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Gounod & Saint-Saëns
Premières Symphonies: Bizet, Gounod & Saint-Saëns Orchestre philharmonique de Monte Carlo; Kazuki Yamada [ 2 CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Camille Saint-Saëns was only fifteen years old when he composed his first symphony in 1850, which is known as his Symphony No. 0 - his official Symphony No. 1 would not arrive for another three years. Gounod was thirty-seven years old when his La... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Camille Saint-Saëns: Déjanire Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Chœur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Kazuki Yamada; Kate Aldrich; Julien Dran; Anaïs Constans; Jérôme Boutillier; [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 12/Apr/2024 ] 'It will be a strange score: people will either not like it at all, or will like it enormously', prophesied Camille Saint-Saëns a few days before the premiere of Déjanire. The opera, first performed in Monte Carlo on 14 March 1911, is based on... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Maîtrise de Radio France; Chœur de Radio France; Mikko Franck [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck continue their collaboration with Alpha Classics and here invite the Maîtrise and Chœur de Radio France to join them in a Debussy programme. This recording couples La Damoiselle élue, a... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 and in A major Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Prodigiously gifted, Camille Saint-Saëns entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1848, at the age of 13. There he discovered the symphonies of the great German and Austrian composers and soon began to try his own hand at the genre. The Symphony in A major... |
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HANS ZIMMER
The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration ORF Radio Symphony Radio, Martin Gellner, with Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Aleksandra Suklar (percussion), El Amir (guitar), etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release the sensational double-album by one of the world's most accomplished film composer, Hans Zimmer. This stunning album sees Hans Zimmer arrange some of his most successful and recognisable compositions into... |
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Martin Phipps
The Crown Season 4 - Original Soundtrack [ Stage and Screen / CD - released 11/Mar/2020 ] |
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ANDRÉ DANICAN PHILIDOR
Philidor: Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège Orkester Nord, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Martin Wåhlberg [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2025 ] Torn between her love for the King of Denmark, Sandomir, and her duty to her father, Rodoald, King of Norway, Princess Ernelinde finds herself caught up in a political whirlwind in the heart of medieval Scandinavia. Beyond the exotic setting of this... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / ANDRÉ GRÉTRY
Mozart Grétry 1773 Orkester Nord, Martin Wahlberg [ Aparté / CD - released 28/Aug/2022 ] "Allegro con brio is what Mozart asks for in the first movement of the Symphony, and that's what you get, with the music speeding off the blocks like Usain Bolt." BBC Music |
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BERNARD HERRMANN
The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (Hangover Square & Citizen Kane) Orla Boylan (soprano) & Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Orla Boylan sings Salammbô's aria wonderfully, her vibrato adding to the tension of the performance. Gamba and the BBC PO give first-class performances and it's clear from these results why this orchestra is held in such high regard in Britain.... |
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SAINT-SAENS
Sonata no.1 / Suite op.16 / etc Pascal Amoyel (violin) Emmanuelle Bertrand (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Written when he was only 27 years old, the Suite for cello remained one of Saint-Saëns’s favourite children all his life. Ten years later, in 1872, he discovered a new passion for the instrument, which led to the monumental First Sonata. ‘Nowhere... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Five Piano Concertos / Wedding Cake Pascal Roge, Daniel Chorzempa, Bella Davidovich, Michele Campanella, Magda Tagliaferro (pianos) / various orchestras [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] Saint-Saëns complete piano concertos on a 2CD Eloquence set presents some truly rare recordings - Campanella's of the Fourth and Tagliaferro's of the Fifth. |
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SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / POULENC / etc
Wedding Cake: Music for Piano Duo Pascal Roge & Ami Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] A delightful programme of French music for two pianos and four hands from Onyx artist Pascal Rogé and his wife Ami. The music is a mix of the urbane, witty, tender, passionate and dramatic |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death And The Maiden Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] Grammy Awards 60th Awards (2017) - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance |
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JOHN ZORN / KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN / FRANK MARTIN / LUBOŠ FIŠER / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Time & Eternity Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Camerata Bern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "This is very much a concept album and, as such, it needs to be listened to as programmed. Kopatchinskaja's playing is daring in her use of extreme dynamics, sometimes down to a spidery whisper." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2019 |
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Patrick Saint-Eloi
Plezi [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
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Patrick Saint-Eloi
Swing Karaib [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
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MESSIAEN
Livre du Saint-Sacrement Paul Jacobs (organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "if it's only the Livre du Saint-Sacrement you are looking for then this bargain release can hold its own amongst the best." (MusicWeb International Nov 2010) |
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HAYDN
Divertimenti for Flute, Violin & Cello Paul Meisen (flute) / Erna Sebestyen (violin) / Martin Ostertag (cello) [ MDG / CD - released 19/Mar/2006 ] On its first release the MDG recording of Haydn's Six Divertimenti Hob. IV:6-11 inspired high waves of enthusiasm among reviewers |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Pepe Romero (Guitar) / Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Philips / CD - released 28/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: Great Britain, 12/1978 (G.453); 12/1979 (G.447) |
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MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Giuliani/Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos Pepe Romero (Guitar) Angel Romero (Guitar) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / with Catherine Miche [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "The sound quality is as good as I have come to expect from the Pentatone RQR releases, and is a slight improvement over the original Philips LP in terms of its transparency and spatiality...Highly recommended." --SA-CD.net |