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. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
The very best of Rachmaninov: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Idil Biret (piano) Bernd Glemser (piano) Michael Grebanier (cello) Vladimir Grishko (tenor) Janet Guggenheim (piano) Marina Mescheriakova (cello) & ma [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso RV728 Anne Desler, Nicki Kennedy, Marina De Liso, Lucia Sciannimanico / Coro da Camera Italiano & Modo Antiquo / Eico Maria Sardelli [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2008 ] Orlando Furioso is one of Vivaldi's most important operas. The story goes back to the epic of the same name by Ludovico Ariosto, set on an island ruled by the sorceress Alcina, and tells of Orlando's unhappy love for Angelica. Composed in 1727, the... |
VERDI
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Jitka Saparova, Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci, Marina Mescheriakova, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This highly dramatic album includes the most famous moments from Verdi's ever-popular operas, in which public splendour and private pathos, true love and tragedy, vie for supremacy at every turn. |
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. |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tribute to David Oistrakh Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Nicholas Walker (piano) / Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) / Clifford Benson (piano) / Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] David Oistrakh, one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the last century, made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous works for violin. Among the many violin virtuosi of the younger generation whom he inspired is Lydia Mordkovitch, one... |
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 |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] |
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... |
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. |
PAULINE VLARDOT
Mélodies: Chopin Mazurkas and other Songs Marina Comparato (mezzo soprano) & Elisa Triulzi (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "This is a most welcome release." (MusicWeb Oct 2014) |
Marina Domashenko
Arensky: Raffaello [ Delos / CD ] |
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... |
DVORAK
Mass Op 86 / Te Deum Op 103 [with free Chandos catalogue] Marina Meshcheriakov (soprano) Sergei Miasnikov (bass) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Mar/2003 ] |
Marina Mesheriakova
Soprano Arias [ Naxos / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] |
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 |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Flute Sonatas / Partita in A minor (arranged for flute and guitar duo) Marina Piccinnini (flute) / Brasil Guitar Duo [ Avie Records / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] Leading international flutist Marina Piccinini pairs with the Brasil Guitar Duo for unique arrangements of J. S. Bach's popular Flute Sonatas. One of the world's leading flute virtuosos, Marina Piccinini presents unique transcriptions of Bach's... |
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... |