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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passing: fresh orchestral sounds from 9 Australasian composers The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Atoll / CD - released 16/Apr/2010 ] "An impressive collection of orchestral music from both sides of the Tasman defines state of the art." * * * * * (Five Stars) William Dart NZ Herald |
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BUNCH / COWAN / PENAFORTE / BAILEY / SCHOENFIELD
Sway NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] NZTrio's Sway perfectly encapsulates their shared ambition to bring joyful, vibrant, life-affirming music to audiences in all corners of the world. |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in 1988) Opera Australia / Joan Sutherland, Ron Stevens, Ann-Maree McDonald / Richard Bonynge (cond) [ ABC Universal DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The sparkling story concerns a national crisis in the picture-postcard country of Pontevedro, as the recently-widowed Hanna Glawari appears to be in danger of marrying a foreigner. |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky: Mavra / Iolanta (Blu-ray) Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Mirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont) [ BSO Recordings / Blu-ray - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Along with the young singers of the Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Director and Grimme Award winner Axel Ranisch presents an unusual approach to two rarely performed works: In Peter I. Tchaikovsky's last opera Iolanta, a blind princess is in... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Madame Butterfly (arr John Lanchbery) (Complete recording of the ballet score) Orchestra Victoria. John Lanchbery [ ABC Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2004 ] The two act ballet madame Butterfly was commissioned by The Australian Ballet from its Residential Choreographer, Stanton Welch |
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BEETHOVEN
Live Orchestra Wellington [ Concordance Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] In 2017, as part of their partnership with Radio New Zealand Concert, Orchestra Wellington, New Zealand's longest running and most well-attended regional orchestra, made live recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 and 'Symphony... |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roussel: Symphonies No.1 - 4 Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit [ Erato Ultima / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2001 ] Original recordings from 1987 |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 / Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] DG present a new recording of fascinating repertoire completely new to the Universal Music catalogue: Symphonies No. 1-3 by George Enescu, plus his most well-known works, the Romanian Rhapsodies. GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru,... |
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Orson Welles, Bing Crosby, Lurene Tuttle, Charles Laughton, Gregory Peck, Loretta Young (narrators)
Stories for Christmas [includes 'The Small One' & 'The Happy Prince'] [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "For the Christmas stocking, Ronald Colman as Scrooge and Charles Laughton as Mr. Pickwick … would be perfect." Gramophone, January 2006 (A Christmas Carol, Mr. Pickwick's Christmas) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Oscar Natzka - Great Recordings 1939-1950 Oscar Natzka with various accompaniments [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 6/Dec/2001 ] 77 minutes of Natzka's finest recordings on one CD, including some private recordings; all tracks are drawn from the outstandingly successful 4 CD set "Oscar Natzka: The Definitive Collection". |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Oscar Natzka - A Legend in his time Oscar Natzka (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Manu Records / CD - released 11/Jan/2016 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Oscar Natzka - The Definitive Collection Vol 1 Oscar Natzka with various orchestras and accompanists [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] "In sum, a terrific disc, with the voice beautifully captured in the new transfers." International Record Review April 2001 |
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OSCAR NATZKA
Oscar Natzka - The Definitive Collection Volume 2 (1942 - 1950) Oscar Natzka with various orchestras and accompanists [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2001 ] A broad soundscape of Oscar Natzka's recorded output (part 2) |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Pascal Harris (piano) [ Independent / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Mozart was my first love and I was delighted to have this opportunity to record three of his magnificent piano sonatas which give me joy each time I play them. They are full of life and exuberance along with the purity and elegance that is so... |
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BACH / BRAHMS / WALTON / TCHAIKOVSKY / R. STRAUSS / ELGAR / etc
The Very Best of Paul Tortelier [2 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with various accompanists [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably in Richard Strauss's tone poem. |
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DEBUSSY / SATIE / FAURE / PIERNE / SAINT-SAENS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: French Impressions Paul Tortelier (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/1988 ] "I think the title means French music of the Impressionist period, for that is indeed what it is and most beautifully given into the bargain." Gramophone |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins is the most performed work by any living composer. This performance is the largest ever staged and was uniquely performed in synchronisation with a specially commissioned war-archive... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/1987 ] "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect".(Gramophone) |
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JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms & Capriccio's Peter Schreier (tenor), Olaf Bär (baritone), René Jacobs (alto) & Ludwig Güttler (corno da caccia, trumpet & conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] "Zelenka was one of Bach's and Telemann's most musically colourful contemporaries." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and his Friends - II Philip Langridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |