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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
POSTING DATE |
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CARL NIELSEN
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Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Sinfonia semplice" |
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis
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LSO |
1/27/2012 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
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Mass in G major (1937); Sept Chansons (1936); Un Soir de Neige (1944); Figure Humaine (1943) |
Swedish Radio Choir
Peter Dijkstra
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Channel Classics |
1/27/2012 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 |
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä
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BIS |
1/23/2012 |
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ANTONIN DVORÁK
GEORGE GERSHWIN
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Violin Concerto
An American in Paris |
Liza Ferschtman (violin)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam
Mario Venzago
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Challenge Classics |
1/20/2012 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MICHAEL HAYDN
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Duos for Violin & Viola K. 423/4; Menuetto K. 487
Duos for Violin & Viola P127/8 (MH 335/6) |
Rachel Podger (violin); Jane Rogers (viola)
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Channel Classics |
1/19/2012 |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 |
Fabio Biondi (violin); Marc Hantai (transverse flute); Pierre Hantai (harpsichord); Lorenz Duftschmid (viola da gamba); Jordi Savall (basso di viola)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall
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Alia Vox |
1/18/2012 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No. 15 |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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RCO |
1/3/2012 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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THE MAHLER ALBUM
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; Adagio (arr. Stadlmair) from Symphony No. 10
String Quartet No. 11 "Quartetto Serioso" (arr. Mahler) |
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida Thompson
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Channel Classics |
12/26/2011 |
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Christmas hymns, carols, and arrangements by Rutter, Mathias, Darke, Poston, Warlock, Joubert, Bennett, Vaughan Williams, Willcocks, Leighton, Gruber, others
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ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
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John Challenger (organ)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha
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Chandos |
12/24/2011 |
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Works by Nepomuceno; Levy; Villa-Lobos; Mignone; Fernández; Guarnieri; Krieger; Jobim; Pereira/Guerra-Peixe
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DANÇAS BRASILEIRAS
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Săo Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Minczuk
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BIS |
12/17/2011 |
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FLORENT SCHMITT
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La Tragédie de Salomé; Le Palais hanté; Psaume 47 |
Susan Bullock (soprano)
Săo Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Chandos |
12/8/2011 |
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MAX BRUCH
JOHANNES BRAHMS
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AUTUMN
Eight Pieces for clarinet, cello, & piano Op. 83
Trio for clarinet, cello, & piano Op. 114 |
B3 Classic Trio
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Non Profit Music |
12/7/2011 |
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BÉLA BARTÓK
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Bluebeard's Castle |
Laszló Polgár (baritone); Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer
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Channel Classics |
12/5/2011 |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
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Trittico; Arabeschi; Divertimento; Suite Veneziana |
Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer
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CPO |
11/29/2011 |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
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FENNELL CONDUCTS SOUSA
Marches: Sound Off!; The Liberty Bell; Sable and Spurs; New Mexico; others |
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell
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Mercury Living Presence |
11/6/2011 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
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Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 4 |
Anna Malikova (piano)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Thomas Sanderling
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Audite |
10/9/2011 |
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AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
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Fantasy on Motifs from the Opera La traviata for Trumpet & Orchestra Op. 146; Concerto in E-flat major for Euphonium & Orchestra Op. 155; Concerto in E-flat major for Trumpet & Orchestra Op. 198; Gran Capriccio in F minor for Oboe & Orchestra Op. 80; Concerto in F major for Trumpet & Orchestra Op. 123 |
Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet); Roland Fröscher (euphonium); Simone Sommerhalder (oboe)
Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin
Matthias Foremny
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MDG |
9/23/2011 |
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ANTONIN DVORÁK
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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 |
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Mácal
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Exton |
9/21/2011 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25 |
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
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BIS |
9/19/2011 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
PAUL PATTERSON
GARRETT BYRNES
ISANG YUN
TORU TAKEMITSU
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Suite Op. 83
Spiders; Bugs
Visions in Twilight
In Balance
Stanza II for harp & tape |
Lavinia Meijer (harp)
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Channel Classics |
9/18/2011 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
PIERRE PETIT
SAMUEL BARBER
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Concerto for Organ, Strings, & Timpani
Concertino for Organ, Strings, & Percussion
Toccata Festiva |
Gillian Weir (organ)
English Chamber Orchestra
David Hill
Raymond Leppard
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Linn |
9/18/2011 |
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J.S. BACH
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Violin Concertos in A minor BWV 1041; in E major BWV 1042; in G minor (after BWV 1056); in A major (after BWV 1055) |
Rachel Podger (violin)
Brecon Baroque
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Channel Classics |
9/18/2011 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO, VOL. 1
Piano Sonatas No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 ("Pathétique"); No. 9 in E Op. 14 No. 1; No. 10 in G Op. 14 No. 2; No. 11 in B-flat Op. 22 |
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
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BIS |
9/18/2011 |
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SAMUEL BARBER
JENNIFER HIGDON
JOHN CORIGLIANO
JOHN ADAMS
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TRANSMIGRATION
Adagio for Strings; Agnus Dei
Dooryard Bloom
Elegy
On the Transmigration of Souls |
Nmon Ford (baritone)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Robert Spano
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Telarc |
9/18/2011 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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Ein Heldenleben; Four Last Songs |
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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BIS |
9/13/2011 |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
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Mathis der Maler (Symphony); Nobilissima Visione; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber |
Săo Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
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BIS |
9/6/2011 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
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The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Op. 31 |
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava
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Ondine |
9/6/2011 |
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J.S. BACH
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St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 |
Gerd Türk (Evangelist); Peter Harvey (Christ); Amaryllis Dieltiens, Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano); Tim Mead, Matthew White (alto); Julian Podger, Charles Daniels (tenor); Sebastian Noack (bass)
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven
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Channel Classics |
9/5/2011 |
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CHARLES IVES
AARON COPLAND
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A Concord Symphony (orch. Henry Brant)
Organ Symphony |
Paul Jacobs (organ)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas
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San Francisco Symphony |
9/4/2011 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Piano Sonatas (complete) |
Peter Takács (piano); Janice Weber (piano)
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Cambria |
8/22/2011 |
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