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Vidres A La Sang
Endins [ Xtreem / CD - released 3/Nov/2017 ] |
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BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Veronique Gens, Paul Agnew / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-Elysaes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Herreweghe paces it perceptively...the sound is extraordinarily clean and fresh, and the balance deserves much praise for the technicians as well as the artists." (Gramophone) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Divas d'Offenbach Véronique Gens (soprano), Hervé Niquet, Chœur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire [ Alpha / CD - released 12/Oct/2025 ] "...Captured in warm, glowing sound, with the superb Choeur et Orchestre des Pays de la Loire matching the music's joie de vivre under Hervé Niquet, this is simply a delight." BBC Music Five Stars |
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BERLIOZ / RAVEL
Véronique Gens sings Berlioz & Ravel Véronique Gens (soprano) / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "Gens bring [Herminie] to life as sympathetically as any of her operatic portrayals...It is unusual to encounter a recording of Les nuits d'ete in which the colouring is so consistent throughout...Gens has in her sights a purer kind of poetry."... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Cantates Pour Le Prix de Rome Véronique Gens, Vannina Santoni, Clarisse Dalles, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 6/May/2022 ] "a delicious surprise..what is beyond doubt in the three cantatas and handful of elaborated choruses presented here is his supremely affecting way with the voice above and beyond his already considerable orchestral skills." Gramophone Award Finalist |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / etc
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Orchestral Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. |
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PUCCINI
Puccini Romance Antoinette Halloran (soprano) Rosario La Spina (tenor) / The Queensland Orchestra / Stephen Mould [ Universal Classics / ABC Classics / CD - released 15/May/2008 ] FEATURES THE STAR OF THE NZ OPERA'S PRODUCTION OF LA BOHEME! |
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J. S. BACH
Bach Edition [10 CD set incls Brandenburg Concertos, B Minor Mass, Art of the Fugue] Barthold Kuijken (flute) Lucy van Dael (violin) Elly Ameling (sop) / La Petite Bande / Collegium Aurem / etc [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Sigiswald Kuijken is both a fine violinist and an excellent conductor, with his group La Petite Bande. He has long specialized in Bach, recording cantatas, orchestral works, and a set of the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. |
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BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH
Choral Works (Incls Missa Brevis) BBC Singers / Lontano / Odaline de la Martinez (cond) [ Metier / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] The BBC Singers under Odaline de la Martinez perform brilliantly. They are fearless in their ability to transform Ferneyhough's vocal lines into music. The disc expects a lot of both singers and listeners." (MusicWeb june 2007) |
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Boris Kova & La Campanella
Eastern Moon Rising [ Riverboat / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Air Music - Tales of Flying Creatures and Heavenly Breezes Capella De La Torre, Katharina Bauml [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "This enjoyable album has a stylish snap, especially in the dance music that Capella de la Torre perform so well. And, as ever with this superb ensemble, the percussion subtly steals the show at every opportunity." Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 1979) Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood / la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Jean-Claude Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble, La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, in a complete 1979 recording of Handel's delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its universally familiar opening aria "Ombra mai fu". |
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ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gregorian Chant Choir of the Monks of the Abbey of Santa Domingo de Silos: Dom Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta. [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD - released 24/May/2000 ] Authentic Gregorian Chants from Spain |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 / Violin Concerto Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Erich Kleiber / New Symphony Orchestra of London, M. Sargent [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Despite being recorded under 78rpm conditions, in four- or five-minute sections, the Fourth Symphony is marked by a palpable symphonic rigour as well as the edgy brass which lends such intensity to Decca's Paris recordings of Russian music. |
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Cut La Vis
One Step Forward (LP) [ Nice Up! / LP - released 11/Dec/2015 ] "One Step Forward" is the debut album from Brighton based DJ and producer Cut La Vis aka David Lavis. Raised on a diet of 90s hip hop, roots reggae and ska, this debut album is a melting pot of exactly that. |
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De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising (LTD Edition Double Yellow Coloured LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio De La Soul. It was released on March 3, 1989, by Tommy Boy. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical... |
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De La Soul
Buhloone Mind State (LP) [ AOI Records / LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Buhloone Mindstate is the third studio album by American Hip Hop group De La Soul, released on September 21, 1993. Buhloone Mindstate, delivered a jazzier palette than their two previous albums and has ended up an unduly underrated gem in not only... |
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De La Soul
De La Soul's Plug 1 & 2 Present: First Serve [ Liberation Music / CD - released 6/Apr/2012 ] A collaborative project by Pos (AKA Plug One) & Dave (AKA Plug Two) of the legendary hip hop group, De La Soul, and acclaimed French production team 2 & 4 (AKA Chokolate & Khalid). |
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De La Soul
Stakes Is High (Double LP) [ Chrysalis / 2 LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] Stakes is High is the 4th studio album by De La Soul, released on July 2, 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for its music, lyricism, and its overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid-90s. The title... |