More By Artist: Charles
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DONIZETTI
Mary Stuart (Scenes from the opera in English) Janet Baker, English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ] Janet Baker made her last appearances with English National Opera |
HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) (Special price) Janet Baker / John Shirley-Quirk / Felicity Palmer / English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "The orchestral group and continuo sound splendidly crisp. Ryland Davies and John Shirley-Quirk are most stylish, while both Felicity Palmer and Janet Baker crown the whole set with glorious singing...the recording quality is outstanding." (***... |
ARNOLD / BERKELY / MAW / HAMILTON / MATHEWS / BOWEN
British Flute Music Jeffrey Khaner (flute) Charles Abramovic (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "This release is enthusiastically recommended." |
JOHN CHARLES THOMAS
An American Classic John Charles Thomas (baritone) with various accompaniments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] 'If I had to choose the four greatest voices I've heard, I would list Thomas along with Caruso, Ponselle and Pinza,' said Frank Chapman in Opera News in 1961. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
John Charles Thomas in Opera and Song (rec 1932-42) John Charles Thomas (baritone) with various accompaniments [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "If I had to choose the four greatest voices I've heard, I would list Thomas along with Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, and Ezio Pinza ..." Frank Chapman, Opera News, 1961 |
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PAST
The Spirit of Christmas Past (rec 1908-1944) John McCormack, Emmy Destinn, Enrico Caruso, Alma Gluck, Charles Laughton, Celebrity Quartet, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, John McHugh, etc [ Nimbus Prima Voce / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Listeners to this disc will be entertained by a couple of dozen of the best, roundest and sturdiest voices ever to be gathered together under one yuletide roof. |
ALEXANDER KASTALSKY
Kastalsky: Requiem Joseph Charles Beutel (bass-bar), Anna Dennis (sop) Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon's Monastery [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Alexander Kastalsky was a student of Tchaikovsky and a mentor to Rachmaninov, becoming director of the Moscow Synodal School until the Bolshevik regime banned all sacred music. |
NATIVITAS
Nativitas: American Christmas Carols Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy (conductor) with James Higdon, organ [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "As beautiful a disc of precious Christmas music as you are likely to hear this or any year." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde / etc (recorded in 1936 & 1938) Kerstin Thorborg (contralto) Charles Kullman (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Among the most admired conductors of his generation, Bruno Walter, who was born in Berlin on 15th September 1876 and died in Beverly Hills on 17th February 1962, developed a close association with Mahler right from the outset of his career. During... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary The King's Consort, Robert King, with Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Charles Daniels, etc [ Vivat / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Following their recent recording of Purcell Royal Odes, The King's Consort gathers together the same world-class vocal and instrumental ensemble in three more of Purcell's finest odes written to celebrate the birthday of Queen Mary. |
C. P. E. BACH
Trio Sonatas London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] This title was released for the first time in 1994. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1 Kirsty Hopkins (soprano) Eleanor Dennis (soprano) Greg Tassell (tenor) Charles MacDougall (tenor) Daniel Moult (organ) / London Early Opera, Bridget C [ Signum / CD - released 4/May/2016 ] "an attractive potpourri by Handel and others. These bright, lively accounts of music which we know was heard at Vauxhall include an aria from Acis and Galatea and a fine John Hebden concerto, and to close, the glorious duet As steals the morn from H |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sacred Treasures of Christmas The London Oratory Schola Cantorum / Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] A celebration of Christmas from the Nativity through to Candlemas, in music from across sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance polyphony at its finest. |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GIACOMO FINETTI & OTHERS
Sacred treasures of Venice - Sacred motets from the Golden Age of Venetian polyphony The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] It's tempting to imagine that this is how the music might have sounded four centuries ago in the glorious surroundings of St Mark's. Certainly, any comparisons are unlikely to be to the disadvantage of these exceptional young singers. |
DVORAK
Symphonic Variations & Symphony No. 8 (recorded 1992) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Sir Charles Mackerras and the London Philharmonic Orchestra shared a musical heritage spanning 45 years and this live recording of Dvorák's Symphonic Variations and Symphony No. 8 from 1992 pays tribute to a partnership that exuded a joy and vivacity... |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: The Sacred Veil Los Angeles Master Chorale, Charles Anthony Silvestri [ Signum / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] The Sacred Veil - a project led by Eric Whitacre and Charles Anthony Silvestri - was created following the passing of Charles' wife, Julia in 2005. It represents a journey towards the answer for many questions, including whether departed loved ones... |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) Mady Mesple, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer / Opera-Comique , Alain Lombard [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] "Mady Mesplé's very French, light girlish tone admirably suggests the virginal character and innocence of the heroine: her intonation is impeccable, her coloratura seemingly effortless" Gramophone |
DELIBES / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / SATIE / VIVALDI / etc
Mady Mesplé: A Portrait Mady Mesplé (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Michel Dens, Jose van Dam, & Charles Burles [ Erato / Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2018 ] Homage to the remarkable French soprano Mady Mesplé, these four CDs comprise opera, operetta, song and contemporary music in many of her most celebrated roles, such as Lucia di Lammermoor & Lakmé (the Flower Duet was her most famous success) |
MARTINU
Suite from the opera Juliette for large orchestra / Three fragments from the opera Juliette Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Steve Davislim (tenor) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 -- Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Recital - "I cannot recommend this scintillating disc highly enough." |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Maritana (Complete Opera recorded in 1995) Majella Cullagh / Lunda Lee / Paul Charles Clarke / Rte Philharmonic Choir / Rte Concert Orchestra / Proinnsias O Duinn [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "[the cast] all sing with total dedication and conviction. It isn't at all difficult to understand Maritana's popularity, nor with the ensuing snobbery of the twentieth century, why it fell out of favour." (Gramophone) |
