JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2021) Staatsoper Opera / Benjamin Bernheim, Olga Peretyatko, Angela Brower, Luca Pisaroni / Kent Nagano (con) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising amount to ponder." Gramophone Magazine April 2022 |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2021) (Blu-ray) Staatsoper Opera / Benjamin Bernheim, Olga Peretyatko, Angela Brower, Luca Pisaroni / Kent Nagano (con) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising amount to ponder." Gramophone Magazine April 2022 |
Stacey Kent
Songs From Other Places [ Candid / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honours and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of 2 Million, Gold, Double-Gold and Platinum-selling albums that have reached... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki - St Luke Passion Sarah Wegener (soprano) Lucas Meachem (baritone) Matthew Rose (bass) / Orchestre symphonique de Montréai, Kent Nagano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Live recording from the Salzburg Festival, 20th July 2018. Recorded in the presence of the composer. |
JOHN ADAMS
The John Adams Album Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Decca / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Released to coincide with Nagano's final, triumphant season with the Montréal Symphony, this John Adams Album contains his key orchestral works conducted by one of his greatest, lifelong champions. |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids (Complete Opera) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
JOHN ADAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Adams: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops Gidon Kremer (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Kremer plays the concerto like he can't wait to get to the next phrase. "Committed" just begins to describe his playing. His tone - which in the past I've found nervous and a bit steely - warms up considerably for Adams." ClassicalNet |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Fantastique Berlioz [3 CD set] Simon Rattle, Renaud Capuçon, .Leonard Bernstein, Kent Nagano, Joyce DiDonato, Riccardo Muti, John Barbirolli, Louis Fremaux, Janet Baker, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Hector Berlioz, France's greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age - yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of... |
JORG WIDMANN
Arche Kent Nagano / Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] For the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the German composer Jorg Widmann was commissioned to write a new oratorio for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra, Arche. Widmann drew inspiration from the shape of the building itself:... |
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA
Toshio Hosokawa: Stilles Meer (Silent Sea) [Complete opera recorded in 2016] Hamburg State Opera / Susanne Elmar, Mihoko Fujimura, Bejun Mehta, Viktor Rud, Marek Gasztecki / Kent Nagano (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2017 ] Statement by Toshio Hosokawa: My fourth opera, Stilles Meer, was commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera. The text on which the work is based was written by Oriza Hirata, and the resulting libretto by Hannah Dübgen - who was also the librettist for... |
Ensemble New Art / Kent, Fuat ao.
Crumb, George - Gnomic Variations [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
HONEGGER / IBERT
L'Aiglon (operetta recorded March 2015) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Étienne Dupuis, Marc Barrard, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, etc /Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/May/2016 ] "Marc Barrard is the touchingly funny Flambeau, while Etienne Dupuis makes Metternich all the more sinister by singing his music so beautifully. The orchestral sound is gorgeous, as is the recording itself" (Gramophone, April 2016) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Violin Concerto No. 2 Augustin Dumay (violin) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ ONYX / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] "The Concerto for Orchestra gets an upright and straight ahead performance, flecked with the string suppleness and woodwind finesse of mighty Montreal recordings of yore." (The Guardian) |
SAINT-SAENS / MOUSSA / SAARIAHO
Saint-Saëns, Moussa & Saariaho: Orchestral Works Oliver Latry (organ) & Jean-Willy Kunz (organ) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Analekta / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] Here is the recording of the inaugural concerts of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique at Maison symphonique de Montréal, which feature the great organists Oliver Latry and Jean-Willy Kunz alongside the OSM and Kent Nagano. For grandeur and majesty, few... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam (recorded on film, 1985) BLU-RAY Kent Opera / Rodney Macann, Sarah Walker, Howard Haskin & Anne Mason / Sir Roger Norrington (cond) [ Arthaus Monarda Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Rodney Macann heads a strong cast in the title role, giving a compelling performance as Priam, alongside Sarah Walker's moving portrayal of Hector's wife, Andromache. Howard Haskin plays Priam's rebellious son Paris, who elopes with Helen. |
Julia Kent
Asperities [ Leaf / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Asperities is the fourth solo album by acclaimed Vancouver-born, New York-based cellist Julia Kent. Her extensive résumé includes recent work with Swans, Aidan Baker, Rachel Grimes, Rutger Zuydervelt, Barbara Morgenstern, Library Tapes and Khan of... |
Julia Kent
Asperities (LP/CD) [ Leaf / LP/CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Asperities is the fourth solo album by acclaimed Vancouver-born, New York-based cellist Julia Kent. Her extensive résumé includes recent work with Swans, Aidan Baker, Rachel Grimes, Rutger Zuydervelt, Barbara Morgenstern, Library Tapes and Khan of... |
Verbal Kent
Anesthesia [ Mello Music Group / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] Verbal Kent's new album blends his precise and aggressive style to create his most cohesive and honest album yet. Featuring production Marco Polo, Apollo Brown, Oh No and more. Special guests Freddie Gibbs, Skyzoo and Red Pill. |