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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Piano Sonatas (Rec 2000) Bart van Oort (fortepiano) Ursula Datschler (fortepiano) Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano) Yoshiko Kojima (fortepiano) Riko Fukuda (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this exceptional box set of the complete Haydn Piano Sonatas would be highly desirable at a premium price. Instead, we can have the set for no more than the cost of low-quality discs that don't even give the names of the performers or orchestras on... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Complete Keyboard Sonatas [10 CD set] Bart Van Oort / Ursula Dutschler / Stanley Hoogland / Riko Fukuda (keyboard) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] It is only comparatively recently that Haydn's piano sonatas started to feature in recitals, and some of the major pianists of our time have added some of them to their repertoire - Alfred Brendel being perhaps the most illustrious champion of this... |
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JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Bart van Oort, Viviana Sofronitski, Petra Somlai, Wolfgang Brunner, Alexei Lubimov, Tuija Hakkila, Zvi Meniker, Ursula Dütschler, Piet Kuijken (period [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the foremost keyboard performers and composers of his age. |
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GUTO PRYDERI PUW
Reservoirs: Orchestral Works by Guto Pryderi Puw BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] " Presented with great clarity by the orchestra under Jac van Steen, they show Puw revelling in the opportunity to write challengingly for such a proficient band, though at times that enthusiasm does get the better of him...[Reservoirs] is the most i |
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DAVID MATTHEWS
Matthews: A Vision of the Sea BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "The world of nature is never far away in Matthews's music, and two other recent orchestral works bear witness to his delight in contexts where haunting fragments of birdsong can emerge." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2021 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Love from a Stranger (with works by Bennett, Gerhard & Lutyens) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ NMC / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Polished performances hail from the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen" The Times |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Edition [17 CD set] Alessandro Deljavan, Ewa Kupiec, Vittorio Ceccanti, Lucius Ruhl, Earl Wild, Frank van de Laar, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 17 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] This 17CD set is the third Chopin Edition by Brilliant Classics, an all-time favourite of one of the most popular and universally loved composers of all times. |
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LOUIS VIERNE
24 Pieces en style libre Ben van Oosten (organ) [ MDG / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2001 ] |
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LOUSIS VIERNE
24 Pieces de Fantaisie Ben van Oosten (organ) [ MDG / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Van Oosten paces Vierne´s miles of tonal corridors with sympathy." (Gramophone) |
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BEST / ELGAR / HOLLINS / STANFORD / WHITLOCK
A Festival of English Organ Music Ben van Oosten (organ) [ MDG / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] During the Victorian era English organ building and organ music experienced a flourishing in every way equal to that on the Continent. Ben van Oosten, a proven expert in the field of late romantic organ artistry, now turns to this music.... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 8 (Incls Suite op. 39) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Beuchet-Debierre Organ, Angouleme [ MDG / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] After brief stints in Canada and the United States – as always on the trail of Marcel Dupré – Ben van Oosten has returned to France. On Vol. 8 of his recording of Dupré’s complete organ oeuvre, this specialist in French organ music presents four... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 11 (Incls Les Nymphéas op. 54) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Casavant Organ, Brick Church, New York City [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Never before have Les Nympheas Op.54 been heard outside Dupré's native Meudon. Ben van Oosten presents this extraordinary composition on the Casavent organ in New York's Brick Church. This instrument was inaugurated by van Oosten in 2005 and is... |
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LOUIS VIERNE
Complete Organ Symphonies Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Cavailla-Coll Organs in St. Francois des Sales, Lyon, etc [ MDG / 4 CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "The three instruments used here are famous examples of the work of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the romantic organist´s ideal builder ... van Oosten paces Vierne´s miles of tonal corridors with sympathy." (Gramophone) |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 10 (Incls Trois Praludes et Fugues op. 36) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Organ of Birmingham Town Hall [ MDG / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] On his tenth Dupré tour Ben van Oosten presents to us not only a new volume in his complete recording but also one of England's most magnificent historical organs. This extraordinary organist and the tireless MDG recording team pay a visit to the... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 7 (Incls Poame haroa¯que, Op. 33) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Organ of Princeton University Chapel [ MDG / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Ben van Oosten was born in The Hague in 1955. He studied the organ and the piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and subsequently in Paris. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
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LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Organ Works Bob Van Asperen (organ) [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2018 ] Like the Bach family, the Couperin were a musical dynasty. Louis - the uncle of François 'le Grand' had established himself as organist of St Gervais by the mid-1650s and entering royal service shortly after as 'chamber musician' on the treble viol.... |
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C. P. E. BACH
Prussian & Wurttemberg Sonatas Bob Van Asperen (harpsichord) [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-6, Op. 5 Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) / Bob van Asperen (organ) / Lucy van Dael (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Ms. van Dael plays these wonderful works brilliantly and arrestingly." - MusicWeb Jan 2005 |