Magical Journey: November 2019

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Works Vol. 4 (Viktoria Postnikova)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(01) Les Saisons, Op. 37b
(13) Sonate No. 1 en ut diese mineur

Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Date: 1993
Label: Erato

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(01) Grande Sonate en sol majeur, Op. 37a
(05) Album pour enfants, Op. 39
(29) Dumka, Op. 59

Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Date: 1993
Label: Erato

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Works Vol. 2 (Viktoria Postnikova)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(01) Six morceaux, Op. 19
(20) Six morceaux composes sur un seul thème, Op. 21
(26) Marche des Volontaires de la Flotte
(27) Trois morceaux
(30) Avec passionne
(31) Marche militaire

Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Date: 1993
Label: Erato

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(01) Scherzo а la russe, Op. 1 No. 1
(02) Impromptu, Op. 1 No. 2
(03) Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2
(06) Valse-Caprice, Op. 4
(07) Romanze, Op. 5
(08) Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7
(09) Capriccio, Op. 8
(10) Trois morceaux, Op. 9
(13) Deux morceaux, Op. 10

Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Date: 1993
Label: Erato

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Anton Rubinstein - Piano Music Vol. 6 (Joseph Banowetz)

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

(01) Sérénade russe in B minor
(02) Two Melodies, Op. 3
(04) Souvenir de Dresde, Op. 118
(10) Romance and Impromptu, Op. 26
(12) Akrostichon No. 1, Op. 37

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 2010
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570942

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

(01) Theme and Variations, Op. 88
(14) Akrostichon No. 2, Op. 114

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 2010
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570941

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Anton Rubinstein - Piano Music Vol. 4 (Joseph Banowetz)

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

Kamenniy-ostrov, Op. 10 (Nos. 13-24)

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 2000
Label: Marco Polo
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223847

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

Kamenniy-ostrov, Op. 10 (Nos. 1-12)

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 1999
Label: Marco Polo
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223846

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Anton Rubinstein - Piano Music Vol. 2 (Joseph Banowetz)

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

Soirées musicales, Op. 109

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 1989
Label: Marco Polo
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223177

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Composer: Anton Rubinstein

Album de Peterhof, Op. 75

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 1989
Label: Marco Polo
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223176

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Mieczysław Weinberg; Alexandre Tansman; André Tchaikowsky - Piano Trios (Wajnberg Trio)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg; Alexandre Tansman; André Tchaikowsky

(01) Weinberg - Piano Trio, Op. 24
(05) Tansman - Piano Trio No. 2
(09) A. Tchaikowsky - Trio notturno, Op. 6

Wajnberg Trio
Piotr Sałajczyk, piano
Szymon Krzeszowiec, violin
Arkadiusz Dobrowolski, cello

Date: 2019
Label: CD Accord
http://www.cdaccord.com.pl/album.en.html?acd=247

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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz; Alexandre Tansman; Krzysztof Penderecki

(01) Bacewicz - Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano
(05) Tansman - Fantasy for violin and piano
(11) Penderecki - Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano

Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka, violin
Bogna Czerwińska-Szymula, piano

Date: 2017
Label: DUX
http://www.dux.pl/bacewicz-tansman-penderecki.html

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Alexandre Tansman - Piano Music (Giorgio Koukl)

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) 11 Interludes
(12) Hommage à Arthur Rubinstein
(14) 2 Pièces hébraïques
(16) 4 Piano Moods
(20) Prélude et Toccata
(22) 6 Caprices
(27) Visit to Israel
(37) Étude (Studio per pianoforte)

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Grand Piano
https://grandpianorecords.com/Album/AlbumDetails/GP788

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Recueil de Mazurkas
(11) Sonata rustica
(14) Troisième Sonatine
(17) Trois Préludes en forme de Blues
(20) Quatre Nocturnes
(24) Album d'amis

Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Date: 2009
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010527

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Alexandre Tansman - Piano Music Vol. 2 (Danny Zelibor)

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) 8 Novelettes
(09) 3 Préludes en forme de blues
(12) 20 Pièces faciles sur des mélodies populaires polonaises
(32) Suite dans le style ancien

Danny Zelibor, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Toccata Classics
https://toccataclassics.com/product/alexandre-tansman-piano-music-vol-2/

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Sonata rustica
(04) 4 Danses miniatures
(08) Mazurkas, Book I
(18) Etude-Scherzo
(19) 7 Préludes
(26) Sonatina (No. 1)
(29) 5 Impromptus

Danny Zelibor, piano
Date: 2015
Label: Toccata Classics
https://toccataclassics.com/product/tansman-piano-1/

