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J. S BACH
The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Andrei Vieru (Piano) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] "Bach is, of course, the ideal candidate for inventive recreation, and Andrei Vieru's set of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book One scores pretty high on the novelty front… He certainly makes you think.." The Independent |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Klara Ek (soprano) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Melia is the lovely soprano Klara Ek, and her duet with Apollo that ends Part 2, in which she spurns him and he pleads his case, is a high point of the score. A highly recommendable bauble." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2012) |
CORELLI / VIVALDI / REBEL / MOZART
The Art of the Violin Andrew Manze (violin) with Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Jaap ter Linden (viola da Gamba) & English Concert [ Harmonia Mundi / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "You can't beat Andrew Manze when it comes to fiery, inspired violin playing." The Independent |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2011) Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Angela Denoke, Kim Begley, Doris Soffel / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor), etc [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] This highly acclaimed production of Strauss' Salome from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is staged by German director Nikolaus Lehnhoff. Starring Angela Denoke as "a brilliant Salome" (FAZ), who is joined by a great ensemble of soloists, Kim Begley,... |
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Angelika Kirchschlager
Sings Christmas Carols [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Nov/2008 ] |
FEDERICO MORENO-TORROBA
Moreno-Torroba: Complete Music for Solo Guitar & Guitar Quartets Angelo Colone (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Although not a guitarist himself, Federico Moreno-Torroba struck up a friendship with Andres Segovia in the 1920s, which in turn inspired several of his finest works such as the Sonatina (1924) and Piezas características (1931) are among his finest... |
ANGELO GILARDINO
Gilardino: Complete Music for Solo Guitar 1965-2013 Angelo Marchese (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2015 ] Angelo Gilardino is one of the most important guitar composers of the last half century. His unique style is a blend of the old and new, folk art and contemporary music, from Mozart to Messiaen. |
LEROY ANDERSON
Anderson: Orchestral Works (Complete) BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, with Kim Criswell (soprano) & William Dazeley (baritone) [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music - a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records could top the pop charts, a reclusive personality whose compositions became household words. |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / etc
Ania Dorfmann - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Ania Dorfman (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Arturo Toscanini, The Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Of Philadelphia, Erich Leinsdorf [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 7/Aug/2017 ] The first ever CD release of Ania Dorfmann's complete RCA Victor recordings from 1939-1959. Nine CDs transferred, mixed and mastered from the original analogue master discs and tapes using 24bit/192kHz technology. The collaborations with Arturo... |
Anja Lechner and François Couturier
Lontano (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 12/Feb/2021 ] After their highly acclaimed 2014 debut album as a duo, Moderato cantabile, Anja Lechner and François Couturier widen the scope of music even further. The duo sings in a voice of its own, be it with original compositions, free improvisations, drawing... |
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HENRYK GORECKI
Antoni Wit Conducts Henryk Górecki [Incls Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) ] Anna Górecka (piano) Carol Wincenc (flute) Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "What impresses me most about this performance is its sprituality" - Gramophone on the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs |
HOWARD / RICHTER / ARAKELYAN / ZIMMER / PRICE / ESENVALDS
Anna Lapwood - Luna Anna Lapwood (organ) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "The organist, choir leader and TikTok star's wonderful new album provides a compelling showcase for the organ's ability both to be barely there and to swallow a concert hall whole...The results are illuminating and inspiring." The Sunday Times |
GJEILO / ZIMMER / PORTMAN / ANTOGNINI / DYLAN / DURUFLE / etc
Anna Lapwood - Firedove Anna Lapwood (organ), with Jess Gillam (saxophone), The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge [ Sony Classical / CD - released 30/May/2025 ] Anna Lapwood, renowned for introducing the organ to new fans through viral TikTok videos, high-profile collaborations and sold-out live concerts, takes flight with a remarkable new album. On Firedove, audiences will hear her spread her wings in a... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1974) Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, José Carreras, Justino Diaz, Patricia Clark, Antonia Butler / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Another CD premiere, one that is sure to excite and delight many opera aficionados, also stars La Moffo. She is heard in the title role of Massenet's Thaïs in one of her last and most controversial recordings. Dramatically Moffo inhabits the outsized... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev reunite in the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. |
ALEXY SHORE
Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 1 Anna Ulaieva, Marc Bouchkov Kyiv Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky, John Warner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Tapiola / En Saga / Eight Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Aug/2017 ] "Lintu's Tapiola does indeed settle into one of the finest performances on record, reconciling the obvious with the mysterious...Again, [En Saga] is a superb performance: rich down below, perky up top, full of delectable solos" Gramophone |
CHARLES LECOCQ
Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot (complete operetta) Anne-Catherine Gillet; Véronique Gens; Mathias Vidal / Orchestre de chambre de Paris; Sébastien Rouland; Chœur du Concert Spirituel, Sébastien Rouland [ Bru Zane / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] La Fille de Madame Angot, an opéra-comique in three acts, was premiered at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels on 4 December 1872 before scoring a similar triumph in France on 21 February 1873. |
