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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] STAGED BY: Peter Stein Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Aida at La Scala in Milan is an experience in itself. Consequently, this new production is an event barely to be surpassed, especially when played before La Scala's notoriously critical audience.... |
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UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Siberia (complete opera recorded July 7th, 2021) BLU-RAY Teatro del Maggio Musicale / Sonya Yoncheva, Giorgi Sturua, George Petean, Caterina Piva / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Mar/2022 ] 'Sonya Yoncheva was an admirable Stephana, particularly articulate and fervent.' - Operawire |
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Mel Torme / Gerry Mulligan / George Shearing
Classic Concert Live [ Concord Jazz / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] |
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RAVEL / BONIS / FAURE
Piano Trios Trio George Sand [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Little Sweep, Op. 45 / Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, George Malcolm / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britte [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] Two of Britten's rarities, his children's opera The Little Sweep and the Cantata Academica, have been unavailable for several years. The definitive recordings made with the English Opera Group and the London Symphony Orchestra are now available on... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Essential Gilbert & Sullivan Glyndebourne Opera with George Baker, Owen Brannigan, John Cameron, Richard Lewis, Monica Sinclair [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "A very well sung recording indeed....Exceptionally good singing....Loaded with atmosphere" |
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ELGAR / FINZI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / WALTON / etc
Music For A Royal Celebration: The marriage of The Prince of Wales & the Duchess of Cornwall Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe) / The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green [ Quartz / CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955 George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven (arr. Czerny): Symphonies 1 & 5 for piano duet Vicky Yannoula (piano), George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (piano) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Piano duo Vicky Yannoula & George-Emmanuel Lazaridis make their debut appearance on the Resonus Classics label with the first volume of a landmark series of Carl Czerny's arrangements for four hands of the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven. A... |
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Noel Coward, Arthur Askey, Frankie Howard, Max Miller, George Formby, Stanley Holloway, Gracie Fields, etc
Vintage British Comedy [ Fastforward Music / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Jul/2007 ] Old timey radio shows from England. Some of it is clever, some of it is an offensive reminder that sensibilities have indeed changed. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |
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Haydn, Jos
Symphonien No. 93/ No. 5 Wiener Symphoniker, George Szell [ ORFEO / CD - released 27/Sep/1990 ] |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 (with Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1 (recorded 1934-1952) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult / George Enescu / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 12/Jan/2007 ] Not often does a recording change the public perception of a piece of music and its composer, but it happened when the 18-year-old Yehudi Menuhin set down this recording of Paganini’s First Concerto in Paris in May 1934. |
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BACH / BERTONI / GLUCK / HANDEL / PORPORA / etc
The 5 Countertenors Yuri Minienko, Max Cencic, Valer Sabadus, Vince Yi, Xavier Sabata / Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Decca / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "Some freakishly high and squeaky moments aside, it's an enjoyable collection of stonking baroque arias, mostly fast and virtuosic." (Times) |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass, K.626 Yvonne Kenny (sop) Sarah Walker (mezzo) William Kendall (tenor) / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra/ George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'George Guests new recording is distinguished by its deliberate tempos but also its very powerful rhythmic momentum and an expressive intensity of a kind one might not expect from a conductor and choir who belong to the English cathedral tradition.... |