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BELLINI / ROSSINi / DONIZETTI / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics Maria Callas (soprano), with Richard Tucker, Luiso Villa, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefamo, Nicolai Gedda, etc [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2007 ] Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. |
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PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / SAINT-SAENS / DONIZETTI / etc
Various: Platinum Collection [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) / Various conductors [ EMI / 3 CD Box Set - released 7/Nov/2005 ] The greatest collection of Callas recordings in one amazing set. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 Maria Kliegel (Cello) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Jean-Francois Monnard [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "It's all very virtuosic, and Maria Kliegel performs with impressive panache and precision. A most welcome addition to the catalogue." - Gramophone |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Suite Maria Kliegel (cello) / Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "Maria Kliegel plays a Stradivarius cello that once belonged to Maurice Gendron…on this occasion the favourite comes home. Not a romp exactly, but by several heads. Kliegel succeed(s) splendidly…capturing the variety of moods and textures in the... |
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BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / POPPER / etc
Maria Kliegel - Anniversary Edition Maria Kliegel (cello) / with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Camerata Transsylvanica, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
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SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & Trio No. 2 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Antje Weithaas, Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Following a first recording on Alpha devoted to Brahms which garnered much praise - 'real duo playing' said Gramophone, while Classica discerned 'shared music making . . . a world full of nuances and subtlety, boundless sonic imagination... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE / PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / WEINBERG
From Eastern Europe - Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] The Hecker/Helmchen duo is renowned for the high standard of their performances, which is reflected in their recordings. The German cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker caused a sensation by winning both the First Prize and two Special Prizes at the eighth... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands" BBC Music |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 3 Marika Fältskogh (violin) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] "recommendable. The performances are thoughtful, the sound is warm and clear, and the unusual repertoire is well worth getting to know, especially at Naxos's bargain price." Fanfare |
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Martin, Fr
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke Marjana Lipovsek; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Lothar Zagrosek [ ORFEO / CD - released 13/Apr/1988 ] |
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Mark Turner, Jason Palmer, Joe Martin, Jonathan Pinson
Return From The Stars (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Mark Turner's writing for his quartet on Return from the Stars (titled after Stanislav Lem's science fiction novel) gives the players plenty of space in which to move, on an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its arc of expression. Solos flow... |
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LYUDKEVYCH / KOS-ANATOSKY / KARABITS / BARVINSKY / LYATOSHYNSKY / etc
Postcards from Ukraine Vol.1: Violin Miniatures Markiyan Melnychenko (violin) Benjamin Martin (piano) Peter de Jager (piano) [ Toccata / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Ukrainian classical music is not even two centuries old, and for most of that time has had to contend with active attempts at suppression by a hostile neighbour. But Ukrainian composers have stood their ground, not least by taking inspiration from... |
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TELEMANN
Miriways, TWV 21:24 (complete opera) Markus Volpert, Ida Aldrian, Ulrike Hofbauer, Julie Martin du Theil, Gabriele Hierdeis / L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "The score is a delight, revealing the composer at his most colourfully inventive...The performance pulsates with energy from start to finish...The cast, by and large, is strong...Prince Sophi is a soprano role sung with agility and tonal clarity by |
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BERLIOZ / POULENC / SAINT-SAENS
Chung, Argerich, Angelich: Live at the Theatre Antique d'Orange Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano) & Myung-Whun Chung (piano & conductor), Christophe Henry (organ) [ Bel Air / DVD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich and Nicholas Angelich alongside Myung-Whun Chung for a concert homage by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to its conductor in the magical setting of the Théâtre Antique in Orange. The concert begins with Berlioz's Roman... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Beethoven Martha Modl (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by a galaxy of star musicans. |
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Martin
Fantasia [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2006 ] |
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PHILIP GLASS
Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009) Martin Achrainer / Cassandra McConnell / Karen Robertson / Chorus of the Landestheater Linz / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] This 2-CD set is a recording of the complete 2009 opera by Phillip Glass on the life of scientist Johannes Kepler in a deluxe digipack featuring colour photos of the production in Linz, Austria. |
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Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Guitar Tango: Más Allá [ Riverboat / CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Martín Alvarado's honey-sweet tenor tones take the lead and Horacio Avilano's strutting guitar provides the accompaniment on this unique album of unadorned Guitar Tango: Más Allá. Martín Alvarado is widely considered to be Argentina's finest and... |