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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne (Complete Operetta recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY héâtre des Champs-Élysées / Jodie Devos, Rodolphe Briand, Marc MauIllon, Sandrine Buendia / Romain Dumas (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2023 ] With its tale of romantic intrigues, disguises and comic celebrations of the mad gaiety of life in the French capital, La Vie parisienne became popular in the nation's theatres, , but not after a hasty re-working of its final acts. |
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TANSMAN
Chamber Music with Clarinet Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) / Eliane Reyes (piano) / Francis Pierre (harp) / Quatuor Elysee [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] "Tansman was never less than an efficient craftsman." Gramophone |
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MILHAUD
Suite for Clarinet, Viiolin & Piano / Scaramouche / Violin Sonata No 2 Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) Frederic Pelassy (violin) Eliane Reyes (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Frédéric Pélassy (violin) & Eliane Reyes (piano) |
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TANSMAN
Clarinet Concerto / Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings / Six Movements for Strings Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) / Laurent Decker (oboe) / Silesian Chamber Orchestra / Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Polish-born and active in Paris and the USA, Tansman had a successful career and his music now enjoys renewed interest worldwide. The sinuous contours and tender melodies of his Clarinet Concerto contrast with the ever-changing musical styles of his... |
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Jean-Marc Luisada
Chopin: Ballades [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/May/2011 ] |
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DEBUSSY / FELDMAN / DAHL / BERNSTEIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / COSTELLO / GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Michael Tilson Thomas - Complete Deutsche Grammophon & Argo Recordings Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Paul Zukofsky (violin), Frederica von Stade; Thomas Hampson / London Symphony, Boston Symphony, etc, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Michael Tilson Thomas's complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (1970-2003) and Argo (1992-1995) encapsulate the conductor's restlessly exploratory nature and masterful handling of the modern orchestra. The recordings in this collection... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Jean-Marc Luisada plays Chopin Jean-Marc Luisada (piano) with Quatuor Talich [ RCA Red Seal / 7 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] "These are unabashedly full-blooded readings....overall the quality of his pianism and his total emotional and intellectual commitment add up to a very impressive disc indeed - beautifully recorded too." (BBC Music) |
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BEETHOVEN / VRANITZKY
Oboe Trios John Abberger (oboe) Marc Schachman (oboe) Lani Spahr (cor anglais) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] The oboes here are copied from the original instrument at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. The cor anglais is copied from an instrument in the national museum of Portugal in Lisbon. |
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John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine
John Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] Recorded live at Boston's Nightstage club in 1988 this album found John Abercrombie both pushing sonic boundaries on guitar synthesizer and, on regular jazz guitar, deepening his relationship to the world of standards. In this trio he had exceptional... |
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Marc Johnson, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Peter Erskine
Bass Desires [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Recorded in May 1985, Marc Johnson's 'Bass Desires' album is now re-issued on CD at a special price, in a stylish digipak cover - to coincide with ECM's 40th Anniversary. |
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ASSANDRA / CACCINI / LEONARDA / STROZZI
Il Canto delle Dame María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Amandine Beyer, Alba Roca (violins), Sylvie Moquet (viole de gambe), Mara Galassi (harp) & Jean-Marc Aymes (harpsichor [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 25/Aug/2010 ] The genesis of Concerto Soave is closely bound up with the music of 17th -century Italian composers. Thus the ensemble was the first, some 15 years ago, to devote a recording to the Sacri Musicali Affetti of Barbara Strozzi (for empreinte digitale).... |
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W.A. MOZART
Essential Mozart [10 CD set] Klara Wurtz (piano) Harmen de Boer (clarinet) Marc Grauwels, Peter-Lukas Graf (flutes) Brandis Quartet / English Chamber Orchestra / Philharmonia Orc [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] OVER 600 MINUTES OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS. His last two symphonies (40 and 41) have to be there, just like the Clarinet Concerto and the Requiem. Also included are some piano concertos (9 and 23), flute concertos serenades, piano sonatas and more. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Marc Mauillon (Orfeo), Luciana Mancini (Euridice), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Jordi Savall is painting Monteverdi in the colours of the Mediterranean. The Catalan maestro has entrusted the title role of this foundational work of Western music to a remarkable baritone: the magnificent Marc Mauillon embodies Orfeo, his resonant... |
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Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli, Balázs Pándi
Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli, Balázs Pándi [ Trost / LP - released 12/Jul/2019 ] New York based producer Marc Urselli had the idea to bring people together who had never met before and let that meeting of minds create beautiful soundscapes. Film director and musician Jim Jarmusch, Sonic Youth co-founder and guitarist Lee Ranaldo... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Magdalena Kožená, Erin Morley, Alois Mühlbacher, Anna Bonitatibus, Elizabeth DeShong, Valerio Contaldo, Alex [ Pentatone / 3 CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] "..a tour de force performance in the title role from the mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená. She keeps the emotional import of the words she sings absolutely front and centre of her delivery." The Guardian |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Port of Call. Buenos Aires Louise Bessette (piano), Marc Djokic (violin), Chloe Dominguez (cello) [ Analekta / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] After Wim Statius Muller's Caribbean, pianist Louise Bessette turns to Astor Piazzolla's Argentina for the second part of her "Piano Around the World" series, which explores sophisticated music with popular roots. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 1 [Symphonies Nos 1 & 2] Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "Without any comparisons I was wholly engrossed in these readings and the playing of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the recording of it is up to the highest standards." (MusicWeb April 2015) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Saint-Saëns wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozart-influenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17 he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 2 [Symphony No 3 'Organ' & Symphony in A Major] Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Apr/2015 ] "This is a fine disc, with excellent orchestral playing throughout, guided by sure-footed stylistic and structural direction from Soustrot." MusicWeb |
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Marc Almond
Chaos And A Dancing Star [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] This album was made in collaboration with producer, songwriter and pianist Chris Braide, who also worked on 'The Velvet Trail'. An Ivor Novello winner and a Grammy nominee, Braide's many high profile credits include work with artists such as Sia |