J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach at Bedtime Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Andreas Greger, Arthur Grumiaux, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Lullabies for the still of the night! |
GOUNOD / DELIBES / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / etc
Aida Aida Garifullina (soprano) / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Cornelius Meister [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] 'Garifullina dazzles in this impassioned and musical performance' Opera recording of the Month April 2017 |
ANTHONY LEWIS SCARMOLIN
Scarmolin: Orchestral Works Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joel Eric Suben [ Naxos American Classics / CD ] Anthony Louis Scarmolin was born in 1890 in the northern Italian textile-producing town of Schio, near Padua, where his father worked in the local industry. His father moved to America in 1900, taking his family with him and settling in New Jersey.... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Liebeslieder Aldis Liepiņš & Dace Kļava (pianos) Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Under Sigvards Kļava these singers don't wallow in over-sentimentality but give an impressive interpretation of this glorious music, aided by two superb pianists." Choir & Organ |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
TchaikovskY: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (with Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66) Alexander Knyazev (cello) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the most prestigious world concert halls, the Musikverein, in Vienna, this fourth volume concludes a cycle of the concerts by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under conductor, Vladimir Fedoseyev. This programme included the... |
HANS ABRAHAMSEN / GERARD PESSON / OSCAR STRASNOY
Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic, Frankfurt radio Symphony, Les Violons du roy [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "The three works are very different from each other, but all showcase the fleet brilliance, tonal variety and clarity of Tharaud's playing." Guardian |
BARBARA
Barbara Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis A [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara's music in very different ways." Gramophone |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Metamusik / Postludium Alexei Lubimov (piano) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies : conductor [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2003 ] After the Grammy-nominated chamber music album "leggiero, pesante", a recording of major compositions for piano and orchestra by the man Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt have both called "one of the greatest composers of our time." He is certainly one... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Alice Sara Ott - Beethoven Alice Sara Ott (piano) / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Oct/2023 ] Earlier in 2023, pianist Alice Sara Ott became the face of the Apple Music Classical app when she starred in its launch video, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto no.1, op.15 with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: June 1983 (No. 3); September 1984 (No. 4) |
REINHOLD GLIERE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glière Conducts Glière: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 2 All-Union radio Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Reinhold Gliere [ Consonance / CD - released 22/Feb/1995 ] Recorded in 1947 |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) Rah Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti, Doina Palade, Alan Titus / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Ra [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tchaikovsky Cycle Volume I - Symphony No. 1 in G minor "Winter Daydreams" / Francesca da Rimini, Variations on a Rococo Theme (Recorded 1991) Alte Oper Frankfurt / Antonio Meneses (cello) / The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Jul/2007 ] Hailed by the press as "the definitive video production" of Tchaikovsky's music, this exceptional concert series, recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, features the leading Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio Symphony... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tchaikovsky Cycle Volume II - Symphony No. 2 in C minor / Eugene Onegin excerpts (Recorded 1991) Alte Oper Frankfurt / Lydia Shernikh / Alexander Nenadovsky / The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Jul/2007 ] G :-Hailed by the press as "the definitive video production" of Tchaikovsky's music, this exceptional concert series, recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, features the leading Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio Symphony... |
PUCCINI / CILEA / VERDI / DONIZETTI / FRANCK / SCHUBERT / TRADITIONAL
Viaggio Italiano Andrea Bocelli (tenor) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 8/Nov/1998 ] Viaggio Italiano sees Bocelli perform a concert of famous opera arias and traditional songs. It's an imaginary journey through the melodrama of the Italian opera |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Duets & Arias) Andrea Bocelli / Marina Domashenko/ Eva Mei / Bryn Terfel / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Jul/2010 ] "The Carmen herself will, for most of us, be a remarkable discovery. Her voice is an opulent contralto with an ample range upwards, and she knows how to lighten, how to smile and keep the music on its toes with a keen sense of rhythm." (Gramophone) |
Foerster,
Konzert für Violine und Orchester No. 1 c-Moll op. 88; 'Cyrano de Bergerac' Symphonische Suite für großes Orchester op. Andrea Duka Löwenstein; Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien (op. 88); Tschechische Philharmonie (op. 55), Gerd Albrecht [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Jul/1997 ] |