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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Variations on a theme of Corelli Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 3' is a complex, epic narrative that moves from a simple opening melody to the triumphant apotheosis at its conclusion. The composer ingeniously links motifs, melodies and at times whole sections between the... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No.3 Boris Rener (clarinet) / Quatuor Ludwig [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] "effective and touching contrasts of mood and idiom.." -Michael Jameson |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Chamber Choir "Lege Artis", Boris Abalyan [ St Petersburg Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/1993 ] Rachmaninov's most important contribution to choral music are his Vespers and The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom performed by the Chamber Choir "Lege Artis" directed by Boris Abalyan |
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MOZART / GOUNOD / GLUCK / MASSENET / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / etc
100 Best Opera Classics Maria Callas, Roberto Alagna, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Gedda, Placido Domingo, Boris Christoff, Kiri Te Kanawa, Christa Ludwi [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2006 ] This set offers 100 opera tracks, 6 CDs at a super special price! |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / RAVEL / MENDELSSOHN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Australian Festival of Chamber Music [3 CD set] Mark Lindsay (violin) Theodore Kuchar (viola) Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Boris Berman (piano) Dong-Suk Kang (violin) [ ABC Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2000 ] A star-studded line-up of international performers and some of Australia's favourite soloists and ensembles. |
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CRUSELL / SPOHR / MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Classic Clarinet: Best Loved Classical Clarinet Music Per Billman, Peter Schmidl, Ernst Ottensamer, Boris Rener, Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinets) with Sibylla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Leading performers inspired the greatest composers of their times to write imperishable masterpieces for the new instrument, exploiting its fullest range. |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux: Cello Concerto & Selected Orchestral Works Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / CD ] The virtues of those earlier issues remain evident here, with meticulously prepared, well-played performances, and recordings carefully adapted to the coloristic subtlety and textural delicacy of the music. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, Francesca Hayward, Alexander Campbell / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Nov/2017 ] The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker is the quintessential Christmas ballet. When her nutcracker toy comes to life, young Clara is transported by the magician Drosselmeyer to a magical world of excitement and delight. Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico... |
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Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Monster Mash (Limited Edition Green Vinyl 7") [ Decca / 7in - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Originally released in 1962, the spooky halloween favorite is back on 7″ neon green vinyl LP, featuring the official Next Habit remix. |
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Boris
Dear [ Sargent House / CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] On the 25th year of their existence, Tokyo's amplifier worshipping experimental metal trio Boris delivers Dear, an album they describe as "heavenly-far beyond heavy." We don't feel comfortable calling Dear a return to our slow and heavy style," says... |
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Boris
Noise [ Sargent House / CD - released 13/Jun/2014 ] |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 8 [with Schubert/Liszt - Wanderer Fantasia] Boris Berezovsky (piano) / New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur [ Warner Apex / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / KHACHATURIAN
Tchaikovsky/Khachaturian: Piano Concertos Boris Berezovsky (piano) / Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Liss [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "He performs with all his customary virtuoso assurance…" (BBC MUsic) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Chopin/Godowsky: Etudes Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] Rec. live at the Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 19-20/4/2005 |
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HINDEMITH
Ludus Tonalis / Suite 1922 Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Ludus Tonalis" was conceived as a kind of 20th-century riposte to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, it consists of 12 fugues - one for each note of the chromatic scale - framed by a prelude and postlude and separated by interludes, which guide the... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Romances and Folksongs Boris Christoff (bass) / Balalaika Orchester / Dima Liakhoff [ Deutsche Grammophon Spotlight / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Famed for his commanding performances of the great bass opera roles like Boris Godunov, the incomparable singing actor Boris Christoff (1914 – 1993) reveals here a more intimate side of his genius. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded live in 1950) Maria Callas, Rolando Panarai, Boris Christoff, Africo Baldelli / RAI Roma, Vittorio Gui [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] In her early years as a dramatic soprano, Callas sang three Wagner roles: Isolde, Brünnhilde (Die Walküre) and Kundry in Parsifal. |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Constantin Chekerliksi, Boris Christoff, Todor Todorov / Orchestra & Chorus of the National Opera theatre of Sofia, Jerzy Semkow [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "Boris Christoff is a past master at subtly altering his vocal colour: at this stage of his career, he was in full command of a magnificent voice with many shades of colour in it. This is superlative artistry." (Gramophone) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (complete opera remastered recorded live 1953) Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Enzo Mascherini, Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi / Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Erich Kleiber [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "Callas is terrific in the Act 1 aria and cabaletta, as well as in the long duet with Arrigo in Act 4… Boris Christoff is magnificent as the gloomy, unforgiving Procida… Erich Kleiber… leads a vigorous performance…" (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.):Complete Tone Poems & Concertos [13 CD set] Jean Yves Thibaudet, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Boris Belkin, Barry Tuckwell, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Various orchestras [ Decca Records / 13 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2015 ] Decca celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss with this new Collector edition containing many of the composer's most popular works in acclaimed performances. |