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JOHN CAGE
Cage: Choral Works Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] "one is unsurprised by the unconventionality but taken aback by the richness and variety of the final musical result. It must be said as well that the singers sound as though they are enjoying themselves enormously." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 |
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PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Laudate Dominum Latvian Radio Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Kļava, with Ilze Reine (organ) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] This release includes new works written by Peteris Vasks (b. 1946), internationally the most well-known composer from Latvia, performed by his compatriots, the Latvian Radio Choir and Sinfonietta Riga under the direction of Sigvards Klava. During the... |
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PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Pater noster / Dona nobis pacem / etc Latvian Radio Choir / Sinfonietta Riga / Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "...superb performances: clear, perfectly paced, beautifully balanced, sumptuously textured, with just the right pitch of emotion." BBC Music Magazine, September 2007 |
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ANDREJS SELICKIS
Selickis: Paradisus vocis Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] "the Latvian Radio Choir produce their renowned, seemingly effortless sound, honed by Kļava for the last quarter of a century, to great effect, while the disc as a whole offers the listener something of a meditative experience.." Choir & Organ |
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RAUTAVAARA
Missa A Cappella; Sacred Choral Works Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "This is an excellent anthology of Rautavaara's choral music...The musical vocabulary here is in some ways austere and complex...but it is never dry and offers plenty of opportunity for the sheer beauty of the shining choral effects at which Rautavaa |
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Latvian Radio Choir/Klava
Vasks: Choir Music [ Bis / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] |
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Latvian Radio Choir/Riga Chamb
Maskats: Lacrimosa/Concerto Gr [ Bis / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Symphony No. 7 / Piano Concerto Laura Mikkola (piano) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 / Isle of Bliss Laura Mikkola (Piano) / Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Laura Mikkola sounds perfectly attuned to the character of both works and exhibits a wide-ranging, impressive technique..." |
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MAGNUS LINDBERG
Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades Lawrence Power (viola) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Sep/2024 ] Composer Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is one of Europe's leading names in contemporary music. Having travelled a long road as a composer, from the steely and edgy modernism of his early period to the soft and sonorous sound worlds of his most recent... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 Leipzig Radio Choir / Dresden Opera Chorus / Staatskapelle Dresden. Herbert Blomstedt [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Highlights of this cycle are many: a grand and glorious Eroica, a lithe and lyrical Second and Fourth, a pellucid Sixth with luminous wind playing, an exciting Ninth (with) a marvelously well sung finale." (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH/KOVAL/SVIRIDOV
Choral Works: Shostakovich, Koval, Sviridov Leningrad Radio & TV Choir, Grigori Sandler (artistic director & conductor) [ Northern Flowers / CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] |
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VADIM SALMANOV
Salmanov: Chorwerke Leningrad Radio & TV Choir, Grigori Sandler (artistic director & conductor) [ Northern Flowers St Petersburg Musical Archive / CD - released 22/Oct/2022 ] Never on CD, another NEW Compilation from Leningrad Studios |
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GASPARE SPONTINI
Spontini: La vestale Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset; Flemish Radio Choir [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 12/May/2023 ] "this new studio recording offers not only musicologically scrupulous foundations but benefits from the period-instrument forces of Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset leads an interpretation that captures the work's qualities of mystery and passion" BBC |
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QIN WEN-CHEN
Qin: Violin Concerto 'The Border of the Mountains', Cello Concerto 'Dawn', Suona Concerto 'Calling the Phoenix' Li-Wei Qin (cello) Mengla Huang (violin) Qianyuan Zhang (suona) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] A native of Inner Mongolia, Wenchen Qin grew up with the folk music of his homeland and is now one of China's most influential composers. His violin concerto The Border of the Mountains exploits the extraordinary colors and flexibility of both... |
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OSCAR STRASNOY
Orchestral Works L'orchestre Phil De Radio France [ Aeon / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Oscar Strasnoy, aged 40, stands out for his sense of pastiche and the ease of writing that disregards the boundaries between popular and 'art' music. |
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GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin, Piano & Flute Concertos Ludvig Gudim (violin), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Josephine Olech (flute) / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Orpheum Foundation, which has been supporting young musicians for over thirty years, has joined forces with Alpha Classics for a series of recordings devoted to Mozart's concertos, regardless of instrument. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.4 Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "Well there are a lot of fine Fourths, some of them name-brands. But this is as good as any of them - really - and costs a fraction of what they cost" American Record Guide |
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MAGNUS LINDBERG
Piano Concerto / KRAFT Magnus Lindberg (piano) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Toimii Ensemble; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] " - - the precence of an impressive talent is vividly on display here, and you won't find more persuasive interpretations." Artistic Quality 10/10 Sound Quality - ClassicsToday.com |