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SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
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W. A. MOZART
50 Best Mozart Classics [3 CDs special price] Thomas Allen, Cheryl Studer, Daniel Barenboim, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Neville Marriner, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2019 ] All the greatest works of Amadeus Mozart performed by teh world's top soloists and performers. |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "...a vividly characterised performance" (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Notturno: Songs by Richard Strauss Thomas Hampson (Baritone) & Wolfram Rieger (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "All the songs benefit from Hampson's impeccably clear German and his ability, with Rieger's support, to set ideally well-judged speeds..it is Hampson who generally shapes the songs most persuasively, even if Fischer-Dieskau scores for intimacy" Gram |
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MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (12 songs, complete) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Wiener Virtuosen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "no performer has ever had a more comprehensive knowledge of the manuscript sources...Instrumentally speaking, the results are fabulous." (Gramophone) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: King Roger (Complete Opera) / Symphony No. 4 Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Angela Brower, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2016 ] "Yoncheva's magnificently melancholic Countess is a peach of a performance, lusciously, dreamily sung...[Villazón] grabs hold of every bar with comic gusto." (Sunday Times) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die schone Mullerin D 795 Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Justus Zeyen (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "A mellow, beautifully sung performance that puts many rivals in the shade" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Feb 2006 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Lieder und GesANnge op. 32 / 5 Gesänge op. 72 / 5 Lieder op. 94 Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Justus Zeyen (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] "A notable solo début for the Yellow Label from a young master of Lieder and a programme that impresses for its imaginative selection of Brahms and Liszt." (Gramophone, UK, June 2000) |
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J.S. BACH
Dialogue Cantatas (BWV49 BWV57 BWV152) Thomas Quasthoff / Dorothea RAschmann / Mitglieder des RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin / Rainer Kussmaul [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Nov/2007 ] "Performances of extraordinary beauty and intensity. Quasthoff brings to these works a richness of characterisation that connects at the deepest level with these powerful religious utterances . . . this is a powerful experience…" (Gramophone Awards... |
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SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang (with Brahms - 4 Ernste Gesenge) Thomas Quasthoff (tenor) Justus Zeyen (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2001 ] Schwanengesang was composed in the last year of Schubert's life |
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MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter. Wiener Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez [ DG Boulez 2005 / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] Anne Sofie von Otter sings the Kindertotenlieder, Violeta Urmana will be heard in the Rückert Lieder and Thomas Quasthoff in the early Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. |
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WAGNER
Der fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera) Thomas Stewart - Gwyeth Jones - karl Ridderbusch / Bayreuther Festspiele 1971 / Karl Bahm [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] A fine memorial to the late Thomas Stewart as the Dutchman, this recording re-creates the authentic Bayreuth atmosphere. Gwyneth Jones “gets right inside the character [of Senta] … Karl Ridderbusch jovially does what is required to perfection” (The... |
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j. S. BACH
Sonatas And Partitas BWV1001-1006 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) [ Warner Classics Apex / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] Thomas Zehetmair (violin) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies / Overtures / Violin Concerto Thomas Zehetmair (violin) / Cleveland orchestra, Christoph Von Dohnanyi [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Apr/2007 ] Four CDs of classic performances at a very special price |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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VARIOUS
100 Best Carols [6 CD set] Various Artists includes Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kiri te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2007 ] This 6-CD set contains all the best-loved carols that gladden and enrich the Christmas season, performed by outstanding choirs, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 150Th Anniversary Edition Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, [ Warner Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 14/Nov/2011 ] The present generous set has no parallels nor would I anticipate that there will be for many years. The performances and recordings are healthy and pleasing." (MusicWeb) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - The Complete Works [16 CD set] Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Thomas Hampson, Felicity Lott, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc, Various conductors & orchestras [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2016 ] In the last half of the 20th century Gustav Mahler came to hold a dominant position in the consciousness of musicians and audiences. Though he died in 1911, he captures the anxieties and aspirations of the modern age in symphonies and songs which,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Sacred 100: [6 CDs at a special price] Various artists incl Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Choir of King's College, Philippe Jaroussky, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa [ Warner / Erato / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] A 100 of the world's best-loved sacred songs, arias, choruses and orchestral works. Featuring such composers as Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Johannes Brahms. |