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ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in December 2016) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter / Lothar Koenigs [ Nonesuch Classics Blu-Ray+DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone |
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PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
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VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
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ELLINGTON / EMERSON / GERSHWIN / SEDAKA
Manhattan Intermezzo Jeffrey Biegel (piano) / Brown University Orchestra, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] This programme brings together four works for piano and orchestra by composers best known from the fields of jazz, popular song and progressive rock |
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Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell
Time And Time Again [ ECM / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (Blu-ray) Emma Pearson, Amitai Pati, Sarah Castle, Paul Whelan / New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, NZ Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
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HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Franz-Paul Decker, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Hindemith with our beloved NZSO |
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MAX REGER
Reger: Mozart and Hiller Variations New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Franz-Paul Decker (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Reger variations with our beloved NZSO |
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MONTEVERDI
L'incoronazione Di Poppea (complete) Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood & Philip Langridge, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] |
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Noel Edison, choirmaster / Paul Halley, organ / St. John's Choir, Elora
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Given the beautiful singing and the crystal-clear Naxos recording, this is an immensely rewarding disc." -- Marc Rochester, Gramophone, September 2004 |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / The Nightingale Olga Trifonova (soprano) / Robert Tear (tenor) / Paul Whelan (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “Composing The Rite, I had only my ear to help me. I heard and I wrote what I heard.” — Igor Stravinsky |
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HOWARD SHORE
Howard Shore - Anthology - The Paris Concerts Olivier Doise (oboe) Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano) Raphaëlle Moreau (violin) Lydia Kavina (theremin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Recorded live over one very special weekend in 2023, Howard Shore: Anthology - The Paris Concerts presents highlights from key scores by the multi-award-winning Canadian composer. |
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FERNANDO LOPES-GRACA
Lopes-Graca: Canções portuguesas Coro Casa da Música, Paul Hillier [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Fernando Lopes-Graça's importance to 20th-century Portuguese music cannot be overestimated. His study of native songs and traditions has been compared to that of Bartók, and the soulful melodies of the Três canções corais are an early example of his... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
The Forgotten Master: The Four Clarinet Concertos Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Paul Meyer (conductor & clarinet) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Alive! Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Paul Lewis (piano), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Beethoven the classic, the revolutionary, the visionary. This selection is a trip that reveals the multiple genius of one of the greatest composers of all time. You will be delighted with some masterpieces of his repertoire as well as with rare... |
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BENOIT MERNIER
Mernier: Ustica Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Sturm und Klang; Tatiana Samouil; David Lively; Gergely Madaras, Sarah Laulan, Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul [ Cypres Records / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] This album, Ustica, marks a further stage in the firmly established relationship between Benoît Mernier and the record label Cypres, which over the course of 25 years has traced the evolution of the composer's musical language and the affirmation of... |
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MEREDITH WILSON
The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1957) Barbara Cook, Robert Preston,Helen Raymond,Paul Reed, Vern Reed, and others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Just call him 'Iowa Stubborn'. It took Meredith Wilson eight years and 32 drafts to bring his childhood memories of Iowa onto the stage, but anyone who has ever sat entranced by The Music Man will agree that it was well worth it. Willson was a... |