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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R) - Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Richard Cassily / Hamburg State Opera, Karl Bohm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "singing of grandeur and magical intensity [from Gwyneth Jones, in the last scene] [...] [Fischer-Dieskau's] denunciation of the "Tochter Sodoms" chills the spine" (Gramophone) |
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Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
Not the Weapon But the Hand (Mediabook) [ Kscope / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] Moving, complex, multilayered, spooky, and at times goofy and personal, this debut album from Steve Hogarth (Marillion) & Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree, Japan) is a collaboration well worth checking out. |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hungarian Sketches - The Miklos Rozsa Collection Igor Gruppman (violin) Richard Bock (cello) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] The New Zealand Symphony under James Sedares recorded the majority of Rosza's concert works on Koch. This CD contains a generous selection of those recordings. |
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J. S. BACH
St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Sarah Connolly / Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Egarr [ AAM Records / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's joustings with Pilate. Sarah Connolly's 'Es ist vollbracht' is searing...And Elizabeth Watts's 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze' is almost unbearably poignant." BBC Music |
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Jeff Wayne / Various Artists, includes Richard Burton (narrator)
The War of the Worlds [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] Re-mixed by Jeff Wayne and producer Gary Langham, this is a fantastic re-issue of the 90-minute double album musical masterpiece, 'The War of the Worlds'. |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1999 ] The ardour and passion of some of the best-known love duets from Italian Opera are brought out to the full by the stunning voices of two of the world's greatest singers. |
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PICCINNI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / BELLINI / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (2CD) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, with Marilyn Horne & Richard Conrad [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A groundbreaking Decca album celebrating the glory of both bel canto and the voice of Sutherland in her prime, long unavailable on its own, reissued complete with a booklet introduction from Richard Bonynge. |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Highlights from the operettas John Mark Ainsley / Thomas Allen / Rebecca Evans / Felicity Palmer / Richard Suart / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "...this anthology is a delight." -Daily Press (Newport News, VA) |
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Josephine Barstow, Julian Forsyth, Sheila Hancock, Richard van Allan / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Oliver! - selected highlights [cast recording] [ Showtime! / CD - released 29/Jun/1995 ] A Studio Cast recording from 1991 |
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HANDEL
Messiah (highlights recorded in 1967) Judith Raskin, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul / Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra, Robert Shaw [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata (with Bach: Cantatas BWV131 & BWV198) Gloria Prosper, Adrienne Albert, Richard Levitt, Melvin Brown, Marni Nixon / Gregg Smith Singers, Texas Boys Choir, Columbia Baroque Ensemble, Robert [ Sony Essential Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/1996 ] Monteverdi recorded at the American Legion Hall, Hollywood, January 1967. Digitally remastered in 1996 |
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ETHEL SMYTH
Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn,and Orchestra / Serenade in D Sophie Langdon (violin) Richard Watkins (horn) / BBC Philharmonic, Odaline de la Martinez [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/1996 ] This is easily the most impressive Smyth offering yet to have appeared on CD, and it is conducted with understanding and commitment. The Penguin Guide - 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Laura Claycomb (soprano) / Barry Banks (tenor) / Christopher Maltman (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchatra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This performance of Orff's popular dramatic cantata Carmina burana was recorded live at the Barbican Centre in November 2007, Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus with Laura Claycomb, Christopher Maltman... |
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Little Richard
22 Classic Cuts [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Richard
The Essential Little Richard [ Specialty Records / CD - released 30/Jun/1989 ] 20 of his greatest hits, digitally re-mastered from the original session tapes. |
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Little Richard
The Fabulous Little Richard [ CD ] |
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Little Richard
His Greatest Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Little Richard
Little Richard (Vinyl) [ Wax Time / LP - released 19/Oct/2012 ] |