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Julia Hulsmann Quartet
In Full View [ ECM / CD - released 15/Apr/2013 ] After two acclaimed trio albums pianist Julia Hülsmann proposed a different project for her third ECM release "In Full View" |
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Julia Hulsmann Trio
The End of a Summer [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] "Full of elegantly constructed melodies...musical poetry...there is no over embellishment or superfluous phrasing in Hülsmann's playing."-Jazzwise. |
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Julia Husmann Trio
Imprint [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] Both as a player and writer Hülsmann conveys a sense of poetic compression. Her themes stand out in stark relief, as if stamped or printed into the surrounding improvisation, and are highly memorable. |
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GRIEG / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WIENIAWSKI
Subito Julia Hwang (violin) [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] "If Hwang is to maintain her standard of playing as she has done in this disc, one can only hope to hear more of her performances in the future." MusicWeb Aug 2017 |
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Julia Jacklin
Don't Let the Kids Win (LP) [ LP - released 7/Oct/2016 ] Recorded at New Zealand's Sitting Room studios with Ben Edwards (Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid), Don't Let The Kids Win courses with the aching current of alt-country and indie-folk, augmented by Jacklin's undeniable calling cards: her... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6 Julia Kleiter (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "A marvellous disc and a great recital in its own right, this is arguably the finest instalment of the series to date. Do listen to it." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 Julia Korpacheva (soprano) & Petr Migunov (bass) / MusicAeterna Novosibirsk, Teodor Currentzis (direction) [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] "MusicAeterna makes up for its small-bodied sound with gripping orchestral execution under Teodor Currentzis' taut and focused direction. An excellent disc, one of the choice recordings of this uncompromising work." (10/10 ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
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Julia Lee
Kansas City Calling [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] In many ways Julia was a pioneer of Rhythm & Blues, she had her own unique vocal style that embodied what was then a certain Kansas City sound. Her piano playing also contained different traits, this combination of talents made her extremely... |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Laudate Pueri / Confitebor Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "a dazzling display of how less can be more. Controlling his trademark exuberance, Jaroussky blends his voice perfectly with that of the pure-toned Julia Lezhneva...the choir and band respond vivaciously to the soloists and to the pulse set by Fasoli |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1984) Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Erato Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Maazel's buoyant lightness and edgy rhythmic energy are suitably Gallic, and his principals are visually and vocally compelling." (Gramophone) |
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Adolf BARJANSKY
BARJANSKY: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Julia Severus (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Adolf Barjansky was born in Odessa into a wealthy Russian-Jewish family, and received his musical education in Vienna, Paris and Leipzig, studying piano with Carl Reinecke and Salomon Judassohn. Barjansky composed relatively few works, but his highly... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Rare Piano Transcriptions Julia Severus (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] Sergey Rachmaninov's songs rival his piano works in terms of popularity, and are the culmination of a uniquely Russian lyrical tradition. Piano transcription became a fashionable art form in its own right after Liszt's work in the genre, and... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Where Corals Lie - a journey through songs by Elgar Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano) Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "..she addresses some of Elgar's greatest songs with the full might of a fine coloratura, highly appropriate for pieces that, to the uninitiated, might sound like Puccini. She does a creditable Sea Pictures, too, in their original soprano key." |
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MANOLIS KALOMIRIS
Complete Songs Julia Souglakou (soprano) / Eva Kotamanidou (narrator) / Russian State Symphonic Capella / Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra / Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos Greek Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] Manolis Kalomiris is honoured as the father of Greek national music. The inspired orchestration of Kalomiris's Piano Rhapsody No. 1 by Gabriel Pierné moved Byron Fidetzis to orchestrate the second of these, sub-titled Song of the Night. The versatile... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 22/May/2000 ] "Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation." Gramophone |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) [2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2019 ] "Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation " Gramophone |
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PUCCINI
Edgar (Complete Opera) Julia Varady, Mary Ann McCormick, Carl Tanner / ChAœur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Yoel Levi [ Astree Naive / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "there is much to enjoy, especially when the piece gets the right degree of belief and commitment, as it does here. Levi plays the score as if it's top-drawer Puccini, and though the only really star name here is Julia Varady, the rest are in good... |
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MENDELSSOHN / CORNELIUS / SCHUMAN
Romantic Duets Julia Varady (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) [ Hanssler Profil / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] This recording made on February 26, 1989 in the Deutsche Oper in Düsseldorf and featuring Dietrich's 4th wife, soprano Julia Varady (born in 1941) included songs that the baritone, who was to retire from active performance in 1992, planned to record. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
3 Centuries of Bagatelles (bagatelles by Couperin, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Liadov, Bartok, Tcherepnin + Denisov) Julia Zilberquit (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] This innovative recording by the gifted Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit traces the development of the bagatelle from Couperin through to Bartók and beyond, revealing the remarkable character and drama in the genre. |