LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 1 [Concertos 1, 3, 4 & Triple] Inon Barnatan (piano) Stefan Jackiw (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alan Gilbert [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields makes its first foray into the complete Beethoven piano concertos with the classy Inon Barnatan." MusicWeb |
Alan Jackson
Freight Train [ Arista Nashville / CD - released 6/Apr/2010 ] Country superstar Alan Jackson presents 'Freight Train', which was produced by long-time collaborator Keith Stegall and features 12 songs (8 penned by Jackson). |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Symphony No.22 'City Of Light' / Cello Concerto Janos Starker (Cello) / Seattle Symphony / Dennis Russell Davies / Alan Hovhaness [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The veteran János Starker, impeccable and expressive as ever, takes the lead in a sympathetic performance, well recorded in the Seattle Symphony's own Benaroya Hall." - BBC Music Magazine |
ROSSINI
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri [The Italian Girl in Algiers] (highlights in English) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Brad Cohen [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The latest instalment in the lauded Chandos Opera in English label is Rossini's The Italian Girl of Algiers. One of Rossini's most wonderful comic operas, it has a plot full of wit, warmth and endearing craziness and music bubbling with fun and laughter. |
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
They Live,OST (LP) [ Death Waltz Recording Company / LP - released 3/May/2013 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphonia Domestica / Eine Alpensinfonie / Oboe Concerto / Duett-Concertino Jonathan Small (oboe) Nicholas Cox (clarinet) Alan Pendlebury (bassoon) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "It is a tribute to the recording that even the most cacophonous climax makes sense, and there is no impression at any time of any loss of detail. What an advert for the RLPO this set is! The cultural life of Liverpool is clearly thriving" (MusicWeb) |
HANDEL
Alcina (complete) Joyce DiDonato / Karina Gauvin / Laura Cherici / Maite Beaumont / Sonia Prina / Kobie van Rensburg / Vito Priante / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] "This Alcina is polished and passionate, the standard of da capo ornamentation unsurpassed. The acoustical environment of this recording is near-perfect." Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice (May 2009) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ariodante (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Karina Gauvin, Sabina Puertolas, Marie Nicole-Lemieux / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Erato Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 7/May/2021 ] |
KURT WEILL
The Seven Deadly Sins / The Threepenny Opera (Suite) Julia Migenes, Robert Tear, Stuart Kale, Alan Opie / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Julia Migenes manages to bring out the bitterness and irony of the text, whilst combining it with an appropriately seductive, even erotic soprano sound. In support Michael Tilson Thomas weaves a dazzling sound, bringing out fully the symphonic and... |
The Klaxons / Alan Vega
Sweetheart / Speedway / Super Subway Comedian [ Blast First Petite / 10in - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
MOZART / HENNEBERG / SCHACK / GERL / SCHIKANEDER
Der Stein der Weisen:The Philosopher's Stone Kurt Streit, Alan Ewing, Judith Lovat / Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman [ Telarc Records / 3 CD - released 30/Nov/2004 ] "…remarkable…inspired numbers, vividly etched characters, a good story and some genuine comedy…Pearlman's enthusiasm has spread to his polished, incisive Boston Baroque period-instrument orchestra." - Opera News |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The very best of Handel: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Kym Amps (soprano) Ulrike Andersen (alto) Johann Aratore (organ) Anthony Camden (oboe) Alan Cuckston (harpsichord) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
W. A. MOZART
Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (complete opera recorded in 1999) Christine Schäfer, Ian Bostridge, Alan Ewing, Patricia Petibon / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Nov/2014 ] "For period-instrument performances, Christie is now the first choice" (Gramophon |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Alan Clayton / Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] "Lucy Crowe as Galatea excels especially in turning words, and word-pictures, into sound…This is, altogether, a benchmark that will be hard to beat." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019 Winner - Opera |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Gondoliers (1950 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Ella Halman, Richard Watson, Leonard Osborn / D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "This recording will appeal to collectors who are confirmed Gilbert and Sullivan fans, particularly to those who want to hear why Martyn Green was such a beloved Savoyard." (ClassicalNet) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Iolanthe (1951 recording) with Pineapple Poll ballet Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Morgan Fisher, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Isido [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "We have an experienced stage-performing cast brought into the studio for this recording; all names remembered with affection." (MusicWeb International) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience (1951 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Peter Pratt, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn / The D'Oyly Carte Opera, Isidodore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] One of the most melodious and perennially popular of the G & S operettas, Patience (or Bunthorne's Bride) was first performed at the Opera Comique, London on 23rd April, 1881, under the baton of the composer. |
JOHN ADAMS
Doctor Atomic (complete opera recorded in 2008) Metropolitan Opera / Gerald Finley, Sasha Cooke, Eric Owens / Alan Gilbert (cond) [ Sony Metropolitan Series DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Video and audio are state-of-the-art. This is a major addition to the operatic DVD catalog." (ClassicalCdReview) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (Complete Opera) Inga Nielsen, Gosta Winbergh, Kurt Moll, Alan Titus / Hungarian Radio Chorus / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Michael Halasz [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] A brilliant recording of Beethoven's only opera |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Cambridge Mass Olivia Robinson (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (contralto), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Price (baritone) / The Bach Choir, New Queen's Hall Orch, Alan [ Albion / Launch Music / CD ] "This is a portrait of an artist still under construction - a vivid and fascinating glimpse of Vaughan Williams before he was truly himself." (Gramophone) |