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LUIS DE VICTORIA
Tenebrae Responsories Tenebrae, Nigel Short [ Signum / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] "a recording that strips all excess musical flesh aside, exposing the chilly bones of these penitential masterpieces" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse / Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier / Antonello Allemandi (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] One of the composer's most beguiling scores, La Favorite is Donizetti's La favorita in its original French form - a tale of love and war that represents a glorious mix of Italian bel canto and 19th century grand opera. Today's scholarly interest... |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
PURCELL
Songs of Welcome and Farewell Tragicomedia [ Teldec Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Tragicomedia |
JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Opp. 3, 14 & 49 Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "Dussek wrote little orchestral music beyond his concertos but the sympathetic collaboration of the Ulster orchestra showcases the increasing subtlety and sophistication of his handling of the orchestra." Gramophone |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) Veronique Gens, Jacek Laszczkowski, Delphine Galou, Iestyn Davies, Tim Mead / Bathasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] A world-famous court composer during his lifetime, Agostino Steffani was also a significant influence on the likes of Handel, J S Bach and Telemann, but his music fell into neglect after his death. Thanks to conductor and Baroque specialist Thomas... |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2007) Fesival Baden-Baden / Alexandrina Pendatchanska / Werner Gura / Johannes Weisser / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 DVD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] PG - "If you thought you knew Mozart's 'Don Giovanni,' think again. It is a jolting account full of Fierce and absorbing details. Much of the drama explodes from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, playing period instruments with a bold vengeance." -... |
CARDOSO / DE CRISTO / REBELO
Masterpieces of Portuguese Polyphony Westminster Cathedral Choir / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Although this music is likely to be unknown to most collectors it will prove, as it has to me, a welcome and important discovery' (The Tablet) |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Javier Camarena, Rebecca Olvera, Carlos Chausson / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Mar/2014 ] "Musical standards are high, with Tang and the orchestra bouncing the score merrily along. Bartoli sends herself up...vocally, she is in more consistent voice than on some recent recordings" (BBC Music) |
