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TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes [ 4AD Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] One of those rare bands who command instant attention with their unique and spellbinding debut. Their music is potent, distinctive and original... |
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TV On The Radio
Young Liars [ Touch and Go Records / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Despite their connections to the New York rock scene - the band is based in Brooklyn's Williamsburg district and keyboardist/sound manipulator David Andrew Sitek has produced releases by the Liars and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - TV on the Radio's debut... |
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BARBARA
Barbara Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis A [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara's music in very different ways." Gramophone |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 22/May/2000 ] "This is a "desert island" set if ever there were one. Kubelik's Slavonic Dances always have rated among the best, and still dazzle by virtue of their fleetness and almost savage intensity." (ClassicsToday) |
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DVORAK / SMETANA / LISZT
Symphony No 9 / Die Moldau / Les Preludes Berlin Philharmonic / Berlin Radio Symphony / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] DG's originals continue |
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SIBELIUS
Complete symphonies (Nos 1-7) Berliner Philharmoniker / Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Okku Kamu / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] "Karajan's account has withstood the test of time as one of the most searching, profound and concentrated performances of this masterpiece, and its reappearance at mid price should earn it wider dissemination [...]. An indispensable... |
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DONIZETTI / VERDI / BOITO / SULLIVAN / PONCHIELLI / ROSSINI
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (baritone) with Anne Sofie von Otter & Balcarras Crafoord / Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 BLU-RAY Camilla Tilling (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Feb/2017 ] "the First Symphony...is wholly successful in its balance of detail and flow, and the Second includes a lovely 'Urlicht' from Finnish mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi." BBC Music |
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GOUNOD / R. STRAUSS / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / DONIZETTI / etc
Coloraturas: Opera arias Diana Damrau (soprano) / Munich Radio Orchestra, Dan Ettinger [ Erato Classics / CD - released 21/Dec/2009 ] "The point with Damrau ... is that she's fearless, impressively unpredictable, and about as far as possible from being a 'production line' soprano." Classic FM magazine |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Sony / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] "she is so winning an artist that almost all the arias made me want to listen to the complete opera from which they come, with her in the relevant role." (BBC Music) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem] Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Berlin Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'This strikes me as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine (April 2007) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / 12 Songs with Orchestra Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, George Szell [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "There are few records in the catalogue which so magnificently capture the magic of a great performance" - Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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MESSIAEN
Des Canyons Aux Etoiles Roger Muraro (piano), Jean-Jacques Justafré (horn), Francis Petit (xylorimba) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mynug-Whun Chung [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] "This is a score that requires a shockingly high standard of virtuosity from every player, and gets it - the French Radio players are thrilling to listen to, Chung is Messiaen's devoted disciple, and he knows just how to frame his soloists, unleash t |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT
Schmidt - Complete Symphonies Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Orchestral BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2021 - Orchestral |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / VICTOR HERBERT
Dvorak / Herbert: Cello Concertos Gautier Capucon (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Gautier Capuçon gives a richly lyrical and sympathetic account of Herbert's Concerto, reaching heights of eloquence in its beguiling slow movement and revelling in the virtuosity of the latter parts of the finale." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 **** |
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VARIOUS FRENCH COMPOSERS
Gautier Capucon - Destination Paris [LP] Gautier Capucon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano & harpsichord) / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato Classics / LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] A concept album of laidback repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces - including "La Foule" by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of '42 by Michel Legrand, "Beau soir" by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and "Chi... |
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BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / HAYDN / KODALY / etc
Ferenc Fricsay: Complete Recordings On DG - Vol.1 - Orchestral Works Gaza Anda (piano) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2015 ] Deutsche Grammophon unites all of its Fricsay recordings into 2 volumes, of which this is the first. FERENC FRICSAY - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Vol. 1 presents Fricsay's orchestral output in its entirety. |
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VARIOUS
Spirituals George London (bass-baritone) / Singgemeinschaft Rudolf Lamy / Members of the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Radio Rhythm Section [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] The sensation of the first batch of Spotlights: a previously unreleased LP of the great bass-baritone George London singing Spirituals to amazing effect! |
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W. A. MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / etc
Géza Anda: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 17 CD Box Set - released 8/Oct/2021 ] D. G. celebrates one of the greatest pianists of our time, Géza Anda - the "troubadour of the keyboard" (Furtwängler) - in a limited edition 17-CD set. Anda was for the most part of his sadly too-short career a Deutsche Grammophon artists. |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischtz (Complete opera) Gundula Janowitz-Edith Mathis-Peter Schreier-Theo Adam / Leipzig Radio Chorus; Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber [ DG The Originals / 2 CD - released 22/May/2000 ] ""Kleiber draws superb playing from the Dresden orchestra" (Gramophone) |