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MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Giuliani/Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos Pepe Romero (Guitar) Angel Romero (Guitar) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / with Catherine Miche [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "The sound quality is as good as I have come to expect from the Pentatone RQR releases, and is a slight improvement over the original Philips LP in terms of its transparency and spatiality...Highly recommended." --SA-CD.net |
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WILLIAM MATHIAS
Mathias: Choral Music Peter Foggitt (piano), Michael Papadopoulos (organ & Piano) & Tom Winpenny (organ) / St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, The Lay Clerks of St Albans [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] "This is a fine introduction to Sergei Bortkiewicz's piano music. The playing is impressive, technically assured and quite simply beautiful." MusicWeb |
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Peter Mattei / Paula Hoffman / St. Jacob's Chamber Choir / Gary Graden
Durufla - Requiem [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "The performances are highly polished and the young chorus and soloists sing with great refinement and control throughout" (Classic CD) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Mass / Cantata / Symphony of Psalms Gregg Smith Singers / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] This disc of sacred choral music features the masterly Symphony of Psalms, which Stravinsky dedicated "to the glory of God". The composer himself wrote "It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung ... it is the singing of Psalms... |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos & Sinfonia Concertante Rachel Barton Pine (violin) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, with Matthew Lipman (viola) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2015 ] "there is much to enjoy in Barton Pine's sensitive, finely honed performances, especially of Nos. 4 & 5 (plenty of temperament in the latter's 'Turkish' eruption). With a nod to period performance, she articulates crisply and uses vibrato modestly." |
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Radio So Stuutgart/St Clair
Villa-Lobos:the Symphonies [ Cpo / 7 CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
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FRANZ LISZT
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (complete Oratorio) Renatus Mészár, Dagmar Peckova, Mario Hoff, Melanie Diener & Alexander Guenther / Staatskapelle Weima, Carl St. Clair [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] The Legend of St. Elizabeth, begun in Weimar in 1857, completed in Rome in 1862, and premiered in Budapest in 1865, is certainly one of Lizst's key works. |
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STAMITZ
Flute Concertos Robert Aitken (flute) St Christopher Chmaber Orchestra / Donatas Katkus [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "Enjoyable phrasing and a pure, sweet, uncomplicated tone quality balanced with a good sense of energy and exuberant display." (MusicWeb July 2011) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos / Concerto grossi / Concerto a due cori / Orchestral music (Rec 1965-1981) Roger Lord (oboe) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Stylish performances of attractive music at a giveaway price." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Top 100 Favourite Classical Melodies [5 CD set] Royal Philharmonic, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Consort of London and others [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl Davis, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge,... |
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Rso Stuttgart Des Swr/St Clair
Villa-Lobos: Symphony No 10 [ Cpo / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] |
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Rso Stuttgart/St Clair
Villa-Lobos: Symphony No 2 [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
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JOSEF RHEINBERGER
Complete Organ Works Vol 11 (Includes sonatas 17 & 18) Rudolf Innig, Kuhn-Orgel, St. Anton, Zarich [ MDG / CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] "Rudolf Innig is a fantastic organist, and his technical proficiency demonstrated on this CD is amazing" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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Rudolf Innig, Organ (Kuhn organ St. Johann Schaffhausen)
Rheinberger, Josef - Complete Organ Works Vol. 8 [ MDG / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] The complete organ works of Rheinberger continues |
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WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SPOHR / etc
Clarinet Concertos Sabine Meyer (Clarinet, Basset-horn) / Berlin Philharmonic, Academy St Martins, Bamberg Symphony, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Inspired Mozart, Romantic rarities and infectious jazz classics - In her award-winning discography Sabine Meyer has explored many facets of the clarinet repertoire, halping the black woodwind instrument gain great popularity in the process. This CD... |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin and Guitar II - 6 Sonatas Op.2 / Duets Scott St John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) [ Naxos / CD ] "violinists, guitarists and lovers of winsomeness for its own sake should revel in these very well recorded discs" Gramophone |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Music for Violin & Guitar Vol 1 - 6 Sonatas Op.3 Scott St John (violin) Simon Wynberg (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/1994 ] "The sheer joy which emits from this music making is at once infectious and hypnotic" Gramophone |
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SHCHEDRIN
The Enchanted Wanderer (opera) / Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 'Naughty Limericks' / etc Sergei Aleksashkin, Kristina Kapustinskaya & Evgeny Akimov / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] "Whatever the intrinsic strengths or weakness of his music, [Shchedrin's] loyalty to those values [of indigenous Russian culture] represents a significant strand in late-Soviet and post-Soviet culture. On that basis...these finely executed and... |