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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos.1 & 2 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, with John Stenhouse (saxophone) and Christine Messiter (flute) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] "Vivacity and elegance are present in full measure, and one can only admire a violin section that can play the finale up to speed without hazard or apparent strain. Indeed, tempos are finely judged throughout." (Gramophone) |
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WALTON
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / A Wartime Sketchbook / 'Escape Me Never' Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -War time music of William Walton |
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VERACINI
Overtures And Concertos, Vol. 1 Accademia I Filarmonici/Martin [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "Here one finds an historically informed and wholly satisfying approach that has spring in its step in the exuberant allegros and beguiling grace and tenderness in the slow movements. Again, Naxos has mounted a formidable challenge to the full-price |
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BONONCINI
la Nemica d'Amore Fatta Amante Adriana Fernandez (sop) Martin Oro (countertenor) Furio Zanasi (baritone) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Zig zag Territories / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] The enemy of love being falling in love - a serenata |
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GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Bononcini: La nemica d'amore fatta amante Adriana Fernández; Martin Oro; Furio Zanasi; Ensemble 415; Chiara Banchini [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Ensemble 415 and Chiara Banchini revive the serenata a tre La nemica d'amore fatta amante by Giovanni Bononcini, a prodigious composer who was Handel's 'rival' in London and just as prolific as Alessandro Scarlatti in producing cantatas in the early... |
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Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Tomo Keller (violin), Richard Harwood (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
A Child's Dream [ Signum / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] This album traces pianist Alexandra Dariescu's journey through discovery, memory and celebration, uniting masterworks with neglected gems and world premieres. Mozart's radiant Rondo in D major, K382, opens the programme, paired with Emmy Schäfer... |
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Zelinka, Wilfried / Mairinger, Martin ao.
Askin, Ali N. - Eisenhans! [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Giselle (complete ballet recorded at Covent Garden in 2006) Royal Ballet / Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez, Martin Harvey / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G : - "The Royal Ballet's recent triumphs continue with this exquisite Giselle. Beguiling actress-dancer Alina Cojocaru embraces both Act I's sweet rural girl and the tragic ghost of Act II." BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 **** |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Das Himmelskleid ('The Garment of Heaven') (complete opera) Angelina Ruzzafante, Anna-Maria Dur, Sibrand Basa, Reinhard Leisenheimer, Peer-Martin Sturm / Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Gerhard Mar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is best known for his comic operas. With this reputation established, the appearance of Das Himmelskleid in 1927, with its 'symbolical twilight world… that rises musically to religious greatness and a world of dreams' was a... |
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W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos (flute, bassoon, clarinet) Alison Mitchell (flute) Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/May/2006 ] Formed in 1974 with a commitment to serve the Scottish community, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland's major cultural ambassadors, touring regularly in the Far East, Europe and the USA. |
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GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) Amsterdam Muziekther / Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, etc. / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Oct/2005 ] G :- "A superb DVD that now becomes my top recommendation for this opera on DVD. The production is top-notch, and the orchestral contribution the strongest I have yet to hear" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
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von WOLKENSTEIN / DOWLAND / HANDEL / BACH / etc
The Art of Folksong / Baroque Cantatas [2 CD set] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin, Julian Behr (lute) / Accademia Bizantina / Collegium Vocale [ Harmonia Mundi Initiales / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Whether Scholl's voice at all resembles that of the great original [Senesino] we cannot know, but it is wonderfully pure and moves with marvellous flexibility. He has the art of making recitative sound spontaneous and of catching the rhythmic... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Essential Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (Counter-tenor) with Andreas Martin (lute) / Ensemble 415 / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concert in A, K.622 / Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields (conducted by Sir Neville Marriner) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] |
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VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |
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HANDEL
ConcertI Grossi Op. 6 Arte Dei Suonatori / Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute." BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 ***** |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] ""Arte dei Suonatori play [these pieces] with neatness, clarity and buoyant tone. Their fine ensemble spirit is much in evidence and the music's good-hearted energy draws (great) interpretative vim from Martin Gester" Gramophone |
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PAUL TORTELIER
Paul Tortelier - Hommage to (Double Concerto, Suite in D minor & Offrande) Arto Noras, Maud Martin Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, BBC Ph. Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Historical / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] Paul Tortelier and his family all feature on this unique disc, masterminded by his violinist and conductor son Yan Pascal, released on the tenth anniversary of the death of Paul Tortelier. |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4-Music for 2 Pianos Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] "If you know orchestral Bax you will have the measure of these scores. They are just as colourful and seductive and come across with so much life and sparkle that even the anti-Bax brigade must succumb to their manifold charms. Of course the success... |