Mark Pritchard
EP1 [ Warp / 10in - released 13/Nov/2020 ] |
Mark Pritchard
Beautiful People (feat: Thom Yorke) (12") [ Warp Records 12" / 12in - released 23/Sep/0016 ] Earlier this year Mark Pritchard released his album 'Under The Sun'. One of the stand-out and much lauded tracks 'Beautiful People (feat. Thom Yorke)', has now been given a release on 12" as well as the video treatment by director Michal Marczak. The... |
Mark Pritchard
Wind It Up [ Hyperdub / 12in ] |
Mark Stewart Vs. Primal Scream (Remixes by Pinch and JD Twitch)
Autonomia [ Future Noise Music / 12in - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
Mark Lanegen & Karen Dalton
Same Old Man (Vinyl) [ 7in - released 23/Nov/2012 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion BLU-RAY Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Maria Espada (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo) / Royal Concertgebouw & Netherlands Radio Choir, Iva [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2012 ] This 2012 recording of the most influential and wide spread oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach features the Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer, a visionary in his field, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. The double choir is the... |
SYLVESTER LEVAY / MICHAEL KUNZE
Levay: Elisabeth (complete musical recorded at the Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, July 2022) [Blu-ray] Maya Hakvoort, Abla Alaoui, Mark Seibert, David Jakobs, Daniela Ziegler / Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien, Michael Römer [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Schönbrunn Palace is one of Austria's top tourist destinations, representing the highlight for countless visitors to Vienna. And in the past 30 years, people amongst the expectant throngs of visitors from at home and abroad have often been heard... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Favorite [complete opera recorded in 2016] BLU-RAY Bavarian State Opera / Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecień, Elina Garanca, Mika Kares / Karel Mark Chichon (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2017 ] The premiere of the French version of Gaetano Donizetti's La Favorite at the Bayerische Staatsoper on 23 October 2016 was a memorable event and this is why: • star mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanca gave her acclaimed theatrical role debut as Léonor de... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink, Thomas Blondelle / Andrew Litton (cond) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "fine dynamic control (here is one heroic baritone who really can sing intimately), expansive personality and fabulously clear and meaningful textual projection...the orchestra revel in the score under Andrew Litton." (International Record Review) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
War Requiem, Op. 66 (live from Coventry Cathedral, May 2012) BLU-RAY Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus & CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2012 ] 2012 brought the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten's War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifist statements in music. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Billy Budd (complete operetta recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / John Mark Ainsley, Jacques Imbrailo, Phillip Ens / Mark Elder (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "..this is the most compelling Billy Budd on video, and superb in Blu-ray." (DVD Choice - July 2011 BBC Music *****) |
STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ] An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic musicians... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Venera Gimadieva, Michael Fabiano, Tassis Christoyannis, Emanuele D'Aguanno, Magdalena Molendowska / Mark Elder (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Verdi's tragic masterpiece is elegantly updated by director Tom Cairns in this 'fresh and thrillingly unfamiliar' (Independent) Glyndebourne production, in which Violetta's death is cast as an idée fixe, creating a liberating framework that is well... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / John Osborn, Mariangela Sicilia, Maurizio Muraro, Michèle Losier / Sir Mark Elder (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/May/2018 ] "Osborn has all the vocal verve and dash to make the devil-may-care sculptor the constant centre of attention. Mariangela Sicilia uses her fearless, technically brilliant vocalism to sustain his beloved Teresa's vibrant personality…a musical treat" |
HANDEL
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Mark Morris Dance Group [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Nov/2015 ] "the set-piece dances are often architecturally symmetrical and always strikingly beautiful…anyone fond of Handel's masterpiece should see this" (Gramophone) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2014) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Jonny Glynn, Pearl Chanda, Sarah MacRae [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia. But Proteus is already sworn to his sweetheart Julia at home in... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Aug/2017 ] In a unique partnership with Intel, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production uses today's most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. Simon Russell Beale returns to... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in October 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Kristin Lewis, Marco Berti, Anita Rachvelishvili, Mark S. Doss / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "A dramatically satisfying - and well-filmed, production which can stand alongside the finest." MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Conal Coad, Rachelle Durkin, Daniel Sumegi, Henry Choo / Mark Wigglesworth (cond) [ Opera Australia Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "For those who are tired of 'concept' productions of operas, this very traditional Don Giovanni from Australian Opera may be refreshing. Ensembles are spotless. The Australian Opera Orchestra impresses with its energy and accuracy" IRR |