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DEBUSSY
Complete Piano Works Vol 4 (Etudes) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "this release is packed with remarkable insights that will entrance connoisseurs of the Études and win them many new admirers." (BBC) |
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DEBUSSY / FAURE / POULENC / CHOPIN
Poetes du Piano: Live Recital recorded in 2009 Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "Poètes du Piano is the perfect description for this beautifully sequenced selection of Romantic piano pieces, a series of exquisite miniatures by the likes of Chopin, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc, in which delicacy and brevity are prized over the more... |
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RAVEL / FAURE / POULENC / IBERT
Music by Ravel, Faure, Poulenc and Ibert Pascal Roge (piano) / London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green [ Signum LCO Live / CD - released 8/Sep/2011 ] "The latest of the LCO Live series offers an engaging and varied programme of French Romanticism...The centrepiece of the programme is Poulenc's "Piano Concerto", the opening section of which alone seems to incorporate more disparate styles than most... |
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RAVEL / CHAUSSON
Piano Trios Pascal Roge (piano) Mie Kobayashi (violin) Yoko Hasegawa (cello) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Rogé, Kobayashi and Hasegawa are outstanding advocates for these wonderful French scores. I offer an enthusiastic recommendation for this superb Onyx release." (MusicWeb) |
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FRANCK
String Quartet / Piano Quintet / Sonata for piano and violin Pascal Roge (piano) / Quatuor Ysaye [ Ysaye / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] "Recorded in digital sound so real the ensemble might as well be in the room sitting in a circle around the listener, this set belongs on every short shelf of French nineteenth century music." ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Te Deum / A Polish Requiem / etc Izabela KlosiA´nska (soprano) Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano) Adam Zdunikowski (tenor) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] "dedicated performances" Gramophone Magazine (praise for the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra) |
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John CAGE
Works for Two Keyboards, Vol. 2 Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo: Xenia Pestova (piano) & Pascal Meyer (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] John Cage's practicality transformed the piano into a full percussion orchestra and a workbench for sonic experiment. Three Dances is one of his most ambitious works for prepared piano, often involving spectacular virtuosity and exciting wildness of... |
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RESPIGHI
Church Windows / Brazilian Impressions / Metamorphoseon / Roman Festivals / etc Philharmonia Orchestra. Geoffrey Simon, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2005 ] "Geoffrey Simon is sympathetic and secures very fine playing from the Philharmonia..the wide dynamic range and a striking depth of perpective create the most spectacular effects." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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GOLDMARK / WALTER
Violin Sonatas Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 'these are sumptuously responsive performances, glowingly recorded and expertly annotated' (International Record Review) |
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CANTELOUBE / BREVILLE
Music for Violin and Piano Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "Two substantial rare French works for violin and piano played with utter conviction, typically presented in Hyperion's honest, well judged sound and superbly documented" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
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SAINT-SAENS / YSAYE
Rare transcriptions for violin and piano Philippe Graffin, violin, Pascal Devoyon, piano [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'Graffin's tone throughout is sweet and seductive, his phrasing a thing of pure joy … A wonderful disc. Buy it.' (Gramophone) |
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Antonin Dv
Rusalka Piotr Beczala, Emily Magee, Camilla Nylund, Alan Held, Birgit Remmert, Adam Plachetka, Eva Liebau, Daniel Schmutzhand, A [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2011 ] |
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FAURE
Piano Quartets & Quintets Quatuor Ysaye / Pascal Roge, piano [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Fauré's large musical output includes many solo piano pieces and songs but just a handful of chamber works; two violin sonatas and two cello sonatas; a string quartet; a piano trio and other small miscellaneous pieces and the four works included... |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 1975} René Kollo, Ulrik Cold, Gisela Schröter, Theo Adam, Reid Bunger / Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] This reissue of the 1975 live recording of Wagner's Parsifal features a stellar cast: the great René Kollo in the title role, further Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter and Ulrik Cold, and the splendid Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐ Orchester Leipzig, conducted by... |
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AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1986) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Amilcare Ponchielli's sole operatic work La Gioconda made him a major figure in Italy. Internationally renowned stars Eva Marton and Placido Domingo, who play the leading roles in the performance, ensure an unforgettable operatic experience. |
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Schreker,
Die Gezeichneten Riegel, Martin, Becht, Meven, Adam, Moser, Hopfner, Nöcker, Wyzner, Carmeli, Neralic, Sgier, Schreckenbach; ORF-Chor, Ar [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2002 ] |
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SAINT-SAENS
Piano Concertos 1 and 2 Abdel Rahman El Bacha (piano) / Orchestre de Picardie / Pascal Verrot [ Calliope / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] Too often reduced to a few scores (Carnival of the Animals, La Danse Macabre, the Third Symphony with organ), the music of Saint-Saens did not deserve to be despised. And this disc admirable and admirably defended by its three protagonists provides... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Blu-ray 4K) Salzburg Festival / Luca Pisaroni, Anett Fritsch, Martina Janková, Adam Plachetka / Vienna Philharmonic, Dan Ettinger [ EuroArts 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 12/Aug/2022 ] "..the winning performances of a compelling cast; and the supple, glowing playing that the conductor Dan Ettinger drew from the Vienna Philharmonic…" The New York Times |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphony No. 88 The Letter V / Symphony No. 101The Clock a–sterreichisch-Ungarische Haydn-Philharmonie / Adam Fischer [ MDG SACD / SACD - released 18/Mar/2007 ] "To sum up, these are state-of-the-art historically-informed performances on modern instruments with fine transparency of texture" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
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DUPARC / JACQUES de le PRESLE / DEBUSSY / HAHN / BOULANGER
L'invitation au voyage Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo) Pascal Jourdan (piano) [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The conviction, artistry and intelligent musical sequencing of mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac and pianist Pascal Jourdan are much in evidence in this thoroughly first-class package." (Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2015) |