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Work Title |
Composer |
Performer |
Label |
Rating |
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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
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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)
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Tacet
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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)
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Avie
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10 / 10
|
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Arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Catalani, Boito, Verdi, Massenet, Giordano
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LEONCAVALLO; RUGGEROMASCAGNI; PIETROMASSENET; JULESPUCCINI; GIACOMOVERDI; GIUSEPPE
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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Communitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
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Opera Rara
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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
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Rose, Gil (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
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BMOP Sound
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10 / 10
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RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux, Moments musicaux (selections)
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RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
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Sergei Babayan (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon
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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?”
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ABBASI; ANAHITABRYARS; GAVINCOWELL; HENRYFERRARI; LUCSAARIAHO; KAIJATAKEMITSU; TORU
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Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
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Hyperion
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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
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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)
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Naxos
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10 / 10
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FRANCK, CÉSAR: Le Chasseur Maudit; Psyché; Les Éolides
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FRANCK; CÉSAR
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Tingaud; Jean-Luc
: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Naxos
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10 / 10
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SCARLATTI, DOMENICO: 20 Keyboard Sonatas
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SCARLATTI; DOMENICO
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Margherita Torretta (piano)
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Academy
|
10 / 10
|
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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
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Wolf Trap
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10 / 10
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Motets by Tallis, Byrd, Tomkins, Sheppard, White, Dunstaple, Morley, Taverner, Cornysh, Gibbons, & Parsons
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BYRD; WILLIAMDUNSTABLE; JOHNPARSONS; ROBERTSHEPPARD; JOHNTALLIS; THOMASTOMKINS; THOMASWHITE; ROBERT
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Park; Owain
: The Gesualdo Six
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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
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Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
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VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Guitar Concerto; Harmonica Concerto; Sexteto Místico; Quinteto Instrumental
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VILLA-LOBOS; HEITOR
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Manuel Barrueco (guitar); José Staneck (harmonica)
Guerrero; Giancarlo
: OSESP Ensemble,São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
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Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
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BERLIOZ, HECTOR: L’Enfance du Christ Op. 25
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BERLIOZ; HECTOR
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Andrew Staples (tenor); Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone); Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Andrew Davis
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Chandos
|
10 / 10
|
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BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Fantasias Op. 116; Intermezzi Op. 117; Klavierstücke Op. 118; Klavierstücke Op. 119
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BRAHMS; JOHANNES
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Stephen Hough (piano)
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Hyperion
|
10 / 10
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BACH, J.S.: Organ Transcriptions: Chorale Prelude BWV 623 "Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ"; Keyboard Concerto BWV 1056; Chaconne from BWV 1004; Toccata in D major BWV 912; The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 (excerpts); Italian Concerto BWV 971; Chorale Prelude BWV 720 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
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BACH; J.S.
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Leo van Doeselaar, Erwin Wiersinga (organ)
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MDG
|
10 / 10
|
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SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 5; Allegro appassionato; Rhapsodie d'Auvergne
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SAINT-SAËNS; CAMILLE
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Lortie; Louis
Gardner; Edward
: BBC Philharmonic
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Chandos
|
10 / 10
|
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HANDEL, G.F.: Agrippina
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HANDEL; G.F.
