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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven : The Complete Works [80 CD set] Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pre, Itzhak Perlman, Gautier Capucon, Janet Baker, Andras Schiff, etc [ Warner Classics / 80 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Carefully selected from the Warner Classics and Erato catalogues, and complemented by items licensed in from external catalogues, the recordings do full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and depth of Beethoven's oeuvre. |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera) Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Peterson, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I suspect I shall reach for this new recording as often as any, for its bubbling, crackling theatricality and an eager, yet unforced, sense of fun." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Opera |
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GLUCK
Opera Arias Daniel Behle (tenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] Celebrating the 300th anniversary of Gluck's birth, Daniel Behle presents this album of Gluck's lesser known opera arias. Showcasing their rich variety of styles, he illustrates that these works are primed for revival. |
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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: L'Amour de loin (complete opera) Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] "Saariaho has declared herself uninterested in the concept of courtly love and prefers to see her work as a more modern, wider meditation on love." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Opera |
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JEAN ABSIL
Selected Piano Works Daniel Blumenthal (piano) [ Fuga Libera / 2 CD - released 16/May/2011 ] Jean Absil doesn't only have the honour of occupying the first pages of all musical dictionaries; he is also one of the most important Belgian composers of the 20th century. In the course of a long and prestigious career, which gave him access to the... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
Eine Nacht in Venedig [A Night in Venice] (complete operetta) Daniel Buckard (tenor) Erika Andersson (mezzo-soprano) Merete L Meyer (soprano) Henrik Holmberg (tenor) / Stockholm Strauss Orchestra, Eichenholz [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "All are well versed in the Viennese operetta style, and conductor, Mika Eichenholz, employs suitably bouncy and brisk tempos. The orchestra is drawn from Stockholm's major symphony orchestras, and by omitting thirty minutes of dialogue has provided... |
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BRAHMS
Four Symphonies / Overtures / Variations on a theme by Haydn Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2005 ] "These well-played performances provoke modified rapture. […] the orchestral execution is quintessentially Brahmsian, with the conductor cultivating a dark, mellifluous, echt-German sonority, in contrast to the usual chrome-plated American style." (I |
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HANDEL
Organ Concertos Vol 1 (Nos 1-4) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroder [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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HANDEL
Organ Concertos Vol 2 (Nos 5, 6, 8, 11, 13) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroder [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Penatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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W. A. MOZART
Complete Church Sonatas Daniel Chorzempa (organ) / German Bach Soloists, Helmut Winschermann [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] he world renowned organ player Daniel Chorzempa plays the choir organ of the abbey church of Wilhering. He is joined by the German Bach Soloists a world-renowned, Baroque-period instrumental ensemble led by the German conductor and oboist, Helmut... |
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J.S. BACH
Organ Works (Incls 'Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565') Daniel Chorzempa (organ) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/May/2008 ] "One would never realize listening to this first rate disc that the original recordings are over 30 years old...the lowest organ pipes sound forth with the beginning bass theme of the Passacaglia with room-shaking low end force." (AudAud.com) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs No. 83 - The Father Willis Organ of St.Bees Priory, Cumbria Daniel Cook (organ) [ Priory Records / CD - released 6/Apr/2011 ] Set in the rolling countryside of Cumbria and within a short distance of the coast lies the small town of St. Bees. In the Priory church is a superb Father Willis organ which we believe is receiving its first commercial recording. The music chosen by... |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
The Complete Organ Works of Charles Villiers Stanford, Vol. 3 Daniel Cook (the organ of Salisbury Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The organ music of Stanford has never been recorded in its entirety and here Priory returns to Salisbury, where Volume 1 was recorded in this series (PRCD1095) of his complete works. Daniel Cook's survey encompasses his fourth Sonata which forms the... |
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MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Speranza / From the Wreckage Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor) [ LSO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] BBC Music Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Daniel Harding, Matthias Goerne, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Brahms's Requiem, completed in 1868, draws on the legacy of his forerunners, Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach. In setting texts from the German Bible, it deliberately departs from the models of the Catholic liturgy and imposes a sorrowing... |
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Daniel Hewson
This Moment [ Scry Noose Music / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] All tracks written, recorded and produced by NZ guitarist, Daniel Hewson. Mastered at Bring It On Studios. |
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VIVALDI
Violin Concertos (with Aria 'Sovvente il sole') Daniel Hope (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / with Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Out-of-Season Vivaldi delivered with a winning blend of love and intelligence. As so often with Daniel Hope, for some reason a much bigger star in Germany than in his native UK, the watchword here is intelligence." Editor's Choice - Gramophone... |
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SCHNITTKE / WEILL / TAKEMITSU
Violin Works Daniel Hope (violin) / English Symphony Orchestra / William Boughton [ Nimbus / CD - released 22/Dec/2002 ] "real lyrical gifts and an enviably fluent technique." |
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MENDELSSOHN / REICH / TAVENER / ELGAR / ENESCU / RAVEL
My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin Daniel Hope (violin) / Kammerorchester Basel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Hope has created a loving homage." (The Guardian) |
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VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) [plus bonus concert DVD] Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD/DVD - released 6/May/2014 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote the four violin concertos known as Le quattro stagioni - "The Four Seasons." Today The Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. Max Richter, the award-winning British... |