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CD121: PHILHARMONIC BRASS, Los Angeles Brass Society* & Los Angeles
Philharmonic Brass Ensemble**, conducted by Lester Remsen. Rayner Brown, Five
Pieces for Organ, Harp, Brass, and Percussion* (with Ladd Thomas, organ, and
Dorothy Remsen, harp; Rayner Brown, Fantasy-Fugue**; Fisher Tull, Liturgical
Symphony*; Fisher Tull, Variations on an Advent Hymn**; William Schmidt,
Sequential Fanfares**; Robert Henderson, Fanfare 1964**; various composers:
Fanfares 1969*(Jeffrey Reynolds, Irving Bush, Frank Campo, Fred Dutton, William
Kraft, William Schmidt, Leonard Rosenman). UPC 00941471212-7 
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Lester Remsen is one of the most influential brass
players and teachers of the 20th century. His Los Angeles Brass Society and
Philharmonic Brass, with as many as 20 players each, were comprised of many of
the best brass players in Los Angeles.
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Brown: Five Pieces Mvt
1 (Toccata) Mvt
2 (Adagio) Mvt
3 (Scherzo) Mvt
4 (Passacaglia) Mvt
5 (Fugue) Tull: Liturgical
Symphony Mvt
1
(Lento; Allegretto) Mvt
2 (Pesante) Mvt
3 (Allegretto) Fanfares
1969 Mvt
1 (by J.Reynolds) Mvt
2 (by I.Bush) Mvt
3 (by F.Campo)
Mvt
4(by F.Dutton) Mvt
5 (by W.Kraft) Mvt
6 (by W.Schmidt) Mvt
7 (by L.Rosenman) Henderson: Fanfare
1964
Tull: Variations
on an Advent Hymn Schmidt:
Sequential
Fanfares Brown: Fantasy-Fugue
CD122: The Venetian Brass Album. Members of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony Brass sections; Peter Sacco, tenor. Four, five, and
eight part music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Guami, Correggio, Antegnati,
Frescobaldi, Chilese, Bartolino, and Lappi. Special bonus work:
Peter Sacco, Three Psalms for Brass Quintet and Tenor Voice. UPC
00941471222-6 
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Music of the 16th century lends itself very well to brass
ensembles. This recording, originally released on LP in 1978, features some of
the best brass players around at that time. Most of these players, including
Thomas Stevens, Malcolm McNab, Miles Anderson, Jeffrey Reynolds, and Roger Bobo
have become icons of excellence in the brass world.
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Ricercar
Del Duodecimo Tuono
Canzon
6 Canzon
Vigesima Terza a 5
Ricercar
Del Sesto Tuono Canzon
Vigesima Canzon
9 Canzon
Vigesima Prima a 5
Canzon
Seconda Canzon
Vigesimaquarta a 8
Canzon
Trigesigesimaseconda Canzon
Trigesima a 8
Canzon
26 (La Negrona) Canzon
Vigesimatottava Canzon
Vigesimanona a 8 Psalm
13, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord? Psalm
18, the Sorrows Of Death Compassed Me Psalm
83, Keep Not Thou Silence, O God
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CD200: BRASS BONANZA! New York, Berlin, Annapolis, Dallas, I-5,
St. Louis, & Metropolitan Brass Quintets. Gabrieli:
Canzone per Sonare; Speer: Sonatas 4 & 6; Malcolm
Arnold: Quintet; Hovhaness: Six Dances;
Dutton: Carnival of Venice; Leclerc: Par Monts et Par
Vaux; Liadov-Glazunov: Fanfares for the Jubilee of
Rimsky-Korsakov; Horovitz: Music Hall Suite; Brade:
Allemande; Kessel: Sonata 2. "Very good to
outstanding," Fanfare UPC 00941472002-3 |
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Lindov-Glazuonov: Fanfares Gabrieli: Canzone Anonymous: Die
Bankelsangerlieder
Speer: Sonata
No. 4 Sonata
No. 6
CD214: AMERICAN BRASS
QUINTET. Victor Ewald, Quintet No. 3 in
Db; William Lovelock, Suite for Brass Instruments; Gilbert Amy, Relais; Antonio
Bertali, Two Sonatas; J.S. Bach, Contrapunctus VII from the Art of the Fugue.