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Alexandre Tansman; Nadia Boulanger; George Gershwin - Works for Piano and Orchestra (David Greilsammer)

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman; Nadia Boulanger; George Gershwin

(01) Tansman - Piano Concerto No. 2
(05) N. Boulanger - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
(06) Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

David Greilsammer, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Steven Sloane, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Naïve

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman; Gian Francesco Malipiero; Nikolai Lopatnikoff

(01) Lopatnikoff - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
(04) Tansman - Suite for Two Pianos and Orchestra
(14) Malipiero - Dialoghi VII (Concerto) for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, pianos
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
David Amos, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Centaur
http://www.centaurrecords.com/store/albums/orchestral/nikolai-lopatnikoff-concerto-for-two-pianos-and-orchestra.html

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Concerto for Orchestra
(06) Etudes for Orchestra
(12) Capriccio for Orchestra

Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Marco Polo
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223757

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Alexandre Tansman - Symphonies Vol. 3 (Oleg Caetani)

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Symphonie [No. 2] in A minor
(05) Quatre Mouvements pour orchestre
(10) Symphonie concertante (Symphony No. 3)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%205065

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Symphony No. 7 'Lyrique'
(05) Musique pour orchestre (Symphony No. 8)
(09) Symphony No. 9

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%205054

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Composer: Alexandre Tansman

(01) Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor
(04) Symphony No. 5 in D major
(08) Symphony No. 6 'In Memoriam'

Melbourne Chorale
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%205041

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Valentin Silvestrov - Moments of Memory II; etc. (Iryna Starodub; Dmitry Yablonsky)

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

(01) Two Dialogues with Postscript
(04) Serenade for String Orchestra
(05) Farewell Serenade
(06) Silent Music
(09) The Messenger – 1996
(10) Moments of Memory II

Iryna Starodub, piano
Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573598

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: BIS Records
https://bis.se/conductors/saraste-jukka-pekka/silvestrov-symphonies-4-and-5

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Valentin Silvestrov - Piano Works (Elisaveta Blumina)

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

(01) Naive Musik
(08) Der Bote (The Messenger)
(09) 2 Waltzes, Op. 153
(11) 4 Pieces, Op. 2
(15) 2 Bagatelles, Op. 173
(17) Kitschmusik

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Date: 2013
Label: Grand Piano
https://grandpianorecords.com/Album/AlbumDetails/GP639

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

(01) Nostalghia
(02) Two Pieces
(04) Two Dialogs with an Epilogue
(07) Three Postludes (for Jenny Lin)
(10) Three Pieces
(13) Two Pieces
(15) Three Waltzes
(18) Sonata No. 1
(20) The Messenger - 1996

Jenny Lin, piano
Date: 2006
Label: Hänssler Classic
https://haensslerprofil.de/shop/musik-fuer-soloinstrumente/klavierwerke-5/

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Valentin Silvestrov - Bagatelles & Serenades (Alexei Lubimov)

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

(01) Bagatelle
(15) Elegie
(16) Stille Musik
(19) Abschiedsserenade
(21) Der Bote
(22) Zwei Dialogue mit Nachwort

Alexei Lubimov, piano
Date: 2007
Label: ECM
https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752548/valentin-silvestrov-bagatellen-und-serenaden-valentin-silvestrov-alexei-lubimov-munchener-kammerorchester-christoph-poppen

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

Metamusik (Symphony for Piano and Orchestra)
Postludium (Symphonic Poem for Piano and Orchestra)

Alexei Lubimov, piano
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: ECM
https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752377/valentin-silvestrov-metamusik-postludium-alexei-lubimov-radio-symphonieorchester-wien-dennis-russell-davies

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Alfred Schnittke - Musica Nostalgica (Leonard Elschenbroich; Petr Limonov)

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Composer: Alfred Schnittke

(01) Cello Sonata No. 1
(04) Suite in the Old Style
(09) Madrigal: in Memoriam Oleg Kagan
(10) Musica Nostalgica
(11) Leonard Elschenbroich - Shards of Alfred Schnittke

Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Petr Limonov, piano

Date: 2017
Label: Onyx Classics
http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber=ONYX4180

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Composer: Alfred Schnittke

Sketches (Esquisses), ballet

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Andrey Chistiakov, conductor

Date: 1996/2011
Label: Brilliant Classics
https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/s/schnittke-sketches/

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Aram Khachaturian - Violin & Cello Concertos (Arabella Steinbacher; Daniel Müller-Schott)

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Composer: Aram Khachaturian

(01) Cello Concerto
(04) Violin Concerto

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Arabella Steinbacher, violin

