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Benjamin Godard's Orchestral Showpieces

A new release premieres little-known symphonic works by a largely forgotten French master.

Cover art for the new Benjamin Godard album.

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Classical Lost And Found: Ferrara's Laments and Surprises

Hear debut recordings of rarely heard music by the man who taught many of Italy's great conductors.

Four of Franco Ferrara's works receive their recording premieres on this new album.

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Classical Lost And Found: A Knight And Damsel's Pas De Deux

Hear the world premiere recording of Philippe Gaubert's rare ballet Le Chevalier et la Damoiselle.

Philippe Gaubert's little-known ballet Le Chevalier et la Damoiselle recieves its world premiere recording.

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Classical Lost And Found: Remaking 'Metropolis'

Metropolis includes movie music that can stand on its own. Hear a new version of the classic score.

Cover art for Metropolis movie score.

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Classical Lost And Found: Andrzej Panufnik's Mystic Symmetries

A new album surveys the orchestral music of the undervalued Polish composer who was inspired by geometry, emotion and Chopin.

A series of albums is helping to spread the word about the music of Andrrzej Panufnik.

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Classical Lost And Found: The Sweet Serenades Of Robert Fuchs

He counted Mahler, Sibelius and Korngold among his students, but the neglected pedagogue Robert Fuchs was also a composer of considerable merit. With delicate minuets and scurrying scherzos, the serenades of Fuchs are a delightful find.

Today, the Austrian romantic Robert Fuchs is all but forgotten. But in his time, he was a significant composer and the teacher of Mahler and Sibelius.

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Charles Ives' 'Concord' Sonata As A Symphony

The maverick American composer spent 43 years perfecting his Piano Sonata; it took another non-conformist American, Henry Brant, another 36 years to transform it into a symphony. Hear an excerpt.

Composer Henry Brant took 36 years to transform the "Concord" sonata by Charles Ives into a full-fledged symphony.

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Lawrence Dillon's Flights of Fancy

Hear the New Jersey-born composer's take on stars, birds and things that go "buzz" in the night, in a new recording of chamber music performed by the Daedalus Quartet.

Lawrence Dillon's String Quartets have names like "Air," "Flight" and "The Infinite Sphere."

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David Matthews' Compelling Concertos

It would be too simple to call the British composer's music old school. Matthews writes melodies you can whistle, and his harmonies are reminiscent of musical forebears like Britten and Tippett, but somehow it all comes out compellingly fresh.

Album artwork for David Matthews' new CD of concertos.

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Armas Jarnefelt: Emerging From The Shadow Of Sibelius

Hear the rarely performed orchestral music from the brother-in-law of Jean Sibelius. The Finnish Lahti Symphony, in tender, loving performances, makes a strong case for music that's been out of circulation far too long.

cover image for Armas Jarnefelt album