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Ricky Van Shelton
Fried Green Tomatoes [ CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] First album in three years from one of the biggest Country Music stars of the past decade |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASSENET / BIZET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / etc
L'enchanteur Roberto Alagna (tenor) with Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Jose van Dam & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Roberto Alagna is the kind of 'opera singer' who can sing for all with such infectious pleasure that all we can do is sit back and enjoy. And so happy are we to listen to him that there's only one thing we feel we should say to him: thank you. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max Van Egmond / Vienna Boys' Choir, Viennensis Chorus, Concentus musicus Wien, Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2007 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 50) BBC MUSIC -'It has little of the sheen and polish of present-day recordings but a raw commitment and lithe pioneering spirit which is often intoxicating.' Gramophone 1995 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies - The Chief Conductors Edition Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Willem Mengelberg, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Eduard van Beinum [ RCO Live SACD / 15 CD Box Set - released 2/May/2025 ] In 1903, Gustav Mahler conducted his own work with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for the first time. He was ecstatic about orchestra, choirs and audience: 'The music culture in this country is astonishing! The way these people can listen!' |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Achante et Céphise (complete) Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Judith Van Wanroij /Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Alexis Kossenko [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2021 ] "...this is an invigorating and joyous revival of a musically rich opera." BBC Music Christmas 2021 Opera Choice |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Carmelite Vespers 1707 Jill Feldman, Dame Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, Margaret Cable / Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Erato / 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "We are used to hearing Dixit in the concert hall, so it's good to be reminded that it was written for the liturgy. Parrott includes it in his reconstruction of Handel's Carmelite Vespers of 1707" BBC Music Magazine, March 2009. |
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Teegarden & Van Winkle
But Anyhow [ CD ] |
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Teegarden & Van Winkle
An Evening at Home With [ CD ] |
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Townes Van Zandt
Be Here to Love Me - Original Soundtrack [ Fat Possum Records / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2007 ] The soundtrack to director Margaret Brown's documentary on the life of Townes Van Zandt, this American imported 2-CD set features many of the finest recordings by the revered Texas singer / songwriter, who died in 1997. |
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Townes Van Zandt
High, Low and In Between / The Late Great Townes Van Zandt [ Capitol Records / CD - released 1/Oct/1996 ] American imported disc. |
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Townes Van Zandt
No Deeper Blue [ CD ] |
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Townes Van Zandt
Rear View Mirror [ Fat Possum Records / CD - released 22/Jan/2008 ] American imported disc. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Trio Fontenay, Jaap Schroder (violin), Wouter Moller (cello), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Andrew Manze (violin) [ Teldec Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2008 ] "If the Fontenay seem more attuned to Haydn's inwardness and lyricism than to his animal spirits, there's much to savour in these affectionate, thoughtfully characterized readings, truthfully captured by Teldec's engineers." (Gramophone on the Trio... |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
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Van Der Graaf Generator
The Least We Can Do Is Wave (LP) (180gm) [ Universal Music / LP - released 12/Sep/2014 ] Peter Hammill has always had an abiding interest, it seems, in the blurred boundary between the mystical and the scientific, and between the rational and magical mind; this is certainly evident on the debut Van Der Graaf Generator album, even though... |
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Van Dyke Parks
Songs Cycled [ Bella Union / CD - released 26/Apr/2013 ] |
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Van Halen
5150 [ Warner Bros. Records / CD - released 8/Sep/2005 ] '5150' was the first (and easily the best) Van Halen album with Sammy Hagar as Roth replacement. Includes "Why Can't This Be Love" & "Dreams". |
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Van Halen
Balance [ Warner Music / CD - released 20/Jan/1995 ] |