GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Donizetti Opera / Jessica Pratt, Eva Mei, Dario Schmunck, Nicola Ulivieri / Sebastiano Rolli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Oct/2020 ] "Donizetti's Rosmonda d'Inghilterra is given an impressive performance with Jessica Pratt and Eva Mei providing significant dramatic impact." MusicWeb |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY La Fenice / Jessica Pratt, Sonia Ganassi, Rubén Amoretti, Shalva Mukeria / Shalva Mukeria (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/May/2022 ] "I can tell you that from the first to the fourth performance, which was on Sunday, enthusiasm reached, or perhaps surpassed, the levels of Il Pirata and La Straniera in Milan" Bellini in a letter to a friend |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Jessica Pratt, Teresa Iervolin, Francesco Demuro, Marina de Liso / Michele Gamba (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent 'O luce di quest'anima' and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is attractively voiced by Francesco Demuro." Opera |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) BLU-RAY Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "There are few better exponents of this genre of Rossini trouser roles, and this one in particular, than Ewa Podles. Formidable in her vocal range, she makes more than a cardboard character out of the part with outstanding acting and singing"MusicWeb |
OSVALDO GOLIJOV
Golijov: La Pasion Segun San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) Biella Da Costa (Latin-Am alto) Jessica Rivera (sop) Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez (Afro-Cuban vocal) / Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] "Unlike a Protestant Passion, which is about meditating and commenting, this Passion is about enactment and ritual. It is a synthesis of Latin American traditions. Catholicism and the Yoruba religion brought by African slaves. So it's a completely... |
Jessica 6
See The Light [ CD - released 19/Aug/2011 ] |
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Tell Me [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 4/Feb/2011 ] A stunningly forthright 11-song set that addresses late-night longing, serial heartbreak, and intoxicating dangerous liaisons. |
Jessica Mauboy
Beautiful [ Sony / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] |
Jessica Mauboy
Beautiful: The Platinum Edition [ Sony / CD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] This Beautiful Platinum Edition features five new tracks including the hit single 'Can I Get A Moment?'. |
Jessica Mauboy
Hilda [ Sony Music / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] 'HILDA' is Jessica Mauboy's fourth studio album. Each of Jessica's studio albums have been an extraordinary photograph of where her soul has been at that time. Here she now is at 29, and for the first time Jessica has co-written every track for... |
Jessica Moss
Entanglement [ Constellation / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Jessica Moss, the violinist, composer and singer best known for her fifteen-year tenure in political post-punk band Thee Silver Mt. Zion, is newly ascendant as a soloist, captivating audiences with gritty, warmly expressive electronic- and... |
Jessica Moss
Pools Of Light [ Constellation / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Jessica Moss is best known as violinist, backing vocalist and co-composer with the acclaimed cult chamber-punk band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, the avant-klezmer group Black Ox Orkestar, and for her involvement in multiple records by... |
Jessica Pratt
Jessica Pratt [ CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] Jessica Pratt has a voice that is at once soothing and somehow familiar, welcome like a warm blanket on a cold night. She is a singer-songwriter hailing from San Francisco with a voice that belies her years. Her debut is an impressive offering of... |
Jessica Pratt
On Your Own Love Again [ Spunk / CD - released 27/Feb/2015 ] Jessica Pratt's self-titled 2012 debut has been much-murmured about in the time between yesterday and today. People respond to the austere, pristine clarity of the performances, the gentle strength, marveling at how much comes from so little: just a... |
VACCAJ
Vaccai: La sposa di Messina - world premiere recording Jessica Pratt, Filippo Adami, Armando Ariostini, Wakako Ono, Maurizio Lo Piccolo / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] [Vaccaj's] dramatic sense is exceptional, and the opera has an implacable momentum that makes it compelling...the star is Jessica Pratt as Isabella, fearsomely impressive in a big role... |
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe [complete ballet] (with Poulenc - Gloria) Jessica Rivera (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink, Conductor [ CSO Resound / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The exultant devotion of the music radiated from their singing. Haitink led a fervent performance, majestic for the opening 'Gloria in excelsis Deo,' light-footed thereafter." Chicago Tribune |
IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Nocturnes / Invocation Jessica Rivera (soprano) Vladimir Chernov (baritone) Maryanne Kim (Piano), etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as "one of the most communicative and intriguing" of today's composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. |
Jessica Simpson
A Public Affair [ Epic Records / CD - released 26/Oct/1993 ] Pop megastar Jessica Simpson's fifth studio album features the lead single, title track "A Public Affair" and follow-up "I Belong To Me", plus a cover of Dead Or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)". |
JULIE COOPER
Cooper: Continuum Julie Cooper (piano), The Oculus Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] British composer Julie Cooper presents her commercial album debut, composed during the COVID-19 lockdowns. This musical diary represents Cooper's reflections on the continuous cycle of life as experienced so vividly by many during this time. This... |