BARBARA
Barbara Alexandre Tharaud (piano) with with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis A [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara's music in very different ways." Gramophone |
ALMA DEUTSCHER
Deutscher: Cinderella (complete recorded in 2017) Opera San Jose / Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, Nathan Stark, Karin Mushegain / Jane Glover (cond) [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 18/Dec/2018 ] "As a dramatic construct, the opera's a marvel for one so young...Deutscher starts with two gifts on her side: natural talent (I'll avoid the word genius) and sincerity. Cinderella may be pastiche, but at the same time nothing is fake." BBC Music |
ALMA DEUTSCHER
Deutscher: Cinderella (complete recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera San Jose / Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, Nathan Stark, Karin Mushegain / Jane Glover (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 18/Dec/2018 ] "As a dramatic construct, the opera's a marvel for one so young...Deutscher starts with two gifts on her side: natural talent (I'll avoid the word genius) and sincerity. Cinderella may be pastiche, but at the same time nothing is fake." BBC Music |
TRADITIONAL
Placido Domingo & Friends Celebrate Christmas In Vienna Placido Domingo (tenor) with Diana Ross, Charles Aznavour, Jose Carreras, Helmut Lotti, Vanessa Williams, etc [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Plácido Domingo & Friends Celebrate Christmas in Vienna features the legendary tenor and a host of guest stars from the popular and classical music world in a collection of some of the greatest moments from the annual Christmas in Vienna concerts... |
Nigl, Georg / Wagner, Vanessa
Dusapin, Pascal - O Mensch! [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Shakespeare In Music & Words Richard Pasco, Vanessa Redgrave, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir John Gielgud, Paul Hardwick, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming & others [ Decca / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] To celebrate 400 years of William Shakespeare, Decca presents a 2 disc set of music inspired by the Bard as well as highlights of his greatest written work. |
JOHN CORIGLIANO / WILLIAM HOFFMAN
The Ghosts of Versailles Victoria Livengood, So Young Park, Vanessa Becerra, Peabody Southwell, Frederick Ballentine, Patti LuPone / LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to celebrate its 100th anniversary, John Corigliano's The Ghost of Versailles received its premiere at the Met in 1991, twelve years after it had been commissioned and eight years past the centennial season for... |
STOCKHAUSEN / BEFFA / STRAVINSKY
[R]evolution Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "Mosell confronts [Stockhausen's] music fearlessly, shaping the smaller-scale pieces (the shortest, Klavierstück III, lasts just 38 seconds) as elegantly as she can, taking their technical challenges in her stride and above all conveying the sense of |
FERSINANDO PAER
Il Santo Sepolero (oratorio) Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Together with Johann Simon Mayr, Ferdinando Paër counts as one of the most important opera composers of his day, and he was unable to resist filling his oratorio on Christ's Passion, Il Santo Sepolcro with expressive extremes. Pain and grief contrast... |
CHOPIN
The Complete Preludes Vanessa Perez (piano) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] This new recording of the complete Preludes of Frederick Chopin represents the debut on Telarc Classics of the highly regarded young Venezuelan-American pianist Vanessa Perez. In recent years she has been championed as one of the best young musical... |
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound [ Shock Records / CD - released 4/Apr/2012 ] |
LOEILLET
Recorder Sonatas Daniel Rothert (recorder) / Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) / Vanessa Young (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave
Wagner - The Mini-Series [ ViaVision Entertainment / 5 DVD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2011 ] A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. |
Vanessa Bumagny
De Papel [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
Fats Waller, his piano & orchestra, with Mae Carlisle (vocal)
Ain't Misbehavin' (rec 1930-44) [ Dutton Vocalion / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] The very best of Fats Waller, his piano & orchestra. |
The Mae Shi
Terror Bird [ 5RC / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] |
Vanessa da Mata
Sim [ Red Int / Red Ink Music / CD - released 13/Oct/2009 ] American imported re-issue edition with three bonus tracks! |
Vanessa Williams
Greatest Hits - The First Ten Years [ Universal / CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] In 1988, Vanessa Williams released her debut studio album The Right Stuff, whose title single saw moderate success as well as "Dreamin'" which peaked at number 8 in the United States in 1989. With her second and third studio albums. |
Vanessa Hudgens
Identified [ Hollywood Records / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] This singing star from the 'High School Musical' movies is proving to be very popular. With 'Identified', Vanessa has matured, revealing an album that will thrill her initial fans and draw in new ones. |
Vanessa Carlton
Heroes & Thieves [ Universal Music / CD - released 12/Nov/2007 ] Vanessa's third studio album showcases the maturing talents of this 26-year-old singer / songwriter / pianist. |