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ANONYMOUS / FROBERGER / LEOPOLD I / SCHMELZER / etc
Felix Austria: Works for Viola da Gamba Consort Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert [ CPO / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] A disc of Viola da Gamba music from the Habsburg Court. |
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ELGAR
The Very Best Of Elgar Jenö Jandó (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano), Simone Lamsma (violin), Yurie Miura (piano), NZSO [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] From raucous marches to private enigmas, the music of Elgar represents, for many, the ultimate symbol of England in the early 20th century, contrasting royal ceremonies with intimate family gatherings. This 2-CD set features Elgar's most frequently... |
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FRANCK
Sonata for Violin and Piano / Three chorals for organ Karl-Andreas Kolly (piano), Simone Riniker (violin) & David Riniker (violoncello) [ MDG / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "This is an intriguing release, mainly for the arrangement of César Franck's wonderful Sonata for violin and piano as a piano trio. This is a work which exists in duo versions with flute and for cello, and it was a liking for certain passages in the. |
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VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bellini: Zaira (complete opera recorded live in 1990) Katia Ricciarelli, Simone Alaimo, Ramon Vargas, Alexandra Papadjakou / Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Paolo Olmi [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2009 ] "(Katia Ricciarelli gives) a highly impressive portrayal of the title part. As Orosmane, Simone Alaimo's lean bass is also a further strength with his clear diction a welcome hallmark." MusicWeb |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY La Fenice Opera / Simone Alaimo, Myrto Papatanasiu, Bruno De Simone / Jonathan Webb, conductor [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Il Turco in Italia is one of Rossini's wittiest but most neglected works. It is full of ingenious and freshly composed invention. It is Rossini's first collaboration with Felice Romani - Bellini's librettist - on this opera and Romani understood... |
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Aretha Frankin, Nina Simone, Julie London, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, etc
Lady Sings the Blues Volume 2 [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Feuersnot, Op. 50 Lars Woldt, Simone Schneider, Arabella Wäscher, Monica Mascus, Wilhelm Schwinghammer / Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ulf [ CPO / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Just after the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth, cpo are releasing a concert performance of his rarely performed sung poem "Feuersnot" under the baton of Ulf Schirmer. The satirist Ernst von Wolzogen, who wrote the libretto for this... |
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ERMENEGILDO del CINQUE
Del Cinque - Sonatas for Three Cellos Ludovico Minasi; Cristina Vidoni; Teodoro Baù; Simone Vallerotonda; Andrea Buccarella [ Arcana / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] "It's all immensely elegantly shaped and dispatched, simultaneously understated and brimming with different shapes and shades of tone colouring and articulation." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2022 |
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PAGANINI
Music for Guitar and Viola Luigi Attademo (guitar) & Simone Gramaglia (viola) [ Brilliant Classics / CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Although Paganini is mainly regarded as a super virtuoso on the violin (achieving a pop star status in his time) and composer for his instrument of concertos of the highest difficulties, he composed a substantial oeuvre of chamber music for a... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Bruno de Simone, Francesca Longari, Anna Maria Chiuri, Dave Monaco / Valerio Galli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Aug/2021 ] "Bruno de Simone is an amiable, bespectacled Schicchi who could win anyone around with his mellow voice and floral shirt. He sparks off nicely against Anna Maria Chiuri, an unusually young 'vecchia' Zita, who brings a welcome vocal freshness" BBC Mus |
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ROSSINI
L'Italiana in Algeri [The Italian Girl in Algiers] (complete opera) Mariana Pizzolato / Lorenzo Regazzo / Lawrence Brownlee / Bruno de Simone / Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad Festival in 2008. For his tenth opera, the already celebrated 21-year-old Rossini wanted 'a humorous... |
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THE COUPERIN FAMILY
Couperin Dynasty Michael Borgstede, Yago Mahúgo, Massimo Berghella (harpsichords) Simone Pierini (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 19 CD Box Set - released 5/Jan/2024 ] Admiration for the French composer, harpsichordist and organist, Louis Couperin continues to grow steadily today, but it was not so during his lifetime. The first important edition of his work in modern times catalogues 129 pieces as authentic. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem (LP) Simone Kermes, Stephanie Houtzeel, Markus Brutscher / MusicAeterna / New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Mozart's Requiem is a supreme masterpiece of the history of music and a work inextricably bound up with the Mozartian legend. Now Alpha's recording of it under the direction of Teodor Currentzis is given a new lease of life in a vinyl reissue. A... |
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Nina Simone
And Piano! (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Nina Simone said that she'd rather have people remember her for her album Nina Simone And Piano! than for her surprise hit "My Baby Just Cares For Me". When you listen to the album, you fully understand why. This is Nina Simone stripped bare; an... |
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Nina Simone
Angel Of The Morning: The Best Of Nina Simone [ Sony Gold Series / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] |
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Nina Simone
Do What You Gotta Do [ Salvo / 2 CD ] |
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Nina Simone
At Town Hall (LP) [ Vinyl Passion / LP - released 10/Jun/2011 ] One of Nina Simone's finest recordings, this Colpix LP features the unique singer/pianist performing classic versions of "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair," "The Other Woman," and "Wild Is the Wind"... |
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Nina Simone
At Town Hall (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 10/Jun/2011 ] One of Nina Simone's finest recordings, this Colpix LP features the unique singer/pianist performing classic versions of "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair," "The Other Woman," and "Wild Is the Wind." With supportive work from bassist Jimmy... |
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Nina Simone
Baltimore [ Sony Music Entertainment / CD - released 1/Jan/1978 ] |
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Nina Simone
The Best Of [ Philips / CD - released 2/Dec/1985 ] 12 of her most popular tracks |