More By Artist: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1988) Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis / Bernard Haitink (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 4/Apr/2003 ] "The DVD clarifies the orchestral sound and the voices, to the benefit of Bernard Haitink"s poetic, plangent reading...visual clarity reveals a newly immediate richness and authenticity of setting and costume" -Gramophone, February 2002 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Hungarian Dances Nos 1 - 10 Joshua Bell (violin) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Decca Classic FM The Full Works / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Joshua Bell, in one of his finest recordings to date, is daring in his expressiveness, often more expansive, using a far wider range of dynamics." Gramophone |
ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodály: Orchestral Works Brighton Festival Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] Collected on a single CD are István Kertész's complete orchestral recordings of Kodály's music together with the choral song, The Peacock which precedes the Peacock Variations. |
BRAHMS
Liebeslieder Waltzes & Evening Songs Shaw Festival Singers / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "The chorus is beautiful in its flawless execution of Brahm's music. The Telarc recording is flawlessly smooth and natural. Full texts and translations are included." -Fanfare |
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CHRISTMAS WITH RONNIE ALDRITCH
Christmas with Ronnie Aldritch Ronnie Aldritch and his Two Pianos with the Strings of the London Festival Orchestra [ Dutton Vocalion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Carols of Ralph Vaughan Williams Cardiff Festival Choir, Owain Arwel Hughes [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Cardiff Festival Choir, Owain Arwel Hughes |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Saint Nicolas / Rejoice in the Lamb Peter Pears (tenor) David Hemmings (boy soprano) Ralph Downes (organ) / Aldeburgh Festival Choir & Orchestra. Benjamin Britten / The Purcell Singers [ Decca / London / CD - released 25/Aug/1990 ] "The recording...is well engineered and fully captures the spirit of an inspired performance." Gramophone July 1955 |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Robert Shaw Festival Singers / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "...this is a sonic treat. Choral definition and clarity are excellent." - High Performance Review |
Poulenc
Poulenc-Mass in G, Prayers of St. Francis, Motets for Christmas & Lent Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw director [ Telarc Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] Telarc Classics - Top quality recordings at mid-price. |
RACHMANINOV
The Best of Rachmaninoff Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn / Robert Shaw Festival Singers / William Tritt (piano) / Lang Lang (piano) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] Rachmaninoff's music was characterized by memorable soaring melodies, rich orchestration and Romantic chromatic harmonies, which made it distinctively Russian. The Best of Rachmaninoff, an essential recording for Rachmaninoff fans, compiles Telarc's... |
VERDI / MOZART / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / etc
The Power & The Majesty: Great Choral Classics Shaw Festival Singers / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "Robert Shaw struts his stuff with standout performances from the Atlanta Choruses...If you want to hear the full potential of compact discs, you need go no further than the Telarc recording of Carmina Burana." - Stereophile |
SAMUEL BARBER
The Best of Barber (includes the Adagio-both string & choral versions) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Jon Kimura Parker (piano) / Leonard Slatkin / Robert Shaw Festival Singers / Robert Shaw and others. [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] Delving into its vast classical catalog, Telarc has compiled a disc full of Samuel Barber's most memorable works. The Best of Barber is an exquisite collection featuring Sylvia McNair singing "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Leonard Slatkin and the Saint... |
Festival Singers/Shaw
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes [ Telarc / CD - released 27/Mar/2006 ] |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: The Complete Façades Hila Plitmann, Fred Child, Kevin Deas (narrators) / Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Edith Sitwell's invitation to William Walton to collaborate on an innovative, revolutionary new work came at a critical moment in the young composer's career, and Façade proved to be his first great success. The peerless combination of a peculiarly... |
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Chamber Music including the Quintet for Flute & Sting Quartet 1999 Australian Festival of Chamber Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "The Naxos American Classics series is throwing up both intriguing repertoire and some appealing performances" The Strad |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Iván Fischer conducts Dvorak Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "the playing of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer is attractively idiomatic and the recording is first class in every way" (Penguin Guide) |
JON DEAK
Deak: Symphonic Tales Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Jon Deak is a composer who 'has more fun with music than anyone I know' (New York Newsday), and all of the pieces on this album of symphonic stories for young and old alike involve the performers as narrators. These tales include the wolves of Canada... |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem (filmed at St Ignazio Church in Rome) Cecilia Casdia / Mario Malagnini / Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Pasqua / Tamas Pal (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / DVD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] G : - |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 (recorded in 1951) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hans Hopf / Bayreuth Festival Chorus / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Wihelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "The pure freshness of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's voice soars above the ensemble, her ringing tones expressing the spiritual quality of the symphony. Furtwängler emphasises the symphony's warmth and humanity, and its powerful sense of... |
ARVO Pa„RT
Berliner Messe / Magnificat / Summa Elora Festival Singers / Elora Festival Orchestra / Edison (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] Born in Paide, Estonia on 11th September 1935, Arvo Pärt studied in Tallinn with Harri Otsa and Veljo Tormis, then at the Tallinn Conservatoire with Heino Eller, graduating in 1963. |
