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Yussef Dayes
Black Classical Music (LP) [ Brownswood / 2 LP - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Dayes introduces Black Classical Music in his own words: "What is jazz? Where did the word derive from? Birthed in New Orleans, born in the belly of the Mississippi River, rooted in the gumbo pot of the Caribbean, South American culture & African... |
EVE DE CASTRO-ROBINSON
Eve de Castro-Robinson: I Stayed A Minute Dean Sky-Lucas [ Rattle Records / CD - released 30/Dec/2015 ] I stayed a minute was conceived by composer Eve de Castro-Robinson as a limited edition vinyl release in tandem with Auckland photographer, Harvey Benge. |
GRANADOS / RODRIGO / OBRADORS / MONTSALVATGE
Canciones espanolas Deborah Wai Kapohe (soprano) David Harper (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 5/Mar/2002 ] Deborah Wai Kapohe sings a programme of classical Spanish songs |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / C.P.E. BACH / HANDEL / DVORAK / etc
Dennis Brain - Homage Dennis Brain (horn) with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Walter Gieseking, George Malcom, Gerald Moore, Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] This 11CD collection presents all of Brain's Warner recordings as concerto soloist and chamber and ensemble player - including music composed with him in mind - and his most notable contributions to symphonic, choral and operatic works. |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHMITT / SIBELIUS / CHABRIER / BEETHOVEN / SUPPÉ / etc
Paul Paray - The Mercury Masters: Volume 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, with Monique Haas (piano) [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2022 ] This edition of their recordings, remastered from the original sources by Thomas Fine and Wilma Cozart Fine, chronicles the last five years of this partnership (1958-62). This original jackets collection is presented chronologically. |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Erich Wolfgang Korngold regarded Das Wunder der Heliane as his greatest work, but the opera has been neglected since its premiere in 1927. This 2018 production from the Deutsche Oper Berlin features the American soprano Sara Jakubiak as Heliane, and... |
SCOTT JOPLIN
Joplin: The Complete Works For Piano Dick Hyman (piano) [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] In 1975, jazz pianist Dick Hyman made his definitive recording of all the piano works of ragtime legend Scott Joplin (1867 or 1868-1917) for RCA. Joplin's catchy tunes, which also have a certain cunning, had shortly before become better known through... |
MOZART / SCHUMANN / RAVEL / CHOPIN / GERSHWIN
Piano Recital Diedre Irons (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 29/Oct/2002 ] Diedre's first recording for the Trust label |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 / Violin Concerto (Piano transcription) Diedre Irons (piano) / Christchurch Symphony Orchestra / Marc Taddei, Conductor [ Trust / 2 CD - released 25/Dec/2004 ] Completing the cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos, this 2-CD set also includes the rarely heard piano transcription of the Violin Concerto. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Recorded in 1976) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Hermann Prey, Maria Ewing / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Jun/2005 ] "a visual treat, but having some solos delivered as interior monologues is distracting" Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Donald Armstrong (violin) / New Zealand Chamber Orchestra [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] "In a market crowded with versions of these concerti, the NZSO Chamber Orchestra has given us a first-class, vivid, well-recorded reading. The solo passages feature Donald Armstrong obtaining the sweetest, liveliest tones from his 1754 Gagliano... |
BOSSI / BRAHMS / HANDEL / KAIHAU / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol 8 Douglas Mews (The Norman & Beard Organ of Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand) [ Priory / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] This fine Norman and Beard Organ stands untouched in Wellington Town Hall in New Zealand. Douglas Mews, the Town hall organist plays an exciting progamme of little recorded music to suit this fabulous instrument. |
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Duo Tapas (Rupa Maitra, violin & Owen Moriarty, guitar)
Incantation [ Ode Records / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] In early 2010, Rupa Maitra, violin and Owen Moriarty, guitar, formed Duo Tapas, with the aim of performing a wide range of music written for this beautiful combination of instruments as well as exploring and introducing exciting new arrangements of... |
DYLAN LARDELLI
Two Bells Ensemble Klangrauschen featuring Peter Veale [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Music for flutes, piccolo, viola, double bass, piano, oboe and English horn, composed by Dylan Lardelli and performed by Ensemble Klangrauschen and special guest Peter Veale. Elizabeth Farrell (flute, piccolo, alto and bass flute) Marie Yamanaka... |
VARIOUS COMPOSER TRANSCRIPTIONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild Earl Wild (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson at the Carnegie Institute of Technology there, and later with Marguerite Long, Egon Petri, and Helene Barere (the... |
WHITICKER / BANKS / SCULTHORPE / WESLEY-SMITH / etc
Jewel: Australian gems for violin and piano Elizabeth Holowell (violin) Robert Constable (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Jewel- Australian gems for violin and piano - a unique programme of Australian violin music is presented here by top NZ-based Australian musicians. |
PIAZZOLLA / ALBINONI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / RACHMANINOV / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of Eroica Trio Eroica Trio [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2004 ] The Eroica Trio have toured and recorded widely, and released six recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy Award nominations. This is a selection from these recordings. |
TRADITIONAL
Carols from the Old and New Worlds Vol.3 Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Oct/2014 ] On the third volume in harmonia mundi's series Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and Chamber Choir Ireland celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. Framed by the seven 'O' antiphons for... |
FRANZ LISZT / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Evgeny Kissin Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / BMG / Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Few recent prodigies have endured like Evgeny Kissin. His technique is flawless, he articulates both notes and expression with a maturity beyond his years, and his romantic repertoire is some of the best available. |
