The Irish Connection
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“There are only two kinds of people in the world,” goes the saying, “The Irish, and those who wish they were.”
In this hour, classical music celebrating the Emerald Isle--from Purcell to Beethoven to Victor Herbert.
RECORDINGS USED
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Harty Irish Symphony
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Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomas
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Chandos CHAN 8314
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095115831427
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Instruments from the Russell Collection
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John Kitchen
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Delphian DCD 34039
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801918340390
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The Beggar’s Opera
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Adrian Thompson (tenor), Broadside Band,
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Hyperion CDA 66591/2
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034571165912
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Beethoven Edition Box Vol 17 - Folksong Arrangements
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Thomas Allen
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Deutsche Grammaphon 453 786-2
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0028945378626
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Sweet Power of Song
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Felicity Lott, Ann Murray (sopranos)
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EMI Classics 0077774993029
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Field Complete Piano Music: Rondos
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Pietro Spada
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Arts 47179-2
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600554717920
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Danny Boy, track 3
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Kiri Te Kanawa
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EMI Classics 47080
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077774708029
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Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor/Fantasia, Op. 15/Variations, Op. 83
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Benjamin Frith
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Naxos 8.553358
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0730099435826
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Flotow: Martha
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Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem
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RCA 74321 32231 2 [Germany]
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743213223124
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Stanford: Six Irish Rhapsodies
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Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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CHAN 10116
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095115858127
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Harty: An Irish Symphony
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Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomas
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CHAN 8314
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095115831427
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Symphony No. 1
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
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Naxos 8.553525
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730099452526
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Herbert: Eileen
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Dean Power (tenor), Orchestra of Ireland, David Brophy
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New World Records 80733-2
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093228073321
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