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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Kindertotenlieder Michelle DeYoung (mezzo soprano) / Women of the San Francisco Chorus / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "The San Francisco Orchestra is on fine form throughout and they are recorded with depth and spread in a realistic sound picture that packs a punch when needed but can pare down to intimacy too." (MusicWeb May 2003) |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) Michelle DeYoung (mezzo soprano) / Women of the San Francisco Chorus / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ Avie SACD / 2 SACD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony reach the 11th instalment of their award-winning Mahler cycle with a live recording of the mighty Eighth Symphony, "Symphony of a Thousand", coupled with the Adagio from Symphony No. 10. |
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BASSET / BOLCOM / TICHELI
Angels in the Architecture Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble, Reed Thomas [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Angels in the Architecture was inspired by the forms and ornamentation of the Sydney Opera House, contrasting divine light with turbulent darkness to pose the unanswered question of existence. |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera, John Elwes, David Thomas / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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BEETHOVEN
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Eike Wilm Schulte / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video. The 10th EUROPAKONZERT was performed in the newmillennium |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Graun: Christmas Oratorio Monika Mauch (soprano), Marion Eckstein (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Raimund Nolte (bass) / Baroque Ensemble L'arpa festante, Thomas Gropper [ Oehms / CD - released 21/Sep/2017 ] A work caught the attention of musicians during the late 1990s - a Christmas Oratorio by C.H. Graun. The only known copy of it was being housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. But it has so far been impossible to determine either the... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg & Violin Concertos / Orchestral Suites Musica Amphion, P.J. Belder / Amsterdam Bach Soloists, Thomas Zehetmair (violin) / Netherlands Bach Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] ."Zehetmair is by no means just a brilliant violinist; he is a very sincere musician...This is a most rewarding reissue. Even those lovers of baroque music who usually avoid modern instrument performances, should consider this disc." MusicWeb |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser / Philippe Jordan [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Nadia Michael… is an attractive Salome, moving like a dancer, as physically unafraid as she is vocally… Michael Volle is an imposing, rich-toned Narraboth" (Gramophone) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete oratorio) Nancy Argenta (soprano) / Emily Van Evera (soprano) / Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2003 ] 'If anyone needs to assure themselves as to whether the English choral tradition is alive and well, they need only buy this CD.' Gramophone |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn Edition - Vol.3 [Paulus, Elias, Lieder] Michael Corboz / Thomas Hampson / Barbara Bonney / Keith Lewis / Nathalie Stutzmann / Carolyn Watkinson / Benjamin Luxon [ Teldec Warner Classics Mendelssohn Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/May/2009 ] "Stutzmann's gloriously rich, true contralto tones suggest riches and depths not always suspected in these songs." (MusicWeb on the Lieder) |
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HENRI DUPARC
Complete Songs of Duparc Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), William Thomas (bass) [ Signum / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] "There's a terrific and consistently persuasive grandeur and sweep in much of Martineau's playing…This is a fine and fascinating addition to his discography" - Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Song |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / MORTON FELDMAN / PAUL MCCARTNEY / SANDOR VERESS
Blackbirds: Music from the 1960s - Bacewicz, Britten, Feldman, Veress Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano), Thomas Dunford (lute, voice), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): "On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this... |
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THOMAS ADES / COLON NANCARROW
In Seven Days / Studies Nos 6 & 7 (with bonus DVD) Nicolas Hodges (piano) / London Sinfonietta, Thomas Ades [ Signum CD/DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Evocative without being merely descriptive, In Seven Days is a highly cohesive work that understatedly fulfils its intention. The piano-writing is expertly integrated into the ensemble, Nicolas Hodges amply exploiting the judicious range of timbral... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera) Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Thomas Hampson, Olga Borodina / Wiener Philharmoniker & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] 'It's a fantastic cast. We know each other very well, we trust each other greatly and we like one another's work. It's a wonderful atmosphere, of course galvanised by this driving force of genius called Nikolaus Harnoncourt' Thomas Hampson |
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RICHARD DUBUGNON
Dubugnon: Klavieriana and Chamber Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Noriko Ogawa, (piano) / Musikkollegium Winterthur, Thomas Zehetmair (cond) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A leading Swiss chamber orchestra champions works by a compatriot. |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam (complete opera) Norman Bailey, Heather Harper, Thomas Allen / London Sinfonietta, David Atherton [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
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HANS GAL
Kindred Spirits: Symphony No. 1 Op. 30 (with Schubert - Symphony No. 6 in C D589) Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Zehetmair finds a mellifluous way of shaping melody while keeping the momentum virile and the music buoyant...the entire performance exudes a genuine delight in Schubert's palette of orchestral colours" (Gramophone) |
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HANS GAL
Gal: Symphony No. 2 (with Schubert's Symphony No. 9 "Great") Northern Sinfonia / Thomas Zehetmair [ Avie Records / 2 CD - released 2/May/2011 ] "gloriously tuneful late-Romantic masterworks … music that compels attention." - Gramophone |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Orchestral Works Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra & Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling, with Ilya Kaler (violin) & Gnesin Academy Chorus [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure of late 19th-century Russian music. He was a student of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and became teacher to Rachmaninov and Scriabin. |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] A pupil of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and a teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure in Russian music of the second half of the nineteenth century. Although highly independent as a mature artist, Taneyev was... |