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Dvořák Chamber Works – Vogler and Friends
The Dvořák Album Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Jan Vogler (cello), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Kevin Zhu (violin), Matthew Lipman…
Vaughan Williams Symphonies – Hickox, Davis and Elder
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Complete Symphonies Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Susan Gritton, Rebecca Evans (sopranos), Gerald Finley (baritone),…
Hungarian Salon Music – Irnberger and Kašpar
IRNBERGER Salon de Budapest (Gramola) Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin), Pavel Kašpar (piano), Brigitta Simon (soprano) GRAMOLA SACD…
Cello Sonatas – Truls Mørk and Håvard Gimse
MØRK Bridge, Debussy, Janáček, Britten: Cello Sonatas (Alpha) Truls Mørk (cello), Håvard Gimse (piano) Alpha 560 (71:00)…
Golden Cello Decade – Steven Isserlis
ISSERLIS A Golden Cello Decade 1878-1888: Bruch, Strauss, Dvořák, Le Beau, Wagner, Nathan (Hyperion) Steven Isserlis (cello),…
Ravel Violin Works – Lina Tur Bonet
RAVEL Sonate pour violon et piano, Tzigane, Sonata for violin and cello, À la mémoire de Gabriel…
Pascoe: Secular Requiem – Truro Cathedral Choir
PASCOE Secular Requiem, Threnody for Jowan, A Sequence for Remembrance Russell Pascoe (b. 1959) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano);…
Vivaldi: Concerti di Parigi – Plewniak
VIVALDI 12 Concerti di Parigi (Plewniak) Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal/Stefan Plewniak Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS065 (61:00)…
Isang Yun: Silla, Violin Concerto III – Park, Vänskä
YUN Silla – Legend for Orchestra, Violin Concerto III, Chamber Symphony I Isang Yun (1917-1995) Sueye Park…
Thoresen: Lyden av Arktis – Kluxen
THORESEN Lyden av Arktis (The Sound of the Arctic) Lasse Thoresen (b. 1949) Arktisk Filharmoni/Christian Kluxen 2L…
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica – Boult
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No 7), Symphony No 8 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Margaret Ritchie (soprano),…
Handel Ballo per Orchestra – Kiefer
HANDEL Ballo per Orchestra George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Capriccio Barockorchester/Dominik Kiefer TUDOR 7197 (62) Handel spent most…
Holst: I Vow to Thee, My Country – Vann
HOLST I Vow to Thee, My Country Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Joshua Ryan (organ), Richard Horne (tubular and…
Humperdinck: Der Blaue Vogel – Tast
HUMPERDINCK Der Blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird), Incidental Music – Seven Symphonic Pictures (arr. Tast) Engelbert Humperdinck…
Rachmaninov and Brahms – Van Cliburn in Moscow
CLIBURN Rachmaninov, Brahms (Van Cliburn in Moscow) Van Cliburn (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kiril Kondrashin RCA 09026626952 (76)…
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra – Chailly Concertgebouw
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor. Decca 458 841–2. Format,…
Toscanini Beethoven Fifth with New York Philharmonic
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice…
Vivaldi La Cetra Concertos – A New Recording
Vivaldi’s productivity was, depending on your tolerance for it, either a wonder of the Baroque world or…
Verdi: I Masnadieri – Opera in Context
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) – C MAJOR 722304 Robert J Farr Verdi was sick — genuinely, frighteningly sick…
Wolf: Christmas Cantatas – Willens
WOLF Auf, jauchzet ihr Christen – Christmas Cantatas Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1792) Beate Mordal (soprano), Georg Poplutz…
Verdi Macbeth – A Conductor and Singer Challenge
VERDI Macbeth – Opera in four Acts (1847, revised 1865) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Leo Nucci (baritone), Sylvie…
Vivaldi Piccolo Concertos by Beaumadier
VIVALDI Concertos pour piccolo et flûte Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) J.-L. Beaumadier and Philippe Pierlot (piccolo); Orchestre national…
Vivaldi Ripieno Concertos by Arte dei Suonatori
VIVALDI Concertos for Strings Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Arte dei Suonatori BIS BIS-CD-1845 (61:53) Vivaldi without a soloist…
Verdi: Alzira – Opera from the Galley Years
VERDI Alzira Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) C MAJOR 721504 Verdi called the years between 1844 and 1850 his…
