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Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955)
Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis
[ ABC Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ]
'Sosarme should cause a good deal of excitement … L'Oiseau-Lyre has assembled a brilliant cast.' New York Times
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2-4 weeks
SCHNITTKE / SHCHEDRIN / RIHM
Elusive Affinity
Anna Gourari
[ ECM New Series / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
In this imaginatively shaped and sensitively played album - her third for ECM - Russian pianist Anna Gourari explores musical connections and influences extending across the arts. Three suites of contemporary music are heard here. Alfred Schnittke's...
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008)
Bayreuth Festival / Michael Volle, Klaus Florian Vogt, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Anne Schwanewilms / Philippe Jordan (cond)
[ Deutsche DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Jun/2019 ]
"The performances of the cast are of a high standard dramatically and mostly musically. Volle now paces himself well and Lehmkuhl is a magical and unclichéd Magdalene." Gramophone
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] cover
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio]
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan
[ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Edition CD set plus Blu-ray audio / 10 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
"It is Karajan who is best able to present a Bruckner Symphony as a single vision … some of the most consistently impressive Bruckner recordings of recent years" - Gramophone
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (complete ballet recorded in 2007) cover
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (complete ballet recorded in 2007)
The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin / Boris Cruzin (cond)
[ Decca DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ]
"Rojo rises to the fierce dramatic challenges of the last act with electrifying intensity. ...and Prokofiev's score is vigorously conducted by Boris Gruzin." Gramophone DVD of the Month Feb 2010
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sol y Vida
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Orquesta Filarmónica De Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ]
"The singing is a delight, full of vitality and warmth" MusicWeb
Aragon: Snow White (complete ballet recorded in 2005 with choreography by Ricardo Cué) cover
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EMILIO ARAGON
Aragon: Snow White (complete ballet recorded in 2005 with choreography by Ricardo Cué)
Tamara Rojo & Inaki Urlezaga / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Emilio Aragon
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Jan/2008 ]
"Tamara Rojo, indisputable muse of my music, and a reference for all of us due to her sacrifice and professionalism" (Emilio Aragón)
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Eric Dolphy
Out To Lunch
[ Blue Note / CD - released 3/May/1999 ]
"Recorded just four months before his tragic demise, Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch (1964) represents a pinnacle moment in avant-garde jazz of the 1960s. and an album to approach with a very open mind. It is also the only full studio record that Dolphy...
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963) cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / London Symphony & chorus, Benjamin Britten, with Simon Preston
[ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ]
1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951 - present). "This superb recording, definitive in so many ways, speaks to us as powerfully today as it ever did" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Sept 2006)
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ]
'Malcolm takes full advantage of his Goff instrument to avoid any suggestion of monotony … in keeping with [his] generally large-scale virtuoso conception of what is, after all, a large-scale virtuoso work.' Gramophone
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Grant Green
Idle Moments
[ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Oct/2000 ]
Idle Moments, a languid, seductive gem may well be Grant Green's greatest moment on record. Right from the opening bars of the classic title cut, this ingratiating and accessible album, features some of Green's most stylish straight jazz playing....
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Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder
[ Blue Note Records / CD ]
Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge. While the rest of the album retreats to a more conventional...
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981) cover
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, Sesto Bruscantini, Brent Ellis / Nicola Rescigno
[ Decca DVD / DVD - released 19/Jul/2019 ]
Filmed in 1981, live from the Metropolitan Opera, Luciano Pavarotti sings Nemorino in Donizetti's comic opera. This one of his Pavarotti's most famous roles and here he sings it in his prime joined by an all-star ensemble: Judith Blegen sings the...
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1989) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1989)
Metropolitan Opera / Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Placido Domingo / James Levine, conductor
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ]
"Levine's is a stalwart reading, less flashy than Maazel's and with a finer orchestra, although he could have turned up the tempo and temperature a little for the war declaration and the tomb scene." Gramophone
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (the complete opera recorded in 1995)
Metropolitan Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Vladimir Chernov, Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd / James Levine (conductor)
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2004 ]
"Vladimir Chernov's Boccanegra, a compelling portrayal, beautifully and intensely sung. His eyes tell us throughout of Boccanegra's torments of mind and heart. Levine draws fine performances from his players, but Solti does as well if not...
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit
[ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ]
1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "an highly successful version, both rich and brilliant, and recorded with an opulence to outshine almost all rivals. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo.
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6+ weeks
Original Broadway Cast
Tootsie
[ Decca Broadway / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ]
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
Bayreuther Festtspiele / Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier / Christian Thielemann (cond)
[ Deutsche Gramophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 4/Jul/2019 ]
Featuring an illustrious cast including Piotr Beczala and Anja Harteros in their house debuts, as well as the acclaimed return of Waltraud Meier to the Bayreuth Festival.
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018)
Bayreuther Festtspiele / Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier / Christian Thielemann (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammaphon DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Jul/2019 ]
Featuries an illustrious cast including Piotr Beczala and Anja Harteros in their house debuts, as well as the acclaimed return of Waltraud Meier to the Bayreuth Festival.
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 1983) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 1983)
Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry, Nicolai Ghiaurov / James Levine (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Oct/2005 ]
Filmed in 1983, this DVD captures the Metropolitan Opera's sweeping sets, its army of authentically costumed singers, and a cast of glowing soloists led by Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Grace Bumbry and Nicolai Ghiaurov