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ROSSINI / W. A. MOZART / J. STRAUSS II
Love, Passion & Deceit: Classic Opera productions from Glyndebourne [La Cenerentola, Cosi fan Tutte, Die Fledermaus] Glyndebourne Opera / Topi Lehtipuu, Luca Pisaroni, Miah Persson, Ruxandra Donose, Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] 'I had to search long and hard down memory lane to recall a Così that so vividly revealed both the pleasure and the overwhelming pain of this evermore disturbing masterpiece, and I failed.' Opera on Cosi |
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CHARPENTIER
Louise (complete opera recorded in 1943) Grace Moore, Raoul Jobin, Ezio Pinza / Metropolitan Opera / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historic Great Opera Performances / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2010 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 d-Moll op. 125 Gundula Janowitz, Grace Bumbry, Jess Thomas, George London, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] The well-known "classical" exception to the canon of ten Wagner works that can be performed on the Green Hill goes back to the master himself: it is of course Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The most famous recording of one of the rare Bayreuth... |
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Kuhn, Gustav / Gazheli, Thomas / Baba, Michael ao.
Wagner, Richard - Parsifal [ Col Legno / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (alto), Jess Thomas (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass) / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl BAhm [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "one of the greatest recordings the piece has ever enjoyed... there is literally none better" - ClassicsToday.com |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No. 70, 73 La Chasse75 Heidelberger Sinfoniker / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] "In short, these are brilliant, sympathetic interpretations, marvelously recorded. Don't miss this release!" (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No. 94, 104, & Ouvertuere Acide e Galatea Heidelberger Sinfoniker / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] "This major enterprise benefits from a panoramic recording, at once transparent and coherent. If you like Haydn, don't miss this one. If you still don't know if you like Haydn, give it a try and be converted." (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / JEAN SIBELIUS
Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Wieniawski: Violin.Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Heifetz's first (mono) recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, made in 1937, as tremendous virtuosity and warmth. The sound is opaque by modern standards...this is a fine bargain." Penguin Guide |
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J. S. BACH / HOLLIGER
Duo / Study / Suite Catrin Demenga (violin), Thomas Demenga (cello), Heinz Holliger (oboe) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded September 1986 |
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ZELENKA
Trio Sonatas Heinz Holliger (oboe) Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Klaus Stoll (double-bass) Jonathan Rubin (lute) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1997, Released 1999 |
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ISANG YUN / ELLIOTT CARTER
Lauds and Lamentations: Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun Heinz Holliger (oboe) / Thomas Zehetmair (violin) / Ruth Killius (viola) / Thomas Demenga (cello) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The peerless artistry of Heinz Holliger - unchallenged as the world's greatest oboist - and of his immensely gifted colleagues Thomas Zehetmair, Thomas Demenga and Ruth Killius, is applied to the music of two of the greatest composers of modern... |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (recorded 1937 & 1938) Helge Roswaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Gerhard Husch, Erna Berger / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historic Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "These singers, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, come through with unprecedented clarity in this new transfer by the gifted sound engineer Mark Obert-Thorn. The new reissue looks likely to replace them in the hearts of Mozart fans, offering a... |
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REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: L'île du rêve Hervé Niquet, Hélène Guilmette, Artavazd Sargsyan, Cyrille Dubois, Münchner Runddfunkorchester, Ludivine Gombert, Thomas Dolié, Chœur du Concert Spiri [ Bru Zane / CD/Book - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "To have written that, you must be a poet", Massenet told Reynaldo Hahn when he read through the score of L Île du rêve. Composed when the young man was not yet eighteen years old, this curtain-raiser already had the qualities of the great works of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Anthem: Great British Hymns & Choral Works Huddersfield Choral Society, Thomas Trotter (organ), Aidan Oliver (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Here is a large, full-bodied choir, singing in full voice and clearly having an absolute ball…Seek it out for the grandeur and gloriously robust sound of some great British coronation anthems sung with fervour and virile muscularity" MusicWeb |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Suite de Concert / Cantata 'Ioann Damaskin' (John of Damascus) Ilya Kaler (violin) / Gnesin Academy Chorus / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev's cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, its sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of... |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of our Time (complete) Indra Thomas (soprano) Mihoko Fujimura (alto) Steve Davislim (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "There are emotional depths here which turn this recording into something very special." (Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2008) |
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Irma Thomas
Simply Grand [ CD - released 22/Aug/2008 ] |
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Irma Thomas
The Soul Queen of New Orleans: 50th Anniversary Celebration [ Rounder Records / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2009 ] The best of Irma! The Grammy-winning Soul Queen retains her crown with Loving Arms; Back Water Blues; Let It Be Me; Another Man Done Gone; What Can I Do; I Count the Tears; Old Records , and more including 3 previously unreleased tracks! |
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Irma Thomas
Time Is On My Side ... Plus [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |