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Joshua Bell
O.S.T. - Ladies In Lavender [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin In The Fields [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Sep/2008 ] "This music is so familiar and its technical demands so mainstream these days that any of today's better-trained violinists could deliver a respectable rendition--of any Vivaldi concerto for that matter. But Bell's assured performances and... |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: The Red Violin Concerto / Sonata for Violin & Piano Joshua Bell (violin) / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] American composer John Corigliano (b. 1938) has summed up his artistic aims thus: "It has been fashionable of late for the artist to be misunderstood. I think it is the job of the composer to reach out to his audience with every means at his disposal |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
The Red Violin - Original Soundtrack Joshua Bell (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra , Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] American composer John Corigliano (b. 1938) has summed up his artistic aims thus: "It has been fashionable of late for the artist to be misunderstood. I think it is the job of the composer to reach out to his audience with every means at his disposal |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / WIENIAWSKI / KREISLER / etc
Joshua Bell - Complete Decca Recordings Joshua Bell (violin), with Samuel Sanders (piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal , Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] A new-world virtuoso with old-world musicianship: the complete Decca recordings of JOSHUA BELL, capturing the first decade of the violinist's career on record. |
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J. S. BACH
Jörg Demus - The Bach Recordings on Westminster Jörg Demus (piano), with Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Bach playing to refresh the spirits as well as satisfy the mind: the early recordings of consummate Viennese pianist, Jörg Demus, unfailingly lively as well as faithful. |
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RAMIREZ / CAMPOS / ISELLA / FARO / GIECO / GARDEL / etc
Bésame Mucho Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Ensemble [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Oct/2018 ] Opera star Juan Diego Flórez's new album goes back to his musical roots in Peru. The album is recorded with a top class ensemble of musicians. Catchy rhythms and melodies with music from Peru, Brazil, Spain, Colombia and other Latin countries. An x18... |
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W. A. MOZART
Juan Diego Florez: Mozart Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "Alexander the Great's aria from Il Re Pastore sounds unassailably heroic; two arias for the titular emperor of La Clemenza di Tito find Flórez shaping smooth, firm lines, sounding imperial yet not imperious...Minasi's orchestra is full of bounce, te |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / FOULDS / HANDEL / CORIGLIANO / etc
Transcendent Journey Juan Jose Chuquisengo (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Sep/2011 ] A unique concept album, featuring an enticing combination of classical repertoire by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Prokofiev, etc. |
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HANDEL
Messiah (highlights recorded in 1967) Judith Raskin, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul / Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra, Robert Shaw [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1967) Judith Raskin, Tatiana Troyanos, Leontyne Price, George Shirley, Sherrill Milnes / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "there's plenty of style there, above all in a wonderfully decorated 'E amore un ladroncello'. Leinsdorf paces well, and was this the first Così to include all the usually discarded numbers" Classical-Music "Troyanos is possibly the most engaging... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (the 1982 Live recordings) Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The Juilliard String Quartet, which was founded in 1946 is one of the world's most prestigious string quartets in the world. In February 2011, the quartet received the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to music. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (the 1964-1970 recordings) Juilliard String Quartet [ RCA / Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] On the 'Sony Classical' label - In celebration of Beethoven's 250th anniversary year, Sony Classical is pleased to release the internationally renowned Juilliard String Quartet's recordings of Beethoven's String Quartets recorded from 1964-1970. The... |
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ELLIOTT CARTER
The Five String Quartets Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 6/May/2014 ] Elliott Carter's five string quartets are landmarks in the American composer's rich, visionary body of work. And no ensemble has been as essential in bringing these works to life as the Juilliard String Quartet. Their performances grew out of a... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Juilliard String Quartet …Plays Schoenberg Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Arnold Schoenberg, one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century, was born in Vienna in 1874. Columbia was a pioneer in documenting Schoenberg's achievements and already demonstrated that commitment during his lifetime (he died in... |
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MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / HAYDN
Juilliard String Quartet - The Complete EPIC Recordings Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 11 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2018 ] The first ever release of the Juilliard String Quartet's complete Epic recordings from 1956 to 1966 in a single 11-CD edition. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Juilliard String Quartet plays Schubert & Brahms [5 CD set] Juilliard String Quartet, with Walter Trampler, viola II [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The great Juilliard Quartet present a boxed set with late Schubert quartets and the Brahms quintets |
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RODRIGO / VIVALDI / VILLA-LOBOS / DOWLAND / PAGANINI / etc
The Essential Julian Bream Julian Bream (guitar) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Jul/2013 ] "Bream's sampler shows his passionate best. The (complete) Aranjuez Concerto is unsurpassed; Falla's Miller's Dance blazes; 'impossible' Rodrigo dazzles." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Les États D'ame [24 Preludes / Sonata No 2] Julien Brocal (piano) [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] "this young French pianist says them with complete naturalness, for there is nothing contrived or attention-seeking about his approach to such well-known repertoire." BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Jury Award - Newcomer |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Ode to Freedom June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus König & Jan-Hendrik Rootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein [ EuroArts / Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] The historic concert in celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: re-issued with new packaging, now available at midprice! Leonard Bernstein spontaneously accepted an invitation to conduct a performance to celebrate freedom.Adding to the... |