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LEO BROUWER / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Guitar Concertos Miguel Trápaga (guitar) / Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Óliver Díaz [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "[Trápaga] is highly attuned to the different sound worlds of the Brouwer and the Rodrigo and, together with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia under Óliver Díaz, creates another kind of musical conversation that is vibrant, exciting and revealing in eq |
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KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
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ENESCU
Works for Violin and Piano Mihaela Martin (violin) Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "This new BIS release can be heartily recommended to anyone who wants Enescu's three most important violin works on one disc. Sheer delight." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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Mikkola/Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfo
Saint-Saens:africa For Pian [ Bis / CD ] |
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Mozart; M.
Fagotto Concertante Milan Turkovic; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Martin Sieghart [ ORFEO / CD - released 27/Jun/1991 ] |
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KEVIN PUTS
Puts: Silent Night [Opera] Karin Wolverton (Soprano) Miles Mykkanen, Christian Sanders and Stephen Martin, Tenors), etc / Minnesota Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Courtney Lewis [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. |
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SAINT-GEORGES / STILL / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / CORDERO / KAY / WALKER / etc
Black Composer Series - The Complete Album Collection Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, Sanford Allen (violins) Faye Robinson, Doralene Davis (sopranos) Juilliard String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "The sound is in general typical of Sony at this period in time, close set with good spatial definition. Some journey, this, and I'd heartily recommend it." Gramophone |
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BRUCH / WIENIAWSKI / LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Violin Concertos / Cello Concertos (recorded 1953 & 1956) Mischa Elman (violin) Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Brilliant Classics Retrospective / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] Mono recordings |
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LEONARDO BALADA
Sinfonía en Negro - Homage to Martin Luther King Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmon Colomer [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/2014 ] The Sinfonía and the virtuoso Double Concerto use Balada's pioneering blend of ethnic music with avant-garde techniques, while Columbus:Images for Orchestra is a free adaptation of four contrasting scenes from his acclaimed opera Christopher Columbus |
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Montiel/Pons/Martin/Granada Ci
Marco:archangel Tree/Soul C [ Bis / CD ] |
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MARTIN Y SOLER
Una Cosa Rara-Harmoniemusik Moonwinds / Joan Enric Lluna (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Oct/2008 ] Vicente Martín y Soler, nicknamed 'the Valencian Mozart', was as famous in his own day as his Austrian contemporary. His biggest success, the opera Una cosa rara, is a combination of beauty and honesty, in the person of a charming peasant girl! |
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RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / KHACHATURIAN / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Moura Lympany: The Decca Legacy Moura Lympany (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 7 CD Box Set - released 8/Nov/2019 ] The complete Decca recordings of a much-loved English pianist, including previously unissued material, newly remastered and issued with a comprehensive introduction to her early life and recording career. |
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SAINT-SAENS
Piano Quartets Mozart Piano Quartet [ MDG / CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] "The Mozart Piano Quartet provide these works with enthusiastic advocacy and MDG's sound is a model of clarity and natural balance…." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice October 2009 |
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FRANK MARTIN / FRANCIS POULENC / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ARYEH LEVANON
Works For Pianos and Orchestra MultiPiano Ensemble / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Concertante orchestral works for more than one keyboard instrument saw a revival after the First World War with the neo-Baroque trends of the time helping to revitalise the neglected concerto grosso genre. |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
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BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Murray Perahia: The Complete Analogue Recordings 1972 - 1979 Murray Perahia (piano) with Peter Pears (tenor), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Perahia's complete analogue recordings have now been brought together for the first time in this exclusive collection of 15 remastered CDs. |
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CAMILLE SAINT SAENS / MEL BONIS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
La Mer: French Piano Trios Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] The Neave Trio's new album celebrates French works for piano trio, focussing on three works composed around the turn of the twentieth century. Saint-Saëns's Piano Trio no.2 dates from 1892 and comprises five movements. Unusually for Saint-Saëns, the... |
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BEDRICH SMETANA / SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / JOSEF SUK / FRANK MARTIN
Rooted Neave Trio [ CHANDOS / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Originally recorded in May 2023 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone |