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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
POSTING DATE |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
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Symphony No. 4 |
Vienna Philharmonic
Karl Böhm
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Decca |
7/4/2009 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No. 4 |
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth
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BIS |
7/4/2009 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; The Oceanides; Pohjola's Daughter |
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
7/4/2009 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
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Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 10, & 17-21 |
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski
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PentaTone |
7/4/2009 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 |
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
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Oehms Classics |
7/4/2009 |
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AARON COPLAND
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COPLAND: THE MUSIC OF AMERICA
Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo; Appalachian Spring; Quiet City; Billy the Kid |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel
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Musical Heritage Society |
7/3/2009 |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
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Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variation on "I Got Rhythm"; Cuban Overture |
Earl Wild (piano)
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler
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RCA |
7/3/2009 |
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HOWARD HANSON
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Bold Island Suite; Merry Mount Suite; Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel
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Telarc |
7/3/2009 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
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RAVEL’S GREATEST HIT--The Ultimate Bolero
Bolero (various arrangements) |
Benny Goodman (clarinet); Morton Gould (piano); Evelyn Glennie (percussion); Isao Tomita (synthesizer)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Pops
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
Arthur Fiedler
Eduardo Mata
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RCA |
7/3/2009 |
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Orchestral transcriptions of works by Albeniz, Bach, Boccherini, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mussorgsky, & Rachmaninov
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THE FANTASTIC STOKOWSKI
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel
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Telarc |
7/3/2009 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Four Impromptus D. 899; Four Impromptus D. 935; Wanderer Fantasy; Moments Musicaux D. 780; Piano Sonata in A minor D. 537; Piano Sonata in E-flat D. 568 |
Seymour Lipkin (piano)
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Newport Classic |
7/1/2009 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
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Symphonies Nos. 93-98 |
The Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
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Sony Classical |
7/1/2009 |
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Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, & Tchaikovsky
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SVIATOSLAV RICHTER--PIANIST OF THE CENTURY
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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki
Kurt Sanderling
Herbert von Karajan
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Deutsche Grammophon |
7/1/2009 |
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HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
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Bachianas Brasileiras (complete); Choros (complete); Solo Guitar Works (complete) |
Anders Miolin (guitar)
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
Robert Minczuk
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BIS |
6/30/2009 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
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Götterdämmerung |
Martha Mödl, Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano); Maria von Ilosvay (mezzo-soprano); Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor); Josef Greindl, Gustav Neidlinger, Hans Hotter (bass-baritone); others
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Joseph Keilberth
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Testament |
6/30/2009 |
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Airs & Dances by O'Carolan, Simon Fraser, Niel Gow, James Macpherson, William Marshall, & Traditional Irish & Scottish
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THE CELTIC VIOL
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Jordi Savall (treble viols); Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish harp, psalterium)
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Alia Vox |
6/29/2009 |
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C.P.E. BACH
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Keyboard Concertos in F major Wq 42; in E-flat major Wq 41; in C minor Wq 31 |
Miklós Spányi (harpsichord, tangent piano)
Opus X Ensemble
Petri Tapio Mattson, Miklós Spányi
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BIS |
6/29/2009 |
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GIOVANNI (JOHANN) MAYR
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Fedra |
Capucine Chiaudani, Rebecca Nelson (soprano); Tomasz Zagorski (tenor); (soprano); Dae-Bum Lee (bass); others
State Orchestra & Chorus of Braunschweig
Gerd Schaller
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Oehms Classics |
6/29/2009 |
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J.S. BACH
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Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (arranged and edited for the harp by Catrin Finch) |
Catrin Finch (harp)
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Deutsche Grammophon |
6/29/2009 |
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JOSEF SUK
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Asrael Symphony |
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor
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BIS |
6/29/2009 |
