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BACH / BIBER / BRAHMS / FAURE / KRENEK / MAHLER / MONTEVERDI
"Choral Works" (10 CD boxset) Philippe Herreweghe / RIAS Kammerchor / Andrew Manze / Kent Nagano / and more [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2011 ] An amazing 10-CD bargain boxes from Harmonia Mundi of classic recordings from their catalogue. We know from experience that these will sell out quickly: incredible price, limited edition, while stocks last. |
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ARVO PART
Berliner Messe / Magnificat / De Profundis Polyphony / Stephen Layton (cond), with Andrew Lucas (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] 'Polyphony's singing is immensely cultivated; bright, clear, immaculately phrased, and gorgeously balanced' (American Record Guide) |
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HANDEL
Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks Prague Chamber Soloists / Andrew Mogrelia (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Andrew Mogrelia has a varied conducting career on the concert platform and in the recording studio, and extensive experience of working with major dance companies since studying at the Royal College of Music in London and Tanglewood. |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
English, Scottish, Cornish, Irish, Welsh Dances Queensland Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] 1001 Classical Recording you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "this Naxos CD offers and excellent and inexpensive collection, more complete than any of its competitors." - Gramophone |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: La Filleule des fées (Complete Ballet) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Adolphe Adam is best known today for the ballets Giselle and Le Corsaire, but his prolific output included 39 operas and several other ballet scores, including the vivacious tale of La Filleule des fées ('The Fairies' God-daughter'). The story takes... |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: La Jolie Fille de Gand (Complete Ballet) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] After increasing successes with ballets, melodramas and theatrical works, Adolphe Adam won widespread acclaim with Giselle.. A year later he wrote La Jolie Fille de Gand, which was received just as enthusiastically by audiences and critics alike. |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
La Filleule des Fees (complete ballet) Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia [ Marco Polo / 2 CD - released 1/May/2008 ] "On the evidence of this recording Adolphe Adam was much more than just a one-ballet man." - Christopher Cook, International Record Review |
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DELIBES
Sylvia (complete ballet) (with Saint-Saens - Henry VIII Ballet Music) Razumovsky Sinfonia / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "There is loving care applied to selection of tempos, shaping of phrases, orchestral balance and refinement of instrumental detail" Gramophone (Editor's Choice), June 1996 |
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W. A. MOZART
The A-Z of Mozart Opera Rebecca Bottone, Klara Ek, Martene Grimson, Susan Gritton, Anna Leese (soprano), Cora Burggraaf (mezzo), Allan Clayton, Andrew Staples (tenor), Mark S [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Signum are proud to reissue Classical Opera's debut CD, 'The A-Z of Mozart Opera', selected for Gramophone magazine's annual Critic's Choice in 2007. Based on the coincidence that Mozart's first opera (Apollo et Hyacinthus) begins with 'A' and his... |
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LISZT
Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The singing too is exemplary, with Rebecca Evans's floated high notes things of exquisite beauty." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 ***** |
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J.S. BACH
Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052, BWV1053 & Triple BWV1044 (special price with Harmonia Mundi catalogue) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) / Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special." ***** The Independent |
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Robert Farley (Baroque trumpet), Orpheus Britannicus & Andrew Arthur (director)
A Courtly Garland for Baroque Trumpet [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] Period ensemble Orpheus Britannicus, with director Andrew Arthur, is joined by the renowned Baroque trumpeter Robert Farley for this fascinating album of works for the instrument. Charting the rise of the trumpet within art music during the... |
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HEINRICH IGNAZ BIBER
Violin Sonatas Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin) / Nigel North (lute & theorbo) / John Toll (harpsichord & organ) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "This is masterful playing...The range of expression is indeed a constant joy. Amongst the finest baroque chamber music to have appeared in recent years." - Gramophone Magazine |
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FRESCOBALDI / KAPSBERGER / SCHMELZER
Fantastic Style - 17th Century Violin Music (Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Schmelzer) Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin) / Nigel North (theorbo) / John Toll (organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD ] Harmonia Mundi's Fantastic Style is a two-for-the-price-of-one combination of two great albums by Romanesca: Phantasticus, originally released in 1996, and Schmelzer: Violin Sonatas from 1998. Phantasticus takes as its point of departure an extract... |
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Romanesca: Andrew Manze, violin / Nigel North, theorbo / John Toll, organ
Uccellini - Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] "Some of the most uninhibited baroque playing around. Any disc released by Romanesca is a 'must'". - Classic CD |
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CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
Wheeldon: Within The Golden Hour (complete ballet) with works by Cherkaoui & Pite BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell / Andrew Griffiths & Jonathan Lo [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2020 ] The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today's leading choreographers. |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies No. 2 'London' & 8 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] "This is expressive and atmospheric playing, rarely heard since Boult." (BBC Music Orchestral Choice July 2016) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Job / Old King Cole / The Running Set Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ ONYX / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "Scrupulously prepared and boasting some superbly coordinated, infectiously dedicated playing from the RLPO, it's a thoroughly absorbing interpretation [of *Job*]...Overall, this is unquestionably a very fine achievement." Gramophone Awards Finalist |