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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
"Romantic" (10 CD boxset) Brigitte Engerer, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Philippe Herreweghe, Régis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès, and many more [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2011 ] An amazing 10-CD bargain boxes from Harmonia Mundi of classic recordings from their catalogue. We know from experience that these will sell out quickly: incredible price, limited edition, while stocks last. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Complete String Quartet (23 CD set ) Buchberger Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Haydn's string quartets span his creative life - from the 1750s and the Opp. 1&2 sets through to his last unfinished quartet in D minor Op.103 of 1803. |
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY / MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER / JEAN HENRY d"ANGLEBERT / etc
Splendeurs de Versailles [10 CD set] Cafe Zimmermann, Le poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, Ensemble Pierre Robert, Frederic Desenclos, etc [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] Versailles: its court, its atmosphere and its music . . . So many splendours emblematic of a monument with an incomparably rich history. The works associated with the palace have travelled down the centuries and today represent a precious part of our... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete with bonus CD) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Mark Padmore (tenor) Christopher Purves (bass) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "a Messiah of splendid vitality and authority, a summation of Christophers's and The Sixteen's Handelian enterprise." International Record Review |
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Carpenters, The
Singles 1969-1981 [ Polydor CD / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Chorales [6 CD set plus CDRom) Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Here perhaps is the very heart of Bach; a very palpable demonstration of his heritage and impact. Bach revered his forebears, while at the same time wishing to renew their legacy - both that of his own, already notable Bach family and of their... |
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W. A. MOZART
Requiem, Masses, Vespers & Sacred choral works [11 CD set plus CD Rom] Chamber Choir of Europe. Nicol Matt. with Annermarie Kremer, soprano [ Brilliant Classics Choral Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "As a conductor of choral music Nicol Matt has an impressive pedigree, and these performances going back over a period of a decade or so show in every way that his taste and judgement are consistently secure. this is a set which brings musical... |
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THOMAS TALLIS
The Complete Works (Incls Free CD rom) Chapelle du Roi / Alistair Dixon [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] "The performances on these discs are of the very highest quality. Chapelle du Roi is a highly respected group that specializes in sacred music of the renaissance period, making them perfect exponents of Tallis's music. They are under the highly... |
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VALENTINI / GEMINIANI / PORPORA / VIVALDI / ALBINONI
Italiane Baroque [7 CD set] Chiara Banchini, Ensemble 415 / Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti [ Zig Zag Territories / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] |
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CHRISTINA PLUHUR / TRADITIONAL
Orfeo Chamán [CD plus DVD] Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata, with Nahuel Pennisi (Orfeo) & Luciana Mancini (Eurídice) [ Erato Classics CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Jan/2017 ] "This is not a voyage in a humble fishing boat, sampling real folk music at ports from Portugal to Turkey; we are on a tourist cruise - not a brash one, but a refined tour where we avoid any hard edges or uncomfortable truths" International Record R |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / HENZE / CHOPIN
The Early Recordings [6 CD set] Christoph Eschenbach (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Of appeal to connoisseurs of the piano and to new-music enthusiasts Will receive coverage in the serious musical press. |
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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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The NMC Songbook (4 CD set) Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby, Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett, etc [ NMC / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Contemporary - "…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... |
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Clannad
Clannad: Christ Church Cathedral CD [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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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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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Gloucester Cathedral (concert recorded in 2015) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD + Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Package Contains BluRay, NTSC DVD and Audio CD This is Priory's 14th issue in their "Grand Organ Series." Jonathan Hope is the organist in this comprehensive and fascinating insight into this unique " neo classical"English organ. As with previous... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral (concert recorded in 2009) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] |
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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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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ELGAR / SUK / BRUCKNER / etc
Libor Pesek: The Gold Collection [4 CD set] Michaela Fukačová (cello) Eva Děpoltová (soprano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Pesek, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek [ Supraphon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2013 ] To mark Libor Pešek's eightieth birthday, Supraphon presents a representative selection of large orchestral recordings he made from 1981 to 1989. Compositions by Josef Suk, who has occupied a privileged position in Pešek's career, are featured... |
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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. |