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Rampal/Jean-Pierre
Romantic Music - Two Flutes & [ Delos / CD ] |
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Raphaël Imbert, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pierre-François Blanchard & Sonny Troupe
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jun/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
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RAVI SHANKAR
Ravi Shankar Edition Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean-Pierre Rampal / London Symphony & Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn, Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Including performances from Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menhuin, Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra, these pioneering, visionary works come together to form an inspiring whole. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Trios pour piano et cordes (Intégrale musique de chambre), Vol. 8 (Live) Éric Le Sage (piano), Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), François Salque (cello) [ B Records / 2 CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Intimidated by his grandiose predecessors and petrified by expectations, Johannes Brahms hesitated before publishing his first trio, a masterpiece in Viennese Romanticism. Its two 'siblings' composed later would put the finishing touches to... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op.50 Roge Roge (piano) Pierre Amoyal (violin) Frederic Lodeon (cello) [ Apex / CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] |
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ANDRE MESSAGER
Messager: Les P'tites Michu (complete operetta) Romain Dayez, Pierre Dumoussaud, Anne-Aurore Cochet, Marie Lenormand / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "The cast is predominantly youthful, as is the conductor Pierre Dumoussaud. Their account of the work is uniformly spirited, energetic, sympathetique and also full of comic broadness. But there's the rub." Opera |
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SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 / Rosamunde [excerpts] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Monteux [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "beautiful performances […] the playing [of the Vienna Philharmonic] is distinguished by the lovely string tone and the sensitive woodwind playing"(Gramophone) |
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BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (1952 recording) Suzanne Danco, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss, Andre Vessieres, Helene Bouvier / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This was the first of two recordings by Ernest Ansermet of Pelléas et Mélisande, a work he conducted several times on stage. This recording was made in April 1952 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere. |
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REINECKE
Flute Concerto / Harp Concerto / Ballade Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Gallois Patrick / Pierre Fabrice [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Carl Reinecke is probably better remembered as a teacher than as a composer, with a range of pupils to his credit, from Sullivan and Svendsen to Grieg and Weingartner. |
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ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (Complete Opera recorded in 1979 with complete libretto) Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear / Paris Opera Orchestra/Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammaphon / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Mar/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) -- "This pioneering recording, the first to use Friedrich Cerha's realisation of Act 3, has not been bettered" (Gramophone) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Best Of Faure Jean Martin (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Franco [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2013 ] All the best bits of Faure |
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EDWARDS / HANDEL / TAVENER / SCULTHORPE / GRAINGER / KOEHNE / ZIPOLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Swoon Collection III - The final indulgence (Includes Caccini's 'Ave Maria') Various Artists incls Keith Jarrett, Inessa Galante, Peter Sculthorpe, Pepe Romero, David Darling. Ensemble Galilei, Pierre Pierlot, King's College Ch [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/1998 ] This is it! Volume three of the ever popular Swoon collection |
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DEBUSSY
Le compositeur et ses interpretes Various artists including Gerard Souzay, Arthur Rubinstein, Roger Desormiere, Pierre Monteux, etc [ AEON / 3 CD - released 10/May/2012 ] The 'Debussy, Music and the Arts' exhibition, organised by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings, drawings and pastels, along with first editions of Mallarmé, Gide, and... |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1955) with works by Debussy & Berlioz Victoria de los Angeles / Henri Legay / Jean Borthayre / Michel Dens / Orchestra & Chorus of the Theatre National de lOpera Comique / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] "This set is essential listening for anyone who wants to get the feel for what Manon sounded like at the Opéra Comique. It is a precious record of a vanished performance style and has the great advantage of a ravishing Manon from de Los Angeles." --... |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / variations on a theme by Haydn Vienna pHilharmonic Oorchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Monteux recorded Brahms's Second Symphony several times; in addition to the present recording for Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic, there are versions with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He recorded the... |
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DVORAK / JANACEK / TCHAIKOVSKY
Cello Concerto / Sinfonietta / Romeo And Juliet - Fantasy Overture Vienna Philharmonic / Rafael Kubelik (conductor) / Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD ] Legendary cellist Pierre Fournier's stereo recording of the Dvorák Cello Concerto is well known, but his earlier recording from July 194? for Decca is largely forgotten. It is revived in this Kubelik-led anthology, also bringing back to the catalogue... |
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BERG
Wozzeck (Complete opera recorded in 1971) Walter Berry, Isabel Strauss, Fritz Uhl / Paris Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Wozzeck is today established as one of the greatest operas of the twentieth century although public reaction was divided at the start. |
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TRISTAN MURAIL
Murail: Le partage des eaux / Contes cruels / Sillages Wiek Hijmans (electric guitar), Seth Josel (electric guitar) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Pierre-André Valade [ Aeon / CD - released 22/Aug/2016 ] "It is no exaggeration to say that [Le partage des eaux] does for oceans what Strauss's Alpine Symphony does for mountains…[it is a] compelling reason for acquiring this disc" (Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Contempory) |