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ARIAS FOR TENOR
Nessun dorma: Arias For Tenor (rias by Adam, Giordano, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini & Verdi) Janez Lotric, Thomas Harper (tenors) with various orchestras & conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The American tenor Thomas Harper was born in Oklahoma but has made his home in Germany, where he is a member of the Dortmund Opera Theatre. In addition to a recent highly acclaimed American debut as Mime in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the... |
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POUL RUDERS
Music of Poul Ruders Vol. 6 Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) Vassily Primakov (piano) Mikko Luoma (accordion) / Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Sondergard [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Gramophone Awards 2011 Finalist - Contemporary |
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MOZART
Mozart: Concertone KV 190, Horn Concerto No. 3 KV 447, Piano Concertos Nos. 2 KV 39 & 4 KV 41 Veriko Tchumburidze; Sofiko Tchumburidze; Pascal Deuber; Giorgi Gigashvili; Sasha Calin; Marcus Thomas Pouget; Mozarteumorchester Salzburg [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] For the 13th volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series, Georgian pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, who has already released a highly acclaimed debut album (Alpha 930), has agreed to tackle the early piano concertos of the very young Mozart:... |
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AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) Veronique Gens, Jacek Laszczkowski, Delphine Galou, Iestyn Davies, Tim Mead / Bathasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] A world-famous court composer during his lifetime, Agostino Steffani was also a significant influence on the likes of Handel, J S Bach and Telemann, but his music fell into neglect after his death. Thanks to conductor and Baroque specialist Thomas... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 1956) Victoria de los Angeles / Jussi Bjorling / Robert Merrill / Lucine Amara / RCA Victor Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] Featuring Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling in glorious form, the 1956 set ranks alongside the Callas De Sabata Tosca (Naxos 8.110256-57) as one of the greatest studio recordings of an opera ever made. |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This superb Carmen wipes the floor with any other version I know. The instinctive rightness of the whole conception is simply marvellous." (Gramophone) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete recorded in 2002) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Thomas Hampson, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Miroslav Dvorský / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Arthaus presents a "visually alert, musically sensitive and disturbingly coherent" (The Standard) production of Simon Boccanegra on Blu-ray, one of Verdi's lesser known works yet regarded by many opera lovers as one of his finest. |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |
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ANDRÉ CAMPRA / HENRY DESMAREST
Desmarets & Campra : Iphigénie en Tauride Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak, Olivia Doray, Floriane Hasler; Tomislav Lavoie; Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Nearly a century before Gluck, another opera called Iphigénie en Tauride - same plot, same protagonists - had immense success on the opera stage. This 'first' Iphigénie has rather a curious history. |
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Tschaikows
Salut d'amour Werner Thomas-Mifune, Carmen Piazzini [ ORFEO / CD - released 9/Dec/1996 ] |
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Offenbach;
Harmonies du Soir, Virtuose Celloromantik Werner-Thomas; Münchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Aug/1987 ] |
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Whitmer Thomas
Songs From The Golden One [ Hardly Art / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] Songs from The Golden One is a companion album of songs from Whitmer Thomas' debut HBO comedy special. The album features ten cuts of borderline-John Maus cosplay with spasms of pop-punk absurdity. Thomas uses the gothy, nasal vocal drone as a... |
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Whitmer Thomas
Songs From The Golden One (LP) [ Hardly Art / LP - released 3/Apr/2020 ] Songs from The Golden One is a companion album of songs from Whitmer Thomas' debut HBO comedy special. The album features ten cuts of borderline-John Maus cosplay with spasms of pop-punk absurdity. Thomas uses the gothy, nasal vocal drone as a... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Frohe Weihnacht (Merry Christmas) Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Artists Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Capella... |
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Gouvy, Thé
Lieder - Aus: 40 poésies de Pierre de Ronsard; Aus: La Pléiade française op. 48; Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartm Yaron Windmüller, Thomas Hans [ ORFEO / CD - released 6/Apr/1998 ] |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Yeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Carmina Burana as you've never heard it before; a triumph for all concerned." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2014) |
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BUSONI
Doktor Faust (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Thomas Hampson / GAnther GroissbAck / Gregory Kunde / Philippe Jordan (conductor) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "[Thomas Hampson possesses] all the physical and vocal energy one could wish for…..flourishes and ornaments leap out of his melodic lines….the gestures [are] also natural, his phrasing and pitch sure. Mr. Hampson, as his career justifi ably... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 2001) Zurich Opera / Thomas Hampson, Paoletta Marrocu, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Franz Welser-Most [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Thomas Hampson made a triumphant début in the title role of Verdi's Macbeth in this Zurich Opera production, with Paoletta Marrocu as his beautiful, power-hungry wife. |