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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
United Strings of Europe: In Motion United Strings of Europe, Amalia Hall (violin) / Julian Azkoul (director), Franck Fontcouberte (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] The streets of eighteenth-century Madrid; a contaminated test-bombing site in Australia and a song from El Salvador provide some of the subject matter for this album by the United Strings of Europe (USE). Formed in 2012 by students at London's... |
GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (complete opera from the Metropolitan) Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Golda Schultz, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine / David Robertson (cond) [ Warner Classics Metropolitan Opera / 3 CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Authoritative and gripping ... The magnificent bass-baritone Eric Owens gives one of the finest performances of his distinguished career … The sumptuously voiced soprano Angel Blue is radiant." New York Times |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & other works Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer (conductor), with Philippe Quint (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The recording is rich and full. The booklet notes are by the Berlioz expert David Cairns, no less." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Masterpieces Collection - Australian Classics Various orchestras & performers from the vast ABC catalogue [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2019 ] ABC Classics and the Art Gallery of New South Wales present a new collection of albums bringing together culture from through the ages. From nineteenth-century visions of grandeur in Epic Classics to the sacred tradition in Divine Classics. |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 1 & The carnival of the animals Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Don't be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saëns the bearded éminence grise - the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage... |
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. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN / GUSTAV MAHLER
Renée Fleming - Lieder (Brahms, Schumann, Mahler) Renée Fleming (soprano) Hartmut Höll (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Four-time Grammy winning soprano Renée Fleming presents her first full-length Lieder album for almost two decades. |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Small Gifts Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder/director), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Ensemble 1700 [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Andreas Scholl, voice fresh and unblemished as ever, and recorder player/director Dorothee Oberlinger are in their element...Oberlinger's small, Cologne-based chamber ensemble plays with lithe precision, each musician a soloist. |
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BIZET / CAPUA / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / etc
Les Contre-Tenors [The Counter Tenors] Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin (countertenors) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Three countertenors having fun, back in 1995, hot on the heels of the original Three Tenors! Dominique Visse, Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin: three distinctive and outstanding voices are showcased singing pieces they would not normally perform but... |
DVORAK / GRIEG / BRAHMS
Dvorak / Grieg / Brahms: Music for Piano, Four hands Claire Chevallier, Jos Van Immerseel (piano Bechstein 1870) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier have enjoyed a close collaboration for many years now. Like Jos van Immerseel, Claire Chevallier loves period pianos; like him, she is a researcher and possesses her own collection of keyboard... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Turanga (time) and lila (love) come together in this epic symphony by a modern master |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Sara Macliver (soprano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing [ ABC Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] Stunning Australian soprano Sara Macliver presents an album of classic Mozart arias, showcasing her amazing talent in an extradionary range of roles. Recorded with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under Sebastian Lang-Lessing and containing several... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation] Christina Landshamer (sop), Maximilian Schmitt (ten) Rudolf Rosen (bar) / Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "[the music] bursts from the speakers with the same combination of vigour, technical accomplishment and, above all, unforced pleasure in Haydn's cornucopian invention that should make even the most dedicated Creation admirer listen with fresh ears." |
LISZT / SCHUMANN / KNUSSEN
Piano Works Kirill Gerstein (piano) [ Myrios / CD - released 12/Aug/2015 ] "Gerstein's fluid playing suits this tender piece (Knussen), with the rondo-like return of the main theme sensitively handled." International Record Review, March 2011 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 / Souvenir de Florence (sextet) Borodin Quartet, with with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Genrikh Talalyan (viola) [ Alto / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "Both their earlier recordings (as here) are unassailable recommendations. Look no further" (Penguin Guide) |
HANDEL / J. C. SMITH
Handel: Ouverture in C major, HWV456 / Smith: Six Suites of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 3 Julian Perkins (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The exuberantly stylish Julian Perkins is just the man for the job and tellingly collides the work of master and servant with a Handel keyboard transcription at the start." (Sunday Times) |
ERIC WHITACRE / FINZI / MENDELSSOHN / PURCELL / WEELKES / etc
The Lover's Ghost: A selection of European & American Choral Music Coro, Mark Griffiths [ Dal Segno / CD - released 19/Apr/2015 ] Coro was formed in September 2000 as a London-based chamber choir for young professionals. Under the direction of Mark Griffiths, Coro competed against 45 choirs from around the world to become the first Western European choir to win the Grand Prix... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Vol 2 Eric Grossman (violin) / Susan Kagan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "Ries's chamber music seems to respond to Grossman's and Kagan's intimate and friendly playing....Kagan's knowledgeable booklet note adds to one's enjoyment. As before, this is unreservedly recommended." Fanfare |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fever Pitch Marin Alsop (leader), String Fever [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] Founded by Marin Alsop in 1981, String Fever was hailed for its remarkable versatility and unique blend of pop, jazz and classical repertoire. |
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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 |
