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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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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures & incidental music (with works by Haydn & Brahms) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard Van Beinum [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro-German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to... |
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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 |
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Emily Van Evera, soprano / Christopher Morrongiello, lute
My Lady Rich (Music inspired and written for Lady Penelope Rich - Works by Bartlet, Byrd, Coprario, Dowland, Holborne) [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] "The disc concludes with a very impressive and moving song cycle by John Coprario, an English composer who was strongly influenced by the Italian style. The cycle was subtitled 'For the death of the Right Honorable the Earle of Devonshire', and... |
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MARTIN LUTHER / MICHAEL ALTENBURG / MICHAEL PRAETORIUS / BACH FAMILY / ANONYMOUS / etc
Music In Germany From Schütz To Bach [8 CDs plus Book] Ensemble Clements, Vox Luminis, Choeur de Chambre de Namur Choir, Ricercar Consort / Lionel Meunier, Denis Menier, Philippe Pierlot, Erik Van Nevel [ Ricercar / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] After exploring the evolution of Italian and French music in the seventeenth century, Jérôme Lejeune devotes a new volume in his History of Early Music to Germany. During this century in which the Lutheran musical tradition developed further, Germany... |
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Trios for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Ensemble Kheops: Ronald Van Spaendonck, Marie Hallynck & Muhiddin Durruoglu [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
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J.S. BACH
The very best of Bach: Excerpts from orchestral, concertos, vocal and choral works Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) Bela Banfalvi (violin) Emilia Csanky (oboe) Lucy van Dael (violin) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Symphonic Variations / Les Djinns / Piano Concerto No 2 Francois-Joel Thiollier & Martjn van den Hoek (pianos) / Arnhem PO / Roberto Benz [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Not so well known repertoire of Cesar Franck |
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MENDELSSOHN
Complete Piano Works Frank van der Laar, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Pieter-Jelle de Boer [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Felix Mendelssohn was a virtuoso pianist, and it is worth remembering that he was born in 1809, with his friend Schumann being born a year later in 1810, as was Chopin, and Liszt following in 1811. These composers were among the greatest pianists of... |
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CESAR FRANCK
César Franck Edition François-Joël Thiollier (piano) Martijn van den Hoek (piano), Muza Rubackyte (piano) Mariana Sîrbu (violin) Ruxandra Colan (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2019 ] This remarkable set reveals the full breadth and genius of a creative career known to most merely by the tip of the iceberg: a small number of seminal works written in the composer's final decade of life. César Franck (1822-1890), although considered... |
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CZERNY / DEBUSSY / HELLER / GLASS / CAGE / BORTKIEWICZ / RACHMANINOV / etc
Virtuoso Piano Etudes Fred Oldenburg, Alessandro Marangoni, Jan Vermeulen (piano), Zlata Chochieva, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Peter Frankl, Jeroen van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2019 ] This monumental set dedicated to the Virtuoso Piano Étude offers a rewarding opportunity to witness two centuries in the evolution of masterpieces for the study of the piano. |
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RAVEL / RESPIGHI / GRANADOS
Violin Sonatas Frederieke Saeijs (violin) Maurice Lammerts van Bueren (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] In 2005 Frederieke Saeijs won the First Grand Prix-'Academie des Beaux Arts' at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud (Paris, France), as well as four special prizes |
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BENOIT / WAELPUT / FETIS
Romantic Flute Concertos Gaby Pas-van Riet (flute) / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Fabrice Bollon [ Hanssler / CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] Concertos for flute and orchestra from the Romantic era are a rarity - very few 19th century composers wrote concertante music for the flute. |
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IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes & Bassoon Concerto Gaby Pas-van Riet (flute) Wolfgang Wipfler (horn) Anne Angerer (oboe) Hanno Donneweg (bassoon) Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) Konstanze Brenner (bass) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] For May CPO presents Pleyel's Symphonies Concertantes. Pleyel was fated to learn one of life's most painful lessons: worldly fame is fleeting and quickly fades. |
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Gershwin/Van Eps Qtet/Whiteman
Gershwin:rhapsody In Blue/Etc. [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
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TARTINI
The Devil's Trill & Violin Concertos D12, D51, D80, D115 Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Orchestre d'Auvergne Arie Van Beek / David Oistrakh (violin) & with Lev Oborin (piano) [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] ...Nikolitch is a sensitive player, constantly aware of the underlying poetry in Tartini's music... |