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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto 3 & Triple Concerto Martin Helmchen (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze (cond) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] German pianist Martin Helmchen continues his journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Andrew Manze. In the Third Concerto, published in 1804, Beethoven seems to be moving away from the Mozartian model... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A 'The Trout' / Variations on Trockne Blumen for flute and piano / Piano Trio (Notturno) in E flat Martin Helmchen (piano) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Alois Posch (double bass) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The players' wide dynamic range lets them wring every drop of energy from the finale without ever forcing the tone, and it's impossible to overpraise Helmchen's sensitivity in both his solo and accompanying roles." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
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Mary-Anne Hobbs/Various Artists
Wild Angels [ 2 CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN
The Concertos & Overtures [5 CD set recorded 1966-1988] Maurizio Pollini (piano) Christian Ferras (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin) / Vienna Philhamronic, Berlin Philharmonic [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Recorded over a period of twenty years this is a mightly document featuring some of the world's most famous artists performing the music one of the world's greatest composers. |
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HERZOGENBERG / SCHUMANN / KLUGHARDT / WEISMANN
Song of the Reeds Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Markus Becker (piano) with Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn) & Tabea Zimmermann (viola) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 16/Feb/2012 ] The world's leading oboe player rediscovers his German Romantic roots. Albrecht Mayer is a master musician whose playing has touched the hearts of many fans. |
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BERLIOZ
Damnation de Faust (complete) Michael Myers (Tenor) / Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Mezzo-soprano) / Alain Vernhes (Baritone) / Jean-Claude Casadesus (Conductor) [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "The cast is a good one, the orchestra idiomatic and Jean-Claude Casadesus, who has made his mark on disc before, is at the helm." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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MICHAEL NYMAN
Nyman: Facing Goya (complete opera) Winnie Bowe, Marie Angel, Hilary Summers, Harry Nicoll / Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman [ Michael Nyman / 3 CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "A collage-like 'opera in four acts' investigating the physiology of genius, set to Nyman's usual chugging grooves, smartly packaged on his own label." (BBC Music) |
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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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W.A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo) Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] 'Davis's approach to the Requiem...contained both tragic grandeur and high drama, with the Dies Irae pointing the way towards the theatrical vividness of some 19th-century settings, but nothing was remotely sentimental of self-pitying' The Guardian |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins) / English Chamber orchestra, Salvatore Accardo [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/1984 ] Recorded in 1983 |
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NAJI HAKIM
Hakim Plays Hakim Vol 1 Naji Hakim & Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet (Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna of Bilbao) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] "I haven't enjoyed an organ collection this much in ages. Hakim the composer and performer are shown at their considerable best, and Signum have obliged with an exemplary recording. The composer's concise, very readable notes are an added bonus." (Re |
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MARI TAKANO
LigAlien: Works by Mari Takano Nathan Nabb (soprano saxophone) / Winston Choi (piano) / Kioko Yasuda (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Anne Manson (dir) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] BIS present a disc of works by the Japanese composer Mari Takano, composed between 2003 and 2009. The four duos and trios that share the title LigAlien are all results of the idea of what would it be like to implant 'alien' music into one of... |
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WAGNER
Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Brocheler / Henk Smit / Graham Clark / Reinhild Runkel / Chris Merritt / Anne Gjevang / Hartmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte / 2 DVD - released 26/Apr/2006 ] G :- 'A blend of transparent stage direction, powerful images and colourful orchestral playing. Perfect.' Trouw (The Netherlands) |
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BLOW / DOWLAND / FERRABOSCO / JOHNSON / PURCELL
A Painted Tale Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) [ Avie / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] 'As shown by this programme of Dowland, Purcell and others, Nicholas Phan is a wonderfully communicative tenor: a fine follow-up to his two Britten recitals.' (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015) |
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Nils Frahm & Anne Muller
7 Fingers [ Erased Tapes / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] |
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Bennet, Anne / Schygulla, Hanna
Neuwirth, Olga - Der Tod und das Mädchen II [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Andrew Richards / Anne-Catherine Gillet / Nicolas Cavallier / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Anna Caterina Antonacci is now acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She made her Covent Garden... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Chœur de l'Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse; Romain Dumas; Anne-Catherine Gillet; Véronique Gens; Ar [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 4/Oct/2024 ] 'The rehearsals for La Vie parisienne are almost driving me insane', wrote librettist Ludovic Halévy a few days before the work's first performance. |
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JULES MASSENET
Jules Massenet: Grisélidis Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Thomas Dolié, Vannina Santoni, Julien Dran, Adrien Fournaison, Thibault de Damas, Chœur [ Bru Zane / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Paris discovered Massenet's Grisélidis at the Opéra-Comique on 20 November 1901. The work is based on a medieval folktale retold by Boccaccio and Perrault, among others, and already set to music several times in the Baroque era. It gave Massenet the... |