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Radio Utopia
Algebra of Delight [ Infracom / CD - released 21/Jun/2010 ] |
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Radio Zumbido
Los Ultimatos Dias Del A [ Palm Pictures Music / CD - released 27/Jan/2007 ] |
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ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No 10 / Symphony No 11 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Take time, be patient and you will be richely awarded and perhaps you can hear'the song the soul once sang'." (Amazon.com) |
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DRAESEKE
Symphony No 2 Op 25 / Serenade Op 49 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Jorg-Peter Weigle [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] "CPO's engineering and sound on these late 1990s recordings is outstanding with rich and a richly detailed orchestral palette and sound that is three-dimensional and certainly up to the standards of the pre-super audio era. Like usual, CPO loads up... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 (original version) / Symphony No. 9 (finale - reconstruction) Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal [ Teldec / 2 CD - released 29/Dec/1988 ] Original recording: Alte Oper Frankfurt, October 1987 |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des Swr / Carlo Maria Giulini [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/Apr/2008 ] Bruckner had started to compose his Ninth Symphony immediately after finishing his Eight in August 1887. This work took up more than nine years of his life. |
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SCHUBERT
Symphony in C Major D 944 / Overture to The Magic Harp (Die Zauberharfe) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart. Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] The premiere on March 21,1839 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under the direction of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was a tremendous success. |
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BLACHER / PROKOFIEV / MILHAUD / WAGNER / MUSSORGSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
Leopold Stokowski conducts Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Leopold Stokowski [ Hanssler Classic / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 1, 96 "Miracle" & 101 "Clock" (plus documentary on Sir Roger Norrington) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgat des SWR / Roger Norrington [ Hanssler Classic / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Pastoral Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Bertrand de Billy [ Oehms Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The international reviews for the recording of the 3rd Symphony were full of praise. "A jewel of musical listening pleasure", "Beethoven taken seriously", "Finally a Beethoven for music-lovers": Bertrand de Billy and the Radio Symphony Orchestra of... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Op 45 Miriam Gauci (soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "certainly worth considering" CD Review |
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RAUTAVAARA
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Ralf Gothoni (piano) / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Max Pommer & Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductors [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Apr/2004 ] For 35 years Ralf Gothoni has enjoyed a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. |
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GAVIN BRYARS
Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) / After Handel’s Vesper / Ramble on Cortona Ralph van Raat (piano) / Cappella Amsterdam / Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Otto Tausk [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "It's in the nature of Bryars's solo piano music that it flows along in gently timeless way...it also severally challenges a performer's ability to keep the listener's attention suitably gripped. In After Handel's Vesper's and Ramble on Cortona,... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN
Tchaikovsky / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Ray Chen (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "In his hands, the music is like a living thing; one senses that each performance will have its own individual character...All in all, a most impressive release." (Recording of the Month Gramophone June 2012) |
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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Flammen Raymond Very (Don Jun), Iris Vermillion (La Morte), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] In the 1920s and 30s, Czechoslovakia was flourishing culturally and boasted a multi-faceted musical scene. In considering the works of composers such as Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann and Erwin Schulhoff, we can see how they... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Incidental Music for Antigone, Athalia & Oedipus René Pape (bass) / Radio Symphonie-Orchester / Christoph Spering / Stefan Soltesz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Just think: some two hours and fifteen minutes of new and vintage Mendelssohn! The chamber music has enjoyed a great renaissance over the last decade or so. Now the theatrical Mendelssohn beckons. On this evidence these scores include much music of... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' [Revised Edition by Renate Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan] Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) / Netherlands Radio Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "The Royal Concertgebouw proves once again what a consummate body it can be when thoroughly engaged. Orchestral playing is immaculately voiced, the soundscape superbly balanced, the work's shape presented in one sweeping arc and steered like a... |
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RESPIGHI
La Primavera / Quattro Liriche / La pentola magica [The Magic Pot] Richard Haan (baritone) Jana Valaskova (soprano) Vladimir Kubovcik (bass) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] " John Sunier Audiophile Audition, June 2009 Respighi is of course mainly connected with his series of super-colorful widescreen panoramic tone poems inspired by Rome. Their brilliant colors and obvious appeal have totally overshadowed the... |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
The Best of Gershwin Richard Hayman and His Symphony Orchestra, Kathryn Selby (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and more [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Gershwin drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue |