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JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Glagolitic Mass') Stuart Skelton (tenor) Sara Jakubiak (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Gábor Bretz (bass) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "It's a very fine, exciting performance and Chandos have captured it in thrilling sound." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung (The Creation) Sunhae Im (soprano) Jan Kobow (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) Christine Wehler (alto) / Cologne Vocal Ensemble / Spering [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "A brisk, well-sung performance of Haydn's late choral masterpiece" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (June 2005) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 [Levin Edition] Susan Gritton (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo) Timothy Robinson (tenor) Peter Rose (bass) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Charles Mackerras [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "The string lines carry all the expressive weight one could want, and the woodwind and brass have a sovereign authority." The Guardian |
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GYORGY KURTAG
The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág Susan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass) [ AVIE / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Grammy Award-winning American soprano Susan Narucki, one of today's most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer György Kurtág which dates back to 1986. Susan's luminouS... |
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ORLANDO GIBBONS
Gibbons: Phantasm Susanna Pell (tenor viol), Asako Morikawa (bass viol) / Phantasm [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Gramophone Awards 2004 Winner - Early Music |
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J. S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio BWV248 Monika Frimmer (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The six cantatas that make up Bach's ChristmasOratorio are part of a unified work celebrating not just Christmas itself but also the New Year and Epiphany. Masaaki Suzuki faces plentiful if not invariably stiff competition in this work. In fact, it... |
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Spring / Three Russian Songs Svetla Vassileva (soprano), Misha Didyk (tenor) & Alexei Tanovitski (bass) / Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre & BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] This is the seventh and final volume in our acclaimed Rachmaninoff series, which has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. They are joined in this recording by the Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre and the soloists Svetla... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Trout Quintet / Wanderer Fantasy (recorded 1981 & 1963) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Borodin Quartet with Georg Hortnagel, double bass [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 25/Jul/2017 ] "A legendary virtuoso, Richter was also a master chamber musician. Here we find him near his peak...this is sovereign musicianship throughout" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.13 'Babi Yar' op. 113 Taras Shtonda (bass) / Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno / Beethoven Orchester Bonn / Roman Kofman (cond) [ MDG SACD / SACD - released 18/Mar/2007 ] Dmitri Shostakovich was one of Russia's great composers--while rooted in the 19th-century classical epoch, he had a very forward-looking, modernist mindset. This audio DVD features Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony performed by the Beethoven Orchester... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet (incidental music) / Romeo and Juliet (original version) Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Maxim Mikhailov (bass) / Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Two Shakspearean fantasy overtures - but, excitingly, not as we know them." - Gramophone Recording of the Month March 2009 |
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SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / GLANERT / BARBER
Serious Songs Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone) / Australian String Quartet / Melbourne & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras [ ABC Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "The new release from opera superstar Teddy Tahu Rhodes is called Serious Songs and lives up to its name, right from the opening chords. But far from being simply serious, it is profound and emotional, highlighting his dramatic voice and style." |
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CYRIL ROOTHAM
Symphony No 2 / Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity Teresa Cahill (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor) & Michael Rippon (bass-baritone) Trinity Boys Choir, BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Han [ Lyrita Mono / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] 'Rootham has done much for other contemporary composers; unfortunately he has been deficient in peddling his own wares'. This verdict on Cyril Rootham may serve to explain the neglect his music suffered during his lifetime. However, the general... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete opera recorded 1953) Theo Adam (bass) Hans Braun (baritone) Josef Greindl (bass) Astrid Varnay (soprano) Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) / Bayreuth Festival / Joseph Keilberth [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] "for this price and with this quality of transfer, the Naxos stands alone." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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,... |
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JUDITH BINGHAM
Choral Works Thomas Trotter (organ) / BBC Symphony Chorus / Fine Arts Bass / Stephen Jackson [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/2007 ] "At last, a disc devoted to this most accomplished choral composer . Few contemporary composers have such a gift for haunting a listener as Judith Bingham. Her collection of works here have such character (and the off echo of Benjamin Britten is no... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet / Waltzes / Ländler Thymos Quartet, with Christoph Eschenbach, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pianos) & Yann Dubost (double bass) [ Avie / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "there's no rigid ensemble, either; the mood is convivial, like conversing friends who occasionally interrupt each other. Eschenbach's solo moments have memorable rhetorical swagger…I couldn't stop smiling." BBC Music August 2020 Chamber Choice |