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BELLINI
Il Pirata (complete opera) Lucia Aliberti, Stuart Neill, Jose Guadalupe Reyes, Kelly Anderson / Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, Marcello Viotti [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] |
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DAVID / SACHSE / GRAFE / REICHE / GABRIELI / SCHUTZ / etc
Trombone: Greatest works Ludwig Guttler Wind Band Ensemble & Berlin Wind Band Quintet [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] This collection includes trombone concertos by David, Sachse, Gräfe and Reiche as well as pieces by composers ranging from Gabrieli to Stravinsky. |
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MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture & Incidental Music) / Die Erste Walpurgisnacht Op 60 Lynne Dawson (soprano) Dalia Schaechter (mezzo) / Deutsches Sinfonie-orchester Berlin / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Vladimir Ashkenazy's truly magical account of Mendelssohn's most beautiful fairy music - A Midsummer Night's Dream - returns to the catalogue, coupled with another fantastical work, The First Walpurgisnacht, in a scintillating performance from... |
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VERDI
Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 1984) Mara Zampieri, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Neil Shicoff / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Decca Grand Opera / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Neil Shicoff as Macduff and Robert Lloyd as Banco make up the excellent quartet of principals. CD adds vividly to the realism of a recording that is well balanced and focused but atmospheric." (A Key Recording from The Penguin Guide to Classical CDs) |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe [Merry Widow] (Complete opera recorded in 1965) Margit Schramm, Rudolf Schock, Dorothea Chryst, Jerry J. Jennings / Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Robert Stolz [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Studio recording, 1965 |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos & Triple Concerto Mari Kodama (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2014 ] Beethoven's Piano Concertos are undoubtedly amongst the most influential works in the history of music. "Art demands of us that we shall not stand still", the composer once wrote, placing the idea of development at the heart of his music. His five... |
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Detlev GLANERT
Glanert: Oceane (complete opera) Maria Bengtsson (soprano) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) / Choir & Orchestra Deutsche Oper Berlin/Donald Runnicles [ Oehms / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Maria Bengtsson in the title role is hypnotic and carries all before her. Nikolai Schukoff is an ardent and besotted Martin. Nicole Haslett is a charming Kristina with a very florid part." MusicWeb recommended May 2020 |
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EMILIO de CAVALIERI
Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo Marie-Claude Chappuis, Johannes Weisser, Gyula Orendt, Mark Milhofer / Staatsopernchor, Concerto vocale, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "Typically Jacobs make the orchestral realisation of the score sumptuous within its turn-of-the-17th-century constraints; no one could mistake this for anything but a grandly ceremonial piece." (Guardian) |
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BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FRANCK / HAYDN / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN / etc
Martha Argerich: The Complete Sony Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) with James Galway (flute), Ivry Gitlis (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta [ Sony Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich - The Complete Sony Classical Recordings is a 5 CD original jackets collection containing 2 CDs remastered from the original analogue tapes using 24bit/96 kHz technology. Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine pianist,... |
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W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / CHOPIN / etc
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim, Guy Braunstein, etc [ EuroArts DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] This special edition, released for the occasion of Martha Argerich's 80th birthday, combines some of her most impressive recordings. At the same time, it is testimony to the enormous musical and creative versatility with which she has succeeded in... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 Martin Helmchen / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Andrew Manze [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Beethoven's piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto 3 & Triple Concerto Martin Helmchen (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze (cond) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] German pianist Martin Helmchen continues his journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Andrew Manze. In the Third Concerto, published in 1804, Beethoven seems to be moving away from the Mozartian model... |
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BEETHOVEN
The Concertos & Overtures [5 CD set recorded 1966-1988] Maurizio Pollini (piano) Christian Ferras (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin) / Vienna Philhamronic, Berlin Philharmonic [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Recorded over a period of twenty years this is a mightly document featuring some of the world's most famous artists performing the music one of the world's greatest composers. |
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Midori Aam Berlin: Seiler
Telemann:suites La Bizarre [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Mar/2002 ] |
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VIVALDI
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Midori Seiler (solo violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Following the stage production in which the orchestra joined forces with a dancer. Encouraged by the outstanding success of these performances, the Akademie für Alte Musik was keen to rerecord the works in the studio... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (with Rebel - Les Elements) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Midori Seiler (violin) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Berlin's Akademie delivers an elegant performance with piquant avian effects." The Independent, 31st January 2010 |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / PAGANINI / SIBELIUS / BACH / MENDELSSOHN / BARTOK / etc
The Art of Midori Midori (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, with Robert McDonald (piano) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2017 ] "A very grand performance, full of swaggering confidence and interpretative panache..Strongly recommended for anyone fancying this coupling." (Gramophone on the Tchaikosvky/Shostakovich) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Tchaikovsky / Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Midori (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical / CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/1989 ] Midori Goto, born October 25, 1971) who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. |
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BEETHOVEN
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Eike Wilm Schulte / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video. The 10th EUROPAKONZERT was performed in the newmillennium |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Waldbuhne in Berlin 1994 - A Night of Dances and Rhapsodies Mikhail Rudy (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ Arthaus / Kultur / DVD - released 7/Sep/2010 ] |