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SCARLATTI / DEBUSSY/ RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / FAURE / SATIE / etc
Anne Queffélec - The Complete Erato Recordings Anne Queffelec (piano) with Pierre Amoyal (violin), Imogen Cooper (piano), Frédéric Lodéon (cello) & others [ Erato / Warner Classics / 21 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2022 ] A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queffélec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. Her close relationship with Erato, which dates back to 1970, has produced a rich discography. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch, Gerard Theruel, Armand Arapian, Gabriel Bacquier / Lille National Orchestra & Nord-Pas-de-Calais Chorus, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "An outstanding bargain" Penguin Guide |
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CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / SCARLATTI / etc
Irene Scharrer: The complete electric & selected acoustic recordings Irene Scharrer (piano) [ APR / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Her playing is a revelation and shows her to be a far more charismatic player than her distant cousin Harriet Cohen...What charm and brio, what joie de vivre! If the fingers sometimes run away with themselves with an occasional loss of detail, who c |
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DEBUSSY
Préludes - Book 2 (12, complete) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2011 ] |
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DEBUSSY / DUTILLEUX / SCHUBERT / BRITTEN / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Belcea Quartet - The Complete Warner Classics Edition Belcea Quartet, with Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Leon Bosch (double bass) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] One of today's most highly respected string quartets, the Belcea were established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London and studied with the Chilingirian, the Amadeus, and later the Alban Berg quartets. |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN/ LISZT / GRIEG
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Claudio Arrau (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Andreas Weissgerber (violin) [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is a pianist fully deserving of the epithet 'legendary'. His rigorous intellect and sense of the sublime found expression in his transcendent technique and sumptuous, yet lucid sonorities. The recordings in this 24CD... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano Volume 2 (Incls 'Images') Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "If you want to hear Debussy new-minted, with air-spun and scintillating textures, Thibaudet is your man." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN / DEBUSSY / etc
Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition (Teldec & EMI recordings) Michel Beroff, Boris Berezovsky (piano) Sharom Kam (clarinet) Klaus Konig (tenor) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Sarah Chang (violin), etc / Kurt Masur [ Warner Classics / 70 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Kurt Masur's achievement is defined above all by his relationships with two orchestras exemplifying vastly different traditions. This 70CD set consolidates the entirety of the catalogues that Masur built for EMI and Teldec between 1974 and 2009. |
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SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / DEBUSSY / BRITTEN / BEETHOVEN / BRIDGE
Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete Decca Recordings Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Benjamin Britten (piano) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2012 ] 'On every count this is a triumphant record...it offers us Rostropovich's own superb playing...admirably partnered by Britten (who shows himself an outstanding chamber music pianist)...a splendid performance of the Debussy Sonata' Gramophone January... |
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DEBUSSY
Préludes - Books 1 & 2 (24, complete) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "As you'd expect, Aimard's accounts of the 24 pieces are technically impeccable, whether articulating every rhythmic detail in La Danse de Puck, or perfectly layering the chordal accumulations of La Cathédrale Engloutie, but there is something matter... |