GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi Heroines Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] "Classic Callas recordings, which should be in every opera lover's collection" Penguin Guide |
Dixon/Chapelle Du Roi
Tallis: Spem In Alium [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] |
RAMEAU
Une Symphonie Imaginaire Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv First Choice / CD - released 15/Dec/2012 ] Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski |
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. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" / Carnival of the Animals (with Poulenc: Model Animals - Suite) Maurice Durufle (organ) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre [ EMI Classics Encore Collection / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] Original recording from 1964 & 1967 |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 / Herminie - Scène lyrique (cantata) Aurelia Legay (soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique of 1830 was his direct response to hearing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the first time. |
THOMAS TALLIS
The Lamentations of Jeremiah / Contrafacta. Chapelle du Roi / Alastair Dixon. Chapelle du Roi / Alastair Dixon [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Thomas Tallis served four monarchs in his post at the Chapel Royal, and was held in great esteem by his masters and colleagues. 'Tallis is dead, and music dies,' said William Byrd, his most distinguished pupil. |
MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Ravel: Sheherazade, etc / Debussy: La Mer & Petite Suite (recorded 1947-48) Suzanne Danco (soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] 'Some of the subtlest songs in the modern repertoire, marvellously interpreted and beautifully recorded.' High Fidelity, August 1955 (Shéhérezade) |
ERIK SATIE
Best of Satie Aldo Ciccolini, Anne Queffelec (piano) / Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House [ Warner Classics Inspiration Series / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] Meditative piano sounds and glitter of Parisian cabaret. Satie was one of the most interesting figures of early 20th century Paris moving in the same artistic circles as Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Man Ray. He was known for his droll sense of... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] The first album of a new collaboration with ONTC, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, and their Ossetian musical director, Tugan Sokhiev, features Shostakovich's 8th symphony: an "opera for the Orchestra" |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 1 - 3 & 6 'Archduke' / 14 Variations in E flat / etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "There is some ravishing playing from Jacqueline du Pre, and Zukerman contributes in large measure. If you want to hear Beethoven's music sing, and you like Barenboim's highly spontaneous and cultivated personality then this is well worth buying." -... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SEANS / FRANCIS POULENC / DARIUS MILHAUD
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux / Poulenc: Les animaux modèles / Milhaud: La Création du Monde Aldo Ciccolini (piano) & Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Proverbially idiomatic, Georges Prêtre conducts four works that typify the special charm, wit and sensuousness so often found in French music from the belle époque to the mid-20th century: Saint-Saëns "grand zoological fantasy" Le Carnaval des... |
JOSEF HAYDN / LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Haydn / Boccherini: Cello Concertos Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "These Jacqueline du Pré performances have been classics for decades and now sound better than ever in their latest remastering." (MusicWeb) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Waldesruhe (Silent woods) Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 15/Oct/2017 ] "Impressively remastered, spectacular in its realism, with well-defined detail, superb warmth and body, and fine perspective." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Jacqueline du Pre Recital Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano), Oslan Ellis (harp), Roy Jesson (organ) & John Williams (guitar) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] The tragedy of du Pré's brief career is still fresh in the public memory and can be summarised here. She was born in Oxford on 26 January 1945 into a middle-class family in which music was important: her mother was a fine pianist and a gifted teacher. |
FREDERICK DELIUS & VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jacqueline du Pre - Recital plus Delius Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pre (cello) with Gerald Moore (piano) Osian Ellis (harp) John Williams (guitar) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/1995 ] Jacqueline du Pré was recognised during her brief prime as one of the supreme cellists of the 20th century, with an intense commitment and a well-honed technical mastery to back up her heaven-sent talents. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures / Overture: Cockaigne Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joan Sutherland: Verdi / Bellini / Donizetti Joan Sutherland (soprano), Orchestre de la Societe des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Nello Santi [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 10/Oct/1982 ] Original recordings from 1959 and 1960 |
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) |
RAMEAU
Les Surprises De L'amour Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] |