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ARRIGO BOITO
Boito: NeroneL'Arlesiana (Complete opera recorded in 2024) BLU-RAY Teatro Lirico di Cagliari / Mikheil Sheshaberidze, Franco Vassallo, Roberto Frontali, Valentina Boi, Deniz Uzun / Francesco Cilluffo [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] A century after its world premiere at Teatro all Scala under Arturo Toscanini, conductor Francesco Cilluffo opened the 2024 season of the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari with this acclaimed production of Arrigo Boito's rarely performed Nerone. Set in Rome... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: The Perfect American (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / David Pittsinger, Donald Kaasch, Christopher Purves, Janis Kelly / Dennis Russell Davies (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The dark tone is set from the beginning...Purves impresses conveys the complex and ultimately flawed character of Walt...Opus Arte's production is excellent...and brings The Perfect American - such as it is - very vividly to life." Gramophone |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Amanda Roocroft, Deborah Polaski, Nikolai Schukoff / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Something in the composer's writing brings out the best in [Roocroft's] creamy voice and committed acting, and here she's superb as a young woman who forgives her stepmother for committing a terrible crime." (ClassicFM) |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thais (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Barbara Frittoli, Lado Ateneli, Alessandro Liberatore / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2012 ] "Ataneli gives a strong performance but the highly stylised nature of the staging doesn't allow for much subtlety of expression. Gianandrea Noseda conducts with... sensitivity for Massenet's style" (Gramophone) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Il Borgomastro di Saardam (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro Sociale di Bergamo / Giorgio Caoduro, Juan Francisco Gatell, Andrea Concetti, Irina Dubrovskaya / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (conductor) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Having fallen into oblivion following performances in 1839, this attractive, rare opera buffa was revived in 1973 in the Dutch city of Zaanstad (the Saardam of the libretto). It's staged on this recording at Bergamo's Teatro Sociale. |
ANNA AKHMATOVA
Anna Akhmatova: Three Works Terence ONeill-Joyce (narrator) wih Alexander Ivashkin (cello) [ Ode Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] For the people of Russia Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) is a legend. She was one of the Great Russian poets, a real link between the culture of the so called Silver Age (1900-1914) - and the Soviet era. During the Soviet Era her books were almost... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589 / Magnificat, RV611 Teresa Berganza, Lucia Valentini Terrani / New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ EMI / CD - released 20/Apr/1987 ] The setting of the Marian canticle Magnificat is for solo voices (originally five girls, three sopranos and two contraltos; but here two distinguished operatic divas, Teresa Berganza and Lucia Valentini Terrani). |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
EDWIN CARR / LARRY PRUDEN / ANTHONY RITCHIE / JOHN ELMSLY / etc
La Belle Alliance Tessa Petersen (violin) John van Buskirk (piano) [ Ode Records / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] La Belle Alliance is an instrumental duo featuring New Zealand violinist Tessa Petersen and American pianist John Van Buskirk. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse / Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier / Antonello Allemandi (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - 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... |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carols from the Old and New Worlds Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Oct/2004 ] On this volume of Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and the Theatre Of Voices celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera) Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd, Sharon Sweet, Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "The playing of Sir Neville's Academy is exemplary, with perfect articulation in the string figures and spicy winds-and aside from a vocal moment or two, the solo singing is impressive." ClassicsToday |
BRIDGE / STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] "The performances throughout are exceptionally fine, intimately and subtly expressive but opening out nobly to expressions of passionate idealism." Gramophone |
BRIDGE / STANFORD / IVES / ROREM / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman Thomas Hampson (baritone) Craig Rutenbery (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] TO THE SOUL is a collection centered on a poet rather than a composer. Walt Whitman's words have inspired over a thousand song settings, whose range is suggested here. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and the Classics Thomas Hampson (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] 'The readings, with Johnson's piano at its probing best, are constantly enlightening and carry the absorbed listener into a rarefied world of word and music. The disc lasts an incredible 80 minutes, but the time flies by in such perceptive company'... |
CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Italian Arias Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Genia KAhmeier (soprano) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Golz [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Recital - "Quasthoff does Haydn's neglected operatic music proud in a fine recital." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2009) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Mendelssohn/Beethoven/Schubert: Violin Concertos & Romances Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Ronald Thomas (violin/conductior) [ CRD / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Ronald Thomas was gifted his first violin at the age of four and by 20 he was considered one of the best violinists in the world. Music was in the family genes. His father was a trained musician who played violin at silent film screenings and his... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Andrew Kennedy / William Shimell / Laura Claycomb / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels on 26 and 28 April 2007. |
