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Vikram Seth
An Equal Music: Music From The Bestselling Novel

Compil. 2000 on Decca label
Classical (Renaissance, Baroque, Modern, Romantic, Classical)

Cat# for the set is 466 945-2. Cat# for CD1 is 466 946-2. Cat# for CD2 is 466 947-2. UN 925 is on the back cover. Over 2 1/2 hours of music featured in the bestselling novel. Includes world premiere CD recording of Beethoven's String Quartet in C minor. This 2-CD set is filled with all the works which are at the heart of Vikram Seth's remarkable musical novel in readings specially selected by the author. Several pieces have been especially recorded and one (Beethoven's Op.104) receives its first ever recording for CD. This compilation ℗ 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Package © 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Front cover image © 2000 The Orion Publishing Group Limited. Photo of Venice courtesy of Photonica. CD is made in Germany. Printed in Germany. Made in Germany. DX2. Tracks 2-6 and 2-8 DDD/ADD (Analogue to Digital Remaster). Booklet Enclosed. Tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-10 ℗ 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Tracks 1-6 to 1-9 ℗ 1994 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Tracks 1-11 to 1-12 ℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Track 1-13 ℗ 1986 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 ℗ 1984 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Track 2-6 ℗ 1796 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg. Track 2-7 ℗ 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Track 2-8 ℗ 1972 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Track 2-9 ℗ 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. Vikram Seth's liner notes written in London, November 1999. David Ylla-Somers and Christiana Frobenius translations copyright Decca 2000. Augustin Dumay appears by kind permission of EMI France. Mastering/Compiling by Audio Archiving Ltd. Tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-10, 2-7, 2-9 recording and post-production facilities by Abbey Road Studios. Recording Location: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios, London, 31 October & 1 November 1999 (1-2 to 1-5, 1-10), 8 November 1999 (1-1, 2-7, 2-9). Publisher: Oxford University Press (2-8). Stereo. Total time: 159:14 CD 1: 80:29 CD 2: 78:45

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	Vikram Seth , *1952 IN album by
	Clemens Hagen vc, *1966 AT cello, violoncello
	Sally Pendlebury vc, GB cello, violoncello
	Alois Posch cb, *1959 AT double bass
	Philip Siney , engineer, balance
	Hagen Quartett , *1981 AT ensemble, ensemble
	David Ylla-Somers , liner notes, traduction
	Christiane Frobenius , liner notes, Übersetzung
	András Schiff p, *1953 HU piano
	Veronika Hagen vl, *1963 AT viola
	Rachel Roberts vl, viola, i
	Clive Howard vl, viola, ii
	Lukas Hagen vn, *1962 AT violin, violin, i
	Maya Iwabuchi vn, violin, i
	Philippe Honoré vn, *1967 FR violin, ii
	Rainer Schmidt vn, *1964 AT violin, ii
	Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750 DE performer on track
	Ludwig Van Beethoven , performer on track
	Joseph Haydn p, 1732-1809 AT performer on track
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart voc, 1756-1791 AT performer on track
	Maria-João Pires p, *1944 BR piano
	Augustin Dumay vn, *1949 FR violin
	Franz Schubert voc, p, 1797-1828 AT performer on track
	Annette Bik vn, *1962 AT violin, ii
	Peter Buck vc, *1937 DE cello, violoncello i
	Mstislav Rostropovich vc, 1927-2007 RU cello, violoncello ii
	Melos Quartett , 1965-2005 DE ensemble
	Hermann Voss vl, *1934 DE viola
	Wilhelm Melcher vn, 1940-2005 DE violin, i
	Gerhard Voss vn, *1939 DE violin, ii
	Antonio Vivaldi vn, 1678-1741 IT performer on track, composed by
	Rustem Hayroudinoff p, RU piano
	Ralph Vaughan Williams voc, 1872-1958 GB performer on track, composed by
	The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields , choir
	Iona Brown vn, 1941-2004 GB violin

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