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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Masterpieces Collection - Australian Classics Various orchestras & performers from the vast ABC catalogue [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2019 ] ABC Classics and the Art Gallery of New South Wales present a new collection of albums bringing together culture from through the ages. From nineteenth-century visions of grandeur in Epic Classics to the sacred tradition in Divine Classics. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (with Elgar: Enigma Variations) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ ICA Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "this Brahms 1 is superbly paced: hard-driven yet flexible, virile yet richly expressive. The opening's 6/8 - relentless, tragic - has, rightly, the same pulse as the ensuing allegro (where Boult, unusually, observes the repeat). In Elgar, Boult... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Chopin/Godowsky: Etudes Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] Rec. live at the Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 19-20/4/2005 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 / Souvenir de Florence (sextet) Borodin Quartet, with with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Genrikh Talalyan (viola) [ Alto / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "Both their earlier recordings (as here) are unassailable recommendations. Look no further" (Penguin Guide) |
EDWARD ELGAR / ANTHONY PAYNE
Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) -- Rosette (Highest Rating)- Penguin Stereo Guide |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas for flute, horns and organ Bryan Keith (flute) Bedrich Tyšlar, Jozef Havlík, Zdeněk Divolný, Zdeněk Tylšar (horns) Ivan Sokol (organ) [ Point Classics / CD - released 6/Sep/1996 ] with Piano - Kristian Karena (tracks: 1-3), Peter Toperczer (tracks: 4-7) |
VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
Italian Opera Choruses Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli [ EMI Studio / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 11 masterpieces from Italian opera. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] Christina Landshamer (sop), Maximilian Schmitt (ten) Rudolf Rosen (bar) / Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "[the music] bursts from the speakers with the same combination of vigour, technical accomplishment and, above all, unforced pleasure in Haydn's cornucopian invention that should make even the most dedicated Creation admirer listen with fresh ears." |
DVORAK / GRIEG / BRAHMS
Dvorak / Grieg / Brahms: Music for Piano, Four hands Claire Chevallier, Jos Van Immerseel (piano Bechstein 1870) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier have enjoyed a close collaboration for many years now. Like Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevallier loves period pianos; like him, she is a researcher and possesses her own collection of keyboard... |
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BIZET / CAPUA / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / etc
Les Contre-Tenors [The Counter Tenors] Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin (countertenors) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Three countertenors having fun, back in 1995, hot on the heels of the original Three Tenors! Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin: three distinctive and outstanding voices are showcased singing pieces they would not normally perform but... |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Small Gifts Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder/director), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Ensemble 1700 [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Andreas Scholl, voice fresh and unblemished as ever, and recorder player/director Dorothee Oberlinger are in their element...Oberlinger's small, Cologne-based chamber ensemble plays with lithe precision, each musician a soloist. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion [highlights] Elly Ameling, Julia Hamari, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Tom Krause / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] 'Many will be glad to hear Peter Pears's superb performance of the Evangelist' Gramophone, March 1965 |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Vol 2 Eric Grossman (violin) / Susan Kagan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "Ries's chamber music seems to respond to Grossman's and Kagan's intimate and friendly playing....Kagan's knowledgeable booklet note adds to one's enjoyment. As before, this is unreservedly recommended." Fanfare |
ERIC WHITACRE / FINZI / MENDELSSOHN / PURCELL / WEELKES / etc
The Lover's Ghost: A selection of European & American Choral Music Coro, Mark Griffiths [ Dal Segno / CD - released 19/Apr/2015 ] Coro was formed in September 2000 as a London-based chamber choir for young professionals. Under the direction of Mark Griffiths, Coro competed against 45 choirs from around the world to become the first Western European choir to win the Grand Prix... |
TRADITIONAL
One Hundred Days Away Evergreen Ensemble [ ABC Classics / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] One Hundred Days Away, is a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. |
FLOTOW / SCHUBERT / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / DONIZETTI / R. STRAUSS
Son Of Movies Go To The Opera Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Gorr, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] More favourite classical tracks from classic movies! |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is a great CD that explores some impressive music that is technically superb in both the sound quality and the performance. González succeeds in making these pieces both moving and attractive." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 "Surprise" & 95 (with Leopold Mozart: "Toy" Symphony) The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recorded, Mastered and Manufactured in England by Nimbus Records Ltd. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano) Hilko Dumno (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] "Fassbender is an understanding, sympathetic and, above all, straightforward guide to this music. The recording… deserves hearing for both its interesting juxtaposition of repertoire and the unaffected sincerity of the performances…" (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/1981 ] Originally recorded in 1981 |
