VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Essence Marina Rebeka (soprano), Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, Marco Boemi [ Prima Classics / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Marina Rebeka sings a selection of the most beloved opera arias of all time accompanied by the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Marco Boemi. Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka is one of the leading opera singers of our time. Since her... |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano Works Marina Staneva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] Following her acclaimed début recital, Marina Staneva returns with a programme of works by the Spanish-Catalan composer Federico Mompou. The programme opens with Paisajes (Landscapes), written in 1942, 1947, and 1960. |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8 / Três Abstrações Marina Martins (cello) Denise de Freitas (mezzo-soprano) / Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The 1960s proved to be a significant decade in Claudio Santoro's ever-eventful life. The charged atmosphere of the Cello Concerto can be attributed to his experiences in East Berlin at the moment construction started on the Berlin Wall. Despite its... |
GLUCK / BELLINI / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / GOUNOD
Marina Viotti - A Tribute To Pauline Viardot Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Aparte / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques make a foray into the Romantic repertoire with this tribute to Pauline Viardot, who was not only the most influential singer of the nineteenth century, but also a pedagogue and composer, whose gifts,... |
PANCHO VLADIGEROV / DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Slavic Roots Marina Staneva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] Awarded the title Young Steinway Artist in 2020, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva received the 2019 Sam Hutchings Piano Prize and was a 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist. She has been praised for her serious talent, outstanding musicianship,... |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The major themes on Marina's fifth studio album range from the impending climate crisis doom, wealth disparity, gender, and racial inequality to choosing yourself in a relationship. Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land is self-written and also sees... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Jessica Pratt, Teresa Iervolin, Francesco Demuro, Marina de Liso / Michele Gamba (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent 'O luce di quest'anima' and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is attractively voiced by Francesco Demuro." Opera |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ghost Songs: Contemporary Music and Words from Ireland Laetare Vocal Ensemble; Róisín Blunnie (conductor), Síle Denvir (vocals, harp); Marina Carr, Paula Meehan, Carl Corcoran, Dairena Ní Chinnéide (reader [ Divine Art Records / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] This is a most unique collection of words and music by mainly contemporary poets, authors and composers from Ireland revealing the rich and deeply meaningful musical and literary traditions of Ireland inspired by folk tales, fantasy and the reality... |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] |
MARINA CEDRO
Pop-Up Symphonie Marina Cedro, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Formations musicales de Radio France / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] A musical fairy-tale, including songs of Marina Cedro performed by musicians of the Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio France, to an original story by Jean-Luc Fromental. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo [cantata] Joshua Stewart (Tenor) Leonor Bonilla (Soprano) ...Marina Comparato (Mezzo-soprano), etc / Virtuosi Brunensis, Pietro Rizzo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Rossini composed Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo, an allegorical cantata on the theme of the wedding between the sea goddess Thetis and the hero Peleus. |
MANUEL DE FALLA
De Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / El amor brujo Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado - Marina Heredia, cantaora [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "Rhythms are wonderfully precise, textures very sensuous throughout, the latter helped immeasurably by the vivid, immediate recording." Editor's Choice Gramophone December 2019 |
AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Flute Concerto / Air / Second Symphony Marina Piccinini (flute) / Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "Piccinini's performance of Air will take your breath away. I was also left breathless at the brilliance and precision of the Peabody Orchestra." Fanfare |
MANUEL de FALLA
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three Cornered Hat) / El Amor Brujo / etc Teresa Berganza (soprano) Marina de Gabarin (mezzo-soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Legends / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] During the war, Falla wrote a pantomime ballet titled El Corregidor y la Molinera ('The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife') based on a novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, was at the 1917 premiere.... |
Marina
Love + Fear [ Parlophone / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Love + Fear is an album set split into two eight-song collections and lands as MARINA's fourth full-length record. Love + Fear are both lush, vibrant and powerful representations of the two main emotional driving forces behind human... |
Marina
Love + Fear (Ltd Edition Double Gatefold Coloured LP) [ Parlophone / 2 LP - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Love + Fear is an album set split into two eight-song collections and lands as MARINA's fourth full-length record. Love + Fear are both lush, vibrant and powerful representations of the two main emotional driving forces behind human... |
NICOLA ANTONIO PORPORA
Porpora: l'amato nome - Cantatas Op 1 Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Emanuela Galli (soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli (contralto), Marina De Liso (contralto); Stile Galante, Stefano Aresi [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2018 ] "There are full texts and translations, attractive colour photographs of the musicians, all looking very jolly, and a most welcome sense of engagement throughout this compelling twofer." MusicWeb |
ROSSINI
Amor Fatale: Rosini Arias Marina Rebeka (soprano), Julia Heiler, Levy Sekgapane, Gianluca Margheri, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marco Armil [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 24/Aug/2017 ] Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. To mark the occasion of the upcoming Rossini year of 2018, she and the Munchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marco Armiliato, have recorded an album of highly dramatic opera... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Mass In D & Te Deum Ewa Biegas (soprano), Marina Rodríguez-Cusí (mezzo), Javier Tomé (tenor), José Antonio López (baritone) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "The score's orchestral colours are vividly etched and matched by splendidly ebullient choral singing" Gramophone |