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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works (7 CD set) Hans-Ola Ericsson (Gronlund organ of Lulea cathedral, Sweden) [ BIS / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "of outstanding quality, both musical and technical" Penguin Guide |
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Kuhn, Gustav / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento
Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symph 1-9,CD-Box, international version [ Col Legno / 5 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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WAGNER
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Hedwig Fassbender, Lennart Forsen, Ingrid Haubold, Marga Schiml, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Wagner's epic music dramas revolutionised the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and intense psychological power. |
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SCHUMANN / STRAUSS / BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / etc
Helene Grimaud: The Warner Recordings [6 CD set] Helene Grimaud (piano) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] With a flawless technique, a delicate touch and playing of poetic expressivity, the French pianist Hélène Grimaud has quickly become one of the most important musicians of her generation. Virtuosic gifts aside, her deep commitment to human rights and... |
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HENRY MANCINI
The Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini / The Latin Sound Henry Mancini [2 original albums on 1 CD] Henry Mancini [ Dutton Vocalion / CD - released 1/Jul/2021 ] original recordings from 1965 & 1968 |
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W. A. MOZART
The Ultimate Mozart Opera Album [2 CD set] Herbert Lippert, Bo Skovhus, John Dickie, Helen Kwon, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This marvellous selection reveals Mozart's astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled in farce or defying fate. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Harnoncourt & Haydn [2 CD set] Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Herbert Tachezi, Robert Holl, Josef Protschka, Cecilia Bartoli & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Haydn |
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ANDRE-MODESTE GRETRY
Gretry: Richard Coeur de Lion Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "An early example of the "rescue opera" genre, anticipating Beethoven's Fidelio, it's stylishly sung and robustly played. A DVD of the old-fashioned but charming staging is included." Sunday Times |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pro Pacem: Texts, Art & Music for Peace [CD with large book] Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall with Monterrat Figueras [ Alia Vox SACD / CD/Book - released 20/Dec/2012 ] An ambitious programme flows, from cantorial invocations and Gregorian chant, to motets by Binchois, Josquin, Guerrero and Pärt, stretching across 19 centuries of conflict. The common cause is peace, as expressed in song, painting and essay." Indep.. |
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TRADITIONAL
Bal-kan: Honey & Blood - Cycles of Life [3 CD plus large book] Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
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GIOVANNI GABRIELI
1615 Gabrieli in Venice His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD CD + Blue-ray audio / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The effect is to reproduce the fine acoustics of the chapel, with the gloriously rich and pungent brass of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts enveloping the pristine choir in enhanced surround sound. It's like taking a gondola on the Cam." (Guardian) |
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WERNER MULLER
Goldene Trompete in Stereo / Golden Trumpet (Recorded 1969/71) (2 Original LPs on the one CD) Horst Fischer & Bob Powels (trumpets) with Werner Maller and his orchestra [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] Trumpet maestros, German Horst Fischer and Belgian Bob Powels are accompanied by the Werner Müller Orchestra on the two albums compiled on this release. Originally issued in 1969, Goldene Trompete in Stereo features the virtuoso trumpet style of... |
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RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion [2 CD set] Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicolas Mulroy / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the choral singing is wonderfully pure, buoyant and transparent...Ian Bostridge's Evangelist, mannered and occasionally stretched but full of "narrative" character, dominates Layton's performance" Financial Times, 9th March 2013 *** |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Winterreise / Schwanengesang [plus DVD of Winterreise] Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Mitsuko Uchida, Leif Ove Andsnes, Antonio Pappano (piano) [ Warner Classics CD / DVD / 4 CD/DVD - released 10/Jan/2015 ] "Bostridge's first die Schöne Müllerin created a sensation in the song world. This new version, even more original and distinctive, confirms that the cycle will inextricably be linked with his name" (MusicWeb for Schone Mullerin) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral (concert recorded in 2007) [plus CD] Ian Tracey (organ) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] |
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BACH / FAURE / SOLER / WIDOR / PIERNE / MULET / etc
Plays Organ Transcriptions [2 CD set] Ian Tracey (Organ of Liverpool Cathedral) [ Priory Organ Master Series Volume 4 / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] |
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BACH / ALBINONI / VIVALDI / MARCELLO / PACHELBEL / etc
Musica Barocca [CD with free catalogue] Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Das Alte Werk / Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] An attractive special offer of the bestselling Baroque album including the complete Das Alte Werk series catalogue with original covers. |
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SCHUMANN
Chamber Music [5 CD set] Ilya Gringolts (violin), Gringolts Quartet, with Peter Laul (piano) and Dmitry Kouzov (cello) [ Onyx / 5 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2013 ] Ilya Gringolts won the 1998 Premio Paganini international violin competition, in fact he won two prizes for the youngest ever competitor, and for the best Paganini Caprices interpretation. This 5CD box represents both great value for money and music... |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / MARTINU
Violin Concertos & Sonatas [2 CD set] Isabelle Faust (violin) with Alexander Melnikov & Ewa Kupiec (piano) / Prague Philharmonia [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Isabelle Faust makes an intelligent, passionate debut as a major soloist in my book. These Beethoven readings have waked me from my dogmatic slumbers. A sensational album, I dare say." (AudAud.com on the Beethoven) |