AMANTE FRANZONI
Franzoni: Vespro per la festa di Santa Barbara Accademia Degli Invaghiti, Concerto Palatino, Cappella Santa Barbara, Francesco Moi (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] The scene is Mantua in Lombardy, Italy. The Duke of Mantua - himself a composer and eager to become a patron of the arts ¬- establishes a Basilica in the city. Freed from the auspices of Rome and with its own bespoke liturgy, the Basilica became the... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Works for Voice & String Orchestra (Incls 'Les illuminations, Op. 18') Barbara Hannigan (soprano) / Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic director) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "wonderfully alert readings by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta" Financial Times, 23rd February 2013 |
CARL ORFF
Ein Sommernachtstraum (Midsummer Night's Dream) Andreas Haun, Barbara Böhler & Christian Arndt Sanchez / Andechser Orff-Akademie des Münchner Rundfunkorchesters, Christian von Gehren [ CPO / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "Orff's music impresses me greatly. He may be criticised for the simplicity of his musical style; but, even if that was ever a fault, it surely produces something eminently appropriate here. Though obviously written specifically for Schlegel's German |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] |
RICHARD. STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 1995) Royal Opera House / Ann Murray / Anna Tomowa-Sintow / Kurt Moll / Barbara Bonney / Andrew Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "All three characters are splendidly drawn here, Octavian (a winning Ann Murray, not too feminine), Baron Ochs (Kurt Moll) with a rich low register to all but dignify his underlying boorishness, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow a commandingly sympathetic,... |
HANS GAL
Works for violin and piano Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) Juhani Lagerspetz (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "If you're looking for a disc of beautiful late Romantic music for violin and piano, this CD is an excellent choice." (AudAud.com) |
HANS GAL
Violin Concerto / Violin Concertino / Triptych for Orchestra Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) / Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods [ Avie Records / CD - released 22/Aug/2011 ] "Woods directs a highly polished account [of Triptych] but the orchestral playing throughout is most assured. Avie's sound is excellent but it is the music that compels attention. Strongly recommended." (Gramophone) |
DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux Edition [6 CD set] Anssi Karttunen (cello) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Lynn Harrell (cello) Renee Fleming (soprano) Esa-Pekka Salonen (cond) Charles Dutoit (cond), etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Hannigan has made the music very much her own...a wonderful 97th birthday present for a musician who has patiently extended older French traditions of civility and high polish into an age of aesthetic meltdown." (Gramophone Award Winner for Correspo |
HANDEL / MOZART / BRAHMS / BACH / FAURE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anthony Way: Wings of a Dove Anthony Way (treble), with Barbara Bonney, Tabitha Watling, Choir of Uppingham School [ Decca / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Anthony Way was born in London on 14 December 1982, and was a chorister by the age of eight. He is the 6th child out of 8 siblings. Wings of a Dove was originally released in 1997. |
Barbara Berry & Boris Bunjac
Sparks In The Darkness [ Cpo / CD ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, etc / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gar [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] Includes complete texts with translations |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Four Last Songs Barbara Bonney [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] |
Barbara Bonney
The Radiant Voice Of... [ Decca / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem KV 626 Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Willard White / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "John Elliot Gardiner with characteristic panache gives one of the most powerful performances on record" *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
MENDELSSOHN
The Mendelssohn Experience (Includes 'Hear My Prayer', Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 & A Midsummer Night's Dream) Barbara Bonney, Beaux Arts Trio, Maxim Vengerov, Cyprien Katsaris, Eder Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Far from the troubled, coarse libertine that has become an archetype of the Romantic composer, Felix Mendelssohn was something of an anomaly among his contemporaries. |
HASSE
Sinfonias / Motette / Salve Regina / etc Barbara Bonney / Bernarda Fink / Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel [ Archiv Al Fresco / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "First-rate sound, very clean and well balanced." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" Barbara Bonney, Birgit Rammert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "These discs are history: nine indubitable masterpieces lovingly recorded in gripping reinterpretations of our age." (NZ Herald on the complete set) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Barbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] A superbly played account by one of the world's great orchestras. ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow [Die Lustige Witwe] Barbara Bonney, Bo Skovhus, Bryn Terfel, Cheryl Studer / Monteverdi Choir / Vienna Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "A great reasonably modern Merry Widow with great acoustics...Great Conducting by Gardiner, the singers in the main parts are enjoyable." Review |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies & The 13 String Symphonies Barbara Bonney (soprano I), Edith Wiens (soprano II) & Peter Schreier (tenor) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Concerto Köln, Kurt Masur [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Masur (knows) the scores inside out and how to make every note count, plus the Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn's old orchestra, plays with consummate dedication." (AllMusic.com) |