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| No other performances surpass those of Andrew Manze and his orchestra, who simply have tremendous fun with Bach's uniquely personable creations, highlighting and enlivening every twist and turn. A recording that you can turn way up and enjoy full-bodied, undistorted, viscerally present instrumental sound. | |||||||||||||
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C. P. E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 172, Cello Concerto No 3, Wq 172 / Manze
Release Date: 10/10/2006 Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 907403 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach Performer: Alison McGillivray Conductor: Andrew Manze Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert |
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| Three virtuoso soloists with rhythmic élan, beautiful tone, and radar-like ensemble sensitivity come up with the best-integrated, least-platitudinous, most consistently characterized and caringly detailed Beethoven Triple Concerto ever committed to disc. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Septet /Shaham, Bronfman, Zinman
Release Date: 04/11/2006 Label: Arte Nova Catalog: 640150 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Truls Otterbech Mork, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Ronald Dangel ... Conductor: David Zinman Orchestra/Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra |
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| Brahms strived for perfection in his chamber works; The three violin sonatas belong in any collection, and Aaron Rosand's recording is a rare find. The complete Hungarian Dances on the second disc are an absolute thrill. | |||||||||||||
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Brahms: Violin Sonatas, Hungarian Dances; Joachim / Rosand
Release Date: 06/12/2007 Label: Musical Concepts Catalog: 121 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Joseph Joachim, Johannes Brahms Performer: Aaron Rosand, Hugh Sung |
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| The Philadelphia Orchestra's first two releases for Ondine under Christoph Eschenbach were extremely good but this Mahler Sixth is really extraordinary. No Mahlerian will want to miss it. | |||||||||||||
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Mahler: Symphony No 6, Piano Quartet / Eschenbach
Release Date: 10/03/2006 Label: Ondine Catalog: 1084 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Gustav Mahler Performer: David Kim, Choong-Jin Chang, Efe Baltacigil, Christoph Eschenbach Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra members |
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| The Journey is the follow-up to Leon Fleisher’s extraordinary Vanguard Classics release Two Hands. It matches solo piano works rarely recorded with the beautiful, melancholy touch that Leon Fleisher brings to popular works. | |||||||||||||
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The Journey / Leon Fleisher
Release Date: 09/19/2006 Label: Vanguard Catalog: 1796 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Igor Stravinsky ... Performer: Leon Fleisher |
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"expressing the Argentine soul in sound." All these composers have a common thread uniting them: a respect and understanding of piano writing, and a skillful and resourceful way of bringing out the best of the instrument's colors. |
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Looking South - Piano Music From Argentina / Mirian Conti
Release Date: 05/30/2006 Label: Albany Records Catalog: 837 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Mario Broeders, Luis Gianneo, Julián Aguirre, Juan José Ramos ... Performer: Mirian Conti |
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| This is the music the Angels will play as they greet you in heaven - beautifully recorded, and performed with a spontaneity that belies Marais's meticulous composition. | |||||||||||||
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Marais: Pièces à Trois Violes / Kuijken, Les Voix Humaines
Release Date: 08/01/2006 Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 22374 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Marin Marais Performer: Eric Milnes, Nigel North, Margaret Little, Wieland Kuijken ... Conductor: Wieland Kuijken Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines |
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| A re-release of the magnificent recording, in state-of-the-art multi-channel sound, that launched Albany Records: The neo-romantic English composer's most impressive symphony of all. | |||||||||||||
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Lloyd: Symphony No 11 / George Lloyd, Albany SO
Release Date: 07/01/2006 Label: Albany Records Catalog: 60 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: George Lloyd Conductor: George Lloyd Orchestra/Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra |
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| This is a major Sibelius event in superbly clear, rich recorded sound. It's as fine a Sibelius cycle as any available. These are wonderful interpretations. | |||||||||||||
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Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Etc / Segerstam, Et Al
