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ARVO PART
Arvo Part Viktoria Mullova (violin) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Onyx / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] "Immutable, austere, impassable - the strength of Arvo Pärt's music lies in its ability to project an image as powerful and complete as the religious iconography it often seeks to replicate." Gramophone |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arrivederci Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma / Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Grigolo lets rip with popular Italian songs, emoting in a properly verismo manner about being lovesick and homesick for the southern sun and the Mediterranean moon" (BBC Music) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Maria Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) / Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Fabio Cerroni [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] The Italian Tenor - Vittorio Grigolo - has an extraordinary background story and he now shares this through a very personal album of sacred music. Schooled at the "very source of sacred music" - in the Sistine Chapel Choir, Vittorio returns to Rome... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities." Gramophone |
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LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / LISZT / CHOPIN / etc
Vladimir Feltsman - The Complete Sony Recordings Vladimir Feltsman (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release Vladimir Feltsman's complete recordings for Columbia. Feltsman is an internationally renowned classical pianist. He debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at the age of eleven and he went on to win numerous... |
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Vladimir Horowitz
Original Jacket Collection [ Sony Classical / 10 CD - released 22/Nov/2004 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight' No. 21 'Waldstein' & No. 23 'Appassionata' Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted in the grand Romantic tradition. |
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CHOPIN / LISZT / MOSZKOWSKI / RACHMANINOV / SCARLATTI / SCHUMANN / SCRIABIN
Vladimir Horowitz - The Legendary 1986 Berlin Concert Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Tapes of this storied 1986 concert-his first in Berlin in 50 years-were recently found, and excitement has spread about this release just as it did back when the concert was announced. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Voces8 [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The international award-winning octet, VOCES8, has established itself at the forefront of British a cappella. Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique Jazz and Pop arrangements, the group has been praised for stunning... |
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Vogler Quartett
Mozart/Golijov: Chamber Pieces [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken Vox Luminis & Ensemble Masques, Lionel Meunier [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Choral |
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FROMENTAL HALEVY
Halevy: La Reine de Chypre [The Queen of Cyprus] Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Étienne Dupuis / Flemish Radio Choir & Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 20/Sep/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD 2019 WINNER - Opera |
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Walk the Moon
Talking Is Hard [ Sony Classical / CD+DVD / CD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] This is Walk The Moon's highly anticipated sophomore album which featured the double platinum hit 'Shut Up And Dance'. |
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W. A. MOZART / DUKAS / SMETANA / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / etc
Walter Weller - The Decca Legacy Walter Weller, Pascal Rogé, Mayumi Fujikawa, Pilar Lorengar [ Decca Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 16/May/2025 ] A violinist-conductor who understood orchestras from the inside out: commanding power and Viennese warmth in the complete Decca symphonic recordings of the Austrian conductor Walter Weller. Includes complete cycles of the Rachmaninoff and.Prokofiev. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition Adrienn Miksch (soprano) János Bándi (tenor) Ferenc SzecsĹ‘di (violin) / Szilvia Elek, István Kassai (fortepiano and piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Brahms had long been immersed in the folk traditions and spirit of Hungary's musical repertoire, not least through the famous violinist Ede Reményi, for whom he played as piano accompanist. Brahms employed melodies that he had heard, as well as those... |
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Wei Li
Classical Chinese Opera & Folk Songs [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Enchanting and beautiful Chinese traditional and opera songs full of Eastern mystique and fascination presented by famous Chinese soprano Wei Li. Accompanied on traditional Chinese instruments. |
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MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / BERWALD / BORODIN / etc
Wiener Oktett - The Decca Recordings Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Eloquence / 27 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The sweet, silvery tone of the Wiener Oktett and the easy give-and-go of its phrasing helped establish it as one of the most distinguished of Viennese chamber ensembles. Its sound was that of the sublime Vienna Philharmonic in microcosm and the group... |
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MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (180g LP) Wiener Philharmonic, Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 (Blu-ray) Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 31/Jan/2020 ] The New Year's Concert, one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events, returns for the 81st time to present to viewers a sensational programme made up of the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |