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J.S BACH / NISINMAN / GRECO
Der Makabere Zirkus; Marcelo Nisinman Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneón), Alberto Mesirca (electric guitar & guitar), Winfried Holzenkamp (double bass & ukulele) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Argentinian bandoneonist, composer and arranger Marcelo Nisinman is one of the most remarkable musicians active in the field of post-Piazzolla Buenos Aires tango. Without adhering too closely to Piazzolla or falling in with the vintage trappings of... |
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RICHARD FUCHS
In A Strange Land: the songs of Richard Fuchs Margaret Medlyn (mezzo) Jenny Wollerman (soprano) Richard Greager (tenor) Roger Wilson (bass) Bruce Greenfield, Richard Mapp (pianos) [ Roll Over Productions / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] This is the first CD of Richard Fuchs' music, released more than 60 years after his death. Fuchs was a German Jewish late-Romantic composer. His music was banned by the Nazis. |
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BELLINI
I Puritani (Complete opera) (Recorded April 1953 ) Maria Callas (soprano) Aurora Cattelani (soprano) Carlo Forti (bass) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (conducto [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "The thrill of hearing Maria Callas launching into Bellini's dramatic arias, replete with vocal acrobatics, is one of opera's great experiences. Recorded in 1953, at the peak of her career, it has that burning and dramatic intensity to carry the disc... |
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VERDI
La Traviata (Complete opera) plus bonus Verdi arias Maria Callas (soprano) Francesco Albanese (tenor) Ugo Savarese (bass) Turin RAI Orchestra. Conducted by Gabriele Santini [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "... reissue worth having alone for [her] very moving closing scene... " Penguin Guide |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat [with bonus DVD] Maria Keohane, Anna Zander (Sopranos) Carlos Mena (alto) Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The best ever Magnificat recording? In my view it certainly is." International Record Review January 2010 |
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J.S. BACH
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Complete oratorio) Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo) / Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) / Sunhae Im (sop) / Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos SACD / 2 SACD - released 17/Apr/2005 ] This, one of the greatest of choral works, ends with both thanks to God and a prayer for peace. - Keith Anderson |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo soprano) Darren Jeffery (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] 'this performance beneifts from marvellous sound and shows Davis secure in his tempo choices and bringing that combination of solemnity, grandeur and drama' Sound **** Performance ***** BBC Music Magazine |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: The Medium / The Telephone (complete operas) Marily Santoro, Julija Samsonova, Elizabeth Hertzberg (sops), Chiara Isotton (soprano), Lorenzo Grante (bass-baritone) / Orchestra Filarmonica Italian [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A major new, native recording of a sparkling operatic double-bill. After Amelia goes to the ball was staged in 1937 at the Metropolitan Opera with acclaim, Gian Carlo Menotti became hot property. Two further radio operas were comparative failures but... |
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DVORAK
Mass Op 86 / Te Deum Op 103 [with free Chandos catalogue] Marina Meshcheriakov (soprano) Sergei Miasnikov (bass) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Mar/2003 ] |
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Marina Shaguch, soprano, Alexander Kisselev, bass, Residentie Orchestra The Hague
Nabokov, Nicolas - Ode: Maditation sur la majesta de Dieu / Union Pacific [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "projected with great fervour and commitment by Polyansky" (BBC Music) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Pulcinella / Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss) Mark Beesley (bass) / Robin Leggate (tenor) / Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 23/Mar/2006 ] "This CD attracts another unhesitating recommendation and collectors should add it to the Stravinsky/Craft section on their shelves. This is turning into an excellent set whose recordings have that modern technical advantage over those in the elderly... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Yiddish Winterreisse - A Holocaust Survivor's Inner Journey Told Through Yiddish Song Mark Glanville (bass-baritone) / Alexander Knapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] A Yiddish Winterreise is a sequence of songs from the Yiddish repertoire devised by opera singer and cantor Mark Glanville, recreating the original, Schubertian journey in a Holocaust context. The singer reflects on the life and world he has just... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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FRANCIOS COUPERIN
Couperin, F: Pieces de Viole Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (bass viol), Mikko Perkola (bass viol) & Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord) [ Avie Records / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] |
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JULES EMILE FREDERIC MASSENET
Massenet: Hérodiade Marko Mimica (bass-baritone), Nicole Car (soprano), Étienne Dupuis (baritone), Matthew Polenzani (tenor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Many years before Richard Strauss composed his opera on the subject of Salome and John the Baptist, Jules Massenet had explored the same relationship in Hérodiade. |
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HANDEL
Athalia (English oratorio in three acts) Markus Brutscher (tenor) / Friederike Holzhausen (soprano) / Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "a thoughtful performance of a musically staisfying piece" - BBC Music Magazine |
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J. S. BACH
St John Passion BWV245 Markus Schafer / Thomas Oliemans / Peter Kooij (bass) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "This is a most moving performance. It is beautifully conducted by Franz Brüggen, unfolding with a natural expressiveness that is never short on drama but avoid the slash-and-burn vigour of some other period-instruments versions..This is a very... |