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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings 1973-74 |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (Complete Opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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RAVEL
Bolero / Pavane pour une Infante defunte / Rapsodie espagnole / Daphnis et ChloAC: suite (with works by Debussy & Saint-Saens) Karlheinz Zoeller (flute) Pierre Cochereau (organ) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ DG Karajan Collection / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] "This is the most entertaining modern recording of what is usually counted a forbidding work." (Gramophone on Symphony No 13) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Complete Music for Piano Kathryn Stott (piano) with Martin Roscoe (piano in the duets) [ Hyperion / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Sumptuously recorded. A true and dedicated Francophile [Kathryn Stott] is clearly among the more stylish and intriguing of all young pianists' (Gramophone) |
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SAINT-SAENS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FAURE / BOULANGER / FARRENC / etc
LP: Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals / Piano Concerto No. 2 (with other works by French composers) Lang Lang (piano), with Gina Alice (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] This is a carnival of French works for all generations by world-renowned pianist Lang Lang who offers music lovers of all ages the pleasure of discovery. Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelson,... |
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TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa Gaudeamus Lay Clerks of Westmionster Cathedral / Matthew Martin / with Thomas Wilson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2009 ] 'An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording' (Financial Times) |
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JOHN ADAMS
John Adams: Scheherazade.2 Leila Josefowicz (violin) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 24/Dec/2016 ] "Josefowicz, who has been a champion of the composer's music for decades, gives a performance here that explains why Adams has such faith in her: suave and sensual, yet assertive and full of longing...beautifully balanced." (Gramophone) |
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PROKOFIEV / SAINT-SAENS
Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics (Includes 'Peter and the Wolf' & 'Carnival of the Animals') Leonard Bernstein (narrator & conductor) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra [ Sony Bernstein Century / CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] "Leonard Bernstein did a spectacular job in the narration of Peter and the Wolf. I remember when he did Young Peoples' Concerts many years ago and he made classical music come alive for children." |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Saint-Saens, Chopin and Berlioz transcriptions Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] 'I can wholly recommend this release to lovers of Liszt since it presents much music that is otherwise unavailable' (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Double Piano Concertos Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] ".The Jussen boys have found perhaps the perfect collaborator in Sir Neville Marriner, who has conducted more Mozart than most; the Academy acquit themselves well." Editor's Choice Gramophone January 2016 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pavarotti & Friends Collection [8 concerts on 4 DVDs] Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with Andrea Bocelli, George Michael, Elton John, The Spice Girls, Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Liza Minnelli, Ricky Martin [ Decca DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2005 ] Luciano Pavarotti gives an historic concert in a historic setting. This thrilling program was filmed live in Beijing during his tour of the people's Republic of China in 1986. Now audiences everywhere can enjoy the magic and majesty that is... |
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CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / HAHN / SAINT-SAENS / SEVERAC
The French piano of Chabrier & Debussy Magda Tagliaferro (piano) [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / LOUIS SPOHR / EUGENE YSAYE / etc
María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond (LP) María Dueñas (violin) / Wiener Symphoniker, Manfred Honeck [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] "The manner in which Dueñas acquits herself is nothing short of remarkable: every technical hurdle surmounted with assurance, no lapses in tone or intonation, the interpretation confident and persuasive...What a player" Gramophone |
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SAINT-SAENS
Symphonies 2 & 3 'organ' Marie-Claire Alain (organ) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georges Pretre [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] |
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BUXTEHUDE / CORNET / LEBEGUE / DE GRIGNY / etc
Great European Organs Vol. 86: Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory Matthew Martin (plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Matthew Martin plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory |
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Martin Dean
That's Amore - The Best Of [ Capitol Records CD / CD ] Like Capitol Collectors Series, this offers a 20-song overview of his Capitol years (the 1950s and early '60s), with a different track selection and an unfortunate absence of liner notes. It does have his biggest hits from the era, including "That's... |
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MARTIN GRUBINGER / JOSEF BURCHARTZ / GGREGORIAN CHANT
Drums 'n' Chant Martin Grubinger (percussion) with Albrecht Mayer (Oboe), Josef Burchartz (Flugelhorn), Dieter Kolbeck (Digital Piano) / Benedictine Monks of the Abbe [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] Grubinger represented Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 in Bergen, Norway. In 2007 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (complete oratorio) Martin Lattke (Evangelist) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto) Wolfram Lattke (tenor) / Gewandhausorchester / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "This is an exceptional Christmas Oratorio and it becomes one of the front-runners in a crowded field." (INternational Record Review) |
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J.S. BACH
Piano Transcriptions vol.4 - Feinberg Martin Roscoe, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "Roscoe illuminates the refurbished contrapuntal textures with luxuriant sonority and mesmerising facility" (Gramophone Critics' Choice 2004) |