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What a grievous loss to British music was William Hurlstone's early demise (a 30-year-old victim of bronchial asthma); happily, this delightful new Lyrita compilation should do a great deal to help keep his reputation alive. Anyone familiar with the two previous Hurlstone compilations from this...

Ketil Hvoslef (b.1939) is at the centre of an imposing Norwegian musical dynasty: his father was the composer Harald Saeverud, his son the violinist heard on this disc. Hvoslef's music does not set out to be imposing: in the notes he declares his desire to be undogmatic and independent,...

Two songs without words, H881. Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra, H175b. The Golden Goose, H 163—Ballet Musica. Capriccio for Orchestra, ll185a (ed. I. Hoist). A Fugal Concerto, HI 52c. A Moorside Suite, H 1 73Nocturne. Lyric Movement, H 19 1d Brook Green Suite, H1god.

Orchestral Set No. I—Three Places in New England. March No. 3, with My Old Kentucky Home. The Unanswered Question. Central Park in the Dark. Fugue in four keys, on The Shining Shore. Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting".