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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 Robin Ticciati & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [ Linn / CD - released 19/Mar/2019 ] Having won acclaim for his recent recordings of French repertoire, Robin Ticciati now turns to the music of Anton Bruckner. Ticciati is well suited to conducting Bruckner with an approach that is both "expansive and revelatory" (The... |
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RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Robin Ticciati, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [ Linn Records / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] Following acclaimed performances on tour in Japan and South Korea, Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin have recorded one of Rachmaninov's best-known works. In contrast with the disastrous reception of the First Symphony and... |
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Debussy / Duruflé
Debussy & Duruflé: Nocturnes / Requiem Robin Ticciati, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Magdalena Kožená [ Linn / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Released to coincide with his third season as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati has forged a close and highly successful partnership with his orchestra. This, his fourth recording with DSO Berlin, continues... |
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DEBUSSY / FAURE
Debussy: La mer & Ariettes oubliées Robin Ticciati; Magdalena Kožená; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [ Linn / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] Robin Ticciati and the DSO present Debussy's La mer, Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande and the premiere recording of composer Brett Dean's arrangements of Debussy's Ariettes oubliées featuring Magdalena Kožená. Following his DSO debut Ticciati chose La... |
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MAURICE RAVEL / HENRI DUPARC
Aimer et mourir (Danses et mélodies) Robin Ticciati, Magdalena Kozena / Deustches Symphonie Orchestra Berlin [ Linn Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] "Kožená, in glorious voice throughout, lets Duparc's vocal lines do the work rather than edging towards declamation. It's all utterly beguiling." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2018 |
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JAN JANCA
Organ and Choir Music Volume 4 Ruben Sturm, OPUS VOCALE Berlin, Karl-Forster-Chor Berlin, Heiko Holtmeier, Volker Hedtfeld [ MDG / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Jan Janca's music reflects his personal experience. In remarkable wise he succeeds in combining music for practical liturgical use with the highest artistic aspirations. Especially the Missa de Angelis, composed in 1979 and including congregational... |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] The conductor Marek Janowski and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin continue their critically acclaimed collaboration with PENTATONE in a magnificent reading of Beethoven's monumental Missa Solemnis, recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in... |
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ERNST TOCH
Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Francis' affection for and dedication to Toch's music is clearly evident in his stirring performances with the Berlin Radio Symphony, which plays with power and precision. CPO's spacious recording reproduces the music with impressive... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Michael Volle Michael Volle, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Georg Fritzsch [ Orfeo / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] |
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Cesar FRANCK / Ernest CHAUSSON
Franck/Chausson: Symphonies Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] César Franck's only symphony came at a time when the French music world was seeking to rival the great Austro-German tradition. The 'darkness-to-light' narrative of the Symphony in D minor owes a debt to Beethoven and there is a unique power within... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (Alpine Symphony) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester continue their PENTATONE journey through the heights of German late-Romantic repertoire with a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie. The Alpine Symphony was inspired by the composer's... |
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PAUL BÜTTNER
Büttner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchster Berlin, Christopher Ward (cond.) [ Cappricio / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Paul Büttner was born in Dresden in 1870 and studied violin and oboe at the city's conservatory, from whence he gradually established himself as an outstanding musician. But he remained virtually unknown as a composer until 1915, when the celebrated... |
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WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SPOHR / etc
Clarinet Concertos Sabine Meyer (Clarinet, Basset-horn) / Berlin Philharmonic, Academy St Martins, Bamberg Symphony, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] Inspired Mozart, Romantic rarities and infectious jazz classics - In her award-winning discography Sabine Meyer has explored many facets of the clarinet repertoire, halping the black woodwind instrument gain great popularity in the process. This CD... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba.... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D 803 Scharoun Ensemble Berlin [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Schubert's Octet in F Major, D 803 stands as one of the crowning achievements of chamber music - an expansive, symphonic vision distilled into eight voices. For the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, this masterpiece lies at the very heart of their artistic... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs and other Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. I suspect that the composer him∆self‚ with his love of the soprano voice‚ would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2002) |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Septem verba a Christo (in cruce moriente prolata) Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "this hybrid cycle of seven early-18th-century cantatas based on the Seven Last Words is deeply impressive...The mood ranges wide, from fiery, coloratura-laden anger to a touching lyricism." Sunday Times |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Arnesky: Chamber Music Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2015 ] Anton Arensky belonged to the generation between Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, his early flair leading Tolstoy to state that, "among the new composers he is the best, he is simple and melodious". Lacking a Russian tradition for the genre, Arensky's... |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Quartet / Clarinet Sonata / Three Easy Pieces Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Naxos is to be thanked for this slightly unusual issue - the Quintet is such a rarity - and the performances are excellent. Everything about this issue is exemplary. I loved every minute and it shows us yet another side of this multi-faceted and... |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31 / Piano Quartet, Op. 20 Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] With this album, Naxos and Spectrum Concerts wish to champion a composer who was universally respected and admired during his life, but whose work has for the most part languished unheard since his death over a century ago. |