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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" The New Company / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "No passage from darkness to light here, but a pervasive exaltation even in the first movement...However many Ninths you own, add this to your treasury." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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MUSSORGSKY / STRAVINSKY
Mackerras conducts Mussorgsky & Stravinsky New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "Mackerras brings the same degree of visceral excitement and aural fantasy to these Russian orchestral showpieces as in his Janacek interpretations. The LSO's playing is superbly incisive" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera de Lyon / Laurent Naouri, Patrizia Ciofi, Charles Rice, Clara Meloni, Enea Scala / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali - a joyful play on words in itself - more commonly known as Viva la mamma! is a two-act farce that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thérèse (complete opera) Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Étienne Dupuis, François Lis Opera National Montpellier / Opéra national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Alain Alt [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / CD/Book - released 20/May/2013 ] "The scale is small, the plot thin, but the opera has its moments: one of them is the flowing 'O Therese, regarde', sensitively phrased by Etienne Dupuis. Nora Gubisch and Charles Castronovo are splendid" Gramophone |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Violin Sonata / Piano Trio / New Transcriptions Opus Two (violin piano duo) with Charles Bernard (cello) & Marin Mazzie (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "A worthy purchase for all fans of Bernstein and of mid-20th century American chamber music." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenade in B flat Major 'Gran Partita' Orchestra of St. Luke's / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "...the playing is beautifully neat, blended and elegant..." -Gramophone |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 100 Military 101 "Clock" 104 "London" & 103 "Drum Roll""" Orchestra of St Luke's / Sir Charles MacKerras [ 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 100 Military & 103 Drum Roll Orchestra of St Luke's / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "Brisk, spirited readings" - Billboard |
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EDOUARD LALO / ARTHUR COQUARD
Eduard Lalo & Arthur Coquard: La Jacquerie Véronique Gens, Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Boris Pinkhasovich / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Castronovo's Robert is all persuasive elegance and ringing high notes: you believe in him as a charismatic revolutionary, and he brings real passion to his scenes with Véronique Gens's smoky toned Blanche, who is equally convincing as a refined aris |
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DEBUSSY
La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] " Dutoit is one of the world's foremost interpreters, and his approach to Debussy's orchestral works is lively and vibrant, as demonstrated in his effervescent readings of La mer, Jeux, and Nocturnes." (AllMusic.com) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker [plus Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's Wedding] Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] A favourite ballet all round the year, but a perennial at Christmas-time, Tchaikovsky's evergreen Nutcracker has never perhaps received as luxurious a recorded performance as that of Charles Dutoit and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. |
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A LITTLE NONSENSE
A Little Nonsense Owen Brannigan (baritone) with the Pro Arte Orchestra / Charles Mackerras [ ABC / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] This delightful record presents us with a rich feast of the nonsensical in word and sound, which should satisfy the appetite of even the wisest among us, young or old. |
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PHYLLIS TATE
The Lodger (opera in 2 ats) Owen Brannigan, Johanna Peters, Marion Studholme, Joseph Ward / BBC Northern Singers & Orchestra, Charles Groves [ Lyrita Mono / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2015 ] The Lodger was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music and first performed there in July 1960. This revised score, adapted for the BBC, was the opera's first broadcast. |
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VARIOUS
Pablo Casals - Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4 (1916-1920) Pablo Casals, cello / Charles Albert Baker, piano / Walter Golde, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2009) Inva Mula, Charles Castronovo / Chœur de l'Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Marc Minkowski [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] As soon as I was appointed Director of the Paris National Opera, I wanted to open my term of office with Mireille at the Palais Garnier opera house. In my opinion, Gounod was the greatest French musician of the 19th century, in no way inferior to... |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera / Inva Mula, Charles Castronovo, Franck Ferrari / Marc Minkowski (conductor) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Jun/2021 ] "Marc Minkowski leads the Parisian forces with lightness and grace while the Provençale rhythms spring to life in his hands. The opera's Prelude is a masterpiece of orchestral tone painting, as brilliantly sun-drenched as are Van Gogh's haystacks" MW |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart in Turkey - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Paul Groves / Yelda Kodalli / DACsirACe Rancatore / Lynton Atkinson / Peter Rose / Oliver Tobias / Scottish Chamber orchestra / Charles Mackerras (con [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2004 ] G :- More than just a performance film featuring Mozart's opera, Mozart in Turkey also studies the history of opera's fascination with Turkish culture and some illuminating biographical information about Mozart's life during the composition of... |
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ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Bells Across the Meadow' & 'In a Persian Market']) Orchestras condusted by Albert Ketelbey, Ray Noble, Charles Prentice & Henry Geehl [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Eclipsed first by the Swing Era, then further distanced by World War II and rock-'n'-roll, the music of Ketèlbey has the distinctive, nostalgic ring of a bygone age. |
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Schumann,
Lieder und Duette Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Peter Seiffert, Charles Spencer [ ORFEO / CD - released 15/Aug/2003 ] |
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VERDI
Overtures & Ballet Music [recorded 1956-1958] Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Testament / CD - released 12/Jan/2004 ] |