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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini [ Pentatone / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] Ian Bostridge continues his exploration of Schubert song cycles on PENTATONE with a recording of Die schöne Müllerin, together with pianist Saskia Giorgini. Die schöne Müllerin (1823) was Schubert's first song cycle, and simultaneously Bostridge's... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat Symphony of a Thousand Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Quadrahonically taped by Philips, this mahler 8 is stunning in this multichannel SACD remastering. The acoustic is wonderfully capacious, the performance one of huge integrity. A wonderful experience" Five Stars * * * * * BBC Music Mag (August 2006) |
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BACH / BRAHMS / COUPERIN / RAVEL / ADES / LIGETI / etc
Inon Barnatan - Time Traveler's Suite Inon Barnatan (piano) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Pianist Inon Barnatan redefines our notions of the suite by taking us on a journey through time and space, from Baroque pieces by Bach, Handel, Rameau and Couperin to more recent works by Ravel, Barber, Adès and Ligeti. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 1 [Concertos 1, 3, 4 & Triple] Inon Barnatan (piano) Stefan Jackiw (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alan Gilbert [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields makes its first foray into the complete Beethoven piano concertos with the classy Inon Barnatan." MusicWeb |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT
Sings Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) / English Chamber Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard (piano & cond) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "What a pleasure it is to listen to Janet Baker. I suspect if someone had set the telephone book to C-Major arpeggios, she would have found a way to make it engrossing...superb release" Fanfare |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Signor Gaetano Javier Camarena (tenor), Gli Originali, Riccardo Frizza [ Pentatone / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "This is a hugely enjoyable and unusually satisfying and engaging operatic recital from a singer at the top of his game - a superb album that does Signor Gaetano himself proud." Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine January 2023 |
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JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Cold Mountain (complete opera) Jay Hunter Morris, Robert Pomakov, Adrian Kramer, Nathan Gunn, Burdette / Santa Fe Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] "This is a work which marks Jennifer Higdon out as an opera composer of some note, one who is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects. On the evidence of her first opera it will not be long before she receives another commission." MusicWeb July 2016 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov & Prokofiev: Works for Cello and Piano Johannes Moser (cello) & Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] The achingly beautiful, haunting lyricism of early Rachmaninov and the soaring effusiveness of late Prokofiev are glowingly brought to life by the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and the Russian pianist Andrei Korobeinikov in this new release... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / EDOUARD LALO
Dvorak / Lalo: Cello Concertos Johannes Moser (cello) / PKF-Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Moser gives us an exciting, high-tension ride with an impressive sense of structure. He's a musician of alacrity, power and style: virtuosic passages benefit from his fleet effortlessness." (BBC Music) |
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MOZART
Mozart Divertimento & Preludes To Bach Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney, Matt Haimovitz [ Pentatone Oxingale / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Mozart's brilliance at the keyboard is well known, but it was his joy in playing the viola - and the musical dialogue and kinship of playing with friends - that led the composer to write his music for string trio. This album features Mozart's... |
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THOMAS DE HARTMANN
Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered Joshua Bell, Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska, Matt Haimovitz Mdr-Rundfunkorchester, Dennis Russell Davies [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] This album brings the glowing, cinematic Violin and Cello Concertos of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann, an important compositional voice in his own time, back into the limelight. Using an international all-star cast, the recording not only aims... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle, Justin Doyle, Thomas Hobbs, Roderick Williams, Tim Mead , RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3 & 4 (stereo re-release) Julia Fischer, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Pentatone re-issues Julia Fischer's epoch-making Mozart Violin Concertos recordings, starting with her readings of the famous 3rd and 4th concertos, as well as the Adagio in E Major and Rondo in B-flat Major, first released in 2005. Fischer performs... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Stereo Re-release) Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] First released in 2006, Julia Fischer's recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, alongside other gems by this composer has proven to be a reference recording. It not only highlights Fischer's exceptional skill, but also her unique congeniality... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach Sonatas & Partitas (Re-issue on standard stereo CD) Julia Fischer (violin) [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 20/May/2022 ] First released in 2005, Julia Fischer's multiple award-winning recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas & Partitas has proven to be an evergreen. In 2017, it was re-released as a lavish 3LP boxset, as well as a re-designed 2SACD edition. This... |
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J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Julia Fischer (violin) [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
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W.A. MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat, K. 364 / Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, K. 190 Julia Fischer (violin) Gordan Nikoli (violin & viola) Hans Meyer (oboe) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 10/Nov/2007 ] Gramophone Award Winner - Artist of the Year 2007 |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos (complete) / Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra / etc [3 SACDs plus DVD] Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] This boxed set includes all the works which Mozart composed for violin and orchestra, performed by the internationally acclaimed Julia Fischer. "These are crisply aerated and flexible performances" (MusicWeb Sept 2005 on Violin Ctos 3 & 4) |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 5 Julia Fischer (violin) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] On August 21, 1772, the 16-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was appointed by the Salzburg Archbishop Colloredo as leader in his orchestra, with an annual salary of 150 florins. |