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TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: Concertos, Sonata, Adagio I Musici, Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields [ Alto / CD - released 4/Sep/2021 ] "that Albinoni wrote excellent solo concertos is clear enough from this record, all players involved are splendid …very well recorded. These will please admirers of I Musici, the group is well-balanced and the soloists admirable. The oboe concerto... |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music for the Chapel Royal - Verse Anthems Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca / London Serenata / CD - released 20/Sep/1995 ] Purcell wrote so much in so many different spheres of musical activity that it is easy to forget that one of his main tasks was to be a royal composer, to provide music for the occasions of State in Westminster Abbey, just as the Gabrielis had done... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 1 [Concertos 1, 3, 4 & Triple] Inon Barnatan (piano) Stefan Jackiw (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alan Gilbert [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields makes its first foray into the complete Beethoven piano concertos with the classy Inon Barnatan." MusicWeb |
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DEBUSSY
Hughes Cuenod sings Debussy Hughes Cuenod (tenor), Martin Isepp (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fat Knight / Serenade to Music / Henry V Overture James Clark (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2017 ] "Yates secures some commendably alert playing from the RSNO, who seem to be thoroughly enjoying the whole experience…it's hard to conceive of a more sympathetic performance of either [the Henry V Overture] or the radiant Serenade to Music in its... |
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PIAZZOLLA
Song of the Angel James Crabb (classical accordian) Benjamin Martin (piano) Australian Chamber Orchestra. Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] 'Accordion wizard and company delight in a seductive and exuberant sound world.' Gramophone |
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GRANADOS / MOMPOU / CASSADO / MONTSALVATGE / CERVELLO
Catalan Violin Works Janna Gandelman (violin) Laia Martín (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] The versatility of Catalan songs has seen them much in use in arrangements for violin and piano, with Fritz Kreisler and Joseph Szigeti enthusiastic champions of their virtuoso potential and melodic charm. In addition to arrangements, this programme... |
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Jean Martin
Faure:nocturnes 1-6/Theme A [ Naxos / CD ] |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Nocturnes Nos. 7-13 / Preludes, Op. 103 / Romances, Op. 17 Jean Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Jean Martin, a pupil of Yves Nat, Pierre Pasquier, Pierre Kostanoff and Guido Agosti, divides his time between concert engagements and teaching. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Nocturnes Nos. 1-6 / Theme And Variations Op. 73 Jean Martin (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Jean Martin is obviously at home here" - Penguin Guide |
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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FRANCK
French Violin Sonatas Jennifer Pike (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Jennifer Pike, an exclusive Chandos artist and one of the brightest up-and-coming stars on the musical scene today, named BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002, here performs some of the greatest violin music in the repertoire. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Live 1978 Jessye Norman (soprano), Hugh Maguire (violin), Alfred Brendel (piano) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australia Eloquence / 2 CD - released 23/Oct/2019 ] Recorded on January 27, 1978 (the 222nd anniversary of Mozart's birth) at the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès in Strasbourg during a gala concert in aid of the Musicians' International Mutual Aid Fund (UNESCO) |
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OSCAR STRAUSS
Der Tapfere Soldat [The Chocolate Soldier] (complete operetta) Johannes Martin Kranzle, Caroline Stein, Helmut Berger, John Dickie / Händel Collegium Köln, Siegfried Köhler [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] The Chocolate Soldier was based on a comedy by George Bernard Shaw and is considered to be a pioneer of the musical, as we know it today. First performed in Vienna in 1908 it became a huge success in America and England due to its many popular tunes. |
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BAX / BRIDGE / DELIUS / ELGAR / GRAINGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
English Idylls John Birch (organ), John Lanehan (piano), Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Philips SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Simply idyllic, this 2-CD set couples a traversal of English seasons (CD1) with idyllic music for cello and orchestra by English composers, all rapturously performed by the Academy and Marriner. |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Fantazias John Holloway (violin), Monika Baer (viola), Renate Steinmann (viola), Martin Zeller (violoncello) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Henry Purcell's "fantazias" are regarded as some of the finest and most intricately wrought examples of the fantasia, due to their profound embrace of counterpoint and great command of the polyphonal techniques of the time. Composed in the summer of... |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland John Holloway (violin, viola) Monika Baer (violin, viola) Renate Steinmann (violin) Susanna Hefti (viola) Martin Zeller (bass violin) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "it's a ravishing listening experience, exactly the right length, played and recorded stunningly. ECM's notes are up to their usual standards, both as education and entertainment." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2014) |
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GIACOMO CASANOVA / LORENZO DA PONTE / W. A. MOZART
The Giacomo Variations: A chamber opera play John Malkovich, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Florian Boesch & Sophie Klussmann / Martin Haselböck (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Giacomo Casanova received a doctorate as jurist, scratched along as violinist in a theatre, dabbled in the role of a lieutenant and was cofounder of France's lottery. |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / IRELAND / STANFORD / WARLOCK / PURCELL / etc
English Song: John Shirley-Quirk John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) with Martin Isepp (harpsichord and piano), Ambrose Gauntlett, etc [ Heritage / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Shirley-Quirk gives us a lovely cross-section of native song...and [his] immaculate diction makes texts unnecessary." (Gramophone Re-issue of the Month - February 2015) |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV232 / Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' John Shirley-Quirk, Margaret Marshall, Janet Baker, Robert Tear / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "I found the solo singing rewarding and in particular Dame Janet Baker's account of the Agnus Dei very moving … the sound is rich with plenty of bloom ... Cum Sancto Spiritu is a real choral tour de force" (Gramophone Mass) |