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ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: The Complete Symphonies [4 CD set] Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stéphane Denève [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "an excellent disc, splendidly and idiomatically performed and a superb advertisement for composer, conductor and orchestra. Highly recommended." Gramophone Magazine on Symphony No 4 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 1 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Thomas Søndergård's sophomore album as Music Director marks his first symphonic recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Søndergård conducts an all-Prokofiev programme juxtaposing two contrasting symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in D major... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Winter's Tale (recorded live in 2021) Royal Shakespeare Company / Andrew French, Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Joseph Kloska, Georgia Landers [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] King Leontes rips his family apart but grief opens his heart. Will he find the child he abandoned before it is too late? This production of Shakespeares play is staged for the screen by the RSC. |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Roman Plays [Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus] Royal Shakespeare Company / David Troughton, Nia Gwynne, Sope Dirisu, James Corrigan, Andrew Woodall, Josette Simon, Antony Byrne, Andrew Woodall [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2019 ] The Royal Shakespeare Company transports you to Shakespeares Rome with a thrilling collection of four of the playwrights most gripping plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Coriolanus. Filmed live in Stratford-upon-Avon and... |
SHAKESPEARE
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (recorded live in 2014) Royal Shakespeare Company / Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Jonny Glynn, Pearl Chanda, Leigh Quinn / Simon Godwin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2015 ] Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia. But Proteus is already sworn to his sweetheart Julia at home in... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2014) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Jonny Glynn, Pearl Chanda, Sarah MacRae [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia. But Proteus is already sworn to his sweetheart Julia at home in... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Antony Sher, Kelly Williams, Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 28/Nov/2016 ] Three of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies are presented here as a 3 disc set. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] In a unique partnership with Intel, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production uses today's most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. Simon Russell Beale returns to... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Golden Age (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2001 ] "..anyone with the least interest in Shostakovich, or ballet music, or Soviet music, or indeed Soviet culture as a whole, from investigating this weird and intermittently wonderful score. A really fascinating disc." Gramophone |
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Rso Berlin/Wand
Various: Gunter Wand Box Set [ Profil / 8 CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets Rubio Quartet [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "The Rubio performances are refreshing, emotionally satisfying within the parameters of their smooth-edged approach, and highly accomplished." Fanfare |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
European Choral Music [6 CD set] Rundfunkchor Stockholm & Stockholmer Kammerchor, Eric Ericson [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The great recordings of the "Nordic choral marvel": Swedish choral conductor Eric Ericson was one of the true legends in his field. When he died in 2013 at the age of 94, he had spent decades working to place his two Stockholm choirs among the... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Great Ballet [10 CD set] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia / etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection starts in France, with one of the most haunting and memorable examples of the ballet form: Giselle. We are then swept along in a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest Russian ballets by such composers as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas BWV71, BWV76 & BWV10 Ruth Holton, Knut Schoch, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar / Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Bach's Cantatas have secured their place in the canon of human creations of eternal value. In no other oeuvre one finds the expression of all universal human emotions, from utter grief to extatic joy, from turbulant drama to serene... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Secular Choral Works Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl / Wiener Concert-Verein, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, with András Sch [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert's rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Orthodox Choral Music Rybin Male Choir, Dumka Choir, Yurlov Academic Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] A history of Russian Orthodox sacred music from the 'Moscow Baroque' to the present day, including many rare and long unavailable recordings. |
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana (recorded 31 December 2004 at the Philharmonie Berlin) BLU-RAY Sally Matthews (soprano) / Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) / Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Dec/2010 ] Simon Rattle is a musical force of nature and the interaction between his unique, varied musical gifts and the great performing traditions of the Berliner Philharmoniker is one of the most exciting features of our present cultural life. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Deidamia (Recorded live at the De Nederlandse Opera, March & April 2012) Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk / Concerto Köln, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (director) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] DNO presents a new production of Händel's last Italian opera, Deidamia, staged by the American David Alden. No known literary source has been linked directly to this opera, which is set at the time of the Trojan War. After an oracle has predicted the... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Makropulos Case (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Angela Denoke, Raymond Very, Peter Hoare, Jurgita Adamonyte, Johan Reuter / Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "The vocal performances are nearly all compelling. The men - Janacek's usual weak and neurotic bunch - are entirely believable...Both the lead and female roles are remarkably complete." (BBC Music) |
