New ArkivCDs - November 27, 2012

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DG has done the world a great service in recording this recital for posterity. Mutter revels in the inspiration of the moment without losing her grip on structure.

The Berlin Recital / Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

Release Date: 01/28/1997 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 445826 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, César Franck

Performers: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis

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In Marian Anderson's hands, these holiday favorites resonate with the true Christmas spirit.

Marian Anderson - Favorite Christmas Hymns

Release Date: 09/23/1997 Label: Rca Catalog: 44574 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Henry Walford Davies, John Francis Wade, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Storrs Willis ...

Performers: Marian Anderson

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This release offers music of exceptional beauty and power by a major composer who deserves a place in every contemporary music collection.

20/21 - Lindberg: Aura, Engine / Knussen, London Sinfonietta

Release Date: 08/08/2000 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 463184 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Magnus Lindberg

Conductor: Oliver Knussen

Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta

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A delightful selection of Christmas favorites by one of the finest singers of her generation, with a voice of crystalline beauty and purity.

Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa

Release Date: 10/25/1990 Label: Decca Catalog: 414632 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Traditional, Adolphe Adam, Norman Newell, Katherine K. Davis ...

Performers: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Conductor: Carl Davis

Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices

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A truly awe-inspiring offering from Pires which acts as a reminder of what a truly unique and inspiring musician she is.

Moonlight - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Maria Joao Pires

Release Date: 11/13/2001 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 453457 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performers: Maria-Joao Pires

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First time on CD! The original London production of Cabaret, with Harold Prince reprising his Broadway role as director, starred the legendary Judi Dench (long before she was a "Dame") in her first musical role.

Cabaret / Original 1968 London Cast

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Sony Catalog: 97489 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: John Kander

Performers: Peter Sallis, Judi Dench, Lila Kedrova, Kevin Colson ...

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Featuring Loni Ackerman, Margery Cohen and George Lee Andrews, this revue celebrates songs of love and despair by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire.

Starting Here, Starting Now / Original Off-Broadway Cast

Release Date: 11/20/2012 Label: Sony Catalog: 52360 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: David Shire

Performers: Hank Jaramillo, Richard Davis, Robert W. Preston, George Lee Andrews ...

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The long-awaited set of romantic arias by Christian Gerhaher, who was named Singer of the Year for his performances in Der Prinz von Homburg and Tannhäuser.

Romantische Arien / Christian Gerhaher

Release Date: 11/20/2012 Label: Sony Catalog: 54229 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Otto Nicolai ...

Performers: Christian Gerhaher

Conductor: Daniel Harding

Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Not surprisingly, Heppner's heroes are Wunderlich and Björling, and in this singer's every note and phrase you can hear the lyricism, textual awareness, and consummate musicality that's a tribute to those legends.

Ben Heppner - Airs Français / Myung-whun Chung, London So

Release Date: 11/13/2001 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 471372 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Claude-Joseph de Lisle, Jules Massenet, Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Meyerbeer ...

Performers: Ben Heppner, Paul Silverthorne

Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

Orchestra/Ensemble: London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra

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Top-notch performances from the Taverner Players, with the period instruments captured with special care for their delicate shadings.

A Baroque Festival / Parrott, Taverner Players

Release Date: 10/17/2000 Label: Virgin Classics Special Import Catalog: 61304 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Johann Pachelbel

Performers: Jennifer Ward-Clarke, Mark Caudle, Catherine Latham, Anneke Boeke ...

Conductor: Andrew Parrott

Orchestra/Ensemble: Taverner Players, Taverner Consort

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McNair's pure tone, elegant enunication and careful phrasing all fall gratefully on the ear, while Previn clearly communicates his delight in playing these songs.

Sure Thing - The Jerome Kern Songbook / McNair, Previn

Release Date: 08/23/1994 Label: Philips Catalog: 442129 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jerome Kern

Performers: Sylvia McNair, André Previn, David Finck

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Willi Boskovsky leads a lilting, light performance with just enough schlag for my taste, and his cast is charming. (2 CDs)

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Boskovsky, Gedda, Rothenberger

Release Date: 11/23/2012 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 66223 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Johann Strauss Jr.

Performers: Anneliese Rothenberger, Otto Schenk, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry ...

