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WAGNER
Orchestral music from Parsifal, TannhANuser & Tristan und Isolde Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Besides the Tristan Prelude and Liebestod and the Tannhäuser Overture, there is a repertoire speciality: thirty minutes of Parsifal, including the Prelude and a "suite" from Act Three, compiled by Claudio Abbado himself. |
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BERWALD
Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'Two sensational CDs ... He's the first great Scandinavian symphonist, though we had to wait until this century to appreciate the fact ... a sort of cross between Mendelssohn and Sibelius. A winner' - Time Out, New York |
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BARTOK
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) / Canata profana Topper, Fischer-Dieskau, Krebs / RIAS Kammerchor / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Fricsay's conducting is like a man possessed, the orchesral playing is utterly magnificent...A quite wonderful disc." - www.musicweb.uk.net |
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Tv On The Radio
Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes [ LP - released 19/Aug/2011 ] |
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TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain [ Interscope Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2006 ] |
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ROSSINI / VERDI / OFFENBACH / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BELLINI / etc
100 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Emi Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2018 ] 100 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
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ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / VERDI / WEBER / etc
50 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] 50 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich [2 CDs] Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) / French National Radio Orchestra, Andre Cluytens, with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/May/2015 ] All Shostakovich's recordings are distinguished by his masterly technique and the clean, non-legato touch, which is wholly in keeping with the character of his music. Yet beautiful tone and broad cantilenas are also in evidence, notably in the slow... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1958 & 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics The Home Of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "This classic Beecham set was originally welcomed in Gramophone with a glowing review from Philip Hope Wallace: 'I send up a loud "Ole".' It certainly stands the test of time, sparkling, swaggering and seducing in a way that is uniquely Beecham's. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No 2 / Interlude from 'Orphee' / etc Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stuttgard Chamber Orchestra / Russell Davies [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 4/May/1998 ] German import (catalog 7559794962) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ERICH KORNGOLD
Britten / Korngold: Violin Concertos Vilde Frang (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] "playing with almost intimidating dexterity and polish, not to mention impeccable intonation [Frang's] music-making still manages to project an impression of honesty and naturalness" Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2016 - Concerto |
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PENDERECKI
St Luke Passion Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / National Radio Symphony Orchestra ./ Zrzysztof Penderecki [ Argo / CD - released 8/Sep/2007 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto (with Brahms - Double Concerto) Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Pierre Fournier (cello) Gaza Anda (piano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] "Worth investigation if you need a top-class performance of the Triple Concerto." (Gramophone) |
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MESSIAEN
Turangalila Symphony / Quatuor pour la fin du temps Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / CD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] Among Messiaen's compositions, the Turangalila Symphony and the Quartet for the End of Time are his two most famousworks. This specially priced Duo album offers passionate accounts of both weighty subjects. |
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GOUNOD / DELIBES / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / etc
Aida Aida Garifullina (soprano) / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Cornelius Meister [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] 'Garifullina dazzles in this impassioned and musical performance' Opera recording of the Month April 2017 |
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ANTHONY LEWIS SCARMOLIN
Scarmolin: Orchestral Works Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joel Eric Suben [ Naxos American Classics / CD ] Anthony Louis Scarmolin was born in 1890 in the northern Italian textile-producing town of Schio, near Padua, where his father worked in the local industry. His father moved to America in 1900, taking his family with him and settling in New Jersey.... |
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THIERRY ESCAICH
Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame Alain Altinoglu; Thierry Escaich; Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris; NFM Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2025 ] The French composer and organist Thierry Escaich composed his Te Deum pour Notre-Dame for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; a hymn to the Cathedral's resurrection, it is a large-scale work for children's choir, two mixed choirs and... |
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COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |