VERDI / BIZET / MOZART / PUCCINI / HANDEL / STRAUSS / WAGNER
150 Years Of Wiener Staatsoper: Great Opera Evenings (Limited Edition) Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Carlos Álvarez, Johan Botha, Angelika Kirchschlager, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wiener Staatsopernorchester [ Arthaus DVD / 11 DVD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Limited Edition - Experience four decades of opera history from the Wiener Staatsoper on 11 DVDs. 150 Years Vienna State Opera means 150 years of impressive opera events featuring the greatest conductors of all time, and, high-class opera stars. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Tango Various Artists including Jose Basso y su Orquesta, Francisco Canaro y su IOrquesta, Leopoldo Federico y su Orquesta, Carlos Garcia y su Orquesta, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Three CDs entitled The original Tango, The Piazzolla Tango, and, Tango Sensations |
HANDEL
Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick Klaus Mertens / Gerlinde Samann / Knut Schoch / Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "I came away from hearing this version with renewed enthusiasm for the work." (MusicWeb April 2010) |
Carlos Alvarez
Alvarez Sings Opera Arias [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antonio Carlos Jobim: Composer [ Warner Archives / CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help... |
PISTON / GOULD / HANSON
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Excellent live recordings of three American works that won the Pulitzer prize - and well deserved it. The live recordings are of excellent quality, lending a bloom and depth to the sound, and the strings shine in the Gould piece." MusicWeb May 2020 |
HANDEL
Athalia (English oratorio in three acts) Markus Brutscher (tenor) / Friederike Holzhausen (soprano) / Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "a thoughtful performance of a musically staisfying piece" - BBC Music Magazine |
MERIDETH MONK
Atlas (an opera in 3 parts) Carlos Aravalo, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Janis Brenner, Susan Iadone (voices) / Darryl Kubian (violin) / Wayne Hankin (conductor) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1992 |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Aus der Tieffen: Early Cantatas BWV131, BWV182 & BWV4 Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor), Stephan Macleod (bass) / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The Ricercar Consort have already been awarded a Radio 3 disc of the Week and a Gramophone Editor's Choice for their Bach recordings for Mirare. Here they present three sacred cantatas, among the earliest written by the young Johann Sebastian in his... |
DELIBES / ADAM / HEROLD
Ballet Spectacular: Coppelia, Giselle, La Fille Mal Gardee (Complete ballets recorded 2000-2006) The Royal Ballet / Leanne Benjamin, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez / Opera House Orchestra [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "La fille mal gardée is sheer perfection, Nuñez and Acosta are unsurpassable respectively in the feminine grace and masculine confidence of Ashton's Lise and Colas, and their mimetic skills are delicious" BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - 7 Legendary Albums Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurizio Pollini, Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Carlos Kleiber, Ferenc Fricsay, Herbert von Karajan, Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] 7 essential recordings - milestones of Deutsche Grammophon's Beethoven discography. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 23/Oct/2015 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 2) BBC MUSIC |
Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Best of - 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection [ Hip-O Records / CD ] |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Ekaterina Semenchuk, Irina Lungu, Carlo Ventre, Carlos Álvarez, Francesca Micarelli / Henrik Nánási (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "This is picture-postcard opera … It's traditional, it's colourful." Gramophone |
Carlos Santana
Blues for Salvador [ Sony & BMG Entertainment / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] This was the fourth "solo" outing from Carlos Santana, which won a Grammy Award in 1987 for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance". Highly recommended! |
Carlos Lyra
Bossa Nova [ EL / CD - released 15/Aug/2011 ] |
Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vincius de Moraes
Brasilia - Sinfonia Da Alvorada [ El Recordings / CD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] |
Carlos Malcolm
Bustin' Outta The Ghetto [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
R Carlos Nakai
Canyon Trilogy [ Canyon / CD ] |
LUDWIG MINKUS / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / FERDINAND HEROLD
Carlos Acosta Dances: La Fille mal Gardee, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote (Complete ballets) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Christopher Saunders, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin, William Tuckett, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] So memorably described as 'a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks' (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet... |