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MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
Music from the Middle Ages [5 CD set] Andrea von Ramm, Richard Levitt & Sterling Jones / Studio der fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 / Rococo Variations (Rec 1962 & 1968) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Wiener Symphoniker / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Master Recordings / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Karajan's rare collaborations with Soviet musicians in the 1960s resulted in exceptional recordings that have become classics - including the ones presented here: "a performance of astonishing intimacy and refinement" from Richter in Tchaikovsky's... |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos nos. 2 (with Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto No 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki / Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianist of the 20th century who was largely self-taught, had survived traumatic events and restrictions on his concert tours during the... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah... The 250th Anniversary Performance recorded in 1992 Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jerry Hadley, Michael Chance and Robert Lloyd / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Philips / DVD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] G :- This famous 1992 performance of Handel's great masterpiece was filmed at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on the 250th anniversary of the work's premiere, which took place in Dublin on 13 April 1742. |
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MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter. Wiener Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez [ DG Boulez 2005 / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] Anne Sofie von Otter sings the Kindertotenlieder, Violeta Urmana will be heard in the Rückert Lieder and Thomas Quasthoff in the early Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies / Overtures / Violin Concerto Thomas Zehetmair (violin) / Cleveland orchestra, Christoph Von Dohnanyi [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Apr/2007 ] Four CDs of classic performances at a very special price |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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100 BEST WALTZES & POLKAS
100 Best Waltzes & Polkas Various artists including John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Andrew Davis, Louis Fremaux, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, John Lanchbery, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 3/Oct/2011 ] This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 waltzes and polkas performed by some of the world's leading orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Opera Arias Cynthia Sieden, Charlotte Margiono, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rodney Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley / English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardin [ Archiv Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] "Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite." Penguin Guide |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: From the Vintage Vaults Various Artists incls Edward Elgar, Haydn Wood, Marek Weber, Arthur Wood, Barnabas von Geczy, Ernst Fischer, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] The title of this CD could almost apply to every release in Guild's "Golden Age of Light Music" series so far, because our mission is to make available once again those recordings which have been neglected for far too long, and are no longer... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Essential Tchaikovsky Various artists incl Valery Gergiev, Herbert von Karajan, Akiko Suwanai [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2002 ] Two and a half hours of the magical music of Tchaikovsky |
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BERLIOZ / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / OFFENBACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
My Ballerina Album: Favourite ballet scenes and melodies Various orchestras conducted by Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Arthur Fiedler, Neeme Jarvi, Herbert von karajan, John Lanchbery, Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon Double / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] A 2-CD compilation containing all-time favourite ballet melodies, specially chosen to be suitable for children |
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DVORAK
Symphonies No. 8 & No. 9 / Slavonic Dances (selection) / Scherzo capriccioso op. 66 (with works by Smetana) Vienna Philharmonic / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ DG Karajan Collection / 2 CD - released 24/Apr/2003 ] This 2-CD album is essentially a run-down of the most famous pieces classical music has to offer, in the interpretation of the most famous conductor ever, conducting one of the world's leading orchestras, the Berliner Philharmoniker. |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / MOZART / GOUNOD / WAGNER / KODALY / etc
100 Best Wiener Philharmoniker Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], John Barbirolli, Andre Cluytens, Mariss Jansons, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] This 6CD set contains 100 tracks from the finest EMI recordings of the famous Wiener Philharmoniker, know in English as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, under some of the world's greatest conductors including Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von... |
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BEETHOVEN / HAYDN
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 / Haydn: Symphony No 104 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] Haydn's Symphony No.104 comes already remarkably close to Beethoven's expansive and revolutionary use of the Classical symphonic genre and in that respect a combination with the latter's Seventh Symphony is an interesting one. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ariodante (complete opera) Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Verónica Cangemi, Ewa Podles, Richard Croft / Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/1997 ] "with an outstanding, starry team of soloists, Marc Minkowski conducts a high-powered reading, urgently dramatic and a compelling set in every way." (Penguin Guide) |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / MAHLER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Claudio Abbado & The Vienna Philharmonic: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, with Maria Joao Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Friedrich Gulda (piano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Juliane Banse (so [ Deutsche Grammophon / 58 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2013 ] Claudio Abbado's complete recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker on Deutsche Grammophon in a 58 CD Limited Edition box set. |
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BRAHMS / DVORAK
Herbert von Karajan conducts Brahms & Dvorak Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Decca Originals / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] |