Release Date: 03/21/2006 Label: Ondine Catalog: 1075 Number of Discs: 4 Composer: Jean Sibelius Performer: Pekka Kuusisto Conductor: Leif Segerstam Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Polytech Male Choir |
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| Copland's popular "Rodeo" in a really excellent performance, alongside the lesser known work of Copland's genius, including "The Red Pony", one of the great film scores of all time, and a glorious work that for some reason seldom gets played live. | |||||||||||||
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Copland: Red Pony Suite, Prairie Journal / Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic
Release Date: 10/31/2006 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8559240 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Aaron Copland Conductor: JoAnn Falletta Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| It has been a while since we've seen a new recording of Ravel's masterpiece. This new recording certainly belongs among the great ones. It has everything: beautiful playing, gorgeous sonics, and a real feel for the ballet's magical atmosphere. | |||||||||||||
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Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé / Myung-whun Chung, Et Al
Release Date: 09/12/2006 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 4775706 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Maurice Ravel Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orchestre Philharmonique, Radio France Chorus |
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| Powerful, thrill-packed performances full of color and rhythmic excitement. The sonics capture Tchaikovsky's vivid scoring with often overwhelming impact. This disc offers nearly 70 minutes of pure enjoyment. | |||||||||||||
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Tchaikovsky: Dances And Overtures / Kuchar, Ukrainian NSO
Release Date: 03/21/2006 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8554845 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conductor: Theodore Kuchar Orchestra/Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra |
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| With this reading Jacobs makes all other recordings come in at least second. René Jacobs, with his period-instrument Freiburg Baroque Orchestra playing with snap, energy, beautiful wind tone, thwapping timpani, fine brass, and crisp strings, finds just the right tempos. The singing is uniformly excellent. | |||||||||||||
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Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito / Padmore, Pendatchanska, Jacobs
Release Date: 09/12/2006 Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 901923 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performer: Bernarda Fink, Marie-claude Chappuis, Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendachanska ... Conductor: René Jacobs Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus |
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| This is a great Ninth... and sets a very high standard for modern-instrument performances in the "new" Beethoven tradition. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Symphony No 9 / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra
Release Date: 10/24/2006 Label: Bis Catalog: 1616 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Neal [Bass Baritone] Davies, Daniel Norman, Helena Juntunen, Neal Davies ... Conductor: Osmo Vänskä Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Orchestra |
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| If you're looking for Brahms playing in modern sound that treats the music as a living, spontaneous event, you can't do better than this spectacular achievement. | |||||||||||||
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos / Freire, Chailly, Gewandhaus
Release Date: 05/09/2006 Label: Decca Catalog: 000658802 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Johannes Brahms Performer: Nelson Freire Conductor: Riccardo Chailly Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
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| One of the very few recordings that has the genuine flavor that Stokokowski himself brought to these transcriptions... An unqualified triumph. | |||||||||||||
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Stokowski: Symphonic Transcriptions / Serebrier, Bournemouth SO
Release Date: 06/20/2006 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8557883 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Leopold Stokowski Conductor: José Serebrier Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
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| "The latest addition to Naïve’s series of Vivaldi operas is a particularly fine one"..."The arias here are sometimes wildly joyful, sometimes wrenchingly mournful, but uniformly beautiful." “As in his other Vivaldi recordings, Spinosi directs as if dancing on hot coals," - The Week | |||||||||||||
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Vivaldi: Griselda / Spinosi, Lemieux, Ensemble Matheus
Release Date: 10/31/2006 Label: Naive Catalog: 30419 Number of Discs: 3 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi Performer: Iestyn Davies, Stefano Ferrari, Philippe Jaroussky, Veronica Cangemi ... Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus |
