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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Carolyn Sampson (sop) Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Thomas Walker (ten) David Wilson-Johnson (bass) / Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Daniel Reu [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "this is a Missa Solemnis that, for me, really taps into the spirituality of Beethoven's vision. There is depth and insight in every movement, and the overall result is as moving as it is musically impressive." MusicWeb |
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Corto.alto
Some Small Fortune [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Some Small Fortune is the new album by corto.alto - the project led by multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall. For the best part of the last decade, Dumfries-born, Glasgow-raised Shortall has been in his home studio... |
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Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) with Paquito D'Rivera (alto) and Bobby McFerrin (vocals)
Bird Songs [ Telarc Discover Jazz / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Few artists have impacted the sounds of modern jazz as much as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Together these two men revolutionized the sounds of modern jazz, expanding the existing boundaries of harmony, melody and rhythm. |
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Sospiri d'amore - Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666 Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto) / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 26/Sep/2016 ] "The young Italian countertenor [Raffaele Pe] is indeed outstanding throughout, with a fine voice that shines not only in a compelling performance of the scena infernale from Scipione Affricano. La Venexiana's accompaniments are stylish in that they |
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HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein conducts Bernstein [7 CD set] John Bogart (alto) Zino Francescatti (violin) Benny Goodman (clarinet) / New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Leonard Bernstein was perhaps the most influential figure in classical music in the last half of the twentieth century. Composer, conductor, author, lecturer and often controversial media personality, the American-born Bernstein had a dramatic impact... |
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KALEVI AHO
Chamber Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 John-Edward Kelly (alto saxophone) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Stefan Asbury, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Aho shows that he understands the saxophone's capabilities, inventively blending and contrasting it with the strings." BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 ***** |
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Lee Morgan (trumpet), with Gigi Gryce (alto sax/flute), Benny Golson (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Charlie Paersip (drums)
Lee Morgan Vol. 3 [ Blue Note / CD - released 2/Oct/2007 ] Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 24, 1957 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems - complete Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) James Bowman (alto) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. |
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BACH / TELEMANN / HANDEL / GRIEG / GLUCK / ALBINONI / etc
Michala Petri : The Complete RCA Album Collection Michala Petri (recorder) with Hanne Petri (harpsichord) David Petri (cello) Elisabeth Selin (alto recorder) Keith Jarrett (harpsichord), etc [ RCA Red Seal / 17 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2018 ] Sony Classical presents a 17-disc recording set of one of the most successful recorder masters, Michala Petri. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 14) Nos 148, 48, 89 & 109 Midori Suzuki (sop) Robin Blaze (alto) Gerd Tark (ten) / Collegium Japan / Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Critic's Choice-the Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine) |
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HANDEL
Messiah (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |
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HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 6 - Olinto Pastore Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The penultimate release in the series of Italian cantatas by the Saxon composer which Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza are making for Glossa. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 37) BWV169, BWV170, BWV35, BWV200 Robin Blaze (alto) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "Contains some of the richest and strangest jewels of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
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J.S. BACH
Lutheran Masses, Vol 1 (BWV234 & 235) Susan Gritton (sop) Robin Blaze (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Brian Harvey, Peter Harvey (basses); Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] "Occasionally the undirected ensemble needs drawing together and the odd blip springs up, but these are fresh, characterful (the oboe and flute playing is occasionally quirky but musically affecting) and spontaneous Bach performances which will... |
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OWAIN PARK
Park: Choral Works Anita Monserrat (soprano) Owain Park (bass) Karolina Csáthy (alto) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] As John Rutter (Owain Park's erstwhile teacher) shrewdly notes in the booklet, Park is one of a new generation of composers whose voice has been informed by music of many styles, traditions and periods. This is indeed music 'for us all to enjoy as... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 13) Nos 25, 50, 64, 69a & 77 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (alto) / Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] Masaaki Suzuki continues his series of Bach Cantatas |
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W. A. MOZART
Bruno Walter conducts Mozart [6 CD set] Zino Francescatti (violin) Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Jennie Tourel (alto), Léopold Simoneau (tenor) & William Warfield (bass) / Columbia Symphony [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Born in Berlin in 1876, Bruno Walter entered the Stern Conservatory at the age of eight, intending to become a concert pianist, and made his conducting debut in Cologne at 17. Following appointments in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Riga and Berlin, he... |