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MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN
Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Christian Tetzlaff is an absolutely fabulous violinist, and this repertoire suits him perfectly. His tone is unfailingly sweet, penetrating, and lyrical, but never burdened with excessive vibrato." (10/10 ClassicsToday Jan 2012) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op 45 Christina Gansch, Matthias Winckhler, Bachchor Mainz, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Ralf Otto [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem was initially conceived as a 'cantata of grief' - it was the death of his mother and the desire to create a memorial to his friend Robert Schumann that makes this music so intensely personal. With its radiant messages of... |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tüür: Peregrinus Ecstaticus Christoffer Sunqvist (clarinet) Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2017 ] "Hannu Lintu's Finnish Radio SO show their class in all three performances, each full of considered phrasing, deep listening and impressive agility (the same can be said of the soloists). Tüür is blossoming into a composer of true significance. Go li |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859) Véronique Gens, Andrew Foster-Williams; Benjamin Bernheim; Jean-Sébastien Bou /Flemish Radio Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Aug/2019 ] "It also happens to be a terrific recording on its own terms...Rousset underpins it all with conducting that is fleet and dramatically engaged." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short list - Opera |
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Chœur de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Solistes de l'Orchestre National de France
Thierry Escaich: Cris [ Formations musicales de Radio France / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] For its 28th edition in 2018, the Festival Présences of Radio France paid tribute to Thierry Escaich -one of the greatest French living composers. Composer, but also organist and improviser, Thierry Escaich does not dissociate the three aspects of... |
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NIELSEN / IBERT / ARNOLD
Flute Concertos Clara Andrada (flute), Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Jaime Martín (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] In this album Clara Andrada, solo flutist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, performs three 20th century flute concertos together with the orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín. Malcolm Arnold's delightful Flute Concerto No. 1 makes a pleasant addition... |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 9 & 19 (recorded 1952-56) Clara Haskil (piano) / Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Otto Ackermann / Ferenc Fricsay [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Listening to the Bucharest-born Clara Haskil (1895-1960) always brings much joy. Her playing exudes musicality, whether it is Mozart, Falla or Hindemith...A very recommendable release." (Colin Clarke classicalsource.com) |
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STRAVINSKY
Le Rossignol (complete opera) (with Delage: Quatre poems hindous; Berceuse phoque) Janine Micheau, Genevieve Moizan, Jean Giraudeau, Lucien Lovano / Chorus and Orch. of the French Nat. Radio, Andre Cluytens [ Testament / CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "Igor Stravinsky conceived his lyric opera in three acts, Le Rossignol, after a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, the first performance presented by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in Paris, on 26 May 1914. The score captures both the poetry and irony of... |
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LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Coro Cologne Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Berio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] 'A highly personal, yet urgently communicative statement, persuasively performed.' Gramophone reviewing the original release in 1980 |
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RAVEL
La Mer / Trois Nocturnes / PrAClude AÂ l'aprAs-midi d'un faune Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gary Bertini [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] In 1987 Bertini was awarded the Israel Prize, the most prestigious award handed out by the State of Israel. In 1995 he won two prizes: Conductor of the Year, and Fermio Abiatti Prize of the Italian Music Critics Union. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat (with Handel - Dixit Dominus) Maarten Engeltjes, Diana Haller, Maximilian Schmitt / Bavarian Radio Chorus & Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra [ Br Klassik / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] The Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks joins forces with Concerto Köln to produce another superb CD. |
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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Halffter, Cristóbal / Orán, María / Preece, Simon
Halffter, Cristóbal - Siete Cantos de Espa?a [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 / Lyric Pieces (selection) / etc Cyprien Katsaris (piano) / The Radio Orchestra of Leipzig / Horst Neumann [ Piano 21 / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine April 2008 (Re-issue of the Month) |
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Gary Carpenter, conductor
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 1 (Includes Sleepy Lagoon, A Children's Overture & The Robin Hood Suite ) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Gary Carpenter, conductor
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 4 (Includes The Warsaw Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody & The Dream of Olwen ) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
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BIZET / MASCAGNI / SCHMIDT / HUMPERDINCK / PUCCINI / etc
Intermezzo Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] The lights are dimmed and from the pit the sound of the orchestra rises. |
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EMILE WALDTEUFEL
Waldteufel: The Best of Vol 1 (Incls 'Les Patineurs' & 'Estudiantina Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Symphony No.1 and 2 Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Ludovit Rajter, conductor Edgar Seipenbusch, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] "This work of a 21-year-old is totally accomplished" |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcraker (with Glazunov - Les Sylphides) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orhcestra (Bratislava) / Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "the excellent Slovak playing, which is bright and lively and vividly recorded" - Penguin Guide |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "So congratulations (again) to Naxos. The real Shostakovich cognoscenti may be mildly disappointed here and there, but even they will be gripped more often than not by these committed and well recorded performances" ABC Radio |