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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. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Oscar Natzka - A Legend in his time Oscar Natzka (bass) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Manu Records / CD - released 11/Jan/2016 ] |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2024 ] "Its greatest glory is perhaps the powerfully galvanised singing of the well-focused BBC Symphony Chorus - a broad spectrum of visceral expression across a huge dynamic range with every word clearly audible." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Choral |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Vier ernste Gesänge', Op. 121) Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "This disc, while the whole recital has notable integrity and quality, would be worth having for [the Four Serious Songs] alone." (International Record Review) |
JOHN STAINER
Stainer: Crucifixion (The) Simon Bailey (bass) / Stephen Farr (organ) / James Gilchrist (tenor) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / Tim Brown (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "Lovers of English choral music will relish this highly attractive release" - MusicWeb June 2005 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Arias & Orchestral Music Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner [ ABC Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2003 ] Teddy Tahu Rhodes singing career is going from strength to strength. Hugely popular in New Zealand where he was born, and Australia, where opera aficionados adore him. |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 5 (Incls Barbar, the little Elephant) Francois Mouzaya (narrator), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Laurent Lefevre (bassoon), Stephane Logerot (double bass), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "The narrators are two gifted children, the pianist Alezandre Tharaud, whose acute playing has sparked the series." Turok's Choice |
J. S. BACH
Trinity: J.S. Bach soprano arias Ursula Langmayr (soprano), with Alison Dunlop (oboe, oboe d'amore), Uwe Grodd (flute, bass flute), Martin Rummel (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] 'This beautifully recorded CD introduces us to Ursula Langmayr who's full-bodied but pliant tone suits this repertoire perfectly. The ensemble playing is world class' Ella@Marbecks |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music We Love Viktoria Mullova (violin), Misha Mullov-Abbado (bass) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Violinist Viktoria Mullova and son, the bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in music they love - a very personal and affectionate collection of music ranging from traditional Brazilian folk songs to JS Bach, via Antonio Carlos Jobim and Schumann. |
BIZET / BOITO / DONIZETTI / VERDI / GOUNOD / etc
Duets - Rolando Villazón & Ildar Abdrazakov Rolando Villazón (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] Three exceptional artists join forces for an operatic treat! Star tenor Rolando Villazón, who was just named artistic director of Salzburg Mozart week, Ildar Abdrazakov, one of the most sought-after young basses in the operatic world (Vanity Fair),... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Pietra del paragone (complete opera) Agata Bienkowska (mezzo) / Alessandro Codeluppi (tenor) / Raffaele Constantini (bass) / Anna Rita Gemmabella (sop) / Anke Herrmann (sop) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2004 ] "Polish mezzo Agata Bienkowska...here evinces a rich-toned flexible voice of considerable promise ..The conductor, Alessandro de Marchi, is well known in early music circles. He brings clear articulation to the ensembles." MusicWeb |
WOLF / BRAHMS
Lieder by Wolf & Brahms Alastair Miles (bass) & Marie-Nöelle Kendall (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2014 ] Miles's oaken depth of tone and amplitude of line are impressive, and ultimately moving...it's a nobly sung recital, confirming that the leading English operatic basso cantante is also a Lieder singer of intelligence and insight. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy {with Alma Mahler Lieder) Albert Dohmen (bass) Iris vermillion (mezzo) Heinz Kruse (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records Entartete Musik / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, April 1996 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Aleksandra Kurzak - Bel Raggio: Rossini Arias Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Artur Ruciński (bass-baritone) / Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw Chamber Choir, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "Without over-egging the pudding, Kurzak acts vividly for a 'blind' audience, alive to verbal nuance and using coloratura not merely as a vote-catching circus trick, but to enhance character." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol 11 - Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] "Vasily Petrenko's generally sensational Shostakovich cycle concludes with this powerful and gripping performance of the Thirteenth Symphony. Naxos' sonics are also excellent, with particularly well-judged balances between the choir and the orchestra |
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J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas for alto / Cantatas for Solo Bass / German Cantatas [before Bach] Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "There is probably no living countertenor whom I would rather hear singing these cantatas than Andreas Scholl. Scholl is on top form in BWV170, paying close attention to the relationship between text and music." (Gramophone) |
BROPHY / CARTER / GARDNER / XENAKIS / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON
Steep Steps: New Works for Bass Clarinet Andrew Uren (bass clarinet) / 175 East / STROMA [ Atoll Records / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "Here is a CD of outstanding bass clarinet music from New Zealand and elsewhere, in the solo, ensemble, and chamber concerto genres. I have waited for 20 years to make this CD because I wanted the repertoire to be strong. I believe that now the time... |
PAVEL HAAS
Fata Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas Anita Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano) [ Resonus / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "from joy to despair, every emotion is here in subtle colours; a legacy of great human and musical worth." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice - May 2017 |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Hommage a Penderecki Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Lambert Orkis (piano) Roman Patkolo (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] In these intensely emotional performances, Mutter and Orkis respond to rapt audiences with playing of exceptional intimacy |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Women Of Note: A Century Of Australian Composers - Vol. 2 Asmira Woodward-Page (violin) Scott Davie (piano) Kees Boersma (double bass) ACO Collective / Sydney Symphony / Melbourne Symphony / etc [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This 2CD album celebrates the music from pioneers of Australia's musical heritage: Margaret Sutherland, Miriam Hyde, Dulcie Holland, and introducing Linda Phillips. |
Avishai Cohen (trumpet) Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Avishai Cohen - Naked Truth [ ECM / CD - 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... |
