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Silvia Tro Santafe/Orquesta Si
Rossini Mezzos [ Signum Records / CD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] |
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HALFFTER
Chamber Music Volume 1 Soloists of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Rodolfo Halffter's music embraces almost every genre but he was primarily an instrumental composer. His three piano sonatas rank among his most important works for that instrument, combining Scarlattian playfulness with Romantic and avant-garde... |
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RODOLFO HALFFTER
Chamber Music Volume 2 Soloists of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The Spanish-born, Mexican-based composer Rodolfo Halffter's chamber music embraced influences from both the Old and New Worlds, his compositional approach shifting freely between nationalism, neo-classicism and the avant-garde. The works on this... |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra / Ernest Martínez Izquierdo [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2015 ] "Best of all, she has a beautiful tone in cantabile phrases (check out the Romeo and Juliet fantasy) and a really seductive way with rubato that conveys emotion without distorting the rhythm." (10/10 ClassicsToday Jan 2011 on Vol 2) |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra Volume 2 (Incls 'Carmen Fantasy') Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra / Ernest Martínez Izquierdo [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "All throughout, Yang seduces, teases, serenades, and sings with her unique sound. How to describe the Yang sound? It's more aggressive than most in attacking the violin's lowest notes, which have a full but slightly rough sound that can only be... |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra Volume 4 Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] This stunning programme includes the popular Introduction et Tarantelle and two delightful jotas. Sarasate's scintillating flying staccato technique is heard in the Fantaisie on Weber's 'Der Freischütz' while Le Rêve is a remarkable work in every way |
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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
Marco, Tomás - Symphonies no. 4 & 5 [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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RODRIGO
Complete Orchestral Works-7: Retablo De Navidad (Christmas Carols And Songs) Soloists / Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Jose Ramon Encinar [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, José Ramón Encinar |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Zigeunerweisen') Yang Tianwa (Violin) / Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "(Tianwa Yang) has bold tone, a bright sound and immaculate clarity in her left hand pizzicato; her conductor and orchestral accompanists accurately follow her weaving rubato." (MusicWeb Dec 2010) |
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PABLO de SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Fantasies on The Magic Flute & Faust') Yang Tianwa (Violin) / Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "She's a joy to listen to, and Ernest Izquierdo's accompaniments have all the poetry and shameless gusto that's necessary to convince us that we're listening to music of real quality, never mind the flash. Naxos' sonics offer ideal balances, and... |
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Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensación
Cha Cha Cha [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] The recordings made by Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensación in Havana during the 1950s represent one of the pinnacles of the golden age of Cuban music. Now, on the album Cha Cha Cha, World Circuit, the label behind Buena Vista Social Club,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Elina Garanca - When Night Falls ... Elina Garanca (Mezzo), Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, with Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] This intimate album, says Elīna Garanča, is meant for "that time of day when you withdraw to your own private life". The celebrated mezzo has selected songs to help her listeners "tune out the world for two or three minutes and immerse themselves in... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sol y Vida Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Orquesta Filarmónica De Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] "The singing is a delight, full of vitality and warmth" MusicWeb |
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MANUEL MARIA PONCE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ponce: Violin Concerto (with works by Galindo & Revueltas) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, Enrique Batiz [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "A life-enhancing record. For within it two distinct fields are explored; both of them, in different ways, very rewarding. Try it." (Gramophone) |
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PONCHIELLI / GIORDANO / VERDI / FLOTOW / BIZET / PUCCINI / etc
Johathan Tetelman - Arias Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman has already earned a reputation in the opera world as a dedicated, distinctive and versatile artist. Having signed an exclusive agreement with DG, he has now recorded his debut DG album, Arias. |
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GIMENEZ / VERDI / DONIZETTI / CATALANI / BARBIERI / BIZET / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTIABLE: Gala Lirica (recorded live May 1991) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, Alfredo Kraus / Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Various conductors [ RCARed Seal / CD - released 22/Jul/1992 ] Recorded live at the inauguration of the Gran Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, May 10, 1991. |
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Juan Pena Lebrijano Orquesta Andalusi De Tanger
Encuentros [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Orquesta Akokan
Orquesta Akokan (LP Limited Clear) [ Daptone / LP - released 30/Mar/2018 ] Akokán is a Yoruba word used in Cuba meaning "from the heart," and indeed, every song on the self-titled debut album by Orquesta Akokán feels like a heartfelt gift from the band to the listener. |
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Orquesta Aragon
La Charanga Eterna [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
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Orquesta Aragon
Lusafrica Years [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |