GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ ABC Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] 'Sosarme should cause a good deal of excitement … L'Oiseau-Lyre has assembled a brilliant cast.' New York Times |
CACCINI / MOZART / SCHUBERT / ROSSINI / MASCAGNI / etc
Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias Andrea Bocelli (tenor) / Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung [ Philips / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] On his album "Sacred Arias", Bocelli has recorded some of the most beautiful and inspired music ever written; a combination of timeless melodies, newly discovered gems and the world's most well known "Ave Marias". |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (complete opera) Andreas Schmidt, Lella Cuberli, Joan Rodgers, John Tomlinson, Cecilia Bartoli / Berlin Philharmonic / Daniel Barenboim [ Erato / Warner The Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "Everything that Barenboim does provides some sort of illumination of the drama," said Gramophone of this Figaro; "It has something to say, something that arises from deep and serious musical perception." |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera) Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2013 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Opera - "Gheorghiu somehow conveys not only the depth of Butterfly's love but also her inner knowledge that, in fact, her belief in Pinkerton's devotion is hopeless. This is a mature interpretation" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) Anja Harteros, Jonas Kaufmann, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ludovic Tézier, Erwin Schrott / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 WINNER - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa di Requiem [Requiem Mass] Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassim, Rolando Villazon, Rene Pape / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2009 ] "This Requiem is firmly founded on the altogether excellent singing of Pappano's Italian chorus" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Choral WINNER |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Hampson / Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2014 ] "Shatteringly moving, superbly sung by Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Hampson" The Independent on Sunday, 10th November 2013 ***** |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Records / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "The pairing of Anna Netrebko and Joyce DiDonato is a match made in heaven...This is one of the great choral recordings." Gramophone 2011 Award WINNER - Editor's Choice |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nel chiuso centro - chamber cantata / etc [special edition] Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Marianna Pizzolato (contralto) / Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "the Russian diva's singing certainly won't disappoint - as thrillingly passionate here as it is in Romantic opera." (BBC Music) |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nel chiuso centro - chamber cantata / etc [standard edition] Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Marianna Pizzolato (contralto) / Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] ".the singers blend perfectly, and time and again the attention is caught by the quality of the playing. It is a most distinguished issue." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2011) |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Marina Rebeka, Sara Mingardo, Francesco Meli, Alex Esposito / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2013 ] The Sunday Times wrote, "Pappano lives the text like the great opera conductor he is, bringing consolation as well as fire and brimstone to Rossini's heady spiritual brew." |
MOZART
Mozart: Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik Archi di Santa Cecilia; Luigi Piovano (cond.) [ Arcana / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] "The Arcana label continues its fruitful collaboration with the Archi di Santa Cecilia, the Rome-based ensemble formed from members of the famous Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The ensemble is conducted by Luigi Piovano, the... |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine." (William Dart NZ... |
BIZET / DELIBES / VIARDOT / BERLIOZ / RAVEL
Chant D'amour: Melodies Francaises Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Myung-Whun Chung (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "This is one of the most satisfying recitals by one of the great singers of our time. First-rate recording and sensitive accompaniment throughout." (Gramophone) |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano) [ Decca / CD ] Recorded August 1996, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Italian Songs Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Haydn's dramatic scena, Arianna a Naxos, lively with Bartoli's quick response to every fleeting emotion, makes a formidable finale to this finely conceived and enthusiastically realised recital." ClassicalMusic |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Beatrice Rana (piano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] "[there is] no doubt that this is a young pianist to be watched" BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ein Heldenleben / Burleske Bertrand Chamayou (piano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] 'His Santa Cecilia Orchestra has become a force to be reckoned with under his directorship, and the playing throughout is wonderful in its focus and clarity.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021 |
Cecilia
The Voice of Violet 19 [ Tolemac International / CD - released 27/Oct/1996 ] In this inspirational album we hear Cecilia in a new maturity. Backed by haunting orchestrations and a forty-strong choir, she effortlessly carries us through a panorama of heavenly proportions. One moment she is angelically reaching for the light,... |