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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, Matthew Rose / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] On New Year's Eve 2012 Joyce DiDonato became the first singer to take the title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at New York's Metropolitan Opera. With her at its heart, the production became, in the words of Opera magazine, "a high point of the... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini:Norma (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Nov/2018 ] In the Met's 2017-18 season, powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tackled one of opera's most fearsome roles, the title druid priestess of Bellini's Norma, who wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral pyre. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini:Norma (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Nov/2018 ] To open the Met's 2017-18 season, powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tackled one of opera's most fearsome roles, the title druid priestess of Bellini's Norma, who wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral... |
MOZART / MEHUL / OFFENBACH / LEONCAVALLO / LEHAR / WAGNER / RAVEL / etc
Michael Spyres - BariTenor Michael Spyres (baritone/tenor) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja, Choeur d'hommes de l'Opéra national du Rhine [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "The range of roles is astonishing, but then so are these performances...Spyres really is a tenor - and a baritone, it seems - who has the operatic world at his feet." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Amici e Rivali Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris, with Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) [ Erato / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Operettas Jessye Norman, John Aller, Mady Mesple, Gabriel Bacquier, Jose Carreras / Choeur & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Excerpts from four of Offenbach's most popular operettas in bubbling performances conducted by Michel Plasson. |
RAMEAU
Les Surprises De L'amour Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] |
ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: Stabat Mater / Missa Sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani (with Pergolesi - Stabat Mater) Monika Frimmer, Gloria Banditelli, Ralf Popken, Klaus Mertens, Gerd Turk / Capella Agostino Steffani, Westfälische Kantorei, Lajos Rovatkay [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] Pergolesi's celebrated setting of the Stabat Mater is joined here by the Stabat Mater (and other choral works) composed by the Venetian Antonio Caldara (1670-1736). They are complemented by instrumental music by Vivaldi (Caldara's contemporary in... |
HANDEL
Dixit Dominus / Zadok the priest / The Ways Of Zion Do Mourn Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall, Norma Burrows, Alastair Thompson, etc / Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] John Eliot Gardiner is at his best in this milestone recording showcasing the full splendour of Handel's music. Among the very first historically-informed versions of these beloved choral works, the Dixit Dominus initially sold more than 500K copies... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations) Truls Mork (cello) / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Truls Mork gives attractively lyrical performances of the Dvorak Cello Concerto and the delightful Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, well supported by Jansons." (Gramophone) |
TRADITIONAL
Russian Chants - Easter Liturgy Moscow Liturgic Choir, Father Amvrosy [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Tradition in magnificent robes: Easter in Russia is the most important of all religious festivals, surpassing even the splendour of Christmas. People old and young flock to church in order to celebrate Christ's resurrection together in the Eucharist.... |
DARIUS MILHAUD / ARTHUR HONEGGER / ALUN HODDINOTT
Milhaud / Honneger / Hoddinott: Cello Concertos & cello works Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] Special care has been taken to ensure the highest quality of sound reproduction. Wherever possible, the engineers of Art et Son studios have refined the sound, always with scrupulous respect to the original sources. The analogue recordings... |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Centenary Edition Mstislav Rostropovich, Truls Mørk (cellos), Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff (violins), Dawn Upshaw, Renee Fleming (sops), Jérôme Ducros (piano), et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The performances here are uniformly excellent, while some must be taken as definitive - not in the sense of saying the last word…rather in indicating directions of travel." BBC Music Five Stars |
BACH / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / BRAHMS
Mstislav Rostropovich: A Portrait Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "This is a quite extraordinary achievement. Not the least of its merits is that it leaves you loving the music as never before. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating." Gramophone on the Haydn |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jose van Dam - Autograph José van Dam (bass-baritone) with Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Richard Leech, Cheryl Studer, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2015 ] As one of the great singers of his era, and an artist favoured by such conductors as Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, José van Dam recorded for all the major labels, including Warner labels Erato and Teldec, but he enjoyed an especially close... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete oratorio) Nancy Argenta (soprano) / Emily Van Evera (soprano) / Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2003 ] 'If anyone needs to assure themselves as to whether the English choral tradition is alive and well, they need only buy this CD.' Gramophone |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete opera) Natalie Dessay. Ian Bostridge. Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens / Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] "A superb new account given a more appealingly Italianate flavour than many of the rival recordings" (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2004) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat (with Handel-Dixit Dominus) Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes, Philippe Jaroussky, Toby Spence / Le Concert d'Astree / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato Classics / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "Haïm's performances are light-footed and elegantly phrased and her mainly pleasing line-up of soloists is attentive to textural content and word-painting." BBC Music |
BACH / HANDEL / RAMEAU / MONTEVERDI
Natalie Dessay: Baroque Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD/DVD - released 16/Nov/2015 ] Erato presents this double CD containing a full portrait of Natalie Dessay singing baroque music, including sacred repertoire (Bach cantatas, Magnificat, Handel: Dixit Dominus) and opera (Handel: Giulio Cesare or Rameau: Les Indes Galantes). |
