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W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1954) Elisabeth Scwarzkopf / Sesto Bruscantini / Nan Merriman / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 3 CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The Gramophone reviewer felt "the casting is ideal". He also commented that "Schwarzkopf is in splendid voice as the sentimental Fiordiligi, Merriman equally good as the practical Dorabella, and Otto is a good Despina and very amusing in her assumed... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Harmoniemesse / Cantata / Te Deum Oliver Widmer, Eva Mei, Elisabeth von Magnus & Herbert Lippert / Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A gripping version of the composer's last Mass." BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Operas (Armida / L'incontro improvviso / L'infedelta delusa / L'isola disabitata / etc) Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, Ileana Cotrubas, Jessye Norman, Samuel Ramey, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Frederica von Stade / Antal Dorati (cond) [ Decca / 20 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] Haydn's operas are still something of a rarity both in the theatre and on record. Antal Dorati's advocacy of Haydn's music during the 1970s resulted in numerous award-winning recordings including his legendary cycle of all the symphonies as well his... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (recorded 1950) Erich Kunz, Irmgard Seefried, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac / Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2016 ] 'Karajan's first recording of Figaro offers one of the most distinguished casts ever assembled….' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, 2004) |
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SHUYING LI • JESS LANGSTON TURNER • KEN STEEN GILDA LYONS • ROBERT CARL • JOSEPH TURRIN
Crimson Roses: Contemporary American Choral Music Erinn Sensenig, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) Musica Viva NY Choir, Musica Viva NY Orchestra, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] The three world premiere choral recordings on this album represent the enduring commitment of Musica Viva NY's artistic director, Alejandro Hernandez Valdez, to perform new works by living composers. Richard Einhorn's The Luminous Ground is a deeply... |
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SCHUBERT
Settings of Various Poets Ferdinand von Bothmer (tenor) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 29 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The Naxos Deutsche Schubert- Lied- Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, and more. |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2000) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie Von Otter / Sylvie Brunet / Charlotte Hellekant / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] G - "The casting on the whole is successful, with Nero sung by Mireille Delunsch, a choice that is not only musically successful (particularly in duets with Anne Sofie von Otter), but also opens up the interesting dramatic possibility of presenting... |
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FAURE / STRAUSS / MAHLER / COPLAND / IVES / etc
Lieder (recorded 1986) Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Martin Katz (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment." (International Record Rev |
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MOZART / ROSSINI
Opera Arias Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A mostly satisfying experience." - Scott Morrison (Amazon.co.uk) |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Tafelmusik Part I-III (complete) Freiburg Barockorchester / Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "I was reminded time and again that Telemann's music is extraordinarily good, and amazed at the quality of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's performances. This is an unmitigated joy." Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Instrumental |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti a Due Cori Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Handel's rich orchestrations, using wind and brass musicians, are magnificently played by the Freiburgers." Sunday Times |
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PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 (Nos 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10) Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Not only does it reveal music of real genius and adventurousness, but playing of the very highest order." (International Record Review Sept 2006) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 49 "La Passione" & No 80 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "Mezzo Bernarda Fink's impassioned Scena di Berenice might well send you out on the Haydn operatic trail ... with many rewards guaranteed." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Freiburger Barockorchester, Von Der Goltz, Mullejans, Schreiber [ Aparté / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "von der Goltz and Müllejans make a strong case for this group as the very finest of their kind in these rich-veined creations...the playing is dazzling and the last movement riffs are irresistable." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
The Last Concertos: Piano Concerto No 27 & Clarinet Concerto Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] "In sum, a wholly delightful disc that reawakened my appetite for music I thought I heard once or twice too often." - The Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2008 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (Complete Opera) Gerda Lammers / Hedwig Muller-Butow / Georgine Von Milinkovic / Covent Garden Opera Chorus And Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe [ ROYAL OPERA HOUSE HERITAGE SERIES / 2 CD ] |
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RUBINSTEIN
Two sonatas for cello & piano Gert von Burlow (cello) [ ETCETERA / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] |
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Mozart, Wo
Don Giovanni Ghiaurov, von Halem, Janowitz, Burrows, Zylis-Gara, Evans, Panerai, Mijakovic, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philha [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ] An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic musicians... |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone on 'The Rake's Progress) |