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MENDELSSOHN
Double Concerto for violin & piano / Piano Concerto in A minor Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (violin & director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "the double concerto of 1823 marks an advance on the earlier piano concerto (1822), the brilliant piano writing in both shows the fruitful influence of Weber and Hummel, and the playing of the soloists and the period-instrument Freiburg band is nice... |
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Kvapil/Von Bahr/Hindart
Martinu:piano Sonata No.1 [ Bis / CD ] |
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Lars von Trier (director)
The Kingdom - Series 2 (Director's Suite) [ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 8/Mar/2007 ] At the Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen, everything is as it was-and nothing is. Consultant neurosurgeon Stig Helmer has returned from Haiti, and immediately runs into problems. He faces prosecution for his unsuccessful operation on poor little... |
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SIBELIUS
The Essential Sibelius (15 CDs at a budget price) Leonidas Kavakos / Anne Sofie von Otter / Monica Groop / Jorma Hynninen / Helsinki University Choir / Lahti Symphony Orch / Gothenburg Symphony Orch [ BIS / 15 CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "The Essential Sibelius...will provide hours of pleasure, discovery and rediscovery for not very much money. If this were your only Sibelius you would have his best music. Alongside this you will become acquainted with some pieces which although not... |
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GISEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (recorded in 1962) Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Zampieri, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "Price and an inflamed, contrapuntal vocal ensemble and full orchestra collaborate in ecstatic terms for the final Libera me whose triumphal, almost Baroque tenor may recall aspects of the old Venetian style." (Four Stars AudAud.com) |
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Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
Songs For Christmas (LP) [ Vinyl Passion / LP - released 6/Nov/2020 ] Leontyne Price's heavenly soprano lights up 13 Christmas favorites on this wonderful 1961 album recorded in Vienna, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. On this vinyl "Silent Night", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "O Tannenbaum", "Ave Maria", "O Holy... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera with libretto) Thomas Allen, Mirella Freni, Anne Sofie von Otter, Neil Shicoff / Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1988 ] "James Levine's 1984 recording is characterised by an appropriately full recorded sound and much gutsy playing from his orchestral forces." (MusicWeb) |
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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] "The one cause for regret is that these forces do not seem to have recorded the remaining concertos in this set. But this still a worthwhile means to explore the work of a composer and violinist whose fame, in his day, stretched around Europe more... |
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Lovro Von Matacic
Balakirev/Tchaikovsky [ Testament / CD ] |
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Marco Von Orelli 6
Close Ties On Hidden Lanes [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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VERDI
Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1956) Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2008 ] Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il Trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success. Her 1953 Covent Garden performances earned golden opinions. The Times critic considered the... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Enrico Campi / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Von Karajan (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] When EMI [Columbia/Angel] recorded Callas as Madama Butterfly in August 1955, she had not yet sung it in the theatre, nor would she ever do so at La Scala, Milan, where it was made and her career based. |
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Markus Burger & Jan Von Klewit
Inside - Outside [ Profil / CD ] |
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50 BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS
50 Best Romantic Classics: Includes Offenbach 'Barcarolle', Debussy 'Clair de lune' & Dvorak 'Song to the Moon' Martha Argerich, Julian Bream, Herbert von Karajan, Moura Lympany, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ EMI Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] All the greatest romantic classics performed by the world's greatest soloists, instrumentalists and orchestras. |
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VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
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BEETHOVEN / HONEGGER / MAHLER / PROKOFIEV / SIBELIUS / etc
Karajan & The Berliner Philharmoniker Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Conductors & Orchestras / 8 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2017 ] "The performance is both grand and fiery, powerful and committed." - Records and Recording (on the Beethoven 9th) |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Te Deum Monika Mauch, Elisabeth von Magnus, Bernhard GANrtner, Klaus Mertens, Basler Madrigalisten / L'Arpa Festante / Fritz NANf [ CPO SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] Graun was born in Wahrenbrück in Brandenburg. He sang in the chorus of the Dresden opera before moving to Braunschweig, singing there and writing six operas for the company. |
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Moritz Von Oswald Trio
Fetch [ Honest Jon's Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2012 ] |
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Moritz Von Oswald Trio
Horizontal Structures [ Honest Jons / CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] Paul St Hilaire and Marc Muellbauer add fresh drama and swing to the intimate tonal and rhythmic interactions of the core grouping. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (with Dvorak - Cello Concerto) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "the intensity of lyrical feeling and the spontaneity of the partnership between Karajan and Rostropovich ensures the position of their disc at the top of recommendations for this peer among nineteenth century cello concertos." Rosette. Penguin... |