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Sehnsucht

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sehnsucht ("Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"), quintet for male voices, D. 656; Die Nacht ("Wie schön bist du"), quartet for unaccompanied male voices, D. 983c (Op. 17/4); Ständ...
Performers: Janssen, Thom [Piano]; Ruiten, Lenneke
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The nineteenth century was a golden age for choral singing in Germany and Austria. Singing clubs, and later on, choral societies, shot up all over...continue...
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Recording information: Dutch Reformed Church, Rhoon, The Netherlands (2009-05-16_2009-05-17&2009-)....continue...
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CCS 30109
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

Recording information: Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (12/2002)....continue...
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CCS 30809
Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
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The Christmas Oratorio is one of Bach's best loved works. This Channel Classics recording features a transcendent performance by the Netherlands Bach Society under the...continue...
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Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (03/2004)....continue...
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CCS 31309
With Endless Teares - Johnson, Lawes, Humphrey, Purcell [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert: Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow? for voice & lute; Woods, Rocks and Mountains, for voice & lute; With endless tears, for voice, lute & continuo; Come Hither You That Love for voice & lute...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred; Zomer, Johannette

Johannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures....continue...
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Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (12/2008)....continue...
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CCS 26609
Handel: Arias - Love and Madness [SACD] / Johannette Zomer, Bart Schneemann, Musica Amphion

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Berenice; Teseo; Amadigi; Concerto a quattro; Languia di bocca lusinghiera, cantata for soprano voice & ensemble, HWV 123 (fragment); Il trionío del Tempo; Rinaldo; Conc...
Performers: Baudet, Remy; Zomer, Johannette
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Handel, a child of his time, was fascinated by the poignant human dramas and emotions exemplified by Greek and Roman classical myths, dramas and poetry....continue...
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Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (09/2008)....continue...
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CCS 29209
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Haydn: Violin Concerti 1 & 4 [SACD] / Rachel Podger, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Orchestra Age of Enlightenment

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Violin no 4 in G major, H 7a no 4; Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Podger, Rachel

Mozart's father Leopold was probably the driving force behind the gloriously lyrical Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. Leopold advised his son to master this...continue...
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Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, England....continue...
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CCS 29309
Falla: Guitar Transcriptions / Katona, et al

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza Española No. 1 (la vida breve); El Amor Brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Homenaje - M. de Falla; Tus ojillos negros
Performers: Lascarro, Juanita; Mir, David Garcia
Ensemble: Katona Twins

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CCS 28809
Brahms: Symphony no 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, etc / Fischer, et al

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-10-13


"Ivan Fischer and his orchestra hit the ball out of the park with this recording, offering a First Symphony full of personality and fire, all...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording CCS 28309
Super Artists on Super Audio Vol. 6

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: work(s); Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in E flat, Op. 64 No. 6; Sonata ...
Performers: Beynon, Emily; Cooper, Gary; Crowe, Lucy; Fan, Jing Ma; Giacometti, Paolo; Halls, Matthew; Lazic, Dejan; Mees, Reinild; Meijer, Lavinia; Podger, Rachel; Rijen, Jorgen Van; Wadsworth, Matthew; Wispelw...
Ensemble: ; Combattimento Consort Amsterdam ; Florilegium Ensemble ; Holland Baroque Society ; Meridian Arts Ensemble ; Netherlands Bach Society

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CCS 5509
Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Toch: Egon und Emilie; Schulhoff: HMS Royal Oak / Werner Herbers, Ebony Band, Cappella Amsterdam

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-09-08

Works: Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Ernst Toch: Egon und Emilie, Op. 46; Erwin Schulhoff: H.M.S. Royal Oak
Performers: Loonen, Bernard; Olsson, Åsa; Reuss, Daniel; Vink, Elena
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Kurt Weill's orchestral suite for wind orchestra debuted shortly after the premiere of his 'Threepenny Opera'. Toch's 'Egon und Emilie' is a satire on opera...continue...
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CCS 25109
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Tcherepnin: Suite for cello solo; Crumb: Sonata for cello solo

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for cello & orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Alexander Tcherepnin: Suite for solo cello; George Crumb: Sonata for Cello solo
Performers: Wispelwey, Pieter
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Prokofiev's first cello concerto, written in the late 1930's, was not well-received at its premiere. Although poorly interpreted by the cellist, much of the blame...continue...
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CCS 27909
W.A. Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vols. 7 & 8

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Allegro in B flat major, KV 372; Variations (6) for Violin and Piano in G minor on "Hélas, j'ai perdu", K 360 (374b); Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, K 26; ...
Performers: Cooper, Gary; McGillivray, Alison; Podger, Rachel

Channel Classics' Mozart violin sonata series on historical instruments featuring Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper has impressed critics around the world. Previous releases have received...continue...
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CCS 28109
The Bohemian Album

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for string orchestra in E major, B. 52 (Op. 22); Pavel Haas: String quartet No 2, "Z opicfch hor", Op 7; Erwin Schulhoff: Pieces (5) for string quartet

The Amsterdam Sinfonietta has combined a romantic masterpiece of the string orchestra repertoire with two wild compositions from the inter-war period. Dvorak, Haas and Schulhoff...continue...
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CCS 24409
Liaisons vol 2 - Schumann, Brahms / Lazic

