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GODARD / WIDOR / ROUSSEL / MILHAUD / SANCAN
French Delights: Suites & Sonatas Sharon Bezaly (flute) Love Derwinger (piano) with Barbara Hendricks (soprano) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "The thing that strikes you first when you hear Sharon Bezaly play is the quality of the sound. It is distinctive, rich and overwhelmingly beautiful. Add to that a flawless technique and one would be hard pushed to find any fault with her playing.... |
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JOHANN KUHNAU
Kuhnau: Cantatas & Arias For Soprano Barbara Christina Steude (soprano) concerto con voce, Jan Katzschke (direction) [ CPO / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] Johann Kuhnau owes his fame today mainly to the fact that he was Bach's predecessor as cantor at St. Thomas's in Leipzig. The 17th and 18th centuries meet in Kuhnau's cantatas, where a heavily text-bound musical language following on from the Schütz... |
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VIVALDI / BARBER / SIBELIUS / MENDELSSOHN / GLAZUNOV / MAHLER / etc
40 Most Beautiful Autumn Classics Various Artists including Andrew Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Barbara Bonney, Thomas Hampson, Borodin Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] Autumn masterpieces from Vivaldi, Mozart, Faure, Mendelssohn, Mahler and Haydn over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
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VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / DEBUSSY / etc
40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics Various Artists including Monique Haas, Daniel Barenboim, Barbara Bonney, Piero Toso, Kiri Te Kanawa, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] Winter masterpieces from Vivaldi, Bach, Debussy, Schubert, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album Various Artists including Barbara Hendricks, Tallis Scholars, Arleen Auger, Cecile Ousset, etc [ EMI / Capital / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] A 15-track album featuring classical music personally selected by author E L James herself and referenced in her bestselling Fifty Shades book trilogy. |
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Various Artists incls Barbara Dickson, Lesley Garrett, Marti Webb, Paul Jones, etc
The Magic of the Musicals [2 CDs plus DVD] [ Metro Sound and Vision / 3 CD/DVD - released 11/May/2012 ] This fantastic 2 CD + DVD collection features the biggest songs from the best loved musicals of our time. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for the Mind: Classic Music for Your Well-Being [2 CD set] Seraphim Trio, Lin Jiang (horn), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Stephanie McCallum (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, etc [ ABC for Life / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2012 ] This collection is called 'Music for the Mind' but really it's for the mind and the heart. |
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TELEMANN
Ino Cantata Dramatic Barbara Schlick (soprano) / Music Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] Of all the composers who witnessed the widespread blossoming of the arts in the middle of the 18th century, it was Georg Philipp Telemann who responded the most enthusiastically to each new phase of musical development. In his last works in... |
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Various - The Phil Woods Quartet / The Jon Hendricks Group
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Birdmen [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 19/Jan/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 65 Minutes - PAL Recorded at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 1990, this tribute to the most daring jazz innovator of his generation.... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in October 2012) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera House / Ambrogio Maestri, Barbara Frittoli, Meg Page, Mistress Quickly, Massimo Cavalletti / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "The cast, led by a secure Maestri, can boast a lovable Nannetta in Liebau and further clever variations on Quickly's eccentricity from Naef." Gramophone |