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TCHAIKOVSKY / TALBOT / PROKOFIEV / JOHN LANCHBERY
Ballet For Children: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Peter & the Wolf / The Nutcracker / Tales of Beatrix Potter Royal Ballet / Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Victoria Hewitt, Ricardo Cervera, Gary Avis, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] 'One of the very best seasonal treats for children and adults alike, the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is a handsome, magical, thoroughly traditional rendering of ETA Hoffmann's immortal if deeply strange story.' Sunday Express on Nutcracker |
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RACHMANINOV / MESSAGER
Ashton: Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons (Ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2016 ] Two Frederick Ashton ballets in one exquisite evening performance. Principals Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae dance Ashton's Rhapsody, created for the Royal Ballet in 1980 by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, with spectacular choreography to... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (recorded at Bregenz Festival, 2009) Royal Ballet / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Peter Wright (choreographer) / Miyako Yoshida / Ricardo Cervera / Steven McRae [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] This all-time ballet favourite, in which young Clara is swept into a fantasy adventure when one of her Christmas presents comes to life, is at its most enchanting in Peter Wright's glorious production - as fresh as ever in its 25th year.... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Classic Ballets: Swan Lake / Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty (recorded 2006-2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Marialela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae / Valery Ovsyanikov, Koen kessels ( [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] This special collection brings together three acclaimed Royal Ballet performances of Tchaikovsky's celebrated masterpieces. The tragic and gloriously romantic Swan Lake features compelling dancing from Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Classic Ballets: Swan Lake / Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty (recorded 2006-2009) Royal Ballet / Marialela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae / Valery Ovsyanikov, Koen Kessels [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] This special collection brings together three acclaimed Royal Ballet performances of Tchaikovsky's celebrated masterpieces. The tragic and gloriously romantic Swan Lake features compelling dancing from Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares, while an... |
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Steven A. Clark
Where Neon Goes To Die [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Living in a city is like having a love affair, and like any love affair, the passion for a city can produce monumental music. On Steven A. Clark's second LP, Where Neon Goes to Die, the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter follows in the footsteps... |
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Steven A. Clark
Where Neon Goes To Die [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Living in a city is like having a love affair, and like any love affair, the passion for a city can produce monumental music. On Steven A. Clark's second LP, Where Neon Goes to Die, the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter follows in the footsteps... |
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PETER LIEBERSON
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Viola Concerto Steven Beck (piano) Roberto Diaz (viola) / Odense Symphony Orchestra, Scott Yoo [ Bridge / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "[The Piano Concerto is] taut and compelling in this performance by Steven Beck and the Odense orchestra, and more striking perhaps than the relaxed, almost neoromantic Viola Concerto...though that is still beautifully crafted and elegantly refined." |
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Steven Brown
Brown Plays Tenco [ LTM / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] |
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Jake HEGGY / Gene SCHEER
Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices Steven Costello, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Talise Trevigne, Carol Wincenc (flute), The Alexander String Quartet [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "Though Heggie's thematic ideas might seem a bit commonplace on first hearing, listeners are advised to stay alert to each song's last note. Invariably, one is ambushed by the music's cumulative effect...Performances by longtime Heggie collaborators |
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J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Devine has the technique, the imagination and the mastery of period style to give a thoroughly satisfying performance...Devine's reading is worthy of consideration alongside other distinguished recent traversals" (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
'Italian' Concerto / 'French' Overture Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] "It's a lineup oozing virtuosic exuberance, and, as in his heel-kicking additions to the ouverture's Echo, Devine can do 'brilliance'; but he's never interested in virtuosity for its own sake." (BBC Music) |
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JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS
Krebs: Keyboard Works Vol.5 Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Resonus / CD - released 25/Apr/2025 ] This penultimate collection in Steven Devine's critically-acclaimed survey of the complete harpsichord works of Bach's favourite student, Johann Ludwig Krebs, features five of the six 'Galanterie-Suiten' [Galant Suites]. . |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Complete Solo Keyboard Works Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Resonus / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Devine is a superb musical guide - varied, expressive, technically agile - but he has provided, too, helpful and clear programme notes on the stylistic challenges of this music...its powers of expression run deep. You won't find a better exponent th |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: The Great Service Steven Devine (organ) / The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & Musica Contexta [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "The Great Service, consisting of settings of liturgical texts for Matins, Communion, and Evensong, is among the finest music by William Byrd for the Anglican Church." |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano / Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and a GRAMMY Award, William Bolcom is one of America's most senior and internationally acclaimed composers. Commissioned to expand upon the under-represented horn trio repertoire, Bolcom has... |
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IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Symphony No. 5 / Fanfare for the Heroes of the Korean War / Symphonies of Strings Nos. 1, 2 Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Underscoring the very special relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the version of Ian Krouse's Symphony No. 5 performed on this recording with a South Korean orchestra commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Sinfonia Concertante / etc Steven Isserlis (cello) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Roger Norrington [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Cellist Steven Isserlis's playing is alert, sensitive, and joyous." (Highbeam.com) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Cello Symphony (with Frank Bridge - Oration) Steven Isserlis (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "Two masterly British cello scores, well recorded and in fine performances." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
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DEBUSSY / BRIDGE / FAURE / WEBERN
The Cello In Wartime Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] "Webern's microscopic Three Pieces are wonderfully ominous: another unexpected moment on an imaginative and superbly realised disc. " (Gramophone) |