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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / etc
Artur Rubinstein (4 CD set, 20 page booklet) Artur Rubinstein (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ ArtOne / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Born in Lodz, Poland, in 1887, Arthur Rubinstein became one of the great pianists of the twentieth century. At age three, Rubinstein began to study piano, and within five years he had given his first public performance. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 15) - BBC MUSIC |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes, Images and Children's Corner [CDs + Blu-ray audio] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "I loved the Images and Children's Corner when they first came out, in 1971, and still think them among the finest versions recorded." Gramophone |
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CHOPIN / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT
Piano Legends [5 DVD set] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2014 ] "This DVD offers a quite extraordinary experience, something timeless that goes beyond the confines of Chopin and Michelangeli themselves to touch the universal. A musical DVD collection that misses out on it will be incomplete." (MusicWeb) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' (LP) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) / Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto, recorded with Wiener Philharmoniker and Carlo Maria Giulini in 1982. |
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REICH / CAGE / CARTER / DASHOW / KAMPELA
Changes Arturo Tallini (Electric Guitar,, Prepared Guitar,, Classical Guitar,, Vocalise), Domenico Ascione (Pre-recorded tape of electric guitar), and, James [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Repertoire for solo guitar has gained in depth and quality in recent decades, with acoustic and electronic techniques enjoying an ever more imaginative coexistence. Arturo Tallini's recital explores contrasting approaches for his instrument,... |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Definitive Gold: The History of the Tango! [Five CD set] Astor Piazzolla [ Deja Vu / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2010 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) Astrid Varnay / Gre Brouwenstijn / Hans Hotter / Ramon Vinay / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 23/Jun/2006 ] "The second instalment of what is proving to be a definitive Ring...Hans Hotter is the crowning glory of this instalment, fresher-voiced than for Solti. But there isn't a weak link in a cast that we can only dream of today. As for Joseph Keilberth,... |
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THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Contemporary |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: The Complete Concertos [6 CD set] Augustin Hadelich, Dmitri Babanov, Harald Hoeren, Ariadne Daskalakis, Jurgen Schuster, Maria Kleigel / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-BrAhl [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "All are new recordings, underpinned by warmly stylish accompaniments by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, spiritedly and sensitively directed by Helmut Müller-Bühl." Gramophone Magazine, July 2009 |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle [complete ballet recorded in 1990] The Australian Ballet, with Christine Walsh, Kelvin Coe & David McAllister [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "...has to be counted as one of the most beautiful ballet productions in the world today" (Washington Times) |
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CORELLI
Violin Sonatas Op 6 The Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin) [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2012 ] "the sense of ensemble is faultless and, in the faster movements, breathtakingly impressive." (Gramophone) |
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J.S. BACH
The Best of J.S. Bach Eteri Andjaparidze, Hae Won Chen, Pi-hsien, Nicholas Goluses, Alexander Jablokov, Takako Nishizaki & Wolfgang Rubsam [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] The best of J.S Bach from across the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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TRADITIONAL
Classical Christmas [3 CD set] Roberto Alagna, Maurice Andre, Natalie Desssay, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa, King's College Choir, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2014 ] A collection of carols and heartwarming Christmas favourites for the whole family to cherish. Yuletide classics performed by the leading lights of opera and choral music: Kiri Te Kanawa, Chanticleer, Libera, Natalie Dessay, Barbara Hendricks, Rolando... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion Benjamin Bruns, Christian Immler, Carolyn Sampson, Damien Guillon, etc / Bach Collegium Japan chorus & orchestra / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "The musicians convey it with infectious zeal...Generic early music politesse is relegated to the shadows" Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Choral |
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J. S. BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol III [BWV 173a, 202 "Wedding", 36c, 524] Joanne Lunn (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ Bis SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten is a charming and gracious garland of recitatives and arias for soprano solo in which Spring, Flora, Apollo... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Oratorio de Noel - Christmas Oratorio Bachchor & Bachorchester Mainz [ Profil / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Traditions: The Turkish Oud Baha Yetkin (oud) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Turkish classical music is one of the greatest art traditions in the world. It reflects the magnificent philosophy, lyricism and Sufism of the Ottoman Empire's reign, and embodies the qualities of many civilizations, cultures and societies that have... |
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Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, Hugo Marchand, Amandine Albisson, Matthias Heymann, Mathieu Ganio, Léonore Baulac, Germain Louvet, Dorothée Gilbert, Paul
Opéra de Paris: A Very Special Season (a Film By Priscilla Pizzato) BLU-RAY [ BelAir classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/May/2022 ] The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the most active dance companies in the world. The dancers, used to practicing 5 to 7 hours a day, develop themselves by working with coaches and choreographers. |