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DURUFLE
Requiem Op 9, Quatre Motets sur des themes gregoriens Op 10 Ann Murray, Thomas Allen / Corydon Singers / English Chamber / Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 'A wonderfully sympathetic performance... a heavenly, visionary effect which is amazingly satisfying' (BBC Record Review) |
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ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (complete) Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) / David Rendall (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] 'this new recording from the LSO and Sir Colin Davis is so detailed in its emotional responses - so magical is Davis's phrasing that there are times that one dare not breathe for fear of breaking the spell' International Record Review |
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ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (complete) Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) / David Rendall (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony chorus & orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 SACD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high density stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. Elgar's Dream of Gerontius was thought by many to be outlandishly modern at the time of its completion in 1900. Telling... |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
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TRADITIONAL
The Manchester Carols Carol Ann Duffy, Sasha Johnson Manning / Manchester Carollers / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tanner [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] This new sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premièred in the same year. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2012) Le Concert d'Astrée / Sonya Yoncheva (Poppée), Max Emanuel Cencic (Néron), Ann Hallenberg (Octavie), Tim Mead (Othon), Paul Whelan / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] "[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces" (BBC Music) |
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SCALFI MARCELLO
Marcello: Complete Solo Cantatas Darryl Taylor (counter-tenor), Ann Marie Morgan (baroque cello), Deborah Fox (theorbo), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] History tells us that Rosanna Scalfi was a Venetian girl of modest origins when the nobleman Benedetto Marcello heard her singing in the evening on a gondola with other girls. He sought her out, took her on as a student and later married her in... |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Sorcerer (complete) with Martyn Green & Danny Kay's Gilbert & Sullivan recordings The D'oyly Carte Opera Company, with Peter Pratt, Fisher Morgan, Ann Drummond-Grant & Muriel Harding [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Continuing AVID's successful series of Gilbert & Sullivan releases, we present the first full length collaboration between what was to become the famous Gilbert & Sullivan partnership....."The Sorcerer". |
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W. A. MOZART
Il re Pastore Eva Mei, Inga Nielsen,Ann Murray, Roberto Sacca & Markus Schafer / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] This opera was first performed on April 23 1775 in Salzburg, at the Palace of the Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo. |
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FRANCO ALFANO
Alfano: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet Elmira Darvarova (violin) / Scott Dunn (piano) / Mary Ann Mumm (violin) / Craig Mumm (viola) / Samuel Magill (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "this disc…should at least get things moving in the right direction for this underrated composer." MusicWeb |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: L'oracolo In Messenia (complete opera recorded in 2012) Julia Lezhneva, Ann Hallenberg, Vivica Genaux, Romina Basso, Franziska Gottwald, Xavier Sabata / Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2012 ] "Biondi has assembled an impressive cast, with outstandingly fine contributions from [Hallenberg and Genaux]. It is Julia Lezhneva (Trasimede), though, who steals the show with dazzling coloratura and immense tonal precision." BBC Music |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
The Songs of Charles Gounod Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Superb ... perfection ... Best of the year' (The Sunday Times) |
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NED ROREM
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Masses, Vol. 1 - Stabat Mater Ann Hoyt (soprano) Luthien Brackett (alto) Stephen Sands (tenor) / Trinity Choir, Rebel bel Baroque Orchestra, Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Together with the Missa Cellensis, the Stabat Mater (1767) was one of the first sacred works that Haydn composed in his new position as Kapellmeister of the Esterházy court. The Virgin Mary's vast range of emotions during the Crucifixion are... |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Ezio (complete opera) Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max Emanuel Cencic / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] Alan Curtis, described by the New York Times' as "one of the great scholar-musicians of recent times", conducts a brilliant cast including Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max-Emanuel Cencic and Topi Lehtipuu in the original, 1750 version of Gluck's... |
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Jo Ann Greer
Hollywood's Secret Singing Star [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] The first ever CD collection featuring Jo Ann Greer, one of the most talented and distinctive vocalists of the 1950s, who toured with the Les Brown Orchestra for more than 30 years... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, SV 206 [special edition with DVD] Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv CDs plus DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "An atmospheric and distinctive performance beautifully accommodated to its deluxe setting … a gloriously public Vespers, and thoroughly Venetian for that." Gramophone |
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PUCCINI
Edgar (Complete Opera) Julia Varady, Mary Ann McCormick, Carl Tanner / ChAœur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Yoel Levi [ Astree Naive / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "there is much to enjoy, especially when the piece gets the right degree of belief and commitment, as it does here. Levi plays the score as if it's top-drawer Puccini, and though the only really star name here is Julia Varady, the rest are in good... |