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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Platée Genia KAhmeier, Toby Spence, Dietrich Henschel, Sophie KarthANuser, Markus Werba / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "Christie's conducting is masterly, totally in command of the idiom, faultless in dramatic timing and pacing, encouraging of vivid and colourful characterisation from his singers, and easily ticking off the score's comic tricks." Gramophone |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Complete opera recorded in 2021) Georgy Vasiliev (tenor) Julia Muzychenko (soprano) Enkelejda Shkoza (mezzo) Alexey Tikhomirov (bass) / Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "Some will doubtless be glad to enjoy Rimsky's ravishing score without Loy's visuals... It's also hugely enjoyable in its own right, throwing a particular spotlight on Sebastian Weigle's affectionate, alert conducting." Gramophone |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone / La Nuova Musica, Davis Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "High praise, then, for David Bates and his ensemble." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Opera |
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W. A. MOZART / J. S. BACH
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola K.364 / Bach: Concerto for two violins BWV 1043 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Salvatore Accardo, English Chamber Orchestra, Salvatore Accard [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Jul/2025 ] The German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is celebrated for her exceptional talent and unwavering dedication to her craft. A child prodigy, she rose to international acclaim under the mentorship of Herbert von Karajan. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159 |
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THE BACH FAMILY
Dynastie: Bach Concertos Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) with Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin) Fanny Paccoud (viola) Antoine Touche (cello) Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well" BBC Music Five Stars Concerto Choice March 2017 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Edita Gruberova / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Kurt Masur [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1989 ] "Jessye Norman's is a commanding, noble, deeply felt performance, ranging extraordinarily wide; she provides the perfectfocus for a cast as near ideal as anyone could assemble today." (Penguin Guide) |
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ABRAHAM / BENATSKY / KALMAN / LEHAR / STOTZ / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - You Mean the World to Me Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder, with Julia Kleiter (soprano) [ Sony / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] 'It's been a while since a major tenor recorded operetta repertoire, and Jonas Kaufmann does not disappoint.' (BBC Music Vocal Pick of the Month Christmas 2014) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 24 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 1 Julia Borchert (soprano) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] This is the first of four discs of Schubert's settings of the 'romantic' poets. |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Scheidemann: Organ Works, Vol. 5 (Fuga in D minor, Kyrie dominicale, Magnificat IV Toni, etc) Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos The Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "Given the Naxos price policy there is no excuse not to collect these Scheidemann recordings, wonderful music, in this instance compellingly played." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Scheidemann: Works for Organ Vol.3 Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] More organ music on Naxos |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Overture, Scherzo and Finale Julia Faulkner, Heidi Grant, Florence Quivar, Elisabeth Wilke, Keith Lewis, Robert Swensen / Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "I found very much to enjoy from the mellifluous Keith Lewis, a tellingly expressive yet never over-operatic tenor narrator. And the lyrical warmth of Robert Hale as the penitent sinner (and the baritone soloist in ''Jetzt sank des Abends goldner... |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24 (complete) Julia Fischer (violin) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 26/Aug/2010 ] "the particular strength of these performances is the way each piece emerges as an example of romantic tone-painting rather than just a virtuoso showpiece." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Julia Fischer (violin) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Decca / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] "…her playing is beautifully honed, technically without flaw." Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 |
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KODALY / SCHULHOFF / RAVEL / HALVORSEN
Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Müller-Schott Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Nov/2016 ] "They set Kodály ablaze with searing eloquence and zinging clarity…" BBC Music Magazine - Chamber Choice - November 2016 |
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CHAUSSON / RESPIGHI / SUK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Poème Julia Fischer (violin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Yakov Kreizberg [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "This beautiful disc is one of Fischer's best, and also stands as a fitting testament to Kreizberg's art." (BBC Music) |
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Julia Fordham / Judie Tzuke / Beverley Craven
Woman to Woman [ Universal Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Woman to Woman is a collaborative album by English singers Beverley Craven, Judie Tzuke and Julia Fordham, released in 2018. It features a selection of each of the trio's own past solo songs being sung together in harmony, along with new material. |
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Julia Hülsmann Quartet
The Next Door [ ECM / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] On The Next Door Julia Hülsmann returns with the quartet from 2019's Not Far From Here, and presents her unique pianistic voice in a varied programme of almost exclusively original music, composed by herself and her colleagues - tenor saxophonist Uli... |
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SERGEY AKHUNOV / FRANCIS POULENC / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Jazz Julia Igonina (violin) & Maxim Emelyanychev (piano) [ Aparte / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] 'Igonina combines a mellow luminescence with a sense of yearning...Emelyanychev is typically superb throughout, seeming at times to strum the strings directly, and a finely-judged performance of the 'Louange' provides a suitably mesmerising end.' BBC |