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George Michael
Older [ Sony / CD - released 24/Jan/2011 ] |
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George Michael
Older (Double Gatefold LP) [ Sony Music / 2 LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Originally released in May 1996, 'Older', George Michael's iconic album, reached the pinnacle of UK chart success, where it remained for three consecutive weeks, spending 35 weeks in the top 10 overall. The album produced six singles, two of which... |
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George Michael
Symphonica [ EMI Virgin / CD - released 14/Mar/2014 ] George Michael's sixth album, and first since 2004's Patience, was recorded during the Symphonica tour of Europe during 2011 - 2012. It's a mix of originals and covers Symphonica was produced by the legendary late Phil Ramone, who also worked with... |
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George Michael
Twenty Five [ Sony & BMG Entertainment UK / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2006 ] This fantastic double disc set spans George's brilliant 25 year career in one album - with tunes from his Wham! days and solo classics like "Freedom", "Too Funky", plus three new songs (including duets with Paul McCartney, Mary J. Blige & Elton John). |
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HANDEL
Sacred Choral Works (Incls Nisi Dominus) Lynne Dawson, Lynda Russell, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Discovering Masterpieces - Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor (Documentary & performance recorded in 1997) Frank-MIchael Erben (violin) / Gewandhaus Orchester, Kurt Masur [ DV1 / Ovation / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] With his famous Violin Concerto in E minor Mendelssohn forged a link between Classicism and Romanticism. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, Claudio Abbado. William Steinberg, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Bernstein, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Conductors & Orchestras / 57 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] The BSO's 1969-70 season was a landmark year for the orchestra with the arrival of distinguished conductor William Steinberg and the start of their recording legacy with DG. The label immediately reinforced its commitment to the BSO. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas 34, 50, 147 Gillian Fisher, David James, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "The Sixteen are, as usual, in excellent form here… Recording and remastering are top-notch; notes and texts are complete. Thanks to CORO, many choral collectors who never got around to taking their full pick of this legendary group's old Collins... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Music from 'The Hours' Michael Riesman (solo piano) [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Philip Glass' score for Stephen Daldry's film "The Hours" contains some of the most emotional, lyrical and haunting music Glass has produced. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Les Enfants Terribles [Children of the Game] Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Les Enfants Terribles, Jean Cocteau's novel (written in 1929 and was later made into both a play and a film) forms the basis of the third installment of the trilogy of music/theater works of Philip Glass. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Monsters Of Grace: A digital opera in three dimensions The Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Orange Mountain / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Digital Opera in 3-D," Monsters of Grace is a collaboration between Philip Glass and artist Robert Wilson. The recording features the Philip Glass Ensemble & singers conducted by Michael Riesman. |
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WILLIAM BLAKE
Great Poets - William Blake Robert Glenister / Michael Maloney / Stephen Critchlow. [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] Naxos AudioBooks begins its new series of Great Poets-represented by their most popular poems on one CD-with William Blake, whose 250th anniversary of birth falls this year. This CD contains all of his most popular works-Tyger, the Auguries of ... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in August 2009) Globe / Andrew Vincent / Philip Cumbus / Michael O'Hagan / Atetomiwa Edun / Ellie Kendrick [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Dromgoole is blessed with a smashing pair of young lovers. Adetomiwa Edun's Romeo is fresh, cheeky, light on his feet and full of the ebullience of young love." Daily Telegraph |
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THOMAS MARLOWE
Doctor Faustus (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2011) Globe Theatre / Charlotte Broom, Michael Camp, Richard Clews, Nigel Cooke, Jonathan Cullen [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's most renowned and controversial work. Famous for being the first dramatized version of the Faustus tale, the play depicts the sinister aftermath of Faustus's decision to sell his soul to the Devil's henchman in... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Poliuto (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Michael Fabiano, Ana Maria Martinez, Igor Golovatenko, Matthew Rose / Enrique Mazzola (conductor) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] Glyndebourne has brought to light a long-overlooked winner in Donizetti's Poliuto, delivering 'a superb musical performance' (The Telegraph) offering 'lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Tara Erraught, Kate Royal, Lars Woldt, Michael Kraus / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Strauss's musically ravishing comic masterpiece is given a visual updating in director Richard Jones's stylish and 'gently subversive' Glyndebourne staging, one which offers 'a dreamlike distortion not just of Vienna's 18th-century past, but also of... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Venera Gimadieva, Michael Fabiano, Tassis Christoyannis, Emanuele D'Aguanno, Magdalena Molendowska / Mark Elder (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Verdi's tragic masterpiece is elegantly updated by director Tom Cairns in this 'fresh and thrillingly unfamiliar' (Independent) Glyndebourne production, in which Violetta's death is cast as an idée fixe, creating a liberating framework that is well... |
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LIGETI
Le Grand Macabre (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche / Michael Boder (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Barcelona's Grand Teatre del Liceu presents György Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels Baus. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: String Qrts.1 & 2 / Cello sonata Aurora String Quartet, with Michael Grebanier (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Aurora Quartet gives well-moulded performances." BBC Music Magazine |
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Kuhn, Gustav / Gazheli, Thomas / Baba, Michael ao.
Wagner, Richard - Parsifal [ Col Legno / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |