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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Robert Gambill, Mikhail Petrenko, Eva Johansson / Sir Simon Rattle (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2009 ] In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sir Simon Rattle has distinguished himself through his long-term relationships with a number of orchestras, wide-ranging repertoire and innovative educational and audiencebuilding activities. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Alma Oppressa: Vivaldi & Handel Arias Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano) / Clavecin en Concert, Luc Beauséjour [ Analekta / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Boulianne navigates the stormy seas with terrific bravura and agility. Her androgynous voice - voluptuous in its upper reaches, reedy as a countertenor in its lower register." Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice August 2017 |
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Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui
Watersong [ ECM / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] Savina Yannatou's fifth ECM album revolves around the theme of water in its many manifestations. Water as a blessing and a curse. A life-sustaining source and a mortal threat in the elemental power of the storm. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (the complete opera, recorded at Aix-en-Provence in 2011) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Charles Castronovo, Natalie Dessay, Ludovic Tezier / Louis Langree (conductor) [ Virgin Classics / DVD - released 4/May/2012 ] "Natalie Dessay dominates the stage. A superb production. Well worth seeking out." (MusicWeb July 2012) |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works - Volume 3 Christopher Herrick (at the organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The latest volume of Christopher Herrick's acclaimed series of Buxtehude's complete organ works comes from Paris and the admired organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île - formally opened in 2005, and based on the work of Zacharias Hildebrant (1688-1757). As with... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] "Petibon is sensational throughout: supremely confident in the pathos and neurotic pyrotechnics of Alcina's music and character. In the pit, Andrea Marcon directs the Freiburger Barockorchester smartly, with a shiver of sul ponticello bowing" (BBC) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] 'The direction of the singers is outstanding' (BBC DVD/Blu-ray of the Month September 2016) |
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Buzzov-en
At A Loss [ Season Of Mist / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] |
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Buzzov-en
Revelation: Sick Again [ Hydra Head Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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En Vogue
A Live in Birminghamlabama [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] G :- |
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ABE, KEIKO / MAYUZUMI / YIU-KWONG CHUNG / ZIVKOVIC
Ecstatic Drumbeat Evelyn Glennie, percussion, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, En Shao and Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductors, Tzu-You Lin, suona [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "the dramatic essence of the story...comes over in a striking semi-expressionist fashion. There's a strong set of central performances." (BBC Music - Blu-Ray Choice August 2011) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Bo Skovhus, Kyle Ketelsen, David Bizic, Colin Balzer / English Voices & Freiburger Barockorchester, Louis Langrée [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Jul/2013 ] A new 'Don Giovanni' in Aix from renowned Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, awarded best director at the International Opera Awards 2013, and conductor Louis Langrée. |
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W. A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2010) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Bo Skovhus, Kyle Ketelsen, Marlis Petersen, Kristine Opolais / Louis Langrée (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Skovhus is electrifying in the lead role as he pivots from roaring malevolence to whispered fragility..The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Louis Langree articulates extreme states of mind latent in Mozart's score...This DVD is a must-see" BBC Music |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Evelyn Herlitzius, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Mikhail Petrenko / Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "There's nothing utilitarian about the cast, though, least of all its Elektra. Precise in pitch, unfailingly intense and charismatic, the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius conquers every challenge." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Opera) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2000) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie Von Otter / Sylvie Brunet / Charlotte Hellekant / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] G - "The casting on the whole is successful, with Nero sung by Mireille Delunsch, a choice that is not only musically successful (particularly in duets with Anne Sofie von Otter), but also opens up the interesting dramatic possibility of presenting... |
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W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Giles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] G :- Regions 2-5 - Widescreen 16:9 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 174 Minutes - PAL |
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PHILIPPE BOESMANS
Julie (complete opera recorded in 2005) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Gary Magee / Malena Ernman / Kerstin Avemo / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G - "Bondy's purely naturalistic production is beautifully filmed with telling use of close-ups..." BBC Music Magazine, October 2007 ***** |
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Iceland So/En Shao
Leifs:hekla/Other Orch. Works [ Bis / CD ] |
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Kroumata Percussion En/Wies
Stonewave [ Bis / CD ] |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Turn of the Screw, The (complete opera recorded 1n 2001) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch, Gregory Monk / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding / Luc Bondy [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 29/Jul/2005 ] G :- "Richard Peduzzi's set of sliding walls and panels is elegantly simple; Miller, McLaughlin and the two children sing their roles very well. Daniel Harding's conducting with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra really takes risks..." --The Guardian |
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STRAVINSKY
Symphony in C / Symphony in Three Movements / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / En Shao (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] "First prize for both value and most informative sleeve note goes to En Shao's account with the New Zealand SO on Naxos." - The Sunday Times, September 26, 1999 |
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LEI LIANG
Lei Liang: Verge & Tremors of a Memory Chord Palimpsest Ensemble, Steven Schick / Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury / Shanghai Quartet / Taipei Chinese Orchestra, En Shao [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Chinese-born American Lei Liang's intercontinentally inspired work has been described as 'hauntingly beautiful' (The New York Times) and 'brilliantly original and inarguably gorgeous' (The Washington Post). |
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W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Gilles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 19/Apr/2008 ] G - "With its engrossing extra interview with Peter Brook, it's without doubt the best in DVD to date." BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - July 2006 |
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Savina Yannatou / Primavera en Salonico
Songs of Thessaloniki [ ECM / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] Savina Yannatou's fourth ECM album is a dazzling evocation of her band's hometown, plunging deep into its rich and complex history. Once known colloquially as the Jerusalem of the Balkans, Thesssaloniki has been home to a host of cultures, religions... |
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Steve Reich En/Synergy Vocals
Reich: Three Tales + Dvd [ Nonesuch / CD - released 27/Oct/2003 ] |
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FRANCESCO, DOMENICO & ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Polyphonic Music of the Scarlatti Family Vocaal en Instrumentaal Ensemble Ex Tempore / Florian Heyerick [ Etcetera / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Ex Tempore was founded by Florian Heyerick in 1989. As a versatile ensemble it concentrates on a stylistically clear and musically captivating approach to Early, Romantic and Modern vocal music. |