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ROSTROPOVICH conducts SHOSTAKOVICH
London, Barbican Centre, 1998: London Symphony Orchestra
An exceptional account by Rostropovich himself of this childhood, his relationship with Russia, his rapport with Shostakovich. This 3-CD set features two symphonies by Shostakovich, and rare symphonic fragments (including world premiere recording of the Adagio of 1934)

ALBAN BERG
Lulu

This 2-CD set features the extraordinary Viennes performance of Berg's Lulu by the work's most highly acclaimed interpreters, including Anja Silja in the leading role

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A view of Santiago Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. (image © Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias)

An arts complex — and an architect's dreamscape: the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, designed by hometown hero Santiago Calatrava.

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A Composer Who's Not Afraid of the Big Themes: John Adams
"I really thought I would never write a grand opera again: it's so much damn hard work. But [the story of Oppenheimer and the first atomic bomb] just seemed ... such a potent theme that I could really sink my teeth into."

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Born Under an Evil Star? A Look at Carl Maria von Weber and His Operas
"Consumptive from birth - and lame, too - he nearly died when he accidently drank engraving acid preserved in a wine bottle by his feckless father."

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Rariora & Marginalia : works by Bertali, Böddecker, Bovicelli, Muffat, von Westhoff
The Rare Fruits Council, Manfredo Kraemer

Rare violin works
Rarity, marginality: these are the two main criteria that guided the choice of repertoire for this recording. Whether because of their particular origin or for other reasons to do with fashion or the way they have been handed down to posterity, all the works presented here have been doomed to a resolutely marginal existence, in the record catalogue even more than in the concert hall.