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JOHN MAYER (composer/tanpura)

RELEASED MARCH 2012

PFITZNER CELLO CONCERTO IN G MAJOR/PRABHANDA & RAGAMALAS (FHR14)

Rohan de Saram - cello, Druvi de Saram - piano, John Mayer - tanpura. This disc features the landmark recording of Pfitzner's Cello Concerto in G Major with Rohan de Saram on Cello and The Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Also on this CD is a fusion of western and Indian classical music traditions with John Mayer's prabhanda & Ragamalas. Recorded 1980 & 1981 respectively and extensively available for the first time.

THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS (Ensemble)

RELEASED MARCH 2012

THE COMPLETE HMV STEREO RECORDINGS VOLUME 2 (FHR15)

All tracks are issued here for the first time on CD.

Includes new discovered Abbey Road Studio recordings from 1954 and 1956.

Symphony No. 36, 'Linz' and Twelve Minuets are first releases in stereo.

Recorded in December 1954, Symphony No. 36, 'Linz' appears to be the earliest extant EMI stereo recording of a complete work.

Remastered at Abbey Road Studio, London using original analogue session & master tapes.