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WITH A SONG IN MY HEART--THE GREAT SONGS OF RICHARD RODGERS
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Maureen McGovern
New York Pops
Skitch Henderson
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Centaur |
6/28/2009 |
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Alexander Borodin (adaptation by Robert Wright & George Forrest)
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KISMET--Original Broadway Cast
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Alfred Drake; Doretta Morrow; Richard Kiley; Joan Diener
Louis Adrian
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Columbia Masterworks |
6/28/2009 |
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BURTON LANE
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FINIAN'S RAINBOW
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Ella Logan, David Wayne, Donald Richards, others
Lyn Murray Singers
Studio orchestra
Ray Charles
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Sony Classical |
6/28/2009 |
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JEROME KERN
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SHOW BOAT
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Barbara Cook, John Raitt, William Warfield
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Sony Classical |
6/28/2009 |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
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Wonderful Town |
Rebecca Luker; Karen Mason; Ron Raines
Company Chorus
National Symphony Orchestra
John Owen Edwards
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Jay |
6/28/2009 |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
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Piano Music (selections) |
Xiayin Wang (piano)
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Naxos |
6/27/2009 |
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Choral works by Parry, Wood, Stanford, Bairstow, Stainer, Howells, Rutter, others
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A NEW HEAVEN
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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Decca |
6/27/2009 |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
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Violin Concerto; Schauspiel Overture; Suite from Much Ado About Nothing |
Philippe Quint (violin)
Orquesta Sinfónica de Mineria
Carlos Miguel Prieto
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Naxos |
6/27/2009 |
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KURT WEILL
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The Threepenny Opera |
Roy Brocksmith, Raul Julia, Ellen Greene, C. K. Alexander, Tony Azito, Elizabeth Wilson, Caroline Kava, David Sabin, Blair Brown, Robert Schlee, others
Stanley Silverman
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Sony Classical |
6/27/2009 |
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Music from Medingen Convent
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PRAISE AND GLORY--LOFF UNDE ERE
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Ensemble devotio moderna
Ulrike Volkhardt
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Cantate |
6/27/2009 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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I vespri siciliani |
Martina Arroyo (soprano); Gianfranco Cecchele (tenor); Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass); others
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI
Thomas Schippers
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Myto |
6/26/2009 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
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Symphony No. 4 |
Judith Blegen (soprano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine
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RCA |
6/21/2009 |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
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Petrushka; Les Noces |
Paul Shenly, William Vendice, Andre-Michel Schub, Mary Sauer (piano); Jean Jaffe (soprano); Isola Jones (mezzo-soprano); Philip Creech (tenor); Arnold Voketaitis (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
James Levine
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RCA |
6/21/2009 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
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Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody |
Anne Sophie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine
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Deutsche Grammophon |
6/21/2009 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
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Daphnis et Chloé |
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine
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BSO Classics |
6/21/2009 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
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Der Ring des Nibelungen |
Gary Lakes (tenor); Reiner Goldberg (tenor); James Morris (bass baritone); Ekkehard Wlaschiha (bass baritone); Bernd Weikl (baritone); Jessye Norman (soprano); Hildegard Behrens (soprano); Matti Salminen (bass); Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); Kurl Moll (bass); Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor); Heinz Zednikl (tenor); Birgitta Svendén (contralto); Kathleen Battle (soprano); others
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra
James Levine
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Deutsche Grammophon |
6/21/2009 |
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Anthems & service music by Byrd, Caustun, Deane, Hooper, Mundy, Parsons, Tallis, Tye, & Sheppard
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MUSIC FROM THE CHIRK CASTLE PART-BOOKS
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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice
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Hyperion |
6/20/2009 |
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GABRIEL JACKSON
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Choral works (including To Morning; Hymn to the Trinity; O sacrum convivium; Song (I gaze upon you); Salve regina; Salve regina 2; Not no faceless Angel; others) |
Polyphony
Stephen Layton
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Hyperion |
6/20/2009 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
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Piano Trios in E minor Hob. 12; C major Hob. 27; G major Hob. 25; E-flat major Hob. 29 |
Vienna Piano Trio
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MDG |
6/20/2009 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
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Selected Songs (Includes Histoires naturelles; Ronsard ŕ son âme; Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; Noël des jouets; Don Quichotte ŕ Dulcinée; Sur l'herbe; others) |
Gerald Finley (baritone); Julius Drake (piano)
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Hyperion |
6/20/2009 |
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PER NORGARD
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Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 |
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble, & Choir
Thomas Dausgaard
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Dacapo |
6/20/2009 |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
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Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker |
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic
Czecho-Slovak Radio Philharmonic
Dmitry Yablonsky
Andrew Mogrelia
Ondrej Lenárd
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Naxos |
6/19/2009 |
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CHARLES IVES
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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 |
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
6/18/2009 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
SERGE RACHMANINOV
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Alexander Nevsky
The Bells |
Phyllis Curtin (soprano); Betty Allen (alto); George Shirley (tenor); Michael Devlin (baritone)
Temple University Choirs
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
6/17/2009 |
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CHARLES IVES
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Holidays Symphony; Three Places in New England |
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
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RCA |
6/16/2009 |
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JOSEF HOLBROOKE
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Amontillado; The Viking; Three Blind Mice; Ulalume |
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
Howard Griffiths
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CPO |
6/15/2009 |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Symphony No. 9 "Choral"; Leonore Overture No. 3 |
Leontyne Price (soprano); Maureen Forrester (alto); David Poleri (tenor); Giorgio Tozzi (bass)
New England Conservatory Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
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RCA |
6/15/2009 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
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Preludes (complete) |
Steven Osborne (piano)
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Hyperion |
6/15/2009 |
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK
GEORGES ENESCU
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
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Serenade for Winds in D minor
Dixtuor
Mládí ("Youth"): Wind Sextet |
Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
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Naxos |
6/14/2009 |
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EDUARD FRANCK
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String Sextets in E-flat & D Opp. 41 & 50 |
Edinger Quartett
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Audite |
6/14/2009 |
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ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI
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Piano Quintet No. 1; Sextet (for piano, clarinet, horn, & strings) |
András Schiff (piano); others
Takács Quartet
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Decca |
6/14/2009 |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
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Souvenir de Florence
String Sextet |
Sarah Chang, Bernhard Hartog (violin); Wlfram Christ, Tanja Christ (viola); Georg Faust, Olaf Maninger (cello)
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EMI |
6/14/2009 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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Suite for Orchestra from Der Burger als Edelmann Op. 60; Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, & string orchestra AV 147; Sextet from Capriccio |
Daniel Sepec (violin); Nicole Kern (clarinet); Higinio Arrué (bassoon)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Järvi
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PentaTone |
6/14/2009 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35; Winter Words Op. 52; Purcell realizations (A Morning Hymn; Job's Curse; An Evening Hymn); Folksongs (I wonder as I wander; Sail on, sail on; The Miller of Dee; At the mid hour of night; There's none to soothe) |
Mark Padmore (tenor); Roger Vignoles (piano)
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Harmonia Mundi |
6/13/2009 |
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CHUNG YIU-KWONG
MA SHUI-LONG
TRADITIONAL
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WHIRLING DANCE
Whirling Dance; Flute Concerto
Bamboo Flute Concerto
Various Chinese Melodies |
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Chung Yiu-Kwong
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BIS |
6/13/2009 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
HEINZ HOLLIGER
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MAURICE RAVEL
W.A. MOZART
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NACHTSTÜCKE
Nachtstücke Op. 23
Elis--Drei Nachtstücke
Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68 (“Black Mass”)
Gaspard de la nuit
Adagio in B minor K. 540 |
Herbert Schuch (piano)
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Oehms Classics |
6/13/2009 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Idomeneo |
Richard Croft, Kenneth Tarver (tenor); Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano); Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano); Nicolas Rivenq, Luca Tittoto (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
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Harmonia Mundi |
6/13/2009 |
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Works by Martin Luther, Johann Walter, & Caspar Othmayr
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MUSIC OF THE REFORMATION
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Himlische Cantorey
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CPO |
6/13/2009 |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
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Andante and Rondo capriccioso Op. 14; Sonata in B-flat Op. 106; Variations sérieuses Op. 54; Trois Fantasies ou Caprices Op. 16 |
Ilse Von Alpenheim (piano)
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PentaTone |
6/12/2009 |
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FRANZ LISZT
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Dante Symphony; Two Legends |
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda
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Chandos |
6/12/2009 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
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String Quartets Op. 55 |
META4
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Hänssler Classic |
6/11/2009 |
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ARTHUR FOOTE
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Francesca da Rimini; 4 Character Pieces after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Suite in E; Serenade (excerpts) |
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
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Naxos |
6/10/2009 |
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RICCARDO ZANDONAI
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Francesca da Rimini |
Daniela Dessi (soprano); Fabio Armiliato, Ludovit Ludha (tenor); Alberto Mastromarino (baritone); others
Coro Lirico Marchigiano “V. Bellini”
Filarmonica Marchigiana
Maurizio Barbacini
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Arthaus Musik |
6/10/2009 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
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String Quartets in F minor Op. 20 No. 5; in C major "The Bird" Op. 33 No. 3; in D major Op. 76 No. 5 |
Jerusalem Quartet
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Harmonia Mundi |
6/9/2009 |
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Arias by Beethoven, Britten, Dvorák, Gluck, Handel, Korngold, Mozart, Wagner, Menotti, & Lehar; song by Richard Rodgers
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GREAT OPERATIC ARIAS, VOL. 2
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Christine Brewer (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry
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Chandos |
6/8/2009 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
MAURICE RAVEL
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Gloria
Daphnis et Chloé |
Jessica Rivera (soprano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Bernard Haitink
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CSO Resound |
6/8/2009 |
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TOMÁS BRETÓN
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Escenas andaluzas; En la Alhambra; Preludes to Guzmán el bueno, La Dolores, Los amantes de Teruel; Sardana from Garin |
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
Miguel Roa
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Naxos |
6/8/2009 |
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Works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Paganini, Elgar, Prokofiev, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, others
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YEHUDI MENUHIN--THE GREAT EMI RECORDINGS
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Yehudi Menuhin (violin; viola)
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EMI |
6/8/2009 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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En Saga; Luonnotar; Finlandia; Spring Song; The Bard; The Dryad; Pohjola's Daughter; Night Ride and Sunrise; The Oceanides; Tapiola |
Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson
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Chandos |
6/7/2009 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES WITH PHOTO ALBUM
Karelia Suite; Valse Triste; Pohjola's Daughter; The Swan of Tuonela; Andante Festivo; Three Movements from The Tempest; Finlandia |
Various orchestras & conductors
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Ondine |
6/7/2009 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
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Kullervo Symphony; The Oceanides; Karelia Suite; Tapiola; Finlandia; Serenades |
Raili Kostia (soprano); Usko Viitanen (baritone); Ida Haendel (violin)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund
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EMI |
6/7/2009 |
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Various works by Erik Ferling, Thomas Byström, Fredrik Lithander, & Erik Tulindberg
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THE CLASSICAL AGE IN FINLAND
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Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin); Herman Wallén (baritone)
Sixth Floor Orchestra
Jukka Rautasalo
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Ondine |
6/7/2009 |
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Works by Sibelius, Sallinen, Rautavaara, Hannikainen, others
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SOUNDS OF FINLAND
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The Tapiola Children's Choir
Erkki Pohjola
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BIS |
6/7/2009 |
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ALAN HOVHANESS
EGON COHEN
PAUL NICHOLSON
PAUL FRENCH
EASLEY BLACKWOOD
ROBERT KREUTZ
WILLIAN FERRIS
WILLIAM C. WHITE
GEORGE ROCHBERG
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AMERICAN CHORAL PREMIERES
Four Motets Op. 268 (1973)
Stabat Mater (2006)
Velum templi (1998)
Who Am I?
A King James Magnificat (2004)
Scapulis suis (1960)
Lyrica Sacra (1962)
Nunc dimittis (2007)
Behold, My Servant |
William Ferris Chorale
Paul French
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Cedille |
6/6/2009 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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The Girlfriends (complete score); Rule, Britannia!; Salute to Spain; Symphonic Movement (1945) |
Celia Sheen (theremin); Kamil Barczewski (bass)
Camerata Silesia
Polish National Radio Symphony
Mark Fitz-Gerald
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Naxos |
6/6/2009 |
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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
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Alcina |
Joyce DiDonato, Maite Beaumont, Sonia Prina (mezzo-soprano); Laura Cherici, Karina Gauvin (soprano); Kobie van Rensburg (tenor); Vito Priante (bass)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
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Archiv |
6/6/2009 |
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J.S. BACH
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Complete Bach Transcriptions by Max Reger |
Markus Becker (piano)
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Hyperion |
6/6/2009 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
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String Quartet No. 1; Piano Quintet |
Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Arcanto Quartett
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Harmonia Mundi |
6/6/2009 |
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