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ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5; Piano Sonata in A major D. 664 |
András Schiff (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra András Schiff
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Decca |
5/14/2008 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Un ballo in Maschera |
Jon Vickers (tenor); Amy Shuard, Joan Carlyle (soprano); Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano); Ettore Bastianini (baritone); Michael Langdon, David Kelly (bass) Chorus & Orchestra of Covent Garden Edward Downes
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Royal Opera House |
5/14/2008 |
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VELJO TORMIS
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Choral Works: Includes Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele (Two songs to words by Ernst Enno); Kolm eesti mängulaulu (Three Estonian game songs); Kolm laulu eeposest "Kalevpoeg" (Three songs from the epic Kalev's Son); 5 others |
Holst Singers Stephen Layton
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Hyperion |
5/14/2008 |
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CARL NIELSEN
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Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice" |
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Michael Schonwandt
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Naxos |
5/13/2008 |
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FERDINANDO BERTONI
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Orfeo |
Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano); Cecilia Gasdia (soprano); Bruce Ford (tenor) Ambrosian Opera Chorus I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone
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Arts Music |
5/13/2008 |
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Violin showpieces & encores by Paganini (Variations on Carnival of Venice); Ravel (Tzigane); Saint-Saëns (Introduction & Rondo capriccioso); Massenet (Meditation); others
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ZINO FRANCESCATTI
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Zino Francescatti (violin); Artur Balsam (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy
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Biddulph |
5/13/2008 |
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Arias by Puccini, Weber, Flotow, Gounod, Wagner, Verdi, Massenet, Berlioz, & Bizet
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JONAS KAUFMANN--ROMANTIC ARIAS
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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Marco Armiliato
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Decca |
5/12/2008 |
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EDVARD GRIEG ROBERT SCHUMANN
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Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 |
Jorge Bolet (piano) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Chailly
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Decca |
5/12/2008 |
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GEORGES BIZET
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Suites from Carmen; L'Arlésienne (incl. original incidental music) |
Lyon National Opera Chorus Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble Marc Minkowski
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Naïve |
5/12/2008 |
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JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER
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Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 |
Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra Hermann Bäumer
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MDG |
5/12/2008 |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
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String Quartets Nos. 1-3 |
Maggini Quartet
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Naxos |
5/12/2008 |
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Relaxing Rarities from Chicago's Classical Label
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SERENELY CEDILLE Various works by Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Brahms, Ferko, Perkinson, Piston, Still, Copland, Mompou, Bach, others |
Various orchestras, ensembles, & soloists
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Cedille |
5/11/2008 |
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SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR WILLIAM GRANT STILL FELA SOWANDE
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AFRICAN HERITAGE SYMPHONIC SERIES 1 Danse Nègre from African Suite; Petite Suite de Concert Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" African Suite (selections) |
Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman
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Cedille |
5/11/2008 |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL AMY BEACH
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Afro-American Symphony "Gaelic" Symphony |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Karl Krueger
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Bridge |
5/11/2008 |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
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In Memoriam; Africa (Symphonic Poem); Afro-American Symphony |
Fort Smith Symphony John Jeter
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Naxos |
5/11/2008 |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
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Lyric Quartet; Danzas De Panama; Prince and the Mermaid Suite; Selections from Little Folk Suites; Pastorela; Blues; Quit Dat Fool'nish |
Fritz Gearhart (violin); Victor Steinhardt(piano) Oregon String Quartet
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Koch International Classics |
5/11/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Motets BWV 225-230 |
Netherlands Chamber Choir Peter Dijkstra
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Channel Classics |
5/10/2008 |
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JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH
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Trio in D major; Sonata in A major; Sonata in E minor; Sonata in G major; Trio in G major |
Camerata Köln
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CPO |
5/10/2008 |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON
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Sequence for All Saints Op. 75 (1978); Chorale Prelude "Rockingham" (1975); O God, enfold me in the sun (1967); Morning Canticles (1967); The World's Desire--A Sequence for Epiphany Op. 91 (1984) |
Various vocal soloists; David Bednall (organ) Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir Wells Cathedral Choir Matthew Owens
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Hyperion |
5/10/2008 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 arr. for two pianos by Franz Liszt |
Leon McCawley, Ashley Wass (pianos)
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Naxos |
5/10/2008 |
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PIERRE SANCAN CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR ALBERT ROUSSEL DARIUS MILHAUD BENJAMIN GODARD
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FRENCH DELIGHTS Sonatine Suite for Flute & Piano Joueurs de flute; Deux Poèmes de Ronsard Sonatine Suite de trois morceaux |
Sharon Bezaly (flute); Love Derwinger (piano); Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
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BIS |
5/10/2008 |
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GEORGE CRUMB
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Variations (for large orchestra); Otherworldly Resonances (rev. 2005); Night of the Four Moons; The Sleeper; Three Early Songs |
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano); Gilbert Kalish (piano) Quattro Mani Odense Symphony Orchestra The Aeolian Chamber Players Paul Mann
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Bridge |
5/9/2008 |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
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Symphony No. 8 |
North German Radio (NDR) Symphony Orchestra Günter Wand
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RCA |
5/8/2008 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Piano Sonatas No. 11 in B-flat Op. 22; No. 23 in C Op. 53 (“Waldstein”); & No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 (“Appassionata”) |
Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
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Hänssler Classic |
5/8/2008 |
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SAVERIO MERCADANTE
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Maria Stuarda regina di Scozia (highlights) |
Judith Howarth (soprano); Jennifer Larmore, Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano); Colin Lee (tenor); Pauls Putnins (bass) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Philharmonia Orchestra Antonello Allemandi
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Opera Rara |
5/8/2008 |
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Ballad, folksong, & spiritual arrangements by Bob Chilcott, Philip Lawson, & Peter Knight
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THE KING'S SINGERS--SIMPLE GIFTS
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The King's Singers
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Signum |
5/7/2008 |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
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Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"; Hebrides Overture; Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
5/7/2008 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 14 ("Concerto Without Orchestra"); Impromptus Op. 5; Fantasy in C major Op. 17 |
Eric Le Sage (piano)
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Alpha |
5/7/2008 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
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Symphony No. 5 Prometheus - Poem of Fire |
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
5/6/2008 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 58; Three Mazurkas Op. 59; Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60; Waltz in E-flat major Op. 18; Three Waltzes Op. 64; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 |
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
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EMI |
5/6/2008 |
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LEE ACTOR
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Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2; Timpani Concerto |
Pip Clarke (violin); Stuart Chafetz (timpani) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Kirk Trevor
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Albany |
5/6/2008 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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String Quartet in G D. 887; String Trio D. 471; String Trio D. 581 |
Prazàk Quartet Beethoven String Trio
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Praga |
5/5/2008 |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
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Les Contes d’Hoffmann |
Leopold Simoneau, Aime Doniat (tenor); Mattiwilda Dobbs (soprano); Uta Graf, Nata Tuescher (mezzo-soprano); Heins Rehfuss (bass-baritone); others Chorus & Orchestra of the “Concerts de Paris” Pierre-Michel Le Conte
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Urania |
5/5/2008 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Eroica" |
Royal Flemish Philharmonic Philippe Herreweghe
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PentaTone |
5/5/2008 |
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Concertos by Samuel Barber, Chen Yi, & Behzad Ranjbaran
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THE AMERICAN CELLO
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Paul Tobias (cello) Virginia Symphony Orchestra Joann Falletta
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Albany |
5/4/2008 |
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DAVID BAKER
