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FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA
Torroba: Guitar Concertos, Vol. 2 Pepe Romero & Vicente Coves (guitars) / Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, Manuel Coves [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Federico Moreno Torroba composed about one hundred works for the guitar, thereby reinforcing his status as one of Spain's great twentieth-century composers. Homenaje a la seguidilla pays lively tribute to that characteristically Spanish song and... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Verdi Opera Selection: "Shakespeare" Otello / Macbeth / Falstaff Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Ruggero Raimondi, Manuel Lanza, etc [ Arthaus Opera Editrion / 3 DVD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Otello - Live from the Teatro alla Scala Milan, 2001 Macbeth - Live from the Opernhaus Zurich, 2001 Falstaff - Live from the Teatro del Maggio Muusicale Fiorentino, 2006 |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Rachel Redmond (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD/Book - released 12/May/2023 ] Tradition und Vision, young and old, show and intimacy. This year's Mozart Week in Salzburg offered the Requiem in two performances which couldn't diverge more from each other, even though they are based on the same score. First, the 81-year-old... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Révolution Vol. II Symphonies 6 to 9 Sara Gouzy, Salome Fischer, Mingjie Lei, Manuel Walser / Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "This is a very special release...Savall's may well have just become my favourite period-instrument Beethoven cycle of them all." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Orchestral |
Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Howard Ashman
The Little Mermaid Soundtrack (LP) [ Disney / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Mlada Khudoley, Manuel von Senden, Michael Ryssov, Riccardo Massi / Paolo Carignani (cond) [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "Guanqun Yu's schoolgirl Liu, sporting beret and pigtails, is the pick of the cast. She delivers a beautifully affecting, 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'. Riccardo Massi sings attractively as Calaf, with a very creditable 'Nessun dorma'." |
Manuel And His Music Of The Mountains
Masquerade & Y Viva España [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto & Harmonica Concerto Manuel Barrueco (guitar), José Staneck (harmonica) São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, OSESP Ensemble, Giancarlo Guerrera [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "The uniformly first rate performances by members of the São Paulo Symphony are excellently engineered, making the whole disc a joy from start to finish-a true voyage of discovery and delight." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
DRUCKENMULLER / ZEYHOLD / ZINCK / BRUHNS / ANONYMOUS
Das Husumer Orgelbuch Von 1758 Manuel Tomadin [Schnitger organ (1721) of the Sint‐Michaëlskerk in Zwolle / Hinsz organ (1733) of Leens, Netherlands] [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2016 ] Italian organist Manuel Tomadin is an enthusiastic advocate of music of this period, having recently released a CD of the complete organ works of Druckenmüller alongside Daniel Erich and Georg Wilhelm Dietrich Saxer. |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Harmonic Seasons Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] For this uniquely compiled new recording of Bach's organ works, the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin devised a concept of organising music by the four seasons. There are 12 pieces on the album, opening with the vaulting arpeggios of the G major... |
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TRADITIONAL
Jeanne d'Arc: Batailles & Prisons [2 SACDs plus comprehensive book] Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, René Zosso & Manuel Weber / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "ambitious and sumptuous...this presentation has been fashioned by Savall as a piece of music theatre, and as a vivid attempt to commemmorate Joan's life it is unlikely to be bettered." (BBC Music) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne / Offenbachiana Monte Carlo Philharmonique, Manuel Rosenthal [ Naxos / CD ] "A uniquely authentic recording of this much-loved ballet, tremendous value at budget price." ClassicCD |
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Mambo Sinuendo (Double LP) [ Nonesuch / 2 LP - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Originally released in 2003, Mambo Sinuendo, the acclaimed album from Ry Cooder and former Buena Vista Social Club member Manuel Galbán, has been out of print on vinyl since its original release. The music of Mambo Sinuendo captures a Cuban style... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
100 Best Guitar (Incls 'Suite espanola' by Albeniz & 'Concierto de Aranjuez' by Rodrigo) Alexandre Lagoya, Julian Byzantine, Manuel Barrueco, Turibio Santos, Angel Romero, Julian Bream, Julian Byzantine, Sharon Isbin & others [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] This specially priced 6CD set contains 100 guitar classics, performed by Andrés Segovia, Manuel Barrueco, Ernesto Bitetti, Carlos Bonell, Julian Bream, Julian Byzantine, Eliot Fisk, Oscar Ghiglia, Sharon Isbin, Angel Romero, Dario Rossetti-Bonell & more. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart for My Baby Various Artists incls Sabine Meyer, Christian Zacharias, Manuel Barrueco, Herbert von karajan, etc [ Warner Classics Inspiration Series / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] A perfect program for young music lovers! Feed your child's mind and imagination with this fun journey through some of the world's most beautiful enjoyable music. |
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza / Opernhaus Zurich, Nello Santi [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini's comedic opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is probably one of his best-known works; this 2001 live production features the virtuosic vocal talents of Vesselina Kasarova as Rosina. |
Efrim Manuel Menuck
Pissing Stars (LP) [ Constellation / LP - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Efrim Manuel Menuck returns with his second album Pissing Stars, the brilliantly intense follow-up to his 2011 solo debut Plays "High Gospel" and the first new material with Menuck as central songwriter and vocalist since 2014's acclaimed 'Fuck Off... |
Manuel Volpe & Rhabdomantic Orchestra
Albore [ Agogo / CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] |
Manuel Volpe & Rhabdomantic Orchestra
Albore (LP) [ Agogo / 2 LP - released 11/Mar/2016 ] |
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ERIK SATIE
Erik Satie - Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates [Historial Recordings 1926-1961] Aldo Ciccolini, Francis Poulenc, William Masselos, Manuel Rosenthal, Igor Markevitch, Pierre Bernac, etc [ Cherry Red Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Dec/2022 ] A four disc Box set collection of historic Satie recordings, ranging from the 1920's onwards. Including such rarities as Henri Sauguet's 'Socrate' for solo voice and orchestra; piano sets by William Masselos and Aldo Ciccolini. |
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No 4 & 5 (with Saint-Saens-Violin Concerto No. 3) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Manuel Rosenthal [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] 'The late Arthur Grumiaux is reserved, stylish, infallible in technique, and also ready at moments to lift the heart of a listener by some magical turn of phrase, or by a momentary fall of light on his most beautiful tone.' (Saint Saëns) Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Proust, or How The Heart Skips A Beat (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Choreography by Roland Petit Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris / Stéphanie Romberg / Eleonora Abbagnato / Manuel Legris / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution / DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] G - In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps perdu, completed in 1922, the... |
PAUL DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Polyeucte & Cantate Velleda Chantal Santon, Julian Dran , Jean-Manuel Candeno / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Actes Sud Musicales / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] With this new recording, François-Xavier Roth, leading conductor of many ensembles and repertoires, and Les Siècles, with several award-winning discs under their belt return to an unsung genius, Paul Dukas. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta (complete opera recorded live at Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, August 2009) Daniele Zanfardino, Olga Peretyatko, Anna Malavasi, José Manuel Zapata / Claudio Scimone (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "The cast is uniformly good. With her film-star looks and shiny top register, Olga Peretyatko has a lot of fun as Giulia, Carlo Lepore shows off as the vacuous Blansac, Jose Manuel Zapata makes an engaging Dorvil" (BBC Music) |
ONSLOW / CHERUBINI
String Quintets Diogenes Quartett, with Manuel van der Nahmer (cello) [ CPO / CD - released 29/May/2006 ] |
Efrim Manuel Menuck & Kevin Doria
Sing Sinck, Sing (LP) [ Constellation / LP - released 10/May/2019 ] Efrim Manuel Menuck - founding member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion - and Kevin Doria from Growing, Total Life and Hiss Tracts, are now officially a duo. Menuck recruited Doria to help him translate his acclaimed 2018 album... |
MANUEL DE FALLA
