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JOSEF HAYDN / W. A. MOZART
Haydn, Mozart: Live In Concert Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ ABC Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "This album covers the gamut of expressive musical possibilities - from extreme anguish and despair to heart-aching simplicity, from intellectual rigour and pure consonance to shattering dissonance. It is everything." - Richard Tognetti Hot on the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Complete Opera recorded in 1989) Bayreuther Festspiele / Richard Versalle, Cheryl Studer, Rutland Engert-Ely, Hans Sotin / Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "Thundering applause", wrote the prestigious "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", and Rome's "La Republica" noted the "triumphal success and storm of applause" that greeted Giuseppe Sinopoli and the ensemble at Tannhäuser's 1989 Bayreuth Festival... |
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GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Arapatiki Ben Hoadley (bassoon) Stephen de Pledge (piano) with Richard Nunns, Aroha Yates-Smith, Janet Roddick & others [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Smaller-scale Whitehead, all pieces based on a single artistic theme - and featuring solo bassoonist Ben Hoadley. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy; Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "He shapes and phrases the music with a keen eye (or ear) on its dialogic potential, driving forwards energetically without bullying or indulging in display for its own sake." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
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GEORGES BIZET / GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony in C / Faure: Pavane (with works by Ibert & Ravel) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1989 ] Original recording from the Henry Wood Hall, February 1988 |
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Cliff Richard
Cliff With Strings: My Kinda Life [ Rhino / Warner / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Cliff Richard has marked his incredible 65th year in the music industry by compiling and curating an album of his biggest hits and favourite tracks reworked with the orchestral arrangements by Chris Walden. 'Cliff with Strings - My Kinda Life' is a... |
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Cliff Richard
Cliff With Strings - My Kinda Life (Limited LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Cliff Richard has marked his incredible 65th year in the music industry by compiling and curating an album of his biggest hits and favourite tracks reworked with the orchestral arrangements by Chris Walden. 'Cliff with Strings - My Kinda Life' is a... |
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Cliff Richard
The Fabulous Rock'n'roll Songbook [ CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] |
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Cliff Richard
Rise Up [ Parlophone / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] 'Rise Up' is the first album of new material from Cliff Richard in 14 years. Following a traumatic and draining period in his life Cliff Richard returns, in the best way he knows how, with an album of his first new material in 14 years. Backed by... |
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DAVE LISIK
Ancient Astronaut Theory Dave Lisik (Electronics) Richard Nunns (Taonga Puoro) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Ancient Astronaut Theory is a new work by David Lisik, composed in seven movements for taonga pūoro, and featuring Richard Nunns. Combining loops and re-contextualised phrases with layered overdubs and electronic manipulation, Dave has concocted the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Deborah Voigt - Obsessions Deborah Voigt (soprano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong, with Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo) [ EMI classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1994 ] "this is a must for admirers of Voigt and quite something in its own right." ClassicsToday |
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ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 4 (Nos. 10, 11 & 'Life' Quintet) Dominion String Quartet with Richard Mapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations. No. 10... |
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CASTELLANOS / DURON / TORRES etc
Music From The Guatemalan City Cathedral Archive El Mundo, Richard Savino [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Spanish colonies in Central and South America emerged as wellsprings of cultural activity throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The meeting of indigenous populations with Latin American cathedrals and courtly life resulted in styles bearing the... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
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STRAUSS / MASSENET / BIZET / BALFE / BELLINI / VERDI / etc
My Hero Greta Bradman (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australia / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] 'True old-fashioned bel canto sound - the sort we only dream about today' announced Richard Bonynge, internationally recognized as one of the greatest of opera conductors and connoisseurs of the voice, speaking of Greta Bradman. Bonynge chose Greta... |
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Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns
Te Ku Te Whe [ Rattle Records / CD - released 9/Apr/1994 ] This passionate and spiritual album is the definitive recording of pre-European Maori instrumental music. 'Te Ku Te Whe' has a rich and sensual musicality, which spans both its traditional ethnic source and the modern context of the performers. |
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Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns / Remixed by Various New Zealand Artists
Te Whaiao - Te Ku Te Whe - Remixed [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] The 'Te Ku Te Whe' album was released in 1998 and is the definitive recording of pre-European Maori instrumental music. Now these NZ producers have taken the music a step further by remixing it for the 21st century! |
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LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Gottschalk: Orchestral Works (Complete) Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "As good an introduction to Gottschalk's œuvre as any." (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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JANET JENNINGS
Jennings: Voices Of Men James Harrison, James Ioelu, Will King, Katherine Austin, Richard Liu, Sarah Watkins, James Jin, Bill Stoneham [ Atoll / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Including 'Songs of War' and 'Songs of Exile', Voices of Men features leading male vocalists, accompanied by renowned musicians, singing the words of some of New Zealand's most well-known male poets. Brian Turner's words in 'Taking Off', reflect on... |
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HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains (Complete Operetta) Janis Kelly, Christopher Maltman, Michael George, Richard Suart / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "piloted with style and affection by ronald Corp, Hyperion's light music guru. Wicked!" (BBC Music) |