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Britten Complete String Quartets – Emperor Quartet
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Ronald Stevenson: Transcriptions – Murray McLachlan
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Elgar: Part-Songs and Choral Works – Rodolfus Choir
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Dvorak: Cypresses and String Quartet No. 13 – Cypress String Qu
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Bruckner Symphony 3 & Mahler Symphony 2 – Adler
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Orff: Carmina Burana – Ormandy
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Dvorák and Bruch Violin Concertos – Julia Fischer
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Nielsen Symphonies Complete – Colin Davis and the LSO
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