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Martha Bass
I'm so Grateful [ Righteous / CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] A long lost, super rare, classic album by one of the great unheralded voices of '60s soul music. |
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J. S. BACH
Martin Fröst - B.A.C.H. Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute), Göran Fröst (viola), Benny Andersson (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "there are extraordinary moments. Indeed, the final few seconds of that Prelude [Suite No. 2] are exquisite: shaped in strength, vulnerability, resonance and decay, this is paradoxical playing at its most beguiling." Gramophone Awards Issue 2025 |
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ALFVEN / BACH / JENKINS / PURCELL / RAMEAU / SCARLATTI / etc
Martin Fröst - Night Passages Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Martin Fröst's latest album for Sony Classical brings the extraordinary alchemy of a specially formed ensemble to the public with highly original arrangements for the first time on record. |
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MATTI SALMINEN
Matti Salminen: Artist Portrait (works by Mozart, Weber, Wagner, Verdi, Rossini and Monteverdi) Matti Salminen (bass) with various accompaniments [ Warner Artist Portrait / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] The Finnish bass, Matti Salminen, has studied music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and with the famous Maestro Luigi Ricci in Rome. |
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Mel Powell (piano), with Benny Carter (saxophone), Howard Alden (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Louie Bellson (drums)
The Return Of Mel Powell (Live Aboard The S/S Norway) [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] The first jazz recording by pianist Mel Powell since 1955 (in the interim he gained a strong reputation as a modern classical composer), this CD also signalled the rebirth of Hank O'Neal's Chiaroscuro label in 1989. (AllMusic) |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 4 (Nos 163, 165, 185 & 199) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Akira Tachikawa (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Stefan Schreckenberger (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] "The performances are, to my ears, of unmatched excellence. Masaaki Suzuki's direction never falters and his solo vocalists seem to go from strength to strength as the series progresses." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2 (Nos 71, 131 & 106) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] "The performances are, to my ears, of unmatched excellence. Masaaki Suzuki's direction never falters and his solo vocalists seem to go from strength to strength as the series progresses." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mass in C K.317 "Coronation" / Mass in C K.167 / Nocturnes Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Gerhard Eder (bass) / The Vienna Boys Choir, Hans Gillesberger [ RCA Victor Papillon Collection / CD - released 18/Apr/1988 ] The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 544, (excerpts) Nancy Argenta (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Gerd Tark (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "The overall performance, combined with different presentation options, make it a serious contender for first choice." - MusicWeb March 2005 |
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Noel Mangin, bass, John Fryatt, tenor, Ambrosian Singers, Bath Festival Orchestr
Mozart, W.A.-The Abduction from the Seraglio (Complete opera in English) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Complete opera recorded in 1967 with a top cast |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible Olga Borodina (mezzo), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Oratorio for Alto, Bass, Boys' Choir, Choir & Orchestra based on the original Film score (1942-44) |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 29) Nos 2, 3, 38 & 135 Pascal Bertin (counter tenor) Dorothee Mields (soprano) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This release further enhances the reputation of the series as one of the glories of the CD era" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 44) BWV43, BWV88, BWV146 Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) / Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] The two cantatas BWV 146 and 43 were composed for Jubilate Sunday and for Ascension Day respectively, both of them joyous occasions celebrating Christ's resurrection and subsequent ascension into heaven. |
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HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 3 - Cantatas for Cardinal Ottoboni Raffaella Milanesi (soprano) & Salvo Vitale (bass) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This disc is further testament to the marvellous subtlety and richness of Handel's Roman music and contains Handel-singing, playing and direction of the absolute highest order." Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Reformations-Oratorium 1755, TWV 13:18 Regula Mühlemann (sop) Daniel Johannsen (ten) Benjamin Appl (bari) Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Reinhard Goebel [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "I enjoyed the singing a lot (especially the soloists), and I loved the music and wondered at the still fertile and creative mind of its septuagenarian composer." Early Music Review |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antoni [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "If you're in the market for a Ninth full of surprise and delight rather than soulful yearning or triumphalist breast-beating, look no further." Gramophone |
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HANDEL
Apollo e Dafne (Italian Cantatas Vol. 7) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Furio Zanasi (bass) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa Le Cantate Italian di Handel / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] "Bonizzoni and his string players provide assertive accompaniments to Invernizzi's journey through mixed emotions of despair, maternal love, vengefulness and defiance." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Baroque Vocal |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol. 18) Nos 66, 67, 134 Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 2/Mar/2002 ] This is volume 18 of Suzuki's cycle of Bach cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan |
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HAUKUR TOMASSON
Concerto No.1 for Flute and Orchestra / Concerto No.2 for Flute and Orchestra / SkaÂÂma, concerto for two double basses and orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute) Havardur Tryggvason, Valur Palsson (double bass) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Bernhardur Wilkinson [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] This is the third disc dedicated to the Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson (b. 1960) released by BIS. |