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JOAN MANÉN
Manen: Violin Concerto No 3 'Ibérico' Symphony No 2 'Ibérica' Valderrama, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Joan Manén was an admired and prolific Catalan composer who wrote in all genres, from opera to transcriptions. He was also one of the leading violinists of his day and made the first recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Manén's Violin Concerto... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Two Classic Operas - L'incoronazione di Poppea / L'Orfeo (complete operas recorded in 2009 & 2012) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Sarah Connolly, Miah Persson, Jordi Domènech / Teatro alla Scala, Georg Nigl, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Nov/2017 ] "this is a wonderfully satisfying performance, featuring one of the finest Orfeos on disc, and a production which suits the needs of both the large-scale theatre and the small screen equally well." (International Record Review on Orfeo) |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Orchestral Works Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal buzz" Gramophone |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Despite the scandal it created when first staged in 1875, Carmen has subsequently become one of the world's most popular operas. The love affair at its heart shocked contemporary audiences but the music is imperishably vibrant and exciting - so much... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Liliana / Suite Oriental / Elisenda Dani Espasa (piano) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Pablo González and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra respond, as they have throughout this series, with warmth and an attractively natural sense of how to turn a phrase…the woodwinds are the real stars, though: supple oboes with just a hint of nasal |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Orchestral Works Vol 1 [Incls 'Suite sobre cantos gallegos'] Cor Madrigal & Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Although he is best known as the composer of some of the greatest masterpieces of Spanish piano music, Enrique Granados also wrote a much less well-known sequence of orchestral music. The cinematic Marcha de los vencidos evokes the painful trudging... |
SALVADOR BROTONS
Brotons: Music for Wind Band Barcelona Symphonic Band (Banda Municipal de Barcelona) / Salvador Brotons (Condutor) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] The acclaimed conductor and composer Salvador Brotons is renowned for his music for symphonic band. It was Rebroll (Rebirth), a symphonic poem in one movement inspired by contemporary events, which first earned him international recognition. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Ballet Music [Incls 'El Cid'] Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Jules Massenet is best known for operas such as Manon and Werther, but his less familiar stage works are also packed with superb intermezzos and ballet music. Evocative scenes bring the mythical story of Bacchus to life, while Hérodiade deals with... |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Ballet Music from the Operas Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Michał Nesterowicz [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] "This is a most entertaining collection with just a few dull moments - Meyerbeer's fault, not Nesterowicz's - and, as expected, the orchestra really enters into the spirit of this music...One or two dull patches can't take the shine off this engaging |
EDOUARD LALO / JOAN MANEN
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Manén: Violin Concerto No. 1 Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] These two concertos - one a staple of the repertoire, the other almost unknown - share melodic richness and a Spanish influence. Lalo's Symphonie espagnole reflects the quicksilver technique of its dedicatee, Pablo de Sarasate, in its ingenious and... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in February 2006) BLU-RAY Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / Jose Cura / Kressimira Stoyanova / Lado Ataneli / Vittorio Grigolo / Anotoni Ros-Marba (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "With strong conducting from Antoni Ros-Marbà, the whole cast collaborate to give us the truth of this desperately upsetting work, as no other DVD and few live performances I've seen of it ever have." (BBC Music) |
MARTIN Y SOLER
Soler: L'arbore di Diana (complete opera) Laura Aikin / Michael Maniaci / Ainhoa Gramendia / Steve Davislim / Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / Harry Bicket [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] "Laura Aikin is a slow-burn Diana: reserved and beautifully haughty in tone in the first act; silky and warm as the waves of love begin to lap over her in the second...there's terrific unanimity between voices and orchestra throughout. Indeed, the... |
BENET CASABLANCAS
The Dark Backward of Time / 3 Epigrams / Postlude / Love Poem Ofelia Sala (soprano) / Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra / Salvador Mas-Conde [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Expressive power, meticulous virtuosity and a refined musical language combining the traditional and the avant garde have made Benet Casablancas one of today's most widely recognised Spanish composers. |
CASABLANCAS
7 Scenes from Hamlet / New Epigrams / In modo di Passacaglia Barcelona 216 Ensemble [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] Now in his creative maturity, the Catalan composer Benet Casablancas has a growing interest in the sensuality of sound. Seven Scenes from Hamlet, one of his best-known works, is a theatrical mosaic of images inspired by Shakespeare's play. |
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Orquestra Arab De Barcelona
Maktub [ CD - released 27/Feb/2009 ] |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 2005) Barcelona Opera House / John Treleaven / Deborah Polaski / Halfvarson / Gran Teatre del Liceu / Bertrand de Billy (cond) [ Kultur / Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] G : - John Treleaven and Deborah Polaski lead an outstanding cast in Wagner's operatic tour de force based on the medieval voyager legend of Sir Tristan and Isolde, Princess of Ireland, who unknowingly offers the knight a love potion in place of the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 / Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (recorded in 1927-29) Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona / London Symphony Orchestra / Pablo Casals [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] These recordings are notable for their unfussy and direct approach to Beethoven that reveal the music in honest, unvarnished and expressive terms. |
TRADITIONAL
Jewish Music Of The Dance Alberto Mizrahi (tenor) / Barcelona Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Gerard Schwarz, Joseph Silverstein & Jorge Mester [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "This is the best performed choral program I've come across in the Milken Series" Fanfare |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in February 2006) Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / Jose Cura / Kressimira Stoyanova / Lado Ataneli / Vittorio Grigolo / Anotoni Ros-Marba (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] G :- "…José Cura… sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So does Krassimira Stoyanova as Desdemona, not in the first flush of youth, but heartfelt and direct" (BBC Music) |
