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 |
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 |
Barbara Berry & Boris Bunjac
Sparks In The Darkness [ Cpo / CD ] |
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 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Stabat Mater Barbara Bonney, Elisabeth von Magnus, Herbert Lippert, Alastair Miles / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Harnoncourt's is a spacious and eloquent account of the Stabat Mater, with a good solo team." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
DONIZETTI
L'elisir d'amore (Complete opera) Barbara Bonney, Gasta Winbergh, Bernd Weikl, Rolando Panerai. Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Gabriele Ferro [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'A performance that bubbles along as brightly and affectionately as the music itself' BBC Record Review |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Cord Garben (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The casting is, almost without exception, sensitive and revelatory.' Gramophone |
Barbara Bonney, soprano, Antonio Pappano, piano
While I Dream: Songs of Liszt and Schumann's Dichterliebe [ Decca Records / CD - released 22/Feb/2002 ] Brand new outting from Barbara Bonney |
RICHARD STRAUSS / WOLF
10 Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Deutsche Gramophone Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "A really lovely recital (MusicWeb July 2005) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete music with orchestra (Includes Peer Gynt; Piano Concerto in A minor & the Holberg Suite) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD - released 2/Jun/2001 ] One of the best collections of Grieg's music ...ever! |