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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] After having recorded Mozart's last three violin concertos in 2014, Arabella Steinbacher, the Festival Strings Lucerne and its leader Daniel Dodds now complete the cycle by presenting Mozart's less well-known, but equally enchanting Violin Concertos... |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Má Vlast Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Mar/2024 ] "I think it's Bychkov's ability to relate phrasing to sound that is at the heart of his success here. He plainly relishes the orchestra's natural blend while celebrating the beauty of its soloists." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Orchestral |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets Emerson String Quartet [ Pentatone / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "This is also, hand on heart, the first time that I've really grasped these three works as a cycle. Listen to them in one sitting if you can: it's wonderfully illuminating and moving.' BBC Music Chamber Choice of the Month Feb 2021 |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Songs Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Georgini (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] After their acclaimed recording of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini present a programme of rarely-recorded songs by Ottorino Respighi. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera) Lisette Oropesa, René Barbera, Lester Lynch / Dresdner Philharmonie, Daniel Oren [ Pentatone / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] The Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi's masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. |
BELA BARTOK / LUCIANO BERIO / MAURICE RAVEL / XAVIER MONTSALVATGE
Kozená: Folk Songs Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Magdalena Kozena's fourth Pentatone album Folk Songs brings together folk-inspired song cycles from across the globe. Ranging from Berio's Folk Songs to sets by Bartok, Ravel and Montsalvatge, this collection provides a kaleidoscope of... |
BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Magdalena Kožená - Nostalgia Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) Yefim Bronfman (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "The Czech mezzo is in prime form in songs that could have been written for her. She catches every mood and inflection with spontaneous immediacy." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Song |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare [ Pentatone / CD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare make their Pentatone debut with Mahler's 5th Symphony. The album is also the first recording under Payare's tenure, and the beginning of a longer recording relationship with... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 59 Nos. 2 & 3 "Razumovsky" Quartetto Italiano [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] The Quartetto Italiano was founded in 1945 and their complete cycle of Beethoven string quartets were famous recordings. This is a remastered Quadro recording. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets: Op 59 No. 1 ['Rasumovsky' No. 1] & Op 18 No. 6 Quartetto Italiano [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Razor-wire intonation, fierce attacks, rhythmic propulsion, and a steadiness of inner pulsation made this foursome the multiplied version to strings what Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli had achieved for the keyboard." (AudAud.com Feb 2009) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies 4 & 5 René Jacobs, B'Rock Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B'Rock Orchestra present the third instalment of their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer's Fourth and Fifth Symphony. Just as with the Second and Third, Jacobs approaches... |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL DE FALLA / ERIK SATIE / FRANCIS POULENC
Camino Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Aug/2021 ] "Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate" BBC Music Recording of the Month Oct 2021 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sean Shibe - Lost & Found Sean Shibe (electric guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Sean Shibe's second Pentatone album Lost & Found is an ecstatic journey containing music by outsiders, mystics, visionaries, who often have more than one identity and lay claim to various artistic traditions, genres, or audiences. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS / AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE / ALBERTO GINASTERA
Profesión Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Pentatone / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] "It's an extraordinary account [of the Villa-Lobos], bursting with nuance and personality and easily rivalling Julian Bream's classic from 1978." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Instrumental |
MASON BATES
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (complete opera) Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson, Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones / Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2019 ] "Christie conducts with plenty of energy and verve, and the playing and choral singing are exemplary in their precision" Gramophone |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: L'isola disabitata André Morsch, Anett Fritsch, Krystian Adam, Sunhae Im, Bernhard Forck [ Pentatone / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] After their acclaimed recording of Telemann's Miriways, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin returns to PENTATONE with Joseph Haydn's opera L'isola disabitata, together with an excellent quartet of vocalists. Officially called an azione teatrale,... |
GIACOMELLI / GIANGUIR / ALBINONI / POPORA / etc
Ann Hallenberg - Carnevale 1729 Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Stefano Montanari [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] BBC Music Magazine September 2017 Disc of the month |
J.S. BACH / ARVO PART
Bach & Pärt Arabella Steinbacher, Stuttgarter Kamerorchester [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] "Steinbacher weaves in and out of Bach's contrapuntal textures, occasionally reducing her tone to a radiant pianissimo to allow the orchestral lines through." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2023 |
BARTOK
The Two Violin Concertos Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Marek Janowski (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Steinbacher's impeccable playing captures the Hungarian flavor of both concertos with vivid accompaniment from Janowski and the Swiss orchestra. Sonic quality is exemplary." (ClassicalCDReview.com) |
VIVALDI / PIAZZOLLA
Vivaldi & Piazzolla: The Four Seasons Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Munich Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 24/Jul/2020 ] Star violinist Arabella Steinbacher presents Antonio Vivaldi's world-famous Four Seasons alongside Astor Piazzolla's Cuatro estaciones porteñas, creating a lively combination of baroque and tango. The enormous popularity of Vivaldi's Four Seasons... |
