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Angus & Julia Stone
Cape Forestier [ Sony Music Australia / CD - released 10/May/2024 ] In 'Cape Forestier,' Angus and Julia Stone express their extraordinary journey through heartfelt songs, emphasizing the universal language of music that feels like home to them. The concept of home has evolved beyond a physical place for Angus and... |
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Angus & Julia Stone
Cape Forestier (Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music Australia / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] In 'Cape Forestier,' Angus and Julia Stone express their extraordinary journey through heartfelt songs, emphasizing the universal language of music that feels like home to them. The concept of home has evolved beyond a physical place for Angus and... |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Selected Film Themes Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present the world-premiere recording of John Williams's Violin Concerto no.2. The work was written for and recorded by the venerated composer's friend and frequent collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace [ SWR Classics / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 3/Apr/2001 ] Includes :- -'A Life With Beethoven' - a documentary film written and directed by Reiner E. Moritz |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / CLARA SCHUMANN
Brahms: Double Concerto & Clara Schumann: Piano Trio Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers - this is the first joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández. |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Blue Beth & Flo (Pianos / Piano Four Hands), Grace Davidson and Julia Doyle (sopranos), Joshua Davidson (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This is Oliver Davis' first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs'... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Frankfurt Opera / Julia Muzychenko, Enkelejda Shkoza, Alexey Tikhomirov, Anthony Robin Schneider / Sebastian Weigle (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Loy masses his choral scenes with gusto, and draws the characters with compassion and wit. It's the mixture of cheerfulness and melancholy that makes this opera sing, and Loy walks the line without compromise to his own aesthetic." Gramophone |
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Girls of the Golden West (Complete Opera) Julia Bullock, Ryan McKinny, Davone Tines, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack / Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] "The influence of Ives can be heard in the shifting layers; once a funeral march, now a Fourth of July celebration. As Dame Shirley, Julia Bullocks is on scintillating form, particularly as she acts out the part of Lady MacBeth in Act II." BBC Music |
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Julia Deans
We Light Fire [ Julia Deans / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] With the release of bold first single Walking In The Sun in September 2017, Julia Deans whet the appetite of fans and critics alike for her new album. It had been seven years since we were last seduced by her songwriting, when her acclaimed first... |
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Julia Deans
We Light Fire (LP) [ Julia Deans / LP - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "Whole new audiences have come of age since Julia Deans last put out a record, and for some listeners We Light Fire will be their introduction to her. For others, though, it will be a reminder of her multiple talents, and - when they are all woven... |
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FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn, (Felix & Fanny): Vom Himmel hoch, MWV A 22 / Gartenlieder, Op.3 / Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60, MWV D 3 Julia Doyle (soprano) Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Ashley Riches (baritone) / Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, David Temple [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "There's a wonderful breadth to the sound caught in St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb by the Chandos team. This new recording is surely the new benchmark." Gramophone |
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Julia Mestre
Maravilhosamente Bem (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 23/May/2025 ] Proudly presenting Maravilhosamente Bem the powerful, female-centred third album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, and creative director, Julia Mestre. Alongside being a member of the Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian supergroup, Bala Desejo,... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] 'The versions by Sitkovetsky and Vignoles … form a notable addition to the catalogue and represent a remarkable achievement by an artist making her debut on disc' (MusicWeb International) |
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MICHAEL WILLIAMS
The Juniper Passion Stepanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, James Loelu, etc, with orchestra & chorus [ Atoll Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2012 ] Three worlds collide in this moving tale of conflict, passion and betrayal. |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Italian Opera Arias Nuria Rial (soprano) / Kammerorchester Basel, Julia Schroder [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] "Rial's enchanting recital with the Basel Chamber Orchestra comprises high-quality arias...the orchestral performance is beautifully poised to support Rial's serene soprano?" BBC |
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Sophie Mashlan
Perfect Disaster [ Independent / CD ] This young singer-songwriter is in her final year as a pop music student at the University of Auckland, but while others are getting singles together she leaps out with a fully-fledged, professional and mature album which has elements of dark country... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] 'Sophie Rennert's voice is magnificently burnished, full and deep … the songs with viola form the centrepiece of the disc, and one could hardly hope for a finer exponent of the obbligato part than Lawrence Power' (MusicWeb) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Staatskapelle Dresden / Renée Fleming, Robert Dean Smith, Sophie Koch / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Filmed live in Baden-Baden by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier... |
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Angus And Julia Stone
Life Is Strange [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] Beloved duo Angus & Julia Stone release their first album in almost four years - a soundtrack to the video game, Life Is Strange: True Colors. Having recorded the album during the brief windows in which Angus and Julia weren't working on their... |
