PUCCINI
Arias & Songs (La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, etc) Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This is a Puccini disc with a difference. Besides the usual operatic excerpts, it includes three Puccini songs songs of which one, Sole e amore, is particularly enticing" Penguin Guide *** |
TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN
Ballerina: The World's Favourite Ballet Music [2 CD set] Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev / Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/May/2010 ] "For sheer enjoyment, though, I would definitely place it at the top of the pile. I would urge anyone who loves this music to make a point of hearing Nagano's outstanding reading." (Gramophone on Coppelia) |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.3 'Wagner Symphony' Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "A fascinating recording... Nagano captures the reverence and agitation of the symphony perfectly..." - The Independent (UK) |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "Nagano delivers an overwhelming and superbly articulated account of the Schoenberg. His Brahms is beautifully played, but lacks the last ounce of passion, especially in the outer movements." BBC Music Magazine, March 2015 **** |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony no.6 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Premiered in Vienna on 26 February 1899 under the direction of Gustav Mahler, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was never altered or revised by its composer, which shows his exceptional confidence in it. He was, indeed, especially proud of its compositional... |
GEORGE CRUMB
Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death / Quest Ensemble New Art / Fuat Kent (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] "If you have any interest in contemporary music, this is interesting music performed and recorded very well for a bargain price." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fiction Natalie Dessay (soprano), Stacey Kent (vocals), Fanny Ardant (vocals), Luz Casal (vocals) / Quatuor Ebene [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/May/2013 ] |
Kent
Isola [ CD ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Orchestral Songs Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Aug/2013 ] "Admirers of Gerhaher's lieder singing won't need any encouragement to listen to this disc. They'll marvel once again at the astonishing range of colour and inflection he applies to every phrase" (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Solo Recital) |
Steve Roach and Stephen Kent and Kenneth Newby
Halcyon Days [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
Stacey Kent
Songs From Other Places [ Candid / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honours and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of 2 Million, Gold, Double-Gold and Platinum-selling albums that have reached... |
Verbal Kent
Anesthesia [ Mello Music Group / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] Verbal Kent's new album blends his precise and aggressive style to create his most cohesive and honest album yet. Featuring production Marco Polo, Apollo Brown, Oh No and more. Special guests Freddie Gibbs, Skyzoo and Red Pill. |
Ensemble New Art / Kent, Fuat ao.
Crumb, George - Gnomic Variations [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Prometheus / Orchestral Songs Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "Wolf's own orchestrations, in these splendid performances, are startling. They transform his songs into quasi-Wagnerian music dramas." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
BEETHOVEN
Christus am a-lberge, Op.85 Placido Domingo (tenor), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Besides being an astounding technician, Nakamatsu shows impeccable taste; he puts a high gloss on anything he plays." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
Julia Kent
Asperities [ Leaf / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Asperities is the fourth solo album by acclaimed Vancouver-born, New York-based cellist Julia Kent. Her extensive résumé includes recent work with Swans, Aidan Baker, Rachel Grimes, Rutger Zuydervelt, Barbara Morgenstern, Library Tapes and Khan of... |
LALO
Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 (with Chausson-PoAme, for violin & orchestra) Vadim Repin (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ Erato / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recording you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Vladim Repin, an impressive jazz improviser as well as fully-fledged virtuoso, has the ease, sanfroid, and old fashioned charm to pull off this showpiece with panache." (1001... |
JOHN ADAMS
The John Adams Album Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Decca / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Released to coincide with Nagano's final, triumphant season with the Montréal Symphony, this John Adams Album contains his key orchestral works conducted by one of his greatest, lifelong champions. |
ANDERS HILLBORG / LACI DOLDEMANN / HANS GEFORS
Swedish Songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) / Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ Deutsche Grammophon 20/21 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "For me the clear winner here is Anders Hillborg's… lontana in sonna… Anne Sofie von Otter is at her focused best here - her vibrato-less pitch perfect throughout." BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 ***** |