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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... |
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ELIZABETH MACONCHY
The Sofa / The Departure Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Sarah Tynan (sop) Anna Leese (sop) George von Bergen (baritone) Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) / Independent Opera Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Independent Opera's young singers do full justice to both works, with good diction and a real sense of ensemble performance, finely honed under Dominic Wheeler's incisive direction. There's some fine instrumental playing, and an exceptionally clear... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV 232 (recorded 1952-53) Nicolai Gedda / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Von Karajan (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Critical comment on this recording when it first appeared in 1954 was virtually unanimous. The Record Guide (Collins, 1955) remarked “The principal qualities of Karajan’s reading are lightness, absolute clarity of sound and rhythmic buoyancy, all of... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Ackermann (Conductor) Lovro von Matacic (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] (Schwarzkopf) had all the requisite vocal qualities for a first-rate singer of the music of Richard Strauss: radiance, tenderness, vocal colour, always alive to the nuances of the text, and very observant of what the composer demanded. |
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Ozawa/Von Dohnanyi
Best Of Beethoven [ Telarc / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No 9 (Live at the Salzburg Festival) Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 2014 at the beginning of a series marking his 85th birthday season, Christoph von Dohnányi leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a rousing live performance of Bruckner's monumental Ninth Symphony, which stands alongside the other... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Ein Heldenleben Philharmonia Orchestra / Christoph Von DohnAInyi [ Signum Philharmonia Orchestra / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The fourth release in Signum's hugely successful collaboration with the Philharmonia Orchestra combines two favourite tone poems by Richard Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel and a blistering Ein Heldenleben, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi. |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "The Andante adds mellifluous intimacy, the Scherzo a boisterous joy, and in the finale a resolute finesse epitomises the spritely, judicious precision of Dohnányi's lively reading." (The Scotsman) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 "Pathetique" / Swan Lake - Suite Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Great romantic emotion coupled with vigorous temperament was the trademark of conducting legend Herbert von Karajan. His readings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic last symphony and the thrilling "Swan Lake" suite are perfect examples of his approach. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 3 Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Herbert von Karajan established himself as one of the 20th century's greatest conductors, both in live performances and on recordings. Taken from the first of Karajan's four Beethoven symphony cycles, made in the splendid acoustic of London's... |
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Krenek, Er
Spätwerk: Zwei Zeitlieder op. 215, Drei Lieder op. 216, Opus 231 für Violine und Orgel, Streichtrio in zwölf Stationen o Phyllis Bryn-Julson; The Southwest Chamber Music Society, Jeff von der Schmitt [ ORFEO / CD - released 4/Apr/1997 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) Theo Adam, Sir Geraint Evans, Rene Kollo / Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] "For some, the finest Meistersinger recorded; for others, too self-consciously 'chamber' in style. There's enough punch in the big moments, though." BBC Music Five Stars |
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Bedrich Sm
Má Vlast RSO Wien, Lovro von Matacic [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |