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Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, Sarah Charles, Éléonore Pancrazi, Nicolò Balducci (countertenor), Giacomo Nanni Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
Haendel: Sosarme [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] At the borders of mythical Lydia, a crisis erupts: Prince Melo takes up arms against his father, King Haliate, who has been blinded by the slanders of a deceitful adviser who made him believe he would be disinherited in favor of an usurper. It is in... |
JONATHAN DOVE
Dove: In Damascus Mark Padmore (tenor), Charles Owen (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "The beauty of the piece, for tenor and string quartet, is its restraint. It doesn't sensationalise, get maudlin, moralise or politicise. The words are direct and the music respects that. The performance does, too: clear, focused playing from the Sac |
PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (with Bartok-Piano Concerto No 3) Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "This disc can be recommended, then, particularly for the Prokofiev and for all Argerich fans. I have never heard her give less than a sterling performance. Indeed, she does not disappoint here. Julian Haylock's notes in the accompanying booklet are... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Original recording from 1971 |
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Elevamini-Symphony No 1 / Sinfonia Concertante / etc Martin Jones (piano) Malcolm Williamson (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves [ Lyrita / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] Though Malcolm Williamson lived in London for fifty years, many of the titles and first performance venues of his works confirm that he was at heart an Australian: as well as his pieces for Australian Bicentennial Year, 1988, his last two symphonies... |
GLUCK
Gluck: Armide (complete opera) Mireille Delunsch, Charles Workman, Laurent Naouri, Ewa Podles / Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "'Perhaps the best of all my works', said Gluck of his Armide. But this, the fifth of his seven 'reform operas', has never captured the public interest as have Orfeo, Alceste, the two Iphigénies and even Paride ed Elena. Its plot is thinnish,... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] "No one wrote more beautiful and danceable ballet music than Tchaikovsky, and this account of Swan Lake is a delight throughout." Gramophone CD Guide |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole / Ma Mere l'Oye / Daphnis et Chloe Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] "Anyone beginning a Ravel collection, or coming fresh to most of this repertoire and willing to duplicate, will find this Double Decca unbeatable value" A Rosette recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
DEBUSSY
Orchestral Music (Inc La Mer, Jeux, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune) Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] THe marvellously pictorial music of Debussy captured by Charles Dutoit |
W. A. MOZART
Chamber Sonatas London Baroque, Charles Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] " Nothing sounds uncharacteristic - bustle, and a sure architectonic ear are in evidence across these works written between 1772 and 1780.They are jewelled little works each in a single movement." (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / Encores (recorded 1949-53) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Aug/2007 ] "The three violin and piano works with Artur Balsam are played with Milstein's usual finesse and bravura, and the disc concludes with two tracks in which Milstein duets with the Italian bass Ezio Pinza in Calm as the night and None but the lonely... |
Nellie Melba (soprano) with Enrico Caruso, tenor, Charles Gilibert, baritone, Studio Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers, conductor
Nellie Melba: American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1907) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A representative collection of Melba is more of a necessity than a luxury and admirers should have these 1907 sessions in their collection." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral" The New Company / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "No passage from darkness to light here, but a pervasive exaltation even in the first movement...However many Ninths you own, add this to your treasury." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
MUSSORGSKY / STRAVINSKY
Mackerras conducts Mussorgsky & Stravinsky New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "Mackerras brings the same degree of visceral excitement and aural fantasy to these Russian orchestral showpieces as in his Janacek interpretations. The LSO's playing is superbly incisive" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
RAVEL / BERLIOZ / HONEGGER / ROUSSEL / BEETHOVEN / BLOCH / etc
Charles Munch - The Complete Warner Classics Recordings Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) André Navarra (cello) Alfred Cortot (piano) Denise Soriano (violin) Pierre Bernac (baritone) Charles Munch (cond) [ Warner Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Prominent in the musical evolution of 20th century France, Charles Munch (1891-1968) also spent 13 epoch-making years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This collection assembles newly-remastered versions all the recordings he made for EMI and Erato... |
WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Elizabethan Lute Songs / Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Norma Burrowes (Soprano), James Bowman & Charles Brett (Countertenors) / Robert Lloyd (Bass) / Early Consort of Music / David Munrow [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "The solo singing, however, is strong, and the music represents Purcell at his finest - the counter tenor duet "Sound the trumpet" (Bowman and Charles Brett) never palls." (Irish Times) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Opera de Lyon / Laurent Naouri, Patrizia Ciofi, Charles Rice, Clara Meloni, Enea Scala / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali - a joyful play on words in itself - more commonly known as Viva la mamma! is a two-act farce that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thérèse (complete opera) Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Étienne Dupuis, François Lis Opera National Montpellier / Opéra national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Alain Alt [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / CD/Book - released 20/May/2013 ] "The scale is small, the plot thin, but the opera has its moments: one of them is the flowing 'O Therese, regarde', sensitively phrased by Etienne Dupuis. Nora Gubisch and Charles Castronovo are splendid" Gramophone |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Violin Sonata / Piano Trio / New Transcriptions Opus Two (violin piano duo) with Charles Bernard (cello) & Marin Mazzie (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "A worthy purchase for all fans of Bernstein and of mid-20th century American chamber music." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
ERIC COATES
Coates: The Music of (Incls the London Suite, The Dam Busters March & the Three Bears Phantasy) Orchestras conducted by Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey [ Warner Classics Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2006 ] "Many well-known Coates pieces here but you could buy this purely for the Saxo-Rhapsody recording and be more than satisfied - this IS the most beautiful orchestral piece for saxophone ever written in my opinion" (Amazon.co.uk) |
