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Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Vienna Philharmonic on works by Schubert and Mozart. Also included is the documentary, My Dream. Included is LPCM stereo/DTS surround sound 5.1. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in their rendition of Mozart's "Symphonies numbers 31, 39, 40, and 41." In the second half of the program he takes the Weimar Philharmonic through Schubert's "Symphony number 4." Both performances evoke all the emotion and energy of these great classical composers.

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This is the fourth Ariodante I've reviewed for Classicstoday.com, and despite my love for the Minkowski, previously my favorite, this one outclasses it--and the rest. Ariodante is up there with Cesare, Alcina, and Tamerlano as one of the composer's truly great operas, with little unnecessary chatter, a good (and easy to follow) story, and real villains. --Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com

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CD is part of german audiophile magazine AUDIO and features some great artists and recordings to test your equipment. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Denon. More of these to come.

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An absolute gem celebrating the 70th birthday of one of the greatest classical guitarists of all time. More than half a century after his recording career began John Williams continues to explore a variety of entirely new musical experiences. Showcasing the very best of this legendary artist’s virtuosic brilliance, this collection encompasses all of his greatest recordings, from Bach to Morricone to Spanish, African and Latin American music. Each CD of this collection presents a different "role" of Williams, as soloist, as romantic guitarist, and as a musician performing with friends such as Julian Bream or with leading orchestras and distinguished conductors. Enjoy an excellent album.

Repubblica e l'Espresso presentano le direzioni di uno dei più grandi nomi della musica classica, Claudio Abbado. Una selezione originale ed esclusiva per ascoltare e apprezzare gli incontri con i grandi compositori, da Beethoven a Mahler, da Mozart a Ciaikovsky, e con le maggiori orchestre internazionali e italiane. Le esecuzioni che hanno emozionato, in primis, lo stesso direttore.

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Album for the Young (Album für die Jugend), Op. 68, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1848 for his three daughters. The album consists of a collection of 43 short works. Unlike the Kinderszenen, they are suitable to be played by children or beginners. The second part, starting at Nr. 19 (Kleine Romanze), is marked Für Erwachsenere (For adults; For more grown-up ones) and contains more demanding pieces.

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“This eighteenth-century premonition of The Mikado is a delight...The cast is good, though there's only one star: Anna Maria Panzarella (Agnesina) does the tomboy thing terribly well and as she falls in love it's not just her costumes and the music which become more feminine, it's also her acting and singing...'L'inimico delle donne is very simply filmed...You really feel you are there. And it's where I want to be. A delight from start to finish.” International Record Review, January 2012

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CD is part of german audiophile magazine AUDIO and features some great artists and recordings to test your equipment. Presented by B&W and mastered/compiled by Günter Pauler of Stockfisch Records. More of these to come.

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"On the death of Anne of Brittany, her husband King Louis XII honoured her with exceptional funeral ceremonies lasting forty days, which sealed forever her image as Queen of France and Duchess of Brittany. As he prepared this programme centring on the Missa pro defunctis of Antoine de Févin, and read the exceptionally vivid narrative by the herald of Anne of Brittany (whom her subjects nicknamed simply ‘Bretaigne’!), Denis Raisin Dadre realised that beyond all this official mourning staged by the royal authority, there was also a silent sorrow, that of the Bretons who had lost their duchess and were also in the process of losing their duchy’s independence. "

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"L'importanza della figura di Maria nella cultura medievale è particolarmente significativa e investe sia l'ambiente monastico che quello cortese. Pur non essendo questa la sede per poter approfondire questo tema, è comunque significativo notare come in tutti i momenti di crisi della cristianità, il cattolicesimo abbia sempre scelto proprio la Vergine come emblema della propria riaffermazione per orientare il proprio cammino."

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