STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
BERLIOZ
Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1981] Yvonne Minton, Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de Paris / Daniel Barenboim [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Minton's beautiful voice and her warm understanding of Berlioz's style are again evident … Daniel Barenboim conducts with enthusiasm.' Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
The Romantic Cello [5 CD set] Zara Nelsova, Julius Berger, Alexander Russakovsky, Timora Rosler, Herre‐Jan Stegenga, Vittorio Ceccanti, Luca Fiorentini, Wladislav Warenberg (cellos [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2015 ] The most beautiful cello music of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann Chopin, Saint‐Saëns, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and many more |
SCHUBERT
Masses (Incls Deutsche Messe, D. 872 & Magnificat in C major, D 485) Zdena Kloubova (soprano); Ludmila Vernerova (soprano); Marta Filova (soprano); Monica Groop (alto); Christoph Genz (tenor); Matthias Goerne (tenor); J [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "There are undoubtedly greater performances of the Schubert masses, but those on this set are never less than convincing and sometimes a good deal more so. They form an ideal base from which to explore Schubert's sacred music; at super-budget price... |
GINASTERA / BOIELDIEU
Harp Concertos Jutta Zoff (harp) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegfried Kurz [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2013 ] This disc explores that rarity of the classical repertoire, the harp concerto. The musical characteristics of the harp can provide somewhat of a challenge for the composer if writing a concerto for the instrument, but this disc boasts two wonderful... |