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A Spanish Nativity Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] The Spanish 'Golden Age' witnessed an astonishing musical flowering, worthy of Spain's new-found preeminence on the world stage. Focusing on works for Christmas and Epiphany, Stile Antico explores this glittering musical treasury, drawing together an... |
AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Hamlet (complete opera) Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Laurent Alvaro, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo / Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Louis Langrée [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Video Performance |
BELLINI
La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Stuttgart Opera / Ana Durlovski, Luciano Botelho, Catriona Smith, Enzo Capuano / Gabriele Ferro (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2014 ] Ana Durlovski won the German Theatre Prize "DER FAUST" for her breathtaking portrayal of Amina. The production La Sonnambula of the Oper Stuttgart was voted Opera of the Year in 2012 by the international renowned magazine Opernwelt. In this... |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (complete opera) Katarina Dalayman, Lars-Erik Jonsson, Hilde Leidland / Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "This set from Naxos really does him [Korngold] proud....The result is addictive music, certainly when performed with this degree of loving care. Leif Segerstam has the measure of this idiom." Classic CD |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc [ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set - released 6/Feb/2018 ] This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (Complete Oratorio) Susan Gritton, Susan Bickley, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew / Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh [ Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Aug/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Baroque Vocal |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Susan Kagan and Vassily Primakov (pianos) [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "Well recorded with an excellent booklet by the pianist." Gramophone 'Ries could not have asked for a better pianist and proponent than he has found in Susan Kagan' (Fanfare) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Sviatoslav Richter Volume 1 (LP) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Melodiya / LP - released 18/Aug/2014 ] |
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
Icon: Sviator Richter - The Master Pianist (Complete EMI Recordings, 1961-1980) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with with Oleg Kagaan (violin) David Oistrakh (violin) and others [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 14 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, heroic, reserved, lyrical, virtuosic and perhaps above all profoundly enigmatic, Sviatoslav Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time.' (Bryce Morrison) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Hungarian Dances Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Brahms' symphonies and much more in Thomas Dausgaard's interpretations. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] It was only after his death that Franz Schubert's symphonic works made an impact in music history. In fact, the first public performance of any of Schubert's symphonies took place at a memorial concert held a few weeks after the composer had passed... |
J.S BACH / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Brandenburg Project: Twelve Concertos The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (cond) [ BIS SACD / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Bach's celebrated concertos are joined by new commissions. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah... The 250th Anniversary Performance recorded in 1992 Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jerry Hadley, Michael Chance and Robert Lloyd / Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner [ Philips / DVD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] G :- This famous 1992 performance of Handel's great masterpiece was filmed at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on the 250th anniversary of the work's premiere, which took place in Dublin on 13 April 1742. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Mariss Janson - His Last Concert (LP) Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra [ BR-Klassik / LP ] On November 8, 2019, at Carnegie Hall, New York, during a tour with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and only a few weeks before his unexpected death, Mariss Jansons conducted his final concert. On the programme was Johannes Brahms'... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Classical Masterpieces - Bestselling Naxos Recordings 1987-2012 Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2012 ] Artists Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Camerata, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus,... |
CHEN GANG / HE ZHAN HAO
Butterfly Lovers: A Music and Dance Film Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd / Dou Dou / Ding Yue Hong (dancers) [ Marco Polo / DVD - released 9/Feb/2006 ] Butterfly Lovers is a music and dance film by director Marikki Hakola. A synthesis of the ever-popular Chinese violin concerto 'Butterfly Lovers' and choreography inspired by Chinese martial arts and modern dance, the film is an imaginative... |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Kraus: Violin Concerto in C Major / Olympie: Incidental Music / etc Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Takako Nishizaki plays the concerto with grace and expression. She is up to Kraus' challenges and is able to conquer them unobtrusively, letting the music sing. She receives warm support from the trimmed down New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Uwe... |
Taku Wana - The Enduring Spirit / The Wheel Turns
Fisher, Helen [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 12/Jul/2003 ] Helen Fisher's music gently convinces us that a creative marriage between Maori and western cultures is indeed possible. |
MOZART
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35 The Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page, Allan Clayton (Christian), Andrew Kennedy (Spirit of Christianity) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] The first release in a new partnership between Classical Opera and Signum Records begins with Mozart's remarkable sacred singspiel, composed when he was just 11. |
REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: Complete Songs Tassis Christoyannis (baritone), Jeff Cohen (piano) [ Bru Zane / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "everything is beautifully phrased, melody and text are held in well-nigh ideal balance and the prevailing mood is one of almost confessional intimacy." Gramophone Award Nomination 2020 |
