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Ólafur Arnalds
Some Kind Of Peace (LP) [ Mercury LP / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] some kind of peace was born out of the mantra: "we can't control anything that happens to us. All we can do is control how we react to what life gives us." Touches on what it means to be alive, daring to be vulnerable and the importance of rituals. A... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Tone Poems (incls En Saga, Op. 9 & Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22) Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänska & Neeme Jarvi [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "To hear Osmo Vänskä conducting Jean Sibelius is to change one's view of the music." Financial Times |
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MOZART / DITTERSDORF / HAYDN / VANHAL
Classical Oboe Lajos Lencses (oboe) / Budapest Strings / Franz-Liszt-Kammerorchester [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/Apr/2008 ] "Lajos Lencsés is one of the greatest oboists of our time" - wrote the French Diapason magazine in 1990, when his recording won the prestigious" Diapason d'Or" Award. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas Nos 3 & 23 "Appassionata" Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Ahead of Beethoven's 250th anniversary in 2020, Sony Classical releases Beethoven Sonatas Nos 3 & 23 "Appasionata" by superstar pianist Lang Lang. Lang Lang is a critically acclaimed piano virtuoso who began playing the piano at the age of three.... |
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LISZT / BACH / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Lang Lang: Romance Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Nov/2017 ] Sony Classical has brought together the most beautiful and romantic piano works recorded by Lang Lang to create Romance. Carefully selected from his Sony Classical discography, each work exhibits the artist's mature and nuanced lyricism. |
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ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV
Live in Vienna Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "...let me say at once that the youthful excess and rampant exhibitionism of much of Lang Lang's earliest work is today transformed into playing which for the greater part is as stylish and perceptive as it is brilliant." Editor's Choice Gramophone... |
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ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV
Live in Vienna (2 CDs plus DVD) Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / 3 CD/DVD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Clearly everyone is having a ball and, make no mistake, doubting Thomases should take time off to listen to a major talent." Editor's Choice Gramophone October 2010 |
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CHOPIN
The Chopin Album [incls 12 Études, Op. 25] Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "This album reflects his lifelong love for Chopin, and shows how fresh and individual his take can be...he delivers an exhilarating blend of poetry and power. The accompanying DVD is surprisingly amateurish, but reminds us of the god-given talent he... |
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CHOPIN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Lang Lang in Paris Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] "Lang Lang clearly loves this music. Such is its tender songfulness in Lang Lang's hands and his sensitive response to Tchaikovsky's harmonies, allowing them room to unfold their own expressive narrative." (BBC Music) |
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CHOPIN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Lang Lang in Paris [Double CD plus DVD] Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / 3 CD/DVD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Lang Lang & Chopin have long been a winning combination. Already celebrated worldwide for his Chopin interpretation, Lang Lang selects the four virtuosic and well known "Scherzi" to display his interpretative ability and renowned technical command. |
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LISZT / BACH / CHOPIN / MOZART / HOLST / JOPLIN
Lang Lang: Piano Magic Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] Heralded by the New York Times as "the hottest artist on the classical music planet," Lang Lang has had an almost unparalleled impact on classical music, whose notable performances include the Sydney Opera House and Beijing's 2008 Olympic Opening. |
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W. A. MOZART
Lang Lang: The Mozart Album Lang Lang (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "for overall these public performances convey much more of Lang Lang's bouncy personality." The Times *** |
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W. A. MOZART
Mission Mozart BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2016 ] As a tribute to Nikolaus Harnoncourt Sony Classical release on DVD & Blu-Ray the TV film "Mission Mozart". This film documented the one and only recording project between these two great musicians, recorded at Vienna's Musikverein in 2014. The... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lang Lang: New York Rhapsody Lang Lang (piano) with Andra Day, Herbie Hancock, Madeleine Peyroux, Lindsey Stirling & others [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] The ineffable magic of New York City fires the imagination of superstar pianist Lang Lang on his new album New York Rhapsody (Sony Classical) available September 16, 2016. He is joined by a wide array of special guests including Andra Day, Herbie... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 / Scriabin: Etudes (LP) Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Craft / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Marking the debut orchestral recording of legendary Lang Lang's illustrious career, this album includes the pianist's performance of Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from Proms at the Royal Albert... |
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BENDA / PISENDAL / TORELLI
Concerti By Benda, Pisendal, Torelli Lara Hall (baroque violin) / NZ Barok, Peter Walls [ Atoll Records / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] This CD is the culmination of a long-held desire to record little-known 18th century concerti. Players' parts were prepared for this project from digital copies of manuscripts in the Schank II Collection (Dresden) including Pisendel's scores of his... |
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TELEMANN
Telemann - 12 Fantasias for solo violin Lara Hall (violin) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "As a performer on both the baroque and modern violin, I have two very different musical personas. With this CD I have tried to create, on a modern violin, as much of the sound world of a baroque violinist as possible with minimal concession to the... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Complete Concertos and Sinfonias for Strings and Basso Continuo L'Archicembalo [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2019 ] "this is surely an indispensable set for Vivaldians... it is a treasure trove of irresistible, life-enhancing music, as good and convenient a place as any to discover these underrated compositions." MusicWeb |
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KAPSBERGER / LANDI / CAVALIERI / LA TARANTELLA
La tarantella e un po'di follie L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Alpha Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ] L'Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar have blazed new trails in the rediscovery and interpretation of Baroque music, Italian in particular. The five recordings they made for Alpha are among the biggest-ever successes in this repertory. La Tarantella,... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 'Emperor' Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "Vogt's playing in the slow movement [of the Emperor] is suitably rapt, and the whole performance radiates that sense of well-being which the piece demands" BBC Music |