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 | Khachaturian: Spartacus
The Bolshoi Ballet, Alghis Zhuratis, conductor Principal Dancers: Vladimir Vasiliev, Natalia Bessmertnova, Maris Liepa, Nina Timofeyeva
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich; Director: Vadim Derbenev
VAI 4262 (92 min) 1977 Bolshoi production. Sound 1.0
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|  | Music and Gender, Perspectives from the Mediterranean
Tullia Magrini, éditeur
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago et Londres, 2003, 371 p.
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|  | Richard Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1
Claire Watson, soprano, Fritz Ulh, tenor, Josef Greindl, bass, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch, conductor
TDK DVUS-CLHK63 (77 min) Black and White ORF Telecast from the Theatre an der Wien, 21 May 1963. Sound 1.0
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|  | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan : The Last Prophet:
World Music Portraits
Sanachie, 2003 – ARTE 2000, 112 (60 min)
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|  | "I Follow a Voice Within Me": A Portrait of the Singer
Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Euroarts DVD 20 5188 9 (158 m)
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|  | Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor
Patrizia Ciofi, Lucie, Roberto Alagna, Edgard, Ludovic Tezier, Henri, Nicolas Cavallier, Raymond, Marc Laho, Artur, Yves Saelens, Gilbert, Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Evilino Pidò, conductor
Stage Directors: Patrice Caurier, Moshe Leiser, Video Director: Don Kent
TDK DV-OPLDL (145 min) Sound 2.0 and 5.1
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|  | Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Melodrama in a prologue and three acts)
Carlo Guelfi, Simon Boccanegra, Karita Mattila, Amelia, Vincenzo La Scola, Gabriele, Julian Konstantinov, Fiesco, Lucio Gallo, Paulo, et al, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus and Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor
Stage Director: Peter Stein; Video Director: Carlo Battistoni
TDK DVUS-OPSIBO (143 min) Sound 2.0 and 5.1
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|  | Lydia Cabrera, Josefina Tarafa: Havana & Matanzas, Cuba ca. 1957 : Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2003, SFW CD 40434 (74 min)
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| .jpg) | Johannes Brahms
Backhaus plays Brahms
Music & Arts, CD-1132(2), 2 CD, (58 min 13 s) (71 min 46 s)
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|  | Imeneo
Georg Friedrich Haendel Ann Hallenberg (Tirinto), Johanna Stojkovic (Rosmene), Kay Stiefermann (Imeneo)
VokalEnsemble Köln. Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering dir.
CPO 999 915-2 [2 CD] (122 min 11 s)
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|  | The German Nightingale. Historical recordings 1934-1950
Erna Sack, soprano Morceaux de music hall et airs d'opérettes viennoises
Naxos «Nostalgia» 8.120722 - (67 min 21 s)
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|  | The Passion of the Christ
John Debney
Sony Music / Integrity Music SK 92046 (54 min)
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|  | Gustav Mahler: Symphonies Nos 5 & 10 (reconstruction Barshai)
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Rudolf Barshai, conductor
Brilliant 92205 (2 CD 140 min 39 s)
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|  | Tikhon Khrennikov: Symphonies Nos 1 - 3
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Scribendum SC 029 (74 min 07 s)
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|  | Daniel Hope: Concertos pour violon de Berg et Britten
BBC Symphony Orchestra, direction Paul Watkins
Warner Classics 2564-60291-2 (64 min 58 s)
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|  | Joseph Haydn: Les Sept Dernières Paroles de Notre Sauveur sur la croix, op. 51 (Hob. III:50-56)
Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, violon, Philip Setzer, violon, Lawrence Dutton, alto, David Finckel, violoncelle)
Deutsche Grammophon 474 836-2 (69 min 3 s)
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|  | Wagner: Die Walküre
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Eric Leinsdorf, dir. Friedrich Schorr, Kirsten Flagstard, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann, Karin Branzell, Emanuel List
Guild Historical GHCD 2215/7
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|  | Teruhisa Fukuda: Shakuhachi – École Kinko
Ocora, 2003, C 560184 (72 min 40 s)
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|  | Johann Sebastian Bach: Six suites pour violoncelle seul
Sergei Istomin, violoncelle
Analekta FL 2 3114-5 2 CD: 60 min 47 sec et 70 min 33 sec
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|  | Edmund Dawe
Sonatas, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, Ginastera
(Indépendant) 77 min 31 s
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|  | Falckenhagen : Sonates pour luth solo
Andrew Maginley, luth baroque
Centaur CRC 2541 (57 min 51 s)
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|  | Wild Honey: Duo Concertante
Atma Classique ACD2 2335 (72 min 51 s)
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|  | Pärt : Stabat Mater, Psalom, Summa (pour chœur et pour quatuor), Fratres, Es Sang vor Langen Jahren
Daniel Taylor, contre-ténor; Quatuor Franz-Joseph
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, direction Christopher Jackson
Atma ACD 22310 (61 min 4 s)
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|  | Italian Oratorios / Oratorios Italiens
Matthew White, haute-contre
Airs et musique instrumentale de : Zelenka, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti et Caldara. Ensemble Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, dir.
