ESTEBAN BENZECRY
Benzecry: Ciclo de canciones / Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto Ayako Tanaka (Soprano) Xavier Inchausti (Violin) Mariano Rey (Clarinet) / Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Boggiano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] French-Argentinian composer Esteban Benzecry has built up a distinctive body of work, from symphonies to works for solo piano. He stands as a worthy successor to such masters as Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Chávez, with music that is suffused with... |
DONIZETTI
L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2012) Baden-Baden Festspielhaus / Miah Persson, Rolando Villazon, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Roman Trekel / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "Villazon turns in an action-packed, razzle-dazzle production. The opera is set in a film studio during the silent movie era, where the cast is filming a Western...Villazon's Nemorino...comes across as individual, hyperactive, zany, but also a bit pe |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Baden-Baden Festspielhaus / Miah Persson, Rolando Villazon, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Roman Trekel / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "Villazon's Nemorino...comes across as individual, hyperactive, zany, but also a bit petulant and unlovable...Persson exudes easy-going charm...[d'Arcangelo] sings with fine, Italianate comic energy." (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES MATTHESON
Mattheson: De Brauchbare Virtuoso Diana Baroni (transverse flute), Pablo Valetti (violin), Petr Skalka (cello), Dirk Börner (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
GOLDEN AGE OF THE GRAMOPHONE
The Golden Age of the Gramophone: 42 best-loved popular classical recordings 1907-1945 Enrico Caruso, Pablo Casals, Peter Dawson, Master Ernest Lough, Paul Robeson, Manchester Children's Choir, Glasgow Orpheus Choir, etc [ Nimbus Retrospective / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "What you're getting are two well filled discs, neatly annotated. The period covered is just shy of forty years, so we go from acoustic to electric and all in mono, and we cover singers, instrumentalists, choirs and conductors." (MusicWeb June 2010) |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Liliana / Suite Oriental / Elisenda Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond, as they have throughout this series, with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Orchestral Works Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal buzz" Gramophone |
Doctor Pablo & Dub Syndicate
North Of The River Thames (LP) [ On-U Sound / LP - released 1/Nov/2017 ] |
SCHUBERT
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] " the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra strike an ideal balance between sinuous energy and surging Romantic spirit." The Times, 30th August 2013 **** |
Hossam Ramzy & Pablo Carcamo
Latin American Hits for Bellydance [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "Egyptian rhythms combined with Latin American hits! An exciting new style that is very danceable and a lot of fun. Check it out!" - Hossam Ramzy. The songs: Guantanamera, Cielito Lindo, Besame Mucho, La Cucaracha, La Bamba… and composed especially... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Piano Trios (rec 1927-1928) Jacques Thibaud / Pablo Casals / Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Recordings / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] Cortot, an unashamedly romantic pianist who was perhaps the finest exponent of Chopin, Schumann and Franck in his time, was born at Nyon, Switzerland, on 26th September 1877 of a French father and a Swiss mother. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Cello 100: Includes Bach's cello suites, The Swan & Kol Nidrei (Six CD set at a special price) Janos Starker / Mstislav Rostropovich / Pierre Fournier / Gautier Capucon / Paul Tortelier / Truls Mork / Jacqueline du Pre / Pablo Casals (cellos) [ EMI / 6 CD Box Set - released 27/Jul/2009 ] This 6 CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favourite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / COWELL / etc
Joseph Szigeti - The Complete Sony Recordings Joseph Szigeti (violin) with Myra Hess, Pablo Casals, Benny Goodman, Bela Bartok, etc [ Sony Classical / 17 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Full of immediacy - and star turns - these remastered recordings make for a compelling time capsule" The Guardian |
Juan Pablo Torres
Algo Nuevo [ Malanga Music / CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] This CD includes the complete albums 'Con Todos Los Hierros' and 'Super-Son', both released in 1977. |
Juan Pablo Torres
Romantic Cuba [ Malanga Music / CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] Salvaged from Havana's Areíto studio archives, this disc includes the complete albums 'Mangle: Instrumental' (1975) and 'Grupo Algo Nuevo' (1981). |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony no.9 / Choral Fantasy Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] A fantasy that turned into a symphony? First and foremost, this double album enshrines the exemplary work of an ensemble whose designation 'Baroque Orchestra' by no means limits its excursions into later repertories: under the watchful eye of a... |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) Measha Brueggergosman / Jane Henschel / Willard White / Michael Konig / Teatro Real Madrid / Pablo Heras-Casado [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2011 ] Bel Air present the hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Catalan collective, La Fura dels Baus, from the Teatro Real de Madrid. |
Orquesta Sinfanica de Tenerife Victor Pablo Parez, conductor
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphony No. 10 (Amerindia) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "Villa-Lobos mixed up history, religion and geography to produce this sprawling epic...an excellent performance" (Gramophone Jan 2004) |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Despite the scandal it created when first staged in 1875, Carmen has subsequently become one of the world's most popular operas. The love affair at its heart shocked contemporary audiences but the music is imperishably vibrant and exciting - so much... |
Pablo
Turntable Technology [ Soma / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |