Chopin: Piano Works / Vlado Perlemuter6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 3 in B major, Op. 9/3, CT. 110; Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 142/Op. 48; Nocturne ...Performers: Perlemuter, Vlado ![]() Grainger: The Complete Piano Music / Martin Jones5 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 ![]() Schubert: The Symphonies, Chamber Music, Piano Works, etc12 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 1 in D major, D 82; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Symphony no 3 in D major, D 2...Performers: Deyanova, Marta; Gehrman, Shura; Walker, Nina; Yang, Wen-Sinn Conductors: Goodman, Roy ![]() Ravel: Piano Works / Vlado Perlemuter2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; Jeux d'eau; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Gaspard de la nuit; Sonatine for Piano; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; Prélude for Piano in...Performers: Perlemuter, Vlado ![]() Prima Voce - Rosa Ponselle Vol 31 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...Performers: Lapitino, Francis J.; Ponselle, Rosa Conductors: Romani, Romano; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A. Ensemble: ; Orchestra ![]() Bach: Violin Concertos / Shumsky, Scottish Chamber Orchestra1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Herzliebster Jesu, BWV 1093; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043Performers: Miller, Robin; Shumsky, Oscar [Violin/Conductor]; Tunnell, John Conductors: Shumsky, Oscar Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra BBC Music Magazine There's no doubting Shumsky's artistry. ...continue... ![]() Prima Voce - Great Singers in Moscow1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Anton Rubinstein: Nero; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; The oprichnik; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; May Night; Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; A Life for the ...Performers: Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Chaliapin, Feodor; Damayev, Vasily; Figner, Nikolay; Kastorsky, Vladimir; Klement'yev, Lev; Nezhdanova, Antonina; ovich, Aleksandr; Petrova-Zvantseva, Vera; Shevelyov, Nikolay; ... Conductors: Arkadiev, I. P. ![]() Summer Dances - Hoddinott, Mathias / Fine Arts Brass1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 "The flawless playing by the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble is certainly more than adequate to the demands of this music...this is a release that no...continue... ![]() Butterworth, Parry, Bridge: Shropshire Lad / Boughton, ESO1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra, H 93; George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; English Idylls (2); A Shropshire Lad; Charles Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's SuiteConductors: Boughton, William Ensemble: English String Orchestra ![]() Bach: The Works for Organ Vol 7 / Kevin Bowyer2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbüchlein; Orgelbüchlein; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1124Performers: Bowyer, Kevin Conductors: Joensen, Alice Ensemble: Det Fynske Kammerkor "The performances are expressive, attractive in tone, and well tuned...an ideal rendering of the organ textures." -Fanfare...continue... ![]() Hear, O Heav'ns - Purcell, Blow, Locke, et al / Darlington1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Clements, William; Farr, Stephen; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Olleson, AndrewConductors: Darlington, Stephen Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir ![]() Dvorák: Piano Trios Op 21 & Op 90 / Vienna Piano Trio1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 21/B 51; Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 90/B 166 "Dumky"Performers: Mendl, Stefan; Redik, Wolfgang; Trefny, Marcus Conductors: Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio "...Both pieces, with their rapid alternations of mood, are full of romance and charm, and both are played very well by the Vienna Piano Trio...Their...continue... ![]() Prima Voce - Rosa Ponselle1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; La forza del destino; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Antonio De Curtis: Carm&egrav...Performers: Martinelli, Giovanni; Pinza, Ezio; Ponselle, Rosa; Romani, Romano; Schmidt, Mischa Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Pasternack, Josef A. Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ![]() Prima Voce - Björling, Caruso, Gigli1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Mattinata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Pu...Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino Long before Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras caught the public imagination there were three legendary tenors who became household names in their own lifetime. They were...continue... ![]() Grand Piano - Percy Grainger plays Grainger1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey!, folk song for piano (2 versions) (BFMS 4); Country Gardens, folk song for piano (BFMS 22); The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, folk song for piano (BFMS 2); Jutish M...![]() The Dante Troubadours / Martin Best Medieval Ensemble1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Anonymous, Italian: Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Trotto (14th century); Salterello I (14th century); Laude Novella; Giraut de Bornelh: Leu Chansonet'e Vil; Si'us quer conselh, bel ami Alamanda; Ber...Conductors: Best, Martin Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble ![]() The Spirit of England II / William Boughton, et al4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01 Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; The Wand of Youth Suite no 2, Op. 1b; Hubert Parry: An English Suite, for string orchestra; Gerald ...Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano] Conductors: Boughton, William Ensemble: English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra ![]() Bartók for Orchestra; Kodály / Adam Fischer, et al6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Béla Bartók: Wooden Prince, Op. 13/Sz 60; Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113; ...Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart Conductors: Fischer, Adam Ensemble: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra ![]() Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas / Marta Deyanova6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major, K. 279 (K. 189d); Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 3 in B flat major, K. 281 (K.189f); Sonata for Pia...Performers: Deyanova, Marta ![]() Mozart: The Ten Celebrated String Quartets /Schubert Quartet5 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 14 in G major, K 387 "Spring"; Quartet for Strings no 18 in A major, K. 464; Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Quartet for Strings no...Performers: Pascher, Hartmut; Quartett, Franz Schubert; Rosenkranz, Helge; Stadlemair, Vincent; Zwiauer, Florian Conductors: Ensemble: Franz Schubert Quartett ![]() Thys Yool - A Medieval Christmas / Martin Best Ensemble1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Christmas Traditional: Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); Judas and Wenceslas; Hyer matin; Thys Yool; Tapster, Drynker; Ja pour hyver; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Ang...Performers: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble Conductors: Best, Martin [Lute] Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble 'Thys Yool' is a four-part program of medieval music in which four images central to the Christmas story are brought together, moving through nativity songs...continue... Personnel: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble (vocals, lute, psaltery); Lucie Skeaping (vocals, rebec, fiddle); David Corkhill (dulcimer, drums, bells); Jeremy Barlow (flute, pipe, recorder); Donna Deam (...continue... ![]() Advent Carols from St. John's1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Richard Lloyd: Drop down ye heavens; English Traditional: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending; Spoken Word: The Message of Advent; First Lesson - Genesis 3; The Word of God; Second Lesson - Genesis 2...Performers: Bols, Frederick; Bush, G. R., Reverend; Clements, William; Guest, George; Hinde, Robert; Macintosh, A. A.; Martin, James [Organ]; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Condu... Conductors: Robinson, Christopher "The performances are of a very high quality; the choir, conducted by Christopher Robinson, sings with unusual purity, warm blend, excellent diction, and expressive breadth...continue... Includes work(s) by Gregorian Chant....continue... ![]() Haydn: Piano Trios / Vienna Piano Trio1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Trio in G major ("Gypsy Trio") H. 15/25; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E flat major, H 15 no 29; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A major, H 15 no 18; Keyboard ...Conductors: Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio "...the Vienna Piano Trio...fill in some of the gaps [in this repertoire] in close, sometimes breathy, but always thrillingly true new recordings of four of...continue... ![]() Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Bernard Roberts11 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no...Performers: Roberts, Bernard ![]() Christmas From Lichfield / Lumsden, Sharpe1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Gerald Hendrie: There Is No Rose; John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be...Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Lumsden, Andrew; Sharpe, Robert [Organ/Choral Conductor] Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew Ensemble: ; Lichfield Cathedral Choir Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ....continue... Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ). Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....continue... ![]() Nativitas - American Carols / The Kansas City Chorale1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Conrad Susa: Three Mystical Carols; John Carter: In time of softest snow; Ned Rorem: Shout the glad tidings; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Jean Belmont Ford: Nativitas; Leo Sowerby: Love came dow...Conductors: Bruffy, Charles Ensemble: Kansas City Chorale In this recording, the Kansas City Chorale explores the Christmas music of American composers in all its variety: from the 19th century to our own...continue... ![]() Brahms: Choral Works / Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Johannes Brahms: Choruses (4) for female voices, 2 horns & harp, Op. 17; Songs (3) for chorus, Op. 42; Quartets (4) for mixed voices & piano, Op. 92; Motets (2) for chorus, Op. 29; Vocal Quartets (6)...Performers: Bruffy, Charles; Everson, Dave; Multer, Steve; Nielsen, Erik; Siebert, Cynthia Conductors: Bruffy, Charles Ensemble: Kansas City Chorale ![]() Prima Voce - The Spirit of Christmas Past3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Hallelujah; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Hanns Eisler: The oldest Christmas stor...Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Caruso, Enrico; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Destinn, Emmy; Erb, Karl; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Hollister, Carroll; Laughton, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; Lush, Ernest; Lutsky, Eugene;... Conductors: Pasternack, Josef; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter; O'Connell, Charles; Weigert, Hermann Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra You are invited to be a guest at the 'Prima Voce' Christmas party! Includes seasonal songs, carols and readings from the greatest opera stars of...continue... ![]() Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets / Medici Quartet8 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C ...Performers: Lewis, Anthony [cello]; Matthews, David [violin]; Robertson, Paul; Rowland-Jones, Simon; Van der Werff, Ivo-Jan Conductors: Ensemble: Medici String Quartet ![]() Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music / Martin Jones6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Caprices (3) for piano, Op. 33; Capriccio for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 5; Capriccio for piano in E major, Op. 118; Scherzo for piano in B minor; Scherzo a capriccio, for piano i...Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano] ![]() Debussy: Complete Piano Music / Martin Jones5 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01 Works: Claude Debussy: Images oubliées; Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Tarentelle styrienne; Suite bergamasque; Nocturne, for piano, L. 82; Ballade (slave), for pi...Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano] ![]() Bretan: Golem and Arald1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01 Works: Nicolae Bretan: Golem, one-act opera; Arald, one-act operaPerformers: Agache, Alexandru; Daroczy, Tamas; Sandru, Sanda; Voineag, Ionel; Zancu, Dan Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian Ensemble: Iasi Moldava Philharmonic Orchestra ![]() Hansgeorg Schmeiser plays music for Solo Flute1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01 Works: Toru Takemitsu: Air for solo flute; Younghi Pagh-Paan: Dreisam Nore, for solo flute; Kazuo Fukushima: Mei for flute solo; Paul Hindemith: Pieces (8) for flute; Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata Appassionata...Performers: Schmeiser, Hansgeorg ![]() Prima Voce - Richard Crooks in Songs and Ballads1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01 Works: Antoni Perez Moya: The Song of Songs; John W. Metcalf: Absent; James Carroll Bartlett: A Dream; Teresa Clotilde Del Riego: Oh, Dry Those Tears, song; Eugene Cowles: Forgotten; Stephen Foster: Swanee ...Performers: Crooks, Richard ![]() Grand Piano - Ignaz Jan Paderewski1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01 Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Soirée de Vienne 6 (after Schubert); Robert Schumann: Nachtstücke (4)...![]() Stravinsky: Music for Piano / Martin Jones2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01 Works: Igor Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music, for piano; Tango; Circus Polka; Valse pour les enfants, for piano; Sonata for piano; Ragtime, transcription for piano (after 11 instrument version); Etudes (4) for p...Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano] ![]() Brahms: String Quintet, Clarinet Quintet / Brandis Quartett1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-08-01 Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 88; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115Performers: Dean, Brett; Leister, Karl ![]() Brahms: Klavierstücke Op 118 & 119, Varations /Mark Anderson1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-08-01 Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations (13) for Piano on a Hungarian Dance, Op. 21; Variations (11) for Piano on an Original Theme, Set 1, Op. 21; Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119Performers: Anderson, Mark ![]() Esteves: Mass for 8 Voices, Christmas Responsories, etc1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-08-01 Works: Joao Rodrigues Esteves: Missa for 8 Voices; Motet "Pinguis est panis"; Christmas ResponsoriesPerformers: Carwood, Andrew; Goode, David; Millward, Philip Conductors: Darlington, Stephen Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir ![]() Beethoven: Piano Trios Op 1 no 1, Op 11 / Vienna Piano Trio1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-07-01 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1 no 1; Trio for Piano and Strings no 8 in B flat major, WoO 39; Trio for Piano, Clarinet/Violin and Cello no 4 in B flat ma...Conductors: Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio "This is a superb disc. The playing is all one could ask and then some...[The Vienna Piano Trio's] music-making represents all that is finest in...continue... ![]() Maxwell Davies, et al: Works for Organ / Kevin Bowyer1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-07-01 Works: Jonathan Harvey: Fantasia for organ; Laus Deo for organ; Malcolm Williamson: Epitaphs for Edith Sitwell for organ; Vision of Christ-Phoenix for organ; Peter Maxwell Davies: Organ Fantasia from O Magn...Performers: Bowyer, Kevin "...Kevin Bowyer's Nimbus disc might seem a difficult menu for the beginner, but its impact is unexpectedly direct...Malcolm Williamson's stark, dramatic Vision of Christ-Phoenix is...continue... ![]() Prima Voce - Alexander Kipnis - Opera, Lieder2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-06-01 ![]() Rakhmaninov: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2 / Lill, Otaka, BBC1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-06-01 Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1Performers: Lill, John ![]() My fayre ladye - Tudor Songs and Chant / Lionheart1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-06-01 Works: Sarum Consort: Quam pulcra es; Ibo michi ad montem mirre; Salve Regina misericordi; Tota pulcra es; Anima mea liquefacta est; Beata Dei genitrix; John Dunstable: Quam pulcra es, antiphon for 3 voices...Performers: Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Lipnik, Lawrence; Olund, John; Porterfield, Richard; Richards, Kurt-Owen; Rosser, Stephen Conductors: Ensemble: Lionheart ![]() Prima Voce - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Beecham, Strienz2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-05-07 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620Performers: Beilke, Irma; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fabbry, Ernst; Grossmann, Walter; Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Marherr, Elfriede; Rosvaenge, Helge; Scheppan, Hilde; Spletter, Carla; Strienz, Wilhelm;... Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ![]() Grand Piano - Liszt, Bach-Busoni & Chopin / Ferruccio Busoni1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-05-01 Works: Franz Liszt: Grendes Études de Paganini; Feux-follets (Transcendental Etude no 5); Polonaise, for piano no 2 in E major, S. 223/2 (LW A171/2); Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanel...Performers: Busoni, Ferruccio "Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924) was, by universal consent, the greatest pianist of his generation...Now Nimbus, magically restoring legendary piano rolls, have given us the chance to...continue... ![]() Schubert: Late Chamber Music for Strings / Brandis Quartet3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-05-01 Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, D 804/Op 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"; Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"; Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op....Performers: Yang, Wen-Sinn ![]() Prima Voce - Charpentier: Louise / Bigot, Vallin, Pernet1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-04-30 Works: Gustave Charpentier: LouisePerformers: Gaudel, Christiane; Lecouvreur, Aimée; Pernet, André; Thill, Georges; Vallin, Ninon Conductors: Bigot, Eugène Ensemble: Les Choeurs Raugel; Orchestra Made in Paris in 1935, this recording of Charpentier's popular opera "Louise", featuring Ninon Vallin and Georges Thill as Louise and Julien, won the Grand...continue... ![]() Prima Voce - Schlusnus Sings Schubert Lieder1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-03-31 Works: Franz Schubert: An den Frühling, D 338; Wandrers Nachtlied, D 224/Op. 4 no 3; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Der Neugierige ("Ich frage keine Blume...Performers: Peschko, Sebastian; Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich ![]() Schubert: Works for Violin and Piano / Brandis, Canino1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-03-31 Performers: Brandis, Thomas; Canino, Bruno |
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