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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone / La Nuova Musica, Davis Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "High praise, then, for David Bates and his ensemble." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART / J. S. BACH
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola K.364 / Bach: Concerto for two violins BWV 1043 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Salvatore Accardo, English Chamber Orchestra, Salvatore Accard [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Jul/2025 ] The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is celebrated for her exceptional talent and unwavering dedication to her craft. A child prodigy, she rose to international acclaim under the mentorship of Herbert von Karajan. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Edita Gruberova / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Kurt Masur [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] "Jessye Norman's is a commanding, noble, deeply felt performance, ranging extraordinarily wide; she provides the perfectfocus for a cast as near ideal as anyone could assemble today." (Penguin Guide) |
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ABRAHAM / BENATSKY / KALMAN / LEHAR / STOTZ / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - You Mean the World to Me Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder, with Julia Kleiter (soprano) [ Sony / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] 'It's been a while since a major tenor recorded operetta repertoire, and Jonas Kaufmann does not disappoint.' (BBC Music Vocal Pick of the Month Christmas 2014) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 24 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 1 Julia Borchert (soprano) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] This is the first of four discs of Schubert's settings of the 'romantic' poets. |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Scheidemann: Organ Works, Vol. 5 (Fuga in D minor, Kyrie dominicale, Magnificat IV Toni, etc) Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos The Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "Given the Naxos price policy there is no excuse not to collect these Scheidemann recordings, wonderful music, in this instance compellingly played." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Scheidemann: Works for Organ Vol.3 Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] More organ music on Naxos |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Overture, Scherzo and Finale Julia Faulkner, Heidi Grant, Florence Quivar, Elisabeth Wilke, Keith Lewis, Robert Swensen / Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "I found very much to enjoy from the mellifluous Keith Lewis, a tellingly expressive yet never over-operatic tenor narrator. And the lyrical warmth of Robert Hale as the penitent sinner (and the baritone soloist in ''Jetzt sank des Abends goldner... |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24 (complete) Julia Fischer (violin) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 26/Aug/2010 ] "the particular strength of these performances is the way each piece emerges as an example of romantic tone-painting rather than just a virtuoso showpiece." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Julia Fischer (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] "…her playing is beautifully honed, technically without flaw." Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 |
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KODALY / SCHULHOFF / RAVEL / HALVORSEN
Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Müller-Schott Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Nov/2016 ] "They set Kodály ablaze with searing eloquence and zinging clarity…" BBC Music Magazine - Chamber Choice - November 2016 |
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CHAUSSON / RESPIGHI / SUK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Poème Julia Fischer (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Yakov Kreizberg [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "This beautiful disc is one of Fischer's best, and also stands as a fitting testament to Kreizberg's art." (BBC Music) |
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Julia Fordham / Judie Tzuke / Beverley Craven
Woman to Woman [ Universal Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Woman to Woman is a collaborative album by English singers Beverley Craven, Judie Tzuke and Julia Fordham, released in 2018. It features a selection of each of the trio's own past solo songs being sung together in harmony, along with new material. |
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Julia Hülsmann Quartet
The Next Door [ ECM / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] On The Next Door Julia Hülsmann returns with the quartet from 2019's Not Far From Here, and presents her unique pianistic voice in a varied programme of almost exclusively original music, composed by herself and her colleagues - tenor saxophonist Uli... |
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SERGEY AKHUNOV / FRANCIS POULENC / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Jazz Julia Igonina (violin) & Maxim Emelyanychev (piano) [ Aparte / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] 'Igonina combines a mellow luminescence with a sense of yearning...Emelyanychev is typically superb throughout, seeming at times to strum the strings directly, and a finely-judged performance of the 'Louange' provides a suitably mesmerising end.' BBC |
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Julia Jacklin
Don't Let the Kids Win [ Liberation / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] Recorded at New Zealand's Sitting Room studios with Ben Edwards (Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid), Don't Let The Kids Win courses with the aching current of alt-country and indie-folk, augmented by Jacklin's undeniable calling cards: her... |
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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera with full libretto) Julia Migenes Johnson, Placido Domingo, Ruggiero Raimondi, Faith Esham / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1984 ] "Carmen is sung here by Julia Migenes Johnson. Her Habanera is wonderfully shapely and sexy, in a quite light flirty manner. In Act 4 she and Placido Domingo (as Don José) give us a wonderfully dramatic climax to the opera." (MusicWeb) |
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CHARLES STROUSE
Strouse: Rags Julia Migenes & Larry Kert / Members of the Original Broadway Cast [ Columbia Broadway Masterworks / CD - released 12/Jul/1991 ] Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein (with revisions by David Thompson), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse. |