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NIELSEN / IBERT / ARNOLD
Flute Concertos Clara Andrada (flute), Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Jaime Martín (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] In this album Clara Andrada, solo flutist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, performs three 20th century flute concertos together with the orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Malcolm Arnold's delightful Flute Concerto No. 1 makes a pleasant addition... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Light Flowing Clare O'Connell (cello) [ NMC Recordings / CD - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Light Flowing is an album of works for cello performed by Clare O'Connell as part of NMC's Artist Series |
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TELEMANN / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / FASCH / HERTEL / etc
Concerto à la Carte Claude Monteux (flute) John Wilbraham (trumpet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "The most alert string-playing distinguishes this record … first-class quality of recording throughout" The Gramophone |
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JAELL / LISZT / SAINT-SAENS
Jaëll, Liszt & Saint-Saëns: Piano à 4 mains Claudine Orloff; Burkard Spinnler [ Cypres Records / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "A singular composer, Marie Jaëll (1846-1925) made the piano the perfect confidant of her inspiration. |
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Martin Clunes
Man to Manta: In Search of the Giant Ray [ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 12/Jan/2012 ] PG: Region 4 - PAL - 46 minutes For over ten years BAFTA award-winning Martin Clunes has escaped from the world of acting by scuba diving under the sea in the Maldives. A qualified diver, he has, like most divers, become addicted to the silent... |
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JOHANN MARTIN FRIEDRICH NISLE
Octet, Septet & Quintet Consortium Classicum [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] CPO presents Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle compositions who presents himself as an original exponent of early romanticism with a pronounced talent for melody. |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] "The performances could hardly be more finely attuned to the technical challenges, while the composer's own booklet-notes set the scene succinctly...As a 'feast for the senses', Whalley's music demonstrably has much to recommend it." Gramophone |
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WUORINEN
Scherzo / First String Quartet / Viola Variations / Second Piano Quintet Curtis Macomber (violin) / Jesse Mills (violin) / Lois Martin (viola) / Fred Sherry (cello) / Peter Serkin (piano) / Brentano String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "In contrast to the city's minimalists, Wuorinen is a New York maximalist, a consummate wielder of rich, relentless polyphony, complex and speedily rhythmic textures, able to show each time that high modernism is not only alive and kicking, but a... |
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LORD BERNERS
Berners: Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (Sung in English) Cynthia Buchan (mezzo), John Winifred (ten), Ian Caddy, Thomas Lawlor (bass-baritone), Anthony Smith (bar) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; RTÉ Sinf [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "..very satisfying: everyone sings and plays with obvious enjoyment. Again, Berners' temperament was obviously attuned to its times and his music partakes of the then prevailing mood of light-headedness and nonchalance." British Music Society |
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Daby Balde
Le Marigot Club Dakar [ Riverboat / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] |
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Damien Jurado
Saint Bartlett [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 14/Jun/2010 ] The ninth studio album from the Seattle indie folk artist Damien Jurado finds him bravely stretching out - the fresh take on his style suits him well. |
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Damien Jurado
Saint Bartlett (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 14/Jun/2010 ] |
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HANDEL
Ultimate Handel: Includes Water Music Suites, Concerto grosso in B flat & Messiah [selection] Daniel Chorzempa (Organ) Concerto Amsterdam / The Brandenburg Consort / David Hill / Gillian Fisher (Soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / e [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 5 CDs in presentation slip case at SUPER-BUDGET price. An outstanding collection of Handel Favourites. Great value gift purchase. |
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DEBUSSY / FRANCAIX / GIRAUD / MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS
Daniel Ottensamer - La vie en rose Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet) / Münchner Symphoniker, Stephan Koncz [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Daniel Ottensamer has been principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera since 2009. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ Symphony' / Piano Concerto No. 4 Daniel Roth (organ), Jean-François Heisser (piano) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Camille Saint-Saëns, virtuoso pianist, organist and conductor, was also a great admirer of Liszt. His Symphony no.3, which adds both his chosen keyboard instruments to the orchestra, and his Piano Concerto no.4 utilise the codes of the old master,... |
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NIVERS, SUISSE, WIDOR, DUPRe, ROTH
Great European Organs Vol 64 Daniel Roth Plays the Cavailla-Coll Organ of Saint-Sulpice, Paris [ Priory / CD - released 16/Jun/2002 ] Great European Organs - Saint-Sulpice in Paris |
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Darren Watson
Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy [ Red Rocks Records / CD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] Award-winning, Wellington-based singer, guitarist, songwriter and bluesman Darren Watson (of Smoke Shop fame) presents his fourth - and best - solo album. |