VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Essence Marina Rebeka (soprano), Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, Marco Boemi [ Prima Classics / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Marina Rebeka sings a selection of the most beloved opera arias of all time accompanied by the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Marco Boemi. Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka is one of the leading opera singers of our time. Since her... |
ENNIO MORRICONE / NINO ROTA / PAOLO SILVESTRI / GATO BARBIERI
Postcards From Italy: Italian Music For Film Marco Albonetti (saxophone), Roma Sinfonietta, Paolo Silvestri [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] For his third album for Chandos, the saxophonist Marco Albonetti turns to the rich tradition of film music from his native Italy. Marco writes: 'Film music has been described as the defining new genre of classical music in the twentieth century. It... |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Blu-ray) Bayerische Staatsoper, Jonas Kaufmann, George Petean, Anja Harteros / Marco Armiliato (cond) [ BSO Recordings / Blu-ray - released 18/Aug/2023 ] First performed in 1896, Andrea Chénier is rightly regarded as one of the key works of verismo. With his melodrama about the historical poet André Chénier during the upheavals of the French Revolution, the composer Umberto Giordano created an... |
FEDERIGO FIORILLO
Fiorillo: 36 Caprices Op.3 for Violin, transcribed for viola by Marco Masciagni Marco Misciagna (viola) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2023 ] Despite his name, Federigo Fiorillo (1755-1823) was German by birth, the third son of a violinist who had studied in Naples with Francesco Durante and Leonardo Leo. Federigo followed in his father's footsteps as an instrumental virtuoso, both on... |
Marco Ceccato; Anna Fontana
For the King of Prussia - Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello, Op. 5 [ Arcana / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Marco Ceccato et Anna Fontana sont des interprètes bien connus sur le circuit baroque international grâce à leurs enregistrements pour les labels Outhere Alpha, Arcana et Zig-Zag Territoires (notamment l'album dédié à Boccherini que Ceccato a... |
Marco Ceccato; Accademia Ottoboni
Bononcini: Cello Sonatas [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747) and his younger brother, Antonio Maria (1677-1726) were considered by their contemporaries to be among the most outstanding cello virtuosi of their time; today, however, they are best known not only as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amarcord d'un Tango Marco Albonetti (soprano saxophone), Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneón), Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] Marco Albonetti writes: '"Amarcord" signifies memory, the nostalgic re-enactment of the past. Here, it evokes the idea of joining two instruments, the saxophone and the bandoneón, both of which were invented in the middle of the nineteenth century.... |
JOSEPH RHEINBERGER
Rheinberger: Chamber Music with Organ Michela Bergamasco|Cristina Monticoli|Marco Dalsass|Manuel Tomadin [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Arrangements and original chamber-music works by a pre-eminent Romantic-era master of the organ. The organ sonatas of Josef Rheinberger still feature large in the repertoire of church organists everywhere, thanks to their attractive melodies and... |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone: Cinema Suites for Violin and Orchestra Marco Serino (violin); Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Andrea Morricone [ Arcana / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] 'There's an air of great respect and humility in the performances, conducted by Morricone's son, Andrea, while the music bears all the hallmarks of the man himself.' BBC Music Screen Choice April 2022 |
Marco Beltrami
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the superhero film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The film music is scored by Marco Beltrami ( Fear Street, Chaos Walking, Nine Perfect Strangers). Venom: Let There Be Carnage (also known as Venom 2) is... |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Complete Music For Cello & Piano Lucio Labella Danzi (cello), Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2021 ] Ernö Dohnányi (or Ernst von Dohnányi as he called himself internationally) lived from 1877 till 1960, he was one of the most important and influential Hungarian composers and pianists of the 20th century. As a piano virtuoso he maintained an active... |
Marco Beasley; Guido Morini; Accordone
La bella noeva [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Inspired by the practice of Nuove Musiche advocated by Caccini in 1602, this album takes us to the foundations of modern Italian vocal music: a journey to the heart of the musical innovation that led to opera, presented by the singer Marco Beasley,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano), Marco Testori (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Beethoven wrote sympathetically for the cello throughout his career, from the ardent, lyrical voice of the Op.1 piano trios onwards, and he rarely subjugated the instrument to its basso continuo role still prevalent in the works of Mozart and Haydn.... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Works for 2 Pianos Aldo Ciccolini, Aldo Orvieto, Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] Ferruccio Busoni composed a significant number of works for two pianos throughout his life. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals [Books 1 - 9] Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Jul/2020 ] The editions used in these recordings are the most authentic and uncut, and, in keeping with 17th-century practice, employ male voices only. Praised as 'compelling, simultaneously controlled and imaginative' (American Record Guide) |
PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / GIORDANO
Piotr Beczala: Vincerò! Piotr Beczala (tenor), with Evgeniya Khomutova (mezzo) / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana , Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2020 ] "Beczała never needs to force unduly, yet there's plenty of emotion to these readings" Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2020 |
PUCCINI / CILEA / MASCAGNI / UMBERTO / GIORDANO
Piotr Beczala: Vincerò! Piotr Beczala (tenor), with Evgeniya Khomutova (mezzo) / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana , Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2020 ] Global star tenor Piotr Beczala presents Vincerò!, the first fruit of his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE. Vincerò! is a collection of heart-wrenching opera arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea. |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Complete Published Trios for Two Harpsichords Gian Luca Rovelli, Marco Gaggini (harpsichords) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] In the foreword to his "L'Apothéose de Lully" the great French Baroque composer François Couperin wrote: "This Trio, just like the L ́Apothéose de Corelli, and in fact all my trios, may be executed on two harpsichords, as well as on any other... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / CHARLES GOUNOD / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Arena Di Verona Collection Volume 1: Turandot / Romeo et Juliette / Aida Arena di Verona / Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Tamar Iveri, Nino Machaidze, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich, etc [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 9/Aug/2019 ] A 3-Opera set (Limited Edition) featuring great productions seen at the prestigious Arena di Verona : Puccini's Turandot, Gounod's Roméo & Juliette, Verdi's Aida. TURANDOT For their 88th edition the prestigious Arena di Verona Festival... |
Marco Ambrosini / Ensemble Supersonus
Resonances [ ECM / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini - first heard on ECM with Rolf Lislevand - Ensemble Supersonus applies its unique instrumental blend, capped by the otherworldly overtone singing of Anna-Maria Hefele, to very wide-ranging repertoire.... |