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Camaron De La Isla
Legends of Flamenco [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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BACH / MONTEVERDI / GESUALDO / VICTORIA / GABRIELI / etc
The Sacred Flame: European Sacred Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras The Cambridge Singers / La Nuova Musica / John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "A new recording by John Rutter and his Cambridge Singers is always welcome...You'll be happy with the performances, which throughout this recording are at the high level we always expect from this choir and director." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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TELEMANN
Wind Concertos Volume 1 Camerata Köln & La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider [ CPO / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] The Camerata Köln and La Stagione Frankfurt under Michael Schneider interpret these works with freshness, verve, and depth. |
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FRANCISCO SOTO DE LANGA
Soto De Langa: 20 Laude Spirituali Capilla Musical de la Iglesia Nacional Espanola de Roma|Alessandro Quarta [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Born in the context of the popular devotion of the peoples of the Mediterranean during the late Middle Ages, the spiritual lauda became well established in the central part of Italy, where a strong oral tradition is still preserved today. They were... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 & 6 others Carolyn Sampson (sop) Charles Brett (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (b) / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "The soloists are outstanding, with Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore in especially communicative form… Outstanding work; Herreweghe's occasional oratorios are beginning to achieve some kind of critical mass, a very fine series of Bach recordings... |
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Caspir/Conti/Maolaioli/La Scal
Verdi: La Traviata [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] |
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Paul Moravec
Paul Moravec: Useful Knowledge Cecilia Brauer (glass harmonica), Randall Scarlata, Amy Burton, Simon Mulligan (piano), La Fenice & Trio Solisti [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Moravec's tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Useful Knowledge, is a soliloquy-come-fantasy that celebrates Franklin's pioneering rationality with music of dextrous imagination. |
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RAMEAU
Les Grands Motets La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Music from the age of Enlightenment |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs No. 65 Charles Matthews (The Cavaille-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Priory / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Opera Australia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Cheryl Barker's voice opens up excitingly on the top notes, but in the medium-high range her timbre has no especial qualities. She gives a committed performance" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
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Choeur De Chambre De Namur/La
Sayve: Messe Pour Le Sacre De [ Ricercar / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] |
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VERDI
Gerusalemme [Jerusalem] (complete opera) Marcello Giordani, Philippe Rouillon, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Daniel Borowski, Simon Edwards / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Fabio Luisi [ Decca Operas / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] |
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HANDEL
Orlando (complete opera) Christophe Dumaux, Elena de la Merced, Jean-Michel Fumas / La grande Ecurie et la Chamvre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] In his setting of Orlando (drawn from Tasso's Orlando furioso) Handel offers us a score of remarkable dramatic power, diversity and originality. |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Te Deum Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Jean Tubéry; La Fenice; Les Agrémens [ Ricercar / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] The works presented on this CD place us firmly in the midst of the events and ceremonies of 17th century France, the period known as the Grand Siècle. That period's unusually splendid pomp and ceremony can be seen in the famous Te Deum, whilst the... |
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JOHN BLOW
Venus and Adonis Céline Scheen & Marc Mauillon / Les Musiciens du Paradis & La Maîtrise de Caen, Bertrand Cuiller [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] After the successes of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Cadmus & Hermione, Alpha is continuing its audiovisual exploration of lyric repertoires offering, for the first time on DVD, John Blow's Venus and Adonis, accompanied by his Ode to Saint Cecilia.. |
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Cluytens/No De La Radiodiffus
Shostakovich:symphony No.11 [ Testament / CD ] |
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ANONYMOUS
Canto Gregoriano - Polyphonic hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Recorded in the 1970's to become a global best seller in 1994, the legendary Canto Gregoriano introduced new audiences to the sublime sound of Gregorian Chant. Re-issued with new artwork to mark the 2016 Jubilee of the Pilgrimage to Santiago. |
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GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / WAXMAN
American Impressions Rachel Kolly d'Alba (violin) / Orchestre National de la Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This is a fun album, worth hearing particularly for the terrific Bernstein performance" (International Record Review) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2009) Daniela Barcellona / Lance Ryan / Elisabete Matos / Gabriele Viviani / Eric Cutler / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Valery Gergiev [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "while Padrissa's computer projections and airborne acrobats achieve memorable visions, he underproduces the human element. Embattled Troy is a dystopian ruin under nuclear dustclouds, the robotic Trojan Horse unleashing, like an internet 'Trojan',... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Unsung Heroes Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice, Lucy Crowe (vocals) / Paul Sharp (trumpet) Roger Montgomery (horn) Joe Walters (horn) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "This project is a heroic achievement for all involved." Recording of the Month BBC Music Magazine Christmas 2021 |