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MOZART / SCARLATTI / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / etc
Fou Ts'ong - Complete Westminster Recordings Fou Ts'ong (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The Westminster label legacy of a master Chopin interpreter, issued complete for the first time in an 'original covers' box of new remasterings. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Kingdom Francesca Chiejina (sop) Sarah Connolly (contralto) Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Ashley Riches (bass) / Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Elgar's unjustly neglected 'greatest choral masterpiece' (Jeremy Dibble) is given an outstanding new recording by conductor David Temple, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, and soloists Francesca Chiejina, Dame Sarah Connolly,... |
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VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Woven Lights Francesco D'Orazio (violin, electric violin), Vito Palumbo (electronics), Francesco Abbrescia (electronics), London Symphony Orchestra, Lee Reynolds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] The critically acclaimed Italian composer Vito Palumbo has had works performed all over the world by leading orchestras. He began his career with postmodern experimentation, going on to different forms of music theatre. In recent years Palumbo has... |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (highlights from the complete opera) Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiraurov, Joan Sutherland / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 1966 in superb 'Decca Sound', these highlights from Gounod's most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier's Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Freddie De Tommaso: Passione Freddie De Tommaso (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna [ Decca Classics / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] "Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you'll need to lie down in a darkened room. He has an unerring instinct for drama and for when to lead and when to lean into the melody." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Newcomer |
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ROGERS & HART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: My Funny Valentine: Songs from the Shows Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] The songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart was one of the most successful on Broadway from the '20s until Hart's death in 1943. They met in 1919, whilst attending Columbia University and had their first success in 1925 with the... |
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Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas
Bernstein - On the Town [ DG Awards Collection / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] Gramophone Award Winner: Music Theatre 1994 |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 14, 17, 25 & 26 / etc Friedrich Gulda (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
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MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol. 4 Bruch, Brahms (Rec 1924/25) Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic, Goossens, Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol.5, Mendelssohn / Beethoven (Rec 35/36) Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbirolli, Ronald [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol. 3 Brahms / Mozart / Kreisler Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic, Sargent, Philadelphia, Ormandy [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
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Future Sound Of London
Enviroements (LP) [ Jumpin & Pumpin / LP - released 16/Oct/2015 ] |
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The Future Sound of London
From the Archives: Volume 4 [ Tot Records / CD - released 15/May/2008 ] 'From the Archives [1 - 3]' exceeded all expectations, inspiring the guys to dig deep and find this fourth volume of gems from their most prolific period. |
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The Future Sound Of London
Dead Cities (Double Gatefold LP) [ Universal / 2 LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Vinyl re-issue of Future Sound of London's seminal album, Dead Cities. Marking 25 years since its original release this cult album is pressed on vinyl for the first time since its 1996 release. "Herd Killing" and "We Have Explosive (Herd Killing... |
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The Future Sound of London
Environments [ Passion / Jumpin' & Pumpin' Records / CD - released 8/Aug/2008 ] After 15 years of languishing in the vaults, 'Environments', which is generally regarded as "the great lost album" by the acclaimed & respected British electronica duo The Future Sound of London, has finally been officially released. |
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The Future Sound of London
Environments 3 [ Jumpin & Pumpin / CD - released 7/Jun/2010 ] |
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The Future Sound of London
Environments II [ Pinnacle / Passion Music, LTD. / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Environments II' is this duo's first foray into more cinematic, ambient music. |
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The Future Sound of London
From the Archives - Volume 6 [ Jumpin & Pumpin / CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] Once again Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain have come up with an inspired selection of tracks that had been left as just ideas at the time but now completed and mixed to be delivered in all their glory. |
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The Future Sound Of London
Lifeforms (LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Lifeforms is a 1994 double album by experimental electronica group The Future Sound of London. With time, it has become their best-known album and is considered to be an important and influential classic of avant-garde electronic music |