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W.A MOZART
Mozart: Bassoon, Oboe & Clarinet Concertos Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon), Martin Gabriel (oboe), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Vienna Mozart Academy, Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD ] "In his tonal purity and elegantly musical phrasing, Gabriel conjures Leon Goossens in his prime." - Fanfare |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Masterworks [28 CD set] Christopher Hogwood & the Academy of Ancient Music / Philip Pickett & the New London Consort / etc [ Decca / 28 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2014 ] A new addition to the very successful series of super-budget boxes. A 28-CD set of Concertos, Sonatas and major vocal works by one of the most popular Baroque composers of all time. |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orch Op 136 / Variation on One Chord Op 39 / Improvisation & Fugue Op 38 Victoria Lyubitskaya (piano) / Russian State Academy Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein (conductor) [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Victoria Lyubitskaya, one of Lew Naumov's and Vladimir Krainev's most talented students, is a soloist with the Moscow State Philharmonia. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Relaxation (Incls 'Air on a G string', Meditation from Thais, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Dance of the Hours) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This set includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime programme of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Kammermusik I-II-III / Kleine Kammermusik Xi Zhai, Christopher Park, Bruno Philippe Kronberg Academy Soloists, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "the bottom line here is that if you are an admirer of Hindemith's music, especially his rarely heard chamber music, you certainly won't be let down by this rather unique disc." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020 |
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STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |