Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul
Soulfire Live! [ Blu-ray - released 17/May/2019 ] The SOULFIRE LIVE! Blu-ray video edition will include Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's complete Cavern Club concert alongside video performances of each song on the 3CD set, exclusive interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. In addition,... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Teodor Currentzis conducts The Mahler Chamber Orchestra BLU-RAY Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis [ Euroarts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/Oct/2018 ] The Mahler Chamber Orchestra was Orchestra in Residence at the KlaraFestival 2013 which is known as a modern and international classical music festival far beyond Belgium's borders. The concerts of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra formed one of the... |
Steven Wilson
4 1/2 (Blu-Ray Audio) [ Kscope / Blu-Ray Audio - released 19/Feb/2016 ] Four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Steven Wilson follows up on his acclaimed 'Hand.Cannot.Erase.' with the new interim album '4 ½'. |
FERDINAND HEROLD / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ADOLPHE ADAM
The Art of Natalia Osipova: La Fille mal gardée / Swan Lake / Giselle / Force of Nature BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, with Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian & others [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Russian dance superstar Natalia Osipova joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013 and has since filled each of her leading roles with an unforgettable passion, fiery energy and technical prowess. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Classic Ballets: Swan Lake / Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty (recorded 2006-2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Marialela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae / Valery Ovsyanikov, Koen kessels ( [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Oct/2013 ] This special collection brings together three acclaimed Royal Ballet performances of Tchaikovsky's celebrated masterpieces. The tragic and gloriously romantic Swan Lake features compelling dancing from Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares... |
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
Liebermann: Frankenstein (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Federico Bonelli, Laura Morera, Steven McRae / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Royal Ballet Principals Federico Bonelli, Laura Morera and Steven McRae dance the lead roles in Liam Scarlett's new ballet, based on the world's most famous work of horror fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This ambitious theatrical collaboration... |
FERDINAND HEROLD
Herold: La Fille mal gardée (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] A classic of The Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée was an immediate hit with the British public. Choreographed by Frederick Ashton in 1960, it is a highly lyrical and technically demanding take on the simple tale of 'love revailing' which underpins... |
JOBY TALBOT
The Winter's Tale (Complete ballet recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Edward Watson, Sarah Lamb, Zenaida Yanowsky, Steven McRae, Federico Bonelli / David Briskin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Following his highly popular Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, created for The Royal Ballet back in 2011, Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon's draws on the same music and design team to create 'a triumph'... |
RACHMANINOV / MESSAGER
Ashton: Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons (Ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2016 ] Two Frederick Ashton ballets in one exquisite evening performance. Principals Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae dance Ashton's Rhapsody, created for the Royal Ballet in 1980 by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, with spectacular choreography to... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (recorded at Bregenz Festival, 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Peter Wright (choreographer) / Miyako Yoshida / Ricardo Cervera / Steven McRae [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/Nov/2010 ] 'One of the very best seasonal treats for children and adults alike, the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is a handsome, magical, thoroughly traditional rendering of ETA Hoffmann's immortal if deeply strange story.' Sunday Express |
Steven Wilson
Drive Home [ Kscope / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Oct/2013 ] In February 2013 Steven Wilson released The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), his third solo album. Steven assembled a virtuoso band to record the album and subsequently embarked on an extensive world tour: Guthrie Govan (guitar)... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE
Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Beautifully recorded and played, this is a disc that enchants simply through the sound it makes. Both Gerhardt and Osborne are noted especially for their poetic insights and whenever the music turns introspective here they cast a magic spell so as... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alkan / Chopin: Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "This is a magnificent performance: the tiny Largo is a particular gem. Pellucidly clean and clear engineering completes a remarkably fine disc that never once deviates from the highest artistic standards on offer today. You'll love it." (10/10... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jun/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Chamber |
RAFFAELE CALACE
Mandolin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Rhapsodia Napoletana Alison Stephens (mandolin) / Steven Devine (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] If a single musical example could demonstrate the range, emotion and expressiveness of the mandolin, it is the slow movement of Concerto No. 1. |
PUCCINI / LUNA / LEHAR / VILLA-LOBOS / LOPEZ / CANTELOUBE / etc
Soprano Songs and Arias Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) / Prague Philharmonia / Steven Mercurio (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "One of the freshest, loveliest and most musical soprano voices to have appeared for some time" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
JACQUES-FRANCOIS GALLAY
Songs of Love, War and Melancholy: The Operatic Fantasias of Jacques-François Gallay Anneke Scott (natural horn); Steven Devine (piano); Lucy Crowe (soprano) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] The third installment in Anneke Scott's series of works by the French natural horn player and composer Jacques-François Gallay presents a thrilling programme of operatic fantasias & songs. These fascinating and unique works mix incredibly... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Includes: Symphonic Night Music; Idyll-Concertino on the pastoral quart; Spring Music) Bochum Symphony Orchestra / Steven Sloane [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "An impressionistic South German voice soaked in the quintessence of lyrical expression." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza Joseph Calleja (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Steven Mercurio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] "It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins." (The Independent) |