UPC 00941472142-6
The American Brass Quintet gave
its first public performance in 1960, marking a career that includes
performances throughout the world, more than 45 recordings, and premieres of
more than 100 new works. The group has been in-residence at The Juilliard
School in New York since 1987 and at the Aspen Festival since 1970. Newsweek
Magazine called the quintet "the high priests of brass." ORDER
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Bertali: Sonata
No. 2 Sonata
No. 4 J.S.
Bach: Contrapunctus
VII Ewald Quintet: Mvt.
1 (Allegro) Mvt.
2(Intermezzo) Mvt
3(Andante)
Mvt
4 (Vivo)
Lovelock Suite: Mvt
1 (Fanfare)
Mvt 2(Meditation) Mvt
3(Toccata) Mvt
4(Finale) Amy: Relais
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CD220: MUSIC FOR ALL SEASONS. Moravian
Trombones. Christmas, Easter, Lent, Advent. Chorales,
sonatas, occasional music played by the Los Angeles Trombone Ensemble and the
Moravian Trombone Choir of Downey. 12 trombones, from sopranino to
contrabass. "The sound is magnificent" Amercan
Rcd Guide. UPC 00941472202-7 |
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Antes: Three
Chorales Cruse Three
Sonatas: Largo,
Allegro, Scherzo
Largo,
Allegro, Allegro
Adagio,
Allegro, Scherzo
Communion
Hymn
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CD241: THE NFB HORN QUARTET. David Kappy, Jay Wadenpfuhl, Ricardo Almeida,
Bill Hoyt. Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Four Horns;
Jacques-Francois Gallay, Grand Quartet, op. 26; Jay Wadenpfuhl,
Tectonica for Eight Horns. "splendid group...a gorgeous disc; real music
where one expects mere dazzle", Fanfare UPC
00941472412-0 |
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Gallay Grand Quartet:
Mvt 1 (Allegro) Mvt
2 (Andante) Mvt
3 (Scherzo) Mvt
4
(Vivace) Hindemith Sonata: Mvt
1 (Fugato)
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CD420: THE TUBADOURS. Disneyland's
favorite tuba quartet! 18 classical favorites & 17
Christmas traditionals. Includes Nutcracker, Fledermaus Waltz, March of the
Toys, Mouret Rondo, Bach Fugue, Comedians’ Galop, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Too
Fat Polka, Mood Indigo, Satin Doll, Barnum & Bailey's Favorite March,
Down by the Old Mill Stream, March of Marionettes, Come Dearest, Jingle
Bells, God Rest Ye, First Noel, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Tannenbaum,
Away in a Manger, Il Est Ne, We Three Kings, O Come Emmanuel, It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear, Good King Wenceslas, Coventry Carol, and more. UPC
00941474202-5 |
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March
of the Toys March
of the Toy Soldiers
Fledermaus
Waltz Favorite
March When
Tubas Waltz
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CD430: CHRISTMAS WITH CHICAGO CHAMBER BRASS and Glen
Ellyn Children's Chorus.
25 traditional Christmas favorites, including Silent Night, Jingle Bells,
Deck the Halls, The First Noel, Away in a Manger, Sleigh Ride, O Come
Emmanuel, Il Est Ne, Joy to the World, etc. "excellent
arrangements...crisp, polished, solid playing", Digital
Audio UPC 00941474302-2 |
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Purcell: Fanfare Handel: Joy
to the World
Mozart: Ave
Verum
Good
King Wenceslas
(Trad.) Coventry
Carol (Trad.)
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CD431: THE BRASS AND THE BAND. Chicago Chamber Brass & Dallas
Wind Symphony, Howard Dunn, cond. Gordon Jacob: Music for a
Festival; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet;
Mozart: Concert-Rondo for Horn; Edward Llewellyn: My
Regards (trombone & band); Herbert L. Clarke: The Bride
of the Waves (tuba & band); Eugene Bozza:
Rustiques (trumpet & Band). "recording & performances are
brilliant", American Record Guide UPC 00941474312-1 |
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Jacob Music for a Festival: Mvt
1 (Intrada) Mvt
2 (Overture) Mvt
3 (Round) Mvt
4 (Air) Mvt
5 (Interlude)
CD432: THE MAKE BELIEVE BRASS,
Disneyland's full-time brass ensemble. Eighteen Wild, Wacky, and Winsome Works for Brass
Quintet. Special treatments of well-known classics: 1812 Opener,
Comedian’s Galop, Willy Tell Overture, Coronation March, Coppelia Waltz, Mack
the Knife, In a Persian Market, Sabre Dance, Symphony No. 5, Over the Waves,
Mancini Medley, Laura’s Stairway to the Stars, Surprise Symphony, Dance of the
Hours, Big Band Montage, Granada, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Stars and
Stripes. "a lot of fun; fine musicianship", Fanfare
UPC 00941474322-0 ORDER
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1812
Opener Comedian's
Galop Willy
Tell Ovt. Coronation
March Coppelia
Valse Mack
the Knife In
a Persian Market
Sabre
Dance Mancini
Medley GranadaSymphony
#5 Over
the Waves
Stairway
to the Stars
Surprise
Symphony
Dance
of the Hours
Big
Band Montage Stars
& Stripes Bugle
Boy
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CD433 : MILLAR BRASS ENSEMBLE.
Big brass group from Chicago. Wagner: Prelude from Die Meistersinger
& Funeral March from Die Götterdamerung; Brahms: Festive and
Commemorative Music; J.S. Bach: Suite of Dances; Fisher
Tull: The Binding; Henri Tomasi: Fanfares Liturgiques.
Bruce Briney, conductor. "This is how brass music should sound when
recorded." Fanfare UPC 00941474332-9 |
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Wagner: Prelude Tull: The
Binding Bach Suite: Mvt
1 (Sarabande) Mvt
2 (Bouree) Mvt
3 (Sicilienne)
CD520: MOSTLY
RAILROAD MUSIC, by Eldon Rathburn. Delightful CD by one of Canada's
foremost film composers. Three Calliope Pieces (steam calliope), Junction (jaw
harps), Rise and Fall of the Steam Railroad (includes calliope, jew's harp,
synthesizer, banjos, mandolin, percussion, piano), Ghost Train, Railroad
Preludes (piano), Iron Horses of Delson, Schönberg vs. Gershwin, Dorian
Crossing, Dvorak at 155th Street, Hindemith Rides the Merchants Limited
(flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons), The Nomadic Five, and Turbo (featuring
the Atlantic Brass Quintet).
UPC 00941475202-4 ORDER
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CD551: Fragments from a Show _ BRASS RING.
Hans Werner Henze, Fragments from a Show; Michael Praetorius, Dances from
Terpsichore; J.S. Bach, Wir glauben all an einem Gott; Michel Leclerc, Par
Monts et Par Vaux; Witold Lutoslawski, Mini Overture; Edward Gregson, Quintet
for Brass; Paul Hindemith, Four Madrigals. UPC 00941475512-4 |
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Praetorius Dances: Mvt
1 (Ballet) Mvt
2
(Courant-Sarabande) Mvt
3 (Pavane) Mvt
4 (Bransle Double) Mvt
5 (Volta)
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Beveridge: Magic
Flute Cheetham Brass
Menagerie: Mvt
1 (Molto allegro) Mvt
2 (Lento) Mvt
3 (Scherznado) Mvt
4 (Alla Marcia)
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Berio: Call Praetorius Dances: Mvt
1 (Ballet de coqs) Mvt
2 (Ballet des
Baccanales) Mvt
3 (Courante) Mvt
4 (Courante)
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CD562: CHESTNUT BRASS COMPANY. Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th Century music
performed on authentic brass instruments of the period: cornetti,
sackbuts, ophicleide, bugles, saxhorns, etc. Music by Mainerio, Henry
VIII, Fay, Johnson, Jullien, Friedrich, Weber, Arban, Porter, Khatchaturian.
Also new quintets by Denise Roger and John Davison. "tasteful and
enjoyable", American Record Guide UPC
00941475622-0 |
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Khachaturian: Sabre
Dance Weber: Sonata Mainerio Dances: Mvt
1 (Balla Milanese) Mvt
2 (L'Arboscello) Mvt
3 (Schiarzula Marazula)
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Scheidt: Variations Handel: Air
with 5 Variations
Bach: Fugue Lamb: The
Stomp Brouwer
Timespan: Mvt
1 (Rondeau Squared)
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Del Tradici Heavy Metal Alice: Mvt
1 (Aria) Mvt
2 (Fuga) Mvt
3 (Apotheosis) Druckman: Dance
with Shadows Rorem
Diversions: Mvt
1 (Fanfare)
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CD566: Strophes of the Night and Dawn: FLORIDA
STATE BRASS QUINTET. J.S. Bach,
My Spirit Be Joyful; Richard Peaslee, Distant Dancing; John Cheetham,
Scherzo; Robert Suderburg, Strophes of the Night and Dawn, after Baudelaire;
Gwyneth Walker, Raise the Roof; Steven Everett, Rendezvous; Jan Koetsier, Brass
Quintet. The FSBQ is in residence at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
"Much that pleases on this sunny release. Performance levels are high as
is the clarity of the recording." UPC
00941475662-6 |
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Bach: My
Spirit Be Joyful
Peaslee: Distant
Dancing Cheetham: Scherzo Suderburg Strophes: Mvt
1 (Dusk) Mvt
2 (Midnight Dances)
CD567: The Feast
Awaits: WISCONSIN BRASS QUINTET with Bass-baritone Paul Rowe. Enrique Crespo. Suite Americana No. 1; Douglas Hill, Tribal
Images for Brass Quintet and Percussion; John Stevens, Footprints for Baritone
Voice and Brass Quintet; Douglas Hill, Timepieces. "the Wisconsin
Brass Quintet is a group of the highest quality, impeccable in ensemble,
intonation and technical accomplishment... an ideal disc to celebrate the
beauties of brass ensemble music and the remarkable talents of these fine
musicians." MusicWeb International UPC 00941475672-5 ORDER
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The Wisconsin Brass Quintet, founded in 1972, is in residence at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. "The WBQ is a
remarkable ensemble that plays with more reckless abandon, warmth, stylistic
variety, and interpretive interest than almost any quintet in
memory." American Record Guide (Barry Kilpatrick)
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Crespo: Suite Americana No. 1 Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Mvmt
4 Mvmt
5 Hill: Tribal Images Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Mvmt
4 Stevens: Footprints Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Mvmt
4 Hill: Timepieces Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Mvmt
4 Mvmt
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C112: HORN MASTERWORKS: Michael Haydn: Double Concerto for Horn
& Trombone; Louis Francois Dauprat: Grand Trios for Three
Horns. Alexander Grieve, Sinclair Lott, Harold Meek,
horns; Byron Peebles, trombone; Avant Chamber
Orch. 009414711243 Cassette CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
C205: FINE ARTS BRASS QUINTET. Ingolf Dahl: Music for Brass
Instruments; Anthony Plog: Four Sierra Scenes (w/Barbara Bing-Storm,
soprano); Robert Linn: Quintet for Brass Instruments; Donal
Michalsky: Fantasia sopra M.F.V. & Fantasia alla Marcia.
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C211: CHICAGO BRASS QUINTET. James Hopkins, Quintet #1; Mussorgsky, Hopak;
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C219: ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET. Robert Starer:
Annapolis Suite; Jerzy Sapieyevski: Aesop Suite;
Robert Sprenkle: Three Fanfares & Six Songs.
