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W. A. MOZART arranged HUMMEL
Mozart/Hummel: Piano Concertos (No 10 KV365 & No 24 KV491) (Arr Hummel) Fumiko Shiraga (piano) Henrik Wiese (flute) Peter Clemente (violin) Tibor Banyi (cello) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] In a series BIS loosely calls 'Concertos in Disguise' Fumiko Shiraga continues to offer strikingly novel and interesting versions of well-known piano concertos in chamber arrangements. |
JACEK SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Litany to the Virgin Mary / Stabat Mater / Symphony No. 3 'Song of the Night' Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo) Dmitry Korchak (tenor) Artur Ruciński (bar) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Jacek Kaspsz [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] "This huge ensemble is captured in brilliant sound - essential for appreciating the composer's luxuriantly detailed soundworld...[in the Stabat Mater] Kaspszyk ensures that everything is balanced between introversion and dramatic impact" BBC Music |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Galina Vishnevskaya sings Russian Songs Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Intensity is the keynote of these performances. Mme. Vishnevskaya has a rich dramatic voice of characteristically Slavonic timbre, highly charged emotionally..she is invaluably aided by accompaniments of infinite sensibility by her husband" Gramopho |
BEETHOVEN
Diabelli Variations / 6 Bagatelles Gary Cooper (fortepiano) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Gerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER / BEETHOVEN
Duos for Violin & cello John Mills (violin) & Bozidar Vukotic (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Anton Hoffmeister was active in Vienna both as a composer and a publisher, becoming closely associated with Mozart and including works by Beethoven amongst his editions. The combination of violin and cello had its appeal for the amateur market,... |
RICHARD HARVEY
John Williams & Richard Harvey's World Tour "Message to the Future" John Williams (guitar) [ Altus Records DVD / DVD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] The World Tour - Closing performance |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Julia Lezhneva: Handel Julia Lezhneva (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca / CD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "the clarity and power of her intonation in "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" is quite outstanding. Lezhneva proves equally adept at secular and sacred demands" (The Independent) |
R. STRAUSS
Strauss: Bei Strauss Gillian Keith (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano) [ Champs Hill / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2003) Madrid Teatro Real / Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "...An absolutely magnificent cast of voices." EL MUNDO, Madrid |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Ruckert-Lieder [recorded in August 2009] BLU-RAY Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Euroarts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Abbado combines the orchestral work (which features a solo soprano in the finale) with Mahler's "Rückert-Lieder". Soloist in both works is the Czech soprano Magdalena Kozena. |
MARTINU
Suite from the opera Juliette for large orchestra / Three fragments from the opera Juliette Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Steve Davislim (tenor) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 -- Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Recital - "I cannot recommend this scintillating disc highly enough." |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs Mark Padmore (tenor) / Britten Sinfonia (members), Jacqueline Shave [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JACQUES PAISIBLE
Recorder Sonatas Michael Hell (recorder), Eva Maria Pollerus (harpsichord) [ Paladino Music / 2 CD - released 11/Oct/2015 ] In a heroic effort, Michael Hell and his colleagues of the ensemble "Musicke's Pleasure Garden" present the first complete recording of all recorder sonatas by James Paisible. Not only their superb playing, but also the variety in the instrumentation... |
NOEL COWARD
Noel Coward: His HMV Recordings Noel Coward with Gertrude Lawrence, Yvonne Printemps and various accompaniments [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2016 ] In compiling this Noel Coward Archive from the HMV vaults, we have had two guiding principles: that the recordings, spanning 25 years, should be kept in their chronological order, despite the fact that Noel often recalled earlier scores while in a... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Motets The Norwegian Soloists' Choir Ensemble Allegria Grete Pedersen, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Bach's motets are surrounded by much uncertainty. To begin with, we do not know how many he actually composed, as some have been lost while others have been wrongly attributed to him. Although several of the motets were written for funerals, it is... |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti, (A): Missa defunctorum Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Feb/2017 ] "The interweaving voices produce an attractive juxtaposition of density and transparency. Texts are declaimed crisply yet sensitively, melismatic vowels possess compassionate luminosity" Gramophone Awardc Nomination 2017 |
ALEXANDER KNAIFEL
Knaifel: Lukomoriye Oleg Malov (Piano), Tatiana Melentieva (Soprano), Piotr Migunov (Bass), Lege Artis Choir, Boris Abalian (Conductor) [ ECM / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] The fourth New Series album from the St Petersburg-based composer Alexander Knaifel may be his most wide-ranging to date, voyaging from the sacred to the secular and back again via several inspired detours. It includes two Prayers to the Holy Spirit,... |
JONATHAN DOVE
Dove: The Adventures of Pinocchio (Complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Opera North / Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Mary Plazas, Rebecca Bottone / David Parry, conductor [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Plaudits should also go to the chorus, whose scenes are always visually and sonically spectacular, while the stunning surround sound of the DVD capturing every detail of Opera North's bold undertaking." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Malena Ernman is a stunning Orlofsky (at the end, Lawless reveals that the prince was really a princess after all), and Håkan Hagegård and Pamela Armstrong are very satisfying as Dr. Falke and Rosalinde, respectively." ClassicalNet |
