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Jules Massenet
Complete Solo Piano Works
Stefan Irmer,
piano
MDG
618 1729-2
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Stefan Irmer
has a special fondness for French piano music. After his complete
overview of the sins of Rossini's old age and a recently released
recording of Gabriel Fauré's thirteen nocturnes, he now turns
to another chock-full complete recording featuring rather unknown
compositions from the piano oeuvre of Jules Massenet.
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Antonio Casimir
Cartellieri
Gioas, Re
di Giuda
Katharina
Kammerloher
Thomas Quasthoff
Detmolder Kammerorchester
Gernot Schmalfuß
MDG
338 0748-2
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MDG's discovery
of Cartellieri's clarinet concertos represented "rousing, in
every way stirring CD premieres of these treasures (Stereoplay).
But until now Antonio Cartellieri continues to be by and large unknown
even though his oratorio Gioas, Re di Giuda is of the sort of depth
that one might expect from a contemporary of Beethoven. The fact
that Beethoven himself played the viola at the premiere of Cartellieri's
oratorio is more than a footer. This catalogue rarity is presented
here by a team of experts: Thomas Quasthoff and other renowned vocal
soloists together with the Detmold Chamber Orchestra and the Gütersloh
Bach Choir.
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Jean Francaix
Octet, Clarinet Quintet, Divertissement
Charis-Ensemble
MDG
308 0300-2
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The Charis Ensemble
presents three of Jean Françaix's principal chamber works
- his Octet, Divertissement, and Clarinet Quintet - in a fresh new
interpretation in which instrumental perfection and sophisticated
wit form a spirited symbiosis. The sound picture has been recorded
very naturally with stereophonic clarity and chamber transparency
and conveys a strong spatial impression. And one is surprised to
read that Dabringhaus and Grimm produced the recording in Nordkirchen
Castle already in 1987.
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Classica Espanola
Anette Maiburg, flute
Andreas von Wangenheim, guitar
MDG
910 1727-6
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Fascinating
indeed, how Anette Maiburg always finds just the right new partners
for her "Classica ..." concept series released on MDG!
These musicians most naturally and inspiringly combine the particular
local color of their traditional instruments and the characteristic
sound of the transverse flute, classical guitar, and double bass.
After Cuban, Venezuelan, and Argentine albums, this time the musical
pleasure tour takes us to the rich and varied regions of Spanish
folklore and classical music.
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John Cage
Complete Piano Music (18 CDs)
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
MDG
613 1731-2
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The first complete
edition of the great American innovator's piano oeuvre is now available
again in one box! The 18 single CDs could not be more diversified:
Steffen Schleiermacher presents the Prepared Piano, introduces the
traditional Asian art and thought in music, together with Josef
Christof he explores the musical cosmos, he pays an admirable Homage
to Erik Satie and brings star charts of the Southern Hemisphere
to our ears.
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