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graham rickson

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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.

Articles By Graham Rickson

Classical CDs Weekly: Medtner, Martin Shaw, Stravinsky

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Classical CDs Weekly: Adams, Beethoven, Berg, Debussy, Szymanowski

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bo Hansson, Mahler, Shostakovich

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Classical CDs Weekly: Dvořák, Ravel, Garth Knox

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Classical CDs Weekly: Falla, Rameau, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Classical CDs Weekly: Alison Balsom, Renée Fleming, Håkan Hardenberger

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Britten, Mariusz Kwiecień

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Classical CDs Weekly: James MacMillan, American String Quartets and Music from the Machine Age

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Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Britten, Liszt, Vaughan Williams

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Classical CDs Weekly: Handel, Lutosławski, Shostakovich

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Berlioz, Michala Petri

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Angus, Thongs and Even More Snogging, West Yorkshire Playhouse

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Classical CDs Weekly: Brian, Shostakovich, Sibelius

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DVD: Tyrannosaur

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Classical CDs Weekly: Andriessen, Korngold, Tchaikovsky, Joshua Bell

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Classical CDs Weekly: Handel, Rachmaninov, Andy Findon

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