LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund, Chor and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Arthaus Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "Jonas Kaufmann and Camilla Nylund fearlessly [pack] every phrase with compellingly truthful shades of meaning. Harnoncourt's Beethoven is famously raw and earthy: strong on struggle and on the composer's robust musical roots" BBC Music Five Stars |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Bayreuther Festspiele / Torsten Kerl, Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Michelle Breedt / Axel Kobe (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Camilla Nylund's Elisabeth has a range of novel emotions to convey, including humour and sexual interest...Question marks begin with the staging" Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 BLU-RAY Camilla Tilling (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Feb/2017 ] "the First Symphony...is wholly successful in its balance of detail and flow, and the Second includes a lovely 'Urlicht' from Finnish mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi." BBC Music |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden 2008) BLU-RAY Robert Gambill, Camilla Nylund, Waltraud Meier / Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Jordan, conductor [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "The solo singing is the outstanding feature of this new recording. Robert Gambill might have more of the 'mad axeman' about him than Bayreuth's Spas Wenkoff, but he has immense stamina and the presence to command the stage, especially during the big... |
WAGNER
Rienzi (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Torsten Kerl, Kate Aldrich, Camilla Nylund / Sebastian Lang-Lessing (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "…spectacularly thanks to brilliant pseudo-historic footage in the style of Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda films…The production is a knockout." The Sunday Times |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Impresario in Angustie (complete opera recorded in 2017) Camilla Antonini, Lavinia Bini, Paola Cigna, Alejandro Escobar, Luca Gallo, Marco Filippo Romano / Orchestra Bruno Maderna di Forli, Aldo Salvagno [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] The Neapolitan Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) was certainly a prolific composer of operas, having more than 80 titles to his name. Though many have only recently enjoyed a revival, they were widely admired in his day. |
Camilla During
If You Ever Meet a Dinosaur [ Ode Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2009 ] This CD features 17 wonderful songs for children, including "Wrinkly Fingers", "Let's Make Noises", "In the Band" and many more. |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
A Portrait of Kaija Saariaho Camilla Hoitenga (flute) Kaija Saariaho (harmonizer) Tuula-Maria Tuomela (soprano) / Finnish Radio Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] A composer of immense imagination and creative power, Finland's Kaija Saariaho is known for her spellbinding music, which challenges the modern stereotypes of classical music as a cerebral, convoluted, and distant art. |
SIBELIUS / RANSTROEM / MADETOJA / PALMGREN
Orchestral Songs Camilla Nylund (soprano) [ CPO / CD - released 28/Jun/2008 ] "Deeply pleasing, tender and flammable singing and playing which will I hope prompt what deserves to be a series drawing on the hidden treasury of Scandinavian orchestral song repertoire." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER
Transfiguration - Wagner and Strauss Scenes Camilla Nylund (soprano) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Feb/2011 ] "Nylund is temperamentally suited to this kind of thing - Isolde's so-called Liebestod is the disc's big success...yet she manages the conversational tone of [the Arabella scene] well, and her long address to the tree in Daphne is attractive too" BBC |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / W A MOZART
Gluck & Mozart Arias Camilla Tilling (soprano) / Musica Saeculorum, Philipp von Steinaecker [ BIS / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] "In this splendid Mozart and Gluck recital, presenting a mix of her old and new roles, she [Camilla Tilling] exhibits her usual stylistic acumen while also showing unexpected boldness as an interpreter…Warmly recommended." Opera |
MAHLER
Symphony No 4 (with bonus disc) Camilla Tilling (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra. Benjamin Zander [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] Benjamin Zander continues his series of Mahler symphonies |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Myrthen Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] "Certainly a top choice for this wonderful cycle." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Solo Vocal |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Lonh for Soprano and Electronics; Six Japanese Gardens for Percussion and Electronic; etc Dawn Upshaw (soprano) Camilla Hoitenga (flute) Florent Jodelet (percussion) Anssi Karttunen (cello) [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is today one of the world's most significant contemporary composers. She has received several internationally distinguished awards, most recently the Grawemeyer Composition Award for her opera L'amour de loin in 2003. In... |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
Magnard: Cello Sonata Op.20 / Piano Trio Op.18 Camilla Patria (cello) Elena Ballario (piano) Franco Mezzena (violin) Sergio Patria (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Albéric Magnard, born in Paris in 1865, was a pupil of Dubois, Guiraud, Massenet and D'Indy at the Paris Conservatoire, and he frequented the circle of César Franck. In 1896 he became a teacher at Paris's Schola Cantorum. |
ANTONIN DVOARK / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Glazunov: Violin Concertos Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky [ Naxos / CD ] "Kaler's playing of these Romantic sweetly-tuned works is excellent" BBC Music Magazine "Ilya Kaler has great romantic warmth and natural Slavonic feeling....In short this is first class in every way" Penguin Guide |
ELGAR
The Violin Music (includes Violin Concerto and much more) Marat Bisengaliev (violin) / Benjamin Frith (piano) / Camilla Bisengalieva (oboe) / West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra / Bundit Ungrangsee [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] A comprehensive collection of Elgar's Violin Music on 3 CDs, featuring Marat Bisengaliev as soloist. |
EDVARD GRIEG
Greig: Peer Gynt - Incidental music Peter Mattei, Camilla Tilling, Ellerhein Girls' Choir. Estonian National Male Choir. Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Aug/2005 ] "Jarvi junior follows in father's footsteps with a worthwhile disc of Peer Gynt" (Gramophone) |
Antonin Dv
Rusalka Piotr Beczala, Emily Magee, Camilla Nylund, Alan Held, Birgit Remmert, Adam Plachetka, Eva Liebau, Daniel Schmutzhand, A [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Black Swans: Mid Century Robert McFerrin snr, Marian Anderson, William Warfield, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Carol Brice etc. [ Parnassus / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] Follow-up to VERY successful Black Swans' (first African American Classical artists which sold out in USA. First time on CD |