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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Susanne Bernhard (sop), Anke Vondung (mezzo), Pavol Breslik (tenor), Yorck Felix Speer (bass) Orchester und Kammerchor der Klangverwaltung Enoch zu Gu [ Farao Classics / CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] "The work's contemplative concluding movements draw a more assured quality of music-making than the preceding three, with the Benedictus the performance's evident highlight" Gramophone |
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JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Fasch: Ich danke dem Herrn / Missa in G / Overture in A major Veronika Winter (soprano), David Erler (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor), Matthias Vieweg (bass) / Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max [ CPO / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "A very fine disc that has quickly become one of my favourite recordings of Fasch's music." MusicWeb |
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VERDI
Requiem Mass Violeta Urmana (soprano), Olga Borodina (alto), Ramon Vargas (tenor) & Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) / WDR Sinfonieorchester, Semyon Bychikov [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 1, The Gothic Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) / Eva Jenisova (soprano) / Peter Mikulas (bass) / Dagmar Peckova (alto) / Slovak National Opera / Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2004 ] "Now it's reissued at bargain price, no one who claims the slightest interest in 20th-century British music has any further excuse to be without this thrilling, astonishing work." Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine, 08/04 |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The very best of Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Vladimir Grishko (tenor) Maria Kliegel (cello) Pavlo Mezhulin (bass) Takako Nishizaki (violin) Viktor Ovdiy (tenor) Ilona Prunyi (piano) & many more [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
The Song of the Forests, Op. 81 / The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, Op. 90 / etc Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor) & Ivan Petrov (bass) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / USSR Symphony Orchestra / Leningrad Radio & TV Chorus [ Praga Digitals / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 / Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 (recorded 1980) Walter Plante (tenor), Marianna Christos (soprano), Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone) / Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Leonard Slatkin [ MMG / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] LEONARD SLATKIN was music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1979-1996, though he had previously been assistant conductor of the orchestra in 1968. Maestro Slatkin has been considered one of the finest conductors of his generation,... |
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VARIOUS
We'll Keep A Welcome-The Welsh Album Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Jun/2000 ] With The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Gareth Jones |
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BYRD / CROCE / GUERRERO / MALCOLM / MAWBY / PALESTRINA / TALLIS / PARSONS, R / DEVAN, D
Miserere Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker / Peter Stevens (organ) / William Gaunt (bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] This release from the admired Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendours of the liturgy in the at-once solemn and joyful period of Lent. |
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Willard White, bass baritone Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor
Willard White in Concert [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] one of the world's leading bass baritones |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Contes & Poemes Yana Ivanilova (soprano) Vassily Savenko (bass) Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "If you haven't yet got into Medtner, this new disc is a compelling introduction to his world." Gramophone Magazine, March 2009 |
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TRADITIONAL
Old Christmas Return'd The York Waits / Richard Wistreich (bass) [ Saydisc / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] The music and song of Christmas past from renowned early music bass singer, Richard Wistreich with the ancient shawms, sackbuts, cornetts, hurdy-gurdies, recorders and bagpipes of The York Waits. |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion (complete oratorio) Yosemeh Adjei (Alto) Lothar Blum (Tenor) Locky Chung (Bass) Claudia Couwenbergh (Soprano) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (Conducto [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] "nobody acquiring this set will go far wrong, whatever basic attitude to baroque practice one will have and the impecunious beginner will get a recording to live with for many years." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas, Vol.31 (Christmas cantatas: BWV91, BWV101, BWV121, BWV133) Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (director) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "Each feature some of Bach's most appealingly melodious music. As such this disc is a perfect introduction to this wonderfully rich repertoire, truly music's greatest treasure trove" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas (Vol 36) Nos 6, 42, 103 and 108 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Dominik Werner (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "This is another splendid achievement by Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan." (MusicWeb December 2007) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 14 Op 135 (with Mahler-Symphony No 10: Adagio) Yulia Korpacheva (soprano) Fedor Kuznetsov (bass) / Kremerata Baltica / Gidon Kremer [ ECM / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] "This is an extremely dramatic and atmospheric performance of the Shostakovich 14th Symphony, the more unusual for being conducted by Gidon Kremer from the concertmaster's desk. There's no loss of scale, but certainly an intensified sense of... |
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SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Yvonne Naef (Mezzo) Ralf Lukas (Bariton) Andreas Schmidt (Bass) / MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freibu / Michael Gielen [ Hanssler SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] "There are a number of very fine recordings of this extraordinary work, but this newcomer, celebrating the great Michael Gielen's 80th birthday, is, in my view, the finest of the lot. Everything has the feel of absolute 'rightness', and the SWR... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Die Donner-Ode, TWV 6:3 / Deus judicium tuum Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) / Collegium Musicum 90, Ri [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) |
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Bass Mekanik
BMRMX: The Remix Album [ Pandisc / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] Due to popular demand, the Bass Mekanik, the #1 best selling artist in car audio, has compiled an album heavy on the breakbeats and chock full of hits, remixes and three brand new bonus tracks! |
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Bass Mekanik
Faster, Harder, Louder [ Pandisc / 2 CD/DVD - released 25/Mar/2003 ] Bass heavy rumblers that will test your speaker cones and rattle your windows |