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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Music for Violin and Piano, Vol.1 Fanny Clamagirand (violin) & Vanya Cohen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Prominent among the works of Saint-Saëns for violin and piano is the technically challenging 1885 Violin Sonata No. 1 which balances passion with clarity. |
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MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) Fernando Guimarães, Jennifer Rivera, Aaron Sheehan, Leah Wool, Owen McIntosh / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jul/2012 ] "The strength of this issue is in its strong, youthful cast. The Penelope of Jennifer Rivera almost shakes my allegiance to Jacobs's Bernarda Fink, with a limpid low mezzo of comparable beauty and expressive power, while Fernando Guimaraes's Ulysses |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Deserving more frequent performances than they receive, Saint-Saëns's two string quartets find persuasive champions in the Fine Arts Quartet...the influences are refracted through Saint-Saëns's own lyrical and harmonic prism, and each work is as... |
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Messiaen,
Saint Francois d'Assise Fischer-Dieskau, Yakar, Riegel, Tear, Cachemaille, Vittucci; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor; ORF-Chor; Radio Symphonie Orchester [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 27/May/1998 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach (J.S.): Sonates & Solo Pour La Flute Traversiere Francois Lazarevitch (traverse flute) / Les Musiciens De Saint-Julien, Thomas Dunford [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] As director of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Francois Lazarevitch has enabled us to discover numerous treasures stemming from dance and folk music. For the first time on Alpha, he has recorded a solo album, devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach's Flute... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas: Nos 1 -4 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "These recordings are conversations by a perfect instrumental pairing." BBC Music |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 (Sonatas 8-10) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] The final volume from the acclaimed team of Zimmermann and Helmchen |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 [Nos 5 - 7] Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] " Anyone who loves these works will surely come away from this recording feeling entertained, stirred and thoroughly refreshed." Gramophone |
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Frank Sinatra / Sammy Davis Jr / Dean Martin
Christmas With The Rat Pack [ Capitol / CD - released 25/Oct/2013 ] Christmas with the Rat Pack is a budget-priced compilation that cobbles together miscellaneous tracks recorded separately by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Among the 16 cuts are "Silver Bells," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," "Let... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'argent (complete opera) Yu Shao (tenor), Jodie Devos (soprano), Edgaras Montvidas (tenor), Hélène Guilmette (soprano) / Les Siècles, Accentus, François-Xavier Roth [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 28/Aug/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Opera |
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Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Classics & Boogie [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] Because the piano featured so prominently in many of Freddy Martin's recordings, it was often thought he was the soloist; in fact, his chosen instrument was the tenor sax. |
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FAURE / STRAUSS / MAHLER / COPLAND / IVES / etc
Lieder (recorded 1986) Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Martin Katz (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment." (International Record Rev |
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HENRY PURCELL
O Sing Unto The Lord: Sacred Music By Henry Purcell Frederick Teardo (organ) & John Scott (conductor/solo organ) Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Concert Royal [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release this compelling programme of choral works by Henry Purcell which also features the acclaimed New York period ensemble Concert Royal. Recorded on period instruments, this collection of sacred... |
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FLOTOW / SCHUBERT / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / DONIZETTI / R. STRAUSS
Son Of Movies Go To The Opera Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Gorr, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] More favourite classical tracks from classic movies! |
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JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 2 & Op. 7 Fumika Mohri (violin) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. The string quartet was still in its infancy in France... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Composed during a period of social readjustment in post-war France, the First Cello Concerto marked Saint-Saëns acceptance as a composer among the establishment, and has long been one of his most admired works. Recognition for the fiendishly... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos Gabriel Tacchino (piano) / Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, conducted by Louis de Froment. [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The reissue of one of the gems from the famous VOX catalogue: the complete Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos played by Gabriel Tacchino and the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, conducted by maitre Louis de Froment. Saint Saëns' piano concertos are... |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 - 3 / Souvenir de Florence Gabrieli String Quartet / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "the Gabrielis give a finely conceived performance, producing well-blended tonal quality" Penguin Guide |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street / The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore Gabrielle Ruggiero / David Poleri / Gloria Lane / Maria Di Gerlando / Leon Lishner / Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Schippers [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] Hailed as 'the best new opera since Gershwin's Porgy and Bess', Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street won the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for Best Musical. Its underlying themes of immigrant life... |