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KATY ABBOTT
The Peasant Prince: A Symphonic Tale Cunxin Li (Narrator) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Banjamin Northey [ ABC Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] The Peasant Prince tells the inspiring story of Li Cunxin, better known as 'Mao's Last Dancer': his childhood and his journey to become one of the world's greatest ballet dancers. |
DEBUSSY / BERG / HAHN / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Daniel Hope - Belle Époque Daniel Hope (violin), Lise de la Salle (piano), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Zürcher Kammerorchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Hope's glidings and throbbings can be delightful, as can the music itself. Some of the sweetest, rarest pieces come from Webern's teacher Schoenberg, writing in the 1890s when he had yet to relinquish heart-tugging tunes...Treat this album like a... |
JOSEPH TAWADROS
Tawadros: Concerto for Oud Joseph Tawadros (oud) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey [ ABC Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Oud virtuoso and composer Joseph Tawadros performs with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Benjamin Northey. Recorded live in concert, this album includes the world premiere of Tawadros' Concerto for Oud and Orchestra. |
LEONARDO VINCI
Vinci: Veni, Vidi, Vinci Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Il Pomo d'Oro, Zefira Valova [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Following up his 'fantastic' (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Handel recital, Franco Fagioli lavishes his 'extraordinary agility and richly upholstered voice' (Gramophone) on Leonardo Vinci, the Neapolitan composer who influenced Handel and many later masters. |
OFFENBACH / BIZET / VERDI / PUCCINI / MOZART / etc
Opera auf Deutsch Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Haefliger, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Sándor Kónya, Ingeborg Hallstein, + [ Deutsche Grammophon / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2020 ] This collection is a real treasure trove for opera lovers and tells the astonishing story of an era when all the many municipal opera houses in the German-speaking world performed the standard opera repertoire in the local language only. |
R. STRAUSS / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / HAYDN / WAGNER / etc
The Gundula Janowitz Edition: A Voice of Silver & Gold Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / with Irwin Gage (piano), James King (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 14 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This box set celebrates the beloved Gundula Janowitz's clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. |
LOUIS LEWANDOWSKI
Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms Hungarian Radio Choir, Andor Izsák [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This first complete recording of his 1879 masterwork is conducted by Andor Izsák, who encountered the historic psalm-singing tradition in his youth as organist at Budapest's Great Synagogue in the Dohány-utca. |
JOE HISAISHI
Dream Songs - The Essential Joe Hisaishi Joe Hisaishi (piano, work arranger, melodica) / London Symphony Orchestra / New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra [ Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Joe Hisaishi, the acclaimed Japanese composer behind some of the world's best-loved animé films, has released his new album, Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi in which he celebrates his diverse and distinguished catalogue of compositions |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, SV 206 [special edition with DVD] Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Bryn Terfel, Alastair Miles / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv CDs plus DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "An atmospheric and distinctive performance beautifully accommodated to its deluxe setting … a gloriously public Vespers, and thoroughly Venetian for that." Gramophone |
Katie Noonan
Sweetest Taboo [ ABC / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Katie Noonan's 20th studio album sees her revisit the songs that made her fall in love with music. From the first album she ever bought (Crowded House) to her female icons (Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper). |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Complete Decca Recordings Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca / 38 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2020 ] This 38-CD collection provides proof of just how catholic Mehta's tastes were. The foundation of his music making continues to lie in the central European masterworks and he has never lost sight of that tradition. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas, Opp. 109-111 Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] On the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th Anniversary year one of the greatest pianist of our time, Maurizio Pollini, returns to the miracle and enigma of Beethoven's Last Sonatas: 42 years after the first recording of these masterpieces. |
Nina Simone
Fodder On My Wings [ Verve / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] Recorded in 1982, not long after she moved to Paris, Fodder On My Wings was one of Nina Simone's favourite albums yet has remained one of her most obscure. Over the years, the album has been re-evaluated and has received its due as a significant work... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/May/2020 ] In 1952, William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra embarked on a Beethoven symphony cycle which utilized the new and sonically advantageous process of recording on 35mm film. |
DAVY / LAMBE / CORNYSH / DUNSTABLE / des PRES / etc
The Eton Songbook Purcell Consort of Voices, Elizabethan Consort of Viols, Grayston Burgess [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The first substantial survey of the Eton Choirbooks treasures on record, newly remastered, compiled and reissued on CD for the first time. Copied out between 1490 and 1502, the Eton Choirbook is the most substantial extant source of English... |
BRIAN & ROGER ENO
Mixing Colours Roger Eno & Brian Eno [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] In their first collaboration, Brian and Roger Eno present an anthology of sonic inspiration. Mixing Colours invites listeners into a prismatic world of calm and contemplation. |
Sophie Hutchings
Scattered On The Wind [ Mercury / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Australian pianist/composer Sophie Hutchings has been hailed for her approach to the classical genre, with her playing described by The Guardian as having "an intimate, contemplative quality" and a "genuine sense of beauty." Scattered on the Wind is... |
STEPHEN FRY / DEBBIE WISEMAN
The Mythos Suite Stephen Fry (spoken word, composerlyricist), Debbie Wiseman (music production, composerlyricist, work arranger), Jack Liebeck (violin), etc [ Decca / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] The Mythos Suite is a unique project, with Audio Network bringing together Stephen Fry's storytelling talents with Debbie Wiseman OBE's celebrated skills as a composer. The music, composed by Debbie, was inspired by Stephen Fry's work Mythos, an... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Overtures Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Baroque Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Complete symphony cycle in mono in remarkable sound quality Newly transferred from the original tapes and remastered to the highest standards |
