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LEHAR
Die Blaue Mazur [The Blue Mazurka] (complete operetta) Johanna Stojkovich, Julia Bauer, Johan Weigel, Jan Kobow / Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester / Frank Beermann [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "CPO must be praised for their enterprising exploration of the lesser known Lehár operettas and this recording of Die blaue Mazur is a worthy addition to the catalogue with some really outstanding singing." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Johanna Winkel (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Arttu Kataja (bass), Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Stuttgart Chamber Cho [ Naxos / DVD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Beethoven's Missa solemnis is the one work the composer admired above all his compositions. It was written for his great patron and friend Archduke Rudolf of Austria at around the same time that he embarked on his Ninth Symphony and as the writer... |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Blu-ray) Johanna Winkel (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Arttu Kataja (bass), Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Stuttgart Chamber Cho [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Beethoven's Missa solemnis is the one work the composer admired above all his compositions. It was written for his great patron and friend Archduke Rudolf of Austria at around the same time that he embarked on his Ninth Symphony and as the writer... |
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GIACOMO CASANOVA / LORENZO DA PONTE / W. A. MOZART
The Giacomo Variations: A chamber opera play John Malkovich, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Florian Boesch & Sophie Klussmann / Martin Haselböck (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Giacomo Casanova received a doctorate as jurist, scratched along as violinist in a theatre, dabbled in the role of a lieutenant and was cofounder of France's lottery. |
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DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 Jonathan Cohen; Arcangelo; Thomas Dunford; Sophie Gent; Jonathan Manson [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The sonata concertata form is perfectly illustrated in these trios by Dietrich Buxtehude which, according to Peter Wollny constitute 'a landmark in the history of the sonata'. They provide a better understanding of a composer who has owed his fame... |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide Judith van Wanroij; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Cyrille Dubois; Tassis Christoyannis; Jean-Sébastien Bou; David Witczak; Anne-Sophie Petit; Jehanne Amzal; Ma [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Since the Baroque revival of the late 1980s, Iphigénie en Aulide is Gluck's only French opera to have remained unrecorded on period instruments. |
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Julia Banse & Andreas Schmidt
Brahms:lieder Comp Edition 5 [ Cpo / CD - released 3/Dec/2001 ] |
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Julia Brown
Bach, W.F.: Keyboard Works Vol [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] |
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Julia Brown
Buxtehude: Organ Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
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Julia Brown
Scheidemann: Organ Works Vol 6 [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] |
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Julia Brown
Scheidemann: Organ Works Vol.4 [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
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W.F. Bach
Keyboard Works, Vol. 2-Fantasias and Fugues Julia Brown (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] The eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach was hailed as the greatest organist in his time. Living in a time of transition, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach forged his own highly original style, combining the traditional writing learned from his father with new... |
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W. F. BACH
Keyboard Works Volume 4 Julia Brown (harpsichord), and Barbara Baird (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was significant in developing the relatively new keyboard sonata form between the Baroque and Classical periods. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Music, Vol. 6 Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This sixth volume of his complete organ music includes four Praeludia, works that had a strong influence on the following generation of organ composers, and compositions based on chorale melodies, including two versions of Nun lob, mein seel, den Herrn. |
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W.F. BACH
Organ Works Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Julia Brown, who has made several acclaimed recordings of keyboard music by Buxtehude and Scheidemann for Naxos, has been praised as 'a first-class artist and superb technician … an exceptionally sensitive stylist' (Classics Today). |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Works Vol. 5 Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) - "The Martin Pasi Organ is a magnificent instrument, and the engineering does full justice to its solo and ensemble configurations. This is another fine addition to Naxos' Buxtehude... |
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HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN
Organ Works, Vol. 7 Julia Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] |
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Julia Brown, organ
Scheidemann - Organ Works, Vol. 4 (Benedicam Domino Praeambulum in F major Canzona in F major, etc) [ Naxos The Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] Born in about 1595 in Wöhrden in Holstein, where his father, a native of Hamburg, had recently been appointed organist, Heinrich Scheidemann studied between 1611 and 1614 with Sweelinck in Amsterdam. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Music Vol 7 Julia Brown (organ, Saint Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "A good cross-section of Buxtehude's music in good, unforced, performances, well recorded." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle, Justin Doyle, Thomas Hobbs, Roderick Williams, Tim Mead , RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead... |