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LULLY
Cadmus & Hermione (comic opera / ballet) Vincent Dumestre / Benjamin Lazar / Gudrun Skamletz / Le Poeme Harmonique / Martin Fraudreau [ Alpha / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] |
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SAINT-SAENS
Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Danse macabre, Op. 40 / etc Vincent Warnier (organ) / Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] To celebrate the inauguration of the newly restored former organ of the Palais du Trocadéro and Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the Orchestre National de Lyon and their organist-in-residence, Vincent Warnier, present two major works for organ and... |
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SAINT-SAENS / BLOCH / CHAUSSON / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Incantation Virgil Boutellis-Taft (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Aparté / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Incantation holds many mysteries. The brilliant violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft strips away the veil of its secret powers, the ones that lie inside his violin's fascinating chant. |
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BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / WEBER / BEN-HAIM / RAVEL
Joint Concert Tel Aviv (From the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv 1990) Viviane Hagner (violin), Sharon Kam (clarinet) Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] Includes 11 minutes of documentary footage |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Proserpine (complete opera) Véronique Gens, Marie-Adeline Henry, Frédéric Antoun, Andrew Foster-Williams / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 20/May/2017 ] The protagonist of Saint-Saëns' Proserpine, premiered at the Opéra-Comique on 14 March 1887, is no reincarnation of the ancient goddess, but a Renaissance courtesan well versed in culpable amours. According to the composer, she is 'a damned soul for... |
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Wallin/Pontinen
Saint-Saens: Violin Sonatas [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Choral Fantasy / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / etc Walter Klein (piano) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Jerzy Semkow [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Original recordings from 1979 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 / Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 (recorded 1980) Walter Plante (tenor), Marianna Christos (soprano), Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone) / Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Leonard Slatkin [ MMG / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] LEONARD SLATKIN was music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1979-1996, though he had previously been assistant conductor of the orchestra in 1968. Maestro Slatkin has been considered one of the finest conductors of his generation,... |
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Great Occasions Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass, Iain Simcock (organ). Martin Neary [ Regis Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2002 ] "Much pleasure here..choir are in fine form" (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 'Pastoral' Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Alpha Resound Collection, Vol. 8 / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "...these are terrific performances, which demand close attention. Martin Haselböck is a fine musician, as both organist and conductor. If his reputation is greatest in his native Austria and Germany he is an insightful and accomplished musician." |
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JOHANN GRAUN
Concertos Daniel Sepec (Violin) / Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] During his own lifetime, J.G. Graun, the brother of Carl Heinrich Graun, was the epitome of a famous musician both as a gifted violinist and as a 'fiery instrument composer'. He wrote the majority of his instrumental works for the concerts of the... |
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BEETHOVEN
Resound Beethoven: Egmont [with narration in English & German] Wiener Akademie Orchester, Martin Haselböck, with Bernardo Bobro (soprano) & Herbert Föttinger, John Malkovich (narrators) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] With RESOUND the orchestral works of Beethoven are brought back to the halls and theatres of their Viennese premieres or other venues where they received their earliest performances. .. |
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JACQUES-MARTIN HOTTETERRE
Pieces pour la flute transvierse Wilbert Hazelzet / Jaap ter Linden / Konrad Junghänel / Jacques Ogg [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] recorded Iglesia de San Miguel, Cuenca May 1996 |
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Will Martin
A New World [ Universal Music New Zealand / CD - released 4/Nov/2007 ] Twenty-two year-old New Zealander Will Martin's debut album is an epic collection of classical crossover songs. Recorded with a full orchestra, this selection of songs simultaneously reflects Will's origins and the scope of his unfaltering ambition. |
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FRANK MARTIN
Concertos Vol 2 Willi Zimmermann (violin) Rudolf Scheidegger (Cembalo) / Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac van Steen [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The Collegium Musicum of Winterthur under the conductor Jac van Steen continues its MDG series of recordings of twentieth-century works with a second volume featuring Frank Martin's orchestral works. |
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SCHUBERT / BRUCKNER / DUKAS / R. STRAUSS / STRAVINSKY / DVORAK
The complete RCA Victor Recordings William Steinberg & Boston Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Including "vital and inspiring performances", here are 4 CD's containing William Steinberg conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which includes some of his "best entries in his discography, and the finest recordings of the works." Mendelssohn's... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
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OSKAR NEDBAL
Die Winzerbraut (complete operetta) Wolfgang Mueller-Lorenz / Martin C. Turba / Marcus Niedermeyr / Chor und Orchester des Musik Theater Schoenbrunn / [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 18/May/2011 ] The Schönbrunn Music Theater and its director Herbert Mogg once again have made an important discovery with this new find! |
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BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |
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MULLER / SCHUBERT
Winterreise (Version for narrator, cello, and piano) Xaver Hutter, narrator, Martin Rummel, cello, Norman Shetler, piano [ Paladino Music / CD - released 21/Apr/2012 ] "Paladino's 2012 release "Müller/Schubert Winterreise" consists of a reading of the poetry of Wilhelm Müller. Each poem is followed by the song in a straightforward transcription for piano and cello. It's not a re-imagining like Hans Zender's... |