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Moderato; Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), for piano, Op. 82; Johannes Brahms: 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Performers: Lazic, Dejan

Channel Classic's Liaisons series releases are double-portraits. They combine two composers in order to explore more thoroughly their musical worlds, the way they inspired and...continue...
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CCS 27609
China Connection / Zen Hu, Ning Feng

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: Béla Bartók: Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 violins in C major, Op. 56; Puhan Wang: Scene of the Chinese Village, for 2 violins; Paul H...
Performers: Feng, Ning; Hu, Zen

Zen Hu and Ning Feng - both born in Chengdu, China - started their early studies at Sichuan Conservatory of Music. Hu, prize winner at...continue...
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CCS 80309
I was like Wow! / Jörgen van Rijen

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: Arthur Honegger: Hommage du Trombone exprimant la tristesse de l'auteur absent, for trombone & piano, H. 59; Frank Martin: Ballade for trombone or tenor sax & piano; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Schu...
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Damrow, Fritz; Giacometti, Paolo; Rijen, Jorgen Van
Ensemble: Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Trombonist Jorgen van Rijen says regarding his inspiration for this disc, "I heard an American soldier say, 'I was like wow' when he was describing...continue...
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CCS 26909
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Arabeske, Gesänge der Frühe / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Gesänge der Frühe (5) for Piano, Op. 133
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

All the works on this CD are linked together by the powerful personal emotions of the composer. The Davidsbundler (League of David) was an imaginary...continue...
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CCS 28709
Haydn: Late Piano Works / Gary Cooper

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 58 in C major, H 16 no 48; Variations on the Hymn "Gott erhalte den Kaiser, H i430; Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat major; F Minor Variations; Sonata for Keyb...
Performers: Cooper, Gary

The inspiration for this recording was derived from that all-too-rare occurrence: a perfect marriage of instrument and composer's music. The language of Haydn's later keyboard...continue...
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CCS 26509
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 2 / Amsterdam String Quartet

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 64 no 6/H 3 no 64; Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no 1/H 3 no 81 "Lobkowitz"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 20 no 4/H 3 no 34
Performers: Meyer, John Wilson [Violin]; Pitt, Thomas [Cello]; Rodgers, Jane; Schat, Alida
Ensemble: Amsterdam Quartet

Joseph Haydn's remarkable series of 68 string quartets encompasses, in effect, his entire compositional career. The stylistic journey Haydn took over this period is striking...continue...
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CCS 28209
Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Iván Fischer, Miah Persson, Budapest Festival Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Persson, Miah
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Ivan Fischer writes of Mahler's masterpiece, "There is a unique purity and transparency in Mahler's 4th Symphony. The enchanting sleigh bells take us to his...continue...
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CCS 26109
The Knight of the Lute - Music from the Varietie of Lute Lessons / Matthew Wadsworth

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: John Dowland: Sir John Smith, his Almain, for lute, P 47; The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard (Katherine Darcy's Galliard), for lute, P 41; The King of Denmark, his Galliard, for lute, P 40...
Performers: Wadsworth, Matthew

In his youth, lutenist Matthew Wadsworth spent hours listening to recordings of his idol, Julian Bream. Since that time, it was one of his life's...continue...
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CCS 25408
Rossini: Instrumental Music / Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La scala di seta; Serenata for 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, oboe & English horn in E flat major, QR vi/31; Sonata a quattro no 1 in G major; Rendez-vous de chasse, for 4 hunting...
Performers: Acs, Akos; Benkocs, Tamas; Bereczky, David; Carmel, Dudu; Eckhardt, Violetta; Fejervary, Zsolt; Kertesz, Gyorgy; Kovacs, Balazs; Lendvay, Jozsef Jr.; Nagy, Miklos; Nagy, Zsombor; Pivon, Gabriella; Po...
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"Here's a more than welcome addition to the catalogue: an all too rare foray into Rossini's largely overlooked instrumental music in performances that fizz and...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording CCS 27708
The Loeki Files / Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam, et al

2 CD / Channel Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Karel van Steenhoven: La Chanteuse et le Bois Sauvage, for 4 recorders; Antony Holborne: Work(s); Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Dmitry Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues (24), for p...
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

To celebrate the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartett's thrty year performing career, Channel Classics has put together a disc that features tracks from the Loeki Stardust...continue...
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CCS 5208
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no 2, Moments musicaux / Lazic, Petrenko, London PO

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-12-09

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16
Performers: Lazic, Dejan
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Although they were separated due to a period of creative despair that interrupted his work, both the second Piano Concerto and the Moments Musicaux date...continue...
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CCS 26308
Beloved & Beautiful - Meine Freundin du bist schön / Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach Societyl

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-12-09

Works: Georg Böhm: Mein Freund ist mein; Johann Christoph Bach: Meine Freundin, du bist schön, vocal concerto, for 4 voices & instruments; Heinrich Schütz: Stehe auf, meine Freundin, for doub...
Ensemble: Netherlands Bach Society

"The SACD church sound (sampled on a good conventional stereo) produces an extremely unusual effect of intimacy; the quiet male singers take the music at...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording CCS 27308
 
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