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1. Fauré: Mélodies (Lieder) [Box Set]
performed by Dalton Baldwin (piano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Gérard Souzay (baritone)
composed by Gabriel Fauré
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2. Music of Samuel Barber (1992)
performed by Sylvia McNair (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi (conductor)
composed by Samuel Barber
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4. Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra (2003)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass baritone), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
composed by Franz Schubert
How could it be less than ideal? The songs are among the greatest ever written: Gretchen am Spinnrade, Erlkönig, Nacht und Träum. The orchestrators ... More
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5. Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Tod und Verklärung
performed by Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss
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6. Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Les offrandes oubliées; Un sourire (2009)
performed by Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Lyon National Orchestra, Jun Markl (conductor)
composed by Olivier Messiaen
When Messiaen made the orchestral arrangement of his song cycle Poèmes pour Mi in 1937, it was considered unplayable because of its rhythmic ... More
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7. Schoenberg, Webern, Berg: Orchestral Works (2003)
performed by Arleen Augér (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
composed by Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg
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8. John Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man; Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (2008)
performed by Hila Plitmann (soprano), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
composed by John Corigliano
Mr. Tambourine Man, John Corigliano's 35-minute song cycle for amplified soprano and orchestra, had a unique genesis. Corigliano took texts from ... More
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9. Elgar: The Starlight Express (2012)
performed by David Watkin (cello), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Peter Thomas (violin), Roderick Williams (baritone), Simon Callow, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
composed by Clive Carey, Edward Elgar
What you're getting here takes a little explanation. The Starlight Express started life as a novel for young people by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner ... More
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10. Songs My Father Taught Me (2002)
performed by Malcolm Martineau (piano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
composed by Alan Murray, Alison Travers, Arthur Penn, Arthur Sullivan, Edward Cockram Purcell, Eric Coates, Frank Lambert, Frederick O'Connor, Graham Peel, Haydn Wood, Ivor Novello, J. Airlie Dix, J.M. Capel, Jack Robson (aka John Gair Robson), Oscar Rasbach
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11. Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Vier letzte Lieder (1989)
performed by Arleen Augér (soprano), Rainer Kuchl (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss
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12. Derek Bermel: Canzonas Americanas (2012)
performed by Alarm Will Sound, Kiera Duffy (soprano), Luciana Souza (soprano), Timothy Jones (baritone), Alan Pierson (conductor)
composed by Derek Bermel
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13. Morton Feldman: Orchestra (2011)
performed by Martha Culver (soprano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bradley Lubman (conductor)
composed by Morton Feldman
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14. Diepenbrock: Orchestral Works and Symphonic Songs (2002)
performed by Christoph Homberger (tenor), Emmy Verhey (violin), Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano), Robert Holl (bass baritone), Residentie Orkest den Haag, Hans Vonk (conductor)
composed by Alphons Diepenbrock
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16. Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six Italian Dance Tunes (1996)
performed by Alison Alty (horn), Amanda Smith (violin), Edward Beckett (flute), Ferenc Szucs (cello), Martyn Hill (tenor), Peter Stevens (viola), Robert Gibbs (violin), London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople (conductor)
composed by Peter Warlock
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17. The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 5: Theatre Music (2008)
performed by Anna-Lisa Jakobsson (mezzo-soprano), Anssi Hirvonen (tenor), Heikki Keinonen (baritone), Ilkka Sivonen (harmonium), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Kirsi Tiihonen (soprano), Leena Saarenpaa (piano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), Mats Levin (cello)
composed by Jean Sibelius
For dedicated Sibelius aficionados, Vol. 5 in BIS' complete Sibelius will be mandatory listening. These six discs include all the Finnish master's ... More
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18. A Mind of Winter: The Music of George Benjamin (2000)
performed by Gareth Hulse (oboe), Ishiro Nodaira (keyboards), Paul Archibald (piccolo trumpet), Penelope Walmsley-Clark (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (keyboards), Richard Blake (flute), Ross Pople (cello), Sebastian Bell (flute)
composed by George Benjamin
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19. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Henry Purcell, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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20. Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Kammersymphonie, Op. 9 (2004)
performed by Het Collectief, Jacqueline Janssen (sprechstimme), Robin Engelen (conductor)
composed by Arnold Schoenberg
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21. Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic; The Deluge; Little Symphony (2012)
performed by ASKO Ensemble, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Claire Booth (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Schoenberg Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
composed by Alexander Goehr
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22. Bantock: Sappho; Sapphic Poem (1997)
performed by Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
composed by Granville Bantock
One generation's pornography is another generation's curiosity. Grenville Bantock's setting of his wife's dilations on Sappho entitled Sappho from ... More
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23. Recital
performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Felix de Nobel (piano)
composed by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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24. Appassionatamente Plus Lulu-Suite
performed by Julia Bauer (soprano), Essener Philharmoniker, Stefan Soltesz (conductor)
composed by Alban Berg, Hans Werner Henze
While it's not immediately apparent from the title, the unifying factor on this album is the fact that both pieces are essentially suites the ... More
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25. Georg Friedrich Haendel: Water Music & Fireworks (2003)
performed by Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra, Hervé Niquet (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel, Mildred J. Hill
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