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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas 8, 125. 138 Deborah York (sop) Ingeborg Danz (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] The theme of death and dying was one of the favourite themes of Bach and his contemporaries in their cantatas - that "musical theology" which was held in such high esteem in deeply Lutheran Northern Germany. Composed between 1723 and 1725, the three... |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Deyan Vatchkov (bass-bartone) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain are two of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Programming them together as Music Director of the Orchestra and Chorus dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' Diana Damrau, Juliane Banse (sopranos), Lothar Odinius (tenor), Markus Marquardt (bass) / Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling [ Hanssler / CD - released 11/Aug/2008 ] Zachary Lewis in Time Out Chicago: "Thanks to Amadeus, everyone knows Mozart died with pen in hand. But the Requiem isn´t the only thing Mozart left unfinished. He also wrote little more than sketches for much of this great C minor Mass of 1783. In... |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Masonic Works, Cantatas & Funeral Music Die Kölner Akademie Choir and Orchestra / Michael Alexander Willens John Heuzenroeder, tenor; Mario Borgioni, bass Alexander Puliaev, fortepiano; Will [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Following their 11-disc cycle of Mozart's piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released a disc with two of Mozart's best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine... |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Morike Lieder Vol.1 Dietrich Henschel (bass-baritone), Fritz Schwinghammer (piano) [ Farao / CD - released 10/Jan/2000 ] |
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VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Dinara Alieva (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass) St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Cho [ Delos / Blu-ray - released 9/Nov/2018 ] In the wake of the beloved Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky's untimely passing in November 2017, tributes, memorials and musical event dedications have flowed non-stop. But none thus far has matched the sheer scope, power and sonic splendor of... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Bass Cantatas and Arias Dominik Wörner (bass), Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini (cond.) [ Arcana / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] After releasing all the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, Zefiro joins forces with authoritative singer Dominik Woerner to investigate the intriguing relationship between bass voice and reed instruments in Bach's sacred... |
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J.S. BACH
Jesu, deine Passion: Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127, 159 Dorothee Mields (sop) Matthew White (alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) Collegium Vocale Orchestra / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "What can you say except that Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent are the defining interpreters of Bach's vocal and choral works for our time?" Classics Today 10/10 |
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Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Strathclyde Concertos 7 & 8 / A spell for green corn: The MacDonald dances Duncan McTier (double-bass), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), James Clark (violin) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "The demise of Collins Classics - on which label many of the composer's recordings were originally issued - removed from the catalogue a great many valuable discs. It is to the great credit of Naxos they have over the years so assiduously re-released |
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Eberhard Weber (electric double bass, keyboards) with Ack van Rooyen (flugelhorn)
Encore [ ECM / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Encore is a companion volume to Résumé the widely-praised solo album issued in 2011. Eberhard Weber returns once more to the many live recordings of his tenure with the Jan Garbarek Group, isolating his bass solos and reworking them into new pieces... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Duetto / Capriccio / Gran Quintetto Elda Laro (piano) & Alessandro Dorella (clarinet) Davide Botto, Davide Ghio (double-bass) / Quintetto d'Archi del Teatro Regio Torino [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] Musicians from the Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino with Elda Laro (piano) here bring up a unique recording of chamber works by Giovanni Bottesini. |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Choral Music Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Catherine Hopper (mezzo), Robert Murray (tenor), David Soar (bass) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "This CD is fast lining itself up to be one of my 'discs of the year.'...the Stabat Mater is an absolute masterpiece and is stunningly presented on this CD" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2016) |
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W. A. MOZART
Missa brevis in D major / Missa brevis in Bb major Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (contralto), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor) & Lawrence White (bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] During his years in Salzburg, Mozart wrote a series of shorter mass settings, for which he drew on the models of his senior colleague Michael Haydn. Regina coeli reveals his supreme skill at writing for the solo voice. The Missa brevis in D, K. 194... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Elizabeth Holleque (soprano) Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montraal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] Recorded in: L'Église de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, La Prairie, Quebec 1 January 1988 |
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DAVID LANG
Lang: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating / Wed / etc Real Quiet with Theo Blockmann (vocals) & Evan Ziporyn (bass clarinet) / Boston Modern Orchestra / Gil Rose [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Mr. Rose and his team filled the music with rich, decisive ensemble colors and magnificent solos. These musicians were rapturous - superb instrumentalists at work and play." The New York Times |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: 12 Concertos (Collector's Edition) Elmar Oliveira (violin) Marko Ylönen (cello) Esko Laine (double bass) Reija Bister, Marielle Nordmann (harp) Patrick Gallois (flute) [ Ondine / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This first-ever edition of Einojuhani Rautavaara's complete twelve concertos (written and recorded to this date) follows on the great success of the release of his eight symphonies, in a special box set. |
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TRADITIONAL
Lux Emma Ahlberg Ek (five stringed violin), Emilia Amper (nyckelharpa, vocals), Fredrik Gille (percussion), Olle Linder (double bass, vocals), Bridget Mar [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] In 2012, Emilia Amper's solo début disc Trollfågeln ('The Magic Bird', BIS-2013) was a revelation. Not only to those who had never before heard the silvery sound of the nyckelharpa ('keyed fiddle'), but also for the way Emilia on it combined her... |
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J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 3 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This 2-CD set with The Purcell Quartet and a distinguished group of soloists is the third in a series devoted to Bach's early cantatas and the second focussing on the Weimar period. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Best of Messiah HMV56 Barbara Schlick (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Howard Crook (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) /English Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, Raymond Leppard [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD ] "Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy." Gramophone |
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MANUEL DE FALLA
La Vida breve (complete opera) Enrique Baquerizo (tenor) / Manuel Cid (tenor) / Alfonso Echeverria (bass) / Alicia Nafe (mezzo-soprano) / Asturias Symphony / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Manuel de Falla is universally acknowledged as the central personality of twentieth-century Spanish musical culture. Born in 1876 in Cádiz, Andalusia, he aspired as a young boy to be a writer but by the mid-1890s had decided to concentrate on music. |