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JAN van GILSE
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HINDEMITH
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SUK / LIADOV
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HEINRICH von HERZOGENBERG
Wind Quintet / Horn Trio Orsolino Quintet [ CPO / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] "Impeccable craftsmanship and a good ear for melody are the hallmarks of a quality composer" Classics Today on Herzogenberg |
JOACHIM RAFF
Symphonies Nos 8,9,10 & 11 Philharmonia Hungarica / Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "The most satisfying work here is the Summer symphony" (Joachin Raff website) |
JOACHIM RAFF
Symphony No. 7 op. 201 in B flat major / Jubelouverture op. 103 Philharmonia Hungarica / Werner Andreas Albert [ CPO / CD ] The symphonies of Joachim Raff |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
String Quartets Pleyel Quartet [ CPO / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] The quartets presented on this disc highlight Pleyel's versatility in chamber composition. The Pleyel Quartet of Cologne draw on historical sources for their interpretation where possible and they fascinate us in the Prussian Quartets with their... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
String Quartets, Vol 2 (Nos 7, 11 & 13) Quatuor Danel [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "…the Danel Quartet play these works splendidly, really at home with the idiom and captured in splendid sound by Arnd Coppers." Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No 10 / Symphony No 11 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Take time, be patient and you will be richely awarded and perhaps you can hear'the song the soul once sang'." (Amazon.com) |
DRAESEKE
Symphony No 2 Op 25 / Serenade Op 49 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Jorg-Peter Weigle [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] "CPO's engineering and sound on these late 1990s recordings is outstanding with rich and a richly detailed orchestral palette and sound that is three-dimensional and certainly up to the standards of the pre-super audio era. Like usual, CPO loads up... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
The Rose of Persia (Complete operetta) Plus Overtures (Rec 1999) Richard Morrison (baritone) Richard Suart (baritone) Marilyn Hill Smith (mezzo) Claire Henry (soprano) / Hanover Band / Tom Higgins [ CPO / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "The highlight of this performance is the excellent orchestral playing bringing out every nuance of Sullivan's delicious score." |
BUSONI
Seven Elegies / Perpetuum Mobile / Seven Short Pieces / etc Roland Pontinen (piano) [ CPO / CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] Busoni was one of the most important musicians of his generation: as composer, pianist, theorist, writer and teacher. He was among the finest pianists of a period rich in fine pianists, and his compositions for his own instrument inevitably lie at... |
ATTERBERG
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