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Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Naked Truth (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
MOZART / GLUCK / BOITO / BELLINI / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Boris Christoff - Italian Opera Arias Boris Christoff (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI References / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Bass Boris Christoff was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 18 May 1914 of a Bulgarian father and a Russian mother. The family was very well to do and Boris received the best education available, including a period of study at the University of Sofia. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Andris Nelsons, with Matthias Goerne (bass-baritone) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "The cycle has been a monumental achievement, and this final instalment is as shattering and insightful as earlier ones. It is hard to single out highlights," Sunday Times |
BRITTEN / STANFORD / QUILTER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WARLOCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Silent Noon - English Songs Bryn Terfel (bass-Baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] "The singer's dynamic range is quite superb. He can float his voice delicately and effortlessly like a seagull on a thermal as in Gurney's Sleep and Parry's Love is a bable. Where necessary he can build up with an organic power akin to a volcano... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Under The Stars: Music from the shows Bryn Terfel (bass) Renee Fleming (soprano) with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Paul Gemignani [ Decca Records / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel are two of the world's most popular classical stars. Their first CD together is Under The Stars, a feast of great songs from recent musical theatre. |
DAVID LONG
Long: All Things Will Stay Silent Carolyn Mills (harp), Bridget Douglas (flute), Pat Barry (clarinet), Rachel Vernon (bass clarinet), Haonan Zhu (tuba), David Long (guitar, voice) [ Rattle / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] A gorgeously recorded and performed suite of artful compositions featuring the cream of Wellington's finest musicians, this beautifully textured exploration of sonic environments and poetic ruminations will delight the ear as much as the... |
MOZART / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI
Cecilia & Bryn: Duets Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] The world's leading mezzo-soprano and the world's greatest baritone combine! |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: A Goethe Schubertiad Christine Shafer (soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Michael George (bass) / The London Chorale / Stephen Layton (dir) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 24 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'The whole record is priceless … renewed praise … an engrossing and invaluable addition to this series' (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach St John Passion Midori Suzukui (soprano) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) Chiyuki Urano (bassbaritone) Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masa [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Bach's St John Passion is performed here by the Bach Collegium Japan at Tokyo's Suntory Hall on 28 Jully 2000. Masaaki Suzuki conducts. |
TRADITIONAL
Daniel Hope: Irish Roots Daniel Hope (violin) with Seán Smyth (fiddle) Kevin Crawford (flute) Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes) Siobhan Armstron [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "There's charm here for sure, though a better title might have been 'Irish Stew ' given the different array of flavours. The traditional tunes, like Morning Nightcap, are really appealing and the Ina Boyle is grand." BBC Music |
JOHN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Missa Solemnis / Te Deum David Griffiths (bass) Zan McKendree-Wright (alto) Patrick Power (tenor) Patricia Wright (sop) / TOWER Voices New Zealand / NZ Symphony / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine May 2004 - "This choir has a remarkable level of control, vocal development and musicality. The fact that they are all trained voices means that an effortless power is available to them, with a wide and dramatic... |
ROSSINI / CIMAROSA / OFFENBACH / LULLY / SAINT-SAENS / PERGOLESI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fernando Corena Fernando Corena (bass) / Orchestra della RTSI, Leopold Casella, Edwin Loehrer, Marc Andreae, etc [ Ermitage / CD - released 1/Mar/1997 ] "Corena - more a bass-baritone than a bass - wasn't a great singer, but he wasn't a dull one either and he is caught here in good form" (MusicWeb April 2006) |
RICHARD WAGNER
George London sings Wagner George London (bass-baritone) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch & Sir Georg Solti [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] " These are not merely good performances: they have that intense, imaginative re-recreation of the music which lifts them out of that category." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Secular Cantatas VIII: Celebratory Cantatas Hana Blažíková (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Roderick Williams (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] "This is a superb issue in a superb series." MusicWeb December 2017 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Coffee & Classical Idil Biret (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Maria Lambros (viola), Soyeon Kate Lee (piano), Alon Goldstein (piano), Rachel Calin (double bass), Benjamin F [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] Enjoy this full-flavoured selection of music whilst sipping on a coffee from your favourite cup. Let our blended brew of aural aromas bring you down to earth from the days highs, and experience how our choice of works gives grounds for escape from... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol V: Birthday Cantatas [BWV213 & BWV214] Joanne Lunn (soprano) Robin Braze (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "Makoto Sakurada's lucid tenor is particularly effective in the rhetorical and declamatory recitatives, while bass Dominik Wörner paints the words to vivid effect." BBC Music |
MOZART / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / BOITO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonathan Lemalu: Opera Arias Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. James Judd [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] "Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note." - Gramophone editor James Jolly |
BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / FINZI / FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ EMI Debut / CD - released 21/May/2002 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (Gramophone Magazine August 2002) |
CHRISTOPH SCHAFFRATH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schaffrath: Flute Concerto / Cembalo Concerto / etc Konrad Hunteler (traversflote) Armin Thalheim (cembalo and basso continuo) / Handelspielorchester Des Opernhauses Halle, Howard Arman (bass continuo) [ NCA / CD - released 4/Apr/1996 ] Schaffrath was born in Hohnstein. He applied to be organist at the Sophienkirche in Dresden, but did not receive this position (Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was favoured for it). He did serve in the court of the Crown Prince Frederick (Frederick the... |
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JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: L'accademia di musica ['The Academy of Music'] Farsa in one act (1799 Filippo Morace (bass-baritone) César Cortés (tenor) Eleonora Bellocci (soprano) Ricardo Seguel (baritone) / Passionart Orchestra, Nicola Pascoli [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Johann Simon Mayr was among the most successful composers prior to Rossini, and while he was long remembered as Donizetti's teacher his excellent music is now gaining the recognition it deserves. |
