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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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Jussi Bjorling
Various: Bjorling Sings At Car [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
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Jussi Bjorling
Various: Complete Rca Album Co [ Sony Classical / 14 CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1955) Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) Zinka Milanov (Soprano) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Opera House Orchestra / Jonel Perlea (Conductor) [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Famed for her raptly floated pianissimi, Croatian-born soprano Zinka Milanov was the Met's leading lady for three decades until her 1966 farewell. Here she stars as Verdi's Ethiopian slave alongside Jussi Björling as a superbly heroic Radamès,... |
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SCHOENBERG / WEBERN / BERG
Second Viennese School (5 CD set incls 'Gurrelieder') Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Philip Langridge / Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics Budget Box Sets / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Choral (for Gurrelieder) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 2 [Nos. 23 & 26 'Coronation'] Karl Engel (piano) / Das Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager [ Teldec / CD - released 18/Mar/1988 ] "These are on the whole well-prepared and sympathetic performances. And the recorded sound is clean and nicely balanced, with a warm ambience." MusicWeb |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Deutsche Volkslieder / German Folk Songs Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] Artists: Detlef Roth (bass), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Christiane Karg (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano), Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Franz-Josef... |
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RAVEL / DEBUSSY / BRIDGE / IRELAND / LISZT / FAURE / CHOPIN
Kathryn Stott: The complete solo recordings Kathryn Stott (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Kathryn Stott: The Complete Solo Recordings presents the celebrated British pianist's entire solo recording output on Conifer Records, newly remastered and collected together in this 9 CD box set. Features works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt,... |
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Keenlyside/Schafer
Christmas Concert From The Dre [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] |
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Kent Nagano
Bruckner: Symphony No.7 In E [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Works Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] |
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BACH / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DEBUSSY / LIGETI / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Khatia Buniatishvili - Motherland Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Gvantsa Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] "soothing, intimate and reflective. Buniatishvili roduces the most ravishing, velvet-toned pianissimo, beautifully captured in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche." Gramophone |
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MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / STRAVINSKY
Kaleidoscope: Khatia Buniatishvili Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/2016 ] Khatia Buniatishvili's new recording Kaleidoscope, a unique combination of masterful and challenging pieces, shows her true virtuosic playing and features the well-loved Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, Ravel's La Valse and... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 28/Jul/2017 ] For the first time, 2016 ECHO Klassik prize-winner Khatia Buniatishvili has set her sights on the two most popular piano concertos by the late-romantic composer Sergei Rachmaninoff to present what is now only her second concert... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] A highlight of Khatia's recording career where she reunites with Paavo Järvi for her first orchestral recording in 4 years. Rachmaninoff's epic, dramatic Piano Concertos 2 & 3 are rarely combined on 1 CD. Two blockbuster concertos of the... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos / Schubert: Sonata No 21 & Impromptus Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Two classic selling Khatia Buniatishvili recordings for the price of one single CD. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 & 23 / Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Khatia Buniatishvili (piano, director) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] After a string of releases on Sony Classical that have redefined the parameters of the classical recital album, Khatia Buniatishvili is returning to tradition with a recording of two of Mozart's most sublime late piano concertos. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Sound of the King's Singers The King's Singers [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] With an unmistakable sound and repertoire that ranges from classical to pop, Renaissance to the Beatles, and from folksongs to pop songs through to the avant-garde, the fantastic vocal sextet the King's Singers have enjoyed a unique global career.... |
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Kirchschlager/Bonney
First Encounter [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Waiata Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] In 1999 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa released 'Maori Songs', her second collection of Maori folk songs and prayers. That project was initiated by prominent NZ pianist/arranger Carl Doy, who has 13 years later created the follow up album 'Waiata'. |