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C222: LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC TROMBONE
ENSEMBLE. Music of the Moravian
Trombone Choir: soprano, alto, tenor, & bass trombone. 009414722249
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C224: MALCOLM FORSYTH Trombone Ensemble. Gabrieli: Sonata; Marini:Canzona No. 3; Speer: Two
Sonatas; Bruckner: Aequale; Massaino: Canzona; Forsyth: Quartet; Massis:
Suite. 009414722447 Cassette ORDER
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C225: MUSIC FOR TWO SEASONS. Moravian Trombone
Choir of Downey, Jeffrey Reynolds,
conductor. Music for Advent and Christmas; music for Lent and
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C232: MUSIC FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS. Richard Giangiulio, trumpet; Paul Riedo,
organ; & the Dallas Trumpets. Introduction & Trumpet
Tune, Clarke; Trumpet Voluntary, Buxtehude; Mouret, Handel,
John Stanley, Gervais, Charpentier, Truax, plus the Wedding Marches of Wagner
and Mendelssohn. 009414723246 Cassette ORDER NOW
C241: NFB HORN QUARTET. Hindemith: Sonata for Four Horns; Gallay:
Grand Quartet; Wadenpfuhl: Tectonica for Eight Horns.
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C421: THE TUBADOURS. Disneyland's original ambulating
tuba quartet. March of the Toy Soldiers,
Fledermaus Waltz, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Too Fat
Polka, Dance of Reed Pipes (Nutcracker), March of the
Marionettes, Mood Indigo, etc. 009414742148 Cassette ORDER NOW
C422: MIGHTY TUBADOURS MERRY CHRISTMAS ALBUM. Traditional Christmas
melodies and classical favorites played by America's favorite tuba
quartet. 009414742247 Cassette ORDER NOW
C430: CHRISTMAS with Chicago Chamber Brass &
the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus.
25 traditional Christmas pieces including Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Deck the
Halls, Sleigh Ride, Il Est Ne, etc. 009414743046 Cassette ORDER NOW
C432: THE MAKE BELIEVE BRASS. Disneyland's full-time brass ensemble.
Special treatments of well-known classics and big-band favorites: 1812 Opener,
Comedian's Galop, Willy Tell Overture, Mack the Knife, Sabre Dance, Symphony
No. 5, Mancini Medley, Surprise Symphony, Stars and Stripes., etc.
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C433: MILLAR BRASS ENSEMBLE. Wagner: Prelude from Die Meistersinger &
Funeral March from Die Götterdamerung; Brahms: Festive &
Commemorative Music; J.S. Bach: Suite of Dances; Fisher Tull:
The Binding; Tomasi: Fanfares Liturgiques. Bruce Briney,
cond. 009414743343 Cassette ORDER NOW
C512: TREASURES FOR HORN & TRUMPET. Gregory Hustis, horn; Richard Giangiulio,
trumpet. Leopold Mozart: Concerto for Horn & Orch; Hertel:
Concerto for Trumpet, Oboe, & Strings; Beethoven: Sextet;
Saint-Saens: Romances for Horn; Eccles: Symphony;
Grimm-Freres. 009414751249 Cassette ORDER NOW
C560: NEW MEXICO BRASS QUINTET. John Cheetham: Brass Menagerie;
Ray Luedeke: Complexities & Contradictions); Thomas
Beveridge: Magic Flute Fantasy, G.F. Handel: Sound an
Alarm; Jean Baptiste Arban: Fantaisie; "Jelly Roll"
Morton: Dead Man Blues. 009414756046 Cassette ORDER NOW
C561: BRASS RING. Luciano Berio: Call; Praetorius: Dances from
Terpsichore; Gabrieli: Sacro Tempio d'Honor and S'al
Discoprir; J.S. Bach: Bring to the Lord the Honor Due His
Name; Victor Ewald: Quintet No. 1 in Bb Minor, op. 5; Bryan
Kelly: Suite Parisienne. 009414756145 Cassette ORDER NOW
C562: CHESTNUT BRASS COMPANY. Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th Century music
performed on authentic brass instruments of the period. Also new quintets
by Denise Roger and John Davison. 009414756244 Cassette ORDER
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C563: NEW MEXICO BRASS QUINTET. Scheidt, Variations on a Galliard of John
Dowland; Handel, Air with Five Variations; J.S. Bach, Fugue in
D; Marvin Lamb, The Stomp: Revisited; Margaret Brouwer,
Timespan; Warner Hutchison, Apocalypse I; Peter Lieuwen, Celestial
Voices. 009414756343 Cassette ORDER
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