PURCELL / VIVALDI / KNOX / von BINGEN / de MACHAUT / etc
Saltarello Garth Knox (viola d'amore) Agnes Vesterman (violoncello) Sylvain Lemetre (percussion) [ ECM / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann / Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink [ BR Klassik / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Haitink at 85 makes his first recording of one of music's choral masterpieces - and what a wonderful performance his wisdom and experience offers." Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Choral |
ALBAN BERG
Wozzeck (complete opera recorded at the Bolshoi in 2010) Bolshoi Theatre / Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Maxim Paster / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Gerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] 'This Leipzig Ninth is Chailly off the leash, liberating the music in a way that is impassioned, positive, fitfully fractured and often ethereal.' (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Violin Concerto Leila Josefowicz (violin) / St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Throw into the mix David Robertson's bold interpretation with the excellent St Louis Symphony Orchestra and this recording sets a new benchmark...Faultless." Gramophone Awards 2019 Finalist - Concerto |
HOWELLS / SWAYNE / WATSON / WALTON / BERKELEY / PART / etc
Magnificat Vol. 2 Glen Dempsey (organ) Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] 'This project is shaping up to become the most significant recording project ever in the field of choir-and-organ English church music.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi Op 6 Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Zig Zag Territoires / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
VIVALDI
Nuova Stagione:Concerti Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Zig-Zag Territoires / CD - released 22/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
BRETT DEAN
Dean: Hamlet (Complete opera recorded in 2018) Glyndebourne Opera / Allan Clayton, Sarah Connolly, Barbara Hannigan, Rod Gilfry / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 WINNER - Contemporary |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 / Serenade Gothenburg Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Orchestral |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No.1 & En Saga Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] Alpha begins a complete cycle of the symphonies by Sibelius (and of his symphonic poems) with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and its new musical director, Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Originally a percussionist, the 33-year-old trained... |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
The Dufay Spectacle Gothic Voices [ Linn / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] "To mention all the glorious details here would break the banks of this review but I cannot avoid mentioning the marvellously experienced singing of Catherine King and her duetting with Steven Harrold: that is seriously classy" Gramophone |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame Graindelavoix, Bjorn Schmelzer [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "... compelling, because of the beauty of the voices and the evident care that has been lavished on so many details; provocative, because so many of those details will surprise, startle and perhaps infuriate." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Greats Of The Gramophone Vol 1 Marian Anderson, Amelita Galli-Curci, Emanuel Bey, Sergey Rachmaninov, Lawrence Tibbett, Enrico Caruso, Jascha Heifetz, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Performances by Marian Anderson, Clement Barone, Harold Bauer, Emanuel Bey, Lucrezia Bori, Enrico Caruso, Mischa Elman, Ossip Gabrilovich, Amelita Galli-Curci, Philip Gordon, Jascha Heifetz, José Iturbi, William King, Ernest Lough, Ignacy Paderewski,... |
BRETT DEAN / LUCA FRANCESCONI
Dean: Dramatis Personae / Francesconi: Hard Pace Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Gothenburg Symphony, John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] Ever since his very first disc, released by BIS some thirty years ago, Hakan Hardenberger has earned recognition for his performances of the classical repertory, but also as a pioneer of significant and vituosic new music for the trumpet.... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ] "Osborn has all the vocal verve and dash to make the devil-may-care sculptor the constant centre of attention. Mariangela Sicilia uses her fearless, technically brilliant vocalism to sustain his beloved Teresa's vibrant personality…a musical treat" |
WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Historic - "I keep relistening to Keilberth's forging scene closing Act I. Keilberth naturally unfolds the lyrical strength of full rich Bayreuth strings, basses and timps deepen and gather force, Mime animates... |
FRANCISCO LANDINI
Landini: L'Occhio del Cor The Heart's Eye / La Reverdie, Christophe Deslignes [ Arcana / CD - released 24/Apr/2019 ] "They do everything with verve and commitment,...there is a quality of musical exchange, of understanding where the pressure-points must come and of clear projection that is a rare pleasure to hear." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Early Music |
GYORGY KURTAG
Kurtag: Zwiegesprache Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener [ ECM New Series / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] explores his interpretative gifts as a performer rather than his full range as a composer, its focus on the dialogues between his own music and that of György Kurtág makes for a beautifully rounded double portrait - Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List |