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ANNA CLYNE
lyne: Mythologies (Limited Edition LP) Jennifer Koh (violin), Irene Buckley (voice), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Avie / 2 LP - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Anna Clyne's Mythologies became an instant media and popular success when it was released in October 2020 - "hands-down one of the half-dozen best classical albums of 2020", according to New York Music Daily. The album is now presented... |
R. STRAUSS
Don Juan / Metamorphosen / Lieder Joan Rodgers (soprano) / Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig [ Avie Records / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Don Juan has been played and recorded so often that it might seem impossbile to conjure the music into sounding as fresh as the day it was written. Yet it happens here, with a conductor-and-orchestra team that delivers sweeping panache, needlepoint... |
André Previn, Charles Griffes, John Kander, Kurt Weill, Samuel Barber
Desiderium John Matthew Myers, tenor Myra Huang, piano [ Avie / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] The star of tenor John Matthew Myers is rapidly in the ascendent. His debut album, Desiderium, coincides with his Metropolitan Opera debut in Brett Dean's Hamlet. Desiderium - "an ardent desire or longing, a feeling of loss or grief for something... |
ELENA RUEHR
Icarus and other music by Elena Ruehr Jon Manasse (clarinet), Donald Berman (piano), Tom Stone (violin), Borromeo String Quartet, Delgani String Quartet, Arneis Quartet [ Avie / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Composer Elena Ruehr adds to her extensive discography with Icarus, an album of chamber music infused with hints of history, legendary literature and close collaborations with a multitude of musical colleagues. The repertoire revolves around the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphonia Domestica / Eine Alpensinfonie / Oboe Concerto / Duett-Concertino Jonathan Small (oboe) Nicholas Cox (clarinet) Alan Pendlebury (bassoon) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "It is a tribute to the recording that even the most cacophonous climax makes sense, and there is no impression at any time of any loss of detail. What an advert for the RLPO this set is! The cultural life of Liverpool is clearly thriving" (MusicWeb) |
ANDRES / BOUTRY / GLIERE / MILDE / SAINT-SAENS
Works for Bassoon Judith Leclair (bassoon) with Gretchen Van Hoesen (harp) & Jonathan Feldman (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "the best kind of virtuosity, the sort that creates the illusion that the toughest demands were no trouble at all." - The New York Times |
Julian Bream (guitar)
My Life in Music [ Avie Records DVD / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] "This is a splendid presentation with wide musical appeal but to guitarists it is an Aladdin's cave." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
TRADITIONAL
Sephardic Journey Karim Sulayman, Nell Snaidas, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell, Brian Kay / Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Cast out of Jerusalem, cast out of Spain. The Spanish Jews in their travels absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey and North Africa, including exotic percussion. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Where Only Stars Can Hear Us Karim Sulayman (tenor) Yi-heng Yang (fortepiano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "I could go on with detailed analyses of every song but find it unnecessary and leave it to the individual listener to explore the contents on their own and savour the exceptional sensitivity of Karim Sulayman and Yi-heng Yang." MusicWeb Recommended |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection 2 Katy Bircher (flute) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] "La Serenissima remain buoyant and sweet, eschewing the taut, opaque sound of many of today's Baroque orchestras, and embracing something more relaxed and open, helped by a pleasing bloom." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012) |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Myrtle & Rose Kyle Stegall (tenor), Eric Zivian (fortepiano) [ AVIE / CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Myrtle & Rose - the title taken from the Heinrich Heine poem which Robert Schumann set as the final song of his Liederkreis, Op. 24 - features two of his most beloved song cycles (the other being Liederkreis, Op. 39) along with several... |
ALBINONI / PISENDEL / VIVALDI
Per Monsieur Pisendel La Serenissima: Adrian Chandler, violin Gareth Deats, cello Robert Howarth, harpsichord [ Avie / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] This is the debut recording by the young English violinist Adrian Chandler, whose passion for Vivaldi led to his exploration of several of the Red Priest's contemporaries, including Albinoni, and the younger, dazzling German violinist and composer... |
ALIBINONI / LOTTI / VERACINI / VIVALDI / PORTA / POLLAROLO
Venice by Night Peter Whelan (bassoon) Mhairi Lawson (soprano) Simon Munday (trumpet) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Peter Whelan is a virtuoso bassoonist...Simon Munday proves an impeccable trumpeter...With five 'first recordings', this is not to be missed." (BBC Music) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The orchestral sound, as always with La Serenissima, achieves bright attractiveness and vivacity without feeling the need to pursue the taut energy of some other groups." Gramophone Awards 2010 - Finalist (Baroque Instrumental) |
VIVALDI / SAMMARTINI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume Three: The Golden Age La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Everything about their performances here is perfectly judged, right down to the percussionist's evident enjoyment of the unusual drum thwacks in RV562a." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month August 2008) |
BALAKIREV / MARTINU / DVORAK / SUK / etc
Dumka Lada Valesova (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] Czech pianist Lada Valešová conjures the Slavic musical soul through the lyrical, wistful genre the dumka, in works by Balakirev, Dvorák, Liszt, Lysenko, Martinu, Suk and Tchaikovsky. "You have to take your hat off to someone who can plan a... |
JANACEK / MARTINU / HAAS / SUK
Intimate Studies Lada Valesova (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "This is a delightful recital, warmly and sensitively played. The programme is unique..but the musicianship and perception are altogether in another class." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
MARGARET BONDS
Bonds: The Ballad of the Brown King Laquita Mitchell (soprano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] 20th-century African-American composer Margaret Bonds receives long overdue recognition with the world-premiere recording of her crowning achievement, The Ballad of the Brown King. With an expressly written libretto by Bonds' friend... |
DOUWE EISENGA / JOHN CAGE / JOHN LENNON / LAUREN SCOTT / MONIKA STADLER / PAUL MCCARTNEY / PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Beyond the Horizon: New Music for Lever Harp Lauren Scott (harp) [ Avie / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Lauren Scott's passion for the lever harp inspires her interpretations of atmospheric works by 20th century composers ranging from John Cage and Peter Maxwell Davies to Lennon & McCartney, as well as her own ambient compositions. Beyond the Horizon.. |
HANS GAL
The complete works for Solo Piano Leon McCawley (piano) [ Avie / 3 CD - released 15/Nov/2005 ] "An admirable treasure trove of appealing miniatures" - Editor's Choice Gramophoen Magazine Nov 2005 |
