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La Vida Es Sueño

El Gran Teatro del Mundo

Classical - Released May 26, 2023 | iMD-Seulétoile

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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, K.201; 33, K.319; 35, K.385 "Haffner"; 38, K.504 "Prague"; 41, K.551 "Jupiter"

Orchestra Mozart

Classical - Released January 1, 2008 | Archiv Produktion

There are three crucial differences between Claudio Abbado's 1991 recording of three Mozart symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker and this 2008 recording of five Mozart symphonies with the Orchestra Mozart. The first and most obvious is between the two orchestras. The Berliner Philharmoniker, of course, is one of the world's great modern instrument orchestras, while the Orchestra Mozart is a newly founded period instrument orchestra and the difference in sound between the two is enormous. Where the Berlin-based musicians sound is big, bright, and virtuosic, the Italy-based musicians sound is smaller, warmer, and, though superbly trained and very enthusiastic, hardly in the same league as the Berlin players.The second and almost as obvious is between the two scores used in the performances. Where Abbado used the then-standard editions of the works in his 1991 recording, he 2008 he uses the New Bärenreiter Urtext Edition, which makes small but telling changes in hundreds of details of articulation, dynamics, and even pitches. Though the changes do not alter the music's substance, they do subtly alter their tone and color. The third and biggest difference, however, is in the quality of Abbado's conducting. In 1991, the Italian maestro was at the peak of his powers, and his interpretations were sharp-edged and powerful. By 2008, however, Abbado had survived cancer and a tumultuous personal life, and his interpretations here are more nuanced, more affectionate, and much more profound. Abbado has reconsidered everything in the scores from dynamic markings to tempo relationships, and his conducting here finds depths in the music his 1991 recordings missed. Captured in crisp but slightly distant live digital sound by Deutsche Grammophon, these recordings deserve to be heard by anyone interested in the conductor or the composer.© TiVo
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Mozart: Horn Concertos & Bassoon Concerto

Louis-Philippe Marsolais

Classical - Released March 1, 2017 | ATMA Classique

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Beethoven Symphonies

Emmanuel Krivine

Symphonic Music - Released March 21, 2011 | naïve

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Haydn : L'Impatiente

Julien Chauvin

Classical - Released October 4, 2019 | Aparté

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The Haydn series continues with the Paris Symphony No. 87. Julien Chauvin and his orchestra keep shaking us up with historical instruments listening to Haydn’s works and several other forgotten scores from the same period. All of them were commissioned for the Concert de la Loge Olympique - ancestor and model for Julien Chauvin and his musicians – and all of them sank into oblivion during the 19th century, except for Haydn’s symphonies. The record offers an opportunity to experience some rare works of Grétry, Lemoyne and Ragué, and to revive the success that they once knew. © Aparté
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Passions de l'âme et du cœur

Ricercar Consort

Classical - Released January 12, 2015 | Mirare

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Mendelssohn : Romances sans paroles, Variations sérieuses, Fantaisie écossaise

Shani Diluka

Classical - Released September 11, 2008 | Mirare

Booklet Distinctions 5 de Diapason - Choc du Monde de la Musique - RTL d'Or - 10/10 de ClassicsToday
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Mozart

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released March 1, 2002 | Mirare

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Joseph Haydn : Messe "Harmoniemesse" - Symphonie n°88 - Sinfonia en ré majeur

Mariss Jansons

Sacred Vocal Music - Released November 17, 2009 | BR-Klassik

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Chopin & Brahms: Ballades

Cédric Tiberghien

Classical - Released November 14, 2006 | harmonia mundi

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Joseph Martin Kraus : Symphonies

Concerto Köln

Symphonic Music - Released September 29, 2009 | Phoenix Edition

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Werner Ehrhardt and Concerto Köln's recordings of the symphonies of Joseph Martin Kraus, originally released as two separate discs on the Capriccio label in the early '90s, helped lead the charge for the reintegration of Kraus into the classical canon. By 2009, when these Concerto Köln are being reintroduced on the Phoenix Edition label as a single, two-disc set, Kraus has become one of the most frequently recorded late eighteenth century composers whose name isn't Haydn, Beethoven, or Mozart. While some of these performances are not as snappy and alert as those for Naxos by Petter Sundkvist and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, they still pack a punch. Ehrhardt's reading of the Sinfonia da chiesa is superb as he grasps its near Brucknerian sense of architectonics and his Symphonie funèbre is appropriately grim, hushed, restrained, and patient. Both of these are on the first disc of the set, and it's still true, as when these were single Capriccio issues, that the second disc (now reordered as first) is a little better than the other one. The early digital recordings are still fine, though a bit warmer than is the standard for Kraus, though that's not a bad thing at all. The final factor on the Phoenix Edition reissue -- and this may well be the determinant one for many consumers -- is that the two discs are being sold for the price of one; while these do not constitute all of Kraus' symphonies, it is a consumer-friendly way to get acquainted with roughly half of Joseph Martin Kraus' symphonic output.© TiVo
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Le concert

Armand Amar

Film Soundtracks - Released January 8, 2018 | Long Distance

Come Bach To Me

Rhoda Scott

Jazz - Released January 1, 1970 | Barclay

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Joseph Haydn: Intégrale des Sonates pour Piano et violon

Marie-Claudine Papadopoulos

Classical - Released April 20, 2019 | Les Belles Ecouteuses

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J'écoute Mozart et Haydn avec mon papa

Iddo Bar-Shaï

Classical - Released December 3, 2012 | Mirare

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Fauré: Intégrale de l'œuvre pour piano, Vol. 1 (Ballade, Mazurka op.62, Quatre Valses-Caprices, Préludes Op.103

Jean-Claude Pennetier

Classical - Released May 12, 2009 | Mirare

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Though Fauré was assuredly his own man as a composer, in these performances of his piano music by Jean-Claude Pennetier, he is also surely the rightful heir of Chopin. The formal matter here is clearly Chopin's -- a ballade, a mazurka, four waltzes, and nine preludes -- and the stylistic manner is Chopin's as well -- the filigree and melody in the right hand and the left hand divided between counter-melody, chordal accompaniment and bass. This is meant as no slight to either Fauré or Pennetier. This is luscious music with toothsome melodies, succulent sonorities, and mouthwatering forms, and if these can be faulted for being too beautiful, it's a fault they should bear proudly. The performances are likewise exquisite. Pennetier has a fluent technique, a pearly tone, and an elegant way of phrasing a melody and shaping a form. But more than that, Pennetier has a real sympathy for Fauré's music and his interpretations are honest and heartfelt. Though the classic performances of these works are certainly worthy of admiration and love, Pennetier's are no less admirable and loveable and any listener interested in the composer or the period is urged to try this disc. Mirare's digital sound is clear, deep, and immediate. © TiVo
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Brahms: Concerto pour Violon & Orchestre - Symphonie No. 4

Les Dissonances

Classical - Released March 10, 2014 | Les Dissonances

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