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GAVIN BRYARS
Three Viennese Dances Arditti String Quartet / Pascal Pongy : French horn / Charles Fullbrook : percus [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded February 1986 |
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PAUL TORTELIER
Paul Tortelier - Hommage to (Double Concerto, Suite in D minor & Offrande) Arto Noras, Maud Martin Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, BBC Ph. Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Historical / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] Paul Tortelier and his family all feature on this unique disc, masterminded by his violinist and conductor son Yan Pascal, released on the tenth anniversary of the death of Paul Tortelier. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphony No. 97 / Symphony No. 102 A"sterreichisch-Ungarische Haydn-Philharmonie / Adam Fischer [ MDG SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2008 ] "At their best, these performances combine rhythmic guile, pungency of detail and an impressive control of the music's long paragraphs. No 97, last and most flamboyant in Haydn's regal line of C major symphonies, is especially fine, whether in the... |
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GIOVANNI Stefano CARBONELLI / ARCANGELO CORELLI / GIOVANNI MOSSI
Corelli's Band - Violin Sonatas Augusta McKay Lodge, Doug Balliett, Ezra Seltzer, Adam Cockerham, Elliot Figg [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] 18th-century Italian violinists trained in the tradition of Arcangelo Corelli, spreading his elegant, expressive and virtuosic style on their travels throughout Europe. Giovanni Mossi's sonatas retain Corelli's dramatic contrasts and structure, while... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Complete Symphonies (Rec 1988-98) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra / Adam Fischer, with Rainer Kachl (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / 33 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "I didn't think I would ever home my sights on a box of all Haydn's symphonies that truly satisfies. Ultimately, I just bow my head to Joseph Haydn's genius and thank the current performers for putting so much energy and perception into this... |
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OFFENBACH / AUBER / MASSENET / MAILLART / THOMAS / etc
French Bonbons BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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KARLOWICZ
Eternal Songs, Op. 10 / Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Op. 12 / etc BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2002 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
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FERNAND de la TOMBELLE
La Tombelle: Musique De Chambre, Chorale et Symphonique (complete operetta) Brussels Philharmonic, Hannes Minnaar (piano) Flemish Radio Choir, Jeff Cohen, Yann Beuron (tenor), Pascal Amoyel, Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Herve [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 15/Nov/2019 ] "The music's engaging, the performances decent, and the whole serves as a salutary reminder that you don't have to be a Beethoven to deserve a spot in the sun." The Times |
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MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Carolyn Sampson is a delightful and highly engaging soloist. She sings the slow, lyrical songs beautifully, investing words and music with great feeling." Recording of the Month Oct 2021 MusicWeb |
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ANONYMOUS / ADAM VON FULDA / ADAM GILBERT / JACOB BARBIREAU / etc
Sacred and Secular Music from Renaissance Germany Ciaramella Instrumental and Voal Ensemble, Adam and Rotem Gilbert, with Mahan Esfahani (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] No fifteenth-century wedding, civic ceremony, feast day, or royal joyeux entrée would have been complete without the sound of the alta capella, or "high choir." The term referred not to singers, but to the loud voices of shawms, trumpets or trombones. |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor, BWV232 [2 CDs & 2 DVDs] Céline Scheen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Pascal Bertin (alto) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2013 ] Believing that the chorus parts are of a complexity even greater than that of the solo parts, Jordi Savall handpicked for this recording an 'academy' of young singers destined for careers as solo professionals. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies (Nos 93, 94 & 95) Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The Danish Chamber Orchestra and Adam Fischer turn to Haydn's late symphonies, beginning with the first three of the twelve 'London' symphonies, composed during Haydn's first visit to the capital. |
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FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn:Symphonies 96 "Miracle", 97 & 98 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "Fischer must have conducted more Haydn than anyone alive. And after half a century's immersion in these symphonies his delight in the composer's unpredictable inventiveness and (in the finales) darting wit is as palpable as ever." Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 3 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2024 ] "Adam Fischer aims to recreate some of the highly - charged atmosphere of those early concerts, encouraging his string players to use considerable variety of attack… and pulling of some daringly quick tempos" BBC Music Five Stars |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] The fourth volume in this series culminates in Haydn's grandest symphonies, written during his second, triumphant visit to London. The works possess increased artistic weight and mark a transition from Viennese Classicism to Romanticism. In their... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Volume 8 - Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 and 30 Danish National Chamber Orchestra / Adam Fischer [ Dacapo SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] This is the latest release in the acclaimed series of the complete symphonies by W.A. Mozart, recorded by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra and their renowned Austro-Hungarian chief conductor Adam Fischer. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Danish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "I find these performances utterly fascinating, though it would be next to impossible to offer a comprehensive catalogue of the various colourful twists and turns that characterise Fischer's performances (there are far too many of them)." Gramophone |
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DEBUSSY
Complete Piano Works Vol 3 (Includes Images & Reverie) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Pascal Rogé is today's greatest ambassador and stylist in French piano music. Winner of two Gramophone Awards, his name is synonymous over many years with the finest in French piano playing, both in concert and on disc for Decca, and now in Debussy... |
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Schoeck, O
Penthesilea Dernesch, Marsh, Gessendorf, Lipovsek, Sima, Adam, Hiestermann, ORF-Chor; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Albrecht [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Jun/1994 ] |