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L'arte Del Mondo/Ehrhardt
Myslivecek: Medonte [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 18/Feb/2013 ] |
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L'arte Del Mondo/Ehrhardt
Stamitz: Four Symphonies [ Cpo / CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
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KARL von ORDONEZ
Ordonez: Symphonies L'arte del mundo, Werner Ehrhardt [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Dec/2017 ] "Ordonez was clearly not among the first rank of musicians of his day…Nevertheless, he was among those who guided the development of the Viennese Classical style in its early days and there is much pleasure to be had in discovering his music" Gramophone |
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Las Chicas Del Tango
Tango - De Norte A Sur [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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MARTIN Y SOLER
Soler: L'arbore di Diana (complete opera) Laura Aikin / Michael Maniaci / Ainhoa Gramendia / Steve Davislim / Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / Harry Bicket [ Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] "Laura Aikin is a slow-burn Diana: reserved and beautifully haughty in tone in the first act; silky and warm as the waves of love begin to lap over her in the second...there's terrific unanimity between voices and orchestra throughout. Indeed, the... |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Three Bavarian Dances / etc Leon Goossens (oboe) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar, George Hurst / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] "A great bargain and highly recommended." (MusicWeb) |
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Lewis Del Gatto
Katewalk [ Naxos / CD ] |
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HASSE
Cantatas Volume 1 Lia Serafini (soprano) & Gabriella Martellacci (contralto) / Accademia del Ricercare, Pietro Busca (director) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Outstanding performances of some heretofore lost gems for voices lovingly coupled with instrumental works that are sure to please!" (MusicWeb April 2010) |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 1 Op. 16 / Symphony No. 2 Op. 51 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductors) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "These are fine and handsomely recorded performances" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
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ALUN HODDINOTT
Symphony No.2 / Symphony No.3 / Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar / David Atherton / Andrew Davis [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue of three demonstrations of that fact is welcome. … these symphonies are more than ‘resourceful’, more than examples of formal... |
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Los Nemus Del Pacifico
Me Gusta Todo [ Riverboat / CD - released 25/Feb/2008 ] |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Ludovic Tézier: Verdi Ludovic Tézier (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin [ Sony Classics / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch / Ulster Orchestra / Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Vernon Handley; Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] 'The Cello Concerto was written for Peers Coetmore who was to become his wife. Raphael Wallfischs playing makes the neglect of this glorious piece all the more astonishing.' Gramophone |
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Mantovani & Del Monaco
A Song For You [ Vocalion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] |
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DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete opera) [Recorded 1953] Maria Callas / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Tito Gobbi / Raffaele Arie / Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics / Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'Here is certainly some of the finest singing of our time, and there is one moment in the repeat of Spargi d'amaro when the voice is recorded with all the actuality of 3-dimensional sound. It is startling.' Gramophone 1954 |
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CILEA / GIODANO / CATALANI / BOITO / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / DELIBES
Maria Callas - Operatic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Dec/1986 ] 13 arias from a specially recorded recital by Maria Callas |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |
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Mario Del Monaco
Mario Del Monaco:arias [ Testament / CD ] |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
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ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
Italian Popular Songs 1 Mario Del Monaco / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Beniamino Gigli / Jussi Bjorling / Tito Schipa [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The selections in the present CD programme are all survivors of bygone eras. They are good tunes and, having been variously recorded since the advent of the gramophone by famous singers (and by mainly tenors), all have acquired a certain permanence. |