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LIEBERMANN / DEBUSSY / TCHAIKOVSKY / BIZET
Viscera, Carmen, Afternoon of a Faun & Tchaikovsky pas de deux (live at the Royal Opera House, October 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Federico Bonelli & Matthew Golding, Sarah Lamb & Vadim Muntagirov / Emmanuel Plasson, Martin Yates (con [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2016 ] Carlos Acosta focuses on the dramatic essentials of love, jealousy and revenge in his new production of Carmen. As well as choreographing the production, Acosta dances a lead role. Liam Scarlett has used Lowell Liebermann's thrilling Piano... |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Kenneth Macmillan's Manon (complete ballet recorded in 2018) The Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov, Ryoichi Hirano / Martin Yayes (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] "Another very welcome release of outstanding quality from the Royal Ballet." MusicWeb |
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LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Sylvia (complete ballet recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2005) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey / Graham Bond, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "This DVD… shows the Royal Ballet at the top of its…form. …makes an imperious huntress and a commanding Bacchante" (BBC Music) |
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VARIOUS
Das Glogauer Liederbuch (The Glogau Song Book) Sabine Lutzenberger (soprano), Martin Hummel (baritone) & Marc Lewon (lute) / Ensemble Dulce Melos [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] The Glogauer Liederbuch is a forgotten treasure, a rich repository of fifteenth-century music. It contains 292 songs, devotional chants and instrumental pieces which were performed by educated enthusiasts or students, not by professional musicians. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Motets Philip Salmon (ten), Graham Chambers, Jeremy Gough, Martin Kelly, Christopher Stearn (trom), Thomas Trotter (organ) / Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD ] 'A superb record. Exploring these pieces is a moving experience when the performances are as superlative as these. Very strongly recommended. Record of the Month' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] "A frantic and fabulous show" (New York Times) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Operetta enthusiast Barrie Kosky has landed a gigantic success with Offenbach's subversive and hilarious reversion of the Orpheus myth at the Salzburg Festival. Kosky created a magically precise and witty staging with numerous extravagant costumes in... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (complete opera recorded in 2013) Salzburg Festival / Malin Hartelius, Luca Pisaroni, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Martin Mitterrutzner, Gerald Finley / Christoph Eschenbach (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Feb/2018 ] "It is all beautifully performed by a convincingly young-looking cast. Malin Hartelius sings a ravishing 'Per pietà'…Martin Mitterrutzner's free, easy tenor is just right for the high-lying part of Ferrando" Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (Recorded live at Salzburg Festival, August 2013) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival opera / Malin Hartelius (Fiordiligi), Luca Pisaroni, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Martin Mitterrutzner, Martina Janková / Christoph Eschen [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Gerald Finley is a wryly humorous Alfonso. Under Christoph Eschenbach, the Vienna Philharmonic is admirably light on its feet." Gramophone |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY San Francisco Ballet / Damian Smith / Elizabeth Powell / David Karapetyan / Martin West (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] 'The opulent new version of the seasonal classic, launched spectacularly by the San Francisco Ballet, is every parent's dream of a holiday treat. It looks scrumptious, tastes delicious, offers substantial nourishment and won't cause cavities.' San... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet choreographed by Helgi Tomasson recorded in 2007) San Francisco Ballet / Damian Smith / Elizabeth Powell / Davit Karapetyan / Martin West (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] G : - Recorded live at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, on 19 and 20 December 2007. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY San Francisco Ballet / Maria Kochetkova & Davit Karapetyan / Martin West (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "this is a wonderful piece performed extremely well and captivating throughout. Well worth your while!" AudAud.com |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera) Sayaka Shigeshima, Elisabeth Wimmer, Uwe Schenker-Primus, Rebecca Teem, Alexander Günther / Staatskapelle Weimar, Martin Hoff [ MDG SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] A gigantic success story - Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera Hänsel und Gretel has been delighting young and old alike for exactly 120 years. To celebrate this special anniversary, the opera now for the first time is being released on a... |
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DVORAK
String Quartet American, Piano Quintet Schidlof Quartet, Martin Roscoe(Piano) [ LINN / CD ] |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Wind Concertos Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) Peter Whelan (bassoon) Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Sep/2012 ] "When you hear Peter Whelan play the Bassoon Concerto, you'll forgive Weber anything; his is such an expressive, plangent sound...Both [clarinet works] are dispatched with wit and fire by Maximiliano Martín...This is a beguiling CD; feelgood music of |
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BRAHMS / MASSENET / MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / WEBER / etc
The Voice of the Clarinet Sharon Kam (clarinet) / MDR Sinfonieorchester, Bühl, with Martin Helmchen & Itamar Golan (pianos) [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] |
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BRAHMS / LIGETI / MOZART / SCHUMANN
Horn Trios Martin Owen (horn), Francesca Dego (violin), Alessandro Taverna (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Jul/2024 ] The renowned horn player Martin Owen is joined by the violinist Francesca Dego and pianist Alessandro Taverna in this varied and compelling programme. |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence / etc Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Among the sumptuous and deeply romantic music on this disc is the substantial selection from Walton's score for Richard III; colourful and richly detailed music, the suite is conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and makes a fitting tribute to William... |
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WALTON
Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario / Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence Sir John Gielgud (narrator) / Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'The Chandos series of William Walton Film Music is simply and obviously certain to be a great classic of recording art. It serves all the higher purposes of truly distinguished record-making: not only are all aspects of performance and recording... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2011) Sofia Opera / Martin Iliev, Tsvetana Bandalovska, Nikolay Petrov, Bayasgalan Dashnyam / Pavel Baleff (cond) [ Dynamic / Blu-ray - released 18/Jun/2021 ] Die Walküre is the second part of Der Ring des Nibelungen and has remained the most popular of the tetralogy of operas. |