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ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
CATALOG |
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Works by Ginastera, Janácek, Mendelssohn, Falla, Fauré, & Saint-Saëns
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ALISA WEILERSTEIN CELLO RECITAL
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Alisa Weilerstein (cello); Vivian Hornik Weilerstein (piano)
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EMI |
75498 2 |
CD |
9/10 |
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Choral works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Massenet, Canteloube, & Delibes
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PASTORALE
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Jeremy Filsell (piano)
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse
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Guild |
7199 |
CD |
10/10 |
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Works by Stanford, Grieg, Taverner, Rutter, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Messiaen, others
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BLUEBIRD--VOICES FROM HEAVEN
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The Choir of New College Oxford
Edward Higginbottom
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Decca |
466 870-2 |
CD |
7/7 |
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Songs & arias by Gounod, Donizetti, Mozart, Ravel, Caccini, Fauré, Schubert, others
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PRAYERS
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Sumi Jo (soprano)
Philharmonischer Chor
Koln Gurzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoniker
James Conlon
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Erato |
57772-2 |
CD |
7/9 |
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Works by Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Respighi, others
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THE SWAN
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Han-Na Chang (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin
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EMI |
57052 |
CD |
7/7 |
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Works by Debussy, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss, & Joseph Marx
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NIGHT SONGS
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Renée Fleming (soprano); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
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Decca |
467 697-2 |
CD |
6/8 |
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Works by Adam (O holy night), Fauré (Pie Jesu), Brahms (Wiegenlied), Puccini (Salve regina), Niedermeyer (Pietà, Signore), Romanian songs (arr. Hazell), others
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MYSTERIUM--SACRED ARIAS
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Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Romanian National Chamber Choir "Madrigal"
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ion Marin
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Decca |
466 102-2 |
CD |
8/7 |
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Various arias, ensembles, & songs by Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, Sullivan, Puccini, Massenet, others
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ENRICO CARUSO: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 7
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Enrico Caruso (tenor); others
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Naxos |
8.110708 |
CD |
9/3 |
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Various works by Fauré, Taffanel, Gaubert, Enescu, Griffes, others
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CAFÉ AU LAIT
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Sharon Bezaly (flute); Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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BIS |
1239 |
CD |
8/8 |
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Various works by Debussy, Satie, Fauré, Grieg, Massenet, Wolf-Ferrari, Gounod, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, & Sibelius
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REVERIES
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Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue
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Reference Recordings |
99 |
CD |
8/10 |
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Works by Puccini, Grandjany, Fauré, Lecuona, Salzedo, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, & Pierné
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THE ROMANTIC HARP
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Yolanda Kondonassis (harp)
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Telarc |
60581 |
SACD |
10/10 |
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Various songs by Fauré, Ravel, Milhaud, & Aubert
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IRMA KOLASSI--French Songs
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Irma Kolassi (mezzo-soprano); André Collard, Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
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Testament |
1291 |
CD |
10/6 |
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Various works and transcriptions by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Rubinstein, Wagner, others
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PABLO CASALS--ENCORES AND TRANSCRIPTIONS, VOL. 1
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Pablo Casals (cello); Nikolai Mednikoff, Edouard Gendron (piano)
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Naxos |
8.110972 |
CD |
8/3 |
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Songs by Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel, & Gabriel Fauré
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GÉRARD SOUZAY
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Gérard Souzay (baritone); Jacqueline Bonneau (piano); Dalton Baldwin (piano)
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Testament |
1311 |
CD |
8/5 |
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Various works by Joubert, Sumsion, Parry, Dykes, Dearmer, Ireland, Tippett, Fauré, others
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PORTSMOUTH REMEMBERS
