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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios 'Archduke' & 'Ghost' Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Together, all three musicians have the quality that is the most priceless of all in playing chamber music," wrote The Guardian when the Capuçons and Braley played the 'Archduke' at London's Wigmore Hall. |
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GYORGY LIGETI
The Ligeti Project (5 CDs special price) Siegfried Palm (cello) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Pierre Laurent Aimard (piano) / Cappella Amsterdam / Amadinda Percussion / Reinbert de Leeuw [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2016 ] "If Ligeti's music has a trademark, it is unpredictability…He remains one of the severest critics of contemporary music, as well as one of its greatest composers" The Guardian |
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BEATLES
Classical Beatles [2 CD set] Göran Söllscher, Kaori Muraji (guitars) / Peter Rostal, Paul Schaefer (pianos) / Frank Chacksfield & his Orchestra / etc [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2011 ] 45 tracks of the most imaginative classical arrangements of Beatles music. The first CD consists of arrangements for classical guitar, the second CD features orchestral arrangements. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: EuropeanTour Various performers incls George Melachrino, Charles Williams, Robert Farnon, Mantovani, Frank Chacksfield, Cyril Stapleton, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 22/Oct/2016 ] Once again it's time for Guild's 'Golden Age of Light Music' series to take another musical tour around Europe, prompted by so many appealing works created by talented composers from near and far. In the world of music you do not have to be a native... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns Edition Victoria de los Angeles, Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Andre, Michel Beroff, Frank Braley, Gautier Capucon, Stephen Hough, Alexandre Tharaud, and more [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Arriving in time to mark the centenary of his death, this is more than merely a sensible collection. It presents some of the very best recordings of the composer's music ever made" MusicWeb |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / FRANZ STRAUSS / GLAZUNOV / etc
A Noble and Melancholy Instrument Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Alasdair Beatson (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "[the playing and musicians are of] a high calibre, virtuosic and technically flawless, but with real emotional depth. And such is the variety here, there is bound to be at least one piece that steals your melancholy heart." The Hearld (Glasgow) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Chamber Music with Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Daniel Grimwood (piano), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] The horn was one of the instruments that Johannes Brahms learned in his youth, from his father who played it professionally. His fondness and familiarity with the instrument is clear from the glorious solos that he provided it with in his symphonies,... |
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FORSTER / TELEMANN / NERUDA / L. MOZART / HAYDN
Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] Mozart's horn concertos are so well-known that for many listeners the sound of the horn and Mozart are virtually synonymous. Mozart was not the first composer to write solo concertos for the horn, however, and works from earlier on in the eighteenth... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / LEO JANACEK / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Strauss (R.)/Janacek/Respighi: Violin Sonatas Frank Almond (violin) William Wolfram (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Nov/2006 ] "unassailable technical mastery and absolute temperamental harmonisation. Some sort of standard is offered by Perlman and Ashkenazy; Almond and Wolfram are not out of place in such company." (BBC Music) |
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DALE KAVANAGH
Dale Kavanagh & Friends Amadeus Guitar Duo (guitar duo), Dale Kavanagh (guitar), Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukic, Margarita Escarpa, Frank Gerstmeier, Sümeyye Ergün, Laura You [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Renowned as a soloist and as a member of the Amadeus Guitar Duo, Dale Kavanagh is one of the most prominent classical guitarists of her generation. With this album she not only plays solo works composed for leading guitarists all over the world, but... |
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BURKHARD / HAUG / CASTENUOVO-TEDESCO / BOZZA / RODRIGO
Serenade to the dawn: Music for flute and guitar Andrea Lieberknecht (flute) Frank Bungarten (guitar) [ MDG / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] Two virtuosos enthuse listening audiences with what for them too is the completely new combination formed by flute and guitar. Andrea Lieberknecht and Frank Bungarten present some of the most enthralling compositions of the twentieth century for... |
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GIULIANI
Works for Flute and Guitar Andrea Lieberknecht (flute) / Frank Bungarten (guitar) [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Apr/2011 ] It is astonishing how nimbly and precisely the famous melodies so rich in tone colors shimmer forth from the loudspeakers in the form of outstandingly heard-out variations. |
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SINDING
The Works for Violin & Orchestra Andrej Bielow / NDR Radiophilharmonie, Frank Beermann [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The composer maintained a special interest in the violin throughout his life, with his three major concertos and four shorter concert pieces attesting to his fact. These highly romantic and virtuosic concert compositions find a congenial soloist in... |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Anhaltisches Theater Dessau / Ludmil Kuntschew, Alexandra Petersamer, Sabine Noack / Markus L. Frank (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "..a strong and capable performance, very well conducted and with a cast of good if not outstanding singers." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies / Concertos / Sonatas Midori C. Seiler (vio) Jos van Immerseel (piano) Ulrich Hübner (hn) Frank Theuns (fl) Marjan de Haern (hp) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag Territoires / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2013 ] This economically priced box set of six CDs brings together all the previous releases on ZZT of Mozart works performed by Jos van Immerseel: Symphonies nos.29, 39, 40 & 41, the Bassoon Concerto, Violin Concertos nos.2 and 3, the Concerto for two... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Edition [17 CD set] Alessandro Deljavan, Ewa Kupiec, Vittorio Ceccanti, Lucius Ruhl, Earl Wild, Frank van de Laar, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 17 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] This 17CD set is the third Chopin Edition by Brilliant Classics, an all-time favourite of one of the most popular and universally loved composers of all times. |
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WAGNER/ LEONCAVALLO / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BIZET / SULLIVAN / etc
Great British Tenors Ben Davies, John Coates, Gerwase Elwes, Walter Hyde, Frank Mullings, John McCormack, Joseph Hislop, Parry Jones, Hubert Eisdell, Tudor Davies, etc [ Heritage / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Commercial recording arrived at the ideal time to capture a golden age of British tenor singing. A range of distinctive qualities had developed in the 19th century - firm yet elegant tone, emphasis on text and on clarity of diction - that... |
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EMIL NIKOLAUS von REZNICEK
Reznicek: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major 'Ironic' / Symphony No. 5 'Dance Symphony' Berner Symphonie-Orchester / Frank Beermann [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "The performances seem convincing and the recording is lively caught in a grand acoustic." (MusicWeb) |
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MAURICE RAVEL / ARVO PART / J. S. BACH / LUDOVICO EINAUDI etc
Relaxing Classics Bertrand Chamayou, Gautier Capuçon, Emmanuel Pahud, Frank Braley, Michel Dalberto, Renaud Capuçon [ Warner Classics / LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Artists: Bertrand Chamayou, Gautier Capuçon, Emmanuel Pahud, Frank Braley, Michel Dalberto, Renaud Capuçon, Dalal Bruchmann, Min Kym, Carlos Cipa, Martha Argerich, Andrew von Oeyen, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Maxence Cyrin, David Fray, Florent... |
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Bob Brookmeyer / Jimmy Cleveland / Frank Rosolino
The Trombones Inc. (24 Bit Digitally Remastered) [ Poll Winners Records / CD - released 30/Apr/2012 ] |