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VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Eleonora Buratto - Indomita Eleonora Buratto (soprano) / Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Sesto Quatrini [ Pentatone / CD - released 7/Mar/2025 ] On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton... |
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SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT
Frauenliebe- und Leben / Lieder far Gretchen Elly Ameling (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] " ..a real charmer…, recorded when Ameling had a glorious early maturity as a vocal artist." ---Phil Muse, Atlanta Audio Society |
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SCHUBERT
Lieder (Incls An Sylvia & Die Liebe hat gelogen) (Rec 1972/75) Elly Ameling (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Amelings interpretations surpass superlatives….This is Ameling in 1972 and 1975 at her absolute peak….In the Philips stereo releases Ameling sings equally good, but only in the PentaTone edition you can hear what producers Wilhelm Hellweg and... |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT
Opera & Concert Arias Elly Ameling (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Yet another winner from PentaTone! This SA-CD is a delight from start to finish. Elly Ameling's lovely voice is captured to perfection in each of these Mozart and Schubert arias recorded in London (1972) and Rotterdam (1975) respectively." ---SA-CD... |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / FourNorwegian Dances English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Over the centuries, a number of composers possessed a particularly distinct flair for writing universally recognisable melodies. Norwegian romantic composer Edvard Grieg arguably is one of them. It was violinist Ole Bull who not only advised Grieg's... |
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C.P.E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.): Sinfonias for Strings [Hamburg Symphonies for Strings, Wq. 182 (H567-662)] The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] "Seldom has a musical composition of a more exalted, saucy, and humorous character poured forth from such an ingenious soul." This is what the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung reported following a private performance of the works of Carl Philipp... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Severino Gazzelloni (flute) / I Musici [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
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Eschkenazy/Boni/Concertgebouw
Mozart/Schubert:vln Concerto [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Dec/2002 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058 Francesco Corti (harpsichord) / Il Pomo d'Oro [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "If you like Bach fast but not too furious, this new recording could be for you" MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Harpsichord Concertos Part III Francesco Corti (harpsichord) Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord), Il pomo d'oro [ Pentatone / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] "There is no audible way of knowing who is who unless you happen to be following the score. So enjoyable is the music-making, however, that you'll soon want to stop doing that and just listen." Editor's Choice Gramophone Oct 22 |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part II: Francesco Corti, il pomo d'oro Francesco Corti, Andrés Locatelli, Alessandro Nasello, Evgenii Sviridov, Marcello Gatti [ Pentatone / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Francesco Corti and il pomo d'oro continue their acclaimed series of Bach harpsichord concertos with a recording of the concertos BWV 1044, 1054, 1056 and 1057. This completes the cycle of seven "official" harpsichord concertos that Bach composed.... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata Francesco Corti, il pomo d'oro, Kathryn Lewek, John Chest [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] Il pomo d'oro and Francesco Corti present Handel's Apollo e Dafne and Armida abbandonata, together with two outstanding vocalists: soprano Kathryn Lewek (Armida & Dafne) and baritone John Chest (Apollo). Handel composed these two cantatas shortly... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas Francesco Piemontesi [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi interprets Schubert's last three piano sonatas (D958-D960) on his PENTATONE debut album, after years of engagement with these extraordinary works. These sonatas continue to fascinate pianists and listeners until... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Sonata & Transcendental Etudes Francesco Piemontesi (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Pianist Francesco Piemontesi presents Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes and Sonata in B Minor, two of the highest mountains to climb within the piano repertoire. The metaphor of climbing a mountain not only applies to the technical demands placed... |
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PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano Concertos (plus Schlime - 3 Improvisations) Francesco Tristano Schlime (piano) / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "A shining new talent forces you to listen to these concertos anew. If you can judge a pupil by his teachers, Schlimé comes with the highest pedigree, counting Mikhail Pletnev as his tutor. It is the Russian who conducts him here and his faith is... |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring (complete ballet) The Firebird (Suite 1919) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] All Igor Stravinsky needed to establish his worldwide reputation were three ballet works, composed in Paris between 1910 and 1913: L'Oiseau de Feu, Petrushka and Le Sacre du Printemps. It was in this period that the impresario Serge Diaghilev brought... |
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MOZART / ROSSINI
Opera Arias Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A mostly satisfying experience." - Scott Morrison (Amazon.co.uk) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 Georg Kallweit, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Pentatone / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2021 ] BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES OF HANDEL'S MASTERWORKS Handel's concerti grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6 are among the most exceptional instrumental music of the baroque age, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin brings out all the brilliance of these delightful... |
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Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig
Brahms: Serenades [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Four Symphonies / Overtures [3 SACD set] Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] These Philips recordings of the Brahms Symphonies performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Kurt Masur, are thought to be some of the best recordings of these works ever made. These remastered quadro recordings are available at a bargain price. |