Orchestral, String Orchestras, Albinoni (composer)
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Famous Classical Trumpet Concertos
RecommendedHåkan Hardenberger, I Musici, Simon Preston
Academy of St Martin in the Fields and London Philharmonic, Neville Marriner and Elgar Howarth
This is probably the finest single collection of trumpet concertos in the catalogue. When it first appeared in 1987 (the Hummel and Haydn have since been recoupled with a later set as listed... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Xavier de Maistre: Notte Veneziana
Xavier de Maistre (harp)
l’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (Artistic Director)
This is a superb display of harp-playing at its best. At one extreme, the so-called 'Albinoni Adagio'...displays astonishingly warm harp tone, fingers barely caressing strings - indulgently... —
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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One only has to sample the excitingly animated account of Holst's 'St. Paul's Suite' (which also has much delicay of feeling), or the ideally paced Warlock 'Capriol Suite' ... to discover the... —
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Treasures of Baroque
Douglas Haas (organ), Georg Egger, Angus Ramsay (violins concertante), Edward Tarr (trumpet), Anton Stingl (lute), Helmut Rilling (organ), Ernst Wallfisch (viola da gamba)
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Jörg Faerber
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Baroque Favourites
Jaime Laredo (violin/director)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Superlatively engineered by John Boyden and Tony Faulkner, beautifully played by Scottish CO and Jaime Laredo, these modern-instrument accounts from the early days of CD radiate warmth and joy. —
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Je n'aime toujours pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Nigel Woodhouse (mandolin), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Orchestra da Camera Italiana, John Alldis (chorus master), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Collegium Aureum (early music ensemble), Steven Isserlis (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Clyde Holloway (organ), Jean-Marc Luisada...
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