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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at EmmanuelCelebrating the Lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
“… a solid achievement, distinguished by the mezzo's remarkable artistry.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** “In this selection of passages from Bach cantatas and arias from Handel's Hercules, recorded at the church, admirers can trace [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's] growth from low lyric soprano to lush mezzo of perfect technique, intonation and clarity.” The Observer, 15th June 2008 “Typically, [Hunt Lieberson] makes each of these arias a confessional drama of the soul. In the process, she turns what should be a springy gavotte from Bach's cantata No 30 into something closer to a dirge.
But she is magnificent in the arias Handel wrote for the neurotic, self-tormenting Dejanira in Hercules...Her burnished tone always remains beautiful. Another moving memento of a singer who, to quote one of her colleagues, "sang every performance as if it were her last".” The Telegraph, 12th July 2008 “Compiled as a memorial to the mezzo, this archive collection has become a memorial as well to Craig Smith, the founder of the Boston group Emmanuel Music, from which Lieberson first took wing. The voice isn’t quite at full power in the aria from Bach’s Cantata No 30, but you find the authentic emotional blast in Dejanira’s arias from Handel’s Hercules. The recordings don’t have much bloom – but the voice!” The Times, 27th June 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | The Great Violinists Volume XXII
Bach, J S: | Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E, BWV1006: Gavotte Jacques Thibaud (violin) Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Preludio Joseph Szigeti (violin) | Beethoven: | Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' - Andante Joseph Szigeti (violin) | Dièmer, L: | Caprice scherzando, Op. 48 Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) | Fauré: | Berceuse, Op. 16 Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) | Guiraud: | Mélodrame de Piccolino Jacques Thibaud (violin) | Handel: | Sonata A minor (orig. D minor), Op. 1, No. 9 Joseph Szigeti (violin) | Hubay: | Scène de la csárda No. 4 'Hejre Kati', Op. 32 Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) Nocturne No.1, Op. 42 Joseph Szigeti (violin) Unter ihrem Fenster, Op. 38 No. 2 Joseph Szigeti (violin) Scène de la csárda No. 5 'Hullámzó Balaton', Op. 33 Joseph Szigeti (violin) | Leclair, J-M: | Gavotte ancienne Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) | Marsick: | Scherzando Jacques Thibaud (violin) | Massenet: | Meditation (from Thaïs) Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) | Mozart: | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish': III. Tempo di Menuetto Jules Boucherit (violin), Louis Diémer (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne Jacques Thibaud (violin) Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 Jacques Thibaud (violin) | Vieuxtemps: | Sérénité Jacques Thibaud (violin) |
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| |  | JS Bach: St Matthew Passion & B Minor Mass
Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Munich February 23, 1951 Hans Braun, Peter Pears, Hermann Uhde & Elisabeth Grümmer Mass in B minor, BWV232 Munich, June 9, 1955 Elisabeth Grümmer, Gertrude Pitzinger, Peter Pears & Hans Braun |
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| |  | Bach - Transcriptions For Guitar Volume 2
Filomena Moretti (guitar) This superb release from Transart features the wonderful combination of the music of Bach and the
playing of Filomena Moretti. This young artist, already a veteran of the concert platform and
winner of practically every major guitar competition, is a master musician. These skilful
transcriptions are faithful to the original compositions and a delight to the ear. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Concert For Peace
Coro Cappella Giulia & Symphony Orchestra of the Pasqua Festival, Pablo Colino A truly international event, this ‘Concert for Peace’ was given before an invited audience of world
leaders and churchmen including Mikhail Gorbachov and the cardinals of the Roman Catholic
Church. Filmed in the Basilica Ara Coeli in Rome it features many choral favorites, | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Discover Chamber MusicIncludes music by Gabrieli, Corelli, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Stravinsky, Bartók, Crumb and others
2 CDs with 180-page booklet. 25,000-word essay. Timeline of events in chamber music, history, art & literature. Chamber music is the most intimate, and arguably the most joyful and sociable, form of music-making in the world. It may also be the oldest, and its scope is all-embracing, ranging from infectious light entertainment to profound explorations of the human spirit, from boisterous humour to the outer reaches of intellectual adventure, and in time from pre-history to the present. More than any other, it is the music of community - organised, spontaneous, bonding and liberating. This survey, containing surprises for newcomer and connoisseur alike, explores the nature and development of the genre in its social and historical context, through a rich and entertaining tapestry of text and sound. Written by Jeremy Siepmann | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 39
After two volumes concentrating on solo cantatas, the full forces of Bach Collegium Japan return in this programme of five cantatas dated 1725. The choir instantly makes its presence felt in the first movement of the opening work, BWV68. This is a large-scale hymn arrangement, where the choir is supported by an orchestra featuring horn and oboes. This is followed by one of the most charming and beautiful soprano arias in all of Bach’s cantatas, Mein gläubiges Herze’, in which Carolyn Sampson shines. The five works all include, to a certain extent, unusual instrumental combinations: from the three recorders which lend a pastoral character to Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV175, to the wind quartet (two oboi d’amore and two oboi da caccia) appearing in Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV183. The variety of timbres is further aided by the appearance of the cornet and trombones of Concerto Palatino. Gerd Türk glows in the intensely melodic tenor aria ‘Seht, was die Liebe tut’ (from BWV 85), Peter Kooij, whose bass becomes the voice of Christ in Ich bin ein guter Hirt, (BWV85). All in all, another impressive installment in this highly acclaimed cycle. “…fine performances with notable contributions from all the soloists…” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 “The wonderfully trim and naturally expressive period band and choir, underpinned by an exceptional group of continuo players…. High-quality Bach singing and playing.” The Guardian “None of these five cantatas extends beyond a quarter of an hour and yet the wealth of material is brilliantly compressed in a manner which followers of Bach's chorale cantata Jahrgang, his second cycle from Trinity 1724, would have come to expect. Before the following Easter, the composer had abandoned the cycle – at least partly, one imagines, as a result of some upset with the church authorities – and resumed with the conventional model where the music takes the gospel as catalyst for poetic inspiration.
