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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. |