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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (3 LP) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafi [ Warner Classics LP / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 8/Sep/2023 ] "To have Callas, the most flashing-eyed of all sopranos as Turandot, is the most natural piece of casting. With her Turandot was not just an implacable man-hater but a highly provocative female" Gramophone |
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EVGUENI GALPERINE
Galperine: Theory of Becoming (LP) Maria Vasyukova (voice), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Sebastien Hurtaud (violoncello) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] The ECM New Series debut of Evgueni Galperine is one of the most strikingly original and evocative albums of the year. A composer of Russian and Ukrainian heritage, living in Paris since 1990, Galperine is working with sound, texture and dynamics in... |
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BACH / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Martha Argerich - Live at the Concertgebouw (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Nederlands Kamerorkest, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 4 LP - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The difficulty in writing about the piano playing of Martha Argerich is that it is now, and always has been, so relentlessly good." Gramophone "She is still generally regarded as the greatest pianist alive today." The Guardian |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Original recording from 1971 |
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MATTEO MYDERWYK
Nocturnal Blues (LP) Matteo Myderwyk (piano) [ Warner Classics / LP - released 20/Mar/2026 ] Nocturnal Blues, an ode to the night, is music for those who listen best when the world is silent. A collection of 15 contemplative, impressionistic nocturnes. Music for moments of reflection, memory, and tenderness - illuminated by the soft... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Impressions: The Sound of Debussy (LP) Michel Béroff, Samson François, Yuri Egorov (pianos) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini / Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard, etc [ Warner Classics / LP - released 5/Mar/2018 ] "Music would take over at the point at which words become powerless, with the one and only object of expressing that which nothing but music could express… I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos in D & C (LP) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] "A quite extraordinary achievement. Marvellously expressive cello playing. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating" (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (LP) Simone Kermes, Stephanie Houtzeel, Markus Brutscher / MusicAeterna / New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Mozart's Requiem is a supreme masterpiece of the history of music and a work inextricably bound up with the Mozartian legend. Now Alpha's recording of it under the direction of Teodor Currentzis is given a new lease of life in a vinyl reissue. A... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Five Ruckert-Lieder (LP) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker (mezzo) [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 5/Nov/2021 ] "… an interpretation of commitment and intensity and the recording is one of the finest I have heard from EMI." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) [3 LP] Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / 3 LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone) |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass Essentials: An 80th Anniversary Tribute (LP) Nicolas Horvath (piano) [ Grand Piano / LP - released 13/Jan/2017 ] This compilation celebrates Philip Glass's 80th birthday through his unique contribution to the solo piano repertoire. It features a selection of the intricately melodic Etudes which are both technique-expanding and intimately personal statements.... |
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STRAVINSKY / BERG / SCRIABIN
Petruschka-Suite • Sonate Op. 1 • Klavierstücke Oleg Maisenberg (piano) [ Orfeo / LP - released 1/Aug/2015 ] |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works [Includes 'Bolero'] (LP) Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] This LP includes three of Maurice Ravel's masterpieces, the Boléro, La Valse and the Rapsodie espagnole. The recordings where painstakingly remastered in 24-bit/96kHz sound from original tapes for the Cluytens Edition made in 2017 |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets (LP) Philhamonia Orchestra, Simon Rattle, with the Ambrosian Singers [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Simon Rattle's original 1980 recording of The Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra. This is still a reference version of this iconic work by Gustav Holst. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Trois Nocturnes (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] "I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it... There is no theory. You only have to listen. Pleasure is the law". Claude Debussy |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Klemperer Conducts Wagner (3 LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Several of the recordings on this disc date from 1960, when Otto Klemperer celebrated his 75th birthday and Wieland Wagner, the composer's grandson, saluted the conductor as "a unique artistic phenomenon". |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture (LP) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] An iconic recording of Sir John Barbirolli dedicated to Edward Elgar's masterpiece, the Enigma Variations, together with the Cockaigne Overture, all performed with passion by Barbirolli and the Philharmonia Orchestra. remastered from original tapes... |
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Ombra mai fu: Francesco Cavalli Opera Arias (LP) Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Artaserse, with EmÅ‘ke Baráth, Marie-Nicole Lemieux [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Jaroussky is at his best in these whispery, crooned laments where the voice treads the line between sound and silence" Gramophone Awards 2019 Winner - Recital |
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J. S. BACH
The Best of Antonio Vivaldi (LP) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Lorenzo Cavasanti (recorder) Christopher Warren-Green (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Warner Classics is excited to introduce another new vinyl compilation of recordings of the works of the renowned genius red-haired priest: Antonio Vivaldi. On his death in 1741, he fell into total oblivion. |
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HENRY PURCELL
Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell (LP) Philippe Jaroussky, Raquel Andueza, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Dominique Visse, Trovesi, Muthspiel / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar [ Warner Classics / LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Music for a while, an album based on the haunting, graceful and sometimes deeply moving music of Henry Purcell. |