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RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Piper of Dreams Juliana Koch (oboe), Michael McHale (piano), Julian Bliss (clarinet) [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] "I have nothing but praise for the irreproachable musicianship displayed by Juliana Koch (principal oboe with the LSO), who in turn enjoys sterling support from Michael McHale... All in all, a delectable disc." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2024 |
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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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ALEXANDER BLECHINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blechinger: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto Alexander Blechinger (violin) Igo Koch (piano) / Philharmonic Bohuslav Martinu, ORF Symphonieorchester, Paul Polivnick [ Antes / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded in 1997 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 2012) Staatskapelle Dresden / Renée Fleming, Robert Dean Smith, Sophie Koch / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 21/Jul/2013 ] "...Fleming's sense of the Straussian line cannot be faulted...Robert Dean Smith has a voice that lacks an individual stamp but his absolute security and tirelessly make his Bacchus...a success." (International Record Review) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Orchestral Works [5 CD set] Anna Tomowa-Sintow (sop) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, with Lothar Koch, oboe, & Norbert Hauptmann, horn [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Herbert von Karajan's Strauss recordings of the early 1980s, remastered in the 1990s, for the Karajan Gold Edition are a benchmark of lifetime of engagement with the composer in the concert hall and studio, and won unparalleled critical acclaim. |
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MASSENET
Werther (complete opera recorded in 2011) Rolando Villazon, Sophie Koch, Audun Iversen / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2012 ] "This is Massenet with an Italianate cut but his sense of drama is second to none, rising to white heat at the climax of that fateful Christmas Eve meeting." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012) |
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POULENC
Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "Patricia Petibon gives the performance of a lifetime as Blanche...[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2015 ] "[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." The Guardian |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / Sonatine / Sonate / Sarabande et Cortège Adam Walker (flute) Juliana Koch (oboe) Jonathan Davies (bassoon) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux's score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music's lyricism, phrased by Wilson with great tenderness." BBC |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Berlin State Opera / Wolfgang Koch, Andreas Schager, Anja Kampe, Matthias Hölle / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Sep/2016 ] The Wagner's mystic masterpiece "Parsifal" at Staatsoper Berlin staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov and conducted by Daniel Barenboim. |
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Feldshuh/Davis/Koch
Gottlieb: Sabbath Love Songs [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
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Fischer/Koch/Watzke/Wand
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [ Testament / CD - released 25/Nov/2002 ] |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana for solo guitar Gareth Koch (guitar) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 24/Apr/2006 ] Gareth Koch is one of Australia's most well respected musicians. His arrangement of Orff's seminal work Carmina Burana for solo guitar required the formulation of several new performance techniques. This ground breaking recording was recorded at the... |
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RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Juliana Koch (oboe), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999) was born in the English seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea. Encouraged as a child by an ambitious pianist mother, she appeared locally as a prodigy pianist. She was accepted by the Royal College of Music in 1937, at the age of... |
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J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-3 / Orchestral Suite No 4 Kammerorchester Berlin / Helmut Koch [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Wind Concertos Karl Leister (clarinet) Lothar Koch (oboe) Gunter Piesk (bassoon) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/Jan/1987 ] Recorded At - Französische Kirche, St. Moritz, Switzerland, August 1971 |
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La Jose, Vasco Hernandez, Los Alhama, Thomas Koch, Grupo Macarena, Domingo Patricio
Flamenco Passion [ ARC Music / CD - released 14/Feb/2019 ] Flamenco, hot and fiery, as well as mellow and tender, in a variety of styles and rhythms. |
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Robot Koch
Death Star Droid [ Project Mooncirlce / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Krassimira Stoyanova, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdmann, Silvana Dussmann / Franz Welser-Möst [ C Major / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2015 ] This unabbreviated version of The Rosenkavalier from Salzburg Festival 2014 became a triumph and received fantastic reviews. Staged by legendary Harry Kupfer. Great cast incl. Krassimira Stoyanova, Günther Groisböck, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdman,... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Die Frau ohne Schatten Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Wolfgang Koch, Nina Stemme / Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann [ Orfeo / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Opera |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 'Choral' Teresa Stich Randall (sop) Lore Fischer (contralto) Ferdinand Koch (tenor) Rudolf Watzke (bar) Orchestra of the Garzenich of Cologne / Gunter Wand [ Testament / CD - released 13/Dec/2002 ] Wand was in all respects very much his own man, sometimes as much musicologist as performer |
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CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / RACHMANINOV / KURPIĆSK
Piano Music from the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 Tobias Koch, Janusz Olejniczak, Tomasz Ritter, Hélène Tysman (pianos) [ Naxos Laureate Series: Guitar / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Following the success of the 1st Chopin Festival Hamburg 2018, the 2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 continues its unique approach of inviting pianists to perform on original historic instruments and, by way of comparison, on a modern grand piano. |
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EICHNER / BOIELDIEU / TOURNIER / DEBUSSY / NIELSEN / etc
Harp: Greatest works Jutta Zoff, Nora Koch, Marion Hoffmann (harps) with Duo Capriccio and other accompaniments [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] A new series from Berlin Classics which provides an overview of the character of each classical instrument, featuring a cross-section of both well-known and more unusual pieces from solo works to chamber and orchestral music. Wonderfully presented in... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Wiener Staatsoper / Soile Isokoski, Daniela Fally, Sophie Koch, Johan Botha / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Unitel / Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Director Sven- Erich Bechtolf "has again delved deeply into music and text", observed the opera magazine Opernnetz in its rave review of the performance captured here. "In Rolf Glittenberg's beautiful Jugendstil salon, he is constantly in touch with... |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Recorded in December 2012) [BLU-RAY] Wolfgang Koch, Kurt Streit, Franz Grundheber, Manuela Uhl / Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Bertrand de Billy, Keith Warner [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Recorded at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria, December 2012 |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Recorded in December 2012) Wolfgang Koch, Kurt Streit, Franz Grundheber, Manuela Uhl / Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Bertrand de Billy, Keith Warner [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Recorded at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria, December 2012 |