More By Artist: Oliver N'Goma
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Juan Diego Florez, Isabel Rey, Ruggero Raimondi, Oliver Widmer / Nello Santi (cond) [ Decca Music Group Limited Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Mar/2009 ] Decca presents Florez in one of his most famous stage roles with this performance of Donizetti's irresistible comedy from Zurich Opera House. This is the first recording, both audio and visual, of Flórez singing the role of Ernesto. |
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Oliver Widmer / Jens-Daniel Herzog (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever Blu-ray release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hänsel und Gretel. |
Oliver Sim
Hideous Bastard [ Young / Cassette - released 9/Sep/2022 ] The debut solo album from Oliver Sim (vocalist and bassist of The xx), Hideous Bastard is a deeply self-confessional journey of fear and shame inspired by the queer horror films he loves. Oliver is joined by Jamie xx, who produces Hideous Bastard... |
DORA PEJACEVIC
Piano Trio / Cello Sonata Andrej Bielow (violin) / Christian Poltera (cello) / Oliver Triendl (piano) [ CPO Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2011 ] These works represent the Croatian composer's first systematic occupation with the classical genres of the string quartet (two works), piano quartet and piano quintet (one work each), violin sonata (two compositions), cello sonata (one opus), and... |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
Into the Little Hill / Dance Figures / Sometime Voices Anu Komsi / Hilary Summers / Ensemble Modern / Ensemble Modern Orchestra / George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen, conductors [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "A stunning performance, which, in combination with the other works heard here, makes this CD." (MusicWeb Feb 2009) |
DAVID MONRAD JOHANSEN
Johansen: Piano Concerto / Pan / Symphonic Variations / Epigrammer Oliver Triendl (piano) / Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] David Monrad Johansen's catalogue of works displays a mere thirty-six opus numbers as well as a dozen unnumbered compositions from various periods. |
KNUSSEN
Horn Concerto / Whitman Settings / Way to Castle Yonder / Flourish with Fireworks; etc Barry Tuckwell (horn) Lucy Shelton (soprano) / London Sinfonietta. Oliver Knussen [ DG 20/21 Series / CD - released 24/Sep/2004 ] "...one of the finest things Knussen has ever done, a miracle of conciseness and profundity." The Guardian |
JULIAN ANDERSON
Khorovod / The Stations of the Sun / The Crazed Moon / Alhambra Fantasy / etc BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Julian Anderson opens his account with a debut recording of formidably accomplished works...The works on this, his long overdue debut disc, are deeply atmospheric and whet the appetitie for the next release of his music, out soon. Talk about waiting... |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Aura, Engine BBC Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Knussen [ DG 20/21 Series / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Contemporary |
POUL RUDERS
Four Dances / Nightshade / etc Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen [ Dacapo / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "From the flittering opening of Four Dances to the unresolved menace that closes Abysm, the performances, marshalled by Knussen, bristle with controlled energy and colour. The music both beguiles and unsettles, revealing a stunning mastery of chamber... |
MICHAEL MEYNAUD
Meynaud: Chamber Music Cecile Dennaud (Piano) / Joseph Grau (Flute) / Jean-Jacques Jubin (Violin) / Oliver de Mones (Cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "My music is like a diary." Many of Michel Meynaud's works have personal references. A few titles refer explicitly to particular biographical episodes in his life - to his residences in Canada or Southern France (Malaucène) or his friends and family... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias Chen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp) / Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "With stunning accompaniments under Richard Egarr this is a thrilling disc with largely unhackneyed Beethoven works - an ideal addition to many Beethoven enthusiasts' collection." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020 |
HEINRICH von HERZOGENBERG
Complete Violin Sonatas Christian Altenburger (violin & viola) & Oliver Triendl (piano) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Cpo's Herzogenberg series continues with the complete Violin Sonatas. With each new release it becomes increasingly apparent Herzogenberg was a multifaceted composer who - despite his closeness to Brahms (or rather because of it) - fought with... |
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Colossos or Panic / The Deluge / Little Symphony Claire Booth & Hilary Summers / ASKO Ensemble / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "..the modernism of Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School on the one hand, the forms and practices of baroque music on the other...an impressive musical span, which Knussen energises quite wonderfully." (The Guardian) |
THE OBBLIGATO CLARINET
The Obbligato Clarinet: songs by Schubert, Meyerbeer & other 19th century composers Colin Bradbury (clarinet) with Eirian James (mezzo) Robert Murray (tenor) & Oliver Davies (piano) [ Divine Art / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The performances are very fine… Eirian James is a sensitive mezzo-soprano… Robert Murray … is similarly communicative and mellow… the beauty and personality of [Bradbury's] tone merit admiration" - (International Record Review) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Paukenmesse / Salve Regina Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth von Magnus, Herbert Lippert & Oliver Widmer / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] |
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Symphonies 2 & 3 / Coursing / Ophelia Dances / Trumpets Elaine Barry / Linda Hirst / Nash Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen [ NMC Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Two of Knussen's major works of the 1970s - Symphony No.2, a song cycle on texts of Georg Trakl and Sylvia Plath, and Symphony No. 3, a symphonic poem about Shakespeare's Ophelia - are coupled with Coursing, Ophelia Dances and other works. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Harmoniemesse / Cantata / Te Deum Oliver Widmer, Eva Mei, Elisabeth von Magnus & Herbert Lippert / Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A gripping version of the composer's last Mass." BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 |
GEORGE BENJAMIN
Palimpsests / At First Light / Sudden Time / Olicantus Ensemble Modern / Ensemble Modern Orchestra / George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen, conductors [ Nimbus / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] George Benjamin is one of the outstanding composers of his generation. Born in 1960, Benjamin started to play the piano at the age of seven, and began composing almost immediately. |
SCHUMANN / DARGOMIZHSKY / FRANCK / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 4 1840-1850 Florian Boesch (baritone), Alexey Gusev (baritone), Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano), Oliver Johnston (tenor), Nick Pritchar [ Vivat / CD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] "Any collector of this revelatory series is going to want this new disc" (Gramophone) |
