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PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges (recorded live in 2005) Charles Workman / José Van Dam / Philippe Rouillon / Barry Banks / Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Opéra National de Paris / Sylvain Cambreling [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Conducted by 20th century specialist Sylvain Cambreling and sung in the original French version by superb singer-actors, this production presents a stage performance set in perfect harmony with Prokofiev's inventive music. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Charlotte Margiono, Jard van Nes / Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Bernard Haitink [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "the strings have a warmly cosseting quality, the winds are mellifluous, the brass powerful but cleanly focused...The voices are well balanced and Haitink's willingness to let the music breathe while never allowing it to sag benefits Mahler's... |
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RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: La Mort D'abel (2CD + Book) Katia Velletaz, Yumiko Tanimura, Jennifer Borghi, Sébastien Droy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot / Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 22/Oct/2012 ] "the fine performance of Guy van Waas and Les Agrémens reveals music of imaginative colours and profuse sentimentality that sometimes sounds like a stepping-stone between Haydn's Creation and Berlioz's Damnation of Faust." (Gramophone) |
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MARTIN / HONEGGER / SCHOECK
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] The Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra here performs works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Othmar Schoeck. |
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DUTILLEUX
Toute un monde lointain... / Trois strophes sur le nom se Sacher (with Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto, etc) Christian Poltera (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Christian Poltéra (cello) |
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FRANK MARTIN
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (1943) Christianne Stotijn (contralto) / Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac Van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "A very powerful musical experience and this fine account b ythe Winterthur Orchestra and Jac van Steen serves it well." BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 + Five stars for sound. |
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Ciconia Consort, Dick van Gasteren
FRENCH MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, Koechlin, Lekeu, Honneger, Castérède, Saint-Saëns; Ciconia Consort, Dick van Gasteren [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] The first modern recording of a gripping 20th-century masterpiece for strings. The name of Jacques Castérède (1926-2014) may not be well known outside his native France, but the taut and compelling Symphony for strings which he wrote at the age of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
American Pioneers: Music for String Orchestra; Ciconia Consort, Dick Van Gasteren, direction [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Dick van Gasteren is the founder-conductor of the Ciconia Consort, a chamber orchestra based in The Hague since 2012. To mark 400 years since the Pilgrim Fathers left the Netherlands for America, he devised this programme of music from the first half... |
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CARL RHEINECKE / FRIEDRICH SILCHER / MAX BRUCH / RICHARD WAGNER
Rheingold: Music by Reinecke, Wagner, Bruch & Silcher Ciconia Consort, Dick van Gasteren [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Under their founder-director Dick van Gasteren, the Dutch string orchestra turn to the rich history of Rhineland music from the high-point of its immortalisation in operatic culture as the bedrock of Wagner's Ring cycle. |
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BERLIOZ / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / POULENC
Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc Claire Chevalier (piano), Claire Chevallier (piano) & Jos van Immerseel (piano), Katerina Chrobokova & Jos van Immerseel (harpsichord) Anima Eterna Br [ Alpha / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Happy Birthday, Mister Jos! Jos Van Immerseel is celebrating his 70th birthday with three important releases that will punctuate the end of the year at Alpha: a symphonic programme (Janacek, Dvorak), a chamber music programme (Schubert) and a set... |
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Clara Van Wel
Clara Van Wel [ Sony / CD - released 25/Oct/2013 ] Debut album from NZ's Got Talent winner, featuring the single 'Wait For Me' (co-written with Don McGlashan) and produced by Joel (Lorde) Little. |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Anima Erterna Claron McFadden, Bart van Caenegem, Amina Eterna Brugge, Jos Van Immerseel [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] George Gershwin composed his Rhapsody in Blue in 1924. In the same year, he launched his collaboration with his brother Ira, which produced countless songs. He never achieved his ambition of studying with Maurice Ravel, but was always enthralled by... |
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KOZELUCH / DUSSEK / ROSLER / VORISEK / etc
Bohemian Songs (Rec 1996) Claron McFadden (soprano) Bart van Oort (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Bohemia at the end of the 18th century and the early 19th was teeming with highly skilled composers and musicians, centred around the city of Prague. Charles Burney described it as 'the conservatory of Europe'. He also found that rural areas were... |
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BERG / WEBERN / SCHOENBERG
Music of the Viennese School: Orchestral Works Claudia Barainsky (soprano) / Orchester Musikollegium Winterthur / Jac van Steen [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Winterthur is the name of an insurance company. And a policy that paid off for the Viennese avant-gardists Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and Arnold Schönberg, who were ostracized at home and welcomed Werner Reinhart's invitations. This farsighted patron... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Edition [10 CD set incls 'Prague' Symphony and the Requiem] Collegium Aurem, Jos van Immerseel, Jaap Schroeder, Franzjosef Maier, Mozart Trio Salzburg / etc [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] This Collection of Mozart fetaures some of the leading period-instrument ensembles and spans the oeuvre of Mozart's works. Included excellent readings of the 'Prague' Symphony and the Requiem! |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Orchestral Music (Incls Danse sacree et danse profane & Jeux) Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink / Eduard van Beinum / etc [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jun/2006 ] "This Eloquence release makes for a delightful Debussy collection, excellently performed." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
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SCHUBERT / NICOLAI / SIBELIUS / BORODIN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / etc
Concertgebouw Lollipops [2 CD set] Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Antal Dorati, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "Haitink's sane if not intoxicating choices provide firm ballast." BBC Music |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (LP) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Vinyl Passion Classical / LP - released 5/Feb/2019 ] Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, September 1956 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 'Surprise', 96 'Miracle' & 97 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] One of the world's most benevolent conductors who cajoled out of his orchestras some of the most luminous sounds ever to be heard in concert and on record. He recorded extensively with the Concertgebouw for Philips and earlier, for Decca. Three Haydn... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (with Borodin: Polovtsian Dances) Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The orchestral playing in this issue of these vivid dances is positively brilliant - the whirling introductory dance is quite breathtaking" Gramophone |