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David Thorne, Rosemary Field, & Christopher Eastwood (organ)
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir
The Regent Brass Ensemble
Anthony Froggatt
David Price
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Guild |
7271 |
CD |
8/8 |
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Choral works by Franck, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Fauré, Greene, Schubert, Ireland, Hadley, & Karg-Elert
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HEAVENLY VOICES
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Corina Belcea (violin); Ashley Grote, Tom Winpenney (organ)
The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
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EMI |
5 57812 2 |
CD |
9/9 |
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Works by Rameau, Hahn, Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, & Fauré arranged for trumpet & piano
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LA TROMPETTE RETROUVÉE
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Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet); Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
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Linn |
CKD 294 |
CD |
10/10 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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13 Nocturnes |
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (piano)
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Testament |
1262 |
CD |
10/5 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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13 Nocturnes |
David Jalbert (piano)
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Endeavour Classics |
1014 |
CD |
7/9 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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The Complete Songs, Vol. 1--Au bord de l'eau
26 songs |
Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy, Stella Doufexis (soprano); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe (baritone); Graham Johnson (piano)
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Hyperion |
67333 |
CD |
8/8 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
FRANCIS POULENC
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NUIT D'ÉTOILES
Après un rêve; Sylvie; Au bord de l'eau; Lydia; Le papillon et la fleur; Mandoline; Clair de lune; Les berceaux
3 Chansons de Bilitis; Fêtes galantes I; 5 more Songs
Banalités; 2 Mélodies de Guillaume Apollinaire; Les chemins de l'amour |
Véronique Gens (soprano); Roger Vignoles (piano)
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Virgin Classics |
45360 |
CD |
7/6 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
ERIK SATIE
MAURICE RAVEL
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Ballade Op. 19
Scherzo-valse; Idylle; Bourrée Fantasque
Gymnopédie No. 1
Jeux d'Eau; Pavane pour une Infante défunte; Gaspard de la Nuit |
Naida Cole (piano)
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Decca |
748 021-2 |
CD |
6/9 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
EDOUARD LALO
GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Cello Concerto in A minor
Cello Concerto in D minor
Élégie for cello & orchestra |
Jesús Morales (cello)
Philharmonia Bulgarica
Jamie Morales
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Centaur |
2837 |
CD |
9/8 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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COMPLETE MUSIC FOR CELLO & PIANO: Sérénade Op. 98; Sicilienne Op. 78; Élégie Op. 24; Sonata Op. 109; Romance Op. 69; Morceau de lecture Op. 69; Papillon Op. 77; Sonata Op. 117; Après un reve Op. 7 No. 1 |
Steven Doane (cello); Barry Snyder (piano)
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Bridge |
9038 |
CD |
7/8 |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
FRANÇOIS DEVIENNE
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
GABRIEL FAURÉ (orch. Talmi)
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Concertino for Flute & Small Orchestra
Concerto No. 7 in E minor
Romance in D; Airs de ballet d'Ascanio; Tarentelle; Odelette
Fantasie |
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
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BIS |
1359 |
CD |
10/10 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Daphnis et Chloé
Pelléas et Mélisande |
Cleveland Orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Lorin Maazel
Ernest Ansermet
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Eloquence |
461 343-2 |
CD |
9/9 |
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HENRY PURCELL
FRANZ SCHUBERT
ROBERT SCHUMANN
GABRIEL FAURÉ
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
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Five songs (realizations by Britten)
Die Sterne; Nachtviolen; Auflösung
Liederkreis Op. 39
La Bonne Chanson Op. 61
English folksong arrangements (Sally in our Alley; The Plough Boy; Tom Bowling; The Lincolnshire Poacher) |
Peter Pears (tenor); Benjamin Britten (piano)
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BBC |
8006 |
CD |
10/7 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
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La bonne Chanson Op. 61
Ariettes oubliées; Fêtes galantes; Troi chansons de Bilitis; Le promenoir de deux amants; Trois Ballades de Francois Villon |
Suzanne Danco (soprano); Guido Agosti (piano)
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Testament |
1289 |
CD |
10/7 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Mazurka Op. 32; Pavane Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande (transcription from incidental music); Valses-Caprices Op. 30, 38, 59, 62 |
Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano)
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Naxos |
8.553741 |
CD |
8/8 |
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JULES MASSENET
GABRIEL FAURÉ
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
CÉSAR FRANCK
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LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
Meditation from Thaïs (arr. Ma)
Violin Sonata No. 1 (arr. Ma)
Havanaise (arr. Ma)
Violin Sonata (transc. for cello) |
Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Kathryn Stott (piano)
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Sony Classical |
SK 87287 |
CD |
4/7 |
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