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KIRCHNER / KILLMAYER / HARRISON / LEES / DENNY / ROSEN / etc
Fromm Music Foundation - Twentieth Century Composer Series Nathan Rubin, Ludwig Shapero (violins) George Neikrug (cello) Leon Kirchner (piano) / The New York Concert Choir & Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2020 ] From January 1957 to March 1962 Columbia Masterworks in collaboration with the Fromm Music Foundation released a series of 9 highly acclaimed LPs in the Twentieth Century Composer Series with music by, then, contemporary composers. |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Solace Oliver Davis (Piano and Vocals), Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill (Violins), Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland (Cellos) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Recorded at the height of the international Covid lockdown, Oliver Davis's sixth album for Signum is a feat of both technological as well as artistic achievement. Following from draws together artists from across the globe for a selection of moving... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Suites & Concertos Osian Ellis (harp), Desmond Dupre (lute), Carl Pini, Neville Marriner (violins) / Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis, Granville Jones [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] The works on this collection are drawn from two of the very first stereo LPs released by the L'Oiseau-Lyre sub-label of Decca. 'Music of Handel' was a 1958 album containing arias (recently reissued by Eloquence 482 4759) and this instrumental suite... |
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KALEVI AHO
Chamber Works [incls 'Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet'] Osmo Vänskä, clarinet, Sarah Kwak & Gina DiBello, violins, Thomas Turner, viola, Anthony Ross, cello, Susan Billmeyer, piano, Etc. [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] Renowned for his rich production in the field of orchestral music, Kalevi Aho is also a prolific composer for chamber forces. On this disc, three works spanning two decades have been combined. |
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HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
The Rosary Sonatas Pavlo Beznosiuk (violins) David Roblou (harpsichord/organ) Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo) Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da Gamba) & Timothy West (reader) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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MANZOLI / PROKOFIEV / YSAYE
Works for 2 Violins PimaDuo: Matteo and Maddalena Pippa (violins) [ Dynamic / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] The sound of a violin duo is very special: two instruments with the same timbre but with distinct, sometimes contrasting but always perfectly attuned. Performing as PimaDuo, siblings Matteo and Maddalena Pippa bring to life a programme of rarely... |
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AITCHISON / CROFT / MCCABE / MATTHEWS / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE
English Violin Duos Retorica (Philippa Mo & Harriet Mackenzie, violins) [ NMC / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
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SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
In the Mirror (Chamber music) (incl. Der Seiltanzer with Gidon Kremer) Rieko Aizawa (piano) Kai Vogler and Mira Wang (violins) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "In this excellent performance, its a very enjoyable, exhilarating experience in its own right." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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J.S. BACH
The Violin Concertos Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (violins) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A notable virtue of Aimon Standage's recording lies in its chamber music approach, which allows us to listen to performances of unusual intimacy." (NA 1001 Classical) |
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BARTOK
The Three Piano Concertos / The Two Violin Concertos / Two Portraits Pascal Roge (piano) Kyung Wha Chung, Iona Brown, Chantal Juillet (violins) / Chicago Symphony / Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Iona Brown gives a clean-cut and stylish performance, superbly recorded" Penguin Guide |
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IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major Victoria Chiang, Isabella Lippi, David Perry (violins) / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Pleyel's symphonies concertantes are characteristic expressions of his idiosyncratic style. They are expansive, leisurely-paced works, texturally transparent in their solo sections and rich in melodic invention. |
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SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: Piano Quintet Joanne Lowenthal (piano), with Stephen Kates (cello) Paul Rosenthal, Yukiko Kamei (violins) Marcus Thompson (viola) [ Arabesque / CD - released 15/Mar/1985 ] Taneyev became the most trusted musician among Tchaikovsky's friends. The two developed a romantic relationship that would last until Tchaikovsky's death. The symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32, one of Tchaikovsky's most famous orchestral... |