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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: CDS1013-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: Choir
The choral specialist Oskar Lindberg employs vast forces to depict a dark drama of death. The choral writing is among the best ever to come from Sweden! The symphonic poem is an absolute gem, a romantic masterpiece illustrating love and death according to a tragic Swedish poem. Not to be missed. |
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ID: CDS1079-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: Orchestra
In modern reference works, Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka appears only as a sort of footnote: in description of the German musical scene and the conservatory situation in the second half of the 19th century, or when discussing his rather more famous brother Xaver. Nowadays Scharwenka is almost deleted from concert programs During the composers lifetime the situation was different. He and his younger brother were eminent figures in the musical landscape of the so-called imperial Germany. They exercised a determined influence on musical education of the period, their works were highly valued and performed by musicians of the highest calibre. |
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ID: CDS1085-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
By the time Joachim Raff began composing works for solo instruments and orchestra, he had been in Franz Liszt’s inner circle for several years as a full participants in the Weimar avant-garde. Having been intimately involved in the creation and orchestration of the earliest versions of at least two of Liszt’s three formally-named piano concerti, it is not surprising therefore, that Raff’s own first concerto followed, in a general sort of way, Liszt’s model of interconnected, thematically related movements. |
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ID: CDS1086-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: World Premiere Recording
Subcollection: Orchestra
This recording is released on Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format. SACD provides the precision of digital technology while retaining the warmth of analog sound.
At the age of 29, in 1879 Ole Olsen went on his first international tour, conducting his music in Leipzig, Colone and Paris. The main work on this tour was Op.10 Asgaardsreien (The ride of Asgaard) which was wery well received. This encuraged him to extend his travelling for another two years touring Wienna and during this time made useful contacts with Liszt, Brahms and Goldmark. His catalogue includes music for a wide variety of occations and instrument combinations. His Symphony in G is the only symphony but he composed a lot of songs and cantats and a number of occational pieces. |
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ID: CDS1081-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Romantic Music
Subcollection: Orchestra
Here is a completely individual Swiss romantic who also worked as a doctor. The music is on the verge of Romantic music. The first symphony is idyllic in character, while the second is much more dramatic with a beautiful crafted little scherzo. The first movement seems inspired of the Swiss cuckoo clock. This thematic idea runs through most of the symphony. Those who enjoy music by Butterworth and contemporary composers will enjoy this release. |
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ID: CDS1083-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
National Polish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Slawek Wroblewski (2 -5), Gabriel Chmura (1), and Zygmunt Rychert (6).
This CD commemorates the fact that this great unknown romantic master died one hundred years ago. The Polish conductor, teacher and composer Noskowski was a leading figure in the impressive Polish music scene around 1900, working alongside such people as Paderewski, Scharwenka, and Moszkowski. These works show that also as a composer, he could measure up to his contemporaries!
Morskie oko is not unfamiliar. From a very mysterious beginning the music rises to a most beautiful climax depicting the famous cliff in Poland -with this name. The symphony is traditional in style blending the big romantic tradition from Schumann, Brahms with a tinge of Polish folk music. The second movement is an experience beyond most. A truly romantic slow movement that will bring tears to all romantic eyes... |
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ID: CDS1087-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestra
Gouvy was more concerned with balance, moderation and good taste than in operatic glamour that would doubtless have brought him fame and fortune. But, as he came from a wealthy family, he never had to accept artistic compromise in order to survive, and was thus able to compose in the idiom that interested him most, even if it seems an unpopular one. Even the hard-to-please Hector Berlioz expressed with surprise “…that a composer of his importance should still be so little known in Paris…”
Born into a French family with its roots in Belgium, he was German by nationality and could not attend the Paris Conservatorie. He took private lessons and became a respected pianist, but far from the virtuosos in the music salons. The music he composed was far from fashion and might not have brought him acclaim in France, but it did earn him respect from his colleagues. |
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ID: CDA1652-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
A daring choice of repertoare. Sax belongs to the new generation of singers, with a deep baryton, very well suited to the darker songs in… |
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ID: CDO1033-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: World Premiere Recording
Excerpts from one of the truly great Swedish operas of its time, written in great Wagnerian style. The excerpts are from the huge monologues for mezzo. Few mezzos today, apart from Ingrid Tobiasson could keep the listener in such a tight grip!! |
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