He no complain...
Simon, as the experienced youth and opera expert of the Classical store, extends his hand to you in welcome. Into the world of his mind...
He likes high Ds, hemiolas, monkeys and angry period brass, and doesn't like pitch inaccuracy, contact sports or slow walkers. He mostly spends his time at university, where he busily studies Japanese and Politics at all hours. When not there, he lurks in the Classical store, in the Online office and appears as 8th Ukulele in The Mutherpluckers, a local ukulele band.
WAGNER
Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1968)
Birgit Nilsson, Thomas Stewart, Leonie Rysanek / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Berislav Klobucar
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[ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD ] Release Date: Friday, 20 May, 2011 The first of two Wagner operas, Die Walküre, boasts a cast of fine Wagnerian singers, including Birgit Nilsson, considered one of the greatest Brünnhildes, and iconic performances by Thomas Stewart as Wotan, Leonie Rysanek as Sieglinde, Jon Vickers as Siegmund, and Christa Ludwig as Fricka. Berislav Klobučar conducts.... |
J.S. BACH
Die Kunst der Fuge [The Art of Fugue] (BWV1080)
Fabio Bonizzoni & Mariko Uchimara (harpsichords)
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[ Glossa / CD ] Release Date: Wednesday, 1 June, 2011 "Like his compatriot Sergio Vartolo, Bonizzoni is fond of agogic stresses, tempo fluctuations and elaborate ornaments, yet projects these traits in less fussy and more organically fluid interpretations...In all, a worth contender in a crowded field." (Gramophone)... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Baritone Arias
Peter Mattei (baritone) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes
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[ BIS SACD / CD ] Release Date: Wednesday, 6 April, 2011 "Swedish baritone Peter Mattei is a great singer, with a natural, unforced and warm tone and a gift for bringing a character to life. A particular highlight of the disc is the scene from Don Carlo where he sings the Marquis of Posa. Lavishing seemingly inexaustible reserves of golden tone on its long lines he conveys all the idealism and nobility of Verdi's... |
Tiny Ruins :-
Some Were Meant for Sea
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[ Spunk! Records / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 30 May, 2011 The debut album from Tiny Ruins features songs composed & performed by Hollie Fullbrook. It follows a year spent collaborating & performing internationally in which the young artist's worldly voice & stories would connect with audiences as distant as Northern Spain & with artists including Joanna Newsom, Beach House & Holly Throsby. |
HANDEL
A Handel Celebration (concert recorded in 2009)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
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[ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD ] Release Date: Sunday, 20 June, 2010 Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their interpretations of Handel's great masterpieces. In this BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall they capture some of the composer's most ebullient moments in concert performance, from the ever popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the ubiquitous sounds of Zadok the Priest. All Four Coronation... |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion
Maria Keohane, Helena Ek (Sopranos), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammell (tenor), Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
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[ Mirare / 2 CD ] Release Date: Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 A new recording from the Ricercar Consort is always special and this is no exception: here a new St John Passion. |
