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Mozart, Wo
Konzert No. 3 G-Dur KV 216, Konzert No. 5 A-Dur KV 219, Sinfonia concertante Es-Dur KV 364, Concertone C-Dur KV 190 Honeck, Setena, Lea; Vienna Classical Players, Martin Kerschbaum [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] |
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Michael Hoppe/Martin Tillman/Tim Wheater
Afterglow [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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SCHUMANN / GRIEG / SAINT-SAENS
Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano) / Orchestra of Opera North / Howard Shelley (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2009 ] "This is my first encounter with the Orchestra of Opera North. They prove to be a very able band indeed, providing clear and balanced accompaniment, accurate intonation and clarity of line. Quite able to shine in the passages without the soloist,... |
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ANONYMOUS
Locham Song Book Martin Hummel, Dulce Melos [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] "Martin Hummel has a nice voice and sings this repertoire well…I know of no other recording with such a wide selection of pieces from this manuscript and I am sure especially lovers of renaissance music will thoroughly enjoy this disc." (MusicWeb) |
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TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: Concertos, Sonata, Adagio I Musici, Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields [ Alto / CD - released 4/Sep/2021 ] "that Albinoni wrote excellent solo concertos is clear enough from this record, all players involved are splendid …very well recorded. These will please admirers of I Musici, the group is well-balanced and the soloists admirable. The oboe concerto... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music for the Chapel Royal - Verse Anthems Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca / London Serenata / CD - released 20/Sep/1995 ] Purcell wrote so much in so many different spheres of musical activity that it is easy to forget that one of his main tasks was to be a royal composer, to provide music for the occasions of State in Westminster Abbey, just as the Gabrielis had done... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 1 [Concertos 1, 3, 4 & Triple] Inon Barnatan (piano) Stefan Jackiw (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alan Gilbert [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields makes its first foray into the complete Beethoven piano concertos with the classy Inon Barnatan." MusicWeb |
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LOUISE FARRENC / SAINT-SAENS
Romantic Dreams - Quintets for Piano and Strings Ironwood [ ABC Classics / CD - released 24/Jul/2020 ] Be transported back in time to the salons of 19th-century Paris by one of Australia's finest historically inspired ensembles. |
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TCHAIKOSVKY / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / SIBELIUS / HANDEL / RIMSKY KORSAKOV / etc
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection Isaac Stern (violin) William Kincaid (flute) Anthony Gigliotti (clarinet) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 88 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Sony label now presents Eugene Ormandy's stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years). |
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DEBUSSY
Hughes Cuenod sings Debussy Hughes Cuenod (tenor), Martin Isepp (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4 (with Saint-Saens - Symphony No 3 "Organ") The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Helicon Records / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] Brahms' Fourth Symphony, his last, was completed in 1885, twelve years before his death. Perhaps, having reached such perfection in his Fourth Symphony, Brahms was less inclined to write another. In his Third Symphony, Saint-Saëns, himself a highly... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANCIS POULENC
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Poulenc: Organ Concerto Iveta Apkalina (organ) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Iveta Apkalna performs these Saint-Saëns and Poulenc scores with sparkle" MusicWeb |
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SAINT-SAENS / CHAUSSON / YSAYE / PROKOFIEV
Works for Violin & Piano Jack Liebeck (violin) with Katya Apekisheva (piano) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] "Perhaps the most exciting new soloist of the year, Jack Liebeck plays with fire and passion, taste and aplomb. His reading of the Prokofiev is one of the best on record. This is a young man with a brilliant future. You don't want to miss this superb... |
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JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUSS
Complete Piano Music: Sonatas, Scherzo con variazioni, Swedish Dance and others Jacques Despres, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Joseph Martin Kraus may be considered one of the most talented and unusual composers of the eighteenth century. |
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BRAHMS / MOZART / SAINT-GEORGES / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / SARASATE / etc
Jaime Laredo - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Jaime Laredo (violin/viola) with Emanuel Ax (piano) Vladimir Sokoloff (piano), Yo Yo Ma (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), etc [ Sony Classical / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] The complete recordings by Grammy-winning violinist Jaime Laredo in a single 23-CD edition in celebration of his 80th birthday June 7, 2021. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fat Knight / Serenade to Music / Henry V Overture James Clark (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Yates secures some commendably alert playing from the RSNO, who seem to be thoroughly enjoying the whole experience…it's hard to conceive of a more sympathetic performance of either [the Henry V Overture] or the radiant Serenade to Music in its... |
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PIAZZOLLA
Song of the Angel James Crabb (classical accordian) Benjamin Martin (piano) Australian Chamber Orchestra. Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] 'Accordion wizard and company delight in a seductive and exuberant sound world.' Gramophone |
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SAINT-SAENS
Samson et Dalila (Complete opera recorded in 1973) James King, Christa Ludwig, Bernd Weikl / Munich Radio Orchestra / Giuseppe Patane [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "King and Ludwig are not to be underestimated, of course. They are best in the 'speaking' chromaticisms of the Trio with the Old Hebrew, best where the music is nearest to the Wagner idiom." (Gramophone) |
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MARTIN LODGE
Toru: chamber music James Tennant, Richard Nunns, Peter Scholes, William Dowdall, Edward King, Jeremy Mayall, etc [ Atoll Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] Brilliantly performed chamber works by Martin Lodge |
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CHOPIN / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Sonatas Jamie Walton (cello) & Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] "Jamie Walton's mature cello timbre and perceptiveness in matters of interpretation are winningly applied to this coupling of two 19th-century sonatas..Finely honed stylistic judgment here goes hand in hand with re-creative panache." (Daily Telegraph) |