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MANUEL PONCE
Complete Guitar Music Gérard Abiton (guitar) & Beatrice Martin (harpsichord) Ensemble Orchestral Stringendo, Jean Thorel [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] Manuel Ponce was one of Mexico's best and most popular composers. His compositions are imbued with the native music and folklore of his beloved Mexico, irresistably lively, sensual and passionate. |
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Gregor Piatigorsky
Schumann/Saint-Saens/Bloch [ Testament / CD ] |
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MEYERBEER
Vasco de Gama (original version of L'Africaine) [complete opera] Guibee Yang, Martin Gabler, Kouta Rasanen, Rolf Broman, Bernhard Berchtold, Anton Reimer / Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Frank Beermann [ CPO / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Aug/2014 ] CPO presents Meyerbeer's Vasco de Gama. This edition by Jügen Schläder is based on the last published and unpublished material left by Meyerbeer on his death. This is the first time this version has been release on CD. |
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DANCLA / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET
Petite Ecole de la Melodie Guido Rimonda (violin) Christina Canziani (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2009 ] Giudo Rimonda is a highly respected violinist in Italy. He is accompanied here by Cristina Canziani and together they perform three intimate works arranged for piano and violin. |
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Gunter Wand
Saint-Saens/Koechlin/Berlioz [ Profil / CD ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (orch. Schoenberg) Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 13/Apr/2019 ] "Jaime Martin revels in these marvellously lurid sonorities, pushing the woodwinds to the fore, and generally eliciting incisive, articulate playing from the Gävle orchestra." Gramophone |
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MELCHER MELCHERS
Melcher Melchers: Symphony in D minor / La Kermesse; Élégie Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Swedish composer Melcher Melchers (1882-1961) has been largely forgotten by music history. Melchers studied composition in Paris and his circle of friends included, among others, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Guillaume Apollinaire, Erik Satie, and... |
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FAURE / GLAZUNOV / SAINT-SAENS / DVORAK / etc
The Swan - music for cello and orchestra Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2000) * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (Dec 2000) |
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Schubert,
Große Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Hans Hotter - Liederabend Hans Hotter, Walter Martin [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jan/2000 ] |
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PARRY / CLARKE / BYRD / ELGAR / WALTON / HANDEL
Rule Britannia: Stirring songs and patriotic music Harlow Chorus / The Elizabethan Consort / Martin Souter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Pro Arte Orchestra [ Britannia / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Music chosen for its thrill factor: from trumpets and drums to soaring choral voices, this programme has a 'Last Night of the Proms' feel. It features the great and the good of English music of the past including Handel, Holst, Elgar and Walton. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Pinchas Zukerman plays Vivaldi Pinchas Zukerman (violin & conductor) with Isaac Stern (violin) / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic [ Sony RCA Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Violinist-conductor Pinchas Zukerman recorded many of Vivaldi's best-loved concertos for CBS/Sony, with the English Chamber Orchestra in the 1970s and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the 1980s, when he served as that ensemble's music director and... |
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MUSSORGSKY / WOLF / SCHUBERT / MARTIN
Heinz Rehfuss - The Decca Recitals Heinz Rehfuss (bass) with Hans Willi Häusslein (piano), Frank Martin (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence The Decca Recitals / CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "An enormously good performance, helped by extremely clear recording […] with tone, style, technique, good intonation and clarity all in abundance; and with the added advantage of a voice that probably sounds menacing when it asks you to pass the mu |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila (complete opera, recorded in 1946) Helene Bouvier / Jose Luccioni / Louis Fourestier (cond) [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Orchestra of the National Opera of Paris, Chorus of the National Opera of Paris, Louis Foureslier |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Last Romantic Hero (2LP) Helene Grimaud (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin James Bartlett (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Borodin Quartet, Berliner Philharmoniker, e [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotive and virtuosic music. His works, characterized by lush harmonies and sweeping melodies, include the iconic Piano Concerto no.2 and the hauntingly beautiful... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A D959 / Six Moments Musicauz D780 Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2009 ] "…such is the strength and poetic commitment of Helmchen's playing that he already makes comparison irrelevant. And if I was to single out one awe-inspiring moment it would be the Andantino from the Sonata, naturally paced, enviably poised and... |
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Helmchen/Orch De La Suisse Rom
D'indy/Saint-Saens/Chausson: P [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
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Henri Salvador
Saint-Germain-des-Prés [ Le Chant du Monde / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] |
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CORELLI / MARAIS / MARTIN Y COLL / ENZINA / etc
La Folia (music from 1490-1701) Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "This CD easily bears exposure to the "Repeat All" button, and like all Alia Vox productions, it comes in a beautifully presented card case containing a booklet with full notes in the major European languages." (Amazon) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD... |
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TRADITIONAL
The Christmas Memories Album Dean Martin, Harry Belafonte, Leroy Anderson, Beverley Sisters, Russ Morgan, Frank Sinatra & others [ Alto Take 2 / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Best-selling holiday tracks from the early LP era, together for the first time at a value price! |