ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is a great CD that explores some impressive music that is technically superb in both the sound quality and the performance. González succeeds in making these pieces both moving and attractive." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano) Hilko Dumno (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] "Fassbender is an understanding, sympathetic and, above all, straightforward guide to this music. The recording… deserves hearing for both its interesting juxtaposition of repertoire and the unaffected sincerity of the performances…" (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Liszt / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Transcription) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "This is a magnificent disc and listening to it is a truly uplifting experience." MusicWeb, October 2004 |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Sinfonietta New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "James Judd… galvanises the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra into playing this challenging score with sensitivity and a good deal of virtuosity." BBC Music |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Chopin/Godowsky: Etudes Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] Rec. live at the Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 19-20/4/2005 |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas for flute, horns and organ Bryan Keith (flute) Bedrich Tyšlar, Jozef Havlík, Zdeněk Divolný, Zdeněk Tylšar (horns) Ivan Sokol (organ) [ Point Classics / CD - released 6/Sep/1996 ] with Piano - Kristian Karena (tracks: 1-3), Peter Toperczer (tracks: 4-7) |
VERDI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI
Italian Opera Choruses Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli [ EMI Studio / CD - released 25/Jan/1995 ] 11 masterpieces from Italian opera. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion [highlights] Elly Ameling, Julia Hamari, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Tom Krause / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] 'Many will be glad to hear Peter Pears's superb performance of the Evangelist' Gramophone, March 1965 |
TRADITIONAL
One Hundred Days Away Evergreen Ensemble [ ABC Classics / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] One Hundred Days Away, is a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. |
FLOTOW / SCHUBERT / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS / VERDI / DONIZETTI / R. STRAUSS
Son Of Movies Go To The Opera Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Gorr, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] More favourite classical tracks from classic movies! |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 94 "Surprise" & 95 (with Leopold Mozart: "Toy" Symphony) The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Recorded, Mastered and Manufactured in England by Nimbus Records Ltd. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/1981 ] Originally recorded in 1981 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: The Ring Des Nibelungen (highlights) James Morris, Eva Marton, Cheryl Studer, Siegfried Jerusalem / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] Highlights from the classic EMI recording |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Janice Harsanyi (soprano) Rudolf Petrak (tenor) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 7/Dec/2001 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 18 / Violin Concerto / The Jolly Miller Marat Bisengaliev, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lionel Friend, conductor [ Marco Polo / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The violin concerto is a great work and deserves the recognition that it has so long been denied. I can only hope that this present recording does much to remedy this oversight" (MuusicWeb July 2005) |
CILEA / GIODANO / CATALANI / BOITO / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / DELIBES
Maria Callas - Operatic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Dec/1986 ] 13 arias from a specially recorded recital by Maria Callas |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / GIORDANO / MOZART / VERDI
Opera's Greatest Mothers Montserrat Caballe, Fiorenza Cossotto, Leontyne Price, Cornells Kallisch, Zdislawa Donat, etc [ RCA / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] Montserrat Caballe and Leontyne Price lead a cast of the world's greatest voices on this album of arias about jealousies, passions, and betrayals! |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Concert Arias Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Theodor Gulschbauer [ Erato Classics Premium / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] Recorded when she was barely 30 this is one of Natalie Dessay's greatest ever recordings, comprising 8 of Mozart's concert arias for high soprano (up to G above high C!). |
GUSTAV HOLST / WILLIAM WALTON
Holst: Planets / Walton: Facade New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Vera Zorina (reciter) [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/1996 ] Recorded December 7, 1971 and February 19, 1961. |
VERDI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / TRADITIONAL
The Essential Domingo Placido Domingo with various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Domingo made his début at the Vienna State Opera in 1967, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1968, at La Scala in 1969, at Covent Garden in 1971 and at the Paris Opéra in 1973 |