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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / LOEWE / SULLIVAN / WOLF / etc
The Ballad Singer Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Drake's playing has successfully suited the varied repertoire. Finley has enthralled with his interpretations and delighted with his singing purely as singing, combining the two aspects expertly." (International Record Review) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Liederkreis Op 24 & Op 39 Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] 'This recording shows a greater richness in Finley's voice plus an evolving intimacy in his approach to recording Lieder … each song's overall conception-of which Julius Drake is a key part-reflects great thought as to its core emotion' Gramophone |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / ROREM
Tchaikovsky/Mussorgsky,Rorem: Songs (recorded in 2007) Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Wigmore Hall Live / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The 'Wigmore Hall Live' series reflects the high quality of chamber music and art-song available at this admirable venue. Many of the 25 CDs so far issued preserve events of special value (and at a reasonable price). This beautifully recorded... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Salome (Complete opera recorded 1954) Plus additional earlier recordings Herbert Alsen / Walter Berry / Franz Bierbach / Christel Goltz / Julius Patzak. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Clemens Krauss, conductor [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] Salome was possibly the most important event in German opera since those of Wagner. Its creation marked a new development in operatic art with its concentrated power, its eerie and sinister harmonies and its extraordinarily exotic and colourful... |
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Bach, Joha
Die Suiten für Violoncello solo Julius Berger [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/1988 ] |
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Vivaldi, A
Die Sonaten für Violoncello und Basso continuo Julius Berger, Stefan Johannes Bleicher [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/1991 ] |
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LISZT
The Piano Concertos / Mephisto Waltz No 1 / Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 (with piano works by Grieg, Mussorgsky & Balakirev) Julius Katchen (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta, Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] One of the great pianistic virtuosos of the 20th century |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 13 & 20 / Six German Dances Julius Katchen (piano) / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Peter Maag [ SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Katchen's Mozart is a joy, in which the musical dialogue, whether within the solo part or when it is pitted against the orchestra, provides a constant effervescent narrative" Gramophone |
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Julius La Rosa
Just Forever [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] La Rosa was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s, remembered for his appearances on the Arthur Godfrey Show and on radio, television, records, and stage... |
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Julius La Rosa
Mainly Romantic [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Julius LaRosa was born on 2nd January, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York City, of Italian parentage. As a youth he admired the rising star Frank Sinatra but did not imagine following in those footsteps, expecting instead to join his father's radio repair... |
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Julius Lester
Dressed Like Freedom [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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MAHLER
Das Lied Von Der Erde / Drei Ruckert Lieder [recorded in 1952] Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Julius Patzak (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Three Ruckert Lieder - Historical Recordings (1952) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / Julius Patzak (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 31) - BBC MUSIC |
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BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Kirsten Flagstad / Rene Maison / Julius Huehn / Alexander Kipnis / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Immortal Performances / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / DOHNÁNYI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MAHLER
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 3 - 19th & 20th Century Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Katchen, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The third volume of Boult's complete Decca recordings features Boult the insightful accompanist and inspired Russian interpreter, featuring many long-unavailable and newly remastered Decca recordings. LIMITED EDITION. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Julius Katchen (piano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Ruggiero Ricci and Julius Katchen are sterling soloists in the concertos. This is Katchen's first of two Decca recordings of the Prokofiev Third. |
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PAGANINI / BETTHOVEN / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Ernest Lush, Carlo Bussotti, Julius Katchen, Louis Persinger (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "... the great advantage of this box is its completeness. If you have a vacant two inch gap on your shelves, this box will fit nicely. The transfers come direct from the source material and have been well remastered." MusicWeb Jan 22 |
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HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 34 / Duo for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43 / etc Sachko Gawriloff (violin) & Julius Berger (cello) / Bamberger Symphoniker, Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Decca Sound [50 CD set] Various artists incls Julius Katchen, Cecile Bartoli, Benjamin Britten, Luciano Pavarotti, Christopher Hogwood, Bernard Haitink, etc [ Decca / 50 CD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] A limited-edition 50-CD set of legendary recordings celebrating the world-renowned DECCA sound. Classic-status pioneering stereo recordings from the past 55 years and starring a galaxy of internationally-acclaimed artistic talent. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II / SUPPE / ZELLER / MILLOCKER / KALMAN / LEHAR / etc
Viennese Operetta Gems: Johann Strauss II, Karl Zeller, Franz von Suppe and others (Original Recordings 1927-1949) Various artists including Elisabeth Schumann; Jussi Bjorling; Julius Patzak; Richard Tauber & Hilde Gueden [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Mythical Vienna and operetta have long been synonyms and our brief survey of the Viennese Operette therefore appropriately begins with well-known samples from the landmarks of the Viennese 'Waltz King' Johann Strauss II (1825-1899). |