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GIOANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette / Passione amorose / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Timothy Cobb (double bass) Christopher Oldfather (piano) [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 5 / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] These works for two double basses by Giovanni Bottesini date from his student days at the Milan Conservatory. The delightful Fantasia on themes of Rossini features an opening Tarantella, a lyrical middle section and a stormy finale. Passioni amorose,... |
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CESAR FRANCK / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / GABRIEL FAURE / JACQUES BREL
Formidable! French Chansons Thomas Oliemans; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Candida Thompson [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] I have had French chansons in my head for as long as I can remember: on a scratchy car radio or a cassette player, in the back seat for hours on end on the way to the Vendée or Dordogne, or softly issuing from a gramophone record in my father's study... |
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SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang (with Brahms - 4 Ernste Gesenge) Thomas Quasthoff (tenor) Justus Zeyen (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2001 ] Schwanengesang was composed in the last year of Schubert's life |
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MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter. Wiener Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez [ DG Boulez 2005 / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] Anne Sofie von Otter sings the Kindertotenlieder, Violeta Urmana will be heard in the Rückert Lieder and Thomas Quasthoff in the early Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. |
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HANDEL
Samson (Complete oratorio) Thomas Randle (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (Alto) Sixteen / Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded." - Sunday Times |
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BIBER / FASCH / HANDEL / REINHART / SCHICKHARDT / STÖLZEL / TELEMANN
German Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / Interpreti Veneziani [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Baroque works for oboe have long been fertile ground for transcription to the trumpet and there are several examples here of this refashioning. The sequence of concertos and sonatas include examples from Handel's Italian years. |
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Various Composers
Italian Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / Interpreti Veneziani [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] The brilliant dynamism of Italian Baroque music is at its most virtuosic and thrilling in works featuring the solo trumpet, whether in original compositions or transcriptions. Albinoni's astonishing ornamentations and the luminous dexterity of... |
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TORELLI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / GABRIELI
Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Sebastian Tewinkel [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] The development of the piccolo trumpet has made it possible to tackle both original Baroque trumpet repertoire and transcriptions of works originally intended for oboe, with which it has a comparable tube length. |
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SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Finlandia Thomas Søndergård, BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Described as 'one of the great new Sibelian teams' (The Herald), Thomas Søndergård and BBC National Orchestra of Wales continue their shared fascination with the orchestral music of Sibelius. Released one month after BBC NOW celebrates its ninetieth... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 7 Thomas Søndergård BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Since Thomas Søndergård's opening concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, this partnership has cultivated a special relationship with the music of Sibelius, resulting in three recordings of the composer's music. In 2017 they performed... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 7 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The playing of BBC NOW, in line with its conductor's evident vision, is astonishing in its sophistication. Their flawless performance of the Seventh Symphony, if you love this music, will break your heart." The Herald (Glasgow), March 2015 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Der Rosenkavalier Suite Thomas Søndergård, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] This recording is the first in a new series with Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The programme features music by Richard Strauss: the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, a work they have performed... |
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WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ / IAIN FARRINGTON
Bacewicz, Lutosławski & Szymanowski Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland. |
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J.S. BACH / TELEMANN
Bach/Telemann: Oboe d'amore Concertos Thomas Stacy (Oboe d'amore) / Toronto Chamber Orchestra / Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "The sound is very good...an entertaining, and none too soothing, collection." (MusicWeb August 2008) |
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WAGNER
Der fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera) Thomas Stewart - Gwyeth Jones - karl Ridderbusch / Bayreuther Festspiele 1971 / Karl Bahm [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] A fine memorial to the late Thomas Stewart as the Dutchman, this recording re-creates the authentic Bayreuth atmosphere. Gwyneth Jones “gets right inside the character [of Senta] … Karl Ridderbusch jovially does what is required to perfection” (The... |
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Thomas Strønen
Relations [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] Musical messages from Oslo, New York, Basel and Lugano - recorded between 2018 and 2022 - are juxtaposed and recombined on an absorbing recording that features Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen solo and in a series of duets . With such partners as... |
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Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea
Bayou (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A fresh and open music, delicate and space-conscious, is shaped as drummer Thomas Strønen and Ayumi Tanaka, previously heard in the ensemble Time Is A Blind Guide on Lucus, resurface in a new trio with clarinettist/singer/percussionist Marthe Lea.... |
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Thomas Strønen / Lucus
Time Is A Blind Guide (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 19/Jan/2018 ] Norwegian drummer/composer Thomas Strønen presents a revised edition of his acoustic collective Time Is A Blind Guide, now trimmed to quintet size, and with a new pianist in Wakayama-born Ayumi Tanaka. Tanaka has spoken of seeking associative... |
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JUDITH BINGHAM
Choral Works Thomas Trotter (organ) / BBC Symphony Chorus / Fine Arts Bass / Stephen Jackson [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/2007 ] "At last, a disc devoted to this most accomplished choral composer . Few contemporary composers have such a gift for haunting a listener as Judith Bingham. Her collection of works here have such character (and the off echo of Benjamin Britten is no... |
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SOLES / TANSMAN / BROUWER / GINASTERA / DYENS
Guitar Recital Thomas Viloteau (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] "Interesting choice of repertoire, dazzling performance, beautiful recorded sound: what more could one want from a guitar recital?" (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |