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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Relaxation (Incls 'Air on a G string', Meditation from Thais, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Dance of the Hours) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This set includes two CDs devoted to the music of J.S. Bach and one devoted to Tchaikovsky. The remaining two contain a sublime programme of music by Dvorák, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Canteloube and many more. |
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Great Occasions Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass, Iain Simcock (organ). Martin Neary [ Regis Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2002 ] "Much pleasure here..choir are in fine form" (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 'Pastoral' Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Alpha Resound Collection, Vol. 8 / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "...these are terrific performances, which demand close attention. Martin Haselböck is a fine musician, as both organist and conductor. If his reputation is greatest in his native Austria and Germany he is an insightful and accomplished musician." |
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JOHANN GRAUN
Concertos Daniel Sepec (Violin) / Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] During his own lifetime, J.G. Graun, the brother of Carl Heinrich Graun, was the epitome of a famous musician both as a gifted violinist and as a 'fiery instrument composer'. He wrote the majority of his instrumental works for the concerts of the... |
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BEETHOVEN
Resound Beethoven: Egmont [with narration in English & German] Wiener Akademie Orchester, Martin Haselböck, with Bernardo Bobro (soprano) & Herbert Föttinger, John Malkovich (narrators) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] With RESOUND the orchestral works of Beethoven are brought back to the halls and theatres of their Viennese premieres or other venues where they received their earliest performances. .. |
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Will Martin
A New World [ Universal Music New Zealand / CD - released 4/Nov/2007 ] Twenty-two year-old New Zealander Will Martin's debut album is an epic collection of classical crossover songs. Recorded with a full orchestra, this selection of songs simultaneously reflects Will's origins and the scope of his unfaltering ambition. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
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OSKAR NEDBAL
Die Winzerbraut (complete operetta) Wolfgang Mueller-Lorenz / Martin C. Turba / Marcus Niedermeyr / Chor und Orchester des Musik Theater Schoenbrunn / [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 18/May/2011 ] The Schönbrunn Music Theater and its director Herbert Mogg once again have made an important discovery with this new find! |
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MULLER / SCHUBERT
Winterreise (Version for narrator, cello, and piano) Xaver Hutter, narrator, Martin Rummel, cello, Norman Shetler, piano [ Paladino Music / CD - released 21/Apr/2012 ] "Paladino's 2012 release "Müller/Schubert Winterreise" consists of a reading of the poetry of Wilhelm Müller. Each poem is followed by the song in a straightforward transcription for piano and cello. It's not a re-imagining like Hans Zender's... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491 / Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major K. 415 (with bonus DVD) Martin Helmchen (piano) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Gordan Nikolic [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] The pellucid sound quality of the spacious PentaTone recording adds enormously to one's enjoyment of these performances and this outstanding disc can be warmly recommended without reservation." Graham Williams , SA-CD.net |
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STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rocco Theme / Pezzo Capriccio (with Shostakovich-Cello Concerto No 1) Zuill Bailey (Cello) / San Francisco Ballet Orchestra / Martin West [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Zuill Bailey, the dynamic and exhilarating American cellist, makes his Telarc debut with the release of Russian Masterpieces for Cello. The recording includes Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and the Nocturne in D Minor Op. 19 No. 4, and... |