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ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Berg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 3 - Webern: Langsamer Satz - Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 Heath Quartet, Caroline Smapson (soprano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Signum Classics are proud to announce the first album from the Heath Quartet with acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson. Together the three works on the present CD demonstrate the extraordinary advances made in the development of the musical language of... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete Opera recorded in 2002) Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
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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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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Christopher Columbus (A Musical Journey) Julian Glover, Jamie Glover (speakers) / Caroline Carragher (sop) / Jean Rigby (mezzo) / Tom Randle (ten) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] This exciting release is conducted by Richard Hickox, the recipient of numerous accolades for previous recordings of Walton's music, and features father and son actors Julian and Jamie Glover |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: David & Jonathas Reinoud Van Mechelen; Caroline Arnaud; Gaétan Jarry; Marguerite Louise [ Château de Versailles Spectacles CD+DVD+BLU-RAY / 2 CD/DVD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] This is a baroque dream: a performance of the sacred drama David and Jonathas, a masterpiece by Charpentier and one of the miracles of French opera, in the Royal Chapel of Versailles! In 1688, the Louis-le-Grand Jesuit school performed this vibrant... |
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Shankar / Caroline
The Epidemics (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Lied Edition Vol. 31 - Sturm und Drang Poets Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Caroline Melzer (soprano) Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert's Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell - The Fairy Queen Caroline Mutel (soprano), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Kevin Greenlaw (baritone), Virginie Pochon (soprano), Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano), Samuel [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2017 ] With 'The Fairy Queen', Sébastien d'Hérin and Les Nouveaux Caractères set down on record their musical vision of one of Henry Purcell's most compelling dramatic works. The 1692/1693 work dates from around half a century before two other Baroque... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Trio Sonata Project Walter van Hauwe, recorders; Tripla Concordia (Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorders; Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord & organ; Caroline Boersma, violoncello; Manuel [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Johann Sebastian Bach has always been considered one of the greatest music transcribers of all times. Many of his transcriptions (mostly the ones from Italian composers Vivaldi and Marcello) have become instant classics, and they are still viewed as... |