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Bailey/Pratt
Brahms: Works For Cello & Pian [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] |
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Bajofondo
Presente [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
Baluji Shrivastav
Classical Indian Ragas [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Five beautiful ragas played on sitar, surbahar (bass sitar) and dilruba (Indian fiddle) and combinations of the three instruments, played by Indian multi-instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav, masterly accompanied on tabla by Sanju Sahai. A beautiful,... |
Baluji Shrivastav
Classical Indian Sitar & Surbahar Ragas [ Arc / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Baluji Shrivastav is an artist and multi-instrumentalist of world renown and has played innumerable concerts all over the world. Here he presents six sitar ragas and four surbahar ragas, accopanied on tabla by Ismail Sheikh and Sarvar Sabri. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Claus Peter Flor conducts Mendelssohn Lucia Popp (sop) Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo) Josef Protschka (tenor) Sergei Edelmann (piano) Kyoko Takezawa (violin) / Bamberg Symphony, Claus Peter Flor [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2017 ] "Claus Peter Flor's Mendelssohn enjoys the classical virtues of good taste, fine attention to detail, and a real sense of style...these are perfectly respectable and entertaining performances, well recorded. You won't be disappointed." (ClassicsToday) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Barbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] A superbly played account by one of the world's great orchestras. ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
J.S. BACH
Sacred Works: Masses BWV 232-236 / Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Soloists / Collegium Vocale, Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Virgin Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "the four Lutheran Masses have been absurdly undervalued because they were largely revamped from earlier cantatas. But who could resist the singing of Gerard Lesne, the invigorating Kyrie of the F major Mass, the G major's tenor aria with oboe... |
Barbra Streisand
Classical Barbra [ Columbia Records / CD ] American import. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Works For Solo Piano Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jan/2018 ] "..his tone is a deep velvet cushion, the legatos full of affection and the rhythms galvanised with great energy." BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Story of American Classical Music Barrymore Scherer, author with Various Artists [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] Includes music by MacDowell, Foote, Chadwick, Beach, Ives, Sousa, Joplin, Gershwin, Copland, Schuman, Barber, Cage, Bernstein, Carter, Glass, Adams and many others. |
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Bart Coen
The London Flute [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] |
WIDERKEHR
The Duosonatas Bart Schneemann (classical oboe) Paolo Giacometti (pianoforte) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "Bart Schneemann plays them with exceptional fluency and neat phrasing, Paolo Giacometti is an accomplished if occasionally mannered partner. The recording is excellent." BBC Music Magazine |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Bart van Oort, Viviana Sofronitski, Petra Somlai, Wolfgang Brunner, Alexei Lubimov, Tuija Hakkila, Zvi Meniker, Ursula Dütschler, Piet Kuijken (period [ Brilliant Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the foremost keyboard performers and composers of his age. |
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Basel Co/Antonini
Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 4 [ Sony Classical / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2008 ] |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2013) Bayerischen Staatsoper / Johan Botha, Michaela Schuster, Wolfgang Koch, Stephen Millings / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Aug/2013 ] "The singing cast are very fine and, like his players, seem to have studied with their conductor in Goodall-like detail. Both Grail scenes are fully staged, rather than just stood and sung and are almost unbearably moving" (Gramophone) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Decca & Westminster Bruckner Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker [No 8], Hans Knappertsbusch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "The consensus as I understand it among those convinced of Kna's wizardry in this music is that we just have to let go of any regrets and enjoy what we have...I am soon under his spell and swept along by his mastery." MusicWeb |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008) Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus & Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (Conductor) / Tankred Dorst (Director) [ Opus Arte / 14 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/2009 ] "The live recordings capture the grandeur and theatrical flair of Thielemann's approach very vividly. He's especially good in the big set pieces in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung." (The Guardian) |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: The Symphonies / Helios Overture / Saga-Drom / Pan and Syrinx BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska [ BIS / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Collectors who have not yet sampled Osmo Vänskä in Nielsen should hasten to make good that omission by investing in this excellent set." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb June 2011) |
BOULEZ
Rituel in Memoriam Maderna, Eclat/Multiples BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] 1001 Classical Recordings to hear before you die (1951-2007) - 'This disc, part of the fine Sony PIERRE BOULEZ series, can be recommended without reservation - it makes a great bargain-price introduction to Boulez, and it is an essential addition... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Last Night of the Proms 2000 Hilary Hahn (violin) Jane Eaglen (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 11/Apr/2002 ] G :- "The Last Night of the Proms" is one of the most famous musical events in the world, watched and listened to by millions. It celebrates British tradition and encapsulates the unique spirit of the BBC Proms, by featuring leading international... |
