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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Death in Venice (complete opera recorded live in 2008) Marlin Miller / R.-François Bitar / Scott Hendricks / Alessandro Riga / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice / Bruno Bartoletti [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Marlin Miller sings with a refined lyrical sensibility...the beauty and grandeur of the production on DVD make it an exceptional treat. It is unlikely we will see a Death in Venice to rival this one visually for a long time." (Gramophone Award... |
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POULENC / BRITTEN / DEBUSSY
Poulenc, Britten, Debussy: Concerto for 2 Pianos Mattia Ometto (piano) & Leonora Armellini (piano) / Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Luigi Piovano (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Three 20th-century masters, painting glittering rainbows of colours with two pianos. From Javanese gamelan to Mozart, from nursery rhymes to passionate outbursts, from primitive percussion to the café chantant, Francis Poulenc gathered up almost... |
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MEHUL
L'Irato ou l'Emporte Miljenko Turk / Cyril Auvity / Pauline Courtin / Alain Buet / Svenja Hempel / Georg Poplutz / Bonner Kammerchor / L'arte del Mondo / Werner Ehrhardt [ Capriccio / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "It was Napoleon who encouraged Mehul to leaven his more learned style with the graceful melodies of a Paisiello or a Chimarosa, though the result - as heard in this forgotten one-act comedie parade of 1801 - bespeaks a distinguished musician in... |
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VERDI / MOZART / MONTEVERDI / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / WAGNER
The Essential Opera Collection (19 DVD) Muziektheater Amsterdam / Glyndebourne Opera / Madrid Teatro Real / Gran Teatre del Liceu / Netherlands Opera / Royal Opera House / Paris Opera [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 19 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] The 'Essential Opera Collection' is an exciting new mid-price series that brings together popular operas and classic productions in simple stylish packaging. The ten launch titles represent the leading opera houses of the world, including The Royal... |
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ARNOLD BAX
Symphony No. 6 / Irish Landscape / Overtures New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Bax’s violent and phantasmal Sixth Symphony is the central work here and is also essential Bax in performance and recording terms...The Del Mar/Lyrita Bax 6 is violent and phantasmal - essential Bax in performance and recording terms. The other... |
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LALO / SARASATE / RAVEL / WAXMAN
Apasionado Ning Feng (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov [ Channel Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] On this CD, full of virtuoso firework, romantic lyricism and temperamentful folklore, the borders between Spain and France fade and passion takes over. When Ning Feng was asked to perform with the Spanish Orchestra Sinfónica del Principado de... |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Virtuosismo - Paganini & Vieuxtemps Ning Feng (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov [ Channel / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Sep/2019 ] "Feng produces playing of real poetry, with a firm, burnished tone" Gramophone |
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GIOVANNI SALVATORE
Salvatore - Organ-Alternatim Masses Nova Schola Gregoriana, In dulci jubilo, Alberto Turco, Federico Del Sordo [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2016 ] Salvatore lived from 1620 till 1688, living and working as organist in Naples. His most important work is the collection of "Ricercari a Quattro voci, Canzoni, Canzoni Francesi, Toccate, et Versi per rispondere nelle Messe con l'Organo al Choro" |
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Orch E Coro Del Teatro Lirico
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend Of [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] From the moment they were performed, Gioachino Rossini's overtures have enjoyed the status of colourful, elegant orchestral showpieces. With their sweet cantilene, their rich harmonies, their brilliant orchestration, and their powerful and exciting... |
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Orchestra Del Teatro Massimo P
Berg: Lulu (Original Version) [ Oehms Classics / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Maria Egiziaca Orchestra e Coro del Teatro la Fenice, Manlio Benzi [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] Ottorino Respighi's Maria Egiziaca, described by the composer as a 'mystery in three episodes', narrates the life of Saint Mary of Egypt in a profoundly moving and deeply sensuous musical representation of Christian faith as seen through its various... |
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NINO ROTA
'La Strada' Ballet Suite; Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore; Waltzes from 'Il Gattopardo' Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Marzio Conti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] Rota's orchestral music has recently undergone a reappraisal. Much of this music is rare on CD and this programme is unique. |
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LEONCAVALLO
La Nuit de mai: Opera Arias and Songs Placido Domingo (tenor) / Lang Lang (piano) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Alberto Veronesi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Jul/2010 ] "Relatively old Domingo sings with the voice of the young poet and really does love it! This is an astonishing performance, even for him" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Puccini Festival Torre del Lago / Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Alessandro Luongo, Alida Berti, Federico Longhi / Valerio Galli (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2016 ] STAGED BY: Ettore Scola Puccini's masterpiece La Bohème is by far the most represented opera in the world. At the famous Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, where Puccini composed his main operas, La Bohème is directed by one of Italy's greatest... |
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JEAN BOYER
Boyer: Chansons à boire et à danser & Airs de cour Ratas del viejo Mundo [ Ramée / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Parisian composer Jean Boyer's Recueil d Airs à boire et danser from 1636 belongs to a genuinely French genre of drinking and dance songs, a more light-hearted offspring of the Air de cour. The latter, a courtly secular strophic song, became one... |
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VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 1952) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ebe Stignani, Aldo Protti / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Recorded 1952 |
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PUCCINI
Tosca (highlights from the complete opera) Renata Tebaldi, Monaco del Monaco, George London / St Cecilia, Rome, Francesco Molinari-Pradel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Nov/2014 ] Highlights from the classic recording |
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Rhythms Del Mundo
Cuba [ Universal Music / CD - released 4/Jan/2007 ] This is an exciting collaborative album, which fuses the hot Afro-Cuban sounds of The Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from The Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, The Kaiser Chiefs, Jack Johnson and many others. |
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Rhythms del Mundo
Revival [ Liberation Records / CD - released 23/Sep/2010 ] Gorillaz, Dizzee Rascal, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean, Groove Armada, Franz Ferdinand and KT Tunstall join the 'Revival'! |