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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša [ Accentus Music / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] "Moving and beautifully crafted Mahler, the symphony's sweep superbly presented by an ever-impressive conductor and players deeply immersed in its idiom" (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2021) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il delirio della passione Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo-soprano) / Luca Pianca , Ensemble Claudiana [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] FRESH APPROACH TO MONTEVERDI'S TIMELESS BEAUTY Anna Lucia Richter returns to PENTATONE after her acclaimed Schubert album Heimweh with Il delirio della passione; a recording full of Monteverdi treasures, from heart-wrenching opera scenes (Lamento... |
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ERNST TOCH
Ernst Toch: Solo Piano Pieces Anna Magdalena Kokits (piano) [ Capriccio / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] All the works on this album derive from the inter-war years, i.e. the period in which Toch completely de-romanticized his music by disregarding late Romantic harmonic conventions and restrictions. "What has always fascinated and impressed me from the... |
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Anna Malikova
Plays Tchaikovsky [ Farao Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2010 ] |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera) Anna Maria Chiuri, Michael Nagy, Stephan Rugamer, Adam Riis / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Gianandrea Noseda continues his series of recordings of the works of Luigi Dallapiccola, this time with his Danish forces. Seen by many as Dallapiccola's masterpiece, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) is a one-act opera composed in the late 1940s, and... |
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ROMAN PALESTER
Palester: Chamber Music 1 Anna Maria Staskiewicz (violin), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Marcin Zdunik (cello), Arkadiusz Krupa (oboe) [ RecArt (Willowhayne) / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1974) Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, José Carreras, Justino Diaz, Patricia Clark, Antonia Butler / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] Another CD premiere, one that is sure to excite and delight many opera aficionados, also stars La Moffo. She is heard in the title role of Massenet's Thaïs in one of her last and most controversial recordings. Dramatically Moffo inhabits the outsized... |
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VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1960) Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill / Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Fernando Previtali [ Alto / 2 CD - released 20/May/2015 ] An all-American trio of opera stars provides Verdi's timeless masterpiece with an interpretation equally timeless. |
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W.A. MOZART
Opera Arias (The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, etc) Anna Moffo (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera [ Testament / CD - released 14/Jul/2000 ] The great Anna Moffo in an all Mozart programme! |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
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KALMAN / LEHAR / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / HAHN / MESSAGER / etc
Souvenirs Anna Netrebko (soprano), Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume, with guests [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] Soprano superstar Anna Netrebko steps away from the operatic stage to create her most personal and intimate album yet. Souvenirs is a gorgeous collection of short and sparkling pieces that allow Anna to display her amazing voice and... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Highlights) Anna Netrebko / Christine Schafer / Bo Skovhus / Dorothea Roschmann / Wiener Philharmoniker / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Jun/2007 ] This generous single CD highlights selection captures the highpoints from the breathtaking performance of Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro at the 2006 Salzburg Festival. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (complete opera recorded in 2013) Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli / Philharmonia Chor Wien & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Paolo Carignani [ Deutche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/May/2014 ] "Netrebko's upper range delivers operatic thrills (particularly once she's warmed up), though her more dramatically vivid treatment of Joan's more introspective moments make you eager for her to explore better-known Verdi." (Gramophone) |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nel chiuso centro - chamber cantata / etc [standard edition] Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Marianna Pizzolato (contralto) / Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] ".the singers blend perfectly, and time and again the attention is caught by the quality of the playing. It is a most distinguished issue." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2011) |
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VERDI
Anna Netrebko sings Verdi - DELUX EDITION Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / CD/DVD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] "her soprano now offers darker colours and greater weight than it ever did before...she makes every heroine leap before us, fully alive, each widely different from the other...Along the way we also get some of Netrebko's slippery flights of coloratur |
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CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev reunite in the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. |
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PUCCINI / MOZART / OFFENBACH / GRIEG / GIORDANO / etc
The Very Best Of Anna Netrebko Anna Netrebko (soprano), with Yusif Eyvazon & Elina Garanca [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2018 ] It is rare for an artist to break through the boundaries of classical music stardom and achieve recognition in the wider world, but Anna Netrebko has achieved that and more. In a recording career spanning less than fifteen years so far, she has not... |
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PIAZZOLLA / VILLA-LOBOS / PERAMO / SIERRA / GOSS
First Milonga Last Tango Anna Noakes (flute) / Richard Hand (guitar) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This CD by the acclaimed flute and guitar duo, Anna Noakes and Richard Hand, explores the rich seam of South and Central American music that has been further enriched by cross-fertilization with a series of African and European influences. |
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PIETRO DOMENICO PARADISI
Anna Paradiso plays Paradisi Anna Paradiso (harpsichord / clavichord / fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] As Anna Paradiso writes in her liner notes to this disc 'the history of music is full of fine composers who, for one reason or another, have been largely forgotten.' In the case of Pietro Domenico Paradisi, it is only thanks to his Sonate di... |
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VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |