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W. A. MOZART
The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Cosi fan Tutte', 'Requiem', 'Piano Concertos 21 & 24', 'Clarinet Quintet', etc] Veronique Gens; Werner Gura; Rene Jacobs; Jerusalem Quartet, Andrew Manze, Bernarda Fink, Werner Gura, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "...deep understanding, individual interpretations, vivacious performances and, for the most part, a playful approach to this music. What you also hear is a particular sensitivity to the exquisite layering of Mozart's scoring...a recording that is th |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Proserpine (complete opera) Véronique Gens, Marie-Adeline Henry, Frédéric Antoun, Andrew Foster-Williams / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 20/May/2017 ] The protagonist of Saint-Saëns' Proserpine, premiered at the Opéra-Comique on 14 March 1887, is no reincarnation of the ancient goddess, but a Renaissance courtesan well versed in culpable amours. According to the composer, she is 'a damned soul for... |
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CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Shakespeare Overtures Volume 2 West Australian Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete... |
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JAMES MACMILLAN
Mass and other sacred music Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker (with Andrew Reid organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Powerful liturgical music from one of today's most admired composers, performed with passionate intensity by the Westminster choristers" (Gramophone) |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (BBC Third Programme Live Broadcast, 1948) (Abridged) Sir John Gielgud, Andrew Cruickshank, Hugh Griffith, Marian Spencer & cast [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 31/Jul/2006 ] This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Persephone (compete melodrama) Andrew Staples & Pauline Cheviller / Finnish National Opera, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Pentatone SACD / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] "Orchestral textures are clean yet sensuous, rhythms exactingly precise. In lesser hands, the score can seem episodic. Salonen, however, forges it into a unified drama, in which not a note or word seems wasted…The choral singing is warm and focused." |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Piano Concertos Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] "Sudbin is wonderfully dashing in the Scriabin, where the rapturous, refined playing of the Bergen Philharmonic under Andrew Litton also really comes into its own, especially in the finale, but he makes heavier weather of the much darker, almost gruf |
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MESSIAEN
Never Before Released (Incls La Mort du nombre, for soprano, tenor, violin & piano) Agnes Sulem-Bialobroda (Violin) Francoise Pollet (Soprano) Naji Hakim (Organ) Yvonne Loriod-Messien (Piano) / BBC Philharmonic/ Andrew Davis [ Jade Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Jade Music, the specialty arm of Milan Records, is proud to commemorate Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday with the album entitled 'Never Before Released'. This exceptional recording includes, among others, performances by his wife, Yvonne... |
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HENRY VIII
Henry's Music: Motets from a Royal Choir Book / Songs by Henry VIII Alamire / QuintEssential / Andrew Lawrence-King [ Obsidian / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "I can't emphasize enough how much of the success of this recording is due to Alamire's impeccably balanced, full-bodied, well-tuned sound..and to the scholarship and clearly inspired direction of David Skinner. Don't delay; you'll love this!"... |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / CILEA / CHARPENTIER / WAGNER / CATALANI
American Diva Alessandra Marc (soprano) Dallas Symphony / Andrew Litton [ Delos / CD - released 2/Oct/2002 ] A must-have for any lover of vocal music |
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EDWARD MACDOWELL
Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Liszt:- Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2) Andre Watts (piano) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 23/May/2005 ] For his second release on Telarc, internationally acclaimed pianist Andre Watts performs the piano concerto of "(Watts) is entirely convincing, playing with force, a kind of animal excitement and solid virtuosity." - American Record Guide |
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Andrew Bird
Are You Serious [ Concord / CD - released 8/Apr/2016 ] Andrew Bird has always been highly respected and has held a captive audience with his story telling prowess, but it's with his new album, 'Are You Serious', that he has made a breakthrough record. The album propels him into a new category of American... |
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Andrew Bird
Break it Yourself [ Mom and Pop Records / CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] Andrew Bird, the quirky-clever pop maven, classically trained violinist and masterful whistler presents his seventh album. |
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Andrew Bird
Break It Yourself (+DVD) [ Mom & Pop / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] |
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Andrew Bird
Break it Yourself (LP) [ Mom and Pop Records / LP - released 12/Mar/2012 ] |
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Andrew Bird
I Want To See Pulaski At Night - LP [ Wegamm / LP - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Beautiful new, mostly instrumental seven song, 32.5 minute mini-album, that is both poppy and hypnotic at the same time. The only vocals appear on the title track, with Andrew pleading for a departed one to "Come back to Chicago, City of Light." Bird... |
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Andrew Bird
Inside Problems [ Universal / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] On his brand new album Inside Problems, Andrew Bird acknowledges all of the complex thoughts, questions and middle-of-the-night obsessions swirling around in each of us. Arriving via Loma Vista Recordings, Inside Problems is a collection of eleven... |
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Andrew Bird
Inside Problems (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 3/Jun/2022 ] On his brand new album Inside Problems, Andrew Bird acknowledges all of the complex thoughts, questions and middle-of-the-night obsessions swirling around in each of us. Arriving via Loma Vista Recordings, Inside Problems is a collection of eleven... |
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Andrew Bird
Noble Beast [ Spunk! Records / CD - released 19/Jan/2009 ] "Music for the ages that demands to be heard"-Pitchfork; "Elegant, demanding and moving"-Q Magazine; "Densely textured and outstanding."-Uncut. |
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Andrew Bird
Noble Beast [ International / CD - released 28/Mar/2013 ] "Noble Beast" is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fifth solo studio album first released in early 2009. The self-produced album consists of 14 original songs recorded primarily at the Beech House in Nashville, with additional recording... |