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ROBERT SIMPSON
String Quartets 14, 15 & Two Clarinet Quintets The Vanbrugh Quartet / Joy Farrall, clarinet / Fiona Cross, bass clarinet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Yet another deeply impressive Quartet from Robert Simpson. Uniquely invigorating music ... superbly recorded' - Gramophone |
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ARENSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / TANEYEV / etc
English Poets, Russian Romances Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone) Alexander Blok (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'Russian composers have set many English poems to music, and here we have some of the best' (Classic FM Magazine) |
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VARIOUS
We'll Keep A Welcome-The Welsh Album Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Jun/2000 ] With The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones |
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BYRD / CROCE / GUERRERO / MALCOLM / MAWBY / PALESTRINA / TALLIS / PARSONS, R / DEVAN, D
Miserere Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker / Peter Stevens (organ) / William Gaunt (bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] This release from the admired Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendours of the liturgy in the at-once solemn and joyful period of Lent. |
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EDGAR MEYER / TRADITIONAL
Appalachia Waltz [newly remastered] Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Edgar Meyer (bass) Mark O'Connor (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Yo-Yo Ma joins double-bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor |
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Aaron Parks (piano), Ben Street (double bass), Billy Hart (drums)
Find the Way [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks - following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as "expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest" - the prize-winning pianist has convened a trio featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 Choral (Rec 1957) Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "Hearty thanks to Testament for issuing this wonderful document of Klemperer's greatness - caught on the wing." (MusicWeb June 2000) |
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TELEMANN
Three Cantatas Dorothee Mields (soprano) & Klaus Mertens (bass baritone) / Accademia Daniel, Shalev Ad-El [ CPO / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "CPO continue to produce very high quality performances and recordings of some of the German baroque's very best pieces." (Early Music Review) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto) Stuart Neill (tenor) Arutjun Kotchinian (bass) / RundfunkSinfonieorchester, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] This album offers two of the best known and most loved works by Leoš Janáček. The Glagolitic Mass was thus described by a musicologist: "It has absolutely everything, it's engrossing and enthralling and captivating and startling and soothing and... |
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DONIZETTI / LEONCAVALLO / ROSSINI / VERDI
Great Operatic Arias - Alan Opie sing Bel Canto Alan Opie (bass) with orchestra & chorus [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] Opie has been a faithful servant of opera for Britain for many years, and this compilation presents him in on impressive form. |
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VERDI
Il Trovatore (Complete Opera in English) Alan Opie (baritone) Clive Bayley (bass) Sharon Sweet (soprano) London Philharmonic orchestra [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2001 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Alexander Kipnis (Rec 1945-46) Alexander Kipnis (bass) with various orchestras & conductors [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] In the search for suitable and evocative words to describe a particular vocal quality, usually, for the bass voice one would expect of course adjectives like 'deep', 'black', 'sonorous', 'cavernous', 'thundering', 'impressive' or even 'noble'. Rarely... |
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ELIZABETH POSTON
Poston: Carols and Anthems Alexandra McPhee (soprano) Nina Vinther (mezzo) Ciaran Yeo (bass), etc / St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks of St Albans Cathedral [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Elizabeth Poston's long and distinguished career included significant work for the BBC during the Second World War, where she performed as a respected pianist and later composed scores for numerous radio and television productions. Describing herself... |
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W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera) Alexandrina Pendatchanska (sop) Olga Pasichnyk (sop) Johannes Weisser (bar) Lorenzo Regazzo (bass) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] "Jacob's period Don is among the liveliest and most enjoyable on offer" (Recording of the Month Gramophone Awards Issue 2007) |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE / THOMAS CAMPION / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Alfred Deller - Campion, Purcel,l Buxtehude Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), with Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone), Desmond Dupre (lute), etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] For music-lovers who grew up between the 1950s and the 1970s, Alfred Deller (1912-1979) was the embodiment of the countertenor voice, just as Segovia was the guitar and Casals was the cello. Many who heard his earliest LPs will have applauded the... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music For A While Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] During the 1970s Alfred Deller recorded for Harmonia Mundi some fifty recordings as soloist, with the Consort or with chorus and orchestra Director of the Académie de Musique Anglaise. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Life Of Tango Alfredo Marcucci (bandoneón), Michel van der Meire (bass), Juan Masondo (guitar & voice) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Enigma Variations / Froissart / Starlight Express / etc Alison Hagley (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Robert Cohen (cello) / Royal Philharmonic / Welsh National Opera Orch. / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "Mackerras captures the wistful charm of the quieter pieces (on CD2) very effectively, and spirits are high in the more robust items" Gramophone |
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VERDI / ROSSINI / VERDI / BELLINI
Great Operatic Arias Alistair Miles (bass) with various accompaniments [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] Sensational bass arias recorded in English for the first time! |