More By Artist: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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100 Best Baroque Classics: Incls 'spem in alium', 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' & 'Toccata & fugue in D minor' Patricia Petibon (soprano) David Daniels (countertenor) / Boston Early Music Festival / Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) / etc [ Virgin Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2006 ] The "BEST 100" series continues its incredible success - almost two million sales worlwide to date - with 100 Best Baroque works. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Abbado in Lucerne (concert & documentary) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "For some the main attraction of Abbado in Lucerne will be the great Italian maestro conducting Debussy at the 2003 Lucerne Festival. For others it's the documentary, with its footage of some of the last century's greatest conductors in action: every... |
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) |
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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Shaw Festival Singers
Amazing Grace America [ Telarc / CD - released 16/Apr/2001 ] |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Hector Sandoval, Norma Fantini, Scott Hendricks / Ulf Schirmer (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Girodano Umberto's Andrea Chénier is set against the backdrop of the horrors of the French Revolution and tells the tragic tale of a doomed love affair involving the historical figure of the poet Andrea Chénier, who initially champions the Revolution |
BRAHMS
Andris Nelsons conducts Brahms BLU-RAY Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Accentus Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Jun/2015 ] The entire performance testifies to his utter absorption in the music and to his ability to transmit his feel for style and sonority both to the orchestra and to the audience |
MENOTTI
Apocalisse, Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra, Suite 'sebastian' Raphael Wallfisch, cello, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/2001 ] 'His [Menotti's] may be an eclectic style, but this is music for enjoyment… the Chandos recording is clear and refined, making one hope that Hickox and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra will continue their Menotti exploration'. - Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Arabella (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen, Gabriela Beňačková / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ C Major / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2015 ] 2014 celebrates the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss. Arabella from this year´s Salzburg Easter Festival and is after Capriccio the second R: Strauss Opera C Major is releasing in 2014. Der Rosenkavalier from this year´s Salzburg Festival will be re |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 28/Jun/2014 ] "Jonas Kaufmann was spectacular as Bacchus, growing improbably stronger as he progressed. Emily Magee was scarcely less impressive in the demanding role of Ariadne." - New York Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Feb/2014 ] Jonas Kaufmann made his highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus in this 2012 Salzburg Festival production of Ariadne auf Naxos, leading a cast including Emily Magee and Elena Mosuc, with Daniel Harding conducting. Director Sven-Erich Bechtholf's staging is... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ariodante (complete opera recorded in 2007) Spoleto Festival / Ann Hallenberg / Laura Cherici / Carlo Lepore / Alan Curtis (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] G : - "...this is a very very good DVD of a great Handel opera. If you yourself need to expand your horizon and move into the baroque - or know someone who would like to do so - then you will be hard put to start with anything better." (MusicWeb... |
GEORGIOS AXIOTIS
Axiotis: A Love Trilogy / Sunset / Prelude and Fugue / Remembrance from a Ball New Festival Opera, Symphony Sofia, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Georgios Axiotis was a leading and historically significant Greek composer who was opposed to the 'Germanisation' of music education in Greece. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion (complete oratorio) Bach Camerata, Crouch End Festival Chorus, David Temple [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "The solo line-up is without a weak link; among its glories Sophie Bevan's deeply affecting 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze', Benjamin Hulett's finely nuanced 'Erwage', and Robin Blaze's exquisitely judged 'Es ist vollbracht'." BBC Music |
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Festival Strings Lucerne
Bach/Adams/Reich: Dialogue/Bar [ Oehms / CD - released 4/Jul/2005 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St.Matthew Passion Jozef Mukk, Istvan Gati, Judit Nemeth, Ibolya Verebits / Hungarian Festival Choir, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Gerza Oberfrank [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set ] "A refreshingly lithe and young sounding Evangelist, Jósef Mukk, leads a team of Hungarian soloists with fresh clear voices" Penguin Guide |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 9 'Choral' (rec 1954) Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass) / Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Orfeo offers the best sound yet for this performance, even though the vocal soloists remain painfully spotlit. Furtwängler conducts with spacious grandeur and elemental drive." (BBC Music) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Romances Midori Gotō (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The violinist Midori has been a celebrated performer for more than 35 years, this recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, complemented by his two Romances for violin and orchestra, marks the composer's 250th birthday in December 2020. Midori plays... |
HANDEL
Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Mehta's King Cyrus is immaculately sung and powerfully acted...Jacobs proves a consistently lively presence" (BBC Music) |
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) |
