GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Hanna Herfurtner (sop), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (ten) Christian Immler (bass) / Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Described by librettist Charles Jennens with typical English understatement as "a fine entertainment", Handelʼs Messiah was initially controversial as a biblical oratorio written for secular theatres. Within years it was however being "received with... |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Matthias Goerne (baritone) / Salzburger Bachchor & Camerata Academica Salzburg, Sir Roger Norrington [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] The bass voice (basso, encompassing both baritone and bass in our modern terminology) occupies a special place in Bach's sacred vocal music. As the two great Passion settings testify, it was the solo bass that represented the vox Christi or 'voice of... |
LEONARDO LEO / LEOPOLD MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leo: Salve Regina / Mozart, (L.): Lauretanische Litanei Es-Dur Rachel Yakar, Siglinde Damisch, Chris Merritt, Walter Raninger / Kölner Kammerorchester, Salzburger Rundfunk, Camerata Academica Salzburg [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 5/Apr/1996 ] Recorded VI. 1977, Pfarrkirche Wasserburg (Track 1); 19./20. VI. 1981, Aula academica, Universität Salzburg (Tracks 2-7) |
W. A. MOZART
Rita Streich - Mozart Arias Rita Streich (soprano) / RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Deutsche Grammophon Centenary Collection / CD - released 10/Apr/1998 ] 'Like a bird on the wing, crystal-clear, astounding in its virtuosity … sings with absolute naturalness, with the utmost ease and a completely unforced intimacy' Opéra International |
Brunner/Salzburger Hofmusik
Haydn:divertimenti [ Cpo / CD ] |
Brunner/Salzburger Hofmusik
Mozart: Concertos [ Profil / CD ] |
Mozart, Wo
Regina Coeli C-Dur KV 276; Missa in tempore belli C-Dur Hob. XXII:9 Paukenmesse Dutoit, Pitzinger, Wunderlich, Pacher, Sauer, Salzburger Domchor; Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Joseph Messner [ ORFEO / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos (Complete) Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2010 ] "Anda's is the most musicianly playing: smooth and stylish in a degree that is most rewarding. Less often, in these concertos, is it commanding playing, but then this quality is not often called for." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera) Peter Schreier, Arleen Augér, Edith Mathis, Julia Varady, Helen Donath / Salzburger Rundfunk- und Mozarteumchor, Leopold Hager [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Leopold Hager...paces the arias admirably and draws clean, euphonious playing from the Mozarteum Orchestra. The cast could scarcely be bettered, as the presence of singers like Helen Donath and Edith Mathis in the secondary roles implies" Gramophone |
Salzburger Bachchoir/Bolton
Haydn: The Creation [ Oehms Classics / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Salzburger Bachchor/Bolton
Salzburg Festival Documents 04 [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] |
Salzburger Festspielen/Hager
Salzburg Festival 1976/86 [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Salzburger Hofmusik
Beethoven: Beethoven Und Die V [ Profil / CD - released 8/Feb/2007 ] |
MICHAEL HAYDN
Haydn, (M.): Complete Wind Concertos Vol. 1 Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "There is some attractive music here, well played by the soloists and by an orchestra guided by a conductor who understands the music well." International Record Review, May 2014 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Philemon and Baucis (a marionette opera) Salzburger Hofmusik / Wolfgang Brunner (conductor) [ Hanssler Profil / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] For Haydn's bicentenary, Profil are delighted to release the world première recording of the puppet opera Philemon and Baucis. The opera was supposedly composed and performed to mark a visit the Empress Maria Theresia paid to Prince Miklós... |
Salzburger Hofmusik/Brunner
M Haydn: The Wedding [ Profil / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
Schuchter/Salzburger Hofmusik
Haydn: Der Traum (The Dream) [ Cpo / CD - released 4/Mar/2002 ] |
Mozart, Wo
Kirchensonate Es-Dur KV 67, Grabmusik KV 42, Requiem d-moll KV 626 Seebach-Ziegler, Braun-Fernwald, Gallos, Mayr, Salzburger Domchor; Orchester d. Dom-Musik-Vereins, Messner [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jun/1995 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Salzburger Solisten [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Bezaly plays with sparkling tone and an incredible ease that belies some of the technically difficult passages that Mozart tucked into these works." ClassicsToday |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Salzburger Festspiele 2016 / Piotr Beczała, Ildar Abdrazakov, Maria Agresta / Wiener Philharmoniker, Alejo Perez [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "An outstanding cast is led by Poland tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role displaying his credentials as one of the most in demand tenors on the world stage today. Ildar Abdrazakov embodies a seductive and demonic Mephistopheles." (MusicWeb) |