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BARTOK
Piano Concertos 1 - 3 Gaza Anda, piano, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and Fricsay is an ideal Bartokian" - Penguin Guide |
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 / Lyric Suite / etc Helsinki Strings / Norwegian Radio Orchestra [ Apex / CD - released 26/Aug/2002 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / ALBERTO GINASTERA / PABLO de SARASATE
Hilary Hahn - Eclipse Hilary Hahn (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Concerto |
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NICOLO PAGANINI / LOUIS SPOHR
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 8 Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eiji Oue [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] 'Hilary Hahn, this queen of Apollonian clarity and compelling concentration...In her playing the wondrously singing lyrical passages were a response to the flawless ecstasy of supreme violinistic artistry.' Süddeutsche Zeitung |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Coronation Mass / Missa Brevis in C major / Exsultate, jubilate / etc Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Horst Laubenthal, Keith Engen / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Kubelik draws a fine, vivid performance of the Coronation Mass from his Bavarian forces and is no less impressive in the Missa brevis...Edith Mathis gives a first-class account of the Exsultate, jubilate as an encore." - Penguin Guide |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU / HANS KRASA / VIKTOR KALABIS
Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "An unalloyed joy from first chord to last...The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra's accompaniment is sensitive and ideal, and Esfahani plays like an angel." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Concerto |
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MOZART / WAGNER / SCHUMANN / HUMPERDINCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Matthias Goerne - Arias Matthias Goerne (baritone) Dorothea Raschmann (soprano) Swedish Radio Symphony [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2000 ] This is Matthias Goerne's first recording of opera arias |
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BERNSTEIN
Symphony No 3 / Chichester Psalms karita Mattila (soprano) Yehudi Menuhin (speaker) / Maitrise de Radio france / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio Fance [ Warner Maestro / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] Bernstein struggled for years with his third symphony, "Kaddish," for narrator, soprano soloist, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra. Kaddish is a prayer used in services of mourning that at the same time praises God's greatness. The central... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Faramondo (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Sophie Karthäuser, Marina de Liso / Choeur de la Radio Suisse, Lugano & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2003 ] "The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommend to diehard Handel fans." The Telegraph |
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RAVEL
Daphnis et ChloAC (complete ballet) Orchestre Philharmonique et Coeur de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Aug/2006 ] Ravel's one-act ballet 'Daphnis et Chloé' features some of the composer's most alluring and exotic music. Ravel referred to this work as 'symphonie chorégraphique' - a large-scale, colourful musical journey through the sensual world of Daphnis and... |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Les Beatitudes Louise Lebrun, Jane Berbié, Nathalie Stutzmann, Marcel Vanaud, etc / Nouvel Orchestre philharmonique & Choeurs de Radio France, Armin Jordan [ Erato Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] "recorded at a live occasion in Paris, the acoustic is a good one for soloists, choir and orchestra alike, while the conductor Armin Jordan shows the right kind of sympathy with the style." Gramophone |
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BUSONI
Piano Concerto / Fantasia Contrappuntistica Victoria Postnikova (piano) / National de France Orchestra & Choeurs de Radio France Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
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The Radio Dept.
Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 [ Labrador / 2 CD ] |
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ROSSINI
Overtures (with Bizet-Preludes and Ballet Music from Carmen) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] "Fricsay is an easy recommendation for those not minding fast overall speeds. The orchestral playing is well up to the chosen tempi, the recording is first-rate and the whole effect exhilarating." [Rossini Overtures] Penguin Guide, 1966 |
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SAINT-SAENS
La Muse et le Poète [Violin & Cello Concertos] Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Violinist Renaud Capuçon and his cellist brother Gautier are joined by the young French conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a programme of works by Camille Saint-Saëns. |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Das land Des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) (complete operetta directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt) Rene Kollo, Birgit Pitsch-Sarata, Dagmar Koller, Heinz Zednik, Fred Liewehr / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Wolfgang Ebert (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 9/May/2006 ] G :- While most works from the heyday of German operetta have long disappeared from the stage, Franz Lehár's Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of a Smile) is an exception that is well-known to today's music-loving public |
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J. STRAUSS / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / GODARD / ARDITI / FLOTOW / etc
Waltzes & Arias Rita Streich (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie orchester Berlin, RIAS-Symphonie Orchester Berlin [ Newton Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "…she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." (Gramophone) |
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RALPH BENATZKY
Benatzky: Im Weiben Rossl [The White Horse Inn] Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Minich, Benno Hoffmann, Peter Kraus / Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Willy Mattes [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / CD - released 14/May/2012 ] |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Ma Vlast / 'Bartered Bride' orchestral excerpts Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Má vlast (meaning "My homeland" in the Czech language) is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements and - with the exception of Vltava - is almost always recorded that... |
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JANACEK
Capriccio / Concertino / On an Overgrown Path / Piano Sonata Rudolf Firkun (Piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik [ DG Originals / 2 CD - released 22/May/2000 ] The DG Original Recordings series continues! |