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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 1998) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Trisha Brown / Smon Keenlyside / Juanita Lascarro / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi France / 2 DVD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] G :- "To many fans of the work, it is this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo which debuted at La Monnaie in Brussels in May of 1998 which offers a near-flawless symbiosis of music, text, and movement. Starring Trisha Brown and René Jacobs, this... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1992) Theatro La Scala / Renato Bruson / Mariella Devia / Vincenzo La Scola / conducted by Stefano Ranzani [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "A powerfully dramatic and memorable La Scala production. Recommended." (MusicWeb) |
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Tres De La Habana
Tres De La Habana.Com [ Bis / CD ] |
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MASSENET
Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet Truls Mørk (cello) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Jules Massenet has long been associated primarily with opera, while his orchestral works have gone unappreciated. This collection of overtures, ballet music, and concert pieces, each with its own unique orchestral colour, showcases Massenet's... |
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RESPIGHI
Complete Orchestral Music Vol 3 [Incls 'Concerto gregoriano'] Vadim Brodsky (violin) Chiara Bertoglio (piano) Andrea Noferini (cello) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "[La Vecchia] conducts with energy and conviction throughout. The Rome orchestra responds enthusiastically, and the orchestral sound has plenty of colour and presence, with nice grip from the brass at the tuttis. A must for Respighi fans" MusicWeb |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Les paladins Valentin Tournet; La Chapelle Harmonique [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] Rameau's key forgotten comédie-lyrique is brought back to life: in 1760, at the age of 77, Les Paladins would be his last work performed in public. Inspired by the triumph of his other comedy, Platée, Rameau adds emphasis and excess, makes the... |
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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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RODRIGO
Complete Orchestral Works-7: Retablo De Navidad (Christmas Carols And Songs) Soloists / Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Jose Ramon Encinar [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, José Ramón Encinar |
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VIVALDI
Concertos & Cantata with Bassoon Frans Robert Berkhout (bassoon) / La Suave Melodia [ Etcetera / CD - released 28/May/2008 ] These are magnificent performances from bassoonist Frans Robert Berkhout. He was lead bassoonist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Amsterdam Bach Soloists. |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Stabat Mater / Gloria Soloists / Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir / Orchestre de la Cite / Michel Piquemal [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The chorus are spirited, with good attack and enunciation, and with sensitive shadings of tone." (Gramophone) |
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W.A. MOZART
The Best of Mozart (Incls 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusic' & 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' overture) Various artists including La Petite Bande, Mozart Academie Amsterdam, Karl Leister (clarinet) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2006 ] This double CD offers a very mixed bag of some of Mozart's loveliest compositions: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Requiem, the Jupiter Symphony, Ave Verum and the Clarinet Concerto. |
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NOEL CHRISTMAS
Noel Christmas: evergreens Various artists including the RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Vocale, Les Arts Florissants & La Chapelle Royale [ Harmonia Mundi Christmas Edition / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A beautiful selection of Christmas pieces from the Harmonia Mundi label. |
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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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ANTONIO CALDARA
La concordia de' pianeti Veronica Cangemi, Delphine Galou, Ruxandra Donose, Franco Fagioli, Daniel Behle, Carlos Mena, Luca Tittoto / La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] This release marks the world-premiere recording and rediscovery of Antonio Caldara's La Concordia de' pianeti, a musical serenade of operatic magnitude composed for the court of Austrian Emperor Karl VI, featuring the crème de la crème of the day's... |
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Victor Hugo-La Banda
Salsa De Oro [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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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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JOHN CORIGLIANO / WILLIAM HOFFMAN
The Ghosts of Versailles Victoria Livengood, So Young Park, Vanessa Becerra, Peabody Southwell, Frederick Ballentine, Patti LuPone / LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to celebrate its 100th anniversary, John Corigliano's The Ghost of Versailles received its premiere at the Met in 1991, twelve years after it had been commissioned and eight years past the centennial season for... |