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Composer |
Performer |
Label |
Rating |
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Café Zimmermann’s Re-scaled, Re-scored, Rewarding Bach
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BACH; C.P.E.BACH; J.S.
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Café Zimmermann
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Alpha
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10 / 10
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BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
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BACH; J.S.
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Klára Würtz (piano)
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Piano Classics
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10 / 10
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Works by Serrano, Lauba, Bark, Goldstein, & Yang
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Scott Litroff (alto & soprano saxophones); Matthieu Cognet (piano)
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MSR Classics
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10 / 10
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BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 8 (Nowak Version, 1890)
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BRUCKNER; ANTON
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Poschner, Markus (Bruckner Orchestra Linz)
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Capriccio
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10 / 10
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DE HARTMANN, THOMAS: Koliadky: Noëls Ukrainiens; Symphonie-Poème No. 4; Concerto Andaluz; Un fête en Ukraine (Suite)
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DE HARTMANN; THOMAS
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Bülent Evcil (flute)
Kuchar; Theodore
: Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine
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Toccata Classics
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10 / 10
|
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VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Messa da Requiem
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VERDI; GIUSEPPE
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Jessye Norman (soprano); Agnes Baltsa (alto); José Carreras (tenor); Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Riccardo Muti
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BR Klassik
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10 / 10
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BACON, ERNST: Piano Trio No. 2
SOWERBY, LEO: Piano Trio
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BACON; ERNSTSOWERBY; LEO
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Lincoln Trio
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Cedille
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10 / 10
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Works by Arnold, Mahler, Chopin, Martinu, Kapustin, Byrd, Bull, Bartók, others
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ARNOLD; MALCOLMBARTÓK; BELABULL; JOHNBYRD; WILLIAMCHOPIN; FRÉDÉRICKAPUSTIN; NIKOLAIMAHLER; GUSTAVMARKEVITCH; IGORMARTINU; BOHUSLAV
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Various Soloists
Various Conductors and Orchestras
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BISCapriccioDeccaDeutsche GrammophonNaxos
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10 / 10
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Arias by Mozart, Méhul, Spontini, Rossini, Adam, Donizetti, Verdi, Thomas, & Offenbach
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Michael Spyres (tenor)
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Marko Letonja
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Erato
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10 / 10
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BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Symphony No. 4
MACMILLAN, JAMES: Larghetto for Orchestra
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BRAHMS; JOHANNESMACMILLAN; JAMES
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Honeck, Manfred (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
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Reference Recordings
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10 / 10
|
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CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Nocturnes (complete)
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CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC
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Stephen Hough (piano)
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Hyperion
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10 / 10
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BARTÓK, BELA: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Concerto for Orchestra
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BARTÓK; BELA
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Mälkki, Susanna (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
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BIS
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10 / 10
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Loeffler: La Mort de Tintagiles
Ruggles: Evocations
Hanson: Before the Dawn
Cowell: Variations for Orchestra
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COWELL; HENRYHANSON; HOWARDLOEFFLER; CHARLESRUGGLES; CARL
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Delphine Dupuy (viola d'amore)
Trevino; Robert
: Basque National Orchestra
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Ondine
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10 / 10
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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Suite Op. 34
JULES MOUQUET: La flute de Pan Op. 15
GABRIEL FAURÉ: Fantasie Op. 70; Morceau de concours
GEORGES ENESCU: Cantabile et presto
PHILIPPE GAUBERT: Nocturne et allegro scherzando; Fantasie; Madrigal
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arranged by Gustave Samazeuilh); Syrinx
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DEBUSSY; CLAUDEENESCU; GEORGEFAURÉ; GABRIELGAUBERT; PHILIPPEMOUQUET; JULESWIDOR; CHARLES-MARIE
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Robert Langevin (flute); Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
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Bridge
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10 / 10
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RAVEL, MAURICE: La valse; Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole; Une barque sur l’océan; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro
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RAVEL; MAURICE
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Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
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Ondine
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10 / 10
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BYRD, WILLIAM: Keyboard works (selected)
BULL, JOHN: Keyboard works (selected)
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BULL; JOHNBYRD; WILLIAM
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Kit Armstrong (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon
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10 / 10
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DEBUSSY, CLAUDE: Children’s Corner Suite
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Preludes Op. 24
MUSSORGSKY, MODEST: Pictures at an Exhibition
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CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRICDEBUSSY; CLAUDEMUSSORGSKY; MODEST
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Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
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Alpha
|
10 / 10
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SOWERBY, LEO: Syncronata (for Jazz Orchestra); Serenade for String Quartet; String Quartet in D minor; Tramping Tune for Piano and Strings; Symphony for Jazz Orchestra
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SOWERBY; LEO
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Winston Choi (piano); Alexander Hanna (double bass)
Andy Baker Orchestra, Andrew Baker (cond.)