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Kosbro; Concert Piece for Trombone & String Orchestra; Fantasy on Themes from Masque of the Red Death Ballet; Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra |
Jiri Novotny (trombone); Thomas Walsh (saxophone) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman
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Albany |
5/4/2008 |
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GEORGE LLOYD
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Symphony No. 4 "Arctic" |
Albany Symphony Orchestra George Lloyd
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Albany |
5/4/2008 |
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JOHN BIGGS
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Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; The Ballad of William Sycamore |
Jonathan Dunn-Rankin (narrator) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman
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Albany |
5/4/2008 |
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STEVEN STUCKY GABRIEL IAN GOULD JOHN HARBISON MORTON GOULD
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Son et Lumière Watercolors Cello Concerto Symphony No. 2 "On Marching Tunes" |
Robert Sheena (English horn); David Finckel (cello) Albany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller
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Albany |
5/4/2008 |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
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Symphony No. 2; Pour une fête de printemps; Suite in F |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève
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Naxos |
5/3/2008 |
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BORIS BLACHER
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Romeo and Juliet |
David Robinson (tenor); N'Kenge Simpson (soprano); Leneida Crawford (mezzo-soprano); Larry Vote (baritone); others Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Silberschlag
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Albany |
5/3/2008 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7; En Saga |
Boston Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis
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PentaTone |
5/3/2008 |
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W.A. MOZART JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER IGNAZ FRIEDMAN STEPHEN HOUGH FRANZ LISZT
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A MOZART ALBUM Fantasia in C minor K. 475; Sonata in B-flat major K. 333; Fantasia in C minor K. 396/385f Hommage à Mozart Menuetto in D major Three Mozart Transformations (after Poulenc) Fantasia on two themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (completed by Ferruccio Busoni) |
Stephen Hough (piano)
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Hyperion |
5/3/2008 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Don Giovanni |
Johannes Weisser, Nikolay Borchev (baritone); Marcos Fink, Alessandro Guerzoni (bass); Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Malin Byström, Sunhae Im (soprano); Werner Güra (tenor) Innsbruck Festival Chorus Freiburg Baroque Orchestra René Jacobs
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Harmonia Mundi |
5/3/2008 |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
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Suite Concertante (two versions); Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Orchestra |
Bohuslav Matousek (violin, viola) Czech Philharmonic Christopher Hogwood
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Hyperion |
5/2/2008 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 |
Boris Berezovsky (piano) Ensemble Orchestre de Paris John Nelson
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Mirare |
5/2/2008 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Luisa Miller |
Gilda Cruz-Romo (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Matteo Manuguerra (baritone); Raffaele Arié, Ferrucio Mazzoli (bass); Cristina Angelakova (mezzo-soprano); others Orchestra e Coro di Torino della RAI Peter Maag
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Arts Music |
5/2/2008 |
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REINHOLD GLIÈRE SERGEI RACHMANINOV
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Symphony No. 3 Il'ya Muromets Three Russian Songs |
Temple University Concert Choir Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
4/30/2008 |
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Works by Judith Weir, Geoffrey Burgon, Tod Machover, Bright Sheng, Michael Nyman, Dominick Argento, David Del Tredici, others
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TRANSIENT GLORY II
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Young People's Chorus of New York City Francisco Nuñez
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Vital Records |
4/30/2008 |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
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Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Three Black Kings; New World a-Comin'; Harlem |
American Composers Orchestra Maurice Peress
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Nimbus |
4/29/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Goldberg Variations BWV 988 |
David Korevaar (piano)
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Ivory Classics |
4/29/2008 |
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JULES MASSENET CÉSAR FRANCK
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Scènes de bal; Année passée (Books 1-4) Prélude, fugue et variation Op. 18; Duo for Piano Four-Hands on God Save the King |
Duo Egri & Pertis
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Hungaroton |
4/29/2008 |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
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THE COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS, VOL. 1 Six Sonatas Op. 1; Three Sonatas Op. 2; Sonata in G major WO14; Three Sonatas Op. 7; Three Sonatas Op. 8; Sonata in A-flat major WO13 |
Howard Shelley (piano)
