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W.A. MOZART
Opera Highlights-Volume 2: The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte Felicity Lott / Nuccia Focile / Marie McLaughlin / Jerry Hadley / Edinburgh Festival Singers / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "The recorded quality is unusually clear and, carefully nurtured by Mackerras, the delights of Mozart's scoring can readily be heard" (Gramophone on the Cosi) |
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Florent Marie
Dowland: Sweet Melancholy [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents his second solo album on Carpe Diem Records: A collection of Renaissance lute music by the famous John Dowland. |
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GIOVANNI ANTONIO TERZI
Terzi: Lute Music Florent Marie (lute) [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents a collection of solo lute works by Giovanni Antonio Terzi (fl. 1580-1600). Terzi was a composer addressing modernity, as well as being a true European. The purpose of this recording is to try and supplement... |
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GIACINTO SCELSI
Natura Renovatur Frances-Marie Uitti (cello) / Munchener Kammerorchester / Christoph Poppen [ ECM / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] Natura Renovatur (Nature Renewed), the first ECM New Series recording entirely devoted to the revelatory music of Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), is a voyage into the very heart of the composer's work. Scelsi, who spoke about a third sonic dimension,... |
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GYORGY KURTAG
Kurtag: Zwiegesprache Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener [ ECM New Series / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] explores his interpretative gifts as a performer rather than his full range as a composer, its focus on the dialogues between his own music and that of György Kurtág makes for a beautifully rounded double portrait - Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List |
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DUSSEK
Three Symphonies Helios 18 / Marie-Louise Oschatz (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] most prominent composer of instrumentalmusic in Prague during his lifetime |
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BARTOK / LIGETI
Bartók & Ligeti Hidéki Nagano (piano) Pierre Strauch (cello) Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin) / Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - December 2015 |
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CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH / WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
Liebe Amalia... Jean Brégnac (baroque flute), Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano), Nicolas Bouils, Marie Rouquié, Jennifer Hardy, Yoann Moulin, Daria Fadeeva [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia - patron of the arts, collector, woman of letters and composer - was an extraordinary personality. |
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JONAS SJØVAAG
Sunday Songs Jonas Sjøvaag (vocals, synthesizers, drums), Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), André Roligheten (saxophone) etc. [ NXN Recordings / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Sunday Songs is the latest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag. It features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence in the spring of 2019, under a scorching sun on a rooftop in the eastern part of the city; the music followed during... |
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LOUISE BERTIN
Bertin: Fausto (complete opera) Karine Deshayes, Karina Gauvin, Ante Jerkunica, Nico Darmanin, Marie Gautrot / Les Talens Lyriques, Fle [ Bru Zane CDs + Book / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2024 ] "The performance is a knockout. Rousset conducts with blazing conviction, admirably sustaining the high emotional pitch without once tipping towards melodrama... It's a terrific set and a major rediscovery." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Opera |
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Laurent Lefavre - bassoon; Gordan Nikoliltch - violin; Geneviave Strosser - viola; Jean-Marie Trotereau - cello
Devienne - Bassoon Quartets [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Laurent Lefèvre studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Maurice Allard and Gilbert Audin. |
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SCHUMANN / LISZT / WEBER / SCRIABIN / BACH / BARTOK
Women at the piano-An anthology of piano performances, Vol. 2 Lili Kraus / Kathleen Long / Raie de Costa / Madeleine de Ellen Ballon / Marie-Aimee Warrot / Galina Werschenska / etc [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] In this second volume, Naxos continues its comprehensive anthology of historic performances by the pioneering women pianists who recorded during the first half of the twentieth century. |
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Marc Grauwels, flute / Marie-Josee Simard, percussion
Music for Flute and Percussion [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "After twenty years of making music around the world with Marie-Josée Simard, I keep returning to the idea that the strongest, most sensitive pieces of our repertoire are derived directly from folk-music, and those pieces that have been dedicated to... |
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Gawain (complete opera) Marie Angel / Anne Howells / Richard Greager / John Tomlinson [ NMC / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo soprano) Darren Jeffery (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] 'this performance beneifts from marvellous sound and shows Davis secure in his tempo choices and bringing that combination of solemnity, grandeur and drama' Sound **** Performance ***** BBC Music Magazine |
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Marie Davidson
Working Class Woman [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Marie Davidson arrives on Ninja Tune with her vital new album Working Class Woman, a vividly important document that expresses both her state of mind and acts as a comment on the night after night, nightclub culture of which her music has... |
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Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu
Renegade Breakdown [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Marie Davidson is back with a new album, a new band, and a bold new sound under the banner of Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu - a trio formed of friends and collaborators with shared roots in Montreal's DIY scene: Marie, Pierre Guerineau and Asaël R.... |
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Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu
Renegade Breakdown (Double Gatefold LP) [ Ninja Tune / 2 LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Marie Davidson is back with a new album, a new band, and a bold new sound under the banner of Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu - a trio formed of friends and collaborators with shared roots in Montreal's DIY scene: Marie, Pierre Guerineau and Asaël R.... |
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HAYDN / TCHAIKOVSKY / AZARASHVILI / GINASTERA / COREA
Cello Fiesta! Marie Elizabeth Hecker (cello) Giorgi Kharadze (cello) / Kremerata Baltica [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Excellent performances throughout with crystal clear, demonstration sound." Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 |
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GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Cello Works Marie Hallynck (cello) Cadric Tiberghien (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2002 ] Marie plays an instrument built in 1717. |