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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) [2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2019 ] "Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation " Gramophone |
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HANDEL
Solomon, HWV 67 (Complete oratorio) Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Martini Joachim Carlos [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Handel composed his powerful oratorio Solomon in less than six weeks between 3 May and 13 June 1748, and after a short break sat down at his desk to start the score of Susanna, finishing it during the last week of August. |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Aus der Tieffen: Early Cantatas BWV131, BWV182 & BWV4 Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor), Stephan Macleod (bass) / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The Ricercar Consort have already been awarded a Radio 3 disc of the Week and a Gramophone Editor's Choice for their Bach recordings for Mirare. Here they present three sacred cantatas, among the earliest written by the young Johann Sebastian in his... |
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J.S. BACH
Monument for the Queen of Poland BWV198 Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan Macleod (bass) / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 22/Aug/2006 ] "A compelling and profoundly musical testament to a beloved ruler." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
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HANDEL
Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick Klaus Mertens / Gerlinde Samann / Knut Schoch / Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "I came away from hearing this version with renewed enthusiasm for the work." (MusicWeb April 2010) |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor La Cetra Basel; Miriam Feuersinger; Andrea Marcon; Hana Blažíková; Carlos Mena; Jakob Pilgram; Tobias Berndt [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] 25 years of La Cetra Basel! To celebrate this anniversary, La Cetra and Arcana are releasing the "greatest musical masterpiece of all time", as the work was called in the 19th century: Bach's Mass in B minor. |
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TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Victoria: Officium defunctorum La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens, Schola Antiqua, Juan Carlos Asensio [ Lauda / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] The Officium defunctorum by Tomás Luis de Victoria, published in 1605, is one of the masterworks of the musical Renaissance, which still moves us with its austerity and expressive power. |
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CARLOS CHAVEZ
Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Carlos Chávez [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent: when his first symphony... |
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Strauss, R
Der Rosenkavalier, Con Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Fidilio, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Arabella, Gianni Schichi Lucia Popp; Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / CD - released 2/Dec/2003 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Tobit (an oratorio) Maria Boog / Linda Perillo / Barbara Hannigan / Knut Schoch / Stephen McLeod / Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "An oddity, not to say rarity, assembled from words sourced by Thomas Morell and music mostly by Handel … makes surprisingly good listening." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat [with bonus DVD] Maria Keohane, Anna Zander (Sopranos) Carlos Mena (alto) Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The best ever Magnificat recording? In my view it certainly is." International Record Review January 2010 |
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HANDEL
Athalia (English oratorio in three acts) Markus Brutscher (tenor) / Friederike Holzhausen (soprano) / Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "a thoughtful performance of a musically staisfying piece" - BBC Music Magazine |
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EDWARD ELGAR / GERALD FINZI
Elgar / Finzi: Violin Concertos Ning Feng (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Channel Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] 'Ning Feng delivers all these demanding works with the fire, ice, and sugar, in different measures, that they require. His technique is beyond cavil, of course, but he also plays with a purity and sweetness of tone rare among the current crop" AudAud |
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MIGUEL DE FUENLLANA
Orphenica Lyra 1554 Nuria Rial (soprano) / Carlos Mena (countertenor) / Orphenica Lyra / Jose Miguel Moreno [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "The singing of Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena makes this a constant delight. This is the Spanish Romantic guitar at the peak of its popularity… " BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / JOPLIN / BRIAN ELIAS
Three Ballets - Concerto / Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree (recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Carlos Acosta, Yuhur Choe, Stephen McRae, Leanne Benjamin / Robert Clark, Dominic Grier, Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray Royal Opera House Collection / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Dec/2010 ] "There has never been a choreographer that I can think of who could produce three such contrasting works, and you sit watching in wonderment at the fertile imaginings of his mind. " Telegraph |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / JOPLIN / BRIAN ELIAS
Three Ballets - Concerto / Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Carlos Acosta, Yuhur Choe, Stephen McRae, Leanne Benjamin / Robert Clark, Dominic Grier, Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 19/Dec/2010 ] "There has never been a choreographer that I can think of who could produce three such contrasting works, and you sit watching in wonderment at the fertile imaginings of his mind. " Telegraph |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53 'The Imperial', 64 'Tempora Mutantur' & 96 'Miracle' The Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "Kalmar ideally encapsulates and characterises each symphony, locating the enigma at the heart of Tempora mutantur, with its wonky, scatter-brained themes, as well as the majesty of L'Impériale and the Miracle…the playing and the intelligence behind |
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ERIC KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture / Much Ado About Nothing Suite Phillipe Quint (violin) / Minera Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Minguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] Much admired today as a pioneer of film music, Erich Korngold was a precociously talented composer of concert and chamber music, opera and stage works, as his Schauspiel Overture, written when he was only fourteen, shows. |
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R Carlos Nakai
Canyon Trilogy [ Canyon / CD ] |