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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora (complete opera) Judith van Wanroij, Jennifer Holloway, Edgaras Montvidas, Tassis Christoyannis / Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 7/Sep/2018 ] After Polyeucte (1878), Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, Le Tribut de Zamora. The action takes place in ninth-century Spain - from Act Two onwards, on 'a picturesque site on... |
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ANDRÉ CAMPRA / HENRY DESMAREST
Desmarets & Campra : Iphigénie en Tauride Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak, Olivia Doray, Floriane Hasler; Tomislav Lavoie; Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Nearly a century before Gluck, another opera called Iphigénie en Tauride - same plot, same protagonists - had immense success on the opera stage. This 'first' Iphigénie has rather a curious history. |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Trio Sonata Project Walter van Hauwe, recorders; Tripla Concordia (Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorders; Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord & organ; Caroline Boersma, violoncello; Manuel [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Johann Sebastian Bach has always been considered one of the greatest music transcribers of all times. Many of his transcriptions (mostly the ones from Italian composers Vivaldi and Marcello) have become instant classics, and they are still viewed as... |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
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W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete opera recorded in 1998) Werner Van Mechelen / Christiane Oelze / Huub Claessens / Patrizia Biccire / Le Petite Bande Orchestra & Chorus / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Recorded live in 1998 and originally released on Accent |
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FRANK MARTIN
Concertos Vol 2 Willi Zimmermann (violin) Rudolf Scheidegger (Cembalo) / Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac van Steen [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The Collegium Musicum of Winterthur under the conductor Jac van Steen continues its MDG series of recordings of twentieth-century works with a second volume featuring Frank Martin's orchestral works. |
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Wim van Dullemen
Hartmann, Thomas de - Music for Gurdjieff's '39 Series [ Channel Crossings / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2001 ] history and development of the special music created by Thomas-de-Hartmann |
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HARTMANN, VON GRUNELIUS, HINDEMITH, FISCHER
Chant d'Automne Wim Van Hassel (trumpet) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] The title of this CD, featuring two world premieres (Grunelius and Fischer), is taken from the composition by the German pianist and composer Wilhelm von Grunelius. The inspiration for his work for flugelhorn, timpani and strings came from the poem... |
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DANASE / MAIER / MICHEL / PADDING / PURCELL / etc
Tintomara Wim Van Hasselt (trumpet) & Jorgen Van Rijen (trombone) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "There is indeed little that these players cannot project in terms of multifacted lyricism, colour and dramatic presence, and this is matched by the very best in modern brass programming…all the facets of this project are outstanding and it starts wi |
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MAX REGER
Chorale Fantasias for organ (complete) (Rec 1989, 1990) Wouter van den Broek (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] "Many of my musical acquaintances over the years, especially the organists, have warmly recommended that I get to know the music of Max Reger. I'm still learning, but to my ears there's no escaping a certain dour quality, a relentlessness, a feeling... |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Yeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Carmina Burana as you've never heard it before; a triumph for all concerned." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2014) |
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J.S. BACH
Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 / Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "if you buy only one recording, buy the Suzuki." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Yvonne Kenny, Jard van Nes / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "The LPO, giving everything to their former chief, play like creatures possessed." (The Sunday Times) |
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Zareska/Lpo/Van Beinum
The Post-War Revival [ Lpo / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
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GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Juliette Galstian, Rodney Gilfrey, Deon Van Der Walt, Anton Scharinger / William Christie (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Gluck's wonderful but neglected 1774 opera Iphigénie en Tauride, inspired by the Greek legend, is treated with forceful and convincing simplicity in Claus Guth's revolutionary production staged at the Zurich Opera House. The psychological drama in a... |
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Anneke Van Giersbergen
Drive [ CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] "Drive" - the fifth studio album of Dutch singer-songwriter (ex- The Gathering) Anneke van Giersbergen - shows Anneke to be on top form and more multifaceted than ever, with songs ranging from her signature intimate ballads to euphoric stadium rock... |
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Armand Van Helden
Ghettoblaster [ CD ] |
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Armin Van Buuren
10 Years [ 405 Recordings / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
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Armin Van Buuren
Embrace [ 405 Recordings / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Embrace is the sixth full-length original studio album by leading electronic dance music DJ and producer, Armin van Buuren. |