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ANTONIO de CABEZON
Tientos Y Glosados Ensemble Accentus / Thomas Wimmer [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 29/Dec/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - "The recorded sound is good and warm, and generous to the (already heavy) instrumental playing." - Alison Bullock International Record Review October 2001 |
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R. STRAUSS
Elektra & Ariadne auf Naxos (Final Scenes) Erna Schlüter / Ljuba Welitsch / Maria Cebotari / Karl Friedrich / Margaret Field-Hyde / Royal Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] For the recording of Elektra, Beecham was fortunate to be to able call upon the renowned interpreters of Strauss's music Erna Schlüter, Ljuba Welitsch and Paul Schöffler, who were appearing with the Vienna State Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent... |
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MICHAEL JARRELL
Mais Les Images Restent Ernesto Molinari, Thomas Demenga, Marino Formenti, Peter Rundel, WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln [ Aeon / CD - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Michael Jarrell claims for himself the status of a craftsman. Well aware that mastery of his art is acquired in the long term, he has often felt the need to return to the same object, considered from a different angle, when he judges that he now... |
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ALUN HODDINOTT
Dives & Lazarus / Sinfonia Fidei / etc Felicity Palmer (sop) Thomas Allen (baritone) Csaba Erdelyi (viola) Moray Welsh (cello) / Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Atherto [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Nocturnes and Cadenzas is an ideal work to try if you want to know if Hoddinott is for you: its three nocturnes are finely coloured and quite characteristic, and the linking cadenzas have both clear structural function and expressive weight." Gramophone |
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NED ROREM
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. |
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MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
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PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in F minor Florilegium with Elin Manahan Thomas (sop) & Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] "This new Pergolesi Stabat Mater excels in the clarity of Florilegium's strings" (Choral & Song Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2010) |
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Food (Iain Ballamy & Thomas Strønen)
Mercurial Balm [ ECM / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
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Food: Thomas Strønen / Ian Ballamy
This Is Not A Miracle [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] The British/Norwegian Food duo of Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen are joined again by Austrian guitarist and electronics player Christian Fennesz for a new album of powerful grooves, evocative textures and exploratory improvisation, sometimes... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach (J.S.): Sonates & Solo Pour La Flute Traversiere Francois Lazarevitch (traverse flute) / Les Musiciens De Saint-Julien, Thomas Dunford [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] As director of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Francois Lazarevitch has enabled us to discover numerous treasures stemming from dance and folk music. For the first time on Alpha, he has recorded a solo album, devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach's Flute... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonates & solo pour la flûte traversière François Lazarevitch; Lucile Boulanger; Thomas Dunford; Jean Rondeau [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Three Or One Fred Thomas (piano), Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Lucy Railton (violoncello) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Here is Johann Sebastian Bach in transfigured light: with organ chorale preludes, vocal cantata movements and orchestral sinfonias - 24 pieces in all - transcribed for trio and solo piano by Fred Thomas, and threaded into a compelling new sequence by... |
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Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas
Bernstein - On the Town [ DG Awards Collection / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] Gramophone Award Winner: Music Theatre 1994 |
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HENRY PURCELL
O Sing Unto The Lord: Sacred Music By Henry Purcell Frederick Teardo (organ) & John Scott (conductor/solo organ) Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Concert Royal [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release this compelling programme of choral works by Henry Purcell which also features the acclaimed New York period ensemble Concert Royal. Recorded on period instruments, this collection of sacred... |
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J. S. BACH
Orchestral Suites Nos 1 - 4 (with works by J.L. Bach, Fasch, Telemann & Zelenka) Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] This set is a tribute to the Orchestral Suite (Ouvertüren), a major genre during the German Baroque era. It assembles works from Johann Bernhard and Johann Ludwig Bach - much admired by their cousin Johann Sebastian Bach - and Zelenka, Fash and... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Gioachino Rossini Edition (50 CD set) Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Rockwell Blake, Beverly Sills, Thomas Hampson, etc [ Warner Classics / 50 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2018 ] The Rossini Edition is the most comprehensive edition devoted to Rossini ever produced. |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street / The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore Gabrielle Ruggiero / David Poleri / Gloria Lane / Maria Di Gerlando / Leon Lishner / Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Schippers [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] Hailed as 'the best new opera since Gershwin's Porgy and Bess', Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street won the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for Best Musical. Its underlying themes of immigrant life... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Gabriel Faure - The Complete Works Gautier Capuçon, Jacqueline du Pré, Sabine Devieilhe, Nicholai Gedda, Ian Bostridge, Victoria de los Ángeles, Thomas Beecham, Michel Corboz, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 26 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Warner Classics brings to you the Complete works of Gabriel Fauré, included are many popular and historical recordings for solo harp and piano, chamber, lyrical and orchestral works. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Songs Gerald Finley (baritone) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is one of the leading singers and dramatic interpreters of his generation. This is his debut recording with Ondine, already having many award-winning performances on CD and DVD. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi - Simon Boccanegra (Original 1857 Version) German Enrique Alcantara, Eri Nakamura, William Thomas, Ivan Ayon-Rivas / The Halle, Opera North Chorus, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Mar/2025 ] The original version of Simon Boccanegra, first performed in 1857, is a masterpiece of concision and spare vocal delivery, having many important differences from the later 1881 version, including one of Verdi's most innovative central finales. |