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R.E.M.
Up: 25th Anniversary Edition (2CD Box Set) [ Concord / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Released in 1998, Up is the eleventh studio album from R.E.M. The album, featuring the singles "Daysleeper", "Lotus", "Suspicion" and "At My Most Beautiful", draws inspiration from electronic music, using a wide range of tools to create a dreamy... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Sonatas For Piano & Violin Renaud Capuçon (violin), Kit Armstrong (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] This 4-CD album of Mozart's 16 Sonatas for violin and piano, played by Renaud Capuçon and Kit Armstrong, showcases the brilliance of the composer's chamber music and mastery of both instruments. The sonatas have been central to this duo's partnership... |
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DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / HUMPERDINCK / STRAVINSKY
Summer Night Concert 2017 BLU-RAY Renee Fleming (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Jul/2017 ] Fairytales and myths have inspired composers from time immemorial, and audiences, too, have invariably been enthralled by the unending struggle between good and evil. Central to the Vienna Philharmonic's 2017 Summer Night Concert are German, French,... |
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The Replacements
Tim: Let It Bleed Edition Box Set [ Rhino / Warner / 4 LP/CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] The Tim: Let It Bleed Edition 1LP/4CD deluxe box set is built around a stunning new mix of Tim by legendary producer/engineer Ed Stasium (Ramones, Talking Heads) and features a collection of previously unheard tracks (Sons of No One: Rare &... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: The Complete Symphonies / Kindertotenlieder [12 CD set] Reri Grist, Lee Venora, Jennie Tourel / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Sony Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 12/May/2017 ] "The orchestral playing is first rate and Mahler's textures are expertly sifted." The Guardian |
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ANTON WEBERN
The Complete Music of Anton Webern Robert Craft (conductor & musical director) with Marni Nixon, Grace-Lynne Martin, Richard Robinson, Charles Scharbach & others [ Sony Classical Masters / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection of Anton Webern. All of the performers, as well as additional instrumentalists and choral singers, were selected from Hollywood film studios. |
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T. S. ELIOT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Murder in the Cathedral (Unabridged historic 1953 recording) Robert Donat (Becket) / Old VIc Company / Robert Helpmann (director) [ EMI Classics for Pleasure - Classic Drama / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] T.S. Eliot's verse-drama was first performed in 1935 in Canterbury Cathedral, the very place where Thomas Becket was brutally killed in 1170. Using the medieval morality play as a model, Eliot creates a tense study of Becket's journey from spiritual... |
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Robert Plant
Digging Deep (7" Box Set) [ ADA / Warner / Vinyl Box Set - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Robert Plant is celebrating the second season of his hugely popular podcast, Digging Deep with Robert Plant, with the release of a very special limited edition 7'' singles boxed set. |
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Robert Spano
Transmigration [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
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JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Manon (complete opera with libretto) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Jose van Dam, Gilles Ragon / Chorus & Orchestra of the Theatre Royal of the Monnaie, Brussels, Antonio PappanoPappan [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Mar/2000 ] "Major praise must go to Angela Gheorghiu. Not only does she draw a portrait of the irresistible, impetuous, selfish, luscious Manon from the very beginning, but she's totally in control of her vocal resources as well." ClassicsToday |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nuove Invenzione Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar) / Concerto Stella Matutina [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Bringing the elements of baroque and jazz together and developing a new kind of music by optimizing the instruments of Early Music and giving each instrument section its moment on the recording was the goal of this release. |
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The Rolling Stones
Live At The El Mocambo (4 LP Vinyl Box Set) [ Polydor / 4 LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Live At The El Mocambo marks the first official appearance of the group's two famous secret concerts at the 300-capacity Toronto club in March 1977. It features the Stones' full set from the March 5 show, plus three bonus tracks from the March 4 gig,... |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete works for the Piano Volumes 12: Variations (II) Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "This instrument has a light tone and touch but is by no means limited in terms of dynamic range, and Ronald Brautigam performs even the least inspiring of these works with a conviction and musicality which makes you believe in their worth." MusicWeb |
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Rosekrans/Royal Philharmonic
Royal Strings [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2001 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Harnoncourt eschews tradition for tradition's sake in the symphony. He approaches the score afresh, and the result is a reading both idiomatic and illuminating." MusicWeb |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera recorded in 2014) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Kristine Opolais, Christopher Maltman / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] 'Antonio Pappano has few peers today as a Puccini conductor, and gives the score a tremendous sense of vivid theatricality' THE GUARDIAN |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi Box Set: Il Trovatore / Rigoletto / Falstaff (complete operas) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Jose Cura, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Frontali, Kenneth Tarver, Christine Schäfer, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "[On Rigoletto] With Christine Schäfer as a matchless Gilda and Edward Downes, the finest Verdian of the age, conducting, it's a production that rages at the cruelty of the world." (BBC Music) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/May/2018 ] "Kaufmann's exceptional musicality makes itself felt throughout the opera in a manner that has rarely been equalled…The vulnerability of this Otello lies not so much in his ethnic otherness as in his emotional ingenuousness." Gramophone |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Maria Agresta / Sir Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/May/2018 ] 'Jonas Kaufmann Sings an 'Otello' for the Ages'- New York Times. On a sweltering night at London's Royal Opera House in June 2017, Jonas Kaufmann made his debut performance as Otello - one of the most coveted and challenging roles in the tenor... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La fanciulla del West (complete opera recorded in 2013) Vienna State Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Tomasz Konieczny / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2016 ] 'Their singing is magnificent' BBC Music Magazine - Opera Choice - March 2016 |