WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) (Blu-ray) Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 7/Aug/2017 ] King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. A proud man, he allows vanity to cloud his judgment, believing that he can... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Antony Sher, Kelly Williams, Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 28/Nov/2016 ] Three of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies are presented here as a 3 disc set. |
MICHEL LEGRAND / JACQUES DEMY
Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) BLU-RAY Châtelet Theatre, Paris / Marie Oppert, Natalie Dessay, Vincent Niclo, Laurent Naouri / Michel Legrand (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2015 ] Recorded live at Paris' Châtelet Theatre in Autumn 2014, this is a magical stage adaptation of Jacques Demy's iconic 1964 film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg). Michel Legrand conducts a 75-piece symphony orchestra in his own... |
SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (recorded live in 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Natalie Simpson (Ophelia), Cyril Nri (Polonius), Clarence Smith (Claudius), Tanya Moodie, Hiran Ab [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Nov/2016 ] ... an arresting, accessible and entertaining production, with a shooting star of a central performance." (The Stage ★★★★) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera) [Recorded in 2000] Deborah Voigt, Natalie Dessay, Anne Sofie von Otter (sopranos) Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Any opera house in the world would think themselves fortunate to assemble this cast … A landmark in the history of the gramophone … this really does triumph over them all.' Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas KV 301, KV 304, KV 376, KV 526 Hilary Hahn (violin) Natalie Zhu (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "She is an extraordinary instrumentalist with strong musical ideas that are all her own, fabulous intonation, and a beautiful, clear, clean, modern tone." |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Folk Songs Kronos Quartet, with Natalie Merchant, Olivia Chaney, Sam Amidon & Rhiannon Giddens [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be. But it has to be expressive of life. To tell the story with grace and humor and... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 26: BWV172, BWV59, BWV74, BWV34; BWV173, BWV68, BWV174 Lisa Larsson / Natalie Stutzmann / Derek Lee Ragin / Christoph Genz / Panajotis Iconomou / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] "Another highly successful artistic enterprise. Enormous pleasure. Very high standards of performance, presentation and recorded sound - a very important and distinguished cycle" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Marie Oppert - Enchantée Marie Oppert (soprano) / Orchestre National De Lille, Nicholas Skilbeck, with Natalie Dessay & Melissa Errico [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] In her debut album on Warner Classics, Enchantée, Marie Oppert embraces both the classics of Broadway repertoire and treasured songs of French origin, in order to represent her own musical upbringing and passion. The program explores the idea of this... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schubert: Cello Sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] "..a particularly sensitive and beautifully shaped account of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata. The work may not lie very easily on the cello, but Clein makes light work of its technical difficulties." Classical-music |
ERNEST BLOCH / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / GYORGY LIGETI
Bloch / Dallapiccola / Ligeti: Suites for Solo Cello Natalie Clein (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "Gently, insistently, quietly, she draws the listener into Bloch's music and the results are thoroughly absorbing...her performance of the Adagio theme in the Ligeti is four minutes of pure, concentrated beauty." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Natalie Clein (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze, with Antje Weithaas (violin) [ Hyperion The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 5 / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Natalie Clein adds a remarkable collection of Saint-Saëns' music for cello and orchestra to her impressive discography. Clein first came to prominence when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 1994; it is appropriate that she performs... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with Bruch - Kol Nidrei) Natalie Clein (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Clein's performance [of Schelomo] concentrates, most affectingly, on the atmosphere of deep introspection" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice September 2012 |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV / FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Clein - Romantic Cello: sonatas Natalie Clein (cello) Charles Owen (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Recorded 17-20 April 2006 at Wathen Hall, St Paul's School, Barnes, London |
REBECCA CLARKE / FRANK BRIDGE / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Clarke: Viola Sonata / Bridge: Cello Sonata Natalie Clein (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] There is a real affinity between the works of Rebecca Clarke and Frank Bridge included on this album, and-with its contrasting, lighter Vaughan Williams coupling-this is a perfectly planned recital from one of the country's leading cellists. |
ZOLTAN KODALY
Cello Sonata & other works Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] 'The compelling reason for acquiring this disc is Clein's magnificent account of the Solo Sonata. One of the masterpieces of the cello repertory, it opens with massive, declamatory chords, and Clein's depth of tone makes an immediate impact.(BBC... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 & other shorter works Natalie Clein (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "At first what can seem somewhat too introverted is revealed on closer listening as something altogether darker than we are used to in this work. Nothing's comfortable about this reading, nor should it be." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine... |
Natalie Cole
Ask a Woman Who Knows [ Verve Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2002 ] Backed by a jazz quintet accompanied by sophisticated string and big band arrangements, and featuring a duet with Diana Krall. |
Natalie Cole
Everlasting [ Elektra Records / CD - released 25/Jun/1991 ] American imported disc. |
Natalie Cole
Love Songs [ Rhino Records / CD - released 30/Jan/2007 ] The best of Natalie's most stylish and sophisticated romantic songs. Included are the two 'duets' with her father, Nat. |