Naxos
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The Very Best of Cinema Classics
Norbert Kraft (guitar), Pi-hsien Chen (piano), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Jenö Jandó (piano), Marina Mescheriakova (soprano), Judith Halasz (soprano), Denisa Slepkovska (mezzo-soprano), Adriana Kohutkova (soprano), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Jana Valaskova (soprano), Lila Larinova...
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Special offer. Puccini: Suor Angelica
Victoria de los Angeles, Fedora Barbieri, Mina Doro, Corinna Vozza, Lidia Marimpietri, Santa Chissari & Anna Marcangeli
Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
With the Spanish soprano as its heroine, Fedora Barbieri's grandly malevolent Princess and fine executants in the smaller roles, Puccini's score is wonderfully presented in this 1957 reissue,... —
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Howard Blake - Music for Piano and Strings
World Première Recordings
Madeleine Mitchell (violin) & Howard Blake (piano), Howard Blake (piano), Jack Rothstein (violin), Kenneth Essex (viola) & Peter Willison (cello)
This world-premiere recording of four chamber masterworks, overflowing with beguiling melodies and catchy rhythms, should win Blake many new admirers —
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Hans Graf conducts Zemlinsky & Berg
Roman Trekel (baritone) & Twyla Robinson (soprano)
Houston Symphony, Hans Graf
…this performance of the Lyric Symphony is strong on the turbulent intensity that launches it, and is never completely stilled, even in the outwardly serene finale. Roman Trekel… has the presence... —
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An excellent introduction to a comparative rarity in the composer’s output. —
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Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Neapolitan Songs
Recorded in Milan, Italy, April 1953 - May 1957
Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
Orchestra, Dino Olivieri
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This enigmatic piece [the Fourth]...demands both sombre mystery and striking sunlight in its first movement, and Inkinen does evoke them successfully if slowly, with some fine brass playing.... —
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Special offer. Wolf-Ferrari: La Vedova Scaltra
Anne-Lise Sollied, Maurizio Muraro, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Mark Milhofer, Riccardo Zanellato & Elena Rossi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Karl Martin (conductor) & Massimo Gasparon (director)
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Moravec - Cool Fire
Marya Martin (flute), Jeewon Park (piano), Stephen Williamson (clarinet), Erik Ralske (horn), Ayano Kataoka (marimba/vibraphone), Ayano Ninomiya (violin), Jessica Lee (violin), Cynthia Phelps (viola) & Edward Arron (cello)