Avalan String Quartet
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Cedille
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10 / 10
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Arias by Puccini, Gounod, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Ponchielli, Borodin, Dvorák, & Lehár
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BIZET; GEORGESBORODIN; ALEXANDERDVORÁK; ANTONINGOUNOD; CHARLESLEHÁR; FRANZPONCHIELLI; AMILCAREPUCCINI; GIACOMOTCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH
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Dmytro Popov (tenor)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mikhail Simonyan
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Orchid Classics
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10 / 10
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HOMILIUS, GOTTFRIED AUGUST: St. Mark Passion (Markuspassion) HoWV I.10
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HOMILIUS; GOTTFRIED AUGUST
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Monika Mauch (soprano); Ruth Sandhoff (alto); Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor/Evangelist); Thomas Laske (baritone/Jesus)
Basler Madrigalisten; L'arpa festante, Fritz Näf
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Carus
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10 / 10
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BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations (Arrangement by Bernard Labadie)
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BACH; J.S.
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Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie
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ATMA Classique
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10 / 10
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CHARLES IVES - Variations on "America"; Decoration Day; Fugue in C; Variations on "Jerusalem the Golden"; The Alcotts; others (arr. for band)
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IVES; CHARLES
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Col. Timothy W. Foley
: The President's Own United States Marine Band
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Naxos
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10 / 10
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BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Violin Concerto
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BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANBRAHMS; JOHANNES
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Shaham, Gil (violin)
Jacobsen; Eric
: The Knights
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Canary Classics
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10 / 10
|
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VENTURINI, FRANCESCO: Concerti di camera Op. 1: No. 2 in A minor, No. 11 in B-flat major, No. 9 in G minor; Ouverture à 5 in E minor; Concerto à 6 in A major
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VENTURINI; FRANCESCO
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La Festa Musicale
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Audite
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10 / 10
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PHILIP GLASS: Select Etudes
J. S. BACH: Select keyboard pieces
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Selections from Estampes, Children's Corner, & the Préludes
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Select keyboard pieces
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BACH; J.S.DEBUSSY; CLAUDEGLASS; PHILIPRAMEAU; JEAN-PHILIPPE
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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon
|
10 / 10
|
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BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: Peter Grimes
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BRITTEN; BENJAMIN
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Stuart Skelton, Robert Murray (tenor); Erin Wall, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen (soprano); Roderick Williams, Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Choir of Collegium Musicum, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
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Chandos
|
10 / 10
|
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BACH, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II: Preludes & Fugues in C major, F minor, A-flat major, D-sharp minor, F major, B-flat minor, E-flat major, G minor, E major, G-sharp minor, B major, & B minor
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BACH; J.S.
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Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
|
Warner Classics
|
10 / 10
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PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphonies Nos. 1 "Classical", 2 and 3
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PROKOFIEV; SERGEI
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Litton, Andrew (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra)
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BIS
|
10 / 10
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ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Arias, duets, & trios from Il barbiere di Siviglia, Otello, Armida, La donna del Lago, Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, Le Siège de Corinthe, Ricciardo e Zoraide
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ROSSINI; GIOACHINO
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Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Xabier Anduaga (tenor); Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano)
I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris
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Erato
|
10 / 10
|
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CRUMB, GEORGE: Metamorphoses (Book 1): Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings)
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CRUMB; GEORGE
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()
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Bridge
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10 / 10
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BACH, J.S.: Motets BWV 225 – 230 et al.
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BACH; J.S.
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Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Harmonia Mundi
|
10 / 10
|
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DVORÁK, ANTONIN: Piano Concerto
MARTINU, BOHUSLAV: Piano Concerto No. 4 "Incantations"
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DVORÁK; ANTONINMARTINU; BOHUSLAV
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Ivo Kahánek (piano)
Hrusa; Jakub
: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
|
Supraphon
|
10 / 10
|
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Various Composers: Various Carols and Christmas Favorites
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BACH; J.S.CAGE; JOHN
