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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. |
LEONARDO BALADA
Guernica / Symphony 4 'Lausanne' / etc Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Salvador Mas Conde [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] |
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 |
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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... |
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. |
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Krakauer/Barcelona So/Kiesler
Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] |
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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... |
SymphonyOrquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya conducted by Josa Serebrier
Bizet / Serebrier - Carmen Symphony / Bizet - L'arlasienne, Suites No.1 & No.2. [ BIS / CD - released 16/Feb/2004 ] Here is a real treat for the music-loving public. Some of the loveliest melodies in the business performed with a winning amalgam of precision and affection under the baton of a conductor who relishes his task. |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Danzas Espanolas (orchestrated by Rafael Ferrer) Barcelona Symphony and Cataloni National Orchestra. Salvadoe Brotons [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2002 ] Enrique Granados was born in Lérida on 27th July 1867. During his childhood he spent some years in the Canary Islands, a period that he always fondly remembered as a lost paradise. His leaning towards music became apparent at an early age, but he... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 / Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Recorded 1929, 1937) Pablo Casals (cello) Jacques Thibaud (violin) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. George Szell. Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona. Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Cellists / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] "Casals's glorious Dvorak concerto, recorded in Prague in 1937, sounds as good as ever, or, rather, better: Naxos's remastering genius, Mark Obert-Thorn, has produced an amazingly rounded, detailed sonority." - The Sunday Times (David Cairns) |
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I'm From Barcelona
Forever Today [ CD ] |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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... |
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Orquestra Arab De Barcelona
Maktub [ CD - released 27/Feb/2009 ] |
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... |
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) |
