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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2006) The Bavarian State Opera / Edita Gruberova / Zoran Todorovich / Roberto Scandiuzzi / Sonia Ganassi / Markus Herzog / Friedrich Haider [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] "Gruberova delivers her own wholly individual interpretation ... she translates Bellini's interplay of pain, love and desire into physically palpable inner and outer drama. Immensely moving." - Die Welt |
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GARY DAVERNE
The Journey Kevin Friedrich (accordion), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Viscount / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Accordionist Kevin Friedrich plays the music of New Zealand composer Gary Daverne, with the NZSO, the Moravian Philharmonic and guests. Features the Anzac trilogy. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gösta Winbergh sings Richard Strauss Gösta Winbergh (tenor) Friedrich Haider (piano) [ Nightingale / CD - released 2/Sep/1993 ] Gosta Winbergh was born in Stockholm. There was no musical tradition in Winbergh's family. He himself was a building engineer when he watched his first opera performance in 1967; the experience so moved him that he decided on an operatic career.... |
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SIBELIUS / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / etc
Anthony Collins - Complete Decca Recordings Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer, Orchestras conducted by Anthony Collins [ Decca Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Including several recordings new to CD, the complete published Decca legacy of noted Sibelius conductor Anthony Collins is collected for the first time on disc. |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures and Intermezzi (Complete) Oviedo Filarmonía, Friedrich Haider [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] With his early theatrical successes, Wolf-Ferrari brought a transparency of sound and a sense of lightness and charm to the realm of Italian opera. Alongside these qualities came a renewal of opera buffa, of which he proved to be a master. |
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CRUSELL / SPOHR / MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Classic Clarinet: Best Loved Classical Clarinet Music Per Billman, Peter Schmidl, Ernst Ottensamer, Boris Rener, Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinets) with Sibylla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Leading performers inspired the greatest composers of their times to write imperishable masterpieces for the new instrument, exploiting its fullest range. |
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BACH / KRIEGER / ROSENMULLER / FINGER / ZELENKA
Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen: Cantatas for Soprano & Trumpet Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) / Berliner barock Compagney [ Phoenix Edition / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "…not only is Ziesak on cracking form but also she is supported by Reinhold Friedrich's sensitively complementary trumpet partnership and the constantly alert string playing of the Berline Barock Compagney." BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 ***** |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven:piano Sonatas Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |
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J.S. BACH
The Well-tempered Clavier Book 1 Friedrich Gulda [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] Philips mighty DUO (2 for 1) series continues! |
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J.S. BACH
The Well-tempered Clavier Book 2 Friedrich Gulda [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] Gulda's interpretations of these pieces are classics in our day, revealing him to be an intriguing as well as a brilliant interpreter of Bach's keyboard music. |
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W. A. MOZART
The Gulda Mozart Tapes 2: Six Sonatas Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] "I've been preparing for this for a long time. I wanted to know how this music feels. I can now say that it feels marvellous." (Friedrich Gulda) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 23 & 26, 'Coronation' Friedrich Gulda (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Both concertos are re-examined and renewed by Friedrich Gulda and Nikolaus Harnoncourt - two Austrian musicians who are as questing as they are stylish. |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 20, 21, 25 & 27 Friedrich Gulda (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2000 ] Mozart's most famous piano concertos at a very special price! |
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J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (complete) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Michala Petri (recorder) & Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete Works for Cello and Piano Pierre Fournier (cello) / Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ DG Original Masters / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] The original recordings were released on 3 LPs and we described at the time as "A rare treat and an absolute must for every collector of choice chamber music" - Fono Forum (1960) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach Adagio [incls 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' & 'Air on a G string'] Riccardo Chailly, Kyung-Wha Chung, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Grosvenor, Friedrich Gulda, Janine Jansen, Andreas Schiff, Pepe Romero, etc [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] The Adagios series has generated almost €7 million since the late 90s. Here with a refreshed tracklist and presented with a contemporary look is Bach Adagio. This compilation includes over two hours of instrumental music from orchestral to chamber... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder Edita Gruberova (soprano) Friedrich Haider (piano) [ Warner Classics Maestro / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] "Gruberova, at the peak of her career, is a technically superb and perceptive interpreter in this extensive 1991 selection, matched by Haider's accompaniment. His original notes and translations are sadly lacking." (BBC Music) |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / MAHLER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Claudio Abbado & The Vienna Philharmonic: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, with Maria Joao Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Friedrich Gulda (piano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Juliane Banse (so [ Deutsche Grammophon / 58 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2013 ] Claudio Abbado's complete recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker on Deutsche Grammophon in a 58 CD Limited Edition box set. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Astrid Varnay / Helen Traubel / Lauritz Melchior / Kerstin Thorborg / Friedrich Schorr / Alexander Kipnis / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Erich Leins [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Saturday 6th December 1941 was a momentous afternoon in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, The opera - Die Walkure - was well enough known to the theatre and radio audiences that day, but this particular performance was eagerly... |
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Boog/Friedrich/Eisenlohr
Schubert: European Poets V.2 [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |