Naxos
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Bach - Concertos for Oboe and Oboe d'Amore
Christian Hommel (oboe)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl
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you have on offer a fresh insight into the now-vanished world of Franz von Suppé, a composer of so many engaging attributes, evidently shared by this conductor. —
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The syncretic nature of the music on these CDs is evident in an almost paradigmatic form in ‘Exaltation’ —
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Liszt: Organ Works, Vol. 2
Andreas Rothkopf (Sauer organ, Evangelische Stadtkirche, Bad Homburg, Germany)
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Special offer. Rodgers, R: Oklahoma!
RecommendedOriginal Broadway Cast 1943-1944, starring Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Lee Dixon, Celeste Holm
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Saint-Saëns is on colourful form in this likeable disc. **** —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Spohr - Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8 & 11
RecommendedSimone Lamsma (violin)
Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois
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Building a Library, November 2009, Highly Recommended
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Paganini - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunzenhauser
Ilya Kaler is a Russian virtuoso, a pupil of Leonid Kogan. He's a first-rate fiddler and an excellent musician. Paganini's once fiendish pyrotechnics hold no terrors for him, not even the whistling... —
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. —
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Delius: Paris, Brigg Fair, Eventyr, Irmelin & La Calinda
RecommendedNew Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman
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Building a Library, November 2002, Budget Choice
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