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Hyperion |
4/29/2008 |
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FARTEIN VALEN
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Pastorale; Sonnetto di Michelangelo; Cantico di Ringraziamento; Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto |
Elise Batnes (violin) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Christian Eggen
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BIS |
4/28/2008 |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
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Tosca |
Raina Kabaivanska (soprano); Nazzareno Antinori (tenor); Nelson Portella (baritone); Enzo Dara (bass); others Bulgarian National Choir Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Gabriele Bellini
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Arts Music |
4/28/2008 |
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Works by Stanford (Caelos ascendit hodie); Britten (Festival Te Deum in E); Vaughan Williams (O clap your hands); Gowers (Viri Galilaei); Rose (Preces & Responses); Walton (Missa brevis; "Chichester" Mag & Nunc); Francis Pott (Toccata); others
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THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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Robert Quinney (organ) Choir of Westminster Abbey James O'Donnell
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Hyperion |
4/28/2008 |
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Anthems, hymns, chants, and other choral works by Tallis, Parry, Stanford, Purcell, Fauré, Duruflé, Burgon, others
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REMEMBRANCE
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Huw Williams (organ) The Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral John Scott
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Hyperion |
4/27/2008 |
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Cathedral anthems & motets by Brahms, Wesley, Bainton, Holst, Mozart, Pärt, Rutter, Finzi, Franck, Owens, others
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A GAELIC BLESSING
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Simon Nieminski (organ) Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh Matthew Owens
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Delphian |
4/27/2008 |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
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A Sequence for St. Michael; A Hymn for St. Cecilia; O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; Three Carol-Anthems (A Spotless Rose; Sing lullaby; Here is the little door); I love all beauteous things; Salve Regina; Services for St. George's Chapel, Windsor (Te Deum & Benedictus) & New College, Oxford (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis); Magnificat & Nunc dimittis "Collegium Regale" |
Rupert Gough (organ) The Choir of Wells Cathedral Malcolm Archer
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Hyperion |
4/27/2008 |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS JUDITH BINGHAM
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Te Deum in G; Mass in G minor; O vos omnes; Valiant-for-Truth; A vision of aeroplanes Mass |
Robert Quinney (organ) Choir of Westminster Cathedral Martin Baker
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Hyperion |
4/27/2008 |
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Various traditional carol arrangements and original settings by Willcocks, Howells, Cornelius, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, others
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CAROLS FROM WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL
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James Lancelot (organ) Winchester Cathedral Choir Martin Neary
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Sanctuary Classics |
4/27/2008 |
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ALBAN BERG PAUL HINDEMITH ARNOLD SCHOENBERG KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN
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20th CENTURY PIANO SONATAS Piano Sonata Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 (1936) Three Piano Pieces (1894) Piano Sonata “27 April 1945” (includes two versions of the finale) |
Allison Brewster Franzetti (piano)
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Naxos |
4/26/2008 |
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Arias & other vocal selections from operas by Giovanni Pacini & Saverio Mercadante
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PAVENTA INSANO
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Annick Massis, Majella Cullagh (soprano); Bruce Ford, Kenneth Tarver (tenor); Laura Polverelli (mezzo-soprano); Alan Opie (baritone); Henry Waddington, Roland Wood (bass) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry
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Opera Rara |
4/26/2008 |
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DON GILLIS
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Twinkletoes; Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera; Encore Concerto; Rhapsodies for Harp & Trumpet |
Ian Hobson (piano); Anna Sikorzak-Olek (harp); Krzysztof Bednarczyk (trumpet) Sinfonia Varsovia Ian Hobson
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Albany |
4/26/2008 |
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EDVARD GRIEG PAUL HINDEMITH FRANCIS POULENC BOHUSLAV MARTINU
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THE BEAUTY OF TWO Cello Sonata Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Flute Sonata Cello Sonata No. 3 |
The Kennedy Center Chamber Players
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Dorian |
4/26/2008 |
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Works by Guillaume de Machaut (Messe de Nostre Dame; Douce dame jolie), Tarik O'Regan (Scattered Rhymes; Virelai: Douce dame jolie), Gavin Bryars (Super flumina), Guillaume Dufay (Ave Regina celorum)
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SCATTERED RHYMES
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The Orlando Consort Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (Scattered Rhymes)