La Vida breve (complete opera) Enrique Baquerizo (tenor) / Manuel Cid (tenor) / Alfonso Echeverria (bass) / Alicia Nafe (mezzo-soprano) / Asturias Symphony / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Manuel de Falla is universally acknowledged as the central personality of twentieth-century Spanish musical culture. Born in 1876 in Cádiz, Andalusia, he aspired as a young boy to be a writer but by the mid-1890s had decided to concentrate on music. |
GIOVANNI LEGRENZI
Legrenzi: La morte del cor penitente Ensemble Masques; Olivier Fortin; Raffaele Giordani; Cristina Fanelli; Hana Blažíková; William Shelton; Manuel Nunez-Camelino; Romain Bockler [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A highly prolific composer, Giovanni Legrenzi practised his art in oratorios and other works for the church, as well as in opera and chamber music. In fact he explored all the musical genres of his period, taking over the baton handed on by Gabrieli... |
ERIC SATIE
Orchestral Music (Incls 'Parade') French National Radio & Television Orchestra. / Manuel Rosenthal [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "If you'd like to hear a French orchestra playing Satie and having a whale of a time, this will be an excellent starting point." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes & Bassoon Concerto Gaby Pas-van Riet (flute) Wolfgang Wipfler (horn) Anne Angerer (oboe) Hanno Donneweg (bassoon) Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) Konstanze Brenner (bass) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] For May CPO presents Pleyel's Symphonies Concertantes. Pleyel was fated to learn one of life's most painful lessons: worldly fame is fleeting and quickly fades. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Guerra Manuscript Volume 1 - 17th Century Secular Spanish Vocal Music Isabel Monar (soprano) / Manuel Vilas (Spanish baroque harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] The recently discovered Guerra Manuscript is an anthology of the finest pieces heard in Madrid during the second half of the 17th Century and was probably prepared for a high-ranking noble or member of the Spanish royal family. It contains a hundred... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) (Complete opera) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Josa Manuel Zapata (tenor) Paolo Bordogna (baritone) / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslauten / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 18/Dec/2005 ] "A wonderfully spirited live recording of what is probably Rossini's masterpiece. With an ensemble of mostly young singers, where American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role could hardly be bettered." (MusicWeb) |
BUXTEHUDE
Seven Sonatas, Op. 1 BuxWV 252-258 Manfredo Kraemer & Juan Manuel Quintana [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Manfredo Kraemer & Juan Manuel Quintana |
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ESSENTAIL BALLROOM CLASSICS
Essential Ballroom Classics [2 CD set] Manuel amd his orchestra, Gran Orquesta de Profesores Solistas, London Sinfonietta, The John Wilson Orchestra, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra, etc [ EMI Essential / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Over two hours of captivating dance music |
Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
Mountain Carnival [ Jasmine / CD - released 4/Sep/2014 ] The name, Manuel & The Music of the Mountains perhaps strikes up an image of a mysterious Mexican villager with a propensity to romanticise the possible goings-on in distant God-like mountain ranges. However you'd be quite wrong, for Manuel was in... |
Manuel El Chachi and Spanish Gypsy
Gypsy Rumba Flamenco [ Arc / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Gipsy Kings-inspired 'Flamenco-Rumba'! Catchy and rousing flamenco, as well as more ballad-like songs, oozing passion and swagger, accompanied on guitars, palmas (syncopated clapping), zapateos ('step dance') and various percussion. Information in... |
DAVID BAKER
Singers of Songs: Music with Violoncello Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) [ MDG / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Dave Baker, the famous jazz trombonist and composer mixes styles, genres, and instrumentations to produce pure joy. Manuel Fischer-Dieskau has now discovered works for us that Baker dedicated to the great cello genius Janos Starker, who recently... |
Manuel Guajiro Mirabal
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Manuel Guajiro Mirabal [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 20/Sep/2004 ] The solo debut from the unmistakable trumpet player of the Buena Vista Social Club. Recommended! |
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Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6
Dulcet Crush [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
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Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6
Into The Barn [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
