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Charles Richard-Hamelin
Échos: Chopin, Granados & Albéniz [ Analekta / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Charles Richard-Hamelin continues his exploration of the works of Chopin, combining them with rare Spanish works composed at the turn of the 19th century. Frédéric Chopin, Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados were all virtuoso pianists whose music is... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), Andrew Wan (violin) [ Analekta / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] Andrew Wan, Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, internationally acclaimed pianist and silver medalist at the Chopin Competition, unite their artistic chemistry in a pinnacle of the Romantic... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 + 24 Charles Richard-Hamelin Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] In their very first recording together, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and the Violons du Roy present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos No. 22 and No. 24 that are replete with passionate outbursts, startling contrasts, rich orchestration and... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Execution of Stepan Razin (The) / October / 5 Fragments, Op. 42 Charles Robert Austin (Bass-baritone), Abraham Kaplan (Choirmaster), Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Dmitry Shostakovich must be reckoned among the leading composers of the twentieth century. Heralded by Soviet authorities following the Bolshevik revolution, his fortunes rose and fell in response to the thoughts and actions of Joseph Stalin. During... |
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ELLIOT CARTER
The complete music for piano Charles Rosen (piano) [ Bridge Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] 1999 GRAMMY NOMINATION - Best Contemporary Composition |
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ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF
The Eagle of the Ninth (Abridged) Charles Simpson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Roman Britain: Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion is forced into retirement after a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to... |
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JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Violin Concerto / Distant Reflections / String Quartet No. 1 Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Carpe Diem String Quartet / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Named by the Baltimore Sun as an 'Artist to Watch', New Jerseyborn Jonathan Leshnoff is swiftly gaining international recognition. This disc shows three facets of his musical personality: the Violin Concerto, praised as 'remarkably assured,... |
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JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Das Buch der Klänge, 12 pieces for piano Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Roberto Díaz (viola) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] |
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PURCELL / HAHN / SCHUMANN / FRANCK / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Le Rossignol et la Rose Chen Reiss (soprano) Charles Spencer (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as ever the perfect partner" [BBC Music Magazine] |
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JOSEPH BODIN de BOISMORTIER
Boismortier: Les Quatre Saisons Chloé de Guillebon; Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Enguerrand de Hys; Lili Aymonino; Marc Mauillon; Sarah Charles [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Although it is not known to which mysterious figures they were dedicated, Joseph de Boismortier's cantatas Les Quatre Saisons, published in 1724, resonate with the splendour of court festivities and the eloquence of the salons de conversation. The... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lest We Forget The Choir of Chichester Cathedral, Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Charles Harrison (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] In the centenary year of the Armistice of 1918, thoughts turn to the great human cost of the First World War and many subsequent armed conflicts. Released in support of the charity Combat Stress, this commemorative recording explores the themes... |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Clio Gould (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "[Clio Gould] offers a ravishing account of the solo violin narrative thread linking the different episodes in the music. Her playing has a fragile beauty...the splendid performance of the Easter Festival Overture conjures up a heady atmosphere of... |
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COLE PORTER
Kiss Me, Kate (Original Broadway Cast 1949) / Let's Face It (1941) Harry Clark, Harold Lang, Patricia Morison, Eddie Sledge, Mary Jane Walsh, Charles Wood, Alfred Drake & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] The overture is about to start. You cross your fingers and hold your heart. Those lines from the opening number of Kiss Me, Kate were probably running through the brains of everyone connected with the nowclassic musical when it opened on 30... |
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Cookie & his Cupcakes, Ben E. King, Fats Domino, Little Willie John, Brook Benton, Ray Charles, Fontella bass, LaVern Baker, etc
Please Release Me - The Soulful Side of Country [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2016 ] The unexpected success of Ray Charles' million selling Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music LP, in the Spring of 1962, led to a flood of soul and R&B artists recording C&W songs. Including Ben E. King, Clyde McPhatter, William Bell, Arthur... |
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SUK
Asrael Symphony, Op. 27 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Supraphon / CD - released 8/Sep/2011 ] "this more recent Mackerras performance digs just that little bit deeper and for that reason edges nearest to the classics by Talich and Kubelík." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Orchestral) |
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DVORAK
Dvorak - Symphonic Poems Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Supraphon / CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "The Golden Spinning Wheel, a performance full of warmth and vitality, very realistically recorded and surely the highlight of the disc." Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER - Orchestral |
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JULES MASSENET
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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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Rondine (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dinara Alieva (Magda de Civry), Charles Castronovo, Alexandra Hutton, Alvaro Zambrano, Stephen Bronk / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli ( [ Delos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Sep/2016 ] "Villázon shows admirable restraint in a straightforward, stylish production that contains a good deal of charm…there's a rich darkness to [Alieva's] voice, especially in Doretta's Dream." (Blu-ray of the Month Gramophone July 2016) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Forever: Unforgettable Songs from Vienna, Broadway & Hollywood Diana Damrau (soprano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Charles Abell [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The operetta selections are this singer's natural habitat and there's no denying the panache and brilliance of her performances." (Gramophone, Jan 2014) |
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GOUNOD
Romeo et Juliette (complete opera recorded live in 1935) Eide Norena / Charles Hackett / Leon Rothier / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Louis Hasselmans [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Norena characterizes Juliette as a real teenager: her singing is full of wide-eyed wonder and hope until the tragic dénouement. Hackett declaims Roméo’s music with a beauty of legato tone and an amplitude of phrasing which is rarely heard today.... |