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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Living Stereo: 60 CD Collection Various Artists incls Charles Munch, Morton Gould, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Fielder, Fritz Reiner, Van Cliburn, Leontyne Price, etc [ RCA Red Seal / 60 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] This 60-disc box set contains 60 original 'Living Stereo' recordings This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created. Each album comes complete with its original LP artwork. |
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Various Artists / Armin Van Buuren
A State Of Trance 2007 [ 2 CD ] |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Armin van Buuren
A State of Trance: Year Mix 2011 [ 405 Recordings / Armada / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Armin van Buuren
Universal Religion Chapter Five [ 405 Recordings / Armada / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] Let your senses be taken by exclusive tunes and remixes, feel the vibrant energy of the crowd and enjoy Armin's unrivalled mixing skills, as he introduces you to a new, musical Chapter. |
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Various Artists / Oliver Lieb and Jimmy Van M
Collaborations [ Bedrock / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
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Various Artists / Van Armin Buuren
A State of Trance 2012 [ 405 Recordings / Armada / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2012 ] Armin has found the perfect balance and track selection. From tracks produced especially for the ASOT series to new found gems from the upcoming league of dance producers. |
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Various / Compiled and mixed by Jimmy Van M
Balance [ EQ Recordings / 3 CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] This is an astounding compilation that takes the listener on a well-crafted journey through the best of electronic music, exploring genres ranging from downtempo to minimal techno, ambient and progressive. |
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Various / Compiled and mixed by Jimmy Van M
Bedrock Volume 2 [ Bedrock Records / 2 CD - released 6/Aug/2001 ] This compilation showcases Jimmy's DJ'ing skills as well as his broad selection of music, from dark atmospheric house, to the more progressive and tribal sounds. |
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SAINT-SAENS / LISZT / ARENSKY / HANDEL / DEBUSSY / PIERNE / etc
Women at the Piano-An anthology of Historic performances, Vol. 1 Various pianists including Aline Isabelle van Barentzen, Jeanne Behrend, Sari Biro, Una Mabel Bourne, Emma Boynet, Moura Lympany, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "Bravo to Naxos! This is an amazing tribute to the woman pianist; and for Marina and Victor Ledin, the producers and audio restoration engineers, this is pure triumph. The scope of repertoire included is amazing, yet it is the sheer excellence of the... |
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SAINT-SAENS / BLOCH / CHAUSSON / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Incantation Virgil Boutellis-Taft (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Aparté / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Incantation holds many mysteries. The brilliant violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft strips away the veil of its secret powers, the ones that lie inside his violin's fascinating chant. |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers Vox Luminis / A Nocte Temporis / Lionel Meunier / Reinoud Van Mechelen [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] The Orpheus myth was as important for the birth of opera in France as it had been in Italy. In 1684, Charpentier composed a work for three voices, Orphée descendant aux Enfers. With this piece, remarkable for its style and concision, he showed how... |
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LEMOYNE
Lemoyne: Phedre (complete opera production from 1786) Judith van Wanroij, Julien Behr, Tassis Christoyannis, Melody Louledjian, Jérôme Boutillier / Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 24/Apr/2020 ] "Lemoyne demonstrates impressive integrity as a musical dramatist…The central performances all stand up to scrutiny. Judith van Wanroij's Phèdre hones in on the text, its meaning carefully embedded in the composer's setting" BBC Music Five Stars |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora (complete opera) Judith van Wanroij, Jennifer Holloway, Edgaras Montvidas, Tassis Christoyannis / Münchner Rundfunkorchester [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 7/Sep/2018 ] After Polyeucte (1878), Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, Le Tribut de Zamora. The action takes place in ninth-century Spain - from Act Two onwards, on 'a picturesque site on... |
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ANDRÉ CAMPRA / HENRY DESMAREST
Desmarets & Campra : Iphigénie en Tauride Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak, Olivia Doray, Floriane Hasler; Tomislav Lavoie; Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Nearly a century before Gluck, another opera called Iphigénie en Tauride - same plot, same protagonists - had immense success on the opera stage. This 'first' Iphigénie has rather a curious history. |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Trio Sonata Project Walter van Hauwe, recorders; Tripla Concordia (Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorders; Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord & organ; Caroline Boersma, violoncello; Manuel [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Johann Sebastian Bach has always been considered one of the greatest music transcribers of all times. Many of his transcriptions (mostly the ones from Italian composers Vivaldi and Marcello) have become instant classics, and they are still viewed as... |
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W.A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete opera recorded in 1998) Werner Van Mechelen / Christiane Oelze / Huub Claessens / Patrizia Biccire / Le Petite Bande Orchestra & Chorus / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Recorded live in 1998 and originally released on Accent |
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FRANK MARTIN
Concertos Vol 2 Willi Zimmermann (violin) Rudolf Scheidegger (Cembalo) / Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac van Steen [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The Collegium Musicum of Winterthur under the conductor Jac van Steen continues its MDG series of recordings of twentieth-century works with a second volume featuring Frank Martin's orchestral works. |
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Wim van Dullemen
Hartmann, Thomas de - Music for Gurdjieff's '39 Series [ Channel Crossings / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2001 ] history and development of the special music created by Thomas-de-Hartmann |
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HARTMANN, VON GRUNELIUS, HINDEMITH, FISCHER
Chant d'Automne Wim Van Hassel (trumpet) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] The title of this CD, featuring two world premieres (Grunelius and Fischer), is taken from the composition by the German pianist and composer Wilhelm von Grunelius. The inspiration for his work for flugelhorn, timpani and strings came from the poem... |