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AUBER / DONIZETTI
Fra Diavolo / La figlia del reggimento (abridged recordings of the Italian versions of these operas) Giuseppe Campora / Ugo Benelli / Anne Maccianti / Orchestra Filarmonica e Coro del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Trieste / Arturo Basile [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "What matters is the high spirits of singers and players" - Penguin Guide |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in English in 1971) Janet Baker / Robert Ferguson / Anne Collins / Katherine Pring / Clifford Grant / Sadler's Wells Chorus and Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Richly enjoyable...Baker catches the langour and the selfish ambition of this unpleasant character with subtly varied tone...And the diction! Put down the libretto, listen, and weep for what was." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Historic |
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TRISTAN e ISEULT
Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Music and Poetry Anne Azema, Henri Ledroit, Andrea von Ramm / The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen [ Warner Music / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] The oldest versions of 'Tristan' from the Celtic lands of Western Europe were recited by bards and minstrels, and to a greater extent, were never written down. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) (Complete opera) Marijana Mijanovic, Magdalena Kozena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Charlotte Hellekant, Bejun Mehta / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Archiv / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Handel's dramatic masterpiece in a recording to challenge the very best" (Gramophone) |
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50 BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS
50 Best Romantic Classics: Includes Offenbach 'Barcarolle', Debussy 'Clair de lune' & Dvorak 'Song to the Moon' Martha Argerich, Julian Bream, Herbert von Karajan, Moura Lympany, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ EMI Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] All the greatest romantic classics performed by the world's greatest soloists, instrumentalists and orchestras. |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins) / English Chamber orchestra, Salvatore Accardo [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/1984 ] Recorded in 1983 |
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MARI TAKANO
LigAlien: Works by Mari Takano Nathan Nabb (soprano saxophone) / Winston Choi (piano) / Kioko Yasuda (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Anne Manson (dir) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] BIS present a disc of works by the Japanese composer Mari Takano, composed between 2003 and 2009. The four duos and trios that share the title LigAlien are all results of the idea of what would it be like to implant 'alien' music into one of... |
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Nils Frahm & Anne Muller
7 Fingers [ Erased Tapes / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] |
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Nils Frahm & Anne Muller
7 Fingers [ Erased Tapes / LP - released 14/Mar/2011 ] |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C Minor KV427 Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied, Paul Agnew, Frederic Caton / Accentus / La Chambre Philharmonique / Emmanuel Krivine [ Naive / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Krivine offers a hard-edged reading, almost Bach-like in both its devotional austerity and its emphasis on the score's complex counterpoint...the choral singing and playing are admirably clear" (The... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah... The 250th Anniversary Performance recorded in 1992 Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jerry Hadley, Michael Chance and Robert Lloyd / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Philips / DVD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] G :- This famous 1992 performance of Handel's great masterpiece was filmed at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on the 250th anniversary of the work's premiere, which took place in Dublin on 13 April 1742. |
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MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Ruckert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder Thomas Quasthoff, Violeta Urmana, Anne Sofie von Otter. Wiener Philharmoniker. Pierre Boulez [ DG Boulez 2005 / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] Anne Sofie von Otter sings the Kindertotenlieder, Violeta Urmana will be heard in the Rückert Lieder and Thomas Quasthoff in the early Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Opera Arias Cynthia Sieden, Charlotte Margiono, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rodney Gilfry, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley / English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardin [ Archiv Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] "Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite." Penguin Guide |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 / Ave verum corpus, K618 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 / etc Sara Macliver (sop) Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo) Paul McMahon (ten) Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar) / Orchestra of the Antipodes & Cantillation [ ABC Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] ABC presents a period-instrument performance with a stellar line-up of Australian soloists; Sara Macliver, Paul McMahon, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Sally-Anne Russell. The conductor Antony Walker is Pittsburgh Opera's Musical Director. |
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SCHUMANN
Schumann Gold [2 CDs special price] Various Artists including John Elliot gardiner, Hagen Quartet, Fritz Wunderlich, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Horowitz & Anne Sofie von Otter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] Schumann's music embodies the Romantic spirit in all its passion, fantasy and sense of longing. This specially priced 2 CD set, celebrating his 200th birthday, is an essential collection of favourites. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Frauenliebe Und Leben / Funf Lieder Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] |
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Anne-Marie
Therapy [ EWUK / Warner / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Anne-Marie's second studio album, Therapy, is the official follow-up to her multi-platinum debut, 2018's Speak Your Mind [the UK's biggest-selling debut release of that year]. An artist whose everywoman candour and knock-you-down vocal range has... |
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Betty Carter
The Modern Sound Of Betty Carter (Verve By Request Series LP) [ Verve Us / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] This 1960 album's inventive Richard Weiss arrangements combine with Carter's uniquely masterful - and modern - vocals for fresh takes on standards. Highlights include a lively run through "What A Little Moonlight Can Do", inspired scatting on "On The... |
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Betty Who
Betty (LP) [ Inertia / LP - released 3/May/2019 ] Casting a striking presence as a performer, emanating confidence as a writer, and inspiring as an independent force, Australia-born and Los Angeles-based pop star Betty Who has quietly elevated herself to a worldwide phenomenon on her own... |