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COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jessica Vosk, Kevin Vortmann, Kelly Markgraf / San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / 2 CD/Book - released 2/Dec/2014 ] "Tilson Thomas's version scores heavily with its casting of the appealingly youthful-sounding Cheyenne Jackson as Tony and Alexandra Silber as Maria." (BBC Music) |
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LEHAR
Love was a dream Alfie Boe (tenor) / Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Michael Rosewell [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "His performances have charm and grace, his singing is secure and polished, and his engaging personality make him as popular in the business as he is with the public." The Telegraph |
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SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 / Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Amalie Malling (piano) Scottish National Orchestra / Matthias Bamert. Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] 'Amalie Malling proves an intelligent and sympathetic soloist… Michael Schønwandt gets very good results from the Danish Orchestra and the texture is lucid and transparent, and splendidly recorded.' The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs on the Piano... |
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FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: L'Isle deserte, Opéra comique in one acte Ana Maria Labin, Samantha Gaul, Theodore Browne, Fabian Kelly, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider [ CPO / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Franz Ignaz Beck is one of the most fascinating composers of the eighteenth century, a musical visionary as well as a »genuine European« with roots in Mannheim. His opera L'isle déserte, long regarded as lost, has resurfaced in a score manuscript in... |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
The Platinum Collection (2 CD) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Murray Head, Sarah Brightman, Julie Covington, Michael Ball, Yvonne Elliman & others [ Polydor Records CD / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The ultimate greatest hits collection from the works of one the most successful composers of the modern era. Features newly-recorded versions of songs by artists the stature of LANA DEL REY, GREGORY PORTER, and NICOLE SCHERZINGER. |
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FRANZ von SUPPE
Suppe: Pique Dame (complete operetta recorded in 2006) Anjara Ingrid Bartz, Mojca Erdmann, Anneli Pfeffer / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln / Michael Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "It is surely an essential purchase for the devotee of Viennese operetta. It would also have much to offer those whose taste is more usually for Offenbach or Sullivan." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera) Anna Maria Chiuri, Michael Nagy, Stephan Rugamer, Adam Riis / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Gianandrea Noseda continues his series of recordings of the works of Luigi Dallapiccola, this time with his Danish forces. Seen by many as Dallapiccola's masterpiece, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) is a one-act opera composed in the late 1940s, and... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Concerts Royaux Anna Starr (oboe) Jane Gower (bassoon) Ayako Matsunaga, Stefano Rossi (violin) Michael Borgstede (harpischord) Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] François Couperin 'Le Grand' is the most important member of the Couperin dynasty, whose elegant and trendāsetting music is known to have influenced great composers such as J.S. Bach, Telemann and Handel. After becoming organist at St. Gervais in... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Romances and Ballads Aquarius / Marc Michael de Smet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] In spite of the political disturbances of the year Schumann regarded 1849 as one of the most fruitful in his career. His compositions of 1849 include a wealth of choral music, written principally for the choral society he had established in Dresden,... |
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JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Kalliwoda: Violin Concertinos & Overtures Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Kalliwoda was perhaps the most important mediator between classicism and romanticism, and our new series featuring his overtures and violin concertos firmly substantiates this judgment. Kalliwoda was interested in composing works tailored to the... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Arleen Auger, Anne Sophie von Otter, Michael Chance / English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "With full, atmospheric and well-balanced recording, this set is not to be missed." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Die Donner-Ode, TWV 6:3 / Deus judicium tuum Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) / Collegium Musicum 90, Ri [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) |
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis Nos 1, 2 / Frauenliebe und-leben Audrey Michael (soprano), Theodore Paraskivesco (piano) [ Calliope / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
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JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Hasse: Reloaded Valer Barner-Sabadus (countertenor) / Hofkapelle München, Michael Hofstetter [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] "Barna-Sabadus dazzles with the swiftness and surety of his execution." (International Record Review) |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestral Works 4 [Incls 'Symphony No. 1'] BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Gardner's interpretative decisions vary from Lutoslawski's, swifter in the fast movements, very slow in the Poco adagio...The composer had the balance between them just right but Gardner is very persuasive...Highly recommended." Editor's Choice Gram |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
Symphonies No.2 & No.4 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tippett (conductor) [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "It richly deserves bringing into general circulation ... These are rich, glowing, utterly convincing performances. As for No.2..., this is the performance - the one performance - in which its fresco-like single movement makes something like complete... |
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue / The Physician's Tale (Unabridged) Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Michael Maloney (narrators) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording, the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Best Of Beethoven The Best of Beethoven Diane Elias, Robert Holzer, Jenö Jandó, Gabriele Lechner, Takako Nishizaki, Michael Pabst, Balazs Szokolay & Stefan Vladar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/1997 ] Artists Diane Elias, Robert Holzer, Jenö Jandó, Gabriele Lechner, Takako Nishizaki, Michael Pabst, Balazs Szokolay & Stefan Vladar Zagreb Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra &... |