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The La's
BBC in Session [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] Available as an import from Europe, 'BBC in Session' is a compilation of four BBC sessions by The La's, containing the band's session appearances on radio shows hosted by Janice Long, Liz Kershaw, Bob Harris and Nicky Campbell. |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Mozart: Requiem / Paisiello: Messe pour le sacre de Napoléon Le Concert de la Loge; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Julien Chauvin; Sandrine Piau [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Mozart's Requiem was not performed in Paris until 1804, in a version slightly different from the composer's original score. The press reported a triumph. That same year also saw the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte - who had brought back a pronounced... |
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MONTEVERDI / GABRIELI / VIVALDI
Venezia Millenaria Le Concert des Nations - Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Panagiotis, Neochoritis, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox 2 SACD set with large book / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Dec/2017 ] "Savall's forces place atmospheric Orthodox and other non-western music alongside pieces by composers from Beethoven to Dufay, performing it all with panache" Sunday Times |
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FRANCESC VALLS / HENRY DESMAREST
In Excelsis Deo: Barcelona 1702 - Versailles 1709 Le Concert des Nations & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2017 ] In the context of the War of the Spanish Succession, the duty of any composer was to celebrate not only the greatness of a deity in religious pieces, but also the power of their sponsors. Jordi Savall invites us to relive the creation of two dazzling... |
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INGVAR LIDHOLM
Lidholm: Orchestral Works (Incls Motus-colores) Lena Nordin (soprano) / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra conducted by La Jia [ BIS / CD - released 3/May/2003 ] This is the second of three important releases featuring the complete orchestral music of the doyen of Swedish composers, Ingvar Lidholm who was born in 1921. |
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PERGOLESI / VIVALDI
Stabat Mater Les Solistes de la Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Gael Darchen (director) / Claire Pichon / Alix Le Saux / Ensemble Instrumental des Hauts-de-Seine [ Calliope / CD - released 30/Mar/2008 ] These two settings of the Stabat Mater provide fascinating contrasts: Vivaldi's being composed for solo voice, Pergolesi's for two voices; the former still little known, the latter one of the few works for which Pergolesi remains famous to this day.... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Finnish Works for Violin and Orchestra Linda Hedlund, La Tempesta Orchestra, Józef Hárs [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2026 ] This recording explores the emotional depth, colour and inventiveness of Finnish concertante works for violin and orchestra. The pieces range across the transitional landscape of the country's national music during the 20th century, where mysticism,... |
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GODZINSKY / KLAMI / FOUGSTEDT / SZENTIRMAY / PARTANEN / KASKI
Evening Dusk Serenade - Newly Discovered Finnish Works for Violin and Orchestra Linda Hedlund (violin), Elisa Järvi (piano) / La Tempesta Orchestra, Jyri Nissilä [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] The repertoire of Finnish music for violin and orchestra is full of hidden gems, with a substantial amount of works remaining unperformed and unpublished. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Attila (complete opera) Liudmyla Monastyrska, Stefano La Colla, Stefan Sbonnik, George Petean, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic [ Br-Klassik / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Following Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller", with which Ivan Repušić made his debut as principal conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in September 2017, the conductor's successful cycle of early masterpieces by the famous Italian opera composer... |
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L'orchestre De La Suisse
Shostakovich/Kodaly:symph No.5 [ Testament / CD - released 24/Feb/2003 ] |
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PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6 LOrchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These 2CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Both, the Paris Conservatoire and the Suisse Romande versions of the 'Classical' Symphony are included. |
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DIAZ / GOMES / RIOS / GUOLLHERME / ROMERO / CASTRO / etc
Los Ecos de Manzanares: Canzionero de la Sablonara, 17th Century Spanish Court Music; La Boz Galana, Sebastian Leon Louis Capeille (double harp), Guillherme Barroso (baroque guitar), Lore Agustí (soprano), Sebastián León (baritone) / La Boz Galana [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The Cancionero de la Sablonara is a collection made up of 75 polyphonic songs composed for the Royal Court of Madrid during the first two decades of the 17th century. The manuscript is named after Claudio de la Sablonara, copyist and archivist of... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres Lucy Crowe (soprano) & Elizabeth Watts (sopranos) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "Crowe here offers an intense and dramatic reading of the first Leçon … Elizabeth Watts takes centre stage in the second setting - her voice plummy and voluptuous " (BBC Music) |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (with Bach - Cantatas) Lucy Crowe (soprano) & Tim Mead (counter-tenor) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "A performance as sophisticated emotionally as it is musically." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2017 |
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UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chenier (complete opera recorded in 1931) Luigi Marini / Lina Bruna-Rasa / Carlo Galeffi / Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala / Lorenzo Molajoli [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] This is one of the more groundbreaking series of complete opera recordings made at the La Scala Opera in the early 1930's |
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GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music, Vol. 2: Symphony No. 2 / Theme and Variations / Tarantella / Gavotta Lya de Barberiis (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
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ARRIGA BOITO
Boito: Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 1931) Mafalda Favero, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Antonio Melandri / Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Recorded November - December, 1931 |
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Acis et Galatée BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sean-Francois Lombard, Elena Harsanyi, Valeria La Grotta, Luigi de Donato / Benjamin Lazar (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/May/2023 ] "Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account - the festival orchestra's first with period instruments." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month Aug 2023 |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1994) Jane Eaglen (Norma), Vincenzo La Scola, Eva Mei, Dimitri Kavrakos / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
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Malfeyt/La Caccia/Denecker
Morley: Consort Lessons Book 1 [ Ricercar / CD - released 7/May/2007 ] |