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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' Oleg Tsibulko (bass) / Russian National Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Pentatone / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] "This beautifully engineered studio recording under Kirill Karabits has all the necessary adrenaline to keep the listener fully engaged." BBC |
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GORDON GETTY
Getty: The Canterville Ghost Alexandra Hutton, Jean Broekhuizen, Timothy Oliver, etc / Oper Leipzig, Matthias Foremny [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] "While my Usher House turns Poe upside down, the libretto for The Canterville Ghost follows Wilde's short story pretty closely." So says Gordon Getty about his second Gothic-themed one-act opera, based on the popular short story by Oscar Wilde. The... |
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Orc De La Suisse Romande/Janow
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 In C [ Pentatone / SACD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] |
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Orch National De L'opera De Mo
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos N [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Aug/2011 ] |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] From the moment they were performed, Gioachino Rossini's overtures have enjoyed the status of colourful, elegant orchestral showpieces. With their sweet cantilene, their rich harmonies, their brilliant orchestration, and their powerful and exciting... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow / Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "I suspect this is the Nutcracker Ballet by which all others will be judged - past and future...Performed with such professionalism and sense of place which immediately shows, "this is it"." (SA-CD.Net) |
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Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (1889 [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Sep/2012 ] |
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Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Bruckner: Symphony No.7 (Nowak [ Pentatone / SACD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] |
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GEORGES BIZET / GABRIEL FAURE / CHARLES GOUNOD
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites & music by Faure & Gounod Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 23/Dec/2013 ] This is the first album of a series of three which feature ballet/theatre/dance music... |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1866 version) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Janowski's Scherzo is very high-energy, his finale, Beethovenian in its urgency, a fraught but ultimately victorious journey with excellent trumpets and timpani at the end...I like Janowski's Bruckner, its basic honesty and refusal to superimpose... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 10in - released 30/Jul/2013 ] This is the penultimate release in PentaTone's Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] This is the last release in PentaTone's Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Instead of monumentalising Bruckner's sculpted shapes, Janowski and the orchestra give them a rhythmic urgency and transparency. At those rare moments when Bruckner does relent, Janowski relaxes the tempo just enough to let it speak." The Telegraph,... |
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Orchestre Philharmonique De St
Dukas/Ravel/Koechlin: Sorcerer [ Pentatone / SACD - released 16/Aug/2010 ] |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Pavane pour une infante défunte / etc Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] Béla Bartók's brilliant orchestral tour de force, the Concerto for Orchestra is coupled with his spine-tingling Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in these newly 'Remastered Classics' recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 & other short works Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2017 ] "Gimeno and his players reveal all the sharp contrasts of [The People's Will], ranging from eerie Ives-like sustained strings to the quirky concluding waltz." BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Choice - August 2017 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53 'The Imperial', 64 'Tempora Mutantur' & 96 'Miracle' The Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "Kalmar ideally encapsulates and characterises each symphony, locating the enigma at the heart of Tempora mutantur, with its wonky, scatter-brained themes, as well as the majesty of L'Impériale and the Miracle…the playing and the intelligence behind |
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Oregon Symphony/Kalmar
Ives/Adams/Britten/Williams: M [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] |
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Paavo Jarvi
R Strauss: Bourgeois Gentleman [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] |
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NICO MUHLY / PHILIP GLASS
First Light: Muhly & Glass Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Nico Muhly (piano) Norwegian Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra present First Light, the first fruit of Kuusisto's tenure as the ensemble's Artistic Director, on which two eminent New York composers are cast in a Nordic light. The album offers the world... |