Classical
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Solo
Santiago Cañón Valencia
ACD 884 | more info
Only 16 when these fearsome 20th century works were recorded, Santiago Canon Valencia shows why he is considered one of the most notable cellists emerging today.
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Mozart
Michael Houstoun & Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with cond. Roy Goodman
ACD 883 | more info
Exciting live APO performances coupled with an exquisite rarity, the Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds.
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Quays
Luca Manghi with David Kelly
ACD 882
Refreshing new music for flute from Italy and NZ.
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Rachmaninoff Piano Preludes and Transcriptions
Colin Horsley
ACD 442
These London recordings from the mid 1950s sparkle.
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Telemann Fantasias
Lara Hall
ACD 341 |
Lara Hall's first solo CD
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Christmas Spectacular
Musica Sacra
Musica Sacra’s Christmas concert recorded in the Auckland Town Hall with APO Brass, John Wells & Nicholas Forbes on organ and conducted by Indra Hughes.
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…of wine and roses
Keith Statham
Beautiful, lyrical and very English — this collection of music for string quartet and wind soloists evokes a world of grace and romance, now past.
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Steep Steps
Andrew Uren
Andrew Uren:
“…outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres…”
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Poulenc & St Saens Organ Concertoes
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO)
Conductor Arvo Volmer, soloist Thomas Trotter, Tympani soloist Vadim Simongauz
Kemp English, RadioNZ Concert:
“…it’s impossible not to be drawn into this electrifying performance…”
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Auckland Town Hall Organ
Inaugural Concert, 21 March 2010
A spectacular opening concert featuring top choirs and performers.
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Requiem
compositions by Boris Pigovat
An intensely moving performance of Russian-Jewish composer Boris Pigovat's Holocaust tribute.
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Breathe
William Dowdall
New notes for Flute from Ireland and NZ – a showcase for Ireland’s premier contemporary flautist.
Jewel
Elizabeth Holowell (violin) & Robert Constable (piano)
Holowell and Constable take a personal journey through Australian music for violin and piano. Includes a number of otherwise unrecorded works.
Flight
Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills
Bridget Douglas & Carolyn Mills are Flight – debut album.
Elegy
New Zealand Chamber Soloists
The New Zealand Chamber Soloists are passionate about classical music performance as a spontaneous and vital experience.
Aurora Australis
Various Performers
More than 150 minutes of musical performance from the 2007 Asia Pacific Festival, Wellington, New Zealand. Recorded live.
Volume 2:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 2 (2 CDs) in the Richard Farrell series with recordings of works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann.
Volume 1:
The Complete RecordingsRichard Farrell 1926 - 1958
Volume 1 (2 CDs) of a special series devoted to the recordings of the legendary NZ pianist playing Grieg, Brahms, Liszt.
DeConstruction
Tzenka Dianova plays Satie & Cage
Prepared piano exponent Tzenka Dianova presents her original and beautiful approach to the piano.
Bach in the Italian Style
James Tibbles harpsichord
Bright and beautiful baroque - Performed on a fine copy of Christian Zell’s spectacular 1728 instrument.
Bartok
NZSQ Complete String Quartets
Dramatic and heartfelt performances from the 1990s, now reissued on Atoll.
Gung-Ho
Virtuoso works for Trombone - David Bremner
Trombone virtuso Bremner in a programme that runs from death defying acrobatics to the smoothest sounds you'll ever hear. Featuring four new solo trombone works.
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sing in exultation!
Terence Maskell conducts The Graduate Choir, NZ
Christmas resonates with the sound of familiar seasonal music - music that is evocative, uplifting, cheerful, and above all, comfortable.
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A Sound came from Heaven
The Graduate Choir, NZ
Considered one of the finest choirs in NZ, here is a terrific second CD from them, with repertoire based on their recent Spring tour.
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Rustic Revelry
Pepe Becker and David Morriss
Songs about love and wine, by Bach and Purcell, pesented in authentic period style.
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RACHMANINOV SONGS
Viktoriya Dodoka
Viktoriya Dodoka sings Rachmaninoff Songs, with Iola Shelley, piano.
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Piano masterworks from America & New Zealand
Thomas Hecht
NZ/American concert pianist Thomas Hecht releases first solo CD.
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My spirit sang all day
The graduate choir, nz
Conducted by Terence Maskell, this group of young voices from South Auckland is heard in a spectacular collection of music from around the world.
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SZEKELY & DVORAK QUARTETS
New Zealand String Quartet
The hugely anticipated first recording of the 1937 quartet by Zoltan Szekely, coupled with one of Dvorak's most charming and folk-influenced works...
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RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
PROKOFIEV Selection from ROMEO & JULIET
Auckland Philharmonia, with Michael Houstoun (piano) and Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)
"... fire when required and poetry too"
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Mirage
Carolyn Mills (solo harp)
"Here is the ideal easy-listening recital, exquisitely played by the NZSO's principal harpist...
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Song of the Black Swan
Carolyn Mills & Dawn Harms
"...gentle, sometimes quirky, but always beautifully played collection"...
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The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
NZSO Chamber Orchestra with Donald Armstrong (Violin)
"In a market crowded with versions of these concerti, the NZSO Chamber Orchestra has given us a first-class, vivid, well-recorded reading...
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Landmarks
Christchurch Symphony with Marc Taddei (conductor) and Martin Setchell (organ)
"In all, an outstanding issue ...the sound has an immediacy that jumps out of your speakers."
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Intimate Landscapes
Amanda Hollins and Richard Mapp
Amanda Hollins, leading NZ/Aus. flutist joins with one of New Zealand's finest concert pianists to create a beautiful CD of flute classics...
Christmas a cappella II
Musica Sacra
This beautiful album from one of NZ's leading choirs is a sequel to the very successful "Christmas a cappella", no.1 in the NZ classical charts in 2001.
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Extempore
Extempore
Music by the Sons of Bach, performed by NZ based period instrument ensemble Extempore.
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Debussy Preludes
Tamas Vesmas, piano
"...performances of honour, precision and insight."
des from Rumanian pianist Tamas Vesmas, Goldmedal winner of the International Claude Debussy Competition... -
Debussy & Ravel String Quartets
New Zealand String Quartet
"...some of the most intense and emotionally involving Debussy and Ravel on disc." ClassicsToday.com...
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BEETHOVEN: ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartets Opus 59 no's 2&3
New Zealand String Quartet
"...the NZSQ communicates - even on disc there are moments you'll feel like shouting and cheering" Rod Biss, Sunday Star Times, 26 May 2002...
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Christmas A Cappella
Musica Sacra
This is the perfect traditional Christmas album - reached #1 on NZ classical charts, December 2001...
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Musica Sacra
Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes
Superb follow-up CD to Musica Sacra's 2001 chart-topping Christmas release...
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Serenata
Patricia Wright & David Vine
(CO-PRODUCTION ACADEMY OPERA TRUST)
Puccini, Mascagni, Rossini, Verdi
"This disc is charming, revealing some long-dormant treasures." - American Record Guide... -
Verdi Requiem (Live)
Opera New Zealand/APO/Braithwaite
WRIGHT, CARROLL, GREAGER, MACANN
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J.S. Bach harpsicord works
Anthony Jennings
(ATOLL/TRUST CO-PRODUCTION)
Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings... -
Fantastic Musick for the Italian Harpsichord
Anthony Jennings
(ATOLL/TRUST CO-PRODUCTION)
Great early music exponent in his last harpsichord recordings... -
Colours of Change
New Zealand Ensemble with Sarah Watkins (piano) and Justine Cormack (violin)
"...wildly successful, wild being the operative word"