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MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] "Sleep is functional music, furniture music, a soundtrack for relaxing and sleeping, and as such it's successful. It's not "classical" music, and shouldn't be judged as such. It does what it claims, and it's enjoyable." (Musicweb) |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The French Suites Murray Perahia (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] "...I've only had this recording for five days but I predict a long and happy future in its company." Gramophone award WINNER 2017 - Instrumental |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: String Quintets & Octet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "Together, these performances go to the top of a not exactly crowded field; in fact his disc needs to be heard by everyone who loves German Romantic chamber music." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
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Andrea Bocelli, with Matteo Bocelli, Ed Sheeran, Josh Groban, Dua Lipa, Aida Carifullina & Ensemble
Sì [ Decca / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Presenting Sì: Andrea Bocelli's first album of new material in 14 years. It's a set of powerful, emotional songs, some featuring interpolations of classical themes (from, for example, Bach and Massenet), and an all encompassing positive message of... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Volodos plays Brahms Arcadi Volodos (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2017 ] "Comparisons become irrelevant in interpretations of such mesmerising honesty. An award-winner if ever I heard one." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Instrumental |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / 4 CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] The complete Beethoven violin sonatas, 33 wonderful pieces of music, performed by two of the greatest Beethoven interpreters working today. Over 4 hours of beautifully produced, expertly performed Beethoven in a handsome 4-CD hard-cover... |
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Diana Krall
Turn Up The Quiet [ Verve Records / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Diana Krall's new album celebrates a return to jazz and the Great American Songbook and reunites her with Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Hauser Deluxe [CD + DVD 'Alone, Together - From Croatia'] Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 2 CD/DVD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Hauser, the dynamic young cellist who rocketed to fame as half of the genre-busting worldwide musical sensation 2Cellos, re-releases his first solo album, now with a DVD. |
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J. S. BACH
Hilary Hahn plays Bach Hilary Hahn (violin) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "This is quite simply magnificent violin-playing, the sort that while you're listening to it convinces you that the music couldn't possibly be played any other way" Gramophone Recording Of The Month November 2018 |
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AULETTA / LEO / PERGOLESI / PORPORA / SCARLATTI / VINCI
Arie Napoletane Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) / Il Pomo D'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Decca / CD - released 27/Jan/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - December 2015 |
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Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
A Star Is Born: Motion Picture Soundtrack [ Universal Music / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] The official motion picture soundtrack to A Star Is Born features new music from six-time Grammy Award-winner Lady Gaga and director Bradley Cooper. Featuring 19 songs in a wide range of musical styles, and 15 dialogue tracks featuring those moments... |
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Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 24/Apr/2015 ] Marlon Williams was set on a musical path early by his parents. "My dad's definitely taught me a lot about music in all it's various forms; so has Mum. I sang a lot as a kid on the... |
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Neil & Liam Finn
Lightsleeper [ CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Neil Finn - he of Crowded House fame and the newest member of Fleetwood Mac - needs no introduction. After Liam Finn moved to London with his band Betchadupa, they split and he began a solo career, attracting worldwide acclaim with the I'll Be... |
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VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/May/2014 ] "I anticipated hating this postmodern reworking of The Four Seasons by the film composer Max Richter. But it is so wittily done that I was gripped, if not quite enchanted." (The Times) |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / etc Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a brand new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto - arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello. |
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FAURE / BEETHOVEN / GLUCK / RUTTER / MOZART / RAVEL / etc
50 X Relaxing Classics Various performers from the vast Decca catalogue [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] From Faure's beautiful Pavane to Elgar's "Enigma" variations here is a beautiful selection of favourite classics to wind down after a hectic day. |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas Vol 2 Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "More than a decade on from his impressive debut on the BIS label - and indeed in our pages - with music by Scarlatti, Yevgeny Sudbin returns to the composer with a truly triumphant recital." Recording of the Month Gramophone April 2016 |
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J. S. BACH
Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites (2017 recording) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] "I don't think he has ever made a greater recording and his personal booklet notes help provide a conceptual setting for his playing." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2018 |