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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2023 ] During their long collaboration (1997 - 2019) Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra developed a project they named 'Opening Doors', performing orchestral works from the Romantic era with the smaller-than-usual forces of a chamber... |
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SCHUBERT
Symphony No 6 in C major, D589 / Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797 Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ Bis / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] This is the second disc in an on-going cycle of Schubert's symphonies with the SCO and Thomas Dausgaard, described by BBC Music Magazine described as 'an excitingly combative, and ultimately very plausible new look at Schubert.' |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / ERNEST BLOCH
Prokofiev/Bloch -: Violin Concertos (with Bartok - Portrait Op 5 No 1) Joseph Szigeti (violin) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Charles Munch / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Winner |
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GLAZUNOV / KODALY / KREISLER / LISZT / WIENIAWSKI / etc
Romance oubliée: Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann (viola) & Thomas Hoppe (piano) [ Myrios SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2015 ] "Zimmermann and Hoppe capture the poetry of these works, in their hands free from sentiment and rich as short stories." (Observer) |
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W.A. MOZART / VERDI / CILEA / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / PEERGOLESI
La Scala Collection: 11 DVD set of the world's most popular operas Teatro alla Scala / Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Thomas Allen, Samuel Ramey, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection / 11 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Soloists include Thomas Allen, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Daniela Dessì, Alessandro Corbelli, Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer and Sara Mingardo |
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MAURICIO SOTELO
Sotelo: El Público (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / José Antonio López, Thomas Tatzl and Jesús Méndez / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Klangforum Wien and the Coro Titular del Teatro Real in this performance of Mauricio Sotelo's opera. Soloists include José Antonio López, Thomas Tatzl and Jesús Méndez. |
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COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiss Me Kate Josephine Barslow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, Karla Burns / Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1990 ] This set brings together the five complete recordings of famous Broadway musicals made under the direction of the American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn - Show Boat (1927) by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter's... |
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W. A.MOZART / JOSEPH HAYDN
Mozart: Coronation Mass K317 / Exsultate Jubilate K165 (plus Haydn Symphony No. 85 "La Reine") Teresa Wakim, Paula Murrihy, Thomas Cooley, Sumner Thompson / Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ CORO / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Christophers draws out plenty of detail, and ensemble and intonation slip only occasionally given that this is a live performance; speeds are brisk" (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Alfonso und Estrella (complete opera recorded in 1997) Theater an der Wien / Olaf Bar / Luba Orgonasova / Thomas Hampson / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] G - Filmed at the Theater an der Wien during performances in Wiener Festwochen, May 1997. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theater an der Wien / Patricia Bardon, Jake Arditti, Danielle de Niese, Filippo Mineccia / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] During his years in Italy, Handel absorbed the music of his contemporaries and mastered new stylistic trends. Though the staging of La resurrezione was a memorable event in the Roman musical world, it was the production of Agrippina that marked... |
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WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 1972) Theo Adam, James King, Pilar Lorengar / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers [ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Direct from the Metropolitan Opera's archives. These complete live recordings are taken from the Met's historic Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts and are newly remastered from the original sources. All feature great singers in live performance, at... |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto / Turandot Suite / etc Thomas Adès, John Odgon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] This new addition to the Gemini series features the following Busoni favourites: Piano Concerto, Turandot Suite, Berceuse Elegiaque, Sarabande and Cortège (2 Suites for Doktor Faust), 3 Piano Works. |
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THOMAS ADES
The Twenty-Fifth Hour: Chamber Music of Thomas Adès Thomas Adès (piano) / Calder Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Three classic works by Thomas Adès, performed by the composer with the Calder Quartet - Piano Quintet, The Four Quartets and Arcadiana. These three works are not only in classic genres but themselves becoming classics |
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GERALD FINZI
Intimations of Immortality (with Patrick Hadley-The Trees so High) Thomas Allen (baritone) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Guildford Philharmonic Choir & orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] One of the most respected independent labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009, has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Wyastone Estate Limited. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 Thomas Allen (baritone) Osian Ellis (harp) Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Judith Harris (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC Singers and others [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Aug/2005 ] Benjamin Britten occupies an unrivalled position in English music of the twentieth century and a place of the greatest importance in the wider musical world. |
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Thomas Barquee
Temple [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Lied Edition 32 - Part Songs Vol. 1 Thomas Bauer (baritone) Ingeborg Danz (contralto) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Markus Flaig (voice) Regina Jakobi (mezzo-soprano) Sybilla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Ulrich Eisenlohr, praised as the 'splendid accompanist' on many of Naxos's Schubert Lieder discs, and on Mozart's Complete Songs (8.557900-01) joins nine outstanding singers on this first volume of Schubert's delectable part-songs. |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (piano) [ Zig Zag / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every rhythmic phrase and figure is matched by the clarity and... |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "Bauer is a thoughtful, personable singer who uses his words expressively. At forte his baritone has an incisive bite: say, in the horrified final climax of "Die Krähe"...He affectingly realises the bleak weariness of "Rast", and addresses the... |