GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (Complete opera recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale Pergolesi / Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirillo, Annamaria Dell'Oste / Ottavio Dantone (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Top marks go to conductor and director for giving the music space to breathe. The vocal cast is almost uniformly brilliant. Dell'Oste is in a class of her own: she turns coloratura into eloquent, heart-rending declarations" (BBC Music) |
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... |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] |
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... |
Marina Domashenko
Arensky: Raffaello [ Delos / CD ] |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Carlo re d'Allemagna (complete opera) Romina Basso, Roberta Invernizzi, Marina de Liso / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi [ Agogique / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jan/2012 ] Fabio Biondi returns with the first recording of 'Carlo, Re d'Alemagna' by Alessandro Scarlatti, first performed in Naples in January 1716. The opera was resurrected in 2003 by Biondi (the leader of the innovative ensemble Europa Galante) who led a... |
BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2011) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Roberto Alagna, Erwin Schrott, Marina Poplavskaya / Marc Piollet (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] This prestigious 2011 production from the Gran Teatre del Liceu was staged by the world famous and highly controversial stage director Calixto Bieito, admired for his raw and evocative stagings. |
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) |
KHACHATURIAN
Cello Concerto in E minor / Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D min Marina Tarasova (cello), Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Veronika Dudarova [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Tarasova plays both works with great eloquence and expressive vehemence: she has a big tone and impeccable technique" (Penguin Guide) |
KARL DAVIDOV
Davidov: Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Marina Tarasova(cello) / Alexander Polzhaev (pno) / Davydov Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Krimetz [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Marina Tarasova (cello) & Alexander Polezhaev (piano) |
Marina Rossell
Classic Catalan Songs [ World Village / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Complete Songs Natalia Gerasimova (soprano), Marina Choutova (mezzosoprano), Alexei Martinov (tenor), Mikhail Lanskoi (baritone), Sergei Baikov (bass) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Some rarely heard repertoire by this much-loved composer who exerted a powerful influence over Stravinsky, and with whom Respighi studied orchestration. |
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 |
VERDI
Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House / Marina Poplavskaya, Simon Keenlyside, Rolando Villazón, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2016 ] National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest - and arguably greatest - opera, Don Carlo, was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal Opera House season. This new production marked Rolando Villazón's much anticipated,... |
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 |
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 |
Marina and The Diamonds
Electra Heart (Deluxe Edition) [ Warner Music U.K. / CD - released 18/May/2012 ] A ground-to-air missile of ambitious and confident songs, 'Electra Heart' underlines that Marina is amongst the most talented young British artists around. |
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.... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Faramondo (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Sophie Karthäuser, Marina de Liso / Choeur de la Radio Suisse, Lugano & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2003 ] "The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommend to diehard Handel fans." The Telegraph |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, Russell Braun, Jonathan Beyer / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Decca Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Apr/2014 ] "Mr. Kaufmann, a Met superstar… was a handsome, vocally splendid Faust. He sang the pensive and romantic passages with veiled dusky colorings and tender lyricism, and unleashed pent-up power in full-bodied phrases, capped by fearless high notes." NYT |