Vol 39 from Masaaki Suzuki introduces us initially to the outstanding Whit Monday cantata, No 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt ('God so loved the world') in a performance of uncharacteristically ruddy complexion by Collegium Bach Japan. The siciliana rhythm is elegantly turned here but lacks intensity. Likewise, the bubbling radiance of 'Mein gläubiges Herze' ('My heart ever faithful', as early English arrangers have known it) is short of the genial joie devivre which Agnes Giebel famously brings to Fritz Werner's performance (Erato).
If the texts of Marianne von Ziegler for Nos 68, 175 and 183 (sadly, she collaborated with Bach on only nine works) afford a special luminosity of imagery which Bach clearly found profoundly arresting, Suzuki is equally committed to Neumeister's effervescent representation of God's gifts of the past year in the Christmas Cantata Gottlob!, No 28. After Carolyn Sampson's authoritative opening aria, the great motet movement on the chorale, 'Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren', finds a happy balance between textural refinement and declamatory zeal.
These are, indeed, fine performances with notable contributions from all the soloists (and obbligato instruments – apart from some laboured violoncello piccolo playing in BWV183, albeit played on the shoulder, “da spalla”), though no single one falls into that special category where an association between work and performer is formed for instant recall.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Patrick Rapold - La Campanella
Bach, J S: | Prelude in C major, BWV567 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') arranged Frey | Chopin: | Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice): Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Horovitz: | Variations On A Theme From Bizet's Carmen | Liszt: | Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Soirées de Vienne: valse-caprice No. 6 (after Schubert), D427 No. 6 Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major | Moszkowski: | Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6 | Rachmaninov: | Morceau de fantaisie in G minor (1890) Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 | Ravel: | Jeux d'eau | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor |
Few artists manage to keep up two careers at the speed that Patrick Rapold does. Born into an actor’s family in 1975, he studied acting in Hannover and Zurich and at the European Film Actor School in Zurich. Since then, he has appeared in more than 30 films for cinema and television. As of 1996, he started giving solo concerts on the piano both at home in Switzerland and abroad. On La Campanella, his first album for Sony Classical, Patrick has regrouped some of the most famous piano encores in the catalogue. Bizet’s Carmen Variations and Chopin’s Prélude op. 28 No.20 along with Schubert’s Soirée de Vienne in Liszt’s adaptation of the piece, and obviously Liszt’s famous La Campanella – the title piece making this album a selection of some of the most highly esteemed Romantic piano works to date. Patrick Rapold resides in Zurich and Los Angeles. “An impressive technique, but little musical insight from a pianist / actor” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Volume 4 of the Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection
The Canadian musician Glenn Gould was undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists of all time. To mark the 75th anniversary of his birth, and the 25th anniversary of his death, Sony BMG Masterworks presents this seminal artist’s vinyl recordings as re-mastered CDs, designed to replicate the exact artwork of the original gramophone records in miniaturised form. Already issued as part of an 80-CD box set (88697130942), these albums are now being made available individually. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Volumes 60 & 61 of the Glenn Gould Complete Jacket CollectionBach: English Suites, BWV 806-811
The Canadian musician Glenn Gould was undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists of all time. To mark the 75th anniversary of his birth, and the 25th anniversary of his death, Sony BMG Masterworks presents this seminal artist’s vinyl recordings as re-mastered CDs, designed to replicate the exact artwork of the original gramophone records in miniaturised form. Already issued as part of an 80-CD box set (88697130942), these albums are now being made available individually. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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