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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow / Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "I suspect this is the Nutcracker Ballet by which all others will be judged - past and future...Performed with such professionalism and sense of place which immediately shows, "this is it"." (SA-CD.Net) |
BRITTEN
Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem / Gloriana Suite / Sea Interludes Osian Ellis, harp / Keiron Moore, oboe / Alexander Taylor, viola / London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jun/2005 ] Benjamin Britten occupies an unrivalled position in English music of the twentieth century and a place of the greatest importance in the wider musical world. |
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ANTON EBERL
Piano Concertos Op. 40 and Op. 32 Paolo Giacometti / Riko Fukuda / Kolner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker (complete opera & ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera & Ballet / Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Alain Altinoglu (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2018 ] In March 2016 Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov created a revolutionary production for the Palais Garnier in Paris - the bringing together of Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta and ballet The Nutcracker, which was to become one of the key events of... |
VERDI / DUPIN / PASCULLI
Verdi and Variations Phillipe Magnan (oboe) Alexander Trostiansky (violin) / I Musici de Montreal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Yuli Turovsky and his Montreal group play superbly, with real feeling for the music and obvious pleasure in it.' American Record Guide |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 (with Lutoslawski - Livre pour orchestre) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich [ Accentus Music / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Altogether a superb programme" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2016 |
VLADIMIR FRANZ
Goldilocks (complete ballet recorded in 2008) Prague National Ballet / Alexander Katsapov, Adela Pollertova, Viktor Konvalinka / Peter Vrabel (cond) [ Supraphon / DVD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] G - We invite you to the dance fairy-tale about the beautiful princess Goldilocks, the intrepid Jirík and a love that helps them overcome all the obstacles laid in their path. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1925-1947) Walter Gieseking, Byron Janis, Alexander Kelberine, Wilheim Backhaus, Sergey Rachmaninov, Rae Robertson, Arthur Rubinstein, Olga Samaroff, etc [ Naxos Historial Great Pianists / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "Naxos has produced here a most enjoyable record which can be fully recommended not only to piano specialists but also to the general music lover and to people who are only just beginning to enjoy Bach's music." MusicWeb |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Op 45 Miriam Gauci (soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "certainly worth considering" CD Review |
WILLIAM WALTON
Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / etc Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] "An excellent account of Belshazzar's Feast (1930)...this is a spectacular recording and there is particularly clear enunciation from the Royal Scottish National Chorus and from Sherill Milnes." (MusicWeb) |
GLUCK
Alceste (complete opera recorded in 1956) Raoul Jobin, Kirsten Flagstad, Joan Clark. Alexander Young / The Geraint Jones Orchestra & Singers / Geraint Jones [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Flagstad in, perhaps, less that her usual stellar voice is still an extraordinary, mesmerizing artist, as listeners to Decca's classic recording can attest. |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 8 {Incls 'Cello Concerto'] Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) Ewa Kupiec (piano) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Łukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "The excellent Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Łukasz Borowicz puts not a foot wrong and plays exceptionally well." (MusicWeb International Recording of the Year 2014) |
FRANZ LISZT
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (complete Oratorio) Renatus Mészár, Dagmar Peckova, Mario Hoff, Melanie Diener & Alexander Guenther / Staatskapelle Weima, Carl St. Clair [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] The Legend of St. Elizabeth, begun in Weimar in 1857, completed in Rome in 1862, and premiered in Budapest in 1865, is certainly one of Lizst's key works. |
FRANCESCO DURANTE
Neapolitan Music for Christmas Vol. 1 Robert Mameli / Ursula Eittinger / Andreas Post / Stephan MacLeod / Koelner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO Records / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Durante was one of the great Neapolitan church composers and teachers during the first half of the eighteenth century in Naples. He chose to focus on sacred music and his Magnificat in B flat major is doubtless the best known, most beloved, most... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson (complete) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Jochen Kowalski, Alastair Miles & Anton Scharinger / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] "One of the most popular of his oratorios in his lifetime-Handel revived it in no fewer than nine seasons between its premiere in 1743 and his death in 1759-Samson has remained a firm favourite: it was the natural choice for Covent Garden to stage... |
ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK
Diepenbrock: Complete Songs Roberta Alexander (soprano), Jard van Nes mezzo (soprano), Christa Pfeiler (mezzo soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Robert Holl (bass/baritone). [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] An all-star vocal line-up draws every nuance from the lush harmonies and word-setting of this late-Romantic Dutch master: the first time that his complete songs have been released in a single set. |
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BARBER
Songs Roberta Alexander(Soprano), Tan Crone(Piano) [ ETCETERA / CD ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Brautigam and Willens are alive to Beethoven's every indication on the page..Original, stylish and authoritative, this concerto set is a worthy and thought-provoking contribution to the recordings marking the Beethoven year" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 "Pasticcio Concertos" Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Brautigam's interpretations are individual without being wayward or eccentric, for he ignores the accepted norms of performance and starts from the score itself...on the basis of this first installment I would urge anyone to invest in this new... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 16 / Rondo in D Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The series's central sources of strength remains Ronald Brautigam's muscular yet sensitively nuanced command of of Mozartian discourse in every aspect: for instance, his straightfoward accounts of both concerto Andantes both show strong personal ins |
