More By Artist: Alexander O'Neal
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BIZET / MASCAGNI / SCHMIDT / HUMPERDINCK / PUCCINI / etc
Intermezzo Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] The lights are dimmed and from the pit the sound of the orchestra rises. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / La mort de Cléopâtre / Les Troyens (excerpts) Dame Janet Baker / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ EMI Studio / CD - released 1/Jun/1988 ] "Dame Janet Baker and Sir John Barbirolli only made a handful of recordings together, but they all quite magical. This radiant, mellow account of (Le Nuits d'Ete) was made when Dame Janet's voice was at its peak." (Michael Heath) |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quartet No. 1) Daniel Adni (piano) Young-Chang Cho, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) Joel Marangella (oboe) Rainer Moog (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Jan/2003 ] "The Piano Quartet...fares well in the Naxos performance...This alone is worth the price of the disc, but there is much else of value besides...the oboe Quartet and Viola Sonata should not be lightly dismissed." - BBC Music Mag. - Nov. 1996 |
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LENNOX BERKELEY / JOHANNES BRAHMS / JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Berkeley / Brahms / Leshnoff: Horn Trios David Cooper (horn) Alexander Kerr (violin) Orion Weiss (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Lennox Berkeley's Trio is lively and characterful with a sequence of ingenious and playful variations. GRAMMY-nominated Jonathan Leshnoff is one of America's leading contemporary composers and his 2016 Trio moves from darkness to light. |
WAGNER
Das Reingold (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar / Mario Hoff / Alexander Gunther / Jean-Noel Briend / Erin Caves / Carl St. Clair (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Weimar National Theatre opens a promising 'Ring' cycle with Wagner's original ur-scene." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Masonic Works, Cantatas & Funeral Music Die Kölner Akademie Choir and Orchestra / Michael Alexander Willens John Heuzenroeder, tenor; Mario Borgioni, bass Alexander Puliaev, fortepiano; Will [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Following their 11-disc cycle of Mozart's piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released a disc with two of Mozart's best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine... |
JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / etc Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] CPO continue their exploration of little-known composers and present two symphonies by the Bohemian composer Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, an insider's tip to those who follow the generation between Beethoven and Schumann/Mendelssohn. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Marches & Serenades Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Willenshave previously recorded Mozart's complete piano concertos with Ronald Brautigam, earning praise for their fresh and colourful contributions to the series. The team now releases the first of four projected disc... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah / Saul / Alexander's Feast / Ode for St Cecilia's Day / Belshazzar Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Esswood, Felicity Palmer, Roberta Alexander / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2016 ] These five splendid works for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra were composed by Handel in the 1730s and 1740s. Treating both sacred and secular themes, they are inspired by the same dramatic genius that made Handel a master of opera. Conducting a... |
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BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / WEBER
Folk Song Arrangements [2 CD set] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Alexander Young, Julia Hamari, RIAS Kammerchor, with accompliment [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Between them these discs contain forty-six songs and over two hours of delightful and often neglected music. Taken a few at a time I find that they lift the spirits and open the ears delightfully." (MusicWeb Jan 2010) |
RICHARD WETZ
Ein Weihnachtsoratorium auf alt-deutsche Gedichte op. 53 Dombergchor Erfurt / Philharmonischer Chor Erfurt / Thueringisches Kammerorchester Weimar / George Alexander Albrecht [ CPO Records / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] After Richard Wetz's Requiem, a sacred composition regarded as the summit of his oeuvre, we are now releasing his Christmas Oratorio to Old German Poems, which occupied him for two years (1927-29). Wetz was a symphonist through and through, and his... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Symphonic Dances Dong Hyek Lim (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2019 ] "It scores highly on physical brilliance and Lim follows Argerich's lead in the improvisatory way they set the scene out of which the first movement's dreamy melody emerges." Gramophone |
STEFANO LANDI
Landi: Morte d'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) Dutch National Opera / Cecilia Molinari, Renato Dolcini, Alexander Miminoshvili, Gaia Petrone / Christophe Rousset, conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2020 ] Stefano Landi wrote the operas La morte d'Orfeo (1619) and Il Sant'Alessio (1632), as well as masses, psalms, madrigals and arias. He was maestro di cappella in Padua and Rome, and later a singer in the Sistine Chapel. |
STEFANO LANDI
Landi: Morte d'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Cecilia Molinari, Renato Dolcini, Alexander Miminoshvili, Gaia Petrone / Christophe Rousset, conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2020 ] La morte d'Orfeo is regarded as the first Roman-style secular opera and is considered a milestone in the development of the genre opera as a whole. The substantial ensemble numbers are typical of the Roman opera style. |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Ekaterina Sergeeva (mezzo-soprano) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] "there's a great sense of freedom in this music that Gergiev manages to create ... Gergiev's volatility really works in this Scriabin." CDReview |
GLINKA
Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (complete opera recorded in 1947 & 1950) Elizaveta Antonova / Alexander Hosson / Maxim Mikhailov / Bolshoi Theatre Chorus / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra / Alexander Melik-Pashayev (conductor) [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Mikhail Glinka, the founder of the Russian nationalist school of opera, was the first Russian composer to have his works accepted outside Russia itself. Berlioz admired his compositions and Liszt used them as the basis for several of his piano... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The 'London' Symphonies / The Seasons Elsie Morison, Alexander Young & Michael Langdon / Beecham Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2013 ] From the outset of his career, Sir Thomas Beecham gained a reputation for his groundbreaking interpretations of the symphonies of Joseph Haydn. This collection brings together Symphonies 93-104 - among them, the 'Surprise' and the 'Miracle' - as well... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) Elsie Morison (soprano) Alexander Young, Michael Langdon / Beecham Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Thomas Beecham [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] In 1798 Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) received its première; such was the enthusiasm that a sequel was duly requested. The subject was to be the four seasons of the year rather than the seven days of creation - which still allowed the... |
