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JANACEK / LISZT / LYAPUNOV / GRIEG etc
Good Night! (LP) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 2/Oct/2020 ] The sixteen lullabies - or berceuses - that pianist Bertrand Chamayou has chosen for Good Night! form a captivatingly varied album. His programme embraces a diversity of eras and musical cultures: Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and, of course, Brahms through... |
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Bill Crofut
Dance On A Moonbeam - A Collec [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] |
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Bill Frisell
Guitar In The Space Age! [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Sep/2014 ] Guitar in the Space Age! finds guitarist Bill Frisell going back in time to the guitar music of the country, surf, blues, and early rock & roll of the late 1950s through the mid-'60s: the music that initially inspired him. His band -- Greg Leisz on... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Régine Crespin, James King, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 5 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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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical / 6 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] "The greatest recording of all time": Gramophone Magazine 1999 · BBC Music Magazine 2011 |
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Bjarte Iceland So/Engeset
Norwegian Classical Faves 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
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Bjarte Iceland So/Engeset
Norwegian Classical Favourites [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] |
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Bobby Mcferrin
Spirityouall [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
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Boris Giltburg; Mateusz Borowiak; Lukáš Vondrá?ek; Alberto Ferro
Queen Elisabeth Competition: Piano 2013 & 2016 [ Queen Elisabeth Competition / 4 CD - released 12/May/2023 ] This 4CD box set includes mostly unreleased performances of the First Prizes and winners of the audience prizes from the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in 2013 and 2016. You will find: Boris Giltburg (First Prize and Canvas-Klaraprijs 2013);... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Boris Giltburg is lauded worldwide as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter, with critics praising his impassioned approach to performance. |
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartets [complete on 8 CDs] Borodin Quartet [ Chandos / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Anyone who doesn't know these masterpieces should, and anyone who does will welcome this eight-disc set by the revered Borodin Quartet…" (Observer) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18 Nos. 4 & 5 / String Quartet No 13 Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge Op. 133 Borodin String Quartet [ Virgin Veritus / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "As anyone who has heard them in the flesh will testify, the Borodin Quartet produces a particularly sumptuous sonority, refined in blend and beautifully balanced, and their ensemble and intonation are impeccable." (Gramophone) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Baiba Skride (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 19 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director Andris Nelsons announce their upcoming album, on which they present their acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death in 1975. . |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 (5 CD set) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "The recording is atmospheric in the Boston manner, and with Dynagroove makes even small machines give an impression of opulence." (Gramophone on the LP release) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Daniel Johansson, Kerstin Avemo, Mandy Fredrich, Rachel Frenkel, Michael Volle / Johannes Debus (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Johansson's big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent" (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Paavo Järvi conducts Richard Strauss [Don Juan / Ein Heldenleben] NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Paavo Järvi [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Supremely vivid Strauss, guided by the surest of conducting hands…[this] series - may it be all the symphonic poems - can only go from strength to strength. Amazing work." BBC Music Five Stars Recording of the Month - May 2017 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Britten-Pears Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor & narrator) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "I still find good recordings of children's music like this new one on Naxos quite special...this may be the ideal recording in many ways. I thoroughly recommend this totally enjoyable recording." MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Late String Quartets Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "There is no shortage of outstanding recordings of these summits of the quartet repertory... they certainly have their own distinctive virtues...Technically, these performances are immaculate" Guardian |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets [complete] (recorded 2016) Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] This new box set with the Brodsky Quartet features Shostakovich's fifteen string quartets at a special price. |