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ARUTIUNIAN / CLARKE / HAYDN / HUMMEL / PURCELL
Popular Trumpet Concertos Maurice Murphy (trumpet) / Consort of London, Robert Haydon Clark [ Regis Records / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Maurice Murphy is an excellent soloist. His timbre is bright and open, his style fluent and his bravura in the finales of the Haydn and Hummel works has plenty of sparkle" (Gramophone) |
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JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos (complete) Maceal O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (with David Juriz, violin, & Julia Desbruslais, cello) [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "O'Rourke seems to have adopted the style of Field himself; he has a lovely touch and flow." (American Record Guide) |
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MI VERRY JOY
Mi Verry Joy: Songs of Fifteenth Century Englishmen The Medieval Ensemble of London / Peter Davies & Timothy Davies [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 14/Jun/2008 ] L'Oiseau-Lyre is the specialist early music label from Decca. It has a fine reputation for quality recordings performed by renowned artists from the early music world. Now they are being re-mastered and re-issued. |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Appalachian Spring / Fanfare for the Common Man / Dance Symphony / Lincoln Portrait / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Neville Marriner, Antál Do [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Very Best Of Beethoven London Classical Player, Roger Norrington / François-René Duchâble / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Dmitry Sitkovetsky / etc [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2019 ] "This reissue is greatly to be welcomed as it usefully collects together some very thought-provoking performances at an affordable price and in good, clear recorded sound." (MusicWeb) |
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WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Concertino Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor) / City of London Sinfonia [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber's horn concertino, featuring the... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Verdi / Donizetti Michael Fabiano (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Voices [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/May/2019 ] American star tenor Michael Fabiano presents a spectacular set of scenes taken from late Donizetti and middle Verdi operas, revealing the strong ties between these two composers. The album documents a paradigmatic shift in Italian opera, from the... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien (with Beethoven-Wellington's Victory) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati [ Mercury Originals / CD - released 14/Jun/2007 ] "This most famous of all Mercury records was one of the most successful classical LPs of all time, selling some two million copies in the analogue era. Remastered for CD, it sounds even more spectacular than it ever did in its vinyl format, vividly... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Music Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] This generously filled 2CD set offers the near-complete orchestral works by Maurice Ravel. Ravel's oeuvre is small but of an exceptionally high quality, crafted by a perfectionist. His orchestral works are set in extraordinary colours and timbres,... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 / Violin Concerto / Suite No. 3 in G major / etc Mischa Elman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This new collection invaluably gathers up all the Tchaikovsky recordings Adrian Boult made for Decca between 1952 and 1956. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7, Kullervo, Pohjola's Daughter, The Oceanides Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD + Blu-ray audio / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Oct/2016 ] This digibox set of classic LSO Live recordings also features a Pure Audio Blu-ray, containing HD master audio, allowing listeners to experience this award-winning cycle in a whole new way. |
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GOUNOD / MEYERBEER / BIZET / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER /
French Opera Arias Monserrat Caballe (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra London / Reynald Giovaninetti (with Placido Domingo, tenor) [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! |
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STRAVINSKY
Symphony of Psalms (with Boulanger - Psalms) The Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2002 ] 'A smooth but powerful reading of the Stravinsky that more than holds its own against stiff competition.' Gramophone |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture & Incidental Music Ceri-lyn Cissone (Hermia/Fairy/Titania); Alexander Knox (Lysander/Puck) / Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Continuing his award-winning cycle of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the LSO, his Monteverdi Choir and three talented young actors from the Guildhall in a landmark performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. |
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BORODIN / RUBINSTEIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLINKA / etc
Russian Arias & Songs Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), London Symphony, Edward Downes, Zlatina Ghiaurov (piano) [ Deeca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2015 ] For thirty years, from 1960 to 1990, Nicolai Ghiaurov was an indispensable figure on the international operatic scene. His voluminous base, incisive delivery and imposing presence meant that he was in demand in every centre of opera. |
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MAX BRUCH
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] As part of a tribute to Lydia Mordkovitch, this re-issue features Bruch's Violin Concertos Nos 2 and 3 performed by Lydia Mordkovitch with Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra. Both were recorded in 1998 in Blackheath Halls in London. |
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W. A. MOZART
Chamber Sonatas London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] " Nothing sounds uncharacteristic - bustle, and a sure architectonic ear are in evidence across these works written between 1772 and 1780.They are jewelled little works each in a single movement." (MusicWeb) |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo) Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] 'Davis's approach to the Requiem...contained both tragic grandeur and high drama, with the Dies Irae pointing the way towards the theatrical vividness of some 19th-century settings, but nothing was remotely sentimental of self-pitying' The Guardian |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Dvorak / Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] 'Rostropovich, the master cellist, has a deep understanding of the Dvorak Concerto. Here his playing is coloured by the grace of Giulini's interpretation and by the beautifully lyrical accompaniment.' (Gramophone) |