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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Diana Damrau - Tudor Queens Diana Damrau (soprano), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "Damrau, luminous of voice, is surely the perfect exponent of this repertoire: adept at surmounting the music's technical challenges in its dramatic moments, yet equally capable of exhibiting the tenderness for which these roles call" BBC Music ***** |
JACQUES OFFENBACH / FRIEDRICH GULDA
Offenbach / Gulda: Cello Concertos Edgar Moreau (cello) / Les Forces Majeures, Raphaël Merlin [ Erato Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2019 ] "Moreau is a commanding presence, singing tone that illuminates Offenbach's debt to bel canto. His virtuosity can be thrilling…The Menuett [of the Gulda] is done especially beautifully, with plenty of rhythmic point." Gramophone |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG / HENRI DUTILLEUX
Weinberg & Dutilleux: Cello Concertos Edgar Moreau (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Andris Poga [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Cellist Edgar Moreau, with the WDR Sinfonieorchester and conductor Andris Poga, performs two concertante works from the mid-20th century: Mieczysław Weinberg's Concerto in C minor (1956), and Henri Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain … (1970). |
W. A. MOZART / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Elīna Garanča: Mozart & Vivaldi Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langrée, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/May/2017 ] Richly colourful in Mozart and Vivaldi: Her velvety, versatile timbre makes mezzo-soprano Elına Garanča one of the outstanding singers of the present day, of that there can be no doubt. She followed up her international breakthrough at the Salzburg... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / SERGEI RACHMANINOV / HENRI DUPARC
Morgen Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "One of the most purely seductive recitals to have come my way for a long time… in Dreisig's introspective, understated performances we hear the Four Last Songs anew, each one fascinatingly set apart from the others in its new context" Gramophone |
GOUNOD / PUCCINI / STEIBELT / MASSENET / MOZART / ROSSINI / etc
Miroir(s): Opera Arias Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Recital |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op.3 English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Erato Apex / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] "This memorable recording is a must for lovers of Handel's instrumental music. This bargain re-release makes it even more attractive - this is a disc to snap up right away." - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
J. S. BACH
4 Missae Breves BWV233-236 Soloists / Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz [ Erato Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] Now reissued at a special price |
VIVALDI / SAMMARTINI / MONZA / BOCCHERINI / DEMACHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Improvisata - Sinfonie con titoli Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) / Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langrée, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Virgin Classics / Erato / CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] "None of this is great music, in truth, but this is where Europa Galante come to the rescue, their combination of rigorous ensemble and interpretational panache bringing it to life." Gramophone |
Filippa Giordano
Filippa Giordano [ Erato / CD - released 21/Oct/1999 ] One of our most consistent sellers - highly recommended! |
FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Concerto for Piano,, 2 Pianos & Aubade Francois-Rene Duchable, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Erato / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/1986 ] Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) had his first major successes as an 18-year-old composer without a single composition lesson. Despite some study, he remained largely self-taught. In fact, his music is so individual, it's remained... |
RICHTER / DESSNER / EINAUDI / HISAISHI / MUHLY / MONTERO / MAZZOLI / etc
Gaïa Gautier Capucon (cello), with Frank Braley, Jérôme Ducros (piano), Michael Canitrot (electronics), Sarah Rebecca (vocals), etc [ Erato / CD - released 12/Dec/2025 ] Gautier Capuçon's cello becomes the voice of the Earth in an inspired album of world premiere recordings: Gaïa. Uniting seventeen original contributions by sixteen contemporary composers, this project sets out to explore humanity's relationship to... |
EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "A dream team in the making, I suspect. Capuçon and Pappano may be collaborating here for the first time but it's a meeting of musical minds and sensibilities for sure." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2024 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] "Capuçon's impetuosity and thoughtfulness are complemented by Haitink's lifelong engagement with this music...Each of the [chamber] works is played with collective grace and elan by these crème de la crème chamber musicians." Sunday Times |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano works, Op.116-119 Helen Grimaud (piano) [ Erato Elatus / CD - released 3/Jul/2006 ] "Hélène Grimaud, the 'wolf woman', is perhaps the most fascinating artist of our time." (Le Figaro) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Elsa Dreisig (soprano) Fatma Said (soprano) / Il Giardino d'Amore. Stefan Plewniak [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2024 ] "...Credited as artistic director, he also sings the role of Orfeo with searing intensity, every phrase taking us on a rollercoaster ride from hope to despair and back." BBC Music Five Stars |
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Beyond Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "With that album and this very specifically selected program I want to focus on the general meaning of word "beyond". Mostly to show people that this music is beyond its times. It is still relevant, it is still alive, vibrant, touching, entertaining" |
HENRYK CZYZ / TADEUSZ BAIRD / KAROL SZYMANOWSKI etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Farewells (LP) Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano) [ Erato / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] With Farewells, Warsaw-born countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, partnered by pianist Michał Biel, offers a panorama of Polish song. Often nostalgic in spirit, the programme of the album spans 150 frequently turbulent years. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré Edition - Piano Works, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works & Requiem Jean‐Philippe Collard (piano) Augustin Dumay (violin) Frédéric Lodéon (cello) Michel Debost (flute) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) / Michael Plasson (cond) [ Erato / 12 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Gabriel Fauré, whose long and influential life spanned the eras of romanticism and early modernism, enriched a diversity of genres with music of proverbial subtlety. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Although Vivaldi was a virtuoso violinist and wrote prolifically for that instrument he was able to compose imaginatively and expertly for a wide range of combinations of instruments. |
