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J. S. BACH
De Occulta Philosophia Jose Miguel Moreno (baroque lute) / Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Carlos Mena (countertenor) [ Glossa Platinum / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] In 2001 ECM released a disc under the title Morimur on which the violinist Christoph Poppen and the Hilliard Ensemble presented the findings of the musicologist Helga Thoene. She had discovered a whole series of fascinating numerical relationships in... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canto del Cavallero - Music for vihuela Jose Miguel Moreno (vihuela) [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Music for Vihuela by Henestrosa, Fuenllana, Pisador, Cabezon, Valderrábano, Milan, Manuscrito De Simancas |
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Jose Prates/Miecio Askanasy
Tam... Tam... Tam...! (LP) [ Trunk / LP - released 25/May/2018 ] A cornerstone of Brazilian music, remastered by Jon Brooks and reissued by Trunk. Originally issued in a one-time 1958 pressing as part of Askanasy's 1950's touring Braziliana show, Tam... Tam... Tam...! is a landmark in the development of the... |
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Jose Roberto Bertrami
Aventura [ Far Out / CD - released 11/Nov/2009 ] |
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Jose Roberto Bertrami
Things Are Different [ Far Out / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] |
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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Symphonic Works, Volume 2 (Incls 'Concerto for BandoneAn, String Orchestra and Percussion') Juan Jose Mosalini (bandoneon) / Wurttembergische Philarmonie Reutlingen / Gabriel Castagna [ Chandos / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] This long-awaited release contains several premiere recordings, including Sinfonía Buenos Aires and Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Piano Music Volume 5 Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "All his performances are shot through with brilliance and conviction. And even in those piece which are over-extended and repetitious, his voltage and enthusiasm somehow carry the day." Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / FOULDS / HANDEL / CORIGLIANO / etc
Transcendent Journey Juan Jose Chuquisengo (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Sep/2011 ] A unique concept album, featuring an enticing combination of classical repertoire by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Prokofiev, etc. |
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LOUISE BERTIN
Bertin: Fausto (complete opera) Karine Deshayes, Karina Gauvin, Ante Jerkunica, Nico Darmanin, Marie Gautrot / Les Talens Lyriques, Fle [ Bru Zane CDs + Book / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2024 ] "The performance is a knockout. Rousset conducts with blazing conviction, admirably sustaining the high emotional pitch without once tipping towards melodrama... It's a terrific set and a major rediscovery." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Opera |
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MOZART / CANTELOUBE / HANDEL / MAHLER / STRAUSS / BERNSTEIN / etc
Kiri Te Kanawa - Complete Philips & Decca Recordings Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), with Elizabeth Bainbridge, Roger Vignoles, André Previn, José Carreras, Georg Solti, etc [ Decca / 23 CD Box Set - released 7/Jun/2024 ] Released to celebrate Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday, this set features her complete recital recordings for Decca and Philips, filled out with excerpts from the large number of complete recordings of sacred music and opera she made for these... |
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CHOPIN / STRAVINSKY / BARBER / ADAM / BAYER / etc
Kirov Classics [incls 'Petrushka' & 'Chopiniana'] Kirov Ballet / Fiorenza Cedolins, José Cura, Carlo Guelfi, Cheyne Davidson, Paoletta Marrocu / Stefano Ranzani (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD plus CD / DVD/CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] The history of dance in Russia goes back to 1738 and has brought forth uncounted generations of wonderful dancers. From 1977 onwards, the ballet was directed by Oleg Vinogradov, a graduate of the important Vaganova school of Leningrad and an active... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
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La Jose, Vasco Hernandez, Los Alhama, Thomas Koch, Grupo Macarena, Domingo Patricio
Flamenco Passion [ ARC Music / CD - released 14/Feb/2019 ] Flamenco, hot and fiery, as well as mellow and tender, in a variety of styles and rhythms. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Emanuela Galli, Roberta Mameli, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Xenia Meijer, Ian Honeyman / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) [ Glossa / 3 CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] "Galli's sensuous Poppea and Roberta Mameli's psychotic Nero climax in an almost bluesily languid duet. Not everyone will like it, but for the dramatic verve of Cavina's direction and the vividness of the text this Nerone/Poppea has to be heard." |
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Laurent Lefavre - bassoon; Gordan Nikoliltch - violin; Geneviave Strosser - viola; Jean-Marie Trotereau - cello
Devienne - Bassoon Quartets [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Laurent Lefèvre studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Maurice Allard and Gilbert Audin. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, Jose van Dam / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Solti's 1977 Chicago version, with an unusually sensitive and pure-toned quartet of soloists, and with superb choral singing and orchestral playing, has all the ingredients for success." (Penguin Guide) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Great Verdi Voices Leontyne Price (soprano) Julia Varady (soprano) Jose Carreras (tenor) Renato Bruson (baritone) Giuseppe Taddei (baritone) Franco Bonisolli (tenor), et [ BR Klassik / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] The radio recordings collected on this album from BR-Klassik were made between 1962 and 1984. All impressively convey the vocal presence of the renowned performing artists and are thus also of historical significance: the recordings produced by the... |
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BENET CASABLANCAS
Casablancas: L'Enigma di Lea (complete opera recorded in 2019) Liceu Grand Theatre / Allison Cook, José Antonio López, Sara Blanch, Marta Infante, Sonia de Munck / Josep Pons (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain, 12-13 February 2019 |
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BENET CASABLANCAS
Casablancas: L'Enigma di Lea (complete opera recorded in 2019) Blu-ray Liceu Grand Theatre / Allison Cook, José Antonio López, Sara Blanch, Marta Infante, Sonia de Munck / Josep Pons (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Jan/2022 ] Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain, 12-13 February 2019 |