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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 / Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2003 ] "It also demands a performance which combines virtuosity with excitement, sensuous ardour with subtlety of feeling and above all is seemingly spontaneous. Mackerras meets all these requirements admirably in a reading of great power and romantic... |
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ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
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ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 & 6 others Carolyn Sampson (sop) Charles Brett (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (b) / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "The soloists are outstanding, with Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore in especially communicative form… Outstanding work; Herreweghe's occasional oratorios are beginning to achieve some kind of critical mass, a very fine series of Bach recordings... |
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Charles Trenet
Douce France / Je Chante [ Le Chant du Monde / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] |
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MILTON BABBITT
Babbitt: Soli e Duettini Charles Abramovi (Piano), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Marshall Taylor (Alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] One prepossessing characteristic of Milton Babbitt's music is that its lines jump around a lot. However intrinsically appealing, this gains something from the fact that they also do not. The jumps sample streams of slower activity, communicate... |
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Charles Aznavour
Il Faut Savoir / Je M'Voyais Deja (LP) [ VINYL PASSION / LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
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Charles Aznavour
The Legend Sings In English (LP) [ VINYL PASSION / LP - released 1/Jan/2018 ] A keystone in the modern chanson genre, French cabaret singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour entertained the world for close to 75 years. In the early '50s, he often opened for Edith Piaf, and composed several songs for her, thus beginning a solid... |
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Charles Bradley
No Time for Dreaming (LP) [ Shock Records / Daptone Records LP / LP - released 2/May/2011 ] The debut album, on Daptone Records imprint Dunham, from the dynamic soul singer. This album has been long anticipated by Daptone fans!! Charles Bradley's voice has evolved from a lifetime of paying dues, having nomadically laboured for decades at... |
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Charles Bradley
Victim Of Love (LP) [ Shock Records / Daptone Records LP / LP - released 19/Apr/2013 ] A lot has happened in the life of soul singer Charles Bradley since his stellar debut, No Time for Dreaming, was issued in 2011. He has not only received attention, but the album sold well, and he's toured extensively. His compelling story is also... |
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Charles Broqn
Drifting Blues (LP) [ Waxtime / LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] This WaxTime LP release includes Charles Brown's underrated album, "Drifting Blues". This lost gem was originally issued as a 12" long play in 1957 by the Aladdin subsidiary Blabel Score, and has been long unavailable on vinyl. It contains... |
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Charles Brown
One More for the Road [ Alligator Records / CD ] The comeback album for the king of suave, mellow after-hours blues piano and vocals, with a touch of swinging jazz. Charles was an R&B superstar in the 40's & 50's and in the 90's toured with Bonnie Raitt,and cut 6 new albums, none better than this... |
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Charles Brown
The Cool Cool Blues of ... - All Time Classic Hits & R&B Chart Hits 1945 - 1961 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] There are many blues stars but only some of them are legends and Charles Brown falls firmly into the legend category. 50 fantastic tracks across 2CDs featuring fifteen of his billboard R&B chart hits between 1945-1961, including: 'So Long'... |
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Charles Brown
Drifting And Dreaming [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Charles Bukowski
Reads His Poetry [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Charles Craig
Puccini:arias + Favourite B [ Testament / CD ] |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 [First version Leipzig 1727] Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves, Sally Bruce-Payne, Nancy Cole, Matthew Brook / Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2015 ] "Nancy Cole, a very promising young singer...a musical and coherent performance...some fine singing by many of the singers and lovely playing especially by the strings." (Early Music Review) |
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J. S. BACH
St John Passion Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe, Stephan Loges / Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] Bach's 'Passions' have been said to employ the word with more than one meaning - as well as telling the story of Christ's sacrifice, they are simultaneously a celebration of human feeling in the joy and suffering of man's pilgrimage on earth. The... |
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Charles Douglas
Lives of Charles Douglas [ Broken Horse / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
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Charles Earland
Black Talk! / Black Drops [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |