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J.S. BACH
Weihnachtskantaten (Christmas Cantatas) Arleen Auger (soprano) Ortrun Wenkel (contralto) Peter Schreier (ten) Siegfried Lorenz (bass) / Thomanerchor Leipzig Neues / Bachisches Collegium [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] "This disc enters a very crowded and competitive field. However, unless you're allergic to Bach played on modern instruments these well-turned performances under one of Bach's successors at St. Thomas's, Leipzig are well worth considering, especially... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
The very best of Puccini: Excerpts from operatic and orchestral works Armando Ariostini (baritone) Lando Bartolini (tenor) Felipe Bou (bass) Silvano Carroli (bar) Giovanna Casolla (sop) Masako Deguci (sop) & many more [ 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. |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Bells for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra / Spring, Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 20 / Three Russian Son Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone), Marianna Christos (soprano), St. Louis Symphony Chorus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2023 ] 'Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony have established a fine track record as interpreters of Rachmaninov.' - David Hall, Stereo Review |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater Arthur Davies (tenor) Della Jones (contralto) Roderick Earle (bass) / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
VICTOR AVIAT / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Ein Portrait Victor Aviat (oboe, oboe d'amore, voice, piano), Kim Barbier (piano), Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Zoltan Szoke (horn), Naomi Shaham (double bass) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] An internationally renowned oboist, Victor Aviat was a soloist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart under Claudio Abbado, and Iván Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra for 20 years. He also studied piano, composition, and... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Blu-ray) Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) /Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/May/2017 ] "The performances of the three cantatas on this Blu-ray are of course superb; from the most prominent soloists to the back desk of the violins, all are now seasoned performers, and it shows." MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
Bass Arias from the cantatas Various bass soloists / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart / Helmuth Rilling [ Hanssler / CD - released 11/Aug/2008 ] This disc features a program of arias for bass voice from the Baroque's most important figure J S Bach. The album is drawn from the international award winning Complete Bach Edition recorded under the direction of Helmuth Rilling. |
LOTTI
Vesper Psalms Barbara Christina Steude, Annekathrin Laabs (sops) David Erler (alto) Tobias Berndt (bass) Saechsisches Vocalensemble & Batzdorfer Hofkapelle / Matthi [ CPO / CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] "this is an attractive programme given with charm, poise and a lively immediacy." (MusicWeb April 2007) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Ich habe viel Bekammernis Cantatas BWV21 & BWV42 Barbara Schlick (sop) Garard Lesne (counter-tenor) Howard Crook (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Superbly constructed, the cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis is incontestably one of Bach's finest works. The masterly arrangements of the material endows it with an emotional cohesion and a dramatic intensity worthy of the Passions and the Mass in B... |
CHARLES GOUNOD / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Gounod: St Cecilia Mass / Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G major, D167 Luba Orgonášová (soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor) & Gustáv Beláček (bass) / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons [ BR Klassik / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] "splendidly controlled by Mariss Jansons. There is also a fine tenor solo from Christian Elsner in the 'Sanctus', and both performance and recording do well with the three soloists in 'et incarnatus', which Gounod wanted sung as quietly as possible" |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 9 'Choral' (rec 1954) Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass) / Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Orfeo offers the best sound yet for this performance, even though the vocal soloists remain painfully spotlit. Furtwängler conducts with spacious grandeur and elemental drive." (BBC Music) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), David Soar, (bass) / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "... Davis's reading is warm and full of subtle atmospheric nuances... Davis takes full advantage of a magnificent SACD recording epically spacious, illuminating the excellent chorus and soloists vocal and instrumental in sharp detail " (BBC) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Music For Horns, Winds And Strings Jozsef Balogh (clarinet), Ildiko Hegyi (violin), Jeno Kevehazi (horn), Gyozo Mathe (viola), Peter Szabo (cello), Istvan Toth (double bass), Jozsef Vaj [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/1995 ] "These talented Hungarian players offer a fluent, responsive account of the Septet that highlights the music's intimate chamber character...This excellent, value-for-money Naxos disc also offers an elegant, well-turned performance of the Quintet." |
DEBUSSY / DUTILLEUX / SCHUBERT / BRITTEN / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Belcea Quartet - The Complete Warner Classics Edition Belcea Quartet, with Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Leon Bosch (double bass) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] One of today's most highly respected string quartets, the Belcea were established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London and studied with the Chilingirian, the Amadeus, and later the Alban Berg quartets. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / On the waterfront (Suite) Jeremy Budd, tenor / Paul Charrier, bass / Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, soprano / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "It seems entirely appropriate that Marin Alsop's first recording with her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra should be of music by her teacher Leonard Bernstein." Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine Oct 2003 |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Lutheran Masses, BWV233-236 Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen, (tenor), Thomas Bonni (bass-baritone), Kolner Akademie [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] The Kölner Akademie, under the artistic direction of Michael Alexander Willens, presents J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses, BWV233-236, a monumental exploration of the composer's four Kyrie-Gloria Masses. Written in the 1730s, during a period of profound... |
BOTTESINI
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in F# Minor / Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in B Minor / etc Boguslaw Furtok, Johannes Staehle (double bass) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Stephan Tetzlaff [ CPO / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] Dubbed by some of his contemporaries as the 'Paganini of the Double Bass', Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1899) created some of the finest compositions ever written for the instrument. Furtok is the principal bassist for the Frankfurt Radio Symphony... |
Stefano Bollani (piano) with Jesper Bodilsen (double-bass) & Morten Lund (drums)
Stone in the Water [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] "A lovely document by an exemplary trio." Michael J. West, Jazz Times |
JORIS ROELOFS
Roelofs: Rope Dance Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Joris Roelofs, bass clarinet and clarinet; Bram de Looze, piano; Clemens van der Feen, double bass; Martijn Vink, drums [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a... |
JAMES MACMILLAN
MacMillan: Since it was the day of preparation … Brindley Sherratt (solo bass), Synergy Vocals, Hebrides Ensemble [ Delphian / CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] "The Hebrides Ensemble provide eloquent testimony to the sustained impact of MacMillan's writing." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2016 |
