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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Escualo Ann Hobson Pilot (harp), Lucia Lin (violin), J. P. Jofre (bandoneon) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] The name of Astor Piazzolla is synonymous with the word tango. A musical ambassador who carried the signature sounds of Argentina's cafes and nightclubs to concert halls around the world, his instantly recognizable compositions (attractively arranged... |
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RICHARD. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 1995) Royal Opera House / Ann Murray / Anna Tomowa-Sintow / Kurt Moll / Barbara Bonney / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "All three characters are splendidly drawn here, Octavian (a winning Ann Murray, not too feminine), Baron Ochs (Kurt Moll) with a rich low register to all but dignify his underlying boorishness, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow a commandingly sympathetic,... |
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FRANCIS POULENC
The Complete Songs Vol.4 Ann Murray, John Mark Ainsley, Magdalena Molendowska, Malcolm Martineau, etc. [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. |
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SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Lieder Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm martineau (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "Murray has the art of increasing the tension without raising the volume...And given every encouragement by Malcolm Martineau's deft pianism, she brings a coquettish charm, without winsomeness, to the song of the flighty actress Philine, first cousin |
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SCHUMANN
Frauenliebe Und Leben (with Lieder by Mahler & Britten) Ann Murray (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "what a perceptive and versatile recitalist Ann Murray is … to each group of songs Murray brought a perfectly judged sense of style and delivery. Just as on the operatic stage, she knows exactly how to communicate with an audience and what to tell... |
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Ann Pascoe
The Best of Ann Pascoe [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] Anne Pascoe is regarded as one of New Zealand's best country music singers. This is a collection of songs from her catalogue of five albums, plus two new songs specially recorded for this album. |
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Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand The Rain [ Fat Possum / CD - released 5/Dec/2009 ] Re-issue of a classic Ann Peebles album from the vaults of the renowned Hi Records soul label. |
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Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand The Rain [ Fat Possum / LP - released 5/Dec/2009 ] |
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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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Ann Sophie von Otter, soprano, Elvis Costello, vocals, and ensemble
For the Stars-Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Wonderful pairing of the soprano star with great songwriter/performer |
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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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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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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
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 1989) Drottingholm Court Theatre / Stefan Dahlberg / Ann Christine Biel / Mikael Samuelson / Laszlo Polgar / Birgit Louise Frandsen / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Kultur is proud to present Mozart from the intimate setting of Sweden's Drottningholm Court Theatre, dating back to 1766, providing a perfect stage for these operas and featuring excellent casts and superb directors, accompanied by period... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera recorded in 1991) The Drottningholm Court Theatre / Stuart Kale / Anita Soldh / David Kuebler / Ann Christine Biel / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G :- This revised revival of the acclaimed 1986 Drottningholm production by Michael Hampe conducted by Arnold Ostman, was staged during the Mozart Bicentenary year. |
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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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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (opera recorded 1988) English National Opera / Ann Murray, Lesley Garrett, Valerie Masterson / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] "a landmark in the reassessment of Handel's genius...Mackerras understood Handel's music intimately...Murray's Xerxes is unfailingly elegant, whether serenading a plant in the shadow of Roubiliac's statue of Handel, or pausing over a demitasse." |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986) English National Opera / Eilene Hannan / John Treleaven / Rodney Macann / Ann Howard / Phyllis Cannan / Mark Elder (cond) [ Arthaus / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] G :- Dvorak's three act opera is based on two fairy tales and tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal. |