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Joyce DiDonato, Marie-Nicole Lemieux (mezzo-soprano); Elsa Benoit (soprano); Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Carlo Vistoli, Franco Fagioli (countertenor); Luca Pisaroni (bass); Andrea Mastroni (baritone)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
|
Erato
|
10 / 10
|
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FELIX AUGUST BERNHARD DRAESEKE: Sonata in B-flat major for Clarinet & Piano Op. 38
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata Op. 129
GIACOMO SETACCIOLI: Clarinet Sonata Op. 31
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DRAESEKE; FELIXSETACCIOLI; GIACOMOSTANFORD; CHARLES VILLIERS
|
Guy Yehuda (clarinet); Ralph Votapek (piano)
|
Blue Griffin
|
10 / 10
|
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GRIEG, EDVARD: Lyric Pieces (complete); Piano Sonata Op. 7; Scenes from Folk Life Op. 19; Ballade in G minor Op. 19; Holberg Suite; Four Album Leaves Op. 28; Improvisation On Two Norwegian Folk Tunes Op. 29; Four Piano Pieces Op. 1; Poetic Tone-Picture Op. 3; Humoresques Op. 6; Nordic Dances & Folk Tunes Op. 17
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GRIEG; EDVARD
|
Håkon Austbo (piano)
|
Brilliant Classics
|
10 / 10
|
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LITOLFF, HENRY: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 47; Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major Op. 56; Serenade for Violin & Piano Op. 91
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LITOLFF; HENRY
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Leonore Piano Trio
|
Hyperion
|
10 / 10
|
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Works by Victoria, Guerrero, Lobo, Mateo Flecha "El Viejo", Pedro Rimonte, & Morales
|
GUERRERO; FRANCISCOLOBO; ALONSOMORALES; CRISTÓBAL DERIMONTE; PEDROVICTORIA; TOMÁS LUIS DE
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Stile Antico
|
Harmonia Mundi
|
10 / 10
|
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet Op. 143
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in D major RV 93 (Arr. Emilio Pujol/Ed. Sharon Isbin)
JOAQUÍN TURINA: La oración del torero for string quartet Op. 34
LUIGI BOCCHERINI: Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet in D major G. 448
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BOCCHERINI; LUIGICASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO; MARIOTURINA; JOAQUÍNVIVALDI; ANTONIO
|
Isbin; Sharon
Pacifica Quartet
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
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ALKAN, CHARLES VALENTIN: Symphony for Solo Piano Op. 39 Nos 4-7; Concerto for Solo Piano Op. 39 Nos. 8-10
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ALKAN; CHARLES VALENTIN
|
Paul Wee (piano)
|
BIS
|
10 / 10
|
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JOHANNES BRAHMS - Symphony No. 1
JOSEPH JOACHIM - Hamlet Overture
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BRAHMS; JOHANNESJOACHIM; JOSEPH
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Jansons; Mariss
: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
|
Simax
|
10 / 10
|
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PEÑALOSA, FRANCISCO DE: Lamentationes Jeremiae Feria V; Lamentationes Jeremiae Feria VI; Gloria in excelsis Deo, Credo in unum Deum, & Agnus Dei (from Missa L'homme armé); Sancta Maria, succurre miseris; Unica est columba mea
ESCOBAR, PEDRO DE: Stabat mater dolorosa
GUERRERO, FRANCISCO: Quae est ista; Antes que comáis a Dios
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ESCOBAR; PEDRO DEGUERRERO; FRANCISCOPEÑALOSA; FRANCISCO DE
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New York Polyphony
|
BIS
|
10 / 10
|
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BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: Choral Dances from Gloriana; Hymn to St. Cecilia Op. 27; A Hymn to the Virgin; Five Flower Songs Op. 47; A.M.D.G. (Ad majorem Dei gloriam)
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BRITTEN; BENJAMIN
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Doyle; Justin
: RIAS-Kammerchor
|
Harmonia Mundi
|
10 / 10
|
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FRESCOBALDI, GIROLAMO: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo, 1615
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FRESCOBALDI; GIROLAMO
|
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
|
Aparte
|
10 / 10
|
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BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The 32 Piano Sonatas
|
BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN
|
Igor Levit (piano)
|
Sony Classical
|
10 / 10
|
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BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 9
|
BRUCKNER; ANTON
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Honeck; Manfred
: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Reference Recordings
|
10 / 10
|
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HAYDN, JOSEPH: Symphonies No. 92 in G major “Oxford”; No. 75 in D major; No. 44 in E minor “Trauer” (transcribed for piano by Carl David Stegmann)
