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FAURE / FRANCK / SAINT-SAENS
Masques et Bergamasques Op 112 / Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre / Piano Concerto No 2 (with music by Bizet) Nelson Freire (piano) / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / David Shallon [ Silverline Classics / Am@ado / Cascade / DVD - released 5/Jul/2004 ] G :- Nelson Freire is probably one of the best-kept secrets in the world of the piano. The international press has acclaimed him as one of the greatest pianists of our time, comparing him to legendary greats such as Sergei Rachmaninov, Arthur... |
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Newbury Mickey
Better Days (Vinyl) [ Saint Cecilia Knows / Mountain Retreat / LP - released 13/Jun/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
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Newbury Mickey
Frisco Mabel Joy (Vinyl) [ Saint Cecilia Knows / Mountain Retreat / LP - released 13/Jun/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
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Newbury Mickey
Looks Like Rain (Vinyl) [ Saint Cecilia Knows / Mountain Retreat / LP - released 13/Jun/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
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JAPPELLI / CAMPOGRANDE / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Music for Guitar & Choir: Jappelli, Campogrande & Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Nicolò Spera (guitar) / St. Martin's Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] A pair of world-premiere recordings on a unique collection of works conceived for an unusual, highly-appealing combination of musicians. The technical challenging of balancing a choir singing at full volume and a guitar, renowned for its gentle... |
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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Franz Joseph Haydn, Joseph Martin Kraus
Music for a Viennese Salon Night Music, Steven Zohn (flute), Heather Miller Lardin (violone) [ AVIE / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Philadelphia-based period-instrument ensemble Night Music re-creates an afternoon of music making from October 1801 at the Austrian capital's Palais Arnstein, with a flamboyant Quintet for flute and strings by Joseph Kraus, a duo by Carl Ditters... |
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FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Double Bass Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Norbert Duka (double bass) / Erno Sebestyen (violin) / Helmut Nikolai (viola) / Martin Osertag (cello) / Phillip Moll (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] "Throughout the Hoffmeister his intonation is a cut above our expectations, his unnamed instrument producing a most appealing tone. The challenges of the Schubert is probably one step too far, but that equally applies to many cello recordings. He is... |
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VAGN HOLMBOE
Concertos (Incl Piano Concerto No 1) Noriko Ogawa (piano) Martin Frost (clarinet) Gordon Hunt (oboe) / Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes (cond) / Danish National Opera Choir [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A well-packed disc with a nice balance struck between the concertos and a rarely encountered choral-orchestral work." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / OFFENBACH / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky / Saint-Saens / Offenbach: Works for Cello & Orchestra Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman / Cincinatti Symphony, Erich Kunzel [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 7/May/1986 ] "Her exalted and eminently sensuous tone permeates all the music she touches, and the delicacy of her touch may well exceed that of her eminent teachers, Pierre Fournier, Jacqueline du Pre, and Vladimir Orloff. " AudAud.com |
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Ogawa/Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfoni
Saint-Saens:piano Concs 1 & 2 [ Bis / CD - released 31/Jul/2000 ] |
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SAINT-SAENS / MOUSSA / SAARIAHO
Saint-Saëns, Moussa & Saariaho: Orchestral Works Oliver Latry (organ) & Jean-Willy Kunz (organ) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Analekta / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Here is the recording of the inaugural concerts of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique at Maison symphonique de Montréal, which feature the great organists Oliver Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz alongside the OSM and Kent Nagano. For grandeur and majesty, few... |
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Orch National De L'opera De Mo
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos N [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Aug/2011 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Resound Volume 5 Orchester Wiener Akademie / Martin Haselbock [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] The Orchester Wiener Akademie and its conductor Martin Haselböck continue their RESOUND Beethoven series. The aim of this project is to record the complete Beethoven symphonies on period instruments in the venues where they were first performed,... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / SAINT-SAENS / ROSSINI
New Year's Eve in Saint Petersburg (recorded in 2006) Orchestra & Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ BelAir Classiques / DVD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] G - Directed for video by Denis Caiozzi, Produced by François Duplat |
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SAINT-SAENS
Elan Orchestra Victoria, Guillaume Tourniaire [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] French maestro Guillaume Tourniaire, rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting and satisfying musical voices among the new generation of conductors, continues his series of recordings on Melba with ballet music from Saint-Saëns'... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Phryné (complete opera) Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie; Chœur du Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Bru Zane / CD/Book - released 11/Feb/2022 ] "Florie Valiquette is a winning Phryné, and Cyrille Dubois all that you could hope for in a French tenor as her beloved Nicias - their Act II duet deserves to be much better known." BBC Music |
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CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée Orchestre Divertimento, Zahia Ziouani [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2023 ] Passionate about travel, Saint-Saëns was strongly influenced by the cultural diversity he encountered in North Africa. Zahia Ziouani, as one immersed in these twin cultures herself, is able to shed new light on the composer's travel-inspired works by... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée Orchestre Divertimento, Zahia Ziouani [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2023 ] Passionate about travel, Saint-Saëns was strongly influenced by the cultural diversity he encountered in North Africa. As one immersed in these twin cultures herself, Zahia Ziouani is able to shed new light on the composer's travel-inspired works... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Egyptian" Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Saint-Saëns's mature creative genius shines throughout these last two piano concertos, looking back over a glorious musical ancestry while at the same time opening the door to new worlds. The Fourth Piano Concerto is prescient of both his great Organ... |
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CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems Orchestre National de Lille, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] A wide orchestral palette and stirring reserves of drama are used to evoke the youthful audacity and death of Phaéton, the ultimate triumph of virtue over pleasure in La Jeunesse d'Hercule ('The Youth of Hercules'), and Hercules' punishment, spinning... |