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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Giuseppe Freya Apfelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Philipp Polhardt, Niklas Mallmann, Matthias Hoffmann, Fang Zhi, Micha Matthäus, Konstantin Igl, Simon Mayr [ Naxos / CD - due 26/Jun/2026 ] Giuseppe was composed by Mayr in 1829 for graduation concerts at the academy of music in Bergamo over which he presided. His inspiration was a Biblical opera that had won great popularity, Méhul's Joseph, which had premiered in Paris in 1807,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Byrd and the Bird Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Sheng-Fang Chiu (recorder) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 24/Apr/2026 ] Giovanni Antonini and Shen-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This album is named after a piece composed by Giovanni Sollima in 2024: it pays tribute to William Byrd and combines the tenor... |
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Messa di Gloria Dorota Szczepánska, Anna Feith, Freya Apffelstaedt, Maia Grazia Insam, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Thomas Stimmel, Elia Merguet, Simon Mayr Chorus [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Mayr's Masses were in demand across Europe, and their composition is rooted in the Italian tradition of the messa concertata which demands division into separate vocal numbers. The Mass in E minor has long been recognised as an outstanding example of... |
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Lo'Jo
Cosmophono [ Iris Light Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] After almost two decades of mind-boggling musical adventures and gritty survival against numerous odds Lo'Jo have honed their sound down to something incomparable either in France or the rest of the world. |
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Messa solenne in D minor Anna Feith, Bogna Bernagiewicz, Freya Apffelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Niklas Mallmann / Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Simon Mayr's music stands on the cusp between the Classical and Romantic eras. The expressive lyrical qualities in his religious music reflects a career in which he composed nearly 70 operas. |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 13 Chu-Fang Huang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] .On Volume 13 in Naxos's highly praised and popular series, the young Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang, who in 2005 won First Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition and was a finalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Stradella: Amare e fingere Ensemble Mare Nostrum; Andrea De Carlo; José Maria Lo Monaco; Paola Valentina Molinari; Silvia Frigato; Mauro Borgioni; Luca Cervoni; Chiara Brunello [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] The discovery of the inventory of an extraordinary collection of music from the late seventeenth century has made it possible to track down a previously unknown work by Stradella: Amare e fingere (Loving and feigning), composed in Rome, but performed... |
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GEORGE TSONTAKIS
Tsontakis: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable Eric Berlin, Luosha Fang, Eunice Kim, David Krakauer / Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "These recent concertos demonstrate Tsontakis's remarkable ability to absorb and transform sources as disparate as klezmer and popular song. Conductor Miller is one of the composer's most ardent champion" Gramophone |
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The Hi-Lo's
A Musical Thrill [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Born out of members from the Billy May Band the Hi-Lo's already had their footing as a great vocal group... |
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Ismael Lo
Best of [ Capitol / CD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] |