|
HAYDN; JOSEPH
|
Ivan Ilić (piano)
|
Chandos
|
10 / 10
|
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BACH, J.S.: Sonata & Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Suite italienne; Duo concertant
|
BACH; J.S.STRAVINSKY; IGOR
|
Leonidas Kavakos (violin); Péter Nagy (piano)
|
ECM
|
10 / 10
|
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DICK KATTENBURG (1919-1944): Trio à cordes
SÁNDOR KUTI (1908-1945): Serenade for String Trio
HANS KRÁSA (1899-1944): Passacaglia & Fuga for String Trio; Tánec for String Trio
GIDEON KLEIN (1919-1945): Trio for violin, viola, & cello
PAUL HERMANN (1902-1944): Strijktrio
GÉZA FRID (1904-1989): Trio à cordes Op. 1
|
FRID; GÉZAHERMANN; PAULKATTENBURG; DICKKLEIN; GIDEONKRÁSA; HANSKUTI; SÁNDOR
|
Desirée Ruhstrat (violin); Aurélien Fort Pederzoli (viola); David Cunliffe (cello)
(Black Oak Ensemble)
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
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Harpsichord Concertos by Walter Leigh; Ned Rorem; Viktor Kalabis; Michael Nyman
|
KALABIS; VIKTORLEIGH; WALTERNYMAN; MICHAELROREM; NED
|
Vinikour, Jory (harpsichord)
Speck; Scott
: Chicago Philharmonic
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
|
Dvorák’s Gorgeous Saint Ludmila
|
DVORÁK; ANTONIN
|
Adriana Kohútková (soprano); Karla Bytnarová (alto); Tomáš Černý, Ondrej Šaling (tenor); Peter Mikuláš (bass)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Leoš Svárovský
|
Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
|
BENEDETTO MARCELLO: Arianna abbandonata
LEONARDO VINCI: Sinfonia from Maria dolorata
FRANCESCO GASPARINI: Atalia (Aria: Ombre, cure sospetti)
LEONARDO LEO: Angelica e Medoro: Or ch'è dal sol difesa
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Agrippina HWV 6 (Sinfonia); Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio HWV 150
|
GASPARINI; FRANCESCOHANDEL; G.F.LEO; LEONARDOMARCELLO; BENEDETTOVINCI; LEONARDO
|
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
|
PentaTone
|
10 / 10
|
|
BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Piano Concerto in C major Op. 39
|
BUSONI; FERRUCCIO
|
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
|
Myrios Classics
|
10 / 10
|
|
Works for Viol Consort by William Mundy, John Taverner, Robert Parsons, Christopher Tye, William Byrd, Clément Janequin, Osbert Parsley, Thomas Tallis, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Picforth, Philip Van Wilder, others
|
BYRD; WILLIAMMUNDY; WILLIAMPARSONS; ROBERTSHEPPARD; JOHNTALLIS; THOMASTAVERNER; JOHNTYE; CHRISTOPHER
|
LeStrange Viols
|
Olde Focus Recordings
|
10 / 10
|
|
VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Arias from Argippa, Orlando Furioso Il Giustino, La Silvia, Ottone in Villa, La verita in cimento, Andromeda Liberatat, Tito Manilo, & Catone in Utica
|
VIVALDI; ANTONIO
|
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
|
Decca
|
10 / 10
|
|
KASKI, HEINO: Piano Works (selections)
|
KASKI; HEINO
|
Janne Mertanen (piano)
|
Alba
|
10 / 10
|
|
COPLAND, AARON: Grohg; Billy the Kid (complete)
|
COPLAND; AARON
|
Slatkin; Leonard
: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
|
Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
|
HANDEL, G.F.: Arias from Amadigi di Gaula, Tolomeo, Flavio, Rinaldo, Rodelinda, Serse
GLASS, PHILIP: Arias & Songs from 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Liquid Days, Monsters of Grace, The Fall of the House of Usher, Akhnaten
|
GLASS; PHILIPHANDEL; G.F.
|
Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor)
Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen
|
Decca
|
10 / 10
|
|
YORK BOWEN: Phantasy for Viola & Piano Op. 54
CLARICE ASSAD: Metamorfose
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op. 113
GARTH KNOX: Fuga libre
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Impromptu Op. 33
FRANZ WAXMAN: Carmen fantasie
|
ASSAD; CLARICEBOWEN; YORKKNOX; GARTHSCHUMANN; ROBERTSHOSTAKOVICH; DMITRIWAXMAN; FRANZ
|
Matthew Lipman (viola); Henry Kramer (piano)
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
|
FRANK TICHELI: Clarinet Concerto
BRAD WARNAAR: Horn Concerto
BEHZAD RANJBARAN: Flute Concerto
|
RANJBARAN; BEHZADTICHELI; FRANKWARNAAR; BRAD
|
James Zimmermann (clarinet); Leslie Norton (horn); Érik Gratton (flute)
Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero
|
Naxos
|
10 / 10
|
|
APOSTEL, HANS ERICH: Piano Music
|
APOSTEL; HANS ERICH
|
Thérèse Malengreau (piano)
|
BIS
|
10 / 10
|
|
SAARIAHO, KAIJA: Tocar; Cloud Trio; Light and Matter; Aure; Graal théâtre
|
SAARIAHO; KAIJA
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Jennifer Koh (violin); Nicolas Hodges (piano); Hsin-Yun Huang (viola); Wilhelmina Smith, Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble, Conner Gray Covington
|
Cedille
|
10 / 10
|
|
Christmas Music From 17th Century Germany
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HASSLER; HANS LEOPRAETORIUS; MICHAELSCHEIN; JOHANN HERMANNSCHÜTZ; HEINRICH
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Margaretha Consort, Marit Broekroelofs
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Naxos
|
10 / 10
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