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Free Download: Giacinto Scelsi's Ohoi for 16 strings

Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) was an Italian composer known for experimenting with small fluctuations within intervals and gradually allowing them to diverge. Ohoi was written for string instruments in 1966.

This recording is performed by the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie; Jean-Paul Dessy, conductor.

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New performing arts videos licensed from the BBC

 Libraries with access to Opera in Video and Dance in Video will be pleased to learn that we've just licensed some exciting titles from the BBC.

Opera in Video will soon be updated with concert arias sung by Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Joan Sutherland, Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renee Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, and others. Also licensed are excerpts of performances from the Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

Opera in Video will also soon include full-length operas from the BBC, including The Cunning Little Vixen, Rigoletto, The Magic Flute, Il Trovatore, Falstaff, and Der Vampyr, plus Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Gondoliers. 

BBC titles to be added to Dance in Video include performances by the Cuban National Ballet, Royal Ballet, Kirov Ballet, and the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet.

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This set contains 734 records representing 774 albums, and is available in both MARC8 and UTF8 formats.

Free Download: Schubert's Fantasie in F minor D. 940 / Op. 103

Schubert composed this Fantasie for piano four hands in 1828; it was first published in 1829. This version of the work is for symphony orchestra and is performed by the Rhine Palatinate Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor.

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