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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Two Pianos / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos) Silvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion) / City of Birmingham Symphony, Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/1987 ] "the playing by the Labeques, with Rattle and the CBSO in the Concerto, and the recording, made in 1985, are all exemplary." Classical Candor |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lettere Amorose Magdalena Kozena (mezzo) / Private Musicke, Pierre Pitzi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Oct/2010 ] "Her voice...is as mellifluous and pliable as ever, light and translucent in the upper reaches while brooding and dark in the lower ones...[Private Musicke] provides an imaginative and inventive accompaniment." Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / 4 Orchestral Songs Marita Napier, Yvonne Minton, Jess Thomas / BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Recorded at West Ham Central Mission, London (26.X, 7-8.XI.1974) (Gurre-Lieder) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Tullochgorum - Haydn: Scottish Songs Masako Art, James Graham, Edin Karamazov, Pierre-Augustin Lay / The Poker Club Band [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Between 1791 and 1804, Joseph Haydn arranged some 400 traditional songs for publishers in Scotland and England. Almost all of the songs were Scottish and the most common setting was for voice and piano trio. |
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NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 / "Mose in Egitto" Variations / 6 Caprices, Op 1 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Orchestre Symphoniique de Paris, Pierre Monteux, with George Enescu (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "In 1934, Yehudi Menuhin recorded uncut, Paganini's D major Concerto with Emile Sauret's cadenza in Paris under Pierre Monteux." (Wiki) |
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SERGE LIAPUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liapunov: Phapsody on Ukrainian Themes for Piano & Orchestra (with concertos by Medtner & Balakirev) Michael Ponto (piano) / Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Pierre Caro / Westphalian Symphony, Siefried Landau [ Vox Turnabout / CD - released 27/Jun/1992 ] The American pianist, Michael Ponti, was born in Germany of American parents, and was taken to the USA as a child. He studied piano in Washington DC with Gilmour McDonald from 1954-1955, who was a pupil of Leopold Godowsky. |
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CANTELOUBE
Songs Of The Auvergne [complete] Netania Davrath (Soprano) / Orchestra conducted by Pierre De La Roche [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die - "Canteloube did not want them to be sung in an overtly operatic fashion; he preferred an earthier, more unaffected approach. And that is the great glory of Netania Davrath's classic... |
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KERN / RODGERS / ARLEN / PORTER / AZNAVOUR / SHEARING / etc
Songbook Pierre Génisson (clarinet) Bruno Fontai (piano), with Thibaut Garcia (guitar) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] The latest album from French clarinetist Pierre Génisson includes a laid-back mix of material taken from the American Songbook and from French popular repertoire. He is accompanied by pianist Bruno Fontaine, along with several other special guests,... |
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GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Ligeti Project vol. 1 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Schonberg Ensemble, ASKO Ensemble Reinbert De Leeuw (conductor) [ Teldec / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is an essential disc of indispensable music, brilliantly performed and recorded. |
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YVES PRIN
Prin: Dioscures / Ephemeres / Le souffle d'Iris Pierre-Yves Artaud (flute) / Philippe Graffin (violin) / Pascal Post (clarinet) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] French contemporary music from Naxos |
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J. S. BACH
Bach For My Baby Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott, Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics / Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock and country. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. Babies as young as 3 months can pick out that... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Flute Quartets Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Trio Pasquier [ Aura / 2 CD ] Recorded in 1982 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust [recorded in 1959] (2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio) Richard Verreau, Consuelo Rubio, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet / Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Jul/2019 ] 2-CDs + Blu-ray Audio disc. Presenting Igor Markevitch's searing 1959 reading of Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and a cast led by the impressive Richard Verreau. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / Members of the Orchestre National de France, I Soloisti Veneti, Lorin Maazel (violin/director), Claudio Scimone [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] Vivaldi's most popular work is accompanied by three Flute Concertos performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal. |
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GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Véronique Gens / Mireille Delunsch / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Marc Minkowski & Pierre Audi [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "[von Otter] presents a deeply sympathetic character...[Gens's] Iphigenia is equally touching and just as beautifully sung...one or two [production] oddities are far outweighed by the intensity that Pierre Audi secures from his team" (Gramophone) |
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BRAHMS / DVORAK / SMETANA / NICOLAI / MAHLER / WEBER / etc
Rafael Kubelík - Complete Decca Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik, with Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Decca Eloquence / 12 CD Box Set - released 28/May/2021 ] Rafael Kubelik, the Czech conductor, was in every way a big man: tall and robust in physique, he was the most generous of human beings and he inspired devoted affection among his friends and colleagues. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Pierre Boulez conducts Berlioz (Incls 'Symphonie fantastique & Les Nuits d'ete) Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Burrows (tenor) / New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Sony Classical is now making available all of their Berlioz recordings conducted by Pierre Boulez. All at a very attractive price. The recordings have all been remastered and remixed, and the box set is available at budget price. |
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CHARLES IVES
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord' / Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos Alexei Lubimov (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) [ Warner Apex / CD - released 27/Jan/2003 ] Born in Moscow, Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov is counted among today's most outstanding pianists. His wide repertoire, dedication to principles and musical morals make him a most welcome exception on the music scene today. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY/ MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Anne Queffelec [3 CD set] Anne Queffelec (piano) with Pierre Amoyal (violin) / Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A collection of Anne Queffélec's Erato recordings of French repertoire which in which she expresses great musicality, allowing us to rediscover her fine recordings of Ravel's Miroirs, Debussy's Etudes and Fauré's Violin Sonatas (with Pierre Amoyal),... |