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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems - complete Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) James Bowman (alto) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. |
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ENNIO MORRICONE
Plays Ennio Morricone (Double Gatefold LP) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 24/Mar/2016 ] Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone is a 2004 album featuring recordings from Morricone's various film scores by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone. The album was recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Gilda Buttà on piano. Morricone... |
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PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / PONCHIELLI / FLOTOW / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marcelo Álvarez - The Tenor's Passion Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Marcello Viotti [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Sep/2004 ] Álvarez travels widely, performing with top singers in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. Since the beginning of his career in 1994, he has maintained an active touring schedule and debuted in 34 roles. |
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Marco Beltrami
Ost: The Wolverine [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] |
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Marco Beltrami
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the superhero film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The film music is scored by Marco Beltrami ( Fear Street, Chaos Walking, Nine Perfect Strangers). Venom: Let There Be Carnage (also known as Venom 2) is... |
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Various Composers
Lys (LP) Mari Samuelsen (violin) [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Jan/2024 ] Inspired by light in all its forms, Samuelsen's latest album features 14 works by female composers, from Hildegard of Bingen to Beyoncé. All are new commissions or arrangements, ambient and glowing, without an ugly bump or crevice in sight. |
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ANTON & PAUL WRANITZKY
Wranitzky: Concertos and Symphonies Veriko Tchumburidze (violin) Chiara Enderle (cello) / Münchener Kammerorchester, Howard Griffiths [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Anton & Paul Bohemian composers Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808) and Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) were among the most important personalities on the Viennese music scene in around the year 1800. Both Wranitzky enjoyed an excellent reputacion among their... |
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Maria Callas (soprano), Angelina Jolie (narrator), Pierfrancesco Favino (narrator), Vincent Macaigne (narrator)
Maria (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP) [ Warner / 2 LP - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Steven Knight, which delves into the tumultuous final days of the iconic opera singer in 1970s Paris, interpreted by Angelina Jolie. |
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SPIRITUALS / VERDI / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / HAYDN / SCHUBERT / etc
Marian Anderson - Beyond the Music - Her complete RCA Victor recordings [15 CDs with large book] Marian Anderson (contralto) [ Sony Classical / 15 CD/Book - released 27/Aug/2021 ] "Special mention must be made of this set's presentation, which stands among the glories of the CD era not just for its musical comprehensiveness, but also for its artful design." Opera |
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Marijana Mijanovic
Handel: Affetti Barocchi [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Le Prophete (Complete opera recorded in 1976) Marilyn Horne, Renata Scotto, James McCracken, Jerome Hines / Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis [ Sony Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "The role calls for a Brünnhilde range with an Amneris-type voice: the vocal flexibility and dramatic punch needed are extraordinary. Miss Horne has them all, and she brings out the pathos of the part without sentimentalizing it." (Gramophone) |
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Mario Biondi
Sun [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
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Mario Lanza (tenor)
Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything [ RCA / Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Sony Classical release a special x2 CD, budget-priced set, featuring x44 songs, with x6 previously unreleased tracks, issued in connection with a new TV documentary by Screenbound Pictures Ltd. about the great tenor. This release celebrates the... |
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Mariss Jansons
Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Nov/2007 ] |
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Martha Argerich
Various: Coffrets Rtl Classiqu [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Martin Fröst: Roots Martin Frost (clarinet) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & The Adolf Fredrik's Girls Choir [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Clarinettists and clarinet fans will revel in Fröst's buoyant performance of Crusell's Variations on a Swedish Song…and in his mercurial, technically staggering playing throughout this scatter-shot assortment" BBC Music Magazine, June 2016 ***** |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Martin Frost (clarinet) Lucas Debargue (piano) Janine Jansen (violin) Torlief Thedeen (cello) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "The playing is flawless but still deep-felt, unflinching in the white heat of the Dance of Fury, intently hushed in the Abyss of the Birds, fervent in both tender Louanges." The Guardian |
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PHILIP GLASS / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Glass & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos David Nebel (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] This breath-taking new album features exceptional works by two of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century: The Violin Concerto No.1 by American minimalist composer Philip Glass and Igor Stravinsky's neoclassical Concerto. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Martin Fröst - Vivaldi Martin Fröst (clarinet), Concerto Köln [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Martin Fröst is an internationally renowned clarinettist and conductor. 'Vivaldi' is a baroque adventure based on the question: What might Vivaldi have composed for the clarinet if it had been more fully developed? |
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J. S. BACH
Martin Fröst - B.A.C.H. Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "there are extraordinary moments. Indeed, the final few seconds of that Prelude [Suite No. 2] are exquisite: shaped in strength, vulnerability, resonance and decay, this is paradoxical playing at its most beguiling." Gramophone Awards Issue 2025 |