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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Works for Violin and Piano Nazrin Rashidova (violin) & Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] Moritz Moszkowski enjoyed a considerable international reputation as a composer and pianist and was fêted as the natural successor to Chopin. It is a mark of his music's success that it was arranged for countless ensembles and solo... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concertos for Two Violins [2003 recording] Nigel Kennedy (violin) Daniel Stabrawa (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra La Scala Opera / Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria), etc / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Barenboim] delivers the kind of eloquently moulded, dramatically succinct phrases heard in his Wagner performances of late...[His] status as a Verdian outsider - and the fresh insights that come with that - is a genuine drawing card." |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2002 at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin) Dorothea Roschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Werner Gura / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ TDK/Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "It is very well performed. All the singers are on good form, and work well together in this most ensemble-based of Mozart operas. The picture quality and sound quality are both excellent, and there are loads of index points." (MusicWeb) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (with Mark-Anthony Turnage: "Shadow Walker" Concerto) Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope (violins) / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Vadim Repin and Daniel Hope are, not surprisingly, ideally fluent, and the excellent Turkish players recreate Turnage's enigmatic soundworld with aplomb." BBC Music |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] BBC Music Magazine August 2014 - Orchestral Choice |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Feb/2019 ] "An impressive achievement...utterly coherent and never overwrought" The Guardian |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Who are these Children? - Songs Daniel Norman (tenor) Christopher Gould (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] This Britten recital combines two of the composer's major song cycles, Winter Words, from 1953, and Who are these Children? (1969). In them he explored themes of loneliness, transcience and war. |
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STEFAN WOLPE
String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet Toby Appel / Theodore Arm / Aleck Karis / Daniel Kennedy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The surface of Wolpe's late music is deceptive. Herbert Brün observed that if you listen from the outside, it all sounds the same, but inside "everything is exploding. You are full of stuff". Wolpe limited himself to a relatively simple palette of... |
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Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, Steve Gouveia, John Lloyd Young / Original Broadway Cast (US pressing)
Jersey Boys [ Rhino Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is... |
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ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos / Rondos Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Fou Ts'ong (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Prchestra [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 17/Sep/1992 ] "I warmly recommend it for first-time Mozart listeners and well-learned Mozart scholars alike." |
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WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations Peter Donohoe (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia / Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] William Walton occupies his own position in English music of the twentieth century, chronologically between the generation of Gustav Hoist and Vaughan Williams and that of Benjamin Britten. |
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STRAUSS FAMILY / JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER / CARL ZIEHRER
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 (Blu-ray) Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 4/Feb/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall... |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette (with works by Cesar Franck) Yvonne Minton, Francisco Araiza, Jules Bastin, Christa Ludwig / Christa Ludwig / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Apr/2010 ] Now a rare recording of Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet, along with works of Cesar Franck. Originally recorded in 1976 (Franck) and 1980. |
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RAMIREZ / DOWLAND / SCHUBERT / GIAZOTTO / ELGAR / PART / etc
Daniel Hope: Hope Zürcher Kammerorchester, Daniel Hope [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 22/Aug/2023 ] Violinist Daniel Hope presents a highly personal, yet distinctive collection of timeless classics by Schubert, Elgar and Pärt, several beloved traditional songs in stunning new instrumental versions and a brand-new arrangement of the Misa Criolla. |
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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever DVD release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. The German tenor is "the fairytale prince of most opera-goers' dreams - young, reckless,... |
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever Blu-ray release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. |
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Daniel Brandt
Channels (LP) [ Erased Tapes / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Daniel Brandt, co-founder of acclaimed German ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick, is set to release his second solo album for London imprint Erased Tapes on October 12th. Titled Channels, the new record follows the release of the London and Berlin based... |
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Daniel Blumberg
On&On (Limited Edition LP) [ Mute / LP - released 31/Jul/2020 ] On&On, the brand-new album from Daniel Blumberg, is a 9-track song-cycle that confirms the London musician and visual artist as a unique creative force, pushing the art of song into expansive new territories. |