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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 10 (Incls Trois Praludes et Fugues op. 36) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Organ of Birmingham Town Hall [ MDG / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] On his tenth Dupré tour Ben van Oosten presents to us not only a new volume in his complete recording but also one of England's most magnificent historical organs. This extraordinary organist and the tireless MDG recording team pay a visit to the... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Complete Organ Works Vol 7 (Incls Poame haroa¯que, Op. 33) Ben van Oosten (organ) at the Organ of Princeton University Chapel [ MDG / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Ben van Oosten was born in The Hague in 1955. He studied the organ and the piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and subsequently in Paris. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3, 7, 8 & Consecration of the House Overture Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "this is an outstanding issue. […] Van Kempen and the Berlin orchestra do indeed play the work in a wonderfully sensitive manner" (Gramophone on Symphony 3) |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
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LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Organ Works Bob Van Asperen (organ) [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2018 ] Like the Bach family, the Couperin were a musical dynasty. Louis - the uncle of François 'le Grand' had established himself as organist of St Gervais by the mid-1650s and entering royal service shortly after as 'chamber musician' on the treble viol.... |
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C. P. E. BACH
Prussian & Wurttemberg Sonatas Bob Van Asperen (harpsichord) [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-6, Op. 5 Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) / Bob van Asperen (organ) / Lucy van Dael (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Ms. van Dael plays these wonderful works brilliantly and arrestingly." - MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
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J. S. BACH
Bram van Sambeek plays Bach on the Bassoon Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] Following a rock/metal album recorded with his band ORBI [BIS-2297], Bram van Sambeek returns with his own idea of a dance album. For it he has selected four works by Johann Sebastian Bach that consist mainly of typical baroque dances . |
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JORIS ROELOFS
Roelofs: Rope Dance Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Joris Roelofs, bass clarinet and clarinet; Bram de Looze, piano; Clemens van der Feen, double bass; Martijn Vink, drums [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a... |
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SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND / KALEVI AHO
Fagerlund / Aho - Bassoon Concertos Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded musicianship" BBC Music Award WINNERt 2018 - Concerto |
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W. A. MOZART / CARL MARIA von WEBER / ÉDOUARD DU PUY
Mozart, Weber, Du Puy - Bassoon Concertos Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Alexei Ogrintchouk, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "None shall sleep through this disc - what a winner!" MusicWeb recommended May 2020 |
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CHRISTOPHER ROUSE / JACQUES IBERT
Rouse / Ibert: Flute Concertos Katherine Bryan (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2013 ] "Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo flute repertoire, is exquisitely eloquent." Gramophone |
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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Lux Aeterna Cappella Amsterdam, Suzanne van Els (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "In this performance [of Lux aeterna] by the astoundingly good Capella Amsterdam it sounds more meditative and less apocalyptic than it did [in Kubrick's 2001], but no less haunting." Daily Telegraph |
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Cappella Figuralis. Conductor: Jos van Veldhoven
Love & Lament (Monteverdi-Della Ciaia-Carissimi) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2002 ] The soloist ensemble Cappella Figuralis was founded in 1989 |
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PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges (recorded live in 2005) Charles Workman / José Van Dam / Philippe Rouillon / Barry Banks / Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Opéra National de Paris / Sylvain Cambreling [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Conducted by 20th century specialist Sylvain Cambreling and sung in the original French version by superb singer-actors, this production presents a stage performance set in perfect harmony with Prokofiev's inventive music. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Charlotte Margiono, Jard van Nes / Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Bernard Haitink [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "the strings have a warmly cosseting quality, the winds are mellifluous, the brass powerful but cleanly focused...The voices are well balanced and Haitink's willingness to let the music breathe while never allowing it to sag benefits Mahler's... |
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RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: La Mort D'abel (2CD + Book) Katia Velletaz, Yumiko Tanimura, Jennifer Borghi, Sébastien Droy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot / Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 22/Oct/2012 ] "the fine performance of Guy van Waas and Les Agrémens reveals music of imaginative colours and profuse sentimentality that sometimes sounds like a stepping-stone between Haydn's Creation and Berlioz's Damnation of Faust." (Gramophone) |
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DUTILLEUX
Toute un monde lointain... / Trois strophes sur le nom se Sacher (with Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto, etc) Christian Poltera (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Christian Poltéra (cello) |
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FRANK MARTIN
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (1943) Christianne Stotijn (contralto) / Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur / Jac Van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "A very powerful musical experience and this fine account b ythe Winterthur Orchestra and Jac van Steen serves it well." BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 + Five stars for sound. |