Analekta – AN 2 9813 - (63 min 36 s)
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|  | Espana
Alexandre Da Costa, violon, Juan Carlos Garvayo, piano
Œuvres de Falla, Albéniz, Granados, Turina, Nin
XXI-21 Records, no 2-1434 (54 min 58 s)
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|  | Léon Minkus
Don Quixote (Ballet in Three Acts)
Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, conductor
Naxos 8557065-66 (2 CD - 137 min 01 s)
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|  | Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Lori Phillips, soprano, Robynne Redmon, Mezzo-soprano, James Taylor, tenor, Jay Baylon, bass-baritone, Nashville Symphony
Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
Naxos 8557060 (77 min 11 s)
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|  | Julián Orbón: Symphonic Dances, Concerto Grosso, Three Symphonic Versions
Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valés, conductor
Naxos Spanish Classics 8557368 (66 min 17 s)
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|  | Jussi Björling Collection vol. 3, Opera Arias and Duets. 1936-1944
Jussi Björling, ténor
Airs de : Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Massenet, etc. Orchestre, Nils Grevillius
Naxos – 8.110754 - (65 min 34 s)
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|  | French Touch
Patricia Petibon, soprano Airs et mélodies de : Gounod, Massenet, Messager, Offenbach, Delibes, etc.
Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Yves Abel dir.
Decca – 475 090-2 - (62 min 48 s)
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|  | Boccherini : Quintettes pour guitare G. 448 « Fandango » et G. 453 « La ritirata di Madrid », Quatuor à cordes G. 194
Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante
Virgin Classics 7243 5 45607 2 9 (71 min 19 s)
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|  | New Media 1740-1915
Lisa Gitelman et Geoffrey B. Pingree, éd.
The MIT Press, Cambridge Mass., 2003 / coll. Media in Transition - ISBN 0-262-07245-9 - (271 pages)
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| | Grand orgue et clarinette en la basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Guy Morancon, orgue ; Guy Dupuis, clarinette
Éditions Jade, no 198599-2 62 min 21 s
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| | Hélène Grimaud, piano
Corigliano : Fantasia on an Ostinato ; Beethoven : Sonate pour piano no 17 en ré mineur op. 31 no 2 « Tempest », Fantaisie pour piano, chœur et orchestre en do mineur op. 80 ; Pärt : Credo pour piano, chœur mixte et orchestre
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Orchestre symphonique de la Radio suédoise
DGG 4717692 (67 min 43 s)
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| | L'Art du bel canto
Léopold Simoneau
Préface Renée Maheu
Boréal / coll. Boréal Compact (essais) ISBN 2-7636-0288-X - (160 pages)
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| | Quelques réflexions sur le jeu de l'orgue
Antoine Bouchard
Presses de l'Université Laval ISBN 2-7637-8018-0
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