More By Artist: Manuel
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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'." |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet (Complete Ballet recorded in 1995. Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev) BLU-RAY Paris Opera Ballet / Monique Loudieres, Manuel Legris, Charles Jude / Vello Pahn (cond) [ Kultur / Warners / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "this is an often scintillating performance, and should be seen by any lover of ballet wanting to experience Nureyev's own idiosyncratic take on one of the most iconic ballets in the 20th century repertoire." - Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-Ray.com |
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 |
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. |
ONSLOW / CHERUBINI
String Quintets Diogenes Quartett, with Manuel van der Nahmer (cello) [ CPO / CD - released 29/May/2006 ] |
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 His Music Of The Mountains
Masquerade & Y Viva España [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] |
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... |
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 |
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 ] |
