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JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation (complete oratorio sung in English) Sarah Tynan (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone) / Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] 'Wholly exceptional diction - you can hear every word without referring to the booklet's text.' BBC Music Magazine - Choral & Song Choice February 2016 |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki - St Luke Passion Sarah Wegener (soprano) Lucas Meachem (baritone) Matthew Rose (bass) / Orchestre symphonique de Montréai, Kent Nagano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Live recording from the Salzburg Festival, 20th July 2018. Recorded in the presence of the composer. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Requiem & other sacred music Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) Edmund Milly (bass) Nola Richardson (soprano) / Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Edmund Milly has just the cantor-like voice Faure specified, with no boom or bluster, and the top choral parts are clear and bell-like." BBC Music |
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MARIN MARAIS
Marin Marais: 2nd Book Of Viole Pieces Jordi Savall (bass viol), Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Rolf Lislevand (theorbo & guitar) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: From Solo To Quartet Märta Schéle (soprano), Edith Thallaug (alto), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Erland Hagegård (bass), Lucia Negro (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] An engaging collection of 19th-century Lieder, duets, and piano works performed by Swedish vocalists and pianist Lucia Negro. Centered around Robert Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel..a charming, highly idiomatic survey of German Romantic vocal music |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Quintet 'Trout' / Adagio & Rondo Concertante Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Istvan Toth (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The string playing is clean and alert, and the pianist is brilliant" - Classics |
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XIAOGANG YE
Ye: Winter Shenyang (bass-baritone), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Wei Lu (violin), Noriko Ogawa (piano) /Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orc [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "The orchestral playing in all five works is splendidly committed and the recording throughout is superb. An outstanding release." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2021 |
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HUMMEL/SCHUBERT
Piano Quintets Simon Standage (violin), Peter Collyer (viola), Poppy Walshaw (cello), Elizabeth Bradley (double-bass), Susan Alexander-Marx (fortepiano, director) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jan/2014 ] This release on the Chaconne label is presented by the leading fortepianist and clavichordist Susan Alexander Max and her ensemble The Music Colllection. World-renowned specialists in the period performance of late eighteenth- / early... |
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W.A MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Simone Kermes (soprano), Stephanie Houtzeel (mezzo-soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Arnaud Richard (bass), The New Siberian Singers, MusicAeterna [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] This recording of Mozart's Requiem, made by Teodor Currentzis in 2011, attracted great attention and soon became a benchmark in the work's discography! In its incredible ardour and sweeping inspiration, it demonstrates the full talent... |
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Sinfonia Lahti Cello/Bass Ens
Bassic Instincts [ Bis / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
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WILLIAM MATHIAS
Ave Rex, A Carol Sequence / Elegy for a Prince / This WorldeAEs Joie Sir Geraint Evans (bass-baritone) Janet Price (soprano) Kenneth Bowen (ten) / The Bach Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Willcocks and Atherton conduct with vigour and care for detail, and the recordings are admirably clean" Gramophone |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Swansong Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Juian Bliss (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert's death,... |
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JOSE ANTONIO de ALMEIDA PRADO
Almeida Prado: Pequenos funerais cantantes / Sinfonia dos Orixás São Paulo Symphony Choir / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Clarissa Cabral (mezzo) & Sabah Teixeira (bass-baritone) [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] José Antônio de Almeida Prado was one of the most admired Brazilian composers of his time. The two stylistically diverse works featured on this album exemplify different creative periods in the composer's life. The prize-winning Pequenos funerais... |
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FREDRIK PACIUS
Die Loreley (Opera in two acts sung in the original German) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Raimo Sirkia (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) Riikka Rantanen (mezzo-soprano) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2004 ] "The first recording of an opera premiered in 1887. Congratulations are due to all those involved in rescuing from oblivion a work that never deserved such a fate" (ClassicWeb) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: The Bear Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Alan Opie (baritone) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Sir William Walton wrote two operas, the second - The Bear - far more readily acclaimed than the first, and more often performed. Its premiere took place in Aldeburgh in June 1967 as part of the twentieth Aldeburgh Festival, and followed the... |
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HANDEL
The Triumph of Time and Truth Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Tim Mead (countertenor), Ed Lyon (tenor), William Berger (bass) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The small orchestra playing is stylish and characterful...Excellent, spirited singing from both choir and soloists throughout - Ludus Baroque's most valuable Handel recording so far confirms that this unclassifiable, peculiar work is well worth rev |
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Stan Getz (saxophone), Steve Kuhn (piano), John Neves (double bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
Getz at the Gate [1961 live recording] [ Verve Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Previously unreleased 1961 live recording from the historic Village Gate in New York City |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (Highlights from the complete opera) Stanislav Benacka (bass), Silvano Carroli, (baritone), Jan Durco (baritone), Mirosla Dvorsky (tenor) / Slovak Radio Symphony, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari |
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DVORAK
Stabat Mater / Serenade for Strings Stefania Woytowicz (soprano), Vera Soukupová (alto), Ivo Zídek (tenor) Kim Borg (bass) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Smetácek [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "Kubelik does the [Serenade] very beautifully." (Gramophone) |
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CHARPENTIER
Leçons de Ténèbres Stephan Macleod (bass) / Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] |