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SHOSTAKOVICH
Hamlet & King Lear (Complete incidental music) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Signum / CD - released 2/Dec/2004 ] "The sound on this disk is exceptionally clear; not only was it well mastered at 20 bit resolution but the down-sampling and noise shaping were accomplished with exceptional success." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Turn of the Screw (complete opera) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox / Mark Padmore / Lisa Milne / Catrin Wyn Davies / Diana Montague / Nicholas Kirby Johnson / Caroline Wise [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- "With its short intimate scenes and concentrated lines, the Screw is so cinematic that it's surprising there's only been one previous film. This has just won a Viennese TV award. It's one of the truest opera films to date." (BBC Music) |
SULLIVAN
The Prodigal Son (Complete Oratorio) / Boer War Te Deum Claire Rutter (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo) Mark Wilde (tenor) Garry Magee (baritone) / London Chorus / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "Hyperion's team make an excellent case for 'serious' Sullivan." (Gramophone Jan 2004) |
ELGAR
The Kingdom, Op. 51 Claire Rutter, Susan Bickley, John Hudson / Halle Choir & Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Elder clearly believes in every note of this noble edifice and his unforced, coherent conception has a thrilling ring of conviction about it..Claire Rutter brings considerable technical acumen and strength of feeling" (Gramophone Award WINNER 2011... |
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (complete) Claron McFadden (soprano) Robert Harre-Jones (alto) John Mark Ainsley & Rogers Covey-Crump (tenors) Michael George (bass) / The King's Consort / Rober [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'McFadden is a loving Galatea, Ainsley a charming Acis, and Covey-Crump a finely polished Damon. Michael George is magnificent - a nimble but ferocious Polyphemus whose every note is absolutely centred' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
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MONTEVERDI
Vespro della beata vergine (with Allegri - Miserere & Palestrina - Stabat Mater Collegium Aureum, Musica Fiata, Hannover Boys Choir & Pro Cantione Antiqua, Heinz Hennig, Mark Brown & Edgar Fleet [ Alto / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Founded in 1968, Pro Cantione Antiqua has for over four decades been one of the most popular and acclaimed early music vocal ensembles. Their recording of Monteverdi's Vespers, first released on the Ars Musici label in the 1980s, returns to the... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Creation Mass Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chaconne / CD ] "The Creation Mass is no less resplendent or searching than, say, the Nelson Mass or the Harmoniemesse, a glorious affirmation of Haydn's reverent, optimistic yet by no means naive faith. Even by Haydn's standards, the work is startling in its... |
J. S. BACH
Advent & Christmas Cantatas (3 CD set) Dorothee Blotzky-Mields, Vasilijka Jezovsek, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A glistening new account of the Magnificat is joined by outstanding Christmas Cantatas" Editor's Choice (Gramophone December 2003) |
LEON KIRCHNER
Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata / Triptych Continuum, with Mark Steinberg (violin) & Maria Kitsopoulos (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] Kirchner was born in Brooklyn in 1919, the son of Russian Jews. At the age of nine his family moved to Los Angeles, which was in the 1930s to become a creative mecca with the influx of distinguished figures fleeing Nazi Europe. Family hopes for a... |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
IAN VENABLES
Venables: Chamber Music Coull Quartet, Graham J. Lloyd (piano), Mark Bebbington (piano) [ Somm / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Ian Venables has been described as one of the finest song composers of his generation. He has written over 50 works in this genre, which includes six major song-cycles and his reputation as an art-song composer of great depth and integrity is now... |
BEETHOVEN
Folksong Settings DELETED Dame Felicity Lott / John Mark Ainsley / Christopher Maltman / Ann Murray / Sarah Walker / Catrin Wyn Davies / Thomas Allen / Malcolm Martineau (piano [ DG Collector's Edition / 7 CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] Specially recorded for Deutsche Grammophon's monumental Beethoven Edition in 1997, this seven-CD set of the complete Beethoven folksong arrangements was undoubtedly one of the edition's highlights and one of the volumes to gain most praise. Now it is... |
DONALD SWANN
Swann: Songs Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love." Gramophone |
TELEMANN
Overture (Suite) in A minor / Recorder Concerto in F Dan Laurin (recorder) Mark Caudle (viola da gamba) / Arte dei Suonatori [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] 10 de Répertoire; "Recomendado", CD Compact |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Complete on 2 CDs) Deborah York, Julia Gooding, Magdalena Kozena, Susan Bickley, Mark Padmore, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh [ Archiv / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] "With his modest forces, McCreesh's performance of the St Matthew Passion has a transparency and grace that can be quite breathtaking." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (May 2003) |
TRADITIONAL
Folksongs Alfred Deller (countertenor), Mark Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "a beautifully plaintive, soft-grained recital" (Gramophone) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi Cycle: L'incoronazione di Poppea / L'Orfeo / Il Ritorno d'Ulisse, Il Combattimento (Complete operas) Deneder Landse Opera / Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro, Christopher Gillett, Lorna Anderson, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Each opera has an insightful introduction, directed by Roeland Hazendonk, featuring interviews with Pierre Audi, the musical director and members of the cast....."…strikingly staged, beautifully sung…" New York Times |
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Derrick Carter / Mark Farina
Live At Om [ OM Records / CD ] |
Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Private Investigations - The Best Of [ Mercury / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] |
