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Tim Rice / Benny Andersson / Bjorn Ulvaeus
Chess Elaine Paige, Tommy Korberg, Barbara Dickson, Denis Quilley, Bjorn Skifs, & Murray Head / Original 1979 London Cast Recording [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 10/May/1996 ] Starring Elaine Paige, Tommy Korberg, Barbara Dickson, Denis Quilley, Bjorn Skifs, & Murray Head, this is the original, definitive version of the very successful musical / concept album 'Chess' |
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JOHANN STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Werner Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Christian Boesch, Barbara Bonney / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/May/2009 ] "..the cast is strong too, with Marjana Lipovtek's Orlovsky particularly impressive...he men, including Josef Protschka as Alfred, are very good and so are the lively Netherlands Opera Chorus and the Concertgebouw Orchestra." (Gramophone) |
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Barbara Brown
I Got To Be Somebody (LP) [ Kent / LP ] Barbara Brown released a handful of singles in the late 60s but left even more in the studio. Over the years those recordings have slowly been released, but "Got To Be Somebody" imagines them in context as an LP that might have been released at the.. |
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Barbara Hernandez
All Nite Tonight (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 31/May/2024 ] Cult soca disco 12", produced by Leston Paul and originally released in 1984 - now available in full vocal and instrumental versions for the first time in 40 years. Barbara Hernandez was working as a backing singer for Kool and the Gang in New... |
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Barbara Lynn
The Atlantic Years 1968-1973 (LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 3/Jul/2020 ] Barbara Lynn Ozen is an American rhythm and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter born in Beaumont, Texas and played piano as a child but switched to guitar, which she plays left-handed, inspired by Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley and Brenda... |
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DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux Edition [6 CD set] Anssi Karttunen (cello) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Lynn Harrell (cello) Renee Fleming (soprano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond) Charles Dutoit (cond), etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Hannigan has made the music very much her own...a wonderful 97th birthday present for a musician who has patiently extended older French traditions of civility and high polish into an age of aesthetic meltdown." (Gramophone Award Winner for Correspo |
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HASSE
Sinfonias / Motette / Salve Regina / etc Barbara Bonney / Bernarda Fink / Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel [ Archiv Al Fresco / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "First-rate sound, very clean and well balanced." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" Barbara Bonney, Birgit Rammert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "These discs are history: nine indubitable masterpieces lovingly recorded in gripping reinterpretations of our age." (NZ Herald on the complete set) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Barbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] A superbly played account by one of the world's great orchestras. ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies & The 13 String Symphonies Barbara Bonney (soprano I), Edith Wiens (soprano II) & Peter Schreier (tenor) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Concerto Köln, Kurt Masur [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Masur (knows) the scores inside out and how to make every note count, plus the Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn's old orchestra, plays with consummate dedication." (AllMusic.com) |
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DONIZETTI
L'elisir d'amore (Complete opera) Barbara Bonney, Gasta Winbergh, Bernd Weikl, Rolando Panerai. Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Gabriele Ferro [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'A performance that bubbles along as brightly and affectionately as the music itself' BBC Record Review |
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete music with orchestra (Includes Peer Gynt; Piano Concerto in A minor & the Holberg Suite) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD - released 2/Jun/2001 ] One of the best collections of Grieg's music ...ever! |
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PURCELL
Complete Secular Solo Songs Barbara Bonney / Susan Gritton / Charles Daniels / Roger Covey-Crump / James Bowman / Michael George / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney, Rogers Covey-Crump and James Bowman' (The New York Times) |
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W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 1988) Barbara Bonny / Edita Gruberova / Hans Peter Blochwitz / Thomas Hampson / Zurich Opera / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Harnoncourt's Mozart can veer between the playful and the over solemn, but here it's spot on and sustained by a strong cast. Gruberova is a stellar Queen of the Night." BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 *** |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Barbara Haveman, Claudia Mahnke, Brandon Jovanovich, Gerhard Siegel, Thomas Bauer, Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker) / Kartäuserkantorei Köln [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Excellent performances throughout from orchestra, soloists and choruses - rarely have the lush textures of Schoenberg's late-Romantic cantata sounded this fresh." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2016 - Choral) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Cantatas / Membra Jesu nostri Barbara Schlick, Monica Frimmer (sop) Michael Chance, Rene Jacobs (alto) Knabenchor Hannover / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was Danish-born, but made his career in Germany. He was celebrated as an organist (Johann Sebastian Bach was among his admirers) and as a composer, with many sacred vocal works in his output. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 Barbara Schlick, Nancy Argenta, Guillemette Laurens, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] La Resurrezione, composed in Rome in 1708, was Handel's first oratorio on a sacred theme. The soloists take the roles of an Angel, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, St John and Lucifer, who are portrayed in vivid operatic terms with the help of a... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Barbara Schlick, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Classic recording now reissued at a special price |