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JACOB SHEA & OTHERS
Eldbjørg Hemsing - Arctic (LP) Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Frode Fjellheim (vocal) / Arctic Philharmonic [ Sony Classical / LP - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "The six movements of Jacob Shea's Arctic Suite certainly evoke the world of film music...It 's left to the oldsters Palmgren and Ole Bull to show how memorable a good melody can actually be" BBC Music Five Stars |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed (LP) Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophon / LP - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
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Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Promises (LP) [ Inertia / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Not strictly classical, jazz or ambient electronica, this one-track, nine-movement album embodies the highest, most etiolated aspects of all three disciplines. British artist Sam "Floating Points" Shepherd is the anchor here, an electronic free... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Rheingold (LP) George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Kmentt / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (LP) Glenn Gould (piano) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold [ Sony Classical / 5 LP - released 12/Jun/2020 ] The piano, Gould said, "is not an instrument for which I have any great love as such... [but] I have played it all my life, and it is the best vehicle I have to express my ideas." In the case of Bach, Gould noted, "[I] fixed the action in some of the... |
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Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer Live (LP) [ Sony Classical / 4 LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "Hans Zimmer LIVE" features more of two hours of new reimagined arrangements of some of the most popular compositions by the L.A.-based composer icon. |
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Hayato Sumino (piano)
Chopin Orbit (LP) [ Sony Classical / 2 LP - released 20/Mar/2026 ] For this new recording, Hayato Sumino has turned his gaze on the composer who possibly means the most to him, namely Chopin (1810-1849). It was indeed Sumino's sensational performances during the 2021 International Chopin Competition where he was a... |
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EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaye: 6 sonatas for violin solo (LP) Hilary Hahn (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 14/Jul/2023 ] "...her unabashed confidence, her imagination and her ability to present the music as freshminted (she seems to have located a hotline to Ysaÿe's muse) - inclines me towards her recording as the finest currently available." Gramophone |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / HUGO WOLF
Schubert: String Quartet in C major / Wolf: Italian Serenade in G major (LP) The Hollywood String Quartet, with Kurt Reher (cello) [ Vinyl Passion Classical / LP - released 25/Feb/2018 ] Recorded in Hollywood December 26th, Hollywood |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 [Igor Levit on DSCH] (LP) Igor Levit (piano) [ Sony Classical / 3 LP - released 12/Jun/2020 ] The new album "On DSCH" by Igor Levit is a tour de force by "one of the essential artists of our time" (The New York Times). |
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FRANZ LISZT / HANS WERNER HENZE / RICHARD WAGNER / GUSTAV MAHLER
Igor Levit: Tristan (LP) Igor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst [ Sony Classical / 3 LP - released 9/Sep/2022 ] On Igor Levit's "Tristan" the pianist explores nocturnal themes of love and death, fear, ecstasy, loneliness & redemption in the music of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler & Hans Werner Henze. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI / AMILCARE PONCHIELLI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Insieme - Opera Duets (LP) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 28/Oct/2022 ] On stage they're usually rivals, but in real life Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier share a close friendship. After many live performances together these two extraordinary artists have recorded their first duet album: "Insieme".. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 28/Jul/2017 ] For the first time, 2016 ECHO Klassik prize-winner Khatia Buniatishvili has set her sights on the two most popular piano concertos by the late-romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninoff to present what is now only her second concert... |
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Ólafur Arnalds
Some Kind Of Peace (LP) [ Mercury LP / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] some kind of peace was born out of the mantra: "we can't control anything that happens to us. All we can do is control how we react to what life gives us." Touches on what it means to be alive, daring to be vulnerable and the importance of rituals. A... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 / Scriabin: Etudes (LP) Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Craft / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Marking the debut orchestral recording of legendary Lang Lang's illustrious career, this album includes the pianist's performance of Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from Proms at the Royal Albert... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 (LP) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 LP - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "a pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight" (New York Times). |
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Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
Songs For Christmas (LP) [ Vinyl Passion / LP - released 6/Nov/2020 ] Leontyne Price's heavenly soprano lights up 13 Christmas favorites on this wonderful 1961 album recorded in Vienna, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. On this vinyl "Silent Night", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "O Tannenbaum", "Ave Maria", "O Holy... |
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HENRYK GORECKI
Górecki: Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (LP) Lisa Gerrard, Genesis Orchestra, Yordan Kamdzhalov (cond.) [ Besant Hall / LP - released 28/Nov/2025 ] The Genesis Orchestra, led and conducted by Yordan Kamdzhalov, have collaborated with renowned vocal artist and composer Lisa Gerrard for this recording of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No 3, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which is now... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (The Complete Ballet) (180g 3LP) London Sympony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / 3 LP - released 4/Apr/2019 ] The violent feud between the Montagues and Capulets is evoked by the swaggering Dance of the Knights, but Prokofiev's score brims with bittersweet lyricism in its depiction of the young lovers, proving him Russian ballet's heir to Tchaikovsky. First... |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain (LP) The Cleveland Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ Craft / LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Hailed as "one of the best recordings Telarc has ever done" by Stereophile, the 1980 recording of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, performed by The Cleveland Orchestra and conducted by the legendary Lorin Maazel, cemented Telarc's status as... |