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CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
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CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 BLU-RAY Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "...no one can deny the sheer beauty that this pair lovingly conjures." ClassicalNet |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi:The Four Seasons Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] Recorded 28 October 1987 at the Philharmonie, Berlin |
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GLAZUNOV / PROKOFIEV
Glazunov / Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (with Shchedrin - Stihira) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Three highly contrasted works from 20th century Russia. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Glazunov's richly lyrical violin concerto, first performed in 1905, and in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1, dating from the time of the Revolution and a... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D / Romances Nos 1 & 2 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / New York Philharmonic / Kurt Masur [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Oct/2002 ] "A radical re-think of a classic - novel, provocative, sensual, often brilliant" (Gramophone) |
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EDOUARD LALO / PABLO SARASATE
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Sarrasate: Zigeunerweisen (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 10/May/2024 ] "...pure intonation, the sweet tone and the warmly emotional and committed treatment that this much admired young artist gives the work." Gramophone |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams In Vienna [Blu-ray Video Edition Dolby Atmos] Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray Video / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Feb/2021 ] John Williams in Vienna, the legendary composer's chart-topping new album with the world-famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, has become the best-selling orchestral album of 2020. Now on Blu-ray with bonus tracks. |
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PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Way Through the Woods, and other favourite poems Anton Lesser, Anne Harvey, Katinka Wolf, narrators [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] There are complete stories here - The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Lady of Shalott - and humor aplenty, whether it is the music hall mischief of Dahn the Plughole or the more sinister touches of Binyon's Hunger. |
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ERNEST KANITZ
Music In Exile: Chamber Works by Ernest Kanitz ARC Ensemble, with Anna Štube & Marie Bérard (Violin) [ Chandos Music in Exile / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] he ARC Ensemble's Music in Exile series continues with this exploration of chamber works by Ernest Kanitz. |
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C. P. E. BACH
C. P. E. Bach: Empfindsamkeit Arnaud De Pasquale, Anne Thivierge [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Son of the famous Johann Sebastian, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a renowned keyboard virtuoso in the 18th century. A prolific composer and theorist of keyboard instruments, he forged the aesthetic of Empfindsamkeit, a style in which emotion is... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The French Romantic Experience Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet, François-Xavier Roth, Christophe Rousset, Diana Damrau, Véronique Gens, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, etc [ Bru Zane / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Well worth anyone's attention, especially those attracted to the less familiar areas of 19th-century repertoire. In fact, I have rarely encountered a 'compilation' that has yielded so much listening pleasure" Gramophone |
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STRAVINSKY / FAURE / TCHAIKOVSKY
Jewels [ballet by George Balanchine] (recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Ballet de L'Opera National de Paris / Aurelie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Agnes Letestu, Clairemarie Osta [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967. This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities... |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Cord Garben (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The casting is, almost without exception, sensitive and revelatory.' Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Michael Volle, Klaus Florian Vogt, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Anne Schwanewilms / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Deutsche Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 5/Dec/2019 ] "The performances of the cast are of a high standard dramatically and mostly musically. Volle now paces himself well and Lehmkuhl is a magical and unclichéd Magdalene." Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Complete Wagner Operas [34 CD set] Robert Holl, Falk Struckmann, Jane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Siegfried Jerusalem, Günter von Kannen, Anne Evans / Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Barenboim's iconic Wagner performances, available for the first time in a complete set. |
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GEORG MUFFAT
Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus Bernard Foccroulle, Marie Rouquié [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The collection of toccatas Apparatus musico-organisticus, published in 1690, immediately established Georg Muffat as one of the greatest organists of his century. A veritable reference in the organ repertoire, appreciated for its stylistic diversity,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amalie´s Cosmos: Music For Harp Anne-Sophie Bertrand (harp) [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] Harpist Anne-Sophie Bertrand presents Amalie's Cosmos, an evocative journey through the salons of 19th-century Europe. At the heart of Berlin's vibrant cultural life in the early 19th century stood Amalie Beer, a wealthy patron, intellectual, and... |
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The Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma
Free America! Early songs of Resistance & Rebellion [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] The United States of America, a promised land? Free America! celebrates the ideas and hopes which preoccupied the young American Republic in the years 1770-1860: the need for freedom of assembly, a willingness to rebel and go into battle fully... |
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J. S. BACH
Best Of Bach [12 CD set] Various Artists incls Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Gustav leonhardt, Il Giardino Armonico, Marie-Claire Alain, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 6/Nov/2006 ] The perfect Bach collection covering all his major works and all taken from the vast Warner music catalogue. |