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JANACEK
Piano Music Vol 1 (In the Mist / Variations for Zdenka / Piano Concerto ) Thomas Hlawatsch, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "Decent recorded sound..." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
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Thomas Laing-Reilly
Adeste Fideles - Organ Music F [ Delphian / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
Thomas Larcher
The Living Mountain [ ECM New Series / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula, Variations on... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass" but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening's entertainment... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |
GIOANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette / Passione amorose / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Timothy Cobb (double bass) Christopher Oldfather (piano) [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 5 / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] These works for two double basses by Giovanni Bottesini date from his student days at the Milan Conservatory. The delightful Fantasia on themes of Rossini features an opening Tarantella, a lyrical middle section and a stormy finale. Passioni amorose,... |
CESAR FRANCK / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / GABRIEL FAURE / JACQUES BREL
Formidable! French Chansons Thomas Oliemans; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Candida Thompson [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] I have had French chansons in my head for as long as I can remember: on a scratchy car radio or a cassette player, in the back seat for hours on end on the way to the Vendée or Dordogne, or softly issuing from a gramophone record in my father's study... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] (complete oratorio sung in German recorded in 2009) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Christoph Strehl (tenor) Annette Basch (sop) / Vienna Philharmonic / Adam Fischer [ Medici Arts / Euro Arts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "…the chamber choir is finely disciplined and light on its collective feet, the orchestra has good period manners and conductor Adam Fischer provides firm and keenly motivated direction. Baritone Thomas Quasthoff is in a league of his own." (BBC Music) |
SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang (with Brahms - 4 Ernste Gesenge) Thomas Quasthoff (tenor) Justus Zeyen (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Apr/2001 ] Schwanengesang was composed in the last year of Schubert's life |
MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter. Wiener Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez [ DG Boulez 2005 / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] Anne Sofie von Otter sings the Kindertotenlieder, Violeta Urmana will be heard in the Rückert Lieder and Thomas Quasthoff in the early Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. |
HANDEL
Samson (Complete oratorio) Thomas Randle (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (Alto) Sixteen / Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded." - Sunday Times |
BIBER / FASCH / HANDEL / REINHART / SCHICKHARDT / STÖLZEL / TELEMANN
German Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / Interpreti Veneziani [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Baroque works for oboe have long been fertile ground for transcription to the trumpet and there are several examples here of this refashioning. The sequence of concertos and sonatas include examples from Handel's Italian years. |
Various Composers
Italian Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / Interpreti Veneziani [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] The brilliant dynamism of Italian Baroque music is at its most virtuosic and thrilling in works featuring the solo trumpet, whether in original compositions or transcriptions. Albinoni's astonishing ornamentations and the luminous dexterity of... |
TORELLI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / GABRIELI
Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Sebastian Tewinkel [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] The development of the piccolo trumpet has made it possible to tackle both original Baroque trumpet repertoire and transcriptions of works originally intended for oboe, with which it has a comparable tube length. |
SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Finlandia Thomas Søndergård, BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Described as 'one of the great new Sibelian teams' (The Herald), Thomas Søndergård and BBC National Orchestra of Wales continue their shared fascination with the orchestral music of Sibelius. Released one month after BBC NOW celebrates its ninetieth... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 7 Thomas Søndergård BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Since Thomas Søndergård's opening concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, this partnership has cultivated a special relationship with the music of Sibelius, resulting in three recordings of the composer's music. In 2017 they performed... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 7 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The playing of BBC NOW, in line with its conductor's evident vision, is astonishing in its sophistication. Their flawless performance of the Seventh Symphony, if you love this music, will break your heart." The Herald (Glasgow), March 2015 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Der Rosenkavalier Suite Thomas Søndergård, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] This recording is the first in a new series with Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The programme features music by Richard Strauss: the concert suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Ein Heldenleben, a work they have performed... |
