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The San Francisco Symphony has signed its first recording deal since the early 1970s, it announced Tuesday. London/Decca records has signed a two-year contract with the orchestra and music director Herbert Blomstedt to make five recordings. Among them: Richard Strauss’ “Alpine Symphony,” Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” and four symphonies composed by Danish composer Carl Nielsen.

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