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BERG / WEBERN / SCHOENBERG
Music of the Viennese School: Orchestral Works Claudia Barainsky (soprano) / Orchester Musikollegium Winterthur / Jac van Steen [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Winterthur is the name of an insurance company. And a policy that paid off for the Viennese avant-gardists Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and Arnold Schönberg, who were ostracized at home and welcomed Werner Reinhart's invitations. This farsighted patron... |
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J. S. BACH
Missa (1733) Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Rotraud Hansmann, Max van Egmond / Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus H [ Warner Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "admirable performance and excellent recording … all Bach-lovers must know Harnoncourt's style by now; the buoyant flow of the opening Kyrie, for example, the springy rhythms and lightness of touch." (Gramophone) |
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Mozart, Wo
Bastien und Bastienne Der Schauspieldirektor Cotrubas, Lehrberger, van der Bilt; Gruberova, Laki, Moser, Gáti; Mozarteum Orchester, Leopold Hager [ ORFEO / CD - released 18/Jul/2006 ] |
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DENNIS JOHNSON / PHILIP GLASS / TOM JOHNSON / PETER GARLAND / TERRY RILEY / etc
Minimal Piano Collection Volume XXI‐XXVIII Jeroen Van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Clasics / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2017 ] This 8CD set bring the listener back to the roots of Minimalism, all works were written in the seventies of the 20th century, a time when the new aesthetics and perception of music, sound, repetition and time experience were creating a new chapter in... |
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Dick Van Dyke
Songs I Like: Expanded Edition [ Jasmine / CD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] Something of a late starter, Dick Van Dyke was already in his mid-30s when he landed the lead role of Albert J. Peterson in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie, in 1960, following which his career began to take off. The Original Cast soundtrack LP... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn Portrait: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, operas, songs, choral & instrumental] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Klara Wurtz, Gil Sharon, Frans Bruggen, Frank van de Laar, Jos van Immerseel, and many more [ Brilliant Classics / 41 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] This 40CD set includes all his major orchestral works, including the 5 symphonies, the evergreen violin concerto in E minor, the music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Elijah, the First Piano Trio, Octet, Songs without Words and a selection of his Lieder. |
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MOZART / RAVEL / CHOPIN / BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Dinu Lipatti: Icon Dinu Lipatti (piano) with Otto Ackermann, Ernest Ansermet, Eduard van Beinum, and others [ EMI Icon / 7 CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] "Doubtless collectors will have the majority of these performances on various labels, and will have filled in rarities such as appeared on such as Jecklin. But I commend the balance between known and rare in this extensive collection." (MusicWeb... |
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ONSLOW / CHERUBINI
String Quintets Diogenes Quartett, with Manuel van der Nahmer (cello) [ CPO / CD - released 29/May/2006 ] |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: 4-Hand Piano Music Dúo Van Duá (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Albéniz's distinctive musical vocabulary, with its sensual harmonies, rich melodic lines and characteristic rhythmic figures, has ensured lasting popularity, not least in his music for the piano. |
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DVORAK
Symphony No. 6 & Overtures Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol. 9 (Incls 'Trois Hymns') Ben van Oosten (Organ) [ MDG / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Klassik heute raved of Vol. 1 of the Dupré complete recording, "Ben van Oosten once again proves to be one of the few organ interpreters who do not forget the performance aspect in their attention to musicological precision." |
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Dutch National Ballet (ballet company), Hans van Manen, Reiner E. Moritz
Moving To Music (a Film By Reiner E. Moritz) & Hommage à Hans van Manen (metaforen; Adagio Hammerklavier; Frank Bridge Variations) [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Guided by his idol George Balanchine, Hans van Manen has striven all his life to create meaning in his choreography. |
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Eberhard Weber (electric double bass, keyboards) with Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn)
Encore [ ECM / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Encore is a companion volume to Résumé the widely-praised solo album issued in 2011. Eberhard Weber returns once more to the many live recordings of his tenure with the Jan Garbarek Group, isolating his bass solos and reworking them into new pieces... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 12 & 14 Edna Stern (piano) Orchestre d’Auvergne, Arie van Beek (direction) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] After a praised discography; Ciacconas of JS BACH diapason découverte in 2005, Préludes, Chorals & Fugues de JS BACH diapason d'or in 2009, several records in romantic music; Schumann in 2007, Chopin in 2010, Edna Stern offers her first concerto... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Chamber Music (Includes Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 & Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40) (Rec 1990-1992) Edward Auer (piano) Paul Rosenthal (violin) Godfried Hoogeveen (cello) Isabelle van Keulen (violin and viola) Timora Rosler (cello) Klara Wartz (piano [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] This set of 3 CD's contains seven of the best works for small ensembles and solo instrument by Shostakovich. |
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CHOPIN / GLUCK / GRANADOS / HAYDN / HINDEMITH / MENDELSSOHN / etc
The Emanuel Feuermann Edition: The Complete English Columbia Recordings & Early German Parlophone Recordings Emanuel Feuermann (cello) with Michael Taube (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Theo van der Pas (piano), etc [ Heritage / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2013 ] The first Heritage release to re-issue material from the Pearl catalogue. This 4 CD set brings together the complete English Columbia recordings and rare, early German Parlophone recordings of Emanuel Feuermann. Feuermann is the cellist's cellist par... |
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PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas [recorded 1994] Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Janet Lax, Hanne Mari Ørbaek / Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott [ Avie / CD - released 18/Dec/2014 ] AVIE continues to mine the rich catalog of recordings made by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players with a sumptuous reissue of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas. The performance is as fresh as when the recording was made in 1994, with baritone Ben... |
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J. S. BACH
Trauer-Musik: Music to mourn Prince Leopold, BWV 244a Emily Van Evera / Clare Wilkinson / Charles Daniels / Tom Meglioranza / Taverner Consort and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Avie Records / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] A unique document and superb performance make this a recording for classical music aficionados and lovers of Bach's music alike. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV 589 / Magnificat RV 610b Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta, Catherine King, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 25/Oct/2018 ] "Whatever the finer detail of musical and musicological interpretation, this disc should appeal to anyone with an inquisitive turn of mind...a fascinating and worthwhile experiment, a refreshing way to hear some pretty well-known music" Gramophone |