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W.A. MOZART
Opera Highlights-Volume 2: The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte Felicity Lott / Nuccia Focile / Marie McLaughlin / Jerry Hadley / Edinburgh Festival Singers / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "The recorded quality is unusually clear and, carefully nurtured by Mackerras, the delights of Mozart's scoring can readily be heard" (Gramophone on the Cosi) |
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MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / BARTOK / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / etc
Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg / Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings, a 6-CD set bringing together legendary early recordings by this violin legend. Gems from this set include the first ever releases in any format of two previously unpublished items. |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra. Charles Munch [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] The rarest amongst Charles Munch's many traversals of Symphonie fantastique (including those with the Boston and Paris Orchestras), this is an extraordinarily spacious reading of the first movement in particular, and will be much sought after by... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Anthems Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Vibrant readings of some of Purcell's best loved choral works unalloyed by 'authentic' prissiness" (Gramophone) |
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W.A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutti (Complete opera in English) Janice Watson, Diana Montague, Cristopher Maltman / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "This may seem a bit repetitive but the music making here has the same quality as in the symphonies and Cosi is one of my favourite operas. Here it is sung in English and the OAE, chorus and cast are excellent. This is a considerable bargain too."... |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hansel & Gretel (Complete Opera in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Rosalind Plowright (mezzo) / New London Children's Choir / Philharmonia Orch / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "After 40-odd years, this is the English Hansel to have." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Highlights from the operettas John Mark Ainsley / Thomas Allen / Rebecca Evans / Felicity Palmer / Richard Suart / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "...this anthology is a delight." -Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos NO. 17 & No. 24 John O'Connor (piano) / Sir Charles Mackerras / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Telarc / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Through his recitals, concerto appearances and critically acclaimed recordings, the Irish pianist John O'Conor has earned a reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and Early Romantic piano repertoires. |
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JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 n A-flat major / Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major John O'Conor (piano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "These Telarc versions are beautifully recorded and the warm, naturally balanced sound gives the music the elegance it needs." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 17, 20, 22 & 24 John O'Conor (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Through his recitals, concerto appearances and critically acclaimed recordings, the Irish pianist John O'Conor has earned a reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and Early Romantic piano repertoires. |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos No. 19 & No. 23 John O'Conor (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2004 ] "Beautiful accounts of all three works...O'Conor's playing is highly intelligent..." -CD Review |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre (with Villa-Lobos - Guitar Concerto) John Williams (guitar) / English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Charles Groves [ Sony Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "A warm, outgoing account, captured in a recording that focuses sharply on both guitaristic and orchestral details without seeming overly clinical" (New York Times) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 / Preludes / Piano Music Jorge Bolet (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Fischer / Montreal Symphony, Charles Dutoit [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "a greatly superior recording is one of the attractions of this CD, and at countless points it highlights Bolet's absolute command of this work's myriad pianistic complexities … the finale's central scherzando is executed with great pianistic acuity" |
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CHOPIN
Piano Concertos / Ballades / Barcarolle / Fantaisie [recorded 1982 & 1986] Jorge Bolet (piano) / Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Newton Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "Bolet's Chopin playing has some stunning moments of eloquence" BBC Music Magazine, October 2010 *** |
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RENE CLAUSEN
Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Although he writes in all genres, René Clausen is today one of America's most popular choral composers...On this release, choral works by Clausen are performed by the Kansas City Chorale, another choir of great international renown" |
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Leonard Charles
Basement Donuts (Honey Glazed Colour Vinyl) [ Hit And Run / LP - released 30/Mar/2018 ] Now repressed on 2 limited edition colour vinyl - PURPLE DONUT colored vinyl with PINK in color and OLD FASHIONED donut colored vinyl with HONEY GLAZE frosting. A modern funk reinterpretation of the classic hip hop album - now available on... |
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Leonard Charles
Basement Donuts (Purple With Pink Frosted Colour Vinyl) [ Hit And Run / LP - released 30/Mar/2018 ] Now repressed on 2 limited edition colour vinyl - PURPLE DONUT colored vinyl with PINK in color and OLD FASHIONED donut colored vinyl with HONEY GLAZE frosting. A modern funk reinterpretation of the classic hip hop album - now available on... |
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Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir, Aric Prentice, with Charles Harrison (organ)
Great Hymns from Lincoln [ Priory / CD - released 15/Mar/2013 ] "The singing is solid and secure throughout, but the choir is definitely at its strongest during the unaccompanied passages, where the balance between vocal parts is very good, the diction at its clearest and the ensemble tight." MusicWeb |
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MEYERBEER / GLINKA / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / SMETANA / WEBER / etc
Kaleidoscope - An Orchestral Extravaganza London Symphony Orchestra, London Proms Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Mercury, Philips and Decca recordings of orchestral pops conducted by the supremely versatile Sir Charles Mackerras, including a pair of Strauss overtures new to CD. |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD von GLUCK
Gluck, Rameau: Orchestral Suites London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Two first-ever releases from 1965 Philips sessions of 18th-century music for the stage conducted by the supremely versatile Sir Charles Mackerras. |