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COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / WALTON / THOMSON / HONEGGER / MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Louis Lane & Cleveland Orchestra - The Complete Epic and Columbia Album Collection Cleveland Orchestra. Louis Lane [ Sony Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Louis Lane went on to head major orchestras in Dallas and Atlanta and to guest conduct leading ensembles all over the world. But before that, Louis Lane honed his craft while working in the shadow of one of the great masters: in 1947, legendary... |
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MASSENET
Manon (complete opera) (with works by Berlioz & Debussy) Victoria de los Angeles, Henri Legay, Michel Dens / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Carol Smith, Charles Munch [ Testament / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc. Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but they hold limited sonic appeal to present-day... |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Piano Works Vol 3 (Includes Images & Reverie) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Pascal Rogé is today's greatest ambassador and stylist in French piano music. Winner of two Gramophone Awards, his name is synonymous over many years with the finest in French piano playing, both in concert and on disc for Decca, and now in Debussy... |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / HANDEL / DEBUSSY / POULENC / etc
Eileen Farrell - The Complete Columbia Album Collection Eileen Farrell (soprano) with various orchestras, conductors & instrumentalists [ Sony Classical / 16 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] In celebration of the Eileen Farrell's 100th anniversary, Sony Classical is pleased to release a new x16 CD collection of this beloved artist's entire American Columbia discography. This stunning collection displays Farrell's uniquely wide... |
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BERGMAN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / STRAUSS / MOZART /etc
Eileen Joyce: The Complete Studio Recordings Eileen Joyce (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2017 ] 'In every way the most transcendentally gifted young piano student I have heard in the last 25 years' was Percy Grainger's pronouncement of the young EILEEN JOYCE (1908-1991) when he first heard her play in 1926. From the goldfields in Western... |
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HAYDN / SCHUBERT / FAURE / WEBER / DEBUSSY / etc
Emma Boynet: The complete solo 78-rpm recordings and Faure LPs Emma Boynet (piano) [ Appian APR / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] "These recordings are a wonderful addition to this ever-growing series and I sincerely hope that there are more treasures to come." MusicWeb |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (Complete opera recorded in 1970) George Shirley, Elisabeth Söderström & Yvonne Minton / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Boulez's sharply dramatic view of Debussy's atmospheric score is a performance which will probably not please the dedicated Francophile but it rescues Debussy from the lanquid half-tone approach which for long has been accepted as authentic. He is... |
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BYRON ADAMS / SAMUEL BARBER / DAVID CONTE
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano Duo Vol.1 Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2025, the renowned Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo has been honoured with numerous international awards and acclaim for their recordings. They now appear on the OehmsClassics label for the first time with the opening... |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Piano [5 CD set] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2012 ] "As for Bavouzet, he's one of those rare birds who can honor the composer's wishes yet manage to impart a fresh spin upon familiar material. His intelligent musicality is such that you almost never notice his prodigious technique working wonders"... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete works for piano Vol 3 (Inls 'Deux Arabesques' & 'Children's Corner') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Instrumental Award Winner - "Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Debussy cycle for Chandos gets better with each new installment. A release to savor." ClassicsToday 10 [sound] / 10 [performance] |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 1 (Preludes Books 1 & 2) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] "The opening of 'La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune' floats languorously, captured in marvellous sound, with warm bass textures and clarity without harshness in the piano's upper registers." (BBC Music) |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Piano, Volume 2 (Incls 'Estampes' & 'L'isle joyeuse') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'I had the highest praise for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's first volume of Debussy, and the present disc is fully the equal of that one in terms of colour, refinement of touch, spontaneity and technical finish' International Record Review |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 4 (Incls 'etudes pour piano') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Instrumental - "Another ravishing release from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - so what are you waiting for?" |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 5 (Transcriptions - 3 Ballets) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "A marvellous conclusion to Bavouzet's absolutely essential Debussy series. Altogether a remarkable achievement, and the disc is every bit as essential as previous instalments." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
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DEBUSSY / FELDMAN / DAHL / BERNSTEIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / COSTELLO / GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Michael Tilson Thomas - Complete Deutsche Grammophon & Argo Recordings Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Paul Zukofsky (violin), Frederica von Stade; Thomas Hampson / London Symphony, Boston Symphony, etc, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Michael Tilson Thomas's complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (1970-2003) and Argo (1992-1995) encapsulate the conductor's restlessly exploratory nature and masterful handling of the modern orchestra. The recordings in this collection... |
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MOZART / VIVALDI / BOLLING / TELEMANN / HAYDN / BACH FAMILY / etc
Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Complete CBS Masterworks Recordings Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with Maurice Andre, Claude Bolling, Placido Domingo, Kathleen Battle, Juilliard String Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 56 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive boxed sets ever to feature the recordings of the great master of the flute: Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera in English recorded in 1981) John Tomlinson (bass) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Robert Dean (baritone) / English National Opera / Mark Elder [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2012 ] This live BBC broadcast of Claude Debussy's ground-breaking opera Pelléas and Mélisande was recorded at the Coliseum in 1981. The unique performance is now available on CD for the first time, as part of Chandos' Opera in English historical series,... |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / COWELL / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Complete Sony Recordings Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Myra Hess, Pablo Casals, Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, etc [ Sony Classical / 17 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Full of immediacy - and star turns - these remastered recordings make for a compelling time capsule" The Guardian |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / WIENIAWSKI / KREISLER / etc
Joshua Bell - Complete Decca Recordings Joshua Bell (violin), with Samuel Sanders (piano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal , Cleveland Orchestra, etc [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] A new-world virtuoso with old-world musicianship: the complete Decca recordings of JOSHUA BELL, capturing the first decade of the violinist's career on record. |
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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,... |