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BEETHOVEN
Complete Works for Cello and Piano (3 CD set) David Geringas (cello) & Ian Fountain (piano) [ Hanssler / 3 CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Both are superlative artists and in just accord,their interpretations wholly thought through and wholly communicated." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / KABALEVSKY / TANEYEV / ROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY
David Oistrakh: Russian Violin Concertos [3 CD set] David Oistrakh (violin) / State Symphony Orchestra of USSR / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "..to compare and to contrast multiple recordings by this artist is an unmissable one, and rendered even more so by the budget price range. What are you waiting for?" (MusicWeb) |
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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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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concertos, Symphonies 4-6 & Ballet Suites) Derek Han (piano) Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Russian Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky's romantic character may be heard in all his music: the symphonies no.'s 4,5 and 6, the 1st and 2nd piano concertos, the violin concerto, Serenade for Strings and music for his three large ballets: The Nutcracker,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Leonardo da Vinci, La Musique Secrète Doulce Mémoire, Denis Raisin Dadre [ Alpha Classics CD + Book / CD/Book - released 10/May/2019 ] 2019 saw the 500th commemoration of the death of one of the greatest geniuses humanity has produced: Leonardo da Vinci, scientist, inventor, painter - an musician. |
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MAX REGER
Reger: The Organ Works [14 CD set] Edgar Krapp (Organ) [ Edel / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/2016 ] Mastered from the original Mastertapes |
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Caterina Valente with Edmundo Ros
Nothing But Aces / Latin Melodies (Recorded between 1965 & 1969) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Recorded 1965 & 1969 |
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Edmundo Ross and his Orchestra
Ros Mambos / Ros Album of Sambas (Recorded 1955/56) (2 LPs on one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] Two original albums on the one CD |
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FRANZ LEHAR
The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Complete operetta in German on a single CD Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Erich Kunz; Nicolai Gedda; Emmy Loose; Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus; Otto Ackermann [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf's [performance] very special" (MusicWeb) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Haydn Project: Includes The Joke, The Lark, The Rider, Fifths, etc (Includes bonus CD) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |
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BEETHOVEN
Emil Gilels: Beethoven Piano Concertos[3 CD set] Emil Gilels (piano) / State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR, Kurt Masur [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] Emil Gilels belongs to a select group of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Born in Odessa in 1916, he began his studies at the age of 5, and gave his first public recital at the age of 13. |
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J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion (complete oratorio) [with bonus DVD of performance of Messiah] Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance / King's College Choir / Directed by Stephen Cleobury [ Brilliant Classics CD/DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Early Music [Musique Ancienne]: From ancient times to Renaissance [10 CD set] Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres / Soeur Marie Keyrouz / Arianna Savall / Paul O'Dette / The King's Noyse / The Orlando Consort / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] From the Ancient World to the Renaissance with recordings drawn from the vast Harmonia Mundi catalogue. |
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SCHUMANN
Gesange der Frube [2 CD set] Eric le Sage (piano) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
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JEHAN ALAIN
Organ Works (2 CD set) Eric Lebrun (Cavaillé-Coll organ of l'Église Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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MICHAEL HAYDN
Michael Haydn Collection [28 CD set] Ernst Schlader (clarinet) Johannes Hinterholzer (horn) Norbert Salvenmoser (trombone), Linde Brunmayr-Tutz (flute) Franz Landlinger (trumpet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 28 CD Box Set - released 2/Sep/2019 ] "This is a wonderful set without a single duff disc and one which should win some new friends for Michael Haydn's music" MusicWeb Recommended Feb 2020 |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ / MANUEL de FALLA / ENRIQUE GRANADOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spanish Piano Music [6 CD set] Esteban Sanchez, Benita Meshulam, Cristina Ortiz (pianos) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2012 ] A collection of quintessential Spanish piano works, presenting the three Giants of Spain in their best and most popular works: the colossal piano cycle Iberia by Albeniz, the complete piano music of De Falla and the popular Goyescas by Granados. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lethe Ex Silentio, Dimitrie Cantemir [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Forgotten music of the orient courts of Thessaloniki, Nikosia and Istanbul from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century. |
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VIVALDI
12 Sonatas for violin and continuo [2 CD set] Fabio Biondi (violino) with Rinaldo Alessandrini (clavicembalo) [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Discovered by Michael Talbot in 1973, the 12 sonatas of the Manchester manuscript are generally considered the high point of the composer's chamber music. In his liner notes, Michael Talbot reckons that Vivaldi assembled them to present to Cardinal... |
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BROSCHI / HASSE / HANDEL / PERGOLESI / PORPORA
Farinelli (Original Soundtrack) Ewa Mallas-Godlewska (soprano) & Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Naive CD / CD - released 15/Oct/2007 ] Reissue of Naïve's best selling (more than 800,000 copies sold) soundtrack to the film 'Farinelli', the 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time. |