Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
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DIETER AMMANN / MAURICE RAVEL / BELA BARTOK
Ammann, Ravel and Bartók: Piano Concertos Andreas Haefliger (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic suffuse the music with prodigious colour and staggering precision. Colour and precision similarly inform Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto." Gramophone |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Mika Kares (Bluebeard), Szilvia Vörös (Judith) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] '[Mälkki] seems to know instinctively when to unobtrusively tighten the emotional screw and when to step back and simply let us take in Bartók's flabbergasting orchestral canvas.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual." Five Stars BBC Music Christmas 2021 Orchestral Choice |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin Volume 3 Ian Watson & Susanna Ogata [ Coro / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata's acclaimed series on CORO Connections continues with the third disc in their exploration of Beethoven's Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin. The three Sonatas on this volume were published together in 1803 as his Opus... |
Susanna Baca
The Best of Susanna Baca [ Luaka Bop / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
RUBBRA / BRITTEN
The complete recorder works The Flautadors / Dante Quartet / Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) Susanna Pell (viola da gamba) Patricia Rozario, soprano [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] "It is especially good to hear the recorder consort works on this CD. They are rare and beautifully played. The recording likewise is excellent. I heartily recommend this fascinating project." (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
AZIO CORGHI
Divara - Wasser un Blut (complete opera) Susanna von der Burg / Hanslutz Hildmann / Michael Holm / Christopher Krieg / Robert Schwats [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
AZIO CORGHI
Divara-Wasser Und Blut(Complete Opera) Susanna Von Der Burg / Christopher Krieg / Hasnlutz Hildmann / Munster Symphony Orchestra / Will Humburg [ NAXOS 21ST CENTURY CLASSICS / 2 CD ] |
ULJAS PULKKIS
Enchanted Garden Sharon Bezaly (flute) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Malkki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] In spite of his youth, Uljas Pulkkis (b. 1975) is firmly established in Finnish music. A number of his compositions have won prizes in competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels (for 'Tears for Ludovico') and the Gustav Mahler... |
Susanna Baca
Espiritu Vivo [ Luaka Bop / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Schöpfungmesse / Harmoniemesse Christoph Prégardien, Ruth Ziesak, Susanna Spicer, Bernarda Fink / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine July 2002 - Editor's Choice |
PURCELL / LEONARD COHEN / NICK DRAKE
If Grief Could Wait Giovanna Pessi (baroque harp) / Susanna Wallumrød (voice) / Jane Achtman (viola da gamba) / Marco Ambrosini (nyckelharpa) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Unique, intimate album initiated by Swiss baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and featuring the pure, non-classical voice of Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød. Best known for her work in pop and indie-rock contexts (including the duo Susanna and the... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert-Lieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Katarina Karneus (mezzo) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Malkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2011 ] "The recorded sound is wonderful, and Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki coaxes a sound of golden warmth from her Swedish orchestra. Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus makes a sound as rich and glossy as a thoroughbred's coat." (The Daily Telegraph) |
BRITTEN / CASALS / DUGGAN / MCDOWALL / MUNDY / ORTIZ / PHINOT / MAUERSBERGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Lost City: Lamentations Through the Ages Sospiri, Christopher Watson, Miranda Laurence, Robert Vanryne (trumpet), Susanna Fairbairn (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "[I was] captivated by these pieces when I heard them in performance, and they are just as mesmerising on disc."[Oxford Times] |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone conducts Morricone Susanna Rigacci (soprano), Gilda Buttà (piano) & Ulrich Herkenhoff (panpipes) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ennio Morri [ EuroArts / DVD - released 9/Nov/2016 ] A genuine première and, over and above that, starring the greatest motion picture composer of the present day: Ennio Morricone. Morricone is well-known to moviegoers his soundtracks are invariably warmly melodic and superbly suited to the films... |
DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / WOLF / KREISLER
Old Souls - Chamber Music for Flute and Strings Gili Schwarzman, Guy Braunstein, Alisa Weilerstein, Amihai Grosz, Susanna Yoko Henkel [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Old Souls presents masterworks of Beethoven, DvoĆák, Wolf and Kreisler in new arrangements for flute and strings, played by a group of outstanding young musicians. Guy Braunstein's arrangements display these well-known pieces in a fresh new light,... |
JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Concerto 'Pilgrimage of the Soul') Melina Mandozzi (violin) James Ehnes (violin) Susanna Andersson (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "James Ehnes is the plush-toned soloist, but it is the intense and gritty playing of the Bergeners, and Gardner's evident empathy with Janacek, that make this music so compelling and dramatic." (Sunday Times) |
JOHN DOWLAND
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland John Holloway (violin, viola) Monika Baer (violin, viola) Renate Steinmann (violin) Susanna Hefti (viola) Martin Zeller (bass violin) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "it's a ravishing listening experience, exactly the right length, played and recorded stunningly. ECM's notes are up to their usual standards, both as education and entertainment." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2014) |
ORLANDO GIBBONS
Gibbons: Phantasm Susanna Pell (tenor viol), Asako Morikawa (bass viol) / Phantasm [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Gramophone Awards 2004 Winner - Early Music |