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Harmonia Mundi |
4/26/2008 |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
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COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO, VOL. 1 Violin Sonata No. 3 in E minor Op. 57 (“Epica”); Three Nocturnes Op. 16; Fairy Tale Op. 20 No. 1 in B minor (arr. Heifetz) |
Laurence Kayaleh (violin); Paul Stewart (piano)
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Naxos |
4/24/2008 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No. 1 (rehearsal and performance) |
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Leonard Bernstein
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Medici Arts |
4/23/2008 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
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Das Rheingold |
Thomas Stewart, Zoltan Kelemen, Karl Riddersbusch, Louis Hendrikx, Leif Roar (bass-baritone); Brigitte Fassbaender, Birgit Finnila (mezzo-soprano); Jeannine Altmeyer (soprano); others Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/23/2008 |
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Arias by Weber, Donizetti, Wagner, Massenet, Puccini, Cilea, Bizet, Thomas, Bellini, Rossini, Beethoven, & Verdi
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CONCERTI MARTINI & ROSSI
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Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano); Gertrud Grob-Prandl (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI Oliviero de Fabritiis
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Great Opera Performances |
4/22/2008 |
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Operas & choral works by various composers
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KARAJAN THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL. 2: OPERA & VOCAL Fidelio; Pelléas et Mélisande; Lucia di Lammermoor; Hänsel und Gretel; Cosi fan tutte; The Marriage of Figaro; The Magic Flute; Madama Butterfly; Die Fledermaus; Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Rosenkavalier; Salome; Aida; Il Trovatore Otello; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürenburg Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre (Act 3); Missa solemnis; A German Requiem; Mass in B minor; others |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Maria Callas; Irmgard Seefried; Erich Kunz; George London; Sena Jurinac; Hildegard Behrens; Agnes Baltsa; José van Dam; Frederica von Stade; Mirella Freni; Jose Carreras; Piero Cappuccilli; Elisabeth Grümmer; Nan Merriman; Leopold Simoneau; Nicolaï Gedda; others Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic Staatskapelle Dresden Herbert von Karajan
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EMI |
4/22/2008 |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
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Symphony No. 8 "The Journey"; Manhattan Trilogy; Apotheosis |
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen
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Naxos |
4/21/2008 |
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GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI
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7 Sonatas for Flute & Basso Continuo |
Maurice Steger (recorder) Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord, organ); Margret Koll (harp); Mauro Valli (cello); Christian Beuse (bassoon); Eduardo Eguez (theorbe, guitar); Naoki Kitaya (organ)
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Harmonia Mundi |
4/21/2008 |
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Songs by Ilse Weber, Karel Švenk, Adolf Strauss, Martin Roman, Hans Krása, Carlo Taube, Viktor Ullmann, & Pavel Haas; Sonata for Solo Violin by Erwin Schulhoff
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TEREZÍN/THERESIENSTADT
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Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano); Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Bengt Forsberg, Gerold Huber (piano); Daniel Hope (violin); others
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/21/2008 |
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Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Sibelius, Strauss, others
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KARAJAN THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL.1
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Dinu Lipatti, Walter Gieseking, Kurt Leimer, Svatoslav Richter, Hans Richter-Haaser, Alexis Weissenberg (piano); Gidon Kremer, David Oïstrakh, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Maurice André (trumpet); Dennis Brain (horn); others Vienna Philharmonic Berlin Philharmonic Orchestre de Paris Philharmonia Orchestra Lucerne Festival Orchestra Herbert von Karajan
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EMI |
4/21/2008 |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
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Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version, 1762) |
Sylvia McNair, Cynthia Seiden (soprano); Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
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Decca |
4/20/2008 |
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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
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Alexander's Feast (or, the Power of Music); Concerto grosso in C "Alexander's Feast" |
Donna Brown (soprano); Carolyn Watkinson (contralto); Ashley Stafford (countertenor); Nigel Robson (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
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Philips |
4/20/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Cantatas BWV 3, 13, 14, 26, 81, 155, & 227; Motet Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 |
Joanne Lunn, Katharine Fuge (soprano); Richard Wyn Roberts, William Towers (alto); Julian Podger, Paul Agnew (tenor); Gerald Finley, Peter Harvey (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
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Soli Deo Gloria |
