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VERDI / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / HANDEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Dmitry Hvorostovsky: Portrait Dmitry Hvorostovsky (baritone) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Portrait of the Artist / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the leading representatives of a generation of Russian singers who, unlike their immediate predecessors, have been able to establish themselves as international stars. |
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CASSADO / GRANADOS / CASALS / CASABLANCAS
Catalan Cello Works Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) Laia Martín (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] The cello was a vital part of Catalan musical expression in the first half of the 20th century. Pablo Casals as composer and cello virtuoso was its revolutionary force, and his student Gaspar Cassadó joined him in writing superb transcriptions. |
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Dominick Martin
Shine A Light [ CD - released 17/Nov/2009 ] |
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Doron David Sherwin; Julien Martin; Josh Cheatham; Skip Sempé
Antico - Moderno [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
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GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
Stolzel: Cantatas for Pentecost, 1737 / Cantata for Quasimodogeniti Sunday, 1732 Dorothee Mields (soprano) Martin Woelfel (alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Telemanisches Collegium Michaelstein / Rudger Ramy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Program notes are superb, and as usual, CPO have given us sonics that are above reproach. Recommended without a moment's hesitation." - MusicWeb June 2004 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio (with Mendelssohn - "Vom Himmel Hoch") Dresdner Philharmonie / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Martin Flamig [ Capriccio / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] Saint-Saëns's Christmas Oratorio (or Oratorio de Noël) was written in 1858 when he was just 23. This piece was originally scored for five Vocal Soloists, Chorus, Harp, String Quartet and Organ. |
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WALTER BRAUNFELS
Die Vogel [The Birds] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Désirée Rancatore / Brandon Jovanovich / James Johnson / Martin Gantner / Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Conlon [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Walter Braunfel's Die Vögel is that very rare thing - a neglected work which really is worth reviving...The staging is colourful, with plenty of well-coordinated movement, and James Conlon conducts his Los Angeles forces persuasively, as well as... |
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EDGARD VARESE
Kontinent Varese Grubinger, Martin / Katzameier, Otto / Ensemble Modern Orchestra ao. [ Col Legno / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] Edgar Varèse is regarded as one of the pioneers of New Music, and with good reason. His piece "Ionisation" was the first-ever composition written exclusively for percussion ensemble to be performed in a traditional concert hall setting; and he... |
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Kraus, Jos
Symphonien, Violinkonzert Edith Peinemann; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Martin Sieghart [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Jan/1992 ] |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem (with Mozart-Ave verum corpus, K618, etc) Elin Manahan Thomas, Roderick Williams, Ruth Massey, Mark Dobell / The Sixteen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Harry Christophers [ Coro Live / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] The result of a brand new collaboration between two of the finest modern day exponents of classical music, this exquisite disc brings fresh life to Fauré's peerless Requiem and injects imaginative invention and poetic phrasing into two of Mozart's... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / LALO
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole: Ellinor D'Melon (violin), RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Born to Cuban and Jamaican parents, Ellinor D'Melon started to learn the violin aged just two. Today at only twenty, 'she is one of those rare players who gives the impression that her command - both technical and musical is total ' (The Irish... |
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WOLF-FERRARI
La Vedova Scaltra (complete opera recorded in 2007) Emanuele D'Aguanno / Anne-Lise Sollied / Maurizio Muraro / Fenice Theatre Orchestra & Chorus / Karl Martin [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 (Includes '49th Parallel' & 'the England of Elizabeth') Emily Gray (soprano) Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) Chetham's Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] Premiere recording of the extended suites of 49th Parallel and The England of Elizabeth, and the premiere recording of the complete version of The Dim Little Island. |
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Ernst Kren
Horizont umkreist op. 196; Violinkonzert No. 2 op. 140; Orgelkonzert No. 2 op. 235 Ernst Kovacic, Martin Haselböck, RSO Wien, Ulf Schirmer, Lothar Zagrosek [ ORFEO / CD - released 6/Sep/2000 ] |
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HASSE / PEROTTI / VIVALDI / TORELLI
A Venetian Christmas Ewa GoliĆska, Komalé Akakpo, Ruby Hughes / Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "Some tenuous theming here, but who cares when the music-making - tart and spicy on period-instruments - is so appealing?" (BBC Music Christmas 2014) |
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MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) Fernando Guimarães, Jennifer Rivera, Aaron Sheehan, Leah Wool, Owen McIntosh / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jul/2012 ] "The strength of this issue is in its strong, youthful cast. The Penelope of Jennifer Rivera almost shakes my allegiance to Jacobs's Bernarda Fink, with a limpid low mezzo of comparable beauty and expressive power, while Fernando Guimaraes's Ulysses |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas: Nos 1 -4 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "These recordings are conversations by a perfect instrumental pairing." BBC Music |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 (Sonatas 8-10) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] The final volume from the acclaimed team of Zimmermann and Helmchen |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 [Nos 5 - 7] Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] " Anyone who loves these works will surely come away from this recording feeling entertained, stirred and thoroughly refreshed." Gramophone |