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Pipo
Musica Urethra Really Modern Music Project
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Tinnitus Classics
|
10 / 10
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BACH, J.S.: Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003; Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005
BERIO, LUCIANO: Sequenza VIII for solo violin
HARBISON, JOHN: For Violin Alone
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BACH; J.S.BERIO; LUCIANOHARBISON; JOHN
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Jennifer Koh (violin)
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Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
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BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4
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BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN
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Helmchen; Martin
Manze; Andrew
: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
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Alpha
|
10 / 10
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SMYTH, ETHEL: The Prison
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SMYTH; ETHEL
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Dashon Burton (bass-baritone); Sarah Brailey (soprano)
Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly
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Chandos
|
10 / 10
|
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SCHUBERT, FRANZ: Grand Duo in C major D. 812; Fantasie in F minor D. 940
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SCHUBERT; FRANZ
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Evgeni Koroliov and Ljupka Hadžigeorgieva (piano duet)
|
Tacet
|
10 / 10
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Works by Picchi, Merula, Arauso, Weckmann, Macedo, Bruna, Gabrieli, Louis Couperin, Ferrabosco I, Frescobaldi, Trabaci, Radino, Philips, Locke, Tindale, Schildt, Muffat, Froberger, Chambonnières, Jacquet de La Guerre, Tomkins, Coprario, Farnaby, Scheidemann, Keril, Sweelinck, Cabanilles, Byrd, Bull, Buxtehude, Praetorius, Kuhnau, Braga, Pasquini, Le Roux, & D’Anglebert
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BUXTEHUDE; DIETRICHBYRD; WILLIAMCOUPERIN; LOUISFRESCOBALDI; GIROLAMOGABRIELI; GIOVANNIMUFFAT; GEORGSWEELINCK; JAN PIETERSZOON
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Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
|
Avie
|
10 / 10
|
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Arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Catalani, Boito, Verdi, Massenet, Giordano
|
LEONCAVALLO; RUGGEROMASCAGNI; PIETROMASSENET; JULESPUCCINI; GIACOMOVERDI; GIUSEPPE
|
Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Communitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
|
Opera Rara
|
10 / 10
|
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SHAPERO, HAROLD: Sinfonia in C minor; Credo; Partita in D; On Green Mountain; Serenade in D for String Orchestra
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SHAPERO; HAROLD
|
Rose, Gil (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
|
BMOP Sound
|
10 / 10
|
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RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux, Moments musicaux (selections)
|
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
|
Sergei Babayan (piano)
|
Deutsche Grammophon
|
10 / 10
|
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TORU TAKEMITSU: Rain Dreaming
HENRY COWELL: Set of four
KAIJA SAARIAHO: Jardin secret II
GAVIN BRYARS: After Handel’s “Vesper”
ANAHITA ABBASI: Intertwined distances
LUC FERRARI: Programme commun “Musique socialiste?”
|
ABBASI; ANAHITABRYARS; GAVINCOWELL; HENRYFERRARI; LUCSAARIAHO; KAIJATAKEMITSU; TORU
|
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
|
Hyperion
|
10 / 10
|
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PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: The Ugly Duckling Op. 18; 5 Poems Op. 23: Nos. 2, 3, & 6; 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova Op. 27; 5 Poems Op. 36: No. 4; 2 Songs from Lieutenant Kijé Op. 60b: No. 1 Stonet siz y golubochek; 2 Choruses Op. 66a: 2. Anyutka (version for voice and piano); 3 Children’s Songs Op. 68: 1; The Chatterbox; 3 Songs from Alexander Nevsky Op. 78b: 2. Mark, Ye Bright Falcons; 3 Romances Op. 72: 2. The rosy dawn is colouring the east; 12 Russian Folksongs Op. 104: 6. Katerina
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PROKOFIEV; SERGEI
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Margarita Gritskova (mezzo-soprano); Maria Prinz (piano)
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Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
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Arias by Puccini, Charpentier, Gounod, Bizet, & Verdi
|
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Ekaterina Siurina (soprano); Charles Casttronovo (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbellian
|
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10 / 10
|
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SCARLATTI, DOMENICO: Sonatas K. 56, 83, 97, 131, 154, 178, 204, 228, 248, 267, 285, 300, 305, 321, 338, 352, & 367
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SCARLATTI; DOMENICO
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Eylam Keshet (piano)
|
Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
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FRANCK, CÉSAR: Le Chasseur Maudit; Psyché; Les Éolides
|
FRANCK; CÉSAR
|
Tingaud; Jean-Luc
: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
|
Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
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SCARLATTI, DOMENICO: 20 Keyboard Sonatas
|
SCARLATTI; DOMENICO
|
Margherita Torretta (piano)
|
Academy
|
10 / 10
|
|
GLASS, PHILIP: The Fall of the House of Usher
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GLASS; PHILIP
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Jonas Hacker, Nicholas Nestorak (tenor); Ben Edquist (baritone); Madison Leonard (soprano); Matthew Fleisher (bass)
Wolf Trap Opera Artists, Inscape Chamber Orchestra, Joseph Li
|
Wolf Trap
|
10 / 10
|
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Motets by Tallis, Byrd, Tomkins, Sheppard, White, Dunstaple, Morley, Taverner, Cornysh, Gibbons, & Parsons
|
BYRD; WILLIAMDUNSTABLE; JOHNPARSONS; ROBERTSHEPPARD; JOHNTALLIS; THOMASTOMKINS; THOMASWHITE; ROBERT
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Park; Owain
: The Gesualdo Six
|
Hyperion
|
10 / 10
|
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ZHOU LONG: Five Elements
CHEN YI: Night Thoughts
LU PEI: Scenes Through Window
VIVIAN FUNG: Bird Song
YAO CHEN: Emanations of Tara
|
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Yihan Chen (pipa); Cynthia Yeh (percussion); Emma Gerstein (flute, piccolo)
Civitas Ensemble
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
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