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101 Wedding cover
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WAGNER / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / VIVALDI / PARRY / RUTTER / WIDOR / etc
101 Wedding
Stephen Cleobury (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, etc
[ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ]
For many people their Wedding will be the most important day of their lives and choosing the right music is an important element in the making of the special day.
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings') cover
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SAMUEL BARBER
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings')
Stephen Prutsman, Daniel Pollack (pianos) / Ormond College Choir / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ]
Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he...
Acallam na Senorach (Tales of the Elders) cover
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TARIK O'REGAN
Acallam na Senorach (Tales of the Elders)
Stewart French (guitar) / National Chamber Choir of Ireland, Paul Hillier
[ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ]
"Led by Paul Hillier, the National Chamber Choir of Ireland negotiates dissonance and harmony with drama and nobility, never endangering the piece through pomposity - a delicate balance aided by the sparseness of the guitar." (The Independent)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5
Stewart Goodyear (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Constantine
[ Orchid / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2020 ]
"Glorious, life-embracing performances, very well recorded; surely a high point of the composer's birthday year (or any other, for that matter)." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020
Don Quixote / Romance for cello & orchestra in F major cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Quixote / Romance for cello & orchestra in F major
Alexander Rudin (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Gerhard Markson
[ naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ]
"The Naxos sound, too, is commendable for its smooth reliability...comfortable listening...now that I think about it, that's quite a bargain itself!" - John Puccio Sensible Sound August/September 2001
Sinfonia concertante / Ode to the Queen / etc cover
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EDMUND RUBBRA
Sinfonia concertante / Ode to the Queen / etc
Susan Bickley (mezzo) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra Wales, Richard Hickox
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ]
'A mouthwatering reissue comprising four outstandingly eloquent performances...' Gramophone
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 cover
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MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36
Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox
[ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ]
'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music)
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera)
Joan Sutherland, Alicia Nafe, Curtis Rayam, Isobel Buchanan / Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ]
"[The recorded sound] is vivid, rather spacious … Dame Joan Sutherland produces generous quantities of golden tone … Nafé does ['Dove sei'] very beautifully, gently yet with firm, well-formed tone." gramophone
The Bells / Vocalise / Dances from 'Aleko' / Capriccio bohemien cover
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Vocalise / Dances from 'Aleko' / Capriccio bohemien
Suzanne Murphy (soprano) Keith Lewis (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Jarvi
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ]
Rachmaninov, one of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular composers, is represented here with acclaimed performances of some of his greatest compositions.
Piano Concertos cover
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SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concertos
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Wislocki & Herbert von Karajan
[ ALTO / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ]
(Schumann): "lacks no style" (Tchaikovsky): "The element of struggle for which this work is famous is all too clear: these two musical giants did not always agree" (Penguin Guide)
Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Volume 5 cover
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EMIL TABAKOV
Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Volume 5
Symphony Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
[ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ]
The music of the Bulgarian composer-conductor Emil Tabakov (b. 1947) explores the darker side of the human spirit in epic scores as austere as they are powerful.
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov cover
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Martti Talvela, Nicolai Gedda, Leonard Mroz / Polish rdio Chorus iof Krakow, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra,Jerzy Semkow
[ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ]
"It has many virtues, not least the great Talvela in a role tailor-made for his massive bass. He gives us a deeply felt Boris without resorting to the admittedly effective but increasingly unfashionable histrionics typical of his predecessors; his...
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Polonia / Crown of India: Interlude cover
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Polonia / Crown of India: Interlude
Tasmin Little (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ]
"Little...finds an element of wit in the fast-moving figuration [of the finale], leading to a more tender treatment of the lyrical contrasting sections." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010
Hamlet (incidental music) / Romeo and Juliet (original version) cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet (incidental music) / Romeo and Juliet (original version)
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Maxim Mikhailov (bass) / Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski
[ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Jan/2009 ]
MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Two Shakspearean fantasy overtures - but, excitingly, not as we know them." - Gramophone Recording of the Month March 2009
Symphony No. 9 Op.70 / The Adventures of Korzinkina / Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / etc cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 9 Op.70 / The Adventures of Korzinkina / Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / etc
Tatiana Polyanskaya (piano) Vladimir Goncharov (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ]
'This CD centres on the lighter side of Shostakovich - or, more accurately, his lighter sides, since the styles range from the pointed neo-Classical wit of the Ninth Symphony to the Keystone Kops mayhem of the First Piano Concerto to the more genial...
El Amor Brujo etc cover
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DE FALLA
El Amor Brujo etc
Teresa Berganza / Gonzalo Soriano / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion / Francaise / Ataulfo Argenta
[ Medici Arts / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ]
This Falla collection recorded live in Paris in 1957 is very highly regarded in Spain as representing the very best of Argenta in his compatriot's music.
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 cover
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80
Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
[ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ]
"Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide
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Thibaudet/Lyon National Orch/M
Debussy: Fantaisie For Piano &
[ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ]
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WILLIAM SHELLER / RICHARD GALLIANO / MICHEL COLOMBIER
3eme Souffle - works for trumpet and orchestra
Thierry Caens (trumpet) / Orchestre National de Lyon / Michel Plasson (direction) / with Richard Galliano (accordion)
[ ETCETERA / CD ]
Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 1931) cover
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 1931)
Paul Milliet, Edouard Blau, Georges Hartmann / Paris National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Elie Cohen
[ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ]
"This first recording of Werther is still the best. There have been many others in up-to-date stereo sound with starry international casts, but none so idiomatic, well conducted, and beautifully sung." ClassicsToday