JULES MASSENET
Opera Explained: MASSENET - Werther Narrated by David Timson [ Naxos Educational Opera Explained / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] Massenet's Werther combines a deeply tender story with music of beauty and eloquence. One act alone contains two of the greatest arias in the repertoire: the mezzo-soprano aria 'Va! Laisse couler mes larmes' and the tenor's 'Pourquoi me rèveiller'.... |
Christopher Cook
Intro To Wagner's Tristan [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Jul/2006 ] |
David Timson
Intro To Debussy's Pelleas [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] |
David Timson
Intro To L'elisir D'amore [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
David Timson
Intro To Leoncavallo Pagliacci [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
David Timson
Intro To Orfeo Ed Euridice [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 3/May/2004 ] |
David Timson
Intro To Verdi ""Falstaff"" [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] |
David Timson
Introd'n To Puccini:la Boheme [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] |
David Timson
An Introduction To...Rigoletto [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
David Timson
Opera Explained [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
Hugh Griffith
Degas: Music Of His Time [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
Hugh Griffith
Picasso, Music Of His Time [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
Hugh Griffith
Riemenschneider: Mus Of His Ti [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] |
SUSATO / DOWLAND / LOBO / MONTEVERDI / SCHUTZ / etc
Peter Paul Rubens - Music Of His Time Oxford Camerata / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus / Rose Consort of Viols / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Soloists [ Naxos Educational Art and Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Popular opinion has dealt harshly with Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): there are too many gods and goddesses in his paintings and the women are too large. But through changing fashions, the strength and vigour of his work are still a marvel: in a... |
CHOPIN / ROSSINI / OFFENBACH / BIZET / LALO / CHABRIER / etc
Art and Music: Manet - Music of His Time Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony, Kodály Quartet, etc [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple label. On this CD, the world of... |
Smillie/Timson
Barber Of Seville: Explained [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
Smillie/Timson
Intro. To Beethoven: Fidelio [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] |
Smillie/Timson
Intro To Rossini: Tancredi [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
Smillie/Timson
Introduction To Il Trovatore [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 29/Sep/2003 ] |
Smillie/Timson
Introduction To The Marriage.. [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] |