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BUXTEHUDE
Das Jungste Gericht Ulrike Hofbauer (sop) Monika Mauch (sop) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Hans-Jorg Mammel (ten) / Weser-Renaissance / Manfred Cordes (dir) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Music for the Theatre Vol. 1: Die Ruinen von Athen / Opferlied / Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt Valda Wilson (Soprano) Simon Bailey (Bass) Sidonie von Krosigk (Speaker) / Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn, Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] The focus of our second collaborative venture with the Cappella Aquileia and Marcus Bosch for the Beethoven Year is formed by the complete recording of The Ruins of Athens, an incidental composition penned by Beethoven for the opening of the recently... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op.30 / The Bells, Op.35 Van Cliburn (piano), Elizaveta Shumskaya (soprano), Mikhail Dovenmann (tenor) & Alexei Bolshakov (bass) Moscow Philharmonic & Russian Republic Capella [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked a nervous Jury in 1958, "Then give him the prize". At the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, the gold medal went to the young American pianist Van Cliburn. On... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Complete Beethoven Symphonies, Concertos & Overtures Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Manfred Fink (tenor), Stefan Vladar (piano), Claire Rutter ( [ Naxos / 12 CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history, laying down the foundations for the Romantic era. His nine symphonies grew out of the forms established in the time of... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Nelson Mass / Little Organ Mass Kurt Azesberger (tenor) Robert Holzer (bass-baritone) Viktoria Loukianetz (soprano) Gabriele Sima (cont) / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Bela Drahos [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] "Naxos offers a spacious sound, which is excellent because the impression of a church acoustic is right for the music. He uses the original instrumental score-for strings, three trumpets, timpani and organ-but he attenuates the ascerbic impact of... |
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WAGNER
Orchestral Music & Arias Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Terfel brings a wide palette of tone to peer into the Dutchman's soul and express Wolfram's evening thoughts, where his legato and half-voice are admirable" (Gramophone) |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: The Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Aga Mikol/aj (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Wiesl/aw Ochman (tenor), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass) & Boris Carmeli (narrator) [ Naxos / 5 CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] "Antoni Wit's ongoing cycle of Penderecki orchestral works is yet another of those truly outstanding Naxos projects that's unlikely to get the attention it deserves..." |
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MOZART / VERDI / BIZET / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Great Opera Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
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TRADITIONAL
Georgi Robev Russisch-Orthodoxe Weihnachtschore [Chants for Christmas] Boris Christoff (Bass) Choir Of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Angel Popkonstantinov / Bulgarian National Choir Svetoslav Obretenov [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] RUSSISCH-ORTHODOXEN WEIHNACHTSCHÖRE Russian Orthodox Chants for Christmas |
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Various Artists / Bass Culture Music
Dub Zealand [ GQM / CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] Featuring The Black Seeds, Dub Terminator, Rhombus In Dub, Unitone HiFi, The Red Eyes, International Observer, Jefferson Belt, Sola Rosa, The Nomad, Knights Of The Dub Table, Pitch Black, Katchafire, Jstar & Dr Cat. |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Afrojack & Bass Kleph
The Underground 2010 (Australasian Edition) [ Ministry of Sound Australia / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] This forward thinking album brings you ear-to-ear with the producers, labels, remixers, and DJs who are truly shaping the direction of underground house music. |
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Various / Bass Mekanik
Maximum Boom Volume 6: Limited Edition [ Pandisc / 2 CD/DVD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] 15 boomin' bass tracks PLUS a bonus DVD which includes the tracks mixed in 5.1 surround sound with visual content courtesy of "On The Scene" video magazine - featuring import street car madness, action sport and suitably attired women. |
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W.A. MOZART
Mass In C Minor / Kyrie In D Minor Norine Burgess (soprano) Robert Holzer (bass-baritone) / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756, the son of the violinist and composer Leopold Mozart, a musician employed by the ruling Archbishop. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bernstein Conducts Beethoven: Symphonies / Overtures / Missa Solemnis [remastered] New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Kim Borg (bass), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Carol Smith (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary and following Bernstein's centenary in 2018, Sony Classical is proud to re-release Bernstein's first recorded cycle of Beethoven symphonies, made with the New York Philharmonic between 1958 and 1964 Also... |
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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 |