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JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
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PIAZZOLLA / ROTA / WEILL / RODGERS / MORRICONE / etc
Both Sides Now Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Hardenberger is often rhythmically too straitlaced for this material. Still, we can admire his smoky flugelhorn tone and deft high passagework on muted trumpet. And the selection, from My Funny Valentine to The Godfather theme, is enjoyable... |
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BARBER / MEYER
Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / St Paul Chamber Orchestra / Hugh Wolf [ Sony Music / CD - released 9/May/2000 ] "There have been a number of outstanding versions of the Barber Concerto in recent years... and Hahn's is among the finest ever." (Gramophone) |
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LASSUS
Laudent Deum - Sacred Music by Orlande de Lassus His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts / Choir of St John’s College Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, an exclusive Chandos artist, here presents its third release on the label. Established in the 1670s, the choir has a long and distinguished tradition of performing religious music and here offers... |
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MERCADANTE / MOZART / DEVIENNE / CIMAROSA / BACH / VIVALDI / etc
James Galway plays Flute Concertos [12 CD set] James Galway (flute) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone / The Academy of St Martins in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner, with Marisa Robles (harp) [ Sony Classical Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] The Man With the Golden Flute, Sir James Galway, is featured in these classic recordings, with harpist Marisa Robles and clarinetist Sabine Meyer. |
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J. S. BACH
John Williams plays Bach John Williams (guitar) with Peter Hurford (organ) & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] The Australian guitarist John Williams has long been universally recognized as a true master, to quote the Guardian. The centrepiece of his Bach recordings is formed by the Suites for solo lute. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Joshua Bell (violin) / Academy of St Martin In The Fields [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Sep/2008 ] "This music is so familiar and its technical demands so mainstream these days that any of today's better-trained violinists could deliver a respectable rendition--of any Vivaldi concerto for that matter. But Bell's assured performances and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Voice of the Violin Joshua Bell (Violin) Orchestra of St Luke's / Michael Stern [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] From the world of opera and song, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell has chosen some of the most popular and enduring melodies ever written for his latest Sony Classical recording Voice of the Violin. |
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PUCCINI / CHOPIN / GLUCK / BORODIN / MONTEVERDI / etc
Romance of the Violin Joshua Bell (violin) with the Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "The American violinist with movie-star good looks has emerged as one of the finest musicians of his generation" (The Washington Post) |
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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos / etc Joshua Bell (violin) with the Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] "the conception is original and exceptionally executed with searing and soaring artistic intent." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Nov 2014) |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor Joshua Bell (violin/director) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "Very well recorded, and ideally partnered with his present team-mates, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bell never short-changes the works' attractions and sometimes delivers more than you might expect." The Times |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 & 23 / Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Khatia Buniatishvili (piano, director) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classical / CD - released 23/May/2011 ] After a string of releases on Sony Classical that have redefined the parameters of the classical recital album, Khatia Buniatishvili is returning to tradition with a recording of two of Mozart's most sublime late piano concertos. |
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RACHMANINOV / SCRIABIN
Piano Concerto No 3 / 10 Etudes Lang Lang (piano) St. Petersburg Philharmonic / Yuri Temirkanov (conductor) [ Telarc Records / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] "...this could well be history in the making." - The Times |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 / Scriabin: Etudes (LP) Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Craft / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Marking the debut orchestral recording of legendary Lang Lang's illustrious career, this album includes the pianist's performance of Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from Proms at the Royal Albert... |
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Mackerras/Orchestra Of St Lu
Haydn: Symphonies 101 & 104 [ Telarc / CD - released 30/Sep/2002 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: MASTERPIECE Beethoven Martha Modl (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields [ EMI Studio / CD - released 10/Feb/1990 ] This CD contains all the most familiar and best-loved works by the Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by a galaxy of star musicans. |
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BUXTEHUDE
Organ works Masaaki Suzuki {Klapmeyer Organ of St Nicolai Church, Altenbruch & the Wilde-Schniltger Organ of St Jacobi Church, Ludingworth) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "Suzuki strikes a perfect accord between an expressively singing solo line and its fastidiously-shaped accompaniment." (BBC Music) |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO / MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez / Arnold: Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra Michael Conn (guitar) / The Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square, John Lubbock [ IMP Classics / CD - released 28/Sep/1992 ] Originally released 1987 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Encores a la Francaise Michael Murray at the organ at St Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia / Philadelphia Symphony / Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." -Digital Audio |
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Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
Where The Messengers Meet [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] |