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Orrett Rhoden performs works for piano by Galuppi, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Ravel and Rhoden / Bob Marley. © 2011 Dexter RecordingsSPONSORED: CD Spotlight. Most Remarkable - Jamaican pianist Orrett Rhoden, heard by Bill Newman.
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The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.

Desmond Ratcliffe

British composer Desmond Ratcliffe was born on 8 December 1917. He died on 11 April 2001, aged eighty-three, in Norfolk.

 

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A shining example - Serving needs. Basil Ramsey pays an 83rd birthday tribute to Desmond Ratcliffe -

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