PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Violeta Urmana / Vincenzo La Scola / Vladimir Galouzine / Maria Bayo/ Carlo Guelfi / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "The performances are uniformly superb; especially Violeta Urmana's Santuzza and Vladimir Galouzine's Canio, especially in the aria Vesti La Giubba, where he almost brings down the house. Very highly recommended!" (AudAud.com) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Andrew Kennedy / William Shimell / Laura Claycomb / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels on 26 and 28 April 2007. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Generation Harmonia Mundi 1: The Age Of Revolutions 1958-1988 Various Artists including Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Deller Consort, London Baroque, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 16 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2018 ] Harmonia Mundi was born in 1958: sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its identity and its singularity with insolent vitality! |
Various Artists including La Calaca, Claudia Martinez, Amanda martinez, Binni Gula'za & others
Putumayo Presents - Mexico [ Putumayo World Music / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] Savour the spicy and romantic flavours of Mexican music, from the sons of Veracruz to the boleros of Oaxaca. Updated with 4 new songs. Mexican culture is as diverse as its landscape. Its roots stretch back thousands of years to the Aztec, Maya,... |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Requiem (with Debussy - Images) Victoria de los Angeles, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluytens [ EMI Classics Masters / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "A highly recommendable version with dedicated contributions from both soloists and the full, warmly atmospheric recording sounds very beautiful." (*** Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / 'Youth' Symphony / Piano Concerto No. 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (Concerto) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paul Kletzki / etc [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] Bringing together music from either end of Rachmaninov's career, this CD opens with the currently unavailable Youth Symphony (unpublished in the composer's lifetime, but regardless of its Tchaikovskian echoes, carrying sentiments of things to come).... |
MONSIGNY / EDELMANN / J.C. BACH / GLUCK
Rivales Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] 'Le Concert de la Loge provides support that is virile and tender, as appropriate. And the two singers are magnificent.' Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Voice & Ensemble |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Concertos & Orchestral Music Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1996 ] "..particularly magnificent, thanks in no small part to Marga Höffgen's superlative singing; but all the parts are beautifully sung and played, and the recording engineers have taken their roles accordingly.' High Fidelity (In terra pax) |
Yo La Tengo
Summer Sun (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 25/Jan/2019 ] Made available again for 2019, Yo La Tengo's 2003 LP 'Summer Sun' sees the band exploring the sunny landscapes of summer, in every imaginable mode of music. |
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World (Limited Blue Vinyl LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by... |
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by... |
ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with works by Geiser & Oboussier) Zara Nelsova (cello) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Her Schelomo has a surprising payload of richness of sound and certainly Nelsova has deep reserves of passion which flows tirelessly." MusicWeb |
De La Soul
AOI: Bionix [ Chrysalis Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full length album, released on December 4, 2001. The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee- Lo, found Posdnuos in... |
De La Soul
AOI: Bionix (LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 11/Aug/2023 ] AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full length album, released on December 4, 2001. The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee- Lo, found Posdnuos in... |
De La Soul
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump [ Chrysalis Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] |
De La Soul
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (LP) [ Chrysalis Records / 2 LP - released 11/Aug/2023 ] |
Les Tuers De La Lune De Miel (The Honeymoon Killers)
Special Manubre [ Crammed Discs / CD ] |
La Luz
La Luz [ Hardly Art / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] On their self-titled fourth album, La Luz launch themselves into a new realm of emotional intimacy for a collection of songs steeped in the mysteries of the natural world and the magic of human chemistry that has found manifestation in the musical... |
La Luz
La Luz (LP) [ Hardly Art / LP - released 22/Oct/2021 ] On their self-titled fourth album, La Luz launch themselves into a new realm of emotional intimacy for a collection of songs steeped in the mysteries of the natural world and the magic of human chemistry that has found manifestation in the musical... |