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GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Guillaume de Machaut Marc Mauillon; Angélique Mauillon; VivaBiancaLuna Biffi; Pierre Hamon [ Eloquentia / 4 CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] This triptych devoted to the music of Guillaume de Machaut is important in several respects: firstly, L'Amoureus Tourment was the very first recording of the young Marc Mauillon, who has since made a remarkable career, and not just in early music.... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré & his poets Marc Mauillon (baritone), Anne Le Bozec (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] The poetic renewal embodied by Hugo, Baudelaire, Verlaine and so many others after them radically changed the musical landscape and propelled French art song into a true golden age. This tribute to Fauré, the supreme master of the mélodie, gains its... |
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Marc Minkowski
Gretry: La Caravane Du Caire [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2008 ] |
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Marc Minkowski; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Florian Sempey
Rossini: Figaro? Sì! [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] The French baritone Florian Sempey has established himself as a key player on today's operatic scene. For his first solo recital, Rossini was the obvious choice, first of all because he has already performed the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia... |
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Marc Peloquin
Tredici: Complete Piano Works [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] |
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Marc Sinan, Oguz Büyükberber
White [ ECM / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] Marc Sinan's third ECM release is an evocative duo album with Oğuz Büyükberber which subtly covers a lot of ground. The guitarist and the clarinettist have worked together in many contexts since first meeting in Istanbul a decade ago, and Büyükberber... |
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Marc Sinan with Julia Hulsmann
Fasil [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] 'Fasil', based on an idea by guitarist Marc Sinan and author Marc Schiffer, tells of the life of Aisha, the great love and youngest wife of the prophet Mohammed, in the course of an inspired song cycle. |
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Marc Weber
Musicale [ Vocalion / CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] |
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Marc Williams
The Forgotten Singing Cowboy [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] Unlike so many of the country performers of the day, Williams shows no evidence of having been influenced by Jimmie Rodgers.He appears to be influenced by the more traditional western singers although his material... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lamentations for Holy Week (Works by Carissimi, Frescobaldi, Marcorelli, Palestrina plus Toccatas by Rossi & Kapsberger) Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave / Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Kiehr has an angelic voice and she is superbly accompanied by the small period ensemble Concerto Soave…An inspirational disc." Classical CD of the Week, Sunday Times, 20 May 2007 |
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SIGISMONDO D'INDIA
Madrigali e Canzonette Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "With the Concerto Soave under Jean-Marc Aymes, the Argentinian-born soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr proves herself a true mistress of the genre." Anthony Holden, The Observer, 2 March 2003 |
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MONTEVERDI
Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes |
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ALLESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Bella madre dei fiori-Cantatas Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes, director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Three chamber cantatas, including the finest Correa nel seno amato, its opening an outpouring of rare intensity and sustained despair. Tweaking tone controls softened a tungsten edge to Kiehr voice." (BBC Music) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 3 Marika Fältskogh (violin) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] "recommendable. The performances are thoughtful, the sound is warm and clear, and the unusual repertoire is well worth getting to know, especially at Naxos's bargain price." Fanfare |
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SWEELINCK
Psalms from Geneva: Organ Works Masaaki Suzuki playing the 2002 Marc Garnier organ of Shinko-Kyokai, Kobe [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - "A strong advocate for a master of early keyboard music. An abstruse title maybe, but Masaaki Suzuki flings himself into a programme of invigorating and interlocking toccatas and... |
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VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers / La Belle Helene (complete operettas recorded in 1998 & 2000) Natalie Dessay / Felicity Lott / Yann Beuron / Laurent Naouri / Opéra National de Lyon / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Arthaus presents an Offenbach Box Set (Orphée aux Enfers & La belle Hélène) featuring Marc Minkowski - the preeminent Offenbach conductor of our day but also a team of wonderful singer-actors (Natalie Dessay & Felicity Lott). |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Vladimir Vaneev. / Marc Albrecht (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is a fanciful fairytale, yet at the same time a parable on repression and political conceit. The peasant girl Fevroniya's prayer that the city of Kitezh becomes invisible, thus protecting it from Tatar attack, is magically... |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (complete opera recorded in 2012) Netherlands Opera / Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Vladimir Vaneev. / Marc Albrecht (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "This deeply felt production...is a significant step further in the internationalisation of the opera...The committed theatricality of the cast...goes far to making the production convincing on its own terms...[Ignatovich] sings without strain or fat |
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BRAHMS / SCHOENBERG
Piano Quartet Op. 25 / etc Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "the Netherlanders are more ardent in the songful slow movement, more upbeat in its central march, and far more exciting in the headlong Hungarian gypsy finale." (BBC Music) |