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BACH / BERIO / BRAM / ERNST / MESSIAEN / etc
Time Transcending Daniel Dodds (violin) & Tomasz Trzebiatowski (piano) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Violin and Cello Concertos Dong-Suk Kang (Violin) Tim Hugh (Cello) / English Northern Philharmonia / Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] "At any price, this version would be a top contender." BBC Music |
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
MAYR: Mass in E flat major Dorota Szczepaska, Johanna Krödel, Markus Schäfer, Daniel Ochoa; Concerto de Bassus, Simon Mayr Chorus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Mayr's great Mass in E flat major is a late work, largely composed in 1843. It conforms to the prevailing Italian messa concertata tradition with its clear divisions into distinct vocal numbers, as opposed to the symphonic Mass which held sway north... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Sony / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] "she is so winning an artist that almost all the arias made me want to listen to the complete opera from which they come, with her in the relevant role." (BBC Music) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002) Dorothea Roschmann / Werner Gura / Hanno Muller-Brachmann / Katharina Kammerloher / Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] "Outstanding Dorothea Röschmann as Fiordiligi […]" Neue Züricher Zeitung, 2001 |
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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder [The King's Children] (complete opera recorded in 2022) Dutch National Opera / Daniel Behle, Olga Kulchynska, Josef Wagner, Doris Soffel / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Hänsel und Gretel brought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy storybrought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy story KönigskinderKönigskinder ('The King's Children') offers a stark contrast to it and has only begun to be... |
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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder [The King's Children] (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Daniel Behle, Olga Kulchynska, Josef Wagner, Doris Soffel / Marc Albrecht (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Hänsel und Gretel brought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy storybrought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy story KönigskinderKönigskinder ('The King's Children') offers a stark contrast to it and has only begun to be... |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas: Recreation for the Soul Elin Manahan Thomas, Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist / Magdalena Consort, Peter Harvey [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The four voices are fairly matched with each other, less so with their instrumental colleagues, and Harvey leads unfailingly elegant interpretations. At each turn, however, they yield to the textual and expressive detail of The Bach Players." Gramop |
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JOHN BRUNNING
Brunning: Swan Songs Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 9/Nov/2019 ] Composer, musician and broadcaster John Brunning is perhaps best known for his choral work Pie Jesu. The piece was initially recorded by the vocal group 'All Angels', and there has since been around a dozen recordings including an acapella... |
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W. A. MOZART
Missa brevis in D major / Missa brevis in Bb major Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (contralto), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor) & Lawrence White (bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] During his years in Salzburg, Mozart wrote a series of shorter mass settings, for which he drew on the models of his senior colleague Michael Haydn. Regina coeli reveals his supreme skill at writing for the solo voice. The Missa brevis in D, K. 194... |
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VIVALDI / PERGOLESI / BACH
Stabat Mater Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor) / Theatre of Early Music [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A mightily impressive disc with affecting performances throughout." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Music with flute Emmanuel Pahud (flute) with Daniel Barenboim, Daishin Kashimoto, Amihai Grosz, Sophie Dervaux & Silvia Careddu [ Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Warner Classics' final release for Beethoven's 250th anniversary year is a charming programme of chamber music with flute. The four works, all dating from the earlier years of the composer's career, were recorded in June 2020. |
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W. A. MOZART
Symphony Nos. 32, 35 'Haffner', 36 'Linz', 40, 41 English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "These were highly regarded versions when they were first issued, notable for the warmth of the playing in slow movements, with imaginative phrasing from strings and woodwind alike. Tempos are apt and the performances, using a relatively small band... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2001) English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written originally for Kathleen Ferrier, lies at the heart of David McVicar's powerfully stark production for English National Opera as 'an everyday sort of... |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Partita English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD ] "Irrespective of price, this is a version of the much-recorded symphony that competes with the finest ever, and outshines most" - Gramophone |
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MAX REGER / RUDOLF TOBIAS
Choral Works Ene Salumäe (organ) & Siim Selis (piano) / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Stylistically, [Tobias] is a sort of Baltic Bairstow...transcendental without being revolutionary, intimate, not vain, and highly responsive to text and atmosphere. Reger, by contrast, favours more luxuriant textures...the Estonian choristers relish |
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MENDELSSOHN / CYRILLUS KREEK
Psalms Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Reuss draws impassioned and mellifluous performances from his Grammy Award-winning choir of 24 voices. Its beautifully blended, creamy tone (especially in the altos) and clarion-like tenors are underpinned by warm basses." (Gramophone) |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tuur: Awakening (Arkamine) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
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CHOPIN / SCRIABIN / GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / etc
Verbier Festival - Best of 2014 Evgeny Kissin, Sergei Babayan, Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ingela Brimberg (soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), etc / Verbier Festival Orche [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] Evgeny Kissin has recorded a captivating recital of Chopin Polonaises and Impromptus. The live performance was recorded at Switzerland's acclaimed Verbier Festival in July, 2004. |
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W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Giles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] G :- Regions 2-5 - Widescreen 16:9 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 174 Minutes - PAL |