Conductor: Willi Boskovsky

Orchestra/Ensemble: Wiener Symphoniker

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This recording presents Mendelssohn's music in context with Shakespeare's play, excerpts of which are performed by the Peter Hall Company. (2 CDs)

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream / Tate, Dawson, Mentzer

Release Date: 11/23/2012 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 54348 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Performers: Susanne Mentzer, Lynne Dawson

Conductor: Jeffrey Tate

Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Women's Chorus

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Jumppanen is a former pupil of Krystian Zimerman and seems to have acquired his teacher's phenomenal range of touch and color, resulting in the finest and best-recorded disc of Boulez's piano music so far.

Boulez: The Three Piano Sonatas / Paavali Jumppanen

Release Date: 02/08/2005 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 4775328 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Pierre Boulez

Performers: Paavali Jumppanen

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Rosenthal gets a charming performance from his Monte Carlo players that is piquant, vivacious, and smart.

Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Waldteufel: Waltzes / Rosenthal, Boskovsky

Release Date: 03/01/2005 Label: Emi Classics Encore Catalog: 85066 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jacques Offenbach, Emil Waldteufel

Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal, Willi Boskovsky

Orchestra/Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

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Scherchen's "Eroica" rocks. This is vintage Scherchen and damn good Beethoven too.

Westminster - Beethoven: Symphonies No 3 & 6 / Scherchen

Release Date: 09/18/2001 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 471241 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor: Hermann Scherchen

Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

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Schwarzkopf’s 1953 recording is still very much among the most prized versions of this music, authoritative with regard to both vocalism and keenly observed interpretation.

Strauss: Four Last Songs, Capriccio & Arabella Excerpts / Schwarzkopf

Release Date: 04/20/2004 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 85825 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anny Felbermayer, Josef Metternich, Walter Berry ...

Conductor: Otto Ackermann, Lovro von Matacic

Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

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Karajan treats this work's many notorious cruxes with clarity and musicality. With Tomowa-Sintow fresh-sounding and lyrical, this title should get on any CD short-list.

Brahms: A German Requiem / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Release Date: 03/01/2005 Label: Emi Classics Encore Catalog: 85054 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johannes Brahms

Performers: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, José van Dam

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein

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The members of Piffaro are masters of all they play and purvey, bringing much cheerful noyse.

Piffaro the Renaissance Band - Canzoni e danze

Release Date: 11/14/1995 Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 445883 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Anonymous, Aurelio Bonelli, Cesario Gussago, Giovanni Ferretti ...

Performers: Tom Zajac, Robert Wiemken, Gwyn Roberts, Joan Kimball ...

Conductor: Robert Wiemken, Joan Kimball

Orchestra/Ensemble: Piffaro

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Owain Arwel Hughes leads an accomplished, warmly felt performance of Verdi's Requiem, while Pilar Lorengar stands out in Rossini's Stabat Mater. (2 CDs).

Verdi: Requiem; Rossini: Stabat Mater / Hughes, Forster

Release Date: 01/23/2007 Label: Emi Classics For Pleasure Catalog: 75936 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi

Performers: Pilar Lorengar, Josef Traxel, Betty Allen, Josef Greindl ...

Conductor: Karl Forster, Owain Arwel Hughes

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Brighton Festival Chorus ...

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This enjoyable disc is highlighted by Paul Tortelier's leanly graceful Swan and his attractively vigorous Allegro appassionato.

Massenet, Saint-Saëns / Frémaux, P. Tortelier, et al

Release Date: 06/10/2003 Label: Emi Classics Encore Catalog: 75871 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet

Performers: Yan Pascal Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, Maria de la Pau Tortelier, Anthony Moroney ...

Conductor: Louis Frémaux

Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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The disc of encores is a well-planned and well-executed recital with playing that is as beautiful as one could imagine.

The Devil's Trill - Showpieces / Oistrakh, Yampolsky

Release Date: 09/07/2004 Label: Emi Great Recordings Of The Century Catalog: 62915 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giuseppe Tartini, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Eugène Ysaÿe ...

Performers: Vladimir Yampolsky, David Oistrakh

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This is irresistible music-making. One is carried along on the tidal wave of creative energy that is unleashed here.

Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic

Release Date: 04/09/2002 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 471488 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor: Claudio Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Brazilian avante-garde group Uakti cuts loose in a psychedelic Bach-meets-Glass soundworld.

I Ching / Uakti

Release Date: 11/23/2012 Label: Point Music Catalog: 442037 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Marco Antonio Guimaraes, Artur Andrés Ribeiro

Orchestra/Ensemble: UAKTI

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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro / Böhm, Schöffler, Jurinac

Release Date: 11/23/2012 Label: Philips Catalog: 438670 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performers: Oskar Czerwenka, Paul Schöffler, Walter Berry, Erich Majkut ...

Conductor: Karl Böhm

Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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