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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1981) Royal Opera / Stuart Burrows / Thomas Allen / Richard Van Allan / Kiri Te Kanawa / Agnes Baltsa / Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come Scoglio' is staggering. Thomas Allen's Guglielmo, too, is... |
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MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
Music from the Middle Ages [5 CD set] Andrea von Ramm, Richard Levitt & Sterling Jones / Studio der fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets [7 CD set] Suske Quartett [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2013 ] The genius of Beethoven is probably not most commonly associated with chamber music. The pieces in this collection can be grouped according to three distinct periods of Beethoven's life. |
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CHEN GANG / XIAN XING-HI
Violin concerto No. 1 'Butterfly lovers' / Yellow River Piano Concerto [DVD with bonus CD] Takako Nishizaki (violin) Yin Chengzong (piano) / Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Marco Polo DVD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1958 by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, and is here presented on a 24k gold CD. Musically the concerto is a synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions, although the melodies and overall style are... |
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LISZT / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY
A Portrait of Tamas Vasary [4 CD set] Tamas Vasary (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] In 1962 Stephen Plaistow wrote of the Liszt E flat Polonaise on this set that 'the playing of the E major Polonaise is outstanding: it has bravura, exquisite timing and poise, colour, delicacy, plenty of rhythmic character and an air of ebullient... |
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Ted Heath & his music
Big Band Bash & America Swings Coast to Coast (Recorded 1962 & 1964) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] Recorded 1962 & 1964 |
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Ted Heath and Max Bygraves
Hits of the Twenties / Hits of the Thirties (Recorded 1959/60) (2 original LPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] The teaming of Max Bygraves with Ted Heath and his Music is not as unlikely as at first it may be seen. Both are among the best known and most respected artists in contemporary British show business, Max as a brilliant and imaginative solo... |
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Ted Heath & his Music
Swings in Hi-Fi / Listen to my Music / Selection (Recorded between 1950-56) (Original LP & EPs on the one CD) [ Vocalion Decca Archives / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Here is the finest single CD selection available of Britain's greatest and most popular band during the 50s - Ted Heath. |
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TAVENER
Choral Ikons The Choir / James Whitbourn [ Opus Arte CD / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "James Whitbourn's singers, seasoned yet still young, robustly engage with compositions that many groups treat with bloodless reverence...Those who like their Tavener pure and ethereal should not be deterred from tasting The Choir's more muscular... |
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HANDEL / ANONYMOUS / BOYCE / ELGAR / etc
A Shrospshire Idyll (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free CD of the concert] Thomas Trotter (Grand of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow) [ Regent DVD + CD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Thomas Trotter, one of the world's greatest organists, presents a programme of music to mark the 250th anniversary of the organ in St Laurence's Church, Ludlow - the church where the ashes of A E Housman, writer of A Shropshire Lad, are buried. A... |
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Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
La Rhétorique des Dieux [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] On this album, lutenist Toyohiko Satoh takes on one of the most famous and enigmatic works of French baroque lute literature: The collection "La Rhetorique des Dieux" published by Denis Gaultier (1603-1672). Satoh's interpretation is entirely... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Piano Adagios [2 CD set] Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, Pascal Roge (pianos) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] An ideal collection for romantics everywhere! Over 2 1/2 hours of romantic piano music on one fantastic value double CD. |
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VARIOUS
100 Best Carols [6 CD set] Various Artists includes Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kiri te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2007 ] This 6-CD set contains all the best-loved carols that gladden and enrich the Christmas season, performed by outstanding choirs, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. |
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50 BEST ADAGIOS
50 Best Adagios [3 CD special price] Various Artists including Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet) & David Daniels (counter-tenor) [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2010 ] Sit back, relax and unwind to some of the most relaxing classical music performed by some of the finest EMI artists. There's nearly 4 hours of well-chosen music split across three CDs and featuring the world's best loved composers. Another winner. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Fado [3 CD set] Various Artists incls Aldina Duarte, Alfredo Marceneiro, Amalia Rodrigues, Antonio Mourao, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] A shawl, a guitar, a voice and heartfelt emotion: these are the ingredients of Fado, the celebrated form of world music that captures what it is to be Portuguese. Fado is the song that harnesses the Portuguese soul. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Film Classics [3 CD set] Various Artists including Sabine Meyer, Radu Lupu, Martha Argerich, Academy St Martin in the Fields, Taverner Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] Classical music used in such classic movies as 'The King's Speech', 'Gallipoli', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Out of Africa', 'Fantasia', 'Amadeus', 'The Living Daylights', 'Elizabeth' & 'Farinelli'. |
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BACH / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / FRANCK / SAINT-SAENS / etc
50 Best Organ Classics [3 CD set] Various Artists incls Fredric Bayco, Herrick Bunney, Melville Cook, Maurice Durufle, Simon Preston, Lionel Rogg, etc [ Emi Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2013 ] This 3CD set contains 50 tracks of popular organ music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest organists on a wide variety of instruments from all over the UK and Continental Europe. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
50 Best Wagner (3 CD set) Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson, Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig, etc [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world's leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price. |
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BALLROOM DANCE COLLECTION
Ballroom Dance Collection (10 CD set plus instructional DVD) Ray Hamilton Orchestra / Gary Tesca Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD/DVD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2008 ] The untimate collection of strict tempo ballroom music on 10 CD's accompanied by an instructional DVD. The music is performed by the mighty Ray Hamilton Orchestra along with some tracks by the Gary Tesca Orchestra. |