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"In Memory of Bruce Carlson (1940-2006) and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1916-2006)"

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81
--SW German Radio Symphony, Baden-Baden/Michael Gielen, conductor
ECM New Series CD-1844 (www.ecmrecords.com)

JOHN CAGE (1912-1992): Slowly, fr Two Pieces for Piano (1935)
CAGE: Prelude III and "Summer", fr "The Seasons"
--Herbert Henck, piano
Hänssler Classic CD-93.134 (www.haenssler.de)

NICOLAS GOMBERT (x. 1495-1560): Motet, "Media vita in morte sumus"
--Hilliard Ensemble

RANDALL DAVIDSON (b. 1953): Anniversary Sonata (1993)
--Merilee Klemp, oboe; Christopher Kachian, guitar
Ten Thousand Lakes CD-115 (www.schubert.org)

Arte Nova Classics CD-433060 (www.allegro-music.com/artenova)
HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981): Lux aeterna (4th movement), fr Symphony No. 4, Op. 34 ("Requiem")
--Jena Philharmonic Orchestra/David Montgomery, conductor
ECM New Series CD-1884 (www.ecmrecords.com)

"Encores"
J. S. BACH: Bist du bei mir, S. 508
--Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Gerald Moore, piano (1954 recording)
Soli Deo Gloria CD-107 (www.solideogloria.co.uk)

J. S. BACH: Cantata No. 12 ("Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen")
--William Towers, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Julian Clarkson, bass;
Monteverdi Choir; English Bach Soloists /John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
EMI Classics CD-63654 (www.prms.org)

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): Aria, "Ach wär' ich schon", fr
Fidelio (1950 recording)
--Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Philharmonic Orchestra/Alceo Galliera, cond.
EMI Classics CD-65577 (www.prms.org)

"The Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Songbook"
HUGO WOLF (1860-1903): Wiegenlied (Im Sommer)
--Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Gerald Moore, piano (1954 recording)
EMI Classics CD-65860 (www.prms.org)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897): "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit" (#5), fr Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
--Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus; Otto Klemperer, conductor (1962 recording)
EMI Classics CD-66955 (www.prms.org)