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ALUN HODDINOTT
Symphony No.2 / Symphony No.3 / Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar / David Atherton / Andrew Davis [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue of three demonstrations of that fact is welcome. … these symphonies are more than ‘resourceful’, more than examples of formal... |
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Los Nemus Del Pacifico
Me Gusta Todo [ Riverboat / CD - released 25/Feb/2008 ] |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / MOZART / DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLO / DVORAK
Opera Gold: 50 Greatest Tracks Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Mario del Monaco, Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renee Fleming, Jonas Kaufmann [ Decca Music Group / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Decca, the opera company, presents a premium collection of the most beautiful opera tracks on 3 CDs. Classic arias and preludes performed by the greatest opera stars of all time. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Ludovic Tézier: Verdi Ludovic Tézier (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin [ Sony Classics / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch / Ulster Orchestra / Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Vernon Handley; Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] 'The Cello Concerto was written for Peers Coetmore who was to become his wife. Raphael Wallfischs playing makes the neglect of this glorious piece all the more astonishing.' Gramophone |
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Mantovani & Del Monaco
A Song For You [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] |
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DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete opera) [Recorded 1953] Maria Callas / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Tito Gobbi / Raffaele Arie / Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics / Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'Here is certainly some of the finest singing of our time, and there is one moment in the repeat of Spargi d'amaro when the voice is recorded with all the actuality of 3-dimensional sound. It is startling.' Gramophone 1954 |
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CILEA / GIODANO / CATALANI / BOITO / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / DELIBES
Maria Callas - Operatic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Dec/1986 ] 13 arias from a specially recorded recital by Maria Callas |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |
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Mario Del Monaco
Mario Del Monaco:arias [ Testament / CD ] |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
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ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
Italian Popular Songs 1 Mario Del Monaco / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Beniamino Gigli / Jussi Bjorling / Tito Schipa [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The selections in the present CD programme are all survivors of bygone eras. They are good tunes and, having been variously recorded since the advent of the gramophone by famous singers (and by mainly tenors), all have acquired a certain permanence. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Death in Venice (complete opera recorded live in 2008) Marlin Miller / R.-François Bitar / Scott Hendricks / Alessandro Riga / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice / Bruno Bartoletti [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Marlin Miller sings with a refined lyrical sensibility...the beauty and grandeur of the production on DVD make it an exceptional treat. It is unlikely we will see a Death in Venice to rival this one visually for a long time." (Gramophone Award... |
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POULENC / BRITTEN / DEBUSSY
Poulenc, Britten, Debussy: Concerto for 2 Pianos Mattia Ometto (piano) & Leonora Armellini (piano) / Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Luigi Piovano (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Three 20th-century masters, painting glittering rainbows of colours with two pianos. From Javanese gamelan to Mozart, from nursery rhymes to passionate outbursts, from primitive percussion to the café chantant, Francis Poulenc gathered up almost... |
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MEHUL
L'Irato ou l'Emporte Miljenko Turk / Cyril Auvity / Pauline Courtin / Alain Buet / Svenja Hempel / Georg Poplutz / Bonner Kammerchor / L'arte del Mondo / Werner Ehrhardt [ Capriccio / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "It was Napoleon who encouraged Mehul to leaven his more learned style with the graceful melodies of a Paisiello or a Chimarosa, though the result - as heard in this forgotten one-act comedie parade of 1801 - bespeaks a distinguished musician in... |
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VERDI / MOZART / MONTEVERDI / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / WAGNER
The Essential Opera Collection (19 DVD) Muziektheater Amsterdam / Glyndebourne Opera / Madrid Teatro Real / Gran Teatre del Liceu / Netherlands Opera / Royal Opera House / Paris Opera [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 19 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] The 'Essential Opera Collection' is an exciting new mid-price series that brings together popular operas and classic productions in simple stylish packaging. The ten launch titles represent the leading opera houses of the world, including The Royal... |
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ARNOLD BAX
Symphony No. 6 / Irish Landscape / Overtures New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Bax’s violent and phantasmal Sixth Symphony is the central work here and is also essential Bax in performance and recording terms...The Del Mar/Lyrita Bax 6 is violent and phantasmal - essential Bax in performance and recording terms. The other... |
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LALO / SARASATE / RAVEL / WAXMAN
Apasionado Ning Feng (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov [ Channel Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] On this CD, full of virtuoso firework, romantic lyricism and temperamentful folklore, the borders between Spain and France fade and passion takes over. When Ning Feng was asked to perform with the Spanish Orchestra Sinfónica del Principado de... |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Virtuosismo - Paganini & Vieuxtemps Ning Feng (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov [ Channel / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Sep/2019 ] "Feng produces playing of real poetry, with a firm, burnished tone" Gramophone |
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GIOVANNI SALVATORE
Salvatore - Organ-Alternatim Masses Nova Schola Gregoriana, In dulci jubilo, Alberto Turco, Federico Del Sordo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] Salvatore lived from 1620 till 1688, living and working as organist in Naples. His most important work is the collection of "Ricercari a Quattro voci, Canzoni, Canzoni Francesi, Toccate, et Versi per rispondere nelle Messe con l'Organo al Choro" |