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Martha Bass
I'm so Grateful [ Righteous / CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] A long lost, super rare, classic album by one of the great unheralded voices of '60s soul music. |
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J. S. BACH
Martin Fröst - B.A.C.H. Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "there are extraordinary moments. Indeed, the final few seconds of that Prelude [Suite No. 2] are exquisite: shaped in strength, vulnerability, resonance and decay, this is paradoxical playing at its most beguiling." Gramophone Awards Issue 2025 |
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ALFVEN / BACH / JENKINS / PURCELL / RAMEAU / SCARLATTI / etc
Martin Fröst - Night Passages Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Martin Fröst's latest album for Sony Classical brings the extraordinary alchemy of a specially formed ensemble to the public with highly original arrangements for the first time on record. |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A 'The Trout' / Variations on Trockne Blumen for flute and piano / Piano Trio (Notturno) in E flat Martin Helmchen (piano) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Alois Posch (double bass) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The players' wide dynamic range lets them wring every drop of energy from the finale without ever forcing the tone, and it's impossible to overpraise Helmchen's sensitivity in both his solo and accompanying roles." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera) Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano / John Erik Eleby, bass / Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano / Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Historical Opera / 3 CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "If you were judging this recording only on the soloists (the excellent German soprano Hedwig Fassbender and the lackluster Wolfgang Millgram) it wouldn't be in the running but what lifts it above average is the wonderful playing of the Swedish Opera... |
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DVORAK
Complete Choruses & Duets (Incls Moravian Duets) Martina Kritznerova (soprano) Å arka Mistrova (mezzo) Daniela Demuthova (alto) Michal KruÅek (bass) / Prague Singers under Stanislav Mistr [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Mar/2006 ] New recordings of excellent performances by the multiple prize winning Prague singers under Stanislav Mistr. |
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ROSSSINI
Petite Messe solennelle Martina Musacchio (soprano) Claudia Bandera (alto) Guillermo Domínguez (tenor) Johannes Mannov (bass) / Basel Madrigal Choir, Fritz Näf [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Petite Messe solenelle must be one of the most genial contributions to the church liturgy in the history of music. 'Petite' does not refer to size, which is comparable in length to Verdi's Requiem....but what a spontaneous and infectious piece of... |
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CHRISTOPHER TYLER NICKEL
Nickel: Concertos for Oboe Mary Lynch (oboe and oboe d'amore), Harrison Linsey (bass oboe), Northwest Sinfonia, David Sabee [ Avie / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Christopher Tyler Nickel's contemporary classical compositions pack a bracing and emotional punch. His award-winning works for the concert hall, stage and screen have been heard in over 160 countries by audiences in the tens of thousands... |
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ERROLLYN WALLEN
Photography Matthew Sharp (cello) Ensemble X, Nicholas Kok, The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam, Tim Harries (bass guitar), Quartet X, Errollyn Wallen [ NMC / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] After reading Music at Goldsmiths', King's College London and King's College Cambridge she performed as a keyboard player with numerous bands, on the comedy circuit, ran a commercial recording studio and wrote the music and performed live as a... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Schopfung (Die) (The Creation) Max Ciolek (choirmaster) Sunhae Im (soprano) Jan Kobow (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) / Capella Augustina / Andreas Spering [ Naxos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] "From the very first chord one feels that this recording is something special. The sound is crisp, well-balanced and detailed without being over-analytical." (MusicWeb May 2005) |
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SCHUBERT
European Poets, Vol. 2 (Includes An Silvia, D 891) Maya Boog (soprano) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) with Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass-baritone) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 14 / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] Schubert as a composer of Italian arias? As a setter of gloomy, bloodthirsty Scottish ballads? He was both |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 10) Nos 179, 105 & 186 Miah Persson (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 99) |
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JACQUES IBERT
Chamber Music Michael Dussek (piano), Bryan Lewis (harp), Richard Alsop (double bass), Bridge Quartet [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death, French composer Jacques Ibert is a major composer who won the Prix de Rome in his youth was a pupil of Fauré. |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Complete oratorio) Michael George (bass) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) David Thomas (bass) / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The Choir of [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "This is a fine recording...For many people, though, the King's forces and Emma Kirkby, with Michael Chance doing all the alto solos, will prove a willing combination. And at super budget price, you cannot go far wrong. There is a complete libretto... |
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TRADITIONAL
From Russia with Love: Songs of a Don Cossack Michael Minsky (bass) / Soloists of the Don Cossack Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Songs of a Don Cossack |
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TRADITIONAL
Kalinka: Russian Folk Songs Michael Minsky (bass-baritone) / Schwarzmeer Kosakenchor [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] This set features the great Russian bass-baritone Michael Minsky, former soloist of the famous Don Cossack Choir of Sergey Yaroff. In these recordings he is accompanied by both the Schwarzmeer Kosakenchor and the Domra Balalaika Orchestra, best... |
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Michelle Breedt, soprano / Renato Girolami, bass / Judith Halasz, soprano / Alexander Klinger, tenor / Peter Koves, bass / Marina Mescheriakova, sopra
Mozart, W.A. - Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) K. 492 (Highlights) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "The MArriage of Figaro" won considerable success both in Vienna and subsequently in Prague, and was revived in the former in 1789, when two... |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Michelle De Young (mezzo); John Relyea (bass); Pál Mácsai (actor); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Following outstanding reviews for his interpretation of Duke Bluebeard around the world, notably at the Paris Opéra and then in Philadelphia and New York with Michelle DeYoung, John Relyea stars in the first studio SACD Surround Sound recording of... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 4 (Nos 163, 165, 185 & 199) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Akira Tachikawa (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Stefan Schreckenberger (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] "The performances are, to my ears, of unmatched excellence. Masaaki Suzuki's direction never falters and his solo vocalists seem to go from strength to strength as the series progresses." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |