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GIYA KANCHELI
Diplipito / Valse Boston Thomas Demenga (cello) Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Dennis Russell Davies (piano & conductor) / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [ ECM / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Premiere recordings of two major works, "Valse Boston ." (written 1996) , and "Diplipito" (written 1997). Both pieces give evidence of the ongoing tendency in Kancheli's writing to simplify the musical language, strip the works of any superfluity,... |
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J.S. BACH / ELLIOTT CARTER
Cello Suite No. 3 / Triple Duo / Enchanted Preludes Thomas Demenga (cello) Hansheinz Schneeberger (violin) Philippe Racine (flute) Ernesto Molinari (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] Thomas Demenga was born in 1954, in Berne, Switzerland. Thomas Demenga studied with Walter Grimmer, Antonio Janigro, Leonard Rose and Mstislav Rostropovich, amongst others, and received his chamber music education at the Juilliard School. |
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GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER
Labirinto d'amore Thomas Dunford (lute) & Anna Reinhold (soprano) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] The 'Eric Clapton of the lute' (BBC Magazine) comes back to the Alpha microphones, this time with the soprano Anna Reinhold. Here, Thomas Dunford applies his truly prodigious virtuosity to the eight Toccatas from the first book by Meister... |
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KAPSBERGER
Labirinto d'amore Thomas Dunford (lute) & Anna Reinhold (soprano) [ Alpha / CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2015 ] The 'Eric Clapton of the lute' (BBC Magazine) comes back to the Alpha microphones, this time with the soprano Anna Reinhold. Here, Thomas Dunford applies his truly prodigious virtuosity to the eight Toccatas from the first book by Meister... |
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ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 1 Thomas Fey (conductor) / Mannheim Mozart Orchestra [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 16/Apr/2008 ] "This is not complex music. Broad effects sometimes sound remarkably modern - an Allegro brillante from the same Suite nods to Salieri's pupil Beethoven. "May the name of Salieri regain a bit of the well-deserved, dignified lustre it once had," is... |
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ATTILIO ARIOSTI
Ariosti: The Stockholm Sonatas III Thomas Georgi (viola d'amore) Lucas Harris (archlute) Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (violoncello) Emma Kirkby (soprano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] 'Thomas Georgi's accomplishment is a triumph… In both discs the playing brims with grace, unity, assurance, and great beauty.' (American Record Guide) |
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PAUL FETLER
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Capriccio / 3 Poems by Walt Whitman Thomas H. Blaske (narrator) Aaron Berofsky (violin) / Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra / Arie Lipsky, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The performers seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, and it's all quite agreeable, as is Naxos's sound." Classical Candor, December 2009 |
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MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Symphony No. 1 in D major 'titan' Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Thomas Hampson impressively sustained his long lines both here and elsewhere, finding an enviable range of colour between and within songs.' (Barry Millington, The Times 1991) |
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GOUNOD / BIZET / MASSENET / CHAUSSON et al
Serenade Thomas Hampson (baritone), Maciej Pikulski (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] The Captivating World of the Parisian Salon is Evoked in this Masterly Survey of Melodies Françaises. The acclaimed American baritone Thomas Hampson lovingly showcases the riches of French salon music for PENTATONE in this irresistible survey of... |
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RICHARD DANIELPOUR
Richard Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2016 ] Acclaimed as one of America's leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of... |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: King Roger (Complete Opera) / Symphony No. 4 Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Angela Brower, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2016 ] "Yoncheva's magnificently melancholic Countess is a peach of a performance, lusciously, dreamily sung...[Villazón] grabs hold of every bar with comic gusto." (Sunday Times) |
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JANACEK
Piano Music Vol 1 (Along an Overgrown Path / Piano Sonata, 'From the Street' ) Thomas Hlawatsch, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "These performances show Hlawatsch to be a solid technician" - Fanfare |
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JANACEK
Piano Music Vol 1 (In the Mist / Variations for Zdenka / Piano Concerto ) Thomas Hlawatsch, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "Decent recorded sound..." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
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Thomas Larcher
The Living Mountain [ ECM New Series / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula, Variations on... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass" but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening's entertainment... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |