ALBENIZ / FALLA / TARREGA / RODRIGO / MANJON / PIAZZOLLA
Leyendas (Legends) Thibaut Garcia (guitar) with Edgar Moreau (cello) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] A Frenchman with Spanish blood, 22-year-old guitarist Thibaut Garcia makes his Erato debut with Leyendas (Legends), an atmospheric recital of music by Spanish and Argentinian composers: Albéniz, Falla, Rodrigo, Tárrega (his famous, shimmering... |
CHOPIN
14 Waltzes Maria-Joao Pires (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 8/Mar/1996 ] German import (catalog 0630107092) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: 3 Piano Concertos BWV1052,1055,1056 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) / Lisbon Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Corboz [ Erato / The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Following the rebirth of the Erato label in 2013, this series of reissues offers a retrospective of the label's landmark recordings made between 1953 and 2003. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 13,14 & 23 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) / Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisbon, Theodor Guschlbauer [ Erato Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Miss Pires has marvellous fingers. She characterizes the brilliance and play of sentiment in the outer movements of K415 to near perfection and makes the most of the many surprises." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Complete Organ Works Marie-Claire Alain (at the organs of the Martinikerk, Groningen; Grote Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar; Freiberger Dom; St Georgenkirche, Rötha; Église Sain [ Erato / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] New Remastering in 24-BIT / 96KHZ from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy (2018) |
EDWARD ELGAR / ERNEST CHAUSSON / VICTORIN JONCIERES
Mer(s): Songs by Elgar, Chausson & Joncieres Marie Nicole-Lemieux (contralto) / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Paul Daniel [ Erato Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "Lemieux is on imperious form in Sea Pictures. Her rich contralto sits easily in Elgar's writing…She is magnificent [in the Chausson], completely at home in the fleshy vocal lines of Maurice Bouchor's poetry to crown a really impressive disc" Gramoph |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì!: Rossini Opera Arias & Duets Marie Nicole-Lemieux (contralto) / Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola, with Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "The Quebecois singer recalls the great Marilyn Horne in this repertoire, though her voice is more feminine in timbre, her persona perhaps more coquettish for Rosina's and Isabella's arias...The rarities are treats." Sunday Times |
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) |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Organ Works Marie-Claire Alain (organ) [ Erato Apex / 2 CD ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - |
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... |
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 |
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. |
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... |
POULENC
Poulenc (Incls Concerto for Organ & Les Biches) Maurice Durufle (organ) Gabriel Tacchino, Francis Poulenc (pianos) / Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Philharmonia Orchestra / Georges Pretre [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2016 ] "No praise could be too high for the piano playing of Gabriel Tacchino. It has just the right precision and clean fingerwork, together with a ravishing melting quality that is yet never romantic in the wrong way." (Gramophone on the Piano concerto) |
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 |
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 |
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). |
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 |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] (complete opera recorded in 2015) Metropolitan Opera / Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, Nicolas Teste / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 24/Jan/2017 ] "The British director and filmmaker Penny Woolcock, working with a dream cast delivers in this sensitive and insightful production, originally created by the English National Opera in London." New York Times |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Diana Damrau, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, Nicolas Teste / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Erato Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Jan/2017 ] "The Met has thrown everything they have at Les Pêcheurs de Perles. The current new production, shared with English National Opera, serves in New York as a vehicle for star soprano Diana Damrau." The Guardian |