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SCHUBERT
Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets [2 CD set] Janet Baker (mezzo) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Elly Ameling (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Horst Laubenthal (tenor) Gerald Moore (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "They are expert duettists [Baker and Fischer-Dieskau], having sung together on other occasions and in other media; the result, with the ever-faithful, ever-skilful Gerald Moore, is all that one might expect" (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Cello 100: Includes Bach's cello suites, The Swan & Kol Nidrei (Six CD set at a special price) Janos Starker / Mstislav Rostropovich / Pierre Fournier / Gautier Capucon / Paul Tortelier / Truls Mork / Jacqueline du Pre / Pablo Casals (cellos) [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 27/Jul/2009 ] This 6 CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favourite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. |
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BACH / MOZART / SIBELIUS / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV / etc
Icon: Jascha Heifetz- The Master Violinist (6 CD set) Jascha Heifetz (violin) with various orchestras, conductors & accompaniments [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jascha Heifetz was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso who was born in 1901 and died in 1987. His father was a professional violinist who started to give him lessons when Heifetz was only three-years-old. He then went on to further... |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Piano [5 CD set] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2012 ] "As for Bavouzet, he's one of those rare birds who can honor the composer's wishes yet manage to impart a fresh spin upon familiar material. His intelligent musicality is such that you almost never notice his prodigious technique working wonders"... |
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HANDEL
The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Giulio Cesare', 'Messiah', 'Water Music', 'Dixit Dominus', etc] Jennifer Larmore; Barbara Schlick; Bernarda Fink; Rene Jacobs, Richard Egarr, Andreas Schioll, Patricia Bardon, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive contribution. Jacobs's solo team are excellent" Penguin G |
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Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat [ Rough Trade CD / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] The debut solo album by Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis. Recorded with a who's who of the LA indie scene and featuring wonderful harmonies from the Watson sisters Chandra and Leigh, this is a journey into previously uncharted waters by Lewis.... |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Great Chamber Music [10 CD set] Jeno Jando (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Kodaly Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds: proof if ever any was needed that less can be much, much more. |
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VERDI
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Jitka Saparova, Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci, Marina Mescheriakova, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This highly dramatic album includes the most famous moments from Verdi's ever-popular operas, in which public splendour and private pathos, true love and tragedy, vie for supremacy at every turn. |
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Joan Regan (with Ronnie Aldrich, Johnny Douglas, and others)
Singles Compilation / Soft Hands (Recorded between 1953-57) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] 2 original albums on the one CD |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Vaughan Williams Anthology [8 CD set] Joan Rodgers (sop) Christopher Maltman (bar) Jennifer Pike (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmon [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain's most illustrious composers, and this specially curated selection of works demonstrates the sheer breadth of his achievement. |
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HANDEL / VERDI / BELINNI / MOZART / ROSSINI
A Portrait [3 CD set] Joan Sutherland (Soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Regis Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes, acting. Her total command of the stage was always formidable." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas: The complete box-set [56 CD set] Joanne Lunn, Gillian Keith, Magdalena Kozena, Paul Agnew, Sara Mingardo, etc / Monteverdi Choir. English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 56 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2013 ] For the first time on one label the complete live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in an elegant box reflecting the quality of the original series packaging. |
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RODRIGO
Complete Guitar Music [3 CD set] Ignacio Rodes, Marco Socías, Carlos Pérez, Carles Trepat (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2010 ] Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-99) composed for the guitar for over 75 years. Over his long and productive life he produced some of the best loved music ever written for the instrument - Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para un gentilhombre. His output... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Music for organ [2 CD set] John Scott (organ of St Pauls) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2012 ] 'Excellent performances. The Hyperion recording engineers have done a marvellous job in capturing the many nuances of the powerful five-manual instrument in the cathedral' (Soundscapes) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of York Minster (concert recorded in 2008) [plus free CD] John Scott Whiteley (organ) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Recorded and filmed in York Minster on 25-28 February and 28 April-1 May 2008 |
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Johnny Keating, his orchestra and chorus
Temptation / Percussive Moods (Recorded 1962) (2 LPs on one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] Two original albums on the one CD |
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TRADITIONAL
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat [Red Book of Montserrat] Jordi Savall (rabec, rebab, viella & direcció) / Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya [ Alia Vox CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Dec/2016 ] The 'Llibre Vermell de Montserrat' is a collection of devotional texts containing late medieval songs and dances. |
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BRUCKNER / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY
Gunter Wand Edition [5 CD set] Jorge Bolet (piano) / NDR Sinfonieorchester, Gunter Wand [ Hanssler Profil / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand |
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BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas [4 CD set] Josef Suk (violin) Jan Panenka (piano) [ Supraphon / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2012 ] |
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DEBUSSY / DVORAK / JANACEK / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / SUK / etc
Early Recordings [6 CD set] Josef Suk (violin) with various orchestras & accompanists [ Supraphon / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2012 ] On the morning on 7 July 2011 the agencies brought the sad news that one of the legends of 20th century music had passed away. Josef Suk ranks among the most accomplished violinists of the epoch. When he launched his artistic career, he was gifted... |