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MONTEVERDI
Round M: Monteverdi Meets Jazz Roberta Mameli / La Veneziana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa Platinum / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] What happens when you bring the worlds of jazz and Monteverdi together? Is there a musical meeting-point where the two can exist? Claudio Cavina has believed in this possibility for some time, witness some very 'modern' moments in his recent Glossa... |
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Schneider/La Stagione Frankfur
Various: Il Primo Uomo [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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GIUSEPPE de MAJO / LEO / HANDEL / PORPORA / etc
Dramma Simone Kermes (soprano) / La Magnifica Comunita, Isabella Longo [ Sony Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] Emblazoned on the title page of many an 18th-century Italian opera libretto, "dramma per musica" soon became the name for the operas composed to those words. |
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MONTEVERDI
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria [3 CD set] Soloists / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 3 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2012 |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Heroes in Love Sonia Prina (contralto) / La Barocca, Rubin Jais [ Glossa / CD - released 26/Jul/2017 ] "The period band La Barocca, under Ruben Jais, matches the singer completely in fieriness of attack. For 18th-century enthusiasts and voice fanciers alike this is, I would say, a must-have CD" Five Stars BBC Music Magazine Opera Choice - July 2017 |
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BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Prometheus; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mazeppa; Hamlet. (with Wagner: Siegfried Idyll) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A quartet of Liszt tone-poem recordings, new to CD, plus a cherishable recording of Wagner's musical birthday card to his wife. Karl Münchinger founded the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1946, and Decca began making records with them three years... |
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Super Rail Band Of The Buffet Hotel De La Gare De Bamako, Mali
Super Rail Band Of The Buffet Hotel De La Gare De Bamako, Mali [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (1952 recording) Suzanne Danco, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss, Andre Vessieres, Helene Bouvier / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This was the first of two recordings by Ernest Ansermet of Pelléas et Mélisande, a work he conducted several times on stage. This recording was made in April 1952 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere. |
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T La Rock
It's Yours [ Universal Music / LP - released 4/Apr/2014 ] |
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Tes la Rock
Them [ Noppa / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] One of Dubstep's most persistently prolific producers drops an impressively diverse debut album. |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Sam La More and Tommy Trash
Sessions Eight [ Ministry of Sound Australia / 2 CD - released 27/May/2011 ] Two discs of dance and club bangers set to smash your inter-seasonal misery through the wall and re-spark your soul's love for all things dance. |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Goodwill & Sam La More
In the Club! - Volume 2 [ Ministry of Sound Australia / 2 CD - released 29/Jul/2010 ] Featuring stonking tracks from Dizzee Rascal, David Guetta, Sia, Groove Armada, Audio Bullys, Calvin Harris and more, all remixed and expertly cut, diced and put back together with an extra helping of intense bass... |
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Various Artists / Mixed by Sidney Samson, Stanford Brothers, & Sam la More
Clubbers Guide to Spring 2009 (Australasian Edition) [ Ministry of Sound Australia / 3 CD - released 28/Sep/2009 ] Legendary party monsters The Stafford Brothers bring us 3 discs of the most upfront club house records - featuring Freemasons, Pitbull, Basement Jaxx, Bob Sinclar Jamie Jones, Dirty South, Fedde Le Grand, Black Eyed Peas and more! |
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MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla - El amor brujo / 7 Chansons populaires espagnoles / Nuits dans les jardins d'Espagne Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Gonzalo Soriano (piano) / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2003 ] "Make shelf space for this...the French EMI vaults yielded a rich trove of Gonzalo Soriano's (neglected) Falla keyboard specialties, plus very collectable orchestral fireworks by Artur Rodzinski and André Vandernoot." (Cody Robert) |
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RAVEL / DEBUSSY / DUPARC
Sheherazade And Other Songs Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Orchestra De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire / Georges Pretre [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD ] 'A very beautiful and very enjoyable recital of French orchestral songs, sensitively accompanied. The coupling has this justly adored singer, in excellent form, in further songs by Ravel and Debussy with Soriano as the sympathetic piano accompanist.'... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Orchestral Suites Nos 3 & 4 'Mozartiana' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "It's a bargain of a lifetime. There is no need to delay, only extreme enjoyment awaits you" (MusicWeb) |
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Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out [ Matador Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] Quietly intense melange of pulsing beats, acoustic guitar strum, ringing vibraphone and organ washes. |
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Yo La Tengo
Electr-O-Pura [ Matador Records / CD - released 2/May/1995 ] American import. |
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Yo La Tengo
Fade (Deluxe) [ Matador / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] Closing out out 2013 with a flourish, Yo La Tengo present the Deluxe Edition of January's loudly applauded long player, Fade. This expanded edition adds a 78 minute disc (plus downloads!) of b-sides and unreleased material including the various... |