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HOLMES / WHITEHEAD / GAO PING / CARR / RITCHIE etc
11 Frames Andrew Beer (violin), Sarah Watkins (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Contemporary works for violin and piano by New Zealand composers. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos Isabelle Faust (violin) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "her sound growing out of the corporate entity to glitter, coax, snarl and soar as required…[a] thought-provoking and eminently enjoyable cycle" Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'This is the outstanding Lise Davidsen recording many of us who've experienced the phenomenon live have been waiting for...The partnership with Leif Ove Andsnes doubles the pleasure.' BBC Music - Choral & Song Choice Feb 2022 |
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Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet No 3 / Clarinet Quintet New Zealand String Quartet, with James Campbell (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Brahms wrote his String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 in 1876 and its largely unclouded and cheerful qualities culminate in a theme and variations finale of exceptional imagination and mastery of form. His last chamber music was inspired by a great... |
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BEETHOVEN
Live Orchestra Wellington [ Concordance Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] In 2017, as part of their partnership with Radio New Zealand Concert, Orchestra Wellington, New Zealand's longest running and most well-attended regional orchestra, made live recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 and 'Symphony... |
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
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EDWARD ELGAR / GARETH FARR
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 / Farr: Cello Concerto 'Chemin des Dames' Sebastien Hurtaud (cello), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey (conductor) [ Rubicon / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] New Zealand composer Gareth Farr wrote his cello concerto after discovering some family history. His three great uncles left New Zealand to fight in France in World War I. All three were killed within weeks of arrival. Elgar's famous concerto was... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "A most rewarding CD then, sure evidence that we should henceforth be on the lookout for any performances, recorded or live, that involve Sheku Kanneh-Mason." - Gramophone |
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Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |
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Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
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BRAHMS / DVORAK / HAHN / STRAUSS / etc
Morgen: Songs For Cello & Piano Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] The return of one of New Zealand's favourite pianists. This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO). |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Études Op. 25 / 4 Scherzi Beatrice Rana (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] 'Beatrice Rana set a new standard. She made the Chopin sound as poetic and colorful as anything he ever wrote. Her playing was refined and soft-spoken in its brilliance throughout. She had the audience rapt.' - The New York Times |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "Capuçon's impetuosity and thoughtfulness are complemented by Haitink's lifelong engagement with this music...Each of the [chamber] works is played with collective grace and elan by these crème de la crème chamber musicians." Sunday Times |
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J. S. BACH
Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 Glenn Gould (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD Box Set - released 7/Aug/2020 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 4) - BBC MUSIC |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: Music for solo piano Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] "In 2010 I was approached by playwright Dave Armstrong to see if I might be interested in being part of Rita and Douglas, a theatrical presentation built around the letters written to Douglas Lilburn by painter Rita Angus." MH |
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MOMPOU / DEBUSSY / ALBENIZ / RAVEL / FALLA
Iberia y Francia Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "these are compelling performances informed by the palette of Goya and undergirded with an inerrantly zesty rhythmic élan." Gramophone Editor's Choice October 2019 |
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PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
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DEBUSSY / DUPARC / FAURE / RAVEL
Secrets: French Songs Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Fazil Say (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] "Fin de siècle song from Duparc to late Fauré forms the basis of this impressive recital, Crebassa's tone and shading ideal in this repertoire, well matched throughout by pianist Fazıl Say." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Solo Vocal |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120 & Clarinet Trio, Op. 114 Marie Ross (clarinet), Petra Somlai (piano), Claire-Lise Démettre (cello) [ Centaur / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] A ground-breaking recording of Brahms' Chamber Works for the Clarinet and Piano, this is the new disc from University of Auckland Lecturer, Marie Ross. Performed with original instruments from the period in the rarely-heard historically informed... |