Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt [ Domino Records / CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] This European imported disc is a digitally re-mastered re-issue of Townes Van Zandt's self titled album from 1969. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Trio Fontenay, Jaap Schroder (violin), Wouter Moller (cello), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Andrew Manze (violin) [ Teldec Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2008 ] "If the Fontenay seem more attuned to Haydn's inwardness and lyricism than to his animal spirits, there's much to savour in these affectionate, thoughtfully characterized readings, truthfully captured by Teldec's engineers." (Gramophone on the Trio... |
BUXTEHUDE
Das Jungste Gericht Ulrike Hofbauer (sop) Monika Mauch (sop) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Hans-Jorg Mammel (ten) / Weser-Renaissance / Manfred Cordes (dir) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes |
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Complete Works for Violin and Piano Sonja van Beek (violin), Andreas Frölich (piano) [ CPO / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "The duo plays beautifully in Korngold's own transcription of Marietta's Lute Song from Die tote Stadt-and Frölich is especially effective in adding warmth and color to this music." ClassicsToday |
Johannes B
Intermezzo a-Moll op. 118/1, Ballade g-Moll op. 118/3, Sonate No. 23 f-Moll op. 57 "Appassionata", Sonate f-Moll op. 26, Van Cliburn [ ORFEO / CD - released 2/Aug/2011 ] |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Piano Concertos (recorded 1960) Van Cliburn (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] The origins of these live 1960 performances lie inevitably in Van Cliburn's legendary triumph in Moscow's inaugural Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1958, a time when competitions still mattered. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op.30 / The Bells, Op.35 Van Cliburn (piano), Elizaveta Shumskaya (soprano), Mikhail Dovenmann (tenor) & Alexei Bolshakov (bass) Moscow Philharmonic & Russian Republic Capella [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked a nervous Jury in 1958, "Then give him the prize". At the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, the gold medal went to the young American pianist Van Cliburn. On... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 (with Rachmaninov-Piano concerto No 3) Van Cliburn (piano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kyrill Kondrashin [ Testament / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "For interpretative genius allied to a nerve-jangling sense of occasion, this is unforgettable. A disc to shake you to the core." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2009) |
Van Dael/Van Asperen
Bach: Violin Sonatas Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
Wolfgang A
Le nozze di Figaro Van Dam, Tomowa-Sintow, Cotrubas, Von Stade, Krause; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 2/Apr/2012 ] |
Van Den Heuvel Organ Danish Ra
Hakim: Plays Hakim [ Signum / CD - released 13/Dec/2010 ] |
Van Der Graaf Generator
Classic Albums [ 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2012 ] |
Van der Graaf Generator
A Grounding in Numbers [ Esoteric Records / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] The 12th studio album from the legendary British Prog/Art Rock band, 'A Grounding In Numbers' is their first record since 2008. |
Van der Graaf Generator
A Grounding in Numbers (Vinyl) [ Esoteric Records / LP - released 14/Mar/2011 ] |
Van Der Graaf Generator
H to He Who Am the Only One (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Edition) [ Prog Classics / 2 LP - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl reissue. |
Van Der Graaf Generator
The Least We Can Do Is Wave (LP) (180gm) [ Universal Music / LP - released 12/Sep/2014 ] Peter Hammill has always had an abiding interest, it seems, in the blurred boundary between the mystical and the scientific, and between the rational and magical mind; this is certainly evident on the debut Van Der Graaf Generator album, even though... |
Van Der Graaf Generator
The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Edition) [ Prog Classics / 2 LP - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl reissue. |
Van der Graaf Generator
Now and Then [ Candlelight Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2010 ] This American imported disc is a re-issue of the 'Now and Then' album from the mid-80s, when the group consisted of Guy Evans, Hugh Banton, and David Jackson (but not Peter Hammill). |
Van Der Graaf Generator
Performance [ Eastworld / CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |