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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for the Coronation of James II, 1685 The Choir of the Chapel Royal and The Musicians Extra-Ordinary / Andrew Gant [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "The Performances are excellent" The Sunday Telegraph |
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HANDEL
Music for the Chapel Royal Choir of the Chapel Royal / Andrew Grant [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] This recording restores some of Handel’s finest but least-known music to the choir for which he wrote it and to the building where he performed it, probably for the first time since his own performances there. |
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TRADITIONAL / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Adeste Fideles: Christmas Carols from her Majesty's Chapel Royal Choir of the Chapel Royal, Huw Williams [ Signum Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] "The performances are excellent and the recording captures the performances expertly." MusicWeb |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / Rapsodie espagnole / etc Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux [ Decca Historic / CD - released 10/Apr/1990 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "There is only one word for this work, this performance, and this recording, and that is - ravishing." Gramophone |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
Italian Opera Choruses Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli [ EMI Studio / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 11 masterpieces from Italian opera. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust Christian Gerhaher, Christiane Iven, Alaistair Mills, Werner Gura / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "…Harnoncourt…music, but he's in unusually fluent form here, with airy orchestral and choral textures… Christian Gerhaher is an intellectual, strong-toned Faust, relishing Goethe's robust language…" BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 **** |
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SCHUMANN
Der fliegende Holländer Christian Gerhaher, Christiane Iven, Alaistair Mills, Werner Gura / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ RCO Live SACD / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2014 ] "Anja Kampe provides one of the best Sentas on disc … there's a welcome fullness and firmness to her tone, together with a sense of identification with the character's obsessiveness." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 9 "Choral" Christiane Oelze, Ingeborg Danz, Christoph Strehl, David Wilson-Johnson / Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Philippe Herreweghe [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] s is the last instalment in PentaTone's Beethoven Symphonies cycle with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. In this recording the famous Collegium Vocal Gent also perform. With each new release this cycle gets more... |
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KETTING / KEURIS / GUBAYDULINA / NAS / Van der AN
Horizon 3: Recordings from the 2008-2009 season Christianne Stotijin (mezzo) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Various conductors [ RCO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] With this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance it attaches in its concert programming to performances of contemporary music. The compositions featured on this CD represent a... |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Piano Concerto in A minor) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "An admirable collection, made all the more desirable by the pianism of Christopher Hinterhuber. It's been a while since I've heard playing of such consistent quality" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2023) Robert Gleadow, Riccardo Novaro, Florie Valiquette, Arianna Vendittelli Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Gaétan Jarry [ Château de Versailles Spectacles DVD / Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 23/Aug/2024 ] "Robert Gleadow's fast-thinking Giovanni summons up boundless vocal and physical energy...Musically, the period instrumentalists of the Orchestre de L'Opéra Royal offer excellent, amply scaled playing." BBC Music Five Stars |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick / Choral Fantasia Claire Rutter (soprano) Matilde Wallevik (mezzo-soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor) & Stephen Gadd (bar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "With first-rate recorded sound, the disc is strongly recommended." (BBC Music) |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op.32 / The Mystic Trumpeter (with Matthews - Pluto: The Renewer) Claire Rutter (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "an expansive, richly recorded performance" (Sunday Telegraph) |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst-The Planets / Mystic Trumpeter Clare Rutter, soprano / RSNO Ladies Chorus / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is considered to be one of the UK's leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish... |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Clio Gould (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "[Clio Gould] offers a ravishing account of the solo violin narrative thread linking the different episodes in the music. Her playing has a fragile beauty...the splendid performance of the Easter Festival Overture conjures up a heady atmosphere of... |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Rapture-concerto for percussion & orchestra / An American Abroad / Jasper Colin Currie (percussion) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Colin Currie is a brilliant British percussionist, and Marin Alsop leads performances that seem well rehearsed and committed. Torke fans will want this, especially for the two tone poems, I'm sure." - Stephen Ellis, Fanfare |
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JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat / A London Overture / Mai-Dun - Symphonic Rhapsody / etc Colin Horsley (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Basil Cameron with Daniel Adni, Desmond Wright and the composer on piano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Mar/1993 ] This release restores a classic of the catalogue, the Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley from 1957. |
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THE JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION
The Jane Austen Collection: music from the Austen family collection performed on historic instruments Concert Royal [ Diversions / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The well-recorded programme really does create images of the scene that we are intended to imagine." - Classical Music on the Web |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol. 2 Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir / Dufay Collective / Ebbe Munk [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] Dietrich Buxtehude was one of the chief figures in North German music of his time. Although he never held a position that required him to compose vocal music, he left over 120 vocal works featuring an extremely wide range of texts, scorings, genres,... |