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BRAHMS / REGER
Clarinet Quintets Sharon Kam (clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Volker Jacobsen & Gustav Rivinius [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] Sharon Kam recorded Mozart's Quintet in 2011 as a pendant to his Concerto with her colleagues Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike]Anima Mathe, Volker Jacobsen and Gustav Rivinius ("a brilliantly successful disc of this very desirable coupling, very well... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRIEDRICH KAUHLAU
Beethoven/Kuhlau: Kühl, nicht lau Shuann Chai, Tami Krausz, Mattijs van de Woerd, Marc Pantus, João Moreira [ Ramee / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Simon O'Neill, Matthias Goerne, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 14 CD Box Set - released 9/Aug/2018 ] Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen was first performed as a cycle of four operas in 1876. One of the most sustained and remarkable achievements in all music, the tetralogy is performed by an all-star cast, conducted by the new music director... |
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J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion (Complete) (Includes 192 page booklet) Soloists / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "What makes this performance of the St Matthew Passion not just revolutionary but an absolute must-have for lovers of this music - regardless of whether they like it fat or thin - is the sheer quality of the performance." (International Record Review) |
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JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Solo Concertos Stefan Vladar (piano) Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Julian Steckel (cello) / Wiener KammerOrchester, Stefan Vladar [ Capriccio / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "If you fancy a set of the Beethoven piano concertos that's suitable for listening to at a single sitting, then look no further. An exceptional set." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2017 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1981) Royal Opera / Stuart Burrows / Thomas Allen / Richard Van Allan / Kiri Te Kanawa / Agnes Baltsa / Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come Scoglio' is staggering. Thomas Allen's Guglielmo, too, is... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
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Suzuki/Akatsu/Van Wassenaer Or
Leo: Six Cello Concertos [ Bis / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Carmelite Vespers 1707 Jill Feldman, Dame Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato / 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "We are used to hearing Dixit in the concert hall, so it's good to be reminded that it was written for the liturgy. Parrott includes it in his reconstruction of Handel's Carmelite Vespers of 1707" BBC Music Magazine, March 2009. |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (piano) [ Zig Zag / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every rhythmic phrase and figure is matched by the clarity and... |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "Bauer is a thoughtful, personable singer who uses his words expressively. At forte his baritone has an incisive bite: say, in the horrified final climax of "Die Krähe"...He affectingly realises the bleak weariness of "Rast", and addresses the... |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire: Complete Organ Music- Oeuvres d'Orgue Tjeerd van der Ploeg (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux in 1870. A child prodigy he became organist-accompagnateur at age 11 at the St. Pierre in Bordeaux. At the Paris Conservatory he had lessons from De Bériot and César Franck, after whose death he continued with... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Trio Fontenay, Jaap Schroder (violin), Wouter Moller (cello), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Andrew Manze (violin) [ Teldec Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2008 ] "If the Fontenay seem more attuned to Haydn's inwardness and lyricism than to his animal spirits, there's much to savour in these affectionate, thoughtfully characterized readings, truthfully captured by Teldec's engineers." (Gramophone on the Trio... |
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BUXTEHUDE
Das Jungste Gericht Ulrike Hofbauer (sop) Monika Mauch (sop) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Hans-Jorg Mammel (ten) / Weser-Renaissance / Manfred Cordes (dir) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
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PIERRE de MANCHICOURT
Requiem for an Emperor Utopia Ensemble; Jan Van Outryve [ Ramée / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Charles V was certainly the most powerful and charismatic of the Renaissance rulers. Exhausted and worn down by the challenges of imperial rule, he abdicated towards the end of his life and led a secluded existence in the monastery of Cuacos de Yuste... |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Complete Works for Violin and Piano Sonja van Beek (violin), Andreas Frölich (piano) [ CPO / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "The duo plays beautifully in Korngold's own transcription of Marietta's Lute Song from Die tote Stadt-and Frölich is especially effective in adding warmth and color to this music." ClassicsToday |
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Johannes B
Intermezzo a-Moll op. 118/1, Ballade g-Moll op. 118/3, Sonate No. 23 f-Moll op. 57 "Appassionata", Sonate f-Moll op. 26, Van Cliburn [ ORFEO / CD - released 2/Aug/2011 ] |
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SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Piano Concertos (recorded 1960) Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The origins of these live 1960 performances lie inevitably in Van Cliburn's legendary triumph in Moscow's inaugural Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1958, a time when competitions still mattered. |