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Orfeo
https://www.orfeo-international.de/pages/cd_c623041a_e.html

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Composer: Aram Khachaturian

(01) Toccata
(02) Poem
(03) Two Pieces
(05) Sonatina
(08) Ten Children's Pieces
(18) Sonata
(21) Waltz from 'Masquerade'

Murray McLachlan, piano
Date: 1992
Label: Regis (licensed from Olympia)

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William Wordsworth - Orchestral Music Vol. 2 (John Gibbons)

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Composer: William Wordsworth

(01) Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 28
(06) Three Pastoral Sketches, Op. 10
(09) Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 60

Arta Arnicane, piano
Kamila Bydlowska, violin

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Toccata Classics
https://toccataclassics.com/product/william-wordsworth-orchestral-music-volume-two/

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Composer: William Wordsworth

(01) Divertimento in D, Op. 58
(04) Symphony No. 4 in E flat, Op. 54
(05) Variations on a Scottish Theme, Op. 72
(15) Symphony No. 8 'Pax Hominibus', Op. 117

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Toccata Classics
https://toccataclassics.com/product/william-wordsworth-orchestral-music-volume-one/

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William Wordsworth - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (James Loughran; Stewart Robertson)

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Composer: William Wordsworth

(01) Overture 'Conflict' for orchestra, Op. 86
(02) Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 23
(06) Symphony No. 5 in A minor, Op. 68

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
James Loughran, conductor (1-5)
Stewart Robertson, conductor (6-8)

Date: 1971 (1), 1968 (2-5), 1979 (6-8)
Label: Lyrita
https://www.wyastone.co.uk/william-wordsworth-orchestral-works.html

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Composer: William Wordsworth

(01) Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 34
(05) Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 48

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

Date: 1967
Label: Lyrita
https://www.wyastone.co.uk/wordsworth-symphonies-nos-2-3.html

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Benjamin Britten - Songs & Proverbs of William Blake (Gerald Finley; Julius Drake)

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

(01) Lemady
(02) She's like the swallow
(03) I wonder as I wander
(04) Tom Bowling
(05) Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74
(19) Tit for Tat
(24) Um Mitternacht
(25) A Poison Tree
(26) This way to the tomb
(29) David of the White Rock
(30) Greensleeves
(31) The Crocodile
(32) The Deaf Woman's Courtship
(33) Bird Scarer's Song

Gerald Finley, baritone
Julius Drake, piano

Date: 2010
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67778

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

CD1:

(01) Volume 1. The British Isles (with piano)
(08) Volume 2. France (with piano)
(16) Volume 3. The British Isles (with piano)
(23) Volume 5. The British Isles (with piano)

CD2:

(01) Volume 6. England (with guitar)
(07) Eight Folk Song Arrangements (with harp)
(15) Volume 4. Moore's Irish Melodies (with piano)

Lorna Anderson, soprano
Regina Nathan, soprano
Jamie MacDougall, tenor

Malcolm Martineau, piano
Bryn Lewis, harp
Craig Ogden, guitar

Date: 1984
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA66941/2

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Michael Tippett - Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & B flat (Martyn Brabbins)

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Composer: Michael Tippett

CD1:

(01) Symphony No. 3, Part 1
(04) Symphony No. 3, Part 2

CD2:

(01) Symphony No. 4
(08) Symphony in B flat

Rachel Nicholls, soprano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68231/2

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Composer: Michael Tippett

(01) Symphony No. 1
(05) Symphony No. 2

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68203

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Composer: Michael Tippett

CD1:

(01) Piano Concerto
(04) Fantasia on a theme of Handel
(05) Piano Sonata No. 1

CD2:

(01) Piano Sonata No. 2
(02) Piano Sonata No. 3
(05) Piano Sonata No. 4

Steven Osborne, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67461/2

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Gerald Finzi - Songs to words by Thomas Hardy (Martyn Hill; Stephen Varcoe)

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Composer: Gerald Finzi

CD1:

(01) Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15
(11) Till Earth outwears, Op. 19a
(18) I said to Love, Op. 19b

CD2:

(01) A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14
(11) Before and After Summer, Op. 16

Martyn Hill, tenor
Stephen Varcoe, baritone
Clifford Benson, piano

Date: 1984/2009
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDD22070

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Composer: Gerald Finzi

(01) Cello Concerto, Op. 40
(04) Eclogue for piano and strings, Op. 10
(05) Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Op. 38

Tim Hugh, cello
Peter Donohoe, piano
Northern Sinfonia
Howard Griffiths, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.555766

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