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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1 Kirsty Hopkins (soprano) Eleanor Dennis (soprano) Greg Tassell (tenor) Charles MacDougall (tenor) Daniel Moult (organ) / London Early Opera, Bridget C [ Signum / CD - released 4/May/2016 ] "an attractive potpourri by Handel and others. These bright, lively accounts of music which we know was heard at Vauxhall include an aria from Acis and Galatea and a fine John Hebden concerto, and to close, the glorious duet As steals the morn from H |
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PHILIP GLASS
Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009) Martin Achrainer / Cassandra McConnell / Karen Robertson / Chorus of the Landestheater Linz / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] This 2-CD set is a recording of the complete 2009 opera by Phillip Glass on the life of scientist Johannes Kepler in a deluxe digipack featuring colour photos of the production in Linz, Austria. |
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TOM COULT
Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz [ NMC Recordings / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] On 22 November 2024, NMC Recordings releases Pieces that Disappear - the debut album from the composer Tom Coult performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Matt Dennis
Welcome Matt - Four Complete Albums Including His Popular Hits [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] Matt Dennis was a man of many musical talents. More than half of the 48 tracks on offer here are his own compositions and he supplies some wonderful vocal and piano arrangements. Features many of his popular songs including several of his biggest... |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
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HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 3 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Burkh [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "..the orchestral playing, somewhat leonine in timbre, is excellent. So too is the recording, made in the Janáček Concert Hall, Ostrava." Penguin Guide |
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VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 3 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Burkh [ Naxos Romantic Violin Concertos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "The Russian virtuoso, Misha Keylin has [the Concertos'] full measure and he has the kind of Slavonic flair that brings these tuneful, well-crafted concertos fully to life." - GRAMOPHONE |
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VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh / Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Romantic Violin Concertos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Naxos's engineers place Keylin' far enough forward that listeners won't miss a single one of his brilliant gestures." (Fanfare) |
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Complete opera sung in Czech recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Opéra Bastille / Elena Tsallagova, Jukka Rasilainen, Michèle Lagrange / Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) [ EuroArts / Medici Arts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Enchanting staging…The sound is splendid, the video direction simply fabulous. Everyone, Tsallagova above all, responds beautifully to close-ups…make sure your whole family enjoys it with you!" IRR |
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PHILIP GLASS
Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra / Selections from Passages Raschèr Saxophone Quartet / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, piano and conductor [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 30/Mar/2010 ] MUSIC AS USED BY THE NZ BALLET 2010 SEASON - "Learning, practicing and performing the Tirol Concerto has been rewarding and exhilarating from the first conceptual discussions with our Tyrolean friends in Schwaz." Dennis Russell Davies |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 1987) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Renato Bruson, Mara Zampieri, James Morris, Dennis O'Neill / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Luca Ronconi's new production of Verdi's early masterpiece, which was first performed in June 1987 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, was received in Germany and around the world with great praise. |
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PHILIP GLASS
Waiting for the Barbarians (complete opera) Richard Salter, Eugene Perry, Elvira Soukop / Philharmonisches orchester Erfurt / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] "Dedicated followers of the Philip Glass fashion will want to get this two-CD set from Orange Mountain - because it's music by Philip Glass. The opera comprises two acts of 14 and 10 scenes and first performed in September 2005 at the Theatre Erfurt... |
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Robert Farnon
Presenting Robert Farnon... [ Vocalion / CD - released 17/Dec/2001 ] |
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Robert Farnon & His Orchestra
The Hits Of Sinatra & A Portra [ Vocalion / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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Robert Farnon & His Orchestra
My Fair Lady And Other Musical [ Vocalion / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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Robert Farnon & His Orchestra
Robert Farnon & His Orchestra [ Vocalion / CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] |
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VERDI
Aida (recorded live Covent Garden in 1994) Royal Opera House / Cheryl Studer / Luciana d'Intino / Dennis O'Neill / Edward Downes (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Sir Edward Downes'] command of the score's structure, its curious blend of delicacy and bombast, of classical propriety and romantic excess, is complete and he drew superbly disciplined playing from the pit and lusty singing from the augmented... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (1946-1952) René Soames, Lorely Dyer, Dennis Dowling, Frederick Sharp / Luton Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 2 CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] "It is also good to hear such vintage singers of the period as Dennis Dowling and Frederick Sharp as the respective fathers of the hero and heroine, with an excellent line-up of soloists in the many incidental roles." Penguin Guide |
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PHILIP GLASS
The Voyage (complete opera) Soloists / Landestheater Linz / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] "The Voyage combines the eccentricity of 'Einstein on the Beach' and the monumentality of 'Satyagraha'." (New York Times) |
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AARON COPLAND
Appalachian Spring / Nonet for Strings / Two Pieces for String Quartet St Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] In Appalachian Spring, Copland, a Brooklyn boy who had never even visited the Appalachians, created an unforgettable evocation. Within two years of its first performance (on October 30, 1944, at the Library of Congress) Appalachian Spring went... |