES (1884-1920)

	Piano Music Vol. 1 Piano Sonata (1919), Three Tone Pictures (1910-1915) De Profundis (1915), Roman Sketches (1915-1916) A Winter Landscape (1912), Rhapsody in B minor (1912-14) Barcarolle (1910), Legend in F sharp minor (1915) Prelude in B minor (1899-1900) 8.559023 Review by Rob Barnett
	The White Peacock (1915) Three Poems of Fiona McLeod (1918) Bacchanale (1912-1919), Clouds (1916-1919) Three Tone Pictures (1915) Poem for Flute and Orchestra (1918) The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan (1912-16) 8.559164 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Ian Lace

Ferde GROFÉ (1892-1972)

	Mississippi Suite (1926) Grand Canyon Suite (1931) Niagara Falls Suite (1961) 8.559007 Review by Rob Barnett
	Death Valley Suite (1957) Hudson River Suite (1955) Hollywood Suite (1938) 8.559017 Reviews by Ian Lace, Kevin Sutton and Rob Barnett

Henry Kimball HADLEY (1871-1937)

The Ocean (1921) The Culprit Fay (1909) Symphony No. 4 ('North, East, South, West') (1911) 8.559064 Review by Rob Barnett

Adolphus HAILSTORK (b.1941)

Symphonies 2 & 3 8.559295 Review by Patrick Waller

Howard HANSON (1896-1981)

	Piano Music Two Yuletide Pieces, Poèmes Erotiques, Sonata Three Miniatures, Three Etudes, Enchantment For the First Time, Slumber Song 8.559047 Review by Rob Barnett
	Hanson Orchestral Works Vol. 1 Symphony No. 1 ('Nordic') (1922) Merry Mount Suite (1938) Pan and the Priest (1926) Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns 8.559072 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Phillips
	Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings (1926) Nymphs and Satyr Ballet Suite (1979) Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth for Piano and Strings (1951) Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings (1945) Summer Seascape No. 2 (1965) Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings (1948-49) 8.559251 Reviews by Paul Cook, Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	Merry Mount, op. 31 (1933) 8.669012-13 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Göran Forsling and William Kreindler

John HARBISON (b. 1938)

Piano Trio No. 2 'Short Stories' (2003) Gatsby Etudes (1999), The Violist's Notebook (2002) Ten MicroWaltzes (2004), Cucaraccia and Fugue (2003) Cello Suite (1993), Piano Trio No. 1 (1968) 8.559243 Review by Dan Morgan

Roy HARRIS (1898-1979)

	Symphony No. 7 Epilogue to Profiles in Courage – J.F.K. Symphony No. 9 8.559050 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Jonathan Woolf and Neil Horner
	Symphony No. 3 (1938) Symphony No. 4 ('Folk Song Symphony ') (1939) 8.559227 Review by John Quinn

Stephen HARTKE (b. 1952)

The Greater Good (or The Passion of Boule de Suif) (2006) 8.669014/15 Reviews by Carla Rees and Robert Hugill

Jake HEGGIE (b. 1961)

For a look or a touch (2007) 8.559379 Review by Robert Hugill

Robert HELPS (1928-2001)

Shall We Dance for piano (1994) Piano Quartet (1997) Postlude for horn, violin and piano (1964) Nocturne for string quartet (1960) John Ireland - The Darkened Valley (c.1919) (performed by Robert Helps) 8.559199 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Victor HERBERT (1859-1924)

Orchestral Music from the Musicals: Babes in Toyland The Red Mill 8.559025 Review by Rob Barnett

Bernard HERRMANN (1911-1975)

Echoes (1965) 8.559354 Review by Rob Barnett

Jennifer HIGDON (b. 1962)

Piano Trio (2003) Voices (1993) Impressions (2003) 8.559298 Review by Tim Perry

Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)

	Cello Concerto, op. 17 (1936) Symphony No. 22 ('City of Light'), op. 236 (1971) 8.559158 Reviews by John France and Ian Lace
	Symphony No. 4, op.165 (1958) Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, op.213 (1965) Symphony No. 20, op.223 ('Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain') (1969) Prayer of Saint Gregory, op.62b (1972) Symphony No. 53, op.377 ('Star Dawn') (1983) 8.559207 Review by Patrick Waller
	Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49 (1944-48) Guitar Concerto, Op. 325 (1979) Symphony No. 60 ('To the Appalachian Mountains') Op. 396 (1985) 8.559294 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Patrick Waller
	Alan Hovhaness Fanfare for the New Atlantis op. 281 (1975) Concerto No. 2 for guitar and strings op. 394 (1985) Symphony No. 63 Loon Lake op. 411 (1988) 8.559336 Review by Rob Barnett

Charles IVES (1874-1954)

	Symphony No. 2 Robert Browning Overture 8.559076 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Symphony No. 3 ('The Camp Meeting') (c1904) Washington's Birthday (from the Holidays Symphony) (1909) Two Contemplations (c1906) 'Country Band March' (1905) Overture and March '1776' (1906) 8.559087 Review by John France
	Violin Sonatas No. 1 (c.1914) No. 2 (c.1914) No. 3 (c.1914) No. 4, ‘Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting’ (c.1916) 8.559119 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Bruce Hodges
	Sonata No.2 for Piano, ‘Concord, Mass.: 1840-60’ (1904-15) Varied Air and Variations The Celestial Railroad Four Transcriptions from ‘Emerson’, No.1 8.559127 Reviews by Tony Haywood, Jonathan Woolf and Patrick Waller
	Emerson Concerto for piano and orchestra Symphony No. 1 8.559175 Review by John Quinn
	String Quartet No.1 ('From the Salvation Army') (1896) Scherzo (ca.1907-14) String Quartet No.2 (1911-13) 5.559178 Reviews by Kirk McElhearn, Dominy Clements and Jonathan Woolf
	The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1908) Soliloquy, or a Study in 7ths and Other Things (c. 1916-7) On the Antipodes (c. 1922-23) The Gong on the Hook and Ladder (c. 1912) Hallowe’en (c. 1914), In Re Con Moto et al (c. 1915-16) Sunrise (1926), Remembrance (1921) Aeschylus and Sophocles (1922- c. 1924) Five Take Offs (c. 1906-09) Three Quarter-Tone Pieces (1923-24) 8.559194 Review by Scott Mortensen
	First Orchestral Set (1913-14) Second Orchestral Set (1919) Third Orchestral Set (1926-54) 8.559353 Review by Stephen Hall

Scott JOPLIN (1868-1917)

	Piano Rags 8.559114  Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Patrick Gary
	Piano Rags Vol. 2 8.559277 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Gary Higginson

Earl KIM (1920-1998)

Violin Concerto (1979) Dialogues for piano and orchestra (1959) Cornet for narrator and orchestra (1984) 8.559226 Review by Rob Barnett

Leon KIRCHNER (b.1919)

Duo for Violin and Piano (1947) 'Flutings' from Lily (1973) Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954) Piano Sonata (1948) Triptych (1986/88) 8.559195 Review by John Leeman

 

 

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