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Daniel Barenboim - The Warsaw Recital DVD
Chopin Piano Sonata No 2, Waltzes, Other Works
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
ACCENTUS |
ACC20102 |
4260234830019 |
DVD
Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Daniel Barenboim’s stage debut. Highly praised concert recording. Also on Blu-ray ACC10202A.
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Chopin The Piano Concertos DVD
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
ACCENTUS |
ACC20104 |
4260234830033 |
DVD
Unique gala concert with star artists recorded in Warsaw on Chopin’s 200th birthday. Soloists Demidenko and Kissen each give marvelous performances. Also on Blu-ray ACC1020B.
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Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Symphony No 10 Adagio DVD
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
ACCENTUS |
ACC20231 |
4260234830118 |
DVD
Celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Mahler’s birth and Boulez’s 85th birthday. 'profound, visceral understanding of this music' (WCLV Classic FM). Mahler's 'Wunderhorn' song settings are among his most important. Also on Blu-ray ACC10231.
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Michael Nyman - Composer in Progress
A film by Silvia Beck
Michael Nyman and Band
ARTHAUS |
K101483 |
807280148398 |
DVD
Features Steve Reich and Volker Schloendorff and includes unprecedented access to Michael Nyman’s life as a composer, performer and also a film-maker: an unforgettable journey with a great artist.
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Vivaldi - The French Connection 2
Katy Bircher (flute), La Serenissima, Andrian Chandler (director)
AVIE |
AV2218 |
822252221824 |
CD
Includes two world premiere recordings. Exciting, eloquent, effervescent concertos, extravagantly virtuosic in character-great fun! Vol 1 also available on AV2178 (Gramophone Award-winner)
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Mahler Orchestral Songs
Kindertotenlieder, Songs of a Wayfarer, Ruckert Lieder
Katarina Karneus (mezzo-soprano), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Malkki (conductor)
BIS |
BISSACD1600 |
7318599916002 |
SACD
Internationally renowned young singer with a deep affinity for Mahler. Sublimely moving music that hits the heart head on.
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Weber Overtures
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)
BIS |
BISSACD1760 |
7318599917603 |
SACD
Romantic drama and Classical suavity combined with colourful orchestration in this theatrical music. Outstanding artists bring these overtures to life, sounding as fresh as the day they were first composed.
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Lutoslawski, Szymanowski, Alexander Tchaikovsky
Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra, Szymanowski Symphony No 3, A Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 for Viola Chorus and Orchestra
Rafal Bartminski (tenor), Andreas Rohn (violin), Nimrod Guez (viola), Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
BR KLASSIK |
900107 |
4035719001075 |
CD
Gorgeously full-bodied sound, masterful orchestral music. These modern masterpieces are all very accessible in terms of their styles, rich with Romantic resonance and thrilling to hear. Highly enjoyable on all counts.
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Madama Butterfly DVD
Raffaella Angeletti (Butterfly), Massimo Pisapia (Pinkerton), Fondatione Orchestra Regionale della Marche, Pier Luigi Pizzi (conductor)
C MAJOR |
706208 |
814337010621 |
DVD
‘one of the best Butterflies of our time’ (ForumOpera.com). Strong cast, great production. Also on Blu-ray 706304 (for the first time!)
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Heroines in Music
Music from The French Lieutenant's Woman, Hotel du Lac, Pride and Prejudice, Cranford Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis (conductor)
CARL DAVIS COLLECTION |
CDC010 |
84548000109 |
CD
Music from award-winning and popular movies and TV series. Authoritative performances conducted by the composer.
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Bach Goldberg Variations
Steven Devine (harpsichord)
CHANDOS |
CHAN0780 |
095115078020 |
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Steven Devine is harpsichordist with The Gonzaga Band and London Baroque, and also the co-director of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Inspirational interpretation of one of the greatest keyboard variation sets ever composed.
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Rozsa Orchestral Works Vol 2
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song Op 4, The Vintner's Daughter Op 23a Notturno Ungherese Op 28, Cello Concerto Op 32
Jennifer Pike (violin), Paul Watkins (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS |
CHAN10674 |
095115167427 |
CD
Jennifer Pike was a BBC Young Artist of the Year. Best known for his film music (for which he received no fewer than 13 Oscar nominations), Miklos Rozsa was also a notable compoer for the concert hall. Vol 1 also available on CHAN10488
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Fiesta Criolla - Latin American Orchestral Works
Music by Piazzolla, Carrillo, Castro, Valcarcel, Mignone, Holguin and Williams
Wurtemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen, Gabriel Castagna (conductor)
CHANDOS |
CHAN10675 |
095115167526 |
CD
Afro-Cuban/Creole-inspired music from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru—all world premiere recordings. Latin American music is the speciality of conductor Gabriel Castagna, who inspires the orchestra in vivid performances.
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Schmitt La Tragedie de Salome, Psaume 47, Le Palais hante
Susan Bullock (soprano), Sao Paola Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS |
CHSA5090 |
095115509029 |
SACD
Exuberant, highly imaginative French orchestral music. Florent Schmitt’s grandly neo-romantic works sit well beside those of Ravel or Stravinsky—well worth discovering!
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Reich Three Movements, The Desert Music
Chorus Sine Nomine, Tonkustler Orchester Niederosterich, Kristian Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS |
CHSA5091 |
095115509128 |
SACD
Composer Steve Reich himself loves this new recording: ‘Incisive, focused and intense...Bravo’. ‘Minimalism’ for the thinking music-lover, rewarding and significant repertoire.
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The Ballad Singer
Songs by Beethoven, Loewe, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, Stanford, Scott, Sullivan, Emanuel, Porter
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
HYPERION |
CDA67830 |
034571178301 |
CD
Great poetry set to great music interpreted by great artists. A glittering treasury of songs, Lieder and ballads interpreted by the multi-award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake.
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Casals Encores
Music by Popper, Godard, Lassen, Faure, Wagner, Elgar, de Falla, Granados, Chopin, Saint-Saens
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)
HYPERION |
CDA67831 |
034571178318 |
CD
German cellist Alban Gerhardt tours Australia during August and September 2011. This album of delightful musical bon-bons played with finesse and verve is a superb tribute to the legendary cellis Pablo Casals.
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Howells The Winchester Service
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Simon Bell (organ), Andrew Lumsden (conductor)
HYPERION |
CDA67853 |
034571178530 |
CD
A jewel of a recording with the choir’s new Director of Music. Lyrical and intensely spiritual English music sung with great sensitivity and precision. Rarely-heard repertoire by a master of British music.
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Walton Belshazzar's Feast, Symphony No 1
Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone),London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE |
LSO0681 |
822231168126 |
SACD
Thrilling accounts of two of William Walton’s greatest works. Features acclaimed Australian baritone Peter Coleman-Wright. Fabulous recorded sound. Belshazzar's Feast bristles with excitement while the Symphony has never sounded so good.
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Holst - In the Bleak Midwinter
A film by Tony Palmer. The first full-length documentary on Holst
Imogen Holst, Michael Tippett, Herbert Howells, Edmund Rubbra, Elliott Carter, and more
TONY PALMER FILMS |
TPDVD173 |
5060230861425 |
DVD
Fascinating first full-length documentary on Holst, an unjustly neglected and sadly still largely misunderstood composer. Includes previously unreleased material—an essential film.
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