The Jazz age the period of neo-classicism and the 'new objectivity'; but also a decade of masterworks untouched by the 'spirit of the age'.
Main items:
Milhaud La creation du monde
ORCHESTRE DU THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES conducted by THE COMPOSER
Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue (original version) THE COMPOSER (1925 piano roll)
COLUMBIA JAZZ BAND conducted by MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Lambert The Rio Grande (mono: 1930)
HAMILTON HARTY (piano) ST MICHAEL'S SINGERS HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
3.5* Varese Octandre CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER
ENSEMBLE, conducted by ARTHUR WEISBERG Stravinsky Octet
COLUMBIA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE conducted by the COMPOSER Schoenberg Suite Op 25 MAURIZIO POLLINI (piano) Hindemlth Kleine Kammermusik
DANISH WIND QUINTET
Bartok String Quartet No 3 TOKYO STRING QUARTET
4.20* Nielsen Symphony No5
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by OLE SCHMIDT
gramophone records
Producer ANTHONY BURTON