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GLUCK / HANDEL / PURCELL / MOZART / MAHLER / BACH / etc
Dame Janet Baker: A Celebration - Great recordings on Philips, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, & Hyperion Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) with Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & others [ Decca / 21 CD Box Set - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Dame Janet Baker is an artist who enjoyed seldom-matched success in the concert and recital halls as well as in the opera house - not to mention on disc. She could confidently traverse the entire territory between the well-thumbed volumes of arie... |
TCHAIKOSVKY / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / SIBELIUS / HANDEL / RIMSKY KORSAKOV / etc
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection Isaac Stern (violin) William Kincaid (flute) Anthony Gigliotti (clarinet) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 88 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Sony label now presents Eugene Ormandy's stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years). |
DAVIS / HANDEL / ANDERSON / GRUBER / CHILCOTT / TRADITIONAL
A Choral Christmas VOCES8 Foundation Choir & Orchestra, VOCES8, Barnaby Smith [ Decca / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] VOCES8, the internationally acclaimed British vocal ensemble, is pleased to announce the release of their new album, 'A Choral Christmas' showcasing a joyful, cinematic soundscape-packed hamper of choral and orchestral treats. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (Blu-ray) Emma Pearson, Amitai Pati, Sarah Castle, Paul Whelan / New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, NZ Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
PARRY / ELGAR / HANDEL / LLOYD WEBBER / WEIR / JENKINS et al
The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla The Coronation Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, John Eliot Gardiner, Antonio Pappano & more [ Decca / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A life-long music enthusiast and champion of the arts, His Majesty has overseen, influenced and been personally involved in the commissioning process and the detail of the music programme, which will showcase and celebrate musical talent from across... |
Peter Whelan; Irish Baroque Orchestra
Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin [ Linn Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A famous French horn virtuoso in his days, the shadowy figure known only as 'Mr Charles the Hungarian' was an eccentric opportunist who travelled to Dublin in March 1742. A natural entrepreneur, he capitalized on the 'Handelmania' surrounding... |
BACH / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / PARRY / etc
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 2 - Baroque & Sacred Music London Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Kirsten Flagstad, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, Kenneth McKellar, Joan Sutherland, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The second volume of Sir Adrian Boult's Decca legacy brings together the conductor's Messiah recordings of 1954 and 1960, plus Baroque and sacred music recitals from Kenneth McKellar, Kirsten Flagstad and Kathleen Ferrier. LIMITED EDITION. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Christopher Lowrey, Matthew Newlin, Ana Maria Labin, Gwendolyne Blondeel / Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "This thrilling new release of the Transylvanian composer's music for string quartet embraces three contrasting periods of his output." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2023 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Salve Regina Julie Roset (soprano) / Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon [ Ricercar / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "...with ease and without sacrificing any of the purity of her tone. Her voice, in fact, makes an ideal complement to the refined playing of the Millenium Orchestra, here led ably by Leonardo Alarcón." Fanfare |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos Andrius Puskunigis|Vincent Bernhardt|Klaip?da Chamber Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] This album presents the corpus of oboe concertos by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), of which unfortunately few original works have survived. The composer, however, was particularly fond of thisinstrument and learned to play it from his teacher,... |
HANDEL / GIBBONS / PARRY / WALTON / WESLEY / STANFORD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Music From the Official Record 2nd June 1953 Massed Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Coronation Choir, Coronation Orchestra, Dr. Osborne Harold Peasgood (organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] This recording of the BBC's broadcast of the coronation service from Westminster Abbey was taken by means of a direct line to Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London. |
ARNE / HANDEL / BELLINI / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Sutherland's sensational debut recital album, long unavailable on its own, reissued with photographs and rarely seen costume designs for the soprano's signature roles. |
PICCINNI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / BELLINI / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (2CD) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, with Marilyn Horne & Richard Conrad [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A groundbreaking Decca album celebrating the glory of both bel canto and the voice of Sutherland in her prime, long unavailable on its own, reissued complete with a booklet introduction from Richard Bonynge. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Choruses Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Simon Birchall, Lynda Russell, Mark Padmore (tenor) The Sixteen, The Sixteen Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Is there another composer who can match Handel's genius for writing choruses? He is quite simply the master of chorus and on this compilation of tracks, taken from The Sixteen's award-winning Handel back-catalogue, there is much rejoicing. Revel in... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete Organ Concertos Christian Schmitt (organ) Charlotte Balzereit (harp) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. Handel's organ concertos enjoy a wide popularity, they are brilliant concert pieces, in which the organ plays a joyous, "worldly" part. |
VERDI / PUCCINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / etc
Live at the Sydney Opera House 1983 & 1985 Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ ABC Opera Australia / 2 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] This double CD restores to the catalogue two landmark events, and performances never to be forgotten. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harp Concertos Charlotte Balzereit, Giselle Herbert, Jutta Zoff, Jana Bouskova, Roberta Alessandrini, etc (harps) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] The harp is an ancient instrument, with origins in the antiquity of perhaps many civilisations, and the modern orchestral harp is the culmination of a long evolution in form and technology. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestral Favourites Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Owain Arwel Hughes, Philip Ellis, Nick Davies, with soloists [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Classical hits from one of the world's great orchestras: a fabulous introduction to the world of music at a super-budget price. |
