EXPLORING THE ROMANTIC
Prepared by Chris Blower
With Brian Cornish

Raff, J. Overture to King Alfred (1848-49).    Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi.
Chandos CHSA 5135 [13:43]

Rachmaninov, S. Moments musicaux, op 16 (1896): no 1 in B flat minor; no 2 in E flat minor; no 3 in B minor.    Scott Davie, pf.
ABC 472 671-2 [16:25]

Verdi, G. Ballet music from The Sicilian Vespers (1855).    Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida.
Philips 422 846-2 [29:04]

Widor, C-M. Suite in C minor, op 34 (1877).    Adam Walker, fl; James Baillieu, pf.
Chandos CHAN 20229 [18:22]

Stenhammar, W. Sentimental romances, op 28 (1910): no 1 in A; no 2 in F minor.    Ulf Wallin, vn; Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi.
BIS CD-550 [12:31]

Wagner, R. Siegfried idyll (1870).    Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.
ABC 481 4571 [17:55]