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J. S. BACH
Bach Edition [10 CD set incls Brandenburg Concertos, B Minor Mass, Art of the Fugue] Barthold Kuijken (flute) Lucy van Dael (violin) Elly Ameling (sop) / La Petite Bande / Collegium Aurem / etc [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Sigiswald Kuijken is both a fine violinist and an excellent conductor, with his group La Petite Bande. He has long specialized in Bach, recording cantatas, orchestral works, and a set of the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3, 7, 8 & Consecration of the House Overture Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "this is an outstanding issue. […] Van Kempen and the Berlin orchestra do indeed play the work in a wonderfully sensitive manner" (Gramophone on Symphony 3) |
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Brian Wilson And Van Dyke Parks
Orange Crate Art [ ADA / Warner / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] In 1966, when Brian Wilson prepared the follow up to his masterpiece Pet Sounds, he employed the services of Mississippi born Van Dyke Parks as lyricist for The Beach Boys next album, SMiLE. As history would soon document, SMiLE became the most... |
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MARTIN / HONEGGER / SCHOECK
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] The Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra here performs works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Othmar Schoeck. |
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Clara Van Wel
Clara Van Wel [ Sony / CD - released 25/Oct/2013 ] Debut album from NZ's Got Talent winner, featuring the single 'Wait For Me' (co-written with Don McGlashan) and produced by Joel (Lorde) Little. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Edition [10 CD set incls 'Prague' Symphony and the Requiem] Collegium Aurem, Jos van Immerseel, Jaap Schroeder, Franzjosef Maier, Mozart Trio Salzburg / etc [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] This Collection of Mozart fetaures some of the leading period-instrument ensembles and spans the oeuvre of Mozart's works. Included excellent readings of the 'Prague' Symphony and the Requiem! |
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SCHUBERT / NICOLAI / SIBELIUS / BORODIN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / etc
Concertgebouw Lollipops [2 CD set] Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Antal Dorati, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "Haitink's sane if not intoxicating choices provide firm ballast." BBC Music |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (LP) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Vinyl Passion Classical / LP - released 5/Feb/2019 ] Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, September 1956 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 'Surprise', 96 'Miracle' & 97 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] One of the world's most benevolent conductors who cajoled out of his orchestras some of the most luminous sounds ever to be heard in concert and on record. He recorded extensively with the Concertgebouw for Philips and earlier, for Decca. Three Haydn... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (with Borodin: Polovtsian Dances) Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The orchestral playing in this issue of these vivid dances is positively brilliant - the whirling introductory dance is quite breathtaking" Gramophone |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Tone Poems Concertgebouw Orchestra, Paul van Kempen [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Between January and December 1951 Dutch conductor Paul van Kempen recorded a series of major Tchaikovsky works with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The performances are at once fiery and incandescent - a kind of meaningful sound and fury - and have long... |
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HANDEL
Suites For Keyboard Daria Van Den Bercken [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Aug/2013 ] Daria van den Bercken is an excellent ambassador for good music in the Netherlands and beyond, performing regularly for children and in "unusual and surprising places", and communicating with straightforward honesty and passion about music. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Bass Cantatas David Greco (baritone), Van Diemen's Band [ ABC Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Celebrated Australian baritone David Greco joins with acclaimed period-instrument ensemble Van Diemen's Band to present treasures from Bach's sacred music, including two complete bass cantatas. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures & incidental music (with works by Haydn & Brahms) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard Van Beinum [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro-German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Emily Van Evera / Ben Parry / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Tempos are not particularly brisk but the playing is throughout fresh and vivid...the whole ensemble, down to Douglas Wootton's down-to-earth entertaining Sailor and the charming enchantresses, is superb." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) [plus Blu-ray audio] Fanie Antonelou, Christian van Horn, Simone Kermes, Andrei Bondarenko / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classics / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Aug/2017 ] "Currentzis's cast has a character and blend of its own. A premium has been put on crackling recitative, deft vocalisation (limited vibrato) and dramatic truthfulness: the sense of ensemble is palpable." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 *****t |
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Gaby Moreno And Van Dyke Parks
¡Spangled! [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] ¡Spangled! is a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks. The ten-song set celebrates the migration of song across the Americas and spans more than... |
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Gaby Moreno And Van Dyke Parks
¡Spangled! (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] ¡Spangled! is a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks. The ten-song set celebrates the migration of song across the Americas and spans more than... |
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JAN IETERSZOON SWEELINCK
Cantiones Sacrae Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] |
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Greta Van Fleet
The Battle At Gardens Gate (Double Gatefold LP) [ Universal / 2 LP - released 23/Apr/2021 ] GRETA VAN FLEET is hurtling into the future with its second album, The Battle at Garden's Gate. A bold evolution from the band's 2018 full-length debut Anthem of the Peaceful Army, The Battle At Garden's Gate came together primarily on the road or... |