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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) [Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray Audio] Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Gundula Janowitz, Régine Crespin / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in 24 bit/192kHz. Blu-ray Audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. CDs are produced from the new remastering. |
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DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 Jonathan Cohen; Arcangelo; Thomas Dunford; Sophie Gent; Jonathan Manson [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The sonata concertata form is perfectly illustrated in these trios by Dietrich Buxtehude which, according to Peter Wollny constitute 'a landmark in the history of the sonata'. They provide a better understanding of a composer who has owed his fame... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlos (complete opera [Five-act French version] recorded in 1996) José van Dam, Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson / Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] Don Carlos, one of Verdi's supreme achievements, received its premiere in Paris and this live recording from the city's Théâtre du Châtelet presents the original, five-act version of the opera. |
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PAUL KLETZKI
Piano Concerto / 3 Preludes / 3 Unpublished Piano Pieces / Fantasie Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 2010 Grammy Award Nomination - Best Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) |
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BEETHOVEN / DEMUS / J. S. BACH / DVORAK / SCHUMANN
Chamber Music with Jörg Demus Jörg Demus (piano), Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) [ Gramola SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] The work of pianist Jörg Demus was one of the most important musical exports of Austria after the end of the Second World War. In addition to many other musical partners Demus also entertained a very fruitful collaboration with the established... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Trio in E flat / Noctturno Jarg Ewald Dahler : fortepiano / Hansheinz Schneeberger : violin / Thomas Demenga : violoncello [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded July 1995 |
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THOMAS BLOCH
Missa Cantate Jörg Waschinski (male soprano) / Thomas Bloch (glass harmonica, crystal bells, waterphone, bells, ondes martenot) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Rare-instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack to Milos Forman's Amadeus, with rock group Radiohead, or at La Scala, Milan or the Salzburg Festival. He has given more than 3000 concerts and made more than 100... |
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HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle, Justin Doyle, Thomas Hobbs, Roderick Williams, Tim Mead , RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Jupiter Jupiter, Thomas Dunford [ Alpha / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] In founding the Jupiter ensemble, the lutenist Thomas Dunford wanted to 'rediscover the spirit of chamber music in the Baroque repertory. Jupiter operates in a kind of fraternity, as if we had always known each other . . . Vivaldi's highly contrasted... |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 / Toccata Festiva, Op 24 Karina Gauvin (soprano) Thomas Trotter (organ) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2004 ] "A Knoxville performance to treasure as this essential Barber series reaches a new high point" Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month (June 2004) |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Complete Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Karina Gauvin (soparno), Thomas Trotter (organ), Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), John Gracie (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The RSNO positively glows in this extremely welcome and romantically rewarding and alluringly-priced set. It hardly matters that this is in fact the only such collection." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
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BEETHOVEN
Introducing Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Documentary and full performance) Karita Mattila (soprano), Violeta Urmana (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "An exceptionally good introduction to the Choral Symphony, succinctly providing insight into the music and a sense of how it confounded the expectations of Beethoven's contemporaries." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / VERDI / MAHLER / BACH / etc
Claudio Abbado - A life dedicated to music [8 DVD set] Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Barbara Bonney, Andrea Rost, Alfred Brendel / Various orchestras, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / 8 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This DVD Box will be released in honour of Claudio Abbado's 80th anniversary on June 26th. It contains an extensive collection of concert recordings and the documentary Hearing the Silence, capturing the outstanding work and repertoire of this... |
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LOUIS KARCHIN
Romulus (complete opera) Katrina Thurman / Steven Ebel / Thomas Meglioranza / Wilbur Pauley / The Washington Square Ensemble / Louis Karchin [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] The Washington Square Ensemble, praised for its 'polished, lively performance' (The New York Times) is joined by a cast of first-class singers conducted by the composer. |
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Keith Jarrett: piano, Michelle Makarski : violin. Marcia Butler : oboe. Patricia McCarty : viola. The Fairfield Orchestra / Thomas Crawford : conduct
Keith Jarrett - Bridge of Light (Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra ; Bridge of Light for Viola and Orchestra ; etc) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1993 |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / IRVING BERLIN
Kiss Me Kate - The Best of Broadway Musical Kiri te Kanawa, Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Chris Groenendaal / Ambrosian Chorus, London Sinfonietta, John McClinn [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Brought together here are 20 of the loveliest songs from great musicals by songwriting legends George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin - bursting with irresistible groove and infectious swing. |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete Opera in English) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Neil Rosenshein (tenor) / Welsh National Opera [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2001 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
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THOMAS ADES
Adès: In Seven Days Kirill Gerstein (piano) Thomas Adès (piano/conductor), Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra [ Myrios / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Contemporary |
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PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (Rec 1952) [with Brunnhilde’s Immolation from Gotterdammerung rec 1948] Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Thomas Hemsley / The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra / Geraint Jones [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Dido and Aeneas is an opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It comprises three acts and lasts about an hour. It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of... |