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STEVE REICH
Reich: Collected Works (Limited Edition Box Set) Various Artists [ Nonesuch Records / 26 CD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] Nonesuch Records releases Steve Reich Collected Works, a 27-disc box set (26CD's + DVD) featuring music recorded during his 40 years on the label. The collection represents six decades of Reich's compositions, ranging from It's Gonna Rain (1965) to... |
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BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Susan Kagan and Vassily Primakov (pianos) [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "Well recorded with an excellent booklet by the pianist." Gramophone 'Ries could not have asked for a better pianist and proponent than he has found in Susan Kagan' (Fanfare) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Hungarian Dances Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Brahms' symphonies and much more in Thomas Dausgaard's interpretations. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] It was only after his death that Franz Schubert's symphonic works made an impact in music history. In fact, the first public performance of any of Schubert's symphonies took place at a memorial concert held a few weeks after the composer had passed... |
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J.S BACH / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Brandenburg Project: Twelve Concertos The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (cond) [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Bach's celebrated concertos are joined by new commissions. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2023 ] During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named 'Opening Doors', performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber... |
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W. A. MOZART
Sir Colin Davis conducts Mozart Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davisa, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Colin Davis [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] "Twelve of Mozart scintillating Overtures are given superlative performances with the justly famous Staatskapelle of Dresden conducted with great panache by Colin Davis on this marvellous CD." classical-music.com |
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REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: Complete Songs Tassis Christoyannis (baritone), Jeff Cohen (piano) [ Bru Zane / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "everything is beautifully phrased, melody and text are held in well-nigh ideal balance and the prevailing mood is one of almost confessional intimacy." Gramophone Award Nomination 2020 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damaru [ C Major DVD / 8 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: ON BLU-RAY |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CD + Blu-ray Audio + DVD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The hardcover edition of Claudio Abbado's legendary recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville is out of print and now available in a new packaged set: 2 CD + BD audio (24bit/96kHz) + DVD video box set. |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire: Complete Organ Music- Oeuvres d'Orgue Tjeerd van der Ploeg (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux in 1870. A child prodigy he became organist-accompagnateur at age 11 at the St. Pierre in Bordeaux. At the Paris Conservatory he had lessons from De Bériot and César Franck, after whose death he continued with... |
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BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / von BINGEN / PART / HAYDN / DVORAK / etc
The Choral Collection Tonus Peregrinus, Camerata Bach Choir, Musica Ficta, Oxford Camerata, Choir of the Golden Age, TOWER Voices New Zealand, Simon Mayr Choir, etc [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "There's plenty to celebrate here, not least sterling performances by Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly (including Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem and other choral pieces, and a fine Hildegard CD). |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Trio Élégiaque [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] The young French Trio Elegiaque has already received great critical acclaim for their recording of Messiaen and Dusapin (Diapason d'Or!). They played the Beethoven trio cycle several times in concert series. |
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BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / SCHOENBERG / HINDEMITH
Trio Zimmermann - A Retrospective Trio Zimmermann [ BIS / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2022 ] In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltra. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Incidental Music Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "This handsome 6-CD set which appears as an edition presenting Sibelius is an overwhelming listening experience of often unfamiliar vignettes. Far more magic, some familiar moments and little that is prosaic. Enjoyable." MusicWeb |
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MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: American Legend Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Scherme [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Feb/2013 ] "Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin." Albany Symphony |
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BORIS MIKOLAYOVICH LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Complete Symphonies Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the 20th century and his five symphonies remain the most important cycle in his country's musical history. |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4 - 6 Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Valery Gergiev [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2005 ] "Opulent, dramatic and powerful performances. This well recorded Philips set would be a welcome addition to any collection" MusicWeb |
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JOSQUIN / GOMBERT / OBRECHT / RUE / CHARPENTIER / GESUALDO / PERGOLESI / etc
Ave Maria: Marian Hymns CantArte Regensburg, Oxford Camerata, VivaVoce, Tudor Consort, Carla Huhtanen (soprano) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "This ten-disc collection is abundant in riches; it's an almost forensic foray into centuries (and centuries) of music devoted to the Virgin Mary...Digital recordings of ensembles make this a set to take note of." BBC Music |