WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado About Nothing (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2011) Globe / Brendan Hughes / Naomi Frederick / Laura Rogers / Philip Bird / Jamie Parker / Jack Laskey [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero, and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love. |
LEOŠ JANÁCEK / ZOLTÁN KODÁLY / ANTONÍN DVORÁK / VITESZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
Pohádka - Tales from Prague to Budapest Laura van der Heijden (cello) Jâms Coleman (piano) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] The label début of the Exclusive Chandos Artist Laura van der Heijden explores the rich musical heritage of Bohemia. |
Laura Veirs
My Echo (LP) [ Bella Union / LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] My Echo is Laura Veirs' eleventh studio album, and includes appearances and features from Jim James, Bill Frisell, Karl Blau, Matt Ward and others. Laura says: "My Echo is "my songs knew I was getting divorced before I did" album. My conscious... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Ravenna Festival / Claudio Desderi, Mario Cassi, Francisco Gatell & Laura Giordano / Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2010 ] Watching this realistic, young and vital production, directed by the young Andrea da Rosa and listening to a high potential and unspent young cast, you feel how powerful, charming and timeless this score by Gaetano Donizetti is. |
JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, James Hay, Laura More / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] ''Cinematic but also unmistakably balletic, Joby Talbot's complex, theme-driven score'' (The Daily Telegraph) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Vivere: The Best of Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (tenor) with with Laura Pansini, Kenny G & Sarah Brightman [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] For the first time during his historic career the world's best selling tenor, Andrea Bocelli, will be releasing a collection of his greatest hits. The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere marks a decade of chart-topping albums that has made him a... |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Amor non soffre opposizione (complete opera) Giulio Alvise Caselli, Richard Resch, Laura Faig / East-West European Festival Orchestra, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2016 ] Mayr's opera buffa Amore non soffre opposizioni was first performed in Venice in 1810 and owes something to the increasingly popular genre of the 'sentimental drama'. Conforming to Neapolitan practice in having no recitatives, it reflects precisely... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: As You Like It (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in October 2009) BLU-RAY Globe Theatre / Brendan Hughes / Naomi Frederick / Laura Rogers / Philip Bird / Jamie Parker / Jack Laskey [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence… Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure" The Guardian |
NICOLA VACCAJ
Vaccaj: Giulietta e Romeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Bruno Taddia, Filippo Morace, Laura Giordano, Pietro Adaini / Federico Maria Sardelli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Aug/2019 ] "Raffaella Lupinacci's characterful, fruity mezzo is matched by detailed and lively acting, and Leonor Bonilla brings a bright, elegant soprano and oodles of charm to Giulietta." Gramophone DVD/Blu-ray of the Month July 2019 |
Laura Fygi
Bewitched [ Verve Records / CD - released 9/Mar/1993 ] Featuring Toots Thielemans, Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, and the London Symphony Orchestra |