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Recorded March 1959 (Heldenleben) / December 1972 & January 1973 “[Of Karajan’s performance having a fire and sweeping breadth which results in] surprisingly, not in bombast but in true nobility.” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Hidden Treasures
Albéniz: | Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71: No. 6 - Rumores de la caleta | Bach, J S: | Presto from Violin Sonata, BWV1001 | Bartók: | Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, Sz. 47, BB55: excerpts arranged for violin and piano | Chopin: | Variations in A - Souvenír de paganini Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor | Müllenbach: | Capriccio for solo violin | Paganini: | Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 9 in E major 'The Hunt' | Pergolesi: | Tre giorni son che Nina | Ricci, R: | Andante with Variations from Rossini's Di tanti palpiti | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier - Concert Waltz | Suk: | Love Song, Op. 7 No. 1 | Vecsey, F: | Motus Barbarus | Villa-Lobos: | Song of the Black Swan (O Canto do Cysne Negro) for Violin and Harp (1917) | Viotti: | Duetto for solo violin | Walton: | Two Pieces for Violin and Piano |
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| |  | Evocation
“As the cover art might suggest, Sandrine Piau’s new album is dedicated to exploring the different sides of womanhood. I’m not sure I can claim to know how close she gets, but this programme – which includes songs by composers as disparate as Debussy, Richard Strauss and Zemlinsky – contains some of the most exquisite singing I have heard from this wonderful soprano...This is a blessedly unhackneyed programme, performed from start to finish with exceptional finesse” James Inverne, Gramophone Magazine “…Piau's radiant tone, renowned clarity of diction and range of sensuous emotion make this a heavenly experience.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - January 2008 |
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| |  | Otto Klemperer - Previously Unissued Public Performance
Recorded 7th February 1957 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces - Complete Edition
plus bonus documentary: Kent Nagano: Seeking New Shores
Recording Date: 2006
Place of recording: Great Hall at the Berlin Philharmonic
Running Time: 7 DVD with over 700 min
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Language: D, GB
“[Kent Nagano] is simply one of the most generous, mentally agile conductors of the younger generation” FonoForum | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Pianists - Claudio Arrau1939-1946 Recordings
Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Recorded 4th December, 1944 in the Masonic Temple, Detroit Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karl Krueger Carnaval, Op. 9 Recorded 3rd and 4th April, 1939 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London | Strauss, R: | Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor Recorded 13th April, 1946 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defauw |
The 1939 recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is one of Arrau’s finest recordings. A contemporary reviewer stated that, “This magnificent recording shows convincingly that Carnaval is one of the masterpieces of piano literature and that Arrau is a great pianist… The recording itself is of the highest quality, better far than any record previously made by Arrau, and the performance – as I ought to have made clear by now – is of supreme artistic value and completely satisfying in every respect.” Richard Strauss’s Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, followed immediately by Weber’s Konzertstück (Naxos 8.111263). The 1944 recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto was recorded in one session of one hour and 45 minutes, with the first side of the second movement and both sides of the last movement done in single takes. | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | None But The Lonely Heart
Debussy: | Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 Glückes genug Op. 37 No. 1 Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1 Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 | Tchaikovsky: | Zakatilos solntse (The sun has set), Op. 73 No. 4 Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5 Otchevo? Solitude ('Again, as before, alone'), Op. 73 No. 6 Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten) None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 |
Recorded at Champs Hill, England April/July 2007 “A warm voice and an involved accompanist grace this enjoyable recital.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2008 “…there are certainly some five-star performances here - and Strauss's relatively unfamiliar 'Glückes genug' hints that she may make an Arabella of ideal candour and dignity.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Great Singers - Lotte LehmannLieder Recordings Volume 6 (1947 and 1949)
Berlin, I: | God Bless America | Brahms: | Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103: selection No. 1 He Zigeuner; No. 2 Hochgetürmte Rimaflut; No. 3 Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen; No. 4 Lieber Gott, du weisst; No. 5 Brauner Bursche; No. 6 Röslein dreie in der Reihe; No. 7 Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn; No. 11 Rote Abendwolken Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Der Kranz, Op. 84 No. 2 Der Schmied Op. 19/4 Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) | Duparc: | La Vie antérieure | Gruber, F: | Stille Nacht | Hahn, G: | L’Enamouree Infidélité | Paladilhe: | Psyché | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 An den Mond, D193 An die Musik D547 Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300 (Salis-Seewis) An die Nachtigall, D497 Die Männer sind méchant, D866 No. 3 Nacht und Träume, D827 Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei (vocalised) | Strauss, R: | Die Zeitlose, Op. 10 No. 7 Wozu noch, Mädchen Op. 19 No. 1 Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21 No. 2 | trad.: | The Kerry Dance | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful |
“As bold and committed in Lieder as she was in opera, the great soprano is caught here in the last part of her career, specialising in song. Thrilling.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 ***** | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Live 1962-1990 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol. 24
| | Lead Me To the Water Spiritual I'm Seekin' For a City Spiritual I'm Goin' to tell God All My Troubles Spiritual Ride On, Jesus Spiritual Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit Spiritual Were You There Spiritual | Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 Der Kuss, Op. 128 | Bizet: | Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe | Brahms: | Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63 No. 5 | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) | Cohen, C: | Epitaph for a Poet | Coleridge-Taylor: | She Rested By the Broken Brook Thou Art Risen, My Belovéd | Debussy: | Beau Soir | Dett: | My Day | Grovlez: | Guitares et mandolines | Handel: | Semele: O, Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me? | Schubert: | Ave Maria, D839 | Schumann: | Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 | Strauss, R: | Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, Op. 19 No. 4 |
Historian Rosalyn M. Story writes, "In the history of American singers, Dorothy Maynor stands out as an artist endowed with the power to exalt, to transport the hearer above the realm of the ordinary and beyond the limits of normal expectation." | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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