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EL-KHOURY
Meditation poetique / Piano Concerto / Poems Nos 1 and 2 Colonne Orchestre / Pierre Dervaux (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] Bechara El-Khoury is that rare thing, then, both a composer and a poet. Central to all his works is a lyrical vein which transports his music far from the academic and from abstract formalism. |
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EL-KHOURY
Orchestral Works Colonne Orchestre / Pierre Dervaux (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] El-Khoury brings back to the music of today the expression of personal feeling, of passion and of emotion. In an interview he said: 'I am an enthusiast for freedom and accept no sectarianism.' |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
So Romantique! Cyrille Dubois (tenor) / Orchestre National de Lille; Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "The album is a treasury of rarely heard (and previously unheard) music...Dubois handles them all with intelligence, finesse and flair, singing with perfect native French diction." Opera |
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Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra / Pierre-Michel Durand
Les Ballets Trockadero - Program 1 [ TDK / DVD - released 19/Apr/2002 ] |
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MASSENET
Manon (complete opera) (with works by Berlioz & Debussy) Victoria de los Angeles, Henri Legay, Michel Dens / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Carol Smith, Charles Munch [ Testament / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc. Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but they hold limited sonic appeal to present-day... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Diana Damrau & Petra Lang / Staatskapelle Berlin & Staatsopernchor, Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Born in 1925 in Montbrison, France, Pierre Boulez is one of the most distinguished composers and conductors in the world today. |
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MONTEVERDI / LEGUAY / FRESCOBALDI
Motets Croises Dominique Vellard (tenor) / Jean-Pierre Leguay (organ) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] In the 30th anniversary year of Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard is more active than ever. Following his arrival at Glossa in 2007 he is alternating projects of 'straight' medieval music such as the recent L'Arbre de Jessé, with his... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 & 'Triple' Concerto Elizabeth Sombart (piano), Richard Harwood (cello), Duncan Riddell (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet [ Signum Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. Elizabeth received the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (cond) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. Elizabeth received the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Elizabeth Sombart (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Vallet (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart studied piano from the age of seven. She studied all over the world with various teachers, including Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Peter Feuchtwanger, Hilde Langer-Rühl and Sergiu Celibidache. |
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PIERRE BOULEZ
Boulez: Orchestral works & chamber works Eva-Maria Rogner (soprano) / SWF Symphony Orchestra / Hans Rosbaud, Pierre Boulez [ Col Legno / CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] |
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HENRY DU MONT
Grand Motets Frederic Desenclos (organ) Pierre Robert Ensemble / Frederic Desenclos [ Alpha / CD - released 9/Jul/2005 ] "Straight to the heart: ravishing music beautifully sung by this ensemble" (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2005) |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (Complete opera recorded in 1970) George Shirley, Elisabeth Söderström & Yvonne Minton / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Boulez's sharply dramatic view of Debussy's atmospheric score is a performance which will probably not please the dedicated Francophile but it rescues Debussy from the lanquid half-tone approach which for long has been accepted as authentic. He is... |
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XENAKIS
Xenakis - Atrées, Morsima-Amorsima, Nomos Alpha, ST 4 & Achorripsis Georges Pludermacher (piano) Pierre Penassou (cello) / Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine [ EMI 20th Century / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "These 40-year-old recordings still pack a considerable acoustic punch. Remastered to keep the original colours sharp without adding anachronistic atmosphere, they provide powerful testimony of the commitment of pioneering performers to difficult but... |
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MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / BARTOK / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / etc
Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg / Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Yehudi Menuhin - The Complete American Victor Recordings, a 6-CD set bringing together legendary early recordings by this violin legend. Gems from this set include the first ever releases in any format of two previously unpublished items. |
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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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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer In France Hjördis Thébault (soprano), PierreâYves Pruvot (baritone), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Renowned in his lifetime, Giacomo Meyerbeer - born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer - was one of the first opera composers to truly establish himself as master of the genre. His fame was at a height in the mid 19th century, as he managed to produce hit... |
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CHAUSSON / POULENC / ERNST / FAURE / etc
Poèmes: Irène Duval Irène Duval (violin) & Pierre-Yves Hodique (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] "Duval and Hodique's recital doubles as a self-portrait...The acoustic is close and dry…but one doubts Poulenc would have objected, and it suits these playful, salon-scale performances rather well. Duval and Hodique create a world and draw you in." |
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DE LALANDE
Lecons De Tenebres Isabelle Desrochers(Soprano), Mauricio Buraglia, Nima Ben David, Pierre Trocellier [ ASTREE / CD ] |