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ANDRE CAMPRA
Campra: Messe de Requiem (with works by Rameau & de Mondonville) Marie Perbost, Emmanuelle Ifrah (sops), Samuel Boden (countertenor), Zachary Wilder (ten), Victor Sicard (bar) / Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Emmanuelle Haïm, a Baroque expert "with an instinct for the crucial balance between energy and eloquence" (New York Times), directs the orchestra and singers of her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée in choral works by three French composers of the 18th... |
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J. S. BACH
Organ Masterpieces on historic instruments Marie-Claire Alain (organ) [ Erato Warner Maestro / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/1995 ] Marie-Claire Alain (organ) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Marie-Claire Alain: L'Orgue Francais Marie-Claire Alain (organ) [ Erato / 22 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2017 ] Known as the 'First Lady of the organ', Marie-Claire Alain was a strikingly mature, creative and intuitive artist. Spanning four centuries of music, from Baroque masterpieces by the likes of Couperin and Grigny, through cornerstones of the French... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso (Highlights) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Carmen Gonzales, Lajos Kozma, Sesto Bruscantini / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato Apex / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] Apex - reissued at a special price |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: The Opera Collection [27 CD set incls 'Zoroastre', 'Castor & Pollux' & 'Hippolyte et Aricie'] Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Gawllw Mechaly, Anne Maria Panzarella, Mireille Delunsch, Zeger Vandersteene, Sophie Daneman, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This budget-priced box brings together nine of Rameau's operas and music from four of his other stage works, all in performances led by seven conductors who played a leading role in the revival of interest in Rameau's music over the past 30 years. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le meilleur d'une vie: Recordings 1958-1997 Maurice André (trumpet) with various guests [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 14/Apr/2014 ] Maurice André's greatest recordings, made for Erato then EMI Classics (his two exclusive labels), are combined for the first time in a 3CD compilation. Forty years of legendary recordings: trumpet concertos, baroque hits, pieces for trumpet and... |
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LEONARDO VINCI
Vinci: Artaserse (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Concerto Köln, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Faramondo (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Sophie Karthäuser, Marina de Liso / Choeur de la Radio Suisse, Lugano & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2003 ] "The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommend to diehard Handel fans." The Telegraph |
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ROSSINI / VIVALDI / SCHUBERT / VERDI / GLUCK / HANDEL / etc
Fantastic Cencic [3 CD set] Max Emanuel Cencic (counter-tenor) / I Barocchisti, Concerto Koln, Il Pomo d'oro, etc / Norman Sheiler, Kazuhiro Hofstetter (piano) [ Warner Classics / Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "Fasolis gives a vibrant account of a fine score with supple rhythms, well-judged tempos and dramatically charged recitative imparting character at every turn...Cencic enlivens [the title-role] with expressive virtuosity." (BBC Music on 'Farnace' Fi |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La donna del lago (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Daniela Barcellona, John Osborn / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] The Metropolitan Opera give this live performance of Rossini's work based on the poem by Sir Walter Scott, with Joyce DiDonato as Elena, the lady of the lake, who loves the heroic Malcolm (Daniela Barcellona). |
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THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, Matthew Rose / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] On New Year's Eve 2012 Joyce DiDonato became the first singer to take the title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at New York's Metropolitan Opera. With her at its heart, the production became, in the words of Opera magazine, "a high point of the... |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini:Norma (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Erato DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Nov/2018 ] In the Met's 2017-18 season, powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tackled one of opera's most fearsome roles, the title druid priestess of Bellini's Norma, who wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral pyre. |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini:Norma (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Nov/2018 ] To open the Met's 2017-18 season, powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tackled one of opera's most fearsome roles, the title druid priestess of Bellini's Norma, who wrestles with love and betrayal before making the ultimate sacrifice on a funeral... |
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MOZART / MEHUL / OFFENBACH / LEONCAVALLO / LEHAR / WAGNER / RAVEL / etc
Michael Spyres - BariTenor Michael Spyres (baritone/tenor) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja, Choeur d'hommes de l'Opéra national du Rhine [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "The range of roles is astonishing, but then so are these performances...Spyres really is a tenor - and a baritone, it seems - who has the operatic world at his feet." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Amici e Rivali Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris, with Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) [ Erato / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Operettas Jessye Norman, John Aller, Mady Mesple, Gabriel Bacquier, Jose Carreras / Choeur & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Excerpts from four of Offenbach's most popular operettas in bubbling performances conducted by Michel Plasson. |
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RAMEAU
Les Surprises De L'amour Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] |
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ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: Stabat Mater / Missa Sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani (with Pergolesi - Stabat Mater) Monika Frimmer, Gloria Banditelli, Ralf Popken, Klaus Mertens, Gerd Turk / Capella Agostino Steffani, Westfälische Kantorei, Lajos Rovatkay [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] Pergolesi's celebrated setting of the Stabat Mater is joined here by the Stabat Mater (and other choral works) composed by the Venetian Antonio Caldara (1670-1736). They are complemented by instrumental music by Vivaldi (Caldara's contemporary in... |