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ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINKSY / ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Korngold: Violin Concerto Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Gulbenkian Orchestra / Lawrence Foster / Netherlands Philharmonic / Marc Albrecht [ Alto / CD - released 24/Oct/2022 ] "As an example of luscious late-Romantic orchestral writing, Die Seejungfrau could scarcely be bettered: a fine performance of a gorgeous orchestral score" (MusicWeb) "Steinbacher's technique on the other hand is immaculate; how gracefully those... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The French Romantic Experience Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet, François-Xavier Roth, Christophe Rousset, Diana Damrau, Véronique Gens, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, etc [ Bru Zane / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Well worth anyone's attention, especially those attracted to the less familiar areas of 19th-century repertoire. In fact, I have rarely encountered a 'compilation' that has yielded so much listening pleasure" Gramophone |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Périchole (complete operetta) Aude Extrémo, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Alexandre Duhamel, Eric Huchet / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 28/Jun/2019 ] "In the pit are Les Musiciens du Louvre - part of a growing and welcome trend towards giving operetta the benefits of historically informed practice. " Gramophone |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 / Herminie - Scène lyrique (cantata) Aurelia Legay (soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique of 1830 was his direct response to hearing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the first time. |
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MAURIZIO CAZZATI
Cazzati: Motets Ayako Ono (soprano), Christoph Rudolf · Christoph Riedo (violin), Marc Meisel (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Sinuously beautiful solo motets by a little-known contemporary of Cavalli, imaginatively programmed with instrumental interludes by their Italian contemporaries. A musical career seems to have been destined for Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678).... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Oratorio in two parts) Catherine Bott, Christine Batty, Gerard Lesne / Les musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1992 ] Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
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Challe Claude And Jean Marc Challe
Select 5 - Music For Our Friends [ Wagram / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2012 ] |
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ANDRE CAPLET
Le Miroir De Jesus Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Anne Bassand (harp), Marc-Antoine Bonanomi (double bass) [ Mirare / CD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] "The instrumentalists are refinement and rarefaction personified, and the women of the Ensemble Vocal Lausanne sound thoroughly angelic." (International Record Review) |
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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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Claude Challe & Jean Marc Challe
Select 2009 - Music for Our Friends [ Wagram / 2 CD - released 29/Jun/2009 ] 'Select 2009' is an extremely juicy cocktail of surprising and sophisticated flavours from Claude Challe and his brother Jean-Marc - an explosive festival of delicious rarities for your ears. |
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Various Artists / Compiled & Mixed by Claude Challe & Jean-Marc Challe
Select 2008 - Music for Our Friends [ Wagram Music / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'Select 2008' is an extremely juicy cocktail of surprising and sophisticated flavours - an explosive festival of delicious rarities for your ears. |
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Claude & Jean-Marc Challe / Va
Select 2010: Music For Our Fri [ Chall'omusic / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] |
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LALANDE / CHIEN / COLIN / ANONYMOUS / etc
Les Funérailles Royales de Louis XIV BLU-RAY + DVD Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi Blu-ray + DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] The funeral of Louis XIV mirrored his reign: grandiose and filled with pathos. Raphaël Pichon has chosen the setting of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, built 'for the use' of the Sun King, to present a musical reconstruction of the event, with... |
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JOHN BLOW
Venus and Adonis Céline Scheen & Marc Mauillon / Les Musiciens du Paradis & La Maîtrise de Caen, Bertrand Cuiller [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] After the successes of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Cadmus & Hermione, Alpha is continuing its audiovisual exploration of lyric repertoires offering, for the first time on DVD, John Blow's Venus and Adonis, accompanied by his Ode to Saint Cecilia.. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde Alice Coote (mezzo), Burkhard Fritz (tenor) / Netherlands Philharmonic, Marc Albrecht [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2013 ] "well worth hearing, especially for Coote's contribution" Guardian |
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Marc Copland
Copland Marc / Marc Copland And... [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Gubaidulina: Complete Guitar Works David Tanenbaum (guitar), with Marc Teicholz (guitar II), Jodi Levitz (viola), Scott Pingel (bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Sofia Gubaidulina has found a soulfulness and freedom in the guitar which speaks to her musical language of expressive mood and often mysterious but precise sonorities. In both Repentance and Sotto Voce she combines guitars with lower stringed... |
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FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Elisabet Strid, Daniel Johansson, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Johannes Mayer / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Nov/2023 ] Franz Schreker's career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber ('The Treasure Hunter') in the 1920s was the high point of his career. In a complex and... |
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FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (complete opera recorded in 2022) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Elisabet Strid, Daniel Johansson, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Johannes Mayer / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2023 ] Franz Schreker's career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber ('The Treasure Hunter') in the 1920s was the high point of his career. |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 Diedre Irons (piano) Christchurch Symphony / Marc Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Diedre Irons was born in Winnipeg, Canada. A child prodigy, she made her first solo appearance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the age of twelve playing Schumann's Piano Concerto. |