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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Peer Gynt Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm / Eri Klas [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1994 ] |
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CHABRIER / RAVEL / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / BORODIN
Orchestral Spectacular [Incls 'Espana', 'Capriccio Espagnol' & 'Bolero'] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provide their own Spanish magic" - Essex Chronicle |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles (complete opera) [CD+DVD+Blu-ray] Teresa Perrotta, Jonathan Bryan, Kayla Siembieda, Ben Schaefer / Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Joseph Colaneri [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD/DVD - released 14/May/2021 ] "Colaneri's conducting deserves much of the credit, pointing up the most disruptive harmonies while giving the singers their head in the lyrical ensembles that come to dominate the piece" Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2021 |
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VIVALDI / GUIDO
Vivaldi & Guido: Les Saisons Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Stefan Plewniak; Malandain Ballet Biarritz; Thierry Malandain [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / DVD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] On the one hand, the despair of humanity facing the irrevocable fading of the seasons, on the other, the sublime eternity of nature's renewal... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Rapsodie Espagnole', 'La Valse', 'Daphnis & Chloe' & 'Bolero'] Orchestre National de France, Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] An outstanding compilation of the very best of Ravel. Recordings originally made in Paris and released on Denon. |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Complete Orchestral Works Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Christian Arming; Chœur de Radio France [ Fuga Libera / 4 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Orchestral music played a key role in the output of César Franck throughout his career. He accorded an important and innovative place to the symphonic poem, a new genre of the Romantic era: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne actually dates from 1846,... |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Hulda (complete opera) Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Gergely Madaras; Jennifer Holloway; Marie Gautrot; Matthieu Lécroart; Véronique Ge [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The injustices of history are made to be redressed. Here a cast of international singers, under the dynamic direction of Gergely Madaras, devotes itself with conviction to the task of reviving one of the forgotten glories of French Romantic opera.... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 and in A major Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Prodigiously gifted, Camille Saint-Saëns entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1848, at the age of 13. There he discovered the symphonies of the great German and Austrian composers and soon began to try his own hand at the genre. The Symphony in A major... |
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RESPIGHI
Brazilian Impressions Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Mar/2014 ] Impressioni brasiliane...communicates Respighi's impressions from the summer of 1927, which he spent in Rio de Janeiro. The composer was fascinated by the popular music of Brazil, but also by the nature, animal life, and, naturally, the carnival. |
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RESPIGHI
Metamorphoseon / Belkis, Queen of Sheba / etc Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2015 ] "The Liège orchestra plays with great bravura, and BIS's SACD sonics, typically, are just terrific. In short, a very worthy entry in this ongoing series" (ClassicsToday Oct 2015) |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: The Birds & Ancient Dances and Airs Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] With the present album, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and John Neschling bring us the sixth and last instalment in a series that has been called 'the finest-ever survey of the composer's orchestral output undertaken by a single... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Transcriptions Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] A great orchestrator adds new colours to music by Bach and Rachmaninov. |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Sinfonia Drammatica & Belfagor Overture Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2016 ] Ottorino Respighi is primarily associated with his Roman trilogy, composed between 1916 and 1928 and celebrating the eternal city and its fountains, pines and festivals. Respighi was however a highly prolific composer - in most genres - and all of... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa [Church Windows] / etc Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling, Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] In their acclaimed series of Ottorino Respighi's orchestral music, John Neschling and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège have transported listeners to destinations as diverse as Brazil (Impressione brasiliane) and King Solomon's Jerusalem... |
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GABRIEL DUPONT
Dupont: Complete Symphonic Works Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Patrick Davin [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Greatly admired by his contemporaries, Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914) studied with Massenet, then became a disciple of Vierne and Widor; he is one of those composers whose too-brief career prevented them from taking their merited place in the history of... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: The Seasons; Ballet Op.67 / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.82 Oscar Shumsky (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Neeme Jarvi is always at his best in big, splashy Romantic pieces, and this performance is no exception. He whips the orchestra up to a fine frenzy where necessary, and given Chandos's fine sound and a sensible coupling, you're in for some good... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Chameleon Oystein Baadsvik (tuba) / Fanfare band of the Royal Netherlands Army 'Mounted Regiments' [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] Norwegian tuba virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik here turns to music for military band, accompanied by the Fanfare Band of the Royal Netherlands Army. Baadsvik plays three single movement concertos for tuba and wind band by Robert Jager, Anna Baadsvik and... |
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BIZET / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / PUCCINI / STRAUSS 11 / RAMEAU
THE BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: Opera and Ballet Highlights Paris Opera Ballet / Royal Opera House / Teatro Real, Madrid / Glyndebourne Opera / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Drottningholms Slottsteater [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Opera and Ballet Highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue at a very special price. |
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HOWARD BLAKE
The Passion of Mary / 4 Songs of the Nativity Patricia Rozario / Robert William Blake / David Wilson-Johnson / London Voices / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Howard Blake [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] "Choirs looking for new repertoire need look no further. Here are two works which can communicate easily and make a real impression on the audience. This music is far too good to miss." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month May 2010) |
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AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Dreamsongs Paul Neubauer (viola), Joshua Roman (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca Miller (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, 1998 Pulitzer Prize, and 2011 Nemmers Award, Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America's most honoured composers. His music appears prominently on concert programs worldwide, and he has been... |