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Thomas Christian Ensemble
Kienzl: String Quartets 1-3 [ Cpo / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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Thomas Christian Ensemble
Marx: Complete String Quartets [ Cpo / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
Walzer - Strauss Waltzes arranged by Schönberg, Webern, Berg, Trojahn and Dott Thomas Christian Ensemble [ MDG / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Does bankruptcy have its entertaining side? In 1921 at least, to rescue their Society for Musical Private Performances from insolvency, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and Arnold Schönberg penned adaptations of Johann Strauss's most popular waltzes. The... |
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BARTOK
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Thomas Dausgaard, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Bartok composed the Miraculous Mandarin (published as 'A Pantomime in One Act') at a time of violent unrest in Hungary. The unpleasant Soviet Hungarian Republic had collapsed in 1919 and was replaced by an ultra nationalist regime which persecuted... |
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Thomas Demenga
Hosokawa /Bach J S /Yun [ ECM Records / 2 CD ] |
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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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TORELLI
Trumpet Concertos (Complete) Thomas Hammes (trumpet); Peter Leiner (trumpet 2); European Chamber Soloists. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "A highly recommendable way of exploring some worthwhile late 17th century music. It deserves the attention of anyone interested in the development of the trumpet." (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
The Gustav Mahler Celebration (recorded live at Kalište) Thomas Hampson / Anne Sophie von Otter / Marita Solberg / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Manfred Honeck [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] The renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Austrian maestro Manfred Honeck, and world famous soloists commemorate the composer with an unique outdoor live concert. |
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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) |