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GOLIJOV
La Pasion Segun San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) Biella Da Costa (Latin-Am alto) Jessica Rivera (sop) Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez (Afro-Cuban vocal) / Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] "Hearing it is impressive enough, but the live DVD version adds to the experience" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera) CD + Blu-ray audio Birgit Nilsson / Martti Talvela / Christa Ludwig / Wolfgang Windgassen / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1966 / Karl Bohm [ Dutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray audio / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Jul/2019 ] "Captured live at Bayreuth, here's a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles." (Gramophone) |
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Bo Diddley
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection [ Big 3 / 3 CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Bo Diddley was one of the true innovators in the mid to late 50's, one of the key figures responsible for the transition of Blues into Rock 'n' Roll and hence Rock. He influenced a host of acts including The Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds and... |
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GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra [CD + Blu-ray Audio] Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg [ Deutsche Grammophon CD + Blu-ray Audio / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Apr/2018 ] William Steinberg's famous readings of Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst's The Planets newly remastered at 24-bit/192kHz. 1 Blu-ray Audio disc (new quadrophonic remastering) + 1 CD (new stereo remastering) in DigiPack format. |
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J. S. BACH
Best Of Bach [12 CD set] Various Artists incls Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Gustav leonhardt, Il Giardino Armonico, Marie-Claire Alain, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 6/Nov/2006 ] The perfect Bach collection covering all his major works and all taken from the vast Warner music catalogue. |
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Carpenters, The
Singles 1969-1981 [ Polydor CD / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] |
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BRAHMS
Chamber Music (Special price 5 CD set) Christian Eschenbach (piano) Karl Leister (clarinet) / Amadeus Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] This is a set that brings together all these Amadeus recordings for the first time. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Guitarra Espanola (five CD set) Narciso Yepes (guitar) with London Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta SinfAnica R.T.V. EspaAola, Philharmonia Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 12/Sep/2008 ] The Spanish noted guitarist and lutenist, Narciso Yepes, was born into a family of humble origin in Marchena, 7 km from Lorca, southern Spain.lection of Spanish music...ever! |
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ERIC SATIE
Tout Satie! (10 CD Complete Edition) Aldo Ciccolini, Michel Legrand, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Mady Mesple, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, etc [ Erato / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] A collection of unrivalled completeness, Tout Satie proves that the music of Erik Satie (1866-1925) remains as provocative, delightful - and surprising - as ever. These 10 CDs, featuring artists with impeccable credentials in French repertoire, draw... |
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SCARLATTI / SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / CHOPIN / de FALLA / etc
Clara Haskil Edition [17 CD set] Clara Haskil (piano) / Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch / Wiener Symphoniker, Bernhard Paumgartner / Arthur Grumiaux (violin) [ Decca / Philips / 17 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN/ LISZT / GRIEG
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Claudio Arrau (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Andreas Weissgerber (violin) [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is a pianist fully deserving of the epithet 'legendary'. His rigorous intellect and sense of the sublime found expression in his transcendent technique and sumptuous, yet lucid sonorities. The recordings in this 24CD... |
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STRAVINSKY
Boulez conducts Stravinsky [6 CD set] The Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Few conductors have invigorated repertoires with the verve that Pierre Boulez has brought to his interpretations of Stravinsky, compiled here across six CDs...Bristling with energetic innovation... it's an absolute bargain." (The Independent) |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Darmstadter Ouverturn & Tafelmusik (Overtures & Concertos) [3 CD set] Concerto Amsterdam, Frans Bruggen / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/1989 ] "Telemann's Table Music is a wonderful, compendious work in three "productions", each of which consists of an overture, a quartet, a concerto, a trio, a sonata, and an orchestral conclusion. The music is amazingly varied and consistently delightful"... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven : The Complete Works [80 CD set] Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pre, Itzhak Perlman, Gautier Capucon, Janet Baker, Andras Schiff, etc [ Warner Classics / 80 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Carefully selected from the Warner Classics and Erato catalogues, and complemented by items licensed in from external catalogues, the recordings do full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and depth of Beethoven's oeuvre. |
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CHOPIN / LISZT / MEDTNER / SCRIABIN
Trifonov Live [2 CD set] Daniil Trifonov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] Live recordings from two of music's most iconic stages -Venice's Teatro la Fenice (2010) and Carnegie Hall (2013) - chart the meteoric rise of Daniil Trifonov, phenomenal young "heir to Liszt" (Washington Post), from the period of his Chopin,... |
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Dave Matthews Band
Busted Stuff (CD/DVD) [ RCA Records / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/2002 ] "...a polished commercial spin on music widely considered the darkest, most revealing work Matthews has yet created." - AllMusic |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / etc
Imperial Oistrakh! [3 CD set] David Oistrakh, violin, with Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Lev Oborine (piano), and various orchestras [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Although David Oistrakh died in Amsterdam some over 30 years ago, on 24 October 1974, this set brings him life again, giving us an absolutely true portrait of his great artistic vitality. |
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Devotchka
100 Lovers (LP + CD) [ 2 LP/CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Fresh off a worldwide tour that saw the group perform in front of nearly 80,000 people at the Stade de France as the opening act for Muse, Denver-based Gypsy-alt-rock outfit Devotchka have managed to find a nice middle ground between world domination... |
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Dexter Gordon
Go! - Limited Edition LP + CD [ Blue Note Records / 2 LP/CD - released 11/Nov/2008 ] Limited Edition Re-issue LP / Vinyl + CD. |
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Don Williams
Reflections [ Sugar Hill Records / CD - released 11/Mar/2014 ] |