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BACH / BOLOGNE / PREVIN / VIVALDI / WILLIAMS
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter's Virtuosi Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) / Mutter's Virtuosi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Recorded earlier this summer at at Vienna's Musikverein to celebrate Anne-Sophie Mutter's 60th birthday. The album features the violinist with her ensemble of hand-picked musicians, Mutter's Virtuosi. |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 3 K216 & No 5 K219 (rec 1978) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 20/Oct/2004 ] "This is where Mutter's recording career and relationship with DG all began: her first recording alongside Karajan, just one year after the maestro invited the young prodigy to work with him." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
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ANDRE PREVIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Previn: Violin Concerto (with Bernstein-Serenade) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Nov/2003 ] 2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Hommage a Penderecki Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Lambert Orkis (piano) Roman Patkolo (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] In these intensely emotional performances, Mutter and Orkis respond to rapt audiences with playing of exceptional intimacy |
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EDOUARD LALO / PABLE de SARASATE / GEORGE BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Bizet: Carmen Suite & Jeux d'enfants Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] Today one of the world's top musicians - back then a child prodigy whose emotional power and technical prowess fascinated audiences and critics alike. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Trondheim Soloists [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/1999 ] Anne Sophie tackles Viv |
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BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / FRANCK / MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - Berlin Recital Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Orkis Mutter (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/1996 ] Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, Grosser Saal, 9/1995 |
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THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Contemporary |
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CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC / BRAHMS
Silvesterkonzert - New Year's Eve Concert 2015 Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir SImon Rattle / Anne-Sophie Mutter [ EuroArts DVD / DVD ] It is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin - and beyond: On New Year's Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together the musicians bid farewell to the old year and... |
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HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR & OTHERS
TÁR Cate Blanchett (piano), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello, vocals), Sophie Kauer (cello) / Dresdner Philharmonia, London Contemporary Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "More a concept album than a traditional musical facsimile of the film, the result is both creative and curious. Hildur Guðnadóttir's music lives within and without the film, and it rubs shoulders with snippets of Elgar and Mahler." BBC Music |
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W. A. MOZART
100 Best Mozart Daniel Barenboim, Neville Marriner, Jean Pierre Rampal, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Barry Tuckwell, Lucia Popp, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] The top 100 tracks loved the world over and made popular by films such as AMADEUS and featured in TV commercials. |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: St Matthew Passion [highlights] Elly Ameling, Julia Hamari, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Tom Krause / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] 'Many will be glad to hear Peter Pears's superb performance of the Evangelist' Gramophone, March 1965 |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Platée Genia KAhmeier, Toby Spence, Dietrich Henschel, Sophie KarthANuser, Markus Werba / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "Christie's conducting is masterly, totally in command of the idiom, faultless in dramatic timing and pacing, encouraging of vivid and colourful characterisation from his singers, and easily ticking off the score's comic tricks." Gramophone |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Complete opera recorded in 2021) Georgy Vasiliev (tenor) Julia Muzychenko (soprano) Enkelejda Shkoza (mezzo) Alexey Tikhomirov (bass) / Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "Some will doubtless be glad to enjoy Rimsky's ravishing score without Loy's visuals... It's also hugely enjoyable in its own right, throwing a particular spotlight on Sebastian Weigle's affectionate, alert conducting." Gramophone |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone / La Nuova Musica, Davis Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "High praise, then, for David Bates and his ensemble." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Opera |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Edita Gruberova / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Kurt Masur [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] "Jessye Norman's is a commanding, noble, deeply felt performance, ranging extraordinarily wide; she provides the perfectfocus for a cast as near ideal as anyone could assemble today." (Penguin Guide) |
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ABRAHAM / BENATSKY / KALMAN / LEHAR / STOTZ / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - You Mean the World to Me Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder, with Julia Kleiter (soprano) [ Sony / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] 'It's been a while since a major tenor recorded operetta repertoire, and Jonas Kaufmann does not disappoint.' (BBC Music Vocal Pick of the Month Christmas 2014) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 24 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 1 Julia Borchert (soprano) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] This is the first of four discs of Schubert's settings of the 'romantic' poets. |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Scheidemann: Organ Works, Vol. 5 (Fuga in D minor, Kyrie dominicale, Magnificat IV Toni, etc) Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos The Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "Given the Naxos price policy there is no excuse not to collect these Scheidemann recordings, wonderful music, in this instance compellingly played." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |