Engineer’s Choice: Top recording engineer John Eargle picks his favourite demo tracks

Contents:
1. SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO.10, Scherzo
James DePreist, conductor / Helsinki Philharmonic (DE 3089)

2. SCHIFF: GIMPEL THE FOOL, 'Jester's Song and Mazel Tov' (excerpt)
David Shifrin, clarinet, and members of Chamber Music Northwest (DE 3058)

3. TAYLOR: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, 'Looking Glass Insects'
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

4. GROFE: GRAND CANYON SUITE, 'Sunset'
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

5. COPLAND: BILLY THE KID, 'Gun Battle'
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

6. HANSON: SYMPHONY NO.6, Movements III and VI
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

7. GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTO, Adagio
Bella Davidovich, piano / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

8. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: WASSAIL SONG
Roger Wagner, conductor / The Roger Wagner Chorale (DE 3072)

9. POULENC: FLEURS
Arleen Auger, soprano / Dalton Baldwin, piano (DE 3029)

10. POPPER: MENUETTO
Janos Starker, violoncello / Shigeo Neriki, piano (DE 3065)

11. HAYDN: SYMPHONY NO.51, Finale (Allegro)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Scottish Chamber Orchestra (DE 3064)

12. BENNETT: SUITE FOR SKIP AND SADIE, 'Good Morning'
Richard Rodney Bennett and Carol Rosenberger, piano duet (DE 6002)

13. TCHAIKOVSKY: PIANO TRIO, Tema con Variazioni (Variations I and III)
Mona Golabek, piano / Andres Cardenes, violin / Jeffrey Solow, violoncello (DE 3056)

14. ALBERT: TREESTONE, 'Tristopher Tristian'
Lucy Shelton, soprano / David Gordon, tenor / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / New York Chamber Symphony

15. RACHMANINOV: PRELUDE IN G MINOR
John Browning, piano (DE 3044)

16. ROREM: A QUAKER READER, Movements IV and VIII
Catharine Crozier, organ (DE 3076)

17. BARTOK: THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN (excerpts)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale

18. PISTON: SYMPHONY NO.6, Scherzo (Leggerissimo vivace)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

19. DIAMOND: SYMPHONY NO.2, Finale (Allegro vigoroso) (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra

20. RESPIGHI: ROMAN FESTIVALS (excerpts)
James DePreist, conductor / The Oregon Symphony (DE 3070)

21. FALLA: NIGHTS IN THE GARDENS OF SPAIN (excerpts)
Carol Rosenberger, piano / Gerard Schwarz, conductor / London Symphony Orchestra (DE 3060)

22. RAVEL: DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (excerpt)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale