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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante / Gran Concerto in F sharp minor / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Emma Johnson (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 1 / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "At the heart of most of the music by Bottesini which I have heard, there is an essential simplicity, a kind of directness of feeling, a sense of social conversation, which while it may not make for music of great profundity certainly led Bottesini... |
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GIOANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette / Passione amorose / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Timothy Cobb (double bass) Christopher Oldfather (piano) [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 5 / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] These works for two double basses by Giovanni Bottesini date from his student days at the Milan Conservatory. The delightful Fantasia on themes of Rossini features an opening Tarantella, a lyrical middle section and a stormy finale. Passioni amorose,... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Les Illuminations / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op.31 Toby Spence (Tenor), Martin Owen (Horn) / Scottish Ensemble, Clio Gould [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This CD brings together three youthful masterworks all composed by Benjamin Britten before his 30th birthday within the space of a mere six years. Individually and collectively they demonstrate a fertile musical imagination of a high order combined... |
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Tony Martin
Moderation [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] |
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W.A MOZART
Mozart: Bassoon, Oboe & Clarinet Concertos Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon), Martin Gabriel (oboe), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Vienna Mozart Academy, Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD ] "In his tonal purity and elegantly musical phrasing, Gabriel conjures Leon Goossens in his prime." - Fanfare |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Mozart's Symphonies [35 'Haffner', 36 'Linz', 41 'Jupiter'] Uwe Grodd (flute), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Martin Rummel (cello) & Roland Krüger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] Hummel, conductor, composer and pianist, whose death ended the great Viennese lineage of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, produced a series of inspired arrangements of Mozart's symphonies between 1823 and 1824. As a child of eight he had lodged and... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Mozart's Symphonies [38, 39, 40] Uwe Grodd (flute), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Martin Rummel (cello) & Roland Krüger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Hummel stands as the last in the great Viennese line which embraced Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He lived and studied with Mozart in his youth and, despite a career which saw him triumph as a conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist, Hummel never... |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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G. F. HANDEL
Handel: Six Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Van Diemen's Band / Martin Gester, conductor and organ soloist [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] What we know as 'Handel's Opus 3' is most likely little more than a brazen attempt by the London publisher John Walsh to make some quick money. In 1715, Walsh had issued a pirated edition of Corelli's 12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 which proved an instant... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Film Classics [3 CD set] Various Artists including Sabine Meyer, Radu Lupu, Martha Argerich, Academy St Martin in the Fields, Taverner Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] Classical music used in such classic movies as 'The King's Speech', 'Gallipoli', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Out of Africa', 'Fantasia', 'Amadeus', 'The Living Daylights', 'Elizabeth' & 'Farinelli'. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Best Of Faure Jean Martin (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Franco [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2013 ] All the best bits of Faure |
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FORCES' SWEETHEART / HEART-THROBS OF WWII
Forces' Sweetheart & Heart-Throbs of World War II Judy Garland, Vera Lynn, Connee Boswell, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, The Andrew Sisters, Helen Ward, Peggy Lee, Mary Martin, etc [ Retrospective / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] The definitive album of wartime nostalgia: 20 forces' sweethearts and 21 of their heart-throb male counterparts sing 50 great songs, mostly on the theme of parted lovers. For all the soldiers, sailors and airmen parted from their loved ones during... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Great British Light Orchestras Ray Martin, Norrie Paramor, Charles Williams, Sidney Torch, Stanley Black, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] This new Guild Light Music series has already focussed attention on the many fine recordings made during the 1940s and 1950s, and it is now appropriate to concentrate on the output from British studios. A combination of talented composers, plus... |
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BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / BOIELDIEU / DITTERSDORF
Harp Concertos Marisa Robles (harp) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Winner |
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LEON JESSEL
Schwarzwaldmadel (complete operetta recorded in 1976) Brigitte Lindner, Adolf Dallapozza, Dagmar Koller, Martin Finke / Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Willy Mattes [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Racy hits & elegant waltzes: Das Schwarzwaldmädel, first performed in 1917, shows a world that is still intact - or almost intact: Bärbele, the Black Forest girl of the title, is ignored by the villagers because of where she comes from. Only the... |
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J. STRAUSS
J. Strauss II: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches And Overtures, Vol. 3 Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Martin Sieghart, Ondrej L [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/1993 ] "... first-rate performances, ... there is elegance and effervescence aplenty, and no shortage of charm." - Which Compact Disk Magazine |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart For My Baby Teresa Berganza, Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Michel Portal (clarinet), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] The music most people call "classical"--works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart--is different from music such as rock and country. Classical music has a more complex musical structure. |
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W. A. MOZART
Quintets Orlando Quartet, Stephen Hough (piano), Martin Frost (clarinet), Ensemble Villa Musica [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2014 ] Mozart's string quintets, and particularly the last four...are often cited as being among the finest examples of his chamber music...Performing these works here are eminent musicians including Radovan Vlatković, Martin Fröst and Stephen Hough. |
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RAWSTHORNE
Piano Quintet / Piano Trio / Cello Sonata / etc Nadia Myerscough (violin) Martin Outram (viola) Peter Adams (cello) and others [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2000 ] All of Rawsthorne's chamber music at a great price!! |