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Richard Strauss: Through Life and Love

STRAUSS, R: Nichts Op. 10 No. 2; Leises Lied Op. 39 No. 1; Standchen Op. 17 No. 2; Schlagende Herzen Op. 29 No. 2; Heimliche Aufforderung Op. 27 No. 3; Sehnsucht Op. 32 No. 2; Waldseligkeit Op. 49 No. 1; Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen Op. 49 No. 8; Breit' uber mein Haupt Op. 19 No. 2; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten Op. 19 No. 4; Das Rosenband Op. 36 No. 1; Ich Schwebe Op. 48 No. 2; Nachtgang Op. 29 No. 3; Einerlei Op. 69 No. 3; Rote Rosen, AV76; Muttertandelei Op. 43 No. 2; Meinem Kinde Op. 37 No. 3; Die Nacht Op. 10 No. 3; Befreit Op. 39 No. 4; Ruhe, meine Seele! Op. 27 No. 1; Zueignung Op. 10 No. 1; Weihnachtsgefuhl, WoO. 94; Allerseelen Op. 10 No. 8

Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100072 (CD)

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Donald Swann: Songs

SWANN, D: A collection of songs; Five colourisations of Emily Dickinson; Two sonnets by Edna St Vincent Millay; Stopping by woods; Two poems by Thomas Hardy; Four lyrics from In memoriam; Two poems by Christina Rossetti; Dark rose of my heart; An invite to eternity; The harlot’s house; Six songs to poems by William Blake; Ya vas lyubil 'I loved you once'; She is all harmony, all wonder; Some people's dreams; Marguerite; A red, red rose; It was a lover, and his lass; See, dearest, how the rose; Arcades; We'll go no more a-roving; Longing; Oh, why are the roses so pale?; Old songs of lost love; In the mist; Raiders' dawn; The youth of the heart; He wishes for the cloths of heaven; Bilbo's Last Song

Roderick Williams (baritone), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano)

HYPERION CDA68172 (2CD)

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Laks: String Quartets Nos. 3-5

LAKS: String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5

Messages Quartet

DUX DUX1286 (CD)

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In Schubert's Company

AKHUNOV: In Schubert’s company for viola & orchestra; Der Erlkonig for viola & orchestra

DESYATNIKOV: Wie der Alter Leiermann for violin & orchestra

SCHUBERT: Polonaise in B flat major, D580; Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821; Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485; Sonatina (Sonatina) in G minor, D408 (Op. posth. 137 No. 3); Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911)

TABAKOVA: Fantasy Homage to Schubert for viola and string orchestra

Riga Sinfonietta, Yakov Katsnelson (piano), Maxim Rysanov (viola/director)

ONYX ONYX4183 (2CD)

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Composer: Vaughan Williams
Piece: Dona Nobis Pacem
Reviewer: Alexandra Coghlan

Recommended recording:

Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona Nobis Pacem; Four Hymns; Toward The Unknown Region; O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47); Lord, Thou has been our refuge

Judith Howarth (soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Souter (viola), Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)

HYPERION CDA66655 (CD)

Other recommended recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Alexandra also liked, although we can’t guarantee the availability of these discs.

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Bryn Terfel (baritone), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Richard Hickox (conductor)

WARNER CLASSICS 7547882 (CD)

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Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), John Carol Case (Baritone), Christopher Hyde-Smith (Flute), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Chorus, Orchestra Nova, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor), Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

WARNER CLASSICS 5747822Ìý

The Fiery Genius

CAILO: Sonata per violino e basso continuo; Sonata a tre violini e organo; Sonata a due violini e cembalo

FIORENZA: Concerto di violini e basso

LEO: Concerto for Four Violins in D major

MARCHITELLI: Sonata VIII per due violini e basso; Sonata II per tre violini e basso

SUPRIANI: Toccata quinta

Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti (violin and director)

ARCANA A429 (CD)

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Geminiani: The Art of Playing on the Violin

GEMINIANI, F: The Art of Playing on the Violin Op. 9; Violin Sonata Op. 4 No. 8 and No. 6

Gottfried Von Der Goltz (violin), Annekatrin Beller (cello), Torsten Johann (harpsichord), Thomas C. Boysen (theorbo)

APARTE AP134 (CD)

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ZELENKA: Sonatas a 2 oboi (violino) e 2 bassi obligati, ZWV181

Vaclav Luks (harpsichord), Collegium 1704

ACCENT ACC24319 (2CD)

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Maestro Corelli’s Violins

MONTANARI: Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 2; Concerto No. 6 in E flat major Op. 1; Concerto No. 7 in E major Op. 1

MOSSI: Concerto grosso in E minor Op. 4, No. 11; Concerto in G minor Op. 4 No. 12

VALENTINI: Concerto in A minor Op. 7, No. 11

Simon Standage (violin and director), Collegium Musicum 90

CHANDOS CHAN0818 (CD)

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Flux: New Music – new dance

BOWDEN: Airs No Oceans Keep

FRANCES-HOAD: The Madness Industry

HIGGINS, G: Atomic Cafe

QUINTA: Themistocles is Captured

WHITLEY: Duo for Violin and Viola

Fidelio Trio, Onyx Brass, Rambert Orchestra, Paul Hoskins, Quinta (violin, electronics), Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin), Asher Zaccardelli (viola)

NMC NMCD232 (CD)

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Bracing Change

DENNEHY: The weather of it

GILBERT, A: Haven of Mysteries

HOLT, SIMON: String Quartet No. 3

Doric String Quartet, Guy Johnston (cello), Carducci String Quartet, JACK Quartet

NMC NMCD216 (CD)

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Hommage a Boulez

BOULEZ: Derive II; Dialogue de L'Ombre Double; Memoriale; Le Marteau sans maitre; Anthemes 2; Messagesquisse

Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Pierre Boulez (conductor), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Guy Eshed (flute)

DG 4797160 (2CD)

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Lim: How Forest Think & Cassidy: The Wreck of Former Boundaries

CASSIDY: The Wreck of Former Boundaries

LIM: How Forests Think

Elision Ensemble, Wu Wei (37-pipe sheng),Carl Rosman (conductor), Peter Evans, Tristram Williams (trpts), Aaron Cassidy (electronics)

HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY RECORDS (HCR) HCR13CD

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MICACHU: Peace

Oliver Coates, cello

FOOM (independent London record label) – FLAC download / vinyl only

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Eliza McCarthy, piano

FOOM (independent London record label) – FLAC download / vinyl only

Carnevale 1729

ALBINONI: Il tuo core in dono accetto (from Filandro); Fior ch'a spuntar si vede (from Filandro)

GIACOMELLI: Mi par sentir la bella (from Gianguir); Vanne, si, di al, mio diletto (from Gianguir)

LEO: Soffre talor del vento (from Catone in Utica); Ombra cara, ombra adorata (from Catone in Utica)

ORLANDINI: Non sempre invendicata (from Adelaide); Quanto bello agl'occhi miei (from Adelaide); Scherza in mar la navicella (from Adelaide); Vedro piu liete e belle (from Adelaide)

PORPORA: Il pastor se torna aprile (from Semiramide riconosciuta); In braccio a mille furie (from Semiramide riconosciuta); Bel piacer saria d'un core (from Semiramide riconosciuta)

VINCI, LEONARDO: Nave altera che in mezzo all'onde (from L'abbandono di Armida)

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Stefano Montanari

PENTATONE PTC5186678 (2Hybrid SACD)