JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Nelson Mass (with Croft: Burial Service & Bach: St John Passion [excerpts]) Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause / Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "What is very obvious is the vigour and general sense of responsiveness to the music from choir, orchestra and soloists. Sylvia Stahlman in the important soprano part sings with a mixture of firmness and agility as the part demands.It is good to have... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (Act 1) [with Cimarosa- Il maestro di cappella] Fernando Corena, Juan Oncina, Graziella Sciutti, Tom Krause / Wiener Staatsopernchor und Orchester, Istvan Kertesz [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jul/1996 ] 'Under Kertész, Corena is an attractive buffo ... and Krause makes an incisive Malatesta. Graziella Sciutti is charming, bright-toned and vivacious, and remarkably agile in the most difficult passages. The 1964 Decca recording is excellent" Penguin |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) Kiri Te Kanawa, Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender, Olaf Bar, Tom Krause / Vienna Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1999 ] "Dame Kiri te Kanawa's portrait of Rosalinde brings not only gloriously firm, golden sound but also vocal acting with star quality..this goes to the top of the list of latterday Fledermaus recordings..recorded sound is superb." *** 3 stars Penguin |
BELLINI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / WAGNER / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / etc
Operamania - 95 of opera's most glorious moments Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Del Monaco, Joan Sutherland, Tom Krause, Birgit Nilsson, Kiri te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/1994 ] This is the world's most popular operas in classic performances! Decca's recordings of operas rank among the very finest ever committed to disc. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Requiem / Mass in D Pilar Lorengar, Tom Krause, Ersebet Komlossy, Robert Ilosfalvy / London Symphony Orchestra / Istvan Kertesz [ Double Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Kertesz's fine account of Dvorak's Requiem acted as a distinguished pendant to his pioneering set of the symphonies, and it has comparable freshness." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
Krause
2Am Thoughts [ Riot Season / LP - released 10/Feb/2017 ] |
Bernie Krause
Citadels Of Mystery [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Ultimate Wagner: Includes excerpts from 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' & 'Tristan und Isolde') Birgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl, Regina Resnik, Hans Sotin, Peter Hoffmann, Leonie Rysanek, Tom Krause / various conductors [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2008 ] "It is Bohm and his orchestra who convey the excitement, the timeless depth and complexity of the writing, and a sound which is good enough to give you a real sense of the thrill of being at Bayreuth. This is truly a great recording." (Amazon.co.uk) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion [highlights] Elly Ameling, Julia Hamari, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Tom Krause / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] 'Many will be glad to hear Peter Pears's superb performance of the Evangelist' Gramophone, March 1965 |
J.S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Complete) Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Elly Ameling, Tom Krause / Karl Manchinger, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2001 ] Double Decca - 2 CDs at a special price |