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| This disc is as outstanding musically as it is historically important. Kalliwoda represents a sort of symphonic "missing link" between Beethoven and Schumann. This is music of substance, skill, and exceptional craftsmanship. | |||||||||||||
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Kalliwoda: Symphonies No 5 & 7 / Spering, Neue Orchester
Release Date: 08/29/2006 Label: Cpo Catalog: 777139 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda Conductor: Christoph Spering Orchestra/Ensemble: Das Neue Orchester |
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| There's no question that Osmo Vänskä is a true Beethoven conductor. He captures the music's vitality, its eruptive character, and its dramatic syntax as well as anyone on the podium today. | |||||||||||||
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Beethoven: Symphonies No 3 & 8 / Vanska, Minnesota Orchestra
Release Date: 06/27/2006 Label: Bis Catalog: 1516 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Conductor: Osmo Vänskä Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra |
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| This disc is a gem. Composed in the late 1780s, these sonatas are large-scale pieces as advanced as anything that Haydn and Mozart were turning out at the time…one of the most purely delightful discs of classical keyboard music to come along in quite a while. | |||||||||||||
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Kraus: Solo Piano Music / Ronald Brautigam
Release Date: 04/25/2006 Label: Bis Catalog: 1319 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Joseph Martin Kraus Performer: Ronald Brautigam |
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| These two performances, intelligently presented on two discs for the price of one, are uniformly excellent. The Fourteenth Symphony is particularly outstanding. Both soloists offer some of their best work on disc. The First Symphony gets a fresh, youthful interpretation. | |||||||||||||
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Shostakovich: Symphonies No 1 And 14 / Rattle, Et Al
Release Date: 06/06/2006 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 58077 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich Performer: Karita Mattila, Thomas Quasthoff Conductor: Simon Rattle Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Boccherini's music always is full of charm; Savall, his musicians, and Alia Vox's engineers have turned these pieces into a great listening experience. Boccherini composed more than 500 works for solo instruments and orchestra , and if not all of them are superb, the four recorded here certainly are. | |||||||||||||
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Boccherini: Fandango, Etc / Savall, Le Concert Des Nations
Release Date: 02/14/2006 Label: Alia Vox Catalog: 9845 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Luigi Boccherini Performer: Angelo Bartoletti, Manfred Kraemer, Pablo Valetti, Bruno Cocset ... Conductor: Jordi Savall Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations |
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| This is a terrific CD, one that I happily and easily listened to and enjoyed from beginning to end--a whole hour's worth of interesting and sensationally well sung music. | |||||||||||||
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A Cappella Pleasures - Folk Songs / Schnittpunktvokal, Et Al
Release Date: 01/17/2006 Label: Cpo Catalog: 777168 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Traditional Orchestra/Ensemble: Schnittpunktvokal, Vita |
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| Fey remains the most exciting Haydn conductor around at present, and this disc only bolsters his reputation. Hänssler captures the ensemble in sound of pellucid clarity and realism. | |||||||||||||
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Haydn: Symphonies No 49, 52, 58 / Fey, Heidelberger Sinfoniker
Release Date: 08/08/2006 Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 98236 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn Conductor: Thomas Fey Orchestra/Ensemble: Heidelberg Symphony |
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| Feast your ears on this vibrant and brilliantly engineered disc, a riot of colors. The sonics are so clearly focused and pleasing...You won't hear a more imaginative, better played Baroque keyboard extravaganza anywhere. | |||||||||||||
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Hamburg 1734 / Andreas Staier
Release Date: 01/10/2006 Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 901898 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann, Dietrich Buxtehude, Matthias Weckmann, Brice Pauset ... Performer: Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim |
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| "This ranks among the most remarkable of Chopin Nocturne recordings...performances of a living, breathing presence. Such bold and declamatory playing is never less than enlivening, positively forbidding the listener to sink into complacency or repose...The recordings are vivid and immediate." - THE GRAMOPHONE | |||||||||||||
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Chopin: Complete Nocturnes / Bernard d'Ascoli
Release Date: 02/01/2006 Label: Divine Art Catalog: 23201 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Performer: Bernard d'Ascoli |
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