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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome Guylaine Girard / Sophie Marilley / Bernard Richter / Alain Buet / Brussels Philharmonic / Orchestra of Flanders / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] Claude Debussy presented himself as a candidate for the Prix de Rome on three separate occasions during the 1880s, the most innovative decade in the history of that competition; a time when success entitled the victors (at the French government's... |
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Jung/Kermer/Richter
Auber: The Bronze Horse [ Walhall / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
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MAX RICHTER
Mary Queen of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Max Richter, Dave Foster, Jane Marshall (cor anglais), Hugh Webb (harp), London Voices (chorus), Jean Kelly (celtic harp) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Mar/2019 ] "It's a rich palette - strings, percussion, harp, cor anglais, glass armonica, choir - but the music is never over-embellished…Besides Celtic harp and some martial percussion, Richter steers clear of a particularly period sound, but delivers a robust... |
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Max Richter
On The Nature Of Daylight (12") [ Studio Richter 12" / 12in - released 30/Jun/2017 ] 12" vinyl edition (180GM) of 'On The Nature Of Daylight', which is the title track from the soundtrack to Denis Villeneuve's movie 'Arrival'.'On The Nature Of Daylight' was originally featured on Max's landmark album 'The Blue Notebooks', which with... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Sleep (8CD+Blu-Ray) Max Richter (Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Electronics), with Grace Davidson (Soprano) & American Contemporary Music Ensemble [ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Dec/2015 ] "It's a warm, slow-moving daydream with no sharp edges and a self-consciously hazy sound, as if recorded next door or underwater" The Guardian |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2 LP) Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Max Richter explores time and memory in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works Virginia Woolf's sharp eye for the detail of life guided her work as a writer, its presence felt in everything from pioneering... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Infra Max Richter, Nick Barr, Natalia Bonner, Ian Burdge, Christ Worsey, Louisa Fuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] "Even if it conjures nothing of the night for you, it is some of Richter's very best work. And if you've ever cared about his music, it will make you feel something." Pitchfork |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: In a Landscape Max Richter (piano, electronic percussion, hammond organ, synthesizer programming) and ensemble [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Max Richter presents his 9th studio album 'In A Landscape'. A record about "reconciling polarities"; bringing together the electronic & the acoustic, the human and the natural world, the big questions of life and the quiet pleasures of living. "A... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep (180g Double Transparent Edition LP) Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon vinyl / 2 LP - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Acclaimed British composer Max Richter has written a new landmark recording: From SLEEP is actually and genuinely intended to send the listener to sleep. The ground-breaking new work is scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals - but no... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Opera at Eszterhaza Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson…" BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 **** |
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HAYDN / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Sviatoslav Richter Live at Carnegie Hall Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ RCA Records / Sony / 13 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2017 ] The 1960 Carnegie Hall series not only captures Richter in his prime, but also preserves his daring, unfettered artistry in its most honest, authentic manifestation, exactly as his audiences experienced him: live and unedited, and without a net. |
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J.S. BACH
Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2004 ] Arguably the greatest pianist of the late 20th century, Richter brings his formidable intelligence and fire to the first half of Bach's legendary keyboard challenge. With intelligence and power, Richter offers a unique perspective on this Mount... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, op.83 (with Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appasionata") Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf (Recorded 1960 & 1988) [ Sony Classical Originals / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "This is a legendary, visionary statement about the music, to be heard on its own terms." - MusicWeb Sept 2004 |