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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Complete Organ Works Marie-Claire Alain (at the organs of the Martinikerk, Groningen; Grote Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar; Freiberger Dom; St Georgenkirche, Rötha; Église Sain [ Erato / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] New Remastering in 24-BIT / 96KHZ from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy (2018) |
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HAYDN / TCHAIKOVSKY / AZARASHVILI / GINASTERA / COREA
Cello Fiesta! Marie Elizabeth Hecker (cello) Giorgi Kharadze (cello) / Kremerata Baltica [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Excellent performances throughout with crystal clear, demonstration sound." Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 |
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GRIEG / SCHUMANN
Cello Works Marie Hallynck (cello) Cadric Tiberghien (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2002 ] Marie plays an instrument built in 1717. |
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Marie Hallynck; Sophie Hallynck
Confidentes [ Cypres Records / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] 2021/22, a cultural season unlike any other, brings the 30th anniversary of Cypres. Musical renewal and reinvention is of the essence for any record label in today's environment. An enterprising spirit; a constant quest for newly composed works; firm... |
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Marie Haslemore
Kotahi Te Miriona [ Ode Records / CD - released 6/Nov/2008 ] With candour, devotion and fabulous harmonies, qualities of a true perfomer, NZ Maori woman, Marie delights throughout these songs. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Songs (Incls 'Ruhe, meine Seele' & 'All mein Gedanken') Marie McLaughlin (soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] "This is a thoroughly enjoyable recital, which has given me great pleasure. I hope others will enjoy it as much" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
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TRADITIONAL
Marie McLaughlin - Songs of Scotland Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Isobel Frayling-Cork (clarsach) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "McLaughlin sings with passionate intensity, and her voice has all the colors of the rainbow for these widely varying songs … An album to treasure'" Fanfare |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì!: Rossini Opera Arias & Duets Marie Nicole-Lemieux (contralto) / Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola, with Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "The Quebecois singer recalls the great Marilyn Horne in this repertoire, though her voice is more feminine in timbre, her persona perhaps more coquettish for Rosina's and Isabella's arias...The rarities are treats." Sunday Times |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Marie Oppert - Enchantée Marie Oppert (soprano) / Orchestre National De Lille, Nicholas Skilbeck, with Natalie Dessay & Melissa Errico [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] In her debut album on Warner Classics, Enchantée, Marie Oppert embraces both the classics of Broadway repertoire and treasured songs of French origin, in order to represent her own musical upbringing and passion. The program explores the idea of this... |
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DEBUSSY / OFFENBACH / HERVE / POULENC / COSMA
"Une jeunesse française" : mélodies & airs d'opérette Marie Perbost (soprano) & Josephine Ambroselli (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] "The debut recording from this young French soprano is full of colourful, often humorous songs. Despite occasional stumbles from slight over-enunciation, this is a fun, theatrical listen" BBC Music |
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ANDRE CAMPRA
Campra: Messe de Requiem (with works by Rameau & de Mondonville) Marie Perbost, Emmanuelle Ifrah (sops), Samuel Boden (countertenor), Zachary Wilder (ten), Victor Sicard (bar) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Emmanuelle Haïm, a Baroque expert "with an instinct for the crucial balance between energy and eloquence" (New York Times), directs the orchestra and singers of her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée in choral works by three French composers of the 18th... |
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DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Works Marie-Clair Alain (organ) [ Warner Classics Apex / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] "this tightly-packed Buxtehudefest celebrates Alain's magisterial crisply-articulated purposefulness and the peerless Schnitger organ of Gronigen's Martinikerk" BBC Music |
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J. S. BACH
Organ Masterpieces on historic instruments Marie-Claire Alain (organ) [ Erato Warner Maestro / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/1995 ] Marie-Claire Alain (organ) |
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SAINT-SAENS
Symphonies 2 & 3 'organ' Marie-Claire Alain (organ) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georges Pretre [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
History of the Organ boxset - From Latin Origins to the Modern Age Marie-Claire Alain, Louis Robilliard, René Saorgin, Gustav Leonhardt, Xavier Darasse, André Isoir, Bernard Foccroulle & Hans Heintze (organs) [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] This four part series outlines the history of this magnificent instrument, ranging from the beauty of the sound to the wealth of music written for it, and encompassing the craftsmanship involved in building such a complicated structure. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Marie-Claire Alain: L'Orgue Francais Marie-Claire Alain (organ) [ Erato / 22 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2017 ] Known as the 'First Lady of the organ', Marie-Claire Alain was a strikingly mature, creative and intuitive artist. Spanning four centuries of music, from Baroque masterpieces by the likes of Couperin and Grigny, through cornerstones of the French... |
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EMILIO de CAVALIERI
Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo Marie-Claude Chappuis, Johannes Weisser, Gyula Orendt, Mark Milhofer / Staatsopernchor, Concerto vocale, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "Typically Jacobs make the orchestral realisation of the score sumptuous within its turn-of-the-17th-century constraints; no one could mistake this for anything but a grandly ceremonial piece." (Guardian) |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & Trio No. 2 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Antje Weithaas, Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Following a first recording on Alpha devoted to Brahms which garnered much praise - 'real duo playing' said Gramophone, while Classica discerned 'shared music making . . . a world full of nuances and subtlety, boundless sonic imagination... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE / PROKOFIEV / RACHMANINOV / STRAVINSKY / WEINBERG
From Eastern Europe - Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] The Hecker/Helmchen duo is renowned for the high standard of their performances, which is reflected in their recordings. The German cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker caused a sensation by winning both the First Prize and two Special Prizes at the eighth... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands" BBC Music |