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ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast 1949) Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Dickinson Eastham, Juanita Hall & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] It's all about historical perspective. Nowadays,when we think of South Pacific, we tend to view it simply as one more hit musical from the golden team of Rodgers & Hammerstein: a heartwarming show full of glorious songs. But to the opening... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Lord Nelson Mass / Symphony No 102 in B flat Mary Wilson, Abigail Fischer, Keith Jameson, Kevin Deas / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] "this new account opens with impact, even if the florid upper strings occasionally have to struggle against the implacable tirades of chorus, trumpets and drums. And the quartet of soloists led by agile soprano Mary Williams proves a well integrated |
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JOACHIM RAFF
Raff: Die Eifersüchtigen Matthias Bein, Balduin Schneeberger, Raìsa Ierone, Mirjam Fässler, Serafina Giannoni, Martin Roth, Benjamin Popson Orchestra of Europe, Joonas Pitkäne [ Naxos / 2 CD ] Raff completed the score of Die Eifersüchtigen ('The Jealous Ones') a few weeks before his death. He wrote the libretto himself and was scrupulous in differentiating his characters through their music and adopting a precise formal construction. With... |
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Songs and Interludes / Handel: Arias from Xerxes Maureen Forrester (contralto) Alexander Young (tenor) Martin Isepp (harpsichord) / Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman [ MCA Millennium Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/1996 ] Recording: June 1966 - Mozartsaal, Vienna |
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YUSTE / RABAUD / McCABE / von WEBER / etc
Vibraciones del Alma: Vibrations of the Soul Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) Scott Mitchell (piano) [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Languorous and brilliant by turns, this star clarinettist's recital is a delight.…" Gramophone Magazine |
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Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians [ Longtime Listener / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
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Medeski Martin & Wood
It's A Jungle In Here (LP) [ Real Gone / LP - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The trio of John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood did as much to reinvigorate and reimagine jazz as anybody over the last three decades. Now, Real Gone Music is proud to provide the band's classic second album It's a Jungle in Here its first... |
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W.A. MOZART
Arias for Male Soprano (including Exsultate Jubilate) Michael Maniaci (male soprano) / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The highly-rated early music ensemble Boston Baroque and its conductor Martin Pearlman join forces with the talented American singer and true male soprano Michael Maniaci, in a recording of arias that Mozart originally composed for the castrato voice. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Piano Concertos Michael Ponti, Hans Kann, Martin Galling, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller and many more. [ Brilliant Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2016 ] This CD set contains a wealth of 19th century piano concertos written by composers who for some reason or other have been neglected by history, so called "minor masters" who may have lost the battle against the giants but wrote very attractive works. |
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PETER EOTVOS
DoReMi / Cello Concerto Grosso / Speaking Drums Midori, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Martin Grubinger Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Alpha / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "The first of these three concertos was not only written for Midori, but playfully takes the (adjusted) syllables of her name as a quasi-tone row from which to concoct a tripartite argument." (Sunday Times) |
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KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
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ENESCU
Works for Violin and Piano Mihaela Martin (violin) Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "This new BIS release can be heartily recommended to anyone who wants Enescu's three most important violin works on one disc. Sheer delight." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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Mozart; M.
Fagotto Concertante Milan Turkovic; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Martin Sieghart [ ORFEO / CD - released 27/Jun/1991 ] |
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KEVIN PUTS
Puts: Silent Night [Opera] Karin Wolverton (Soprano) Miles Mykkanen, Christian Sanders and Stephen Martin, Tenors), etc / Minnesota Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Courtney Lewis [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. |
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Montiel/Pons/Martin/Granada Ci
Marco:archangel Tree/Soul C [ Bis / CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
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BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Murray Perahia: The Complete Analogue Recordings 1972 - 1979 Murray Perahia (piano) with Peter Pears (tenor), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Perahia's complete analogue recordings have now been brought together for the first time in this exclusive collection of 15 remastered CDs. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone |
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JAPPELLI / CAMPOGRANDE / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Music for Guitar & Choir: Jappelli, Campogrande & Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Nicolò Spera (guitar) / St. Martin's Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] A pair of world-premiere recordings on a unique collection of works conceived for an unusual, highly-appealing combination of musicians. The technical challenging of balancing a choir singing at full volume and a guitar, renowned for its gentle... |