4/20/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Motet BWV 225 (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied); Cantatas for the Sunday after Christmas: BWV 28 (Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende); BWV 122 (Das neugeborne Kindelein); BWV 152 (Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn); Cantata for New Year's Day: BWV 190 (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied) |
Gillian Keith, Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn (soprano); Daniel Taylor (alto); James Gilchrist (tenor); Peter Harvey (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
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Soli Deo Gloria |
4/20/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Whitsun Cantatas--O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe BWV 34; Wer mich liebet BWV 59 & 74; Erschallet, ihr Lieder BWV 172 |
Martina Jankova, Magdalena Kozená (soprano); Robin Blaze (countertenor); Bernarda Fink (contralto); Christoph Genz, Steve Davislim (tenor); Christopher Harvey, Peter Foster (bass) The Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner
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Archiv |
4/20/2008 |
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AUGUST KLUGHARDT CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER FELIX WHITE MARCO AURÉLIO YANO PAUL HINDEMITH
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POETIC INSPIRATIONS Schilflieder (Songs of the Reeds) Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, & Piano The Nymph's Complaint for the Death of her Fawn Modinha Trio for Viola, Heckelphone, & Piano |
Alex Klein (oboe); Richard Young (viola); Ricardo Castro (piano)
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Cedille |
4/19/2008 |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
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Špalícek (complete ballet); The Specter's Bride; Dandelion Romance; The Primrose |
Various soloists Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Prague Symphony Orchestra František Jílek Jirí Belohlávek
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Supraphon |
4/19/2008 |
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J.S. BACH
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Cantatas BWV 27, 84, 95, & 161 |
Dorothee Mields (soprano); Matthew White (alto); Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor); Thomas Bauer (bass) Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe
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Harmonia Mundi |
4/19/2008 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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COMPLETE MUSIC FOR VOICE & ORCHESTRA Kullervo Symphony; The Origin of Fire; Sandels; The Captive Queen; Snöfrid; Vaino's Song; Have Your Courage?; A Song for Lemminkainen; The Maiden in the Tower; The Lover; The Rapids Rider's Brides; Luonnotar; Orchestral Songs; others |
MariAnne Häggander (soprano); Jorma Hynninen (baritone); others YL Male Voice Choir Dominante and Jubilate Choirs Lahti Symphony Orchestra Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä Neeme Järvi Jorma Panula
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BIS |
4/19/2008 |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
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Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Stabat Mater; Litany to the Virgin Mary; Harnasie; Love Songs of Hafiz; Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess; King Roger |
Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Leif Ove Andsnes (piano); Various soloists City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Simon Rattle
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EMI |
4/19/2008 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN FRANZ LISZT J.S. BACH
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Fantasie in F minor; Six Etudes; Nocturne in E-flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in D-flat Op. 27 No. 2; Berceuse in D-flat; Mazurka in A minor Op. 68 No. 2; Waltz in E minor Op. Posth.; Waltz in A-flat Op. 42; Polonaise in A Op. 40 No. 1; Polonaise in A-flat Op. 53 La Leggierzza; Au bord d’une source Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543 (arr. Liszt) |
Solomon (piano)
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Pearl |
4/18/2008 |
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Songs & Arias
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ROSA PONSELLE ON THE AIR: VOL. 2, 1936-37
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Rosa Ponselle (soprano) Various orchestras & conductors
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Marston |
4/18/2008 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Don Carlos |
Alastair Miles, Simon Yang (bass); Ramon Vargas (tenor); Bo Skovhus (baritone); Iano Tamar (soprano); Nadja Michael (mezzo-soprano); others Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra Bertrand de Billy
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TDK |
4/16/2008 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
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Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Carlo Maria Giulini
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/16/2008 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
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Symphony No. 10 (ed. Cooke) |
BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda
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Chandos |
4/15/2008 |
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RICHARD DANIELPOUR
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A Child's Reliquary (Trio for Violin, Cello, & Piano); In the Arms of the Beloved (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, & Orchestra) |
Jaime Laredo (violin); Sharon Robinson (cello) The Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio The IRIS Chamber Orchestra Michael Stern
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Koch International Classics |
4/15/2008 |
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