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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Realisations Elin Manahan Thomas (sop) Christine Rice (mezzo) James Gilchrist (tenor) Christopher Purves (bass) / Choir Of Kings College Cambridge, Academy of Anci [ Kings College Cambridge / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The standard of the performance is high, so long as you want a liturgical version, one that might be used at a service...This is an educative set, and it is interesting to listen to the alternative versions." (BBC Music) |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Te Deum & other choral works Jeni Bern (soprano), Susan Bisatt (soprano), Thomas Guthrie (bass), Ian Honeyman (tenor) / Orchestra of the Golden Age, Choir of the Golden Age, Rober [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/1995 ] "The vocal soloists are especially fine ... highly respectable performances." American Record Guide |
TAN DUN
Out of Peking Opera for Solo Violin and Orchestra; Death and Fire; etc Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Kalevi Olli (bass) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Kari Kropsu, conductor. Muhai Tang, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] Ondine 20th anniversary presents 20 top selelrs at a special price. |
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / MAHLER / GLUCK / REGER / etc
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics Christa Ludwig (mezzo) with Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Leonard Bernstein (pianos) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "I cannot strongly enough recommend this example of perfect Lieder singing, word and tone, and piano accompanying of some of the finest songs ever composed. It is a joy from start to finish." Gramophone on the Schubert Lieder |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JORG WIDMANN
Schumann/Widmann: Das heiße Herz Christian Immler (bass-baritone) Andreas Frese (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Bass-baritone Christian Immler, accompanied by the pianist Andreas Frese, juxtaposes the contemporary composer Jörg Widmann with the Romantic Schumann in three cycles of lieder written between 1849 and 2013. 'For us, Jörg Widmanns song cycle Das... |
HANS GÁL
Hidden Treasure: Hans Gál's Unpublished Lieder Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch unveil a treasure of songs. |
WILHELM GROSZ / ROBERT GUND
Be Still My Heart Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Be Still My Heart presents works by two little-known Viennese composers. Robert Gund (1865-1927), born in Switzerland, a pianist, teacher and composer who was highly regarded in Vienna but whose works have since been forgotten, and his younger... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Requiem, Op. 89 Christiane Libor (soprano) Ewa Wolak (alto) Daniel Kirch (tenor) & Janusz Monarcha (bass) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "The string playing is marvellous and the woodwind, so important in this work, are refined and ethereal. The choir also holds its own against the Czechs - you only need to listen to the Introitus to be convinced" MusicWeb |
MARX / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL / MARTIN / BRIDGE / etc
If the owl calls again Christianne Stotijn (Mezzo) with Joseph Breinl (piano), Rick Stotijn (double bass), Antoine Tamestit (viola) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn presents an album of songs on the theme of nature and religion. From works by Martin, Ravel and Mussorgsky, to a world premiere by Dutch composer Fant de Kanter, and featuring song texts in Hebrew, Armenian,... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 (recorded in 2012) Christina Landshamer (sop) Stefan Kahle (alto) Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (ten) Klaus Mertens Gotthold Schwarz (bass) / Gewandhausorchester [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "This is a performance which has Bach liturgically wired into its DNA...Biller's direction exudes profound integrity and commitment, the chorales in particular shaped by a deeply-felt inevitability..this is a moving testament to a choir celebrating" |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Christina Landshamer (sop) Anke Vondung (mezzo) Kenneth Tarver (ten) & Andreas Wolf (bass-bar) / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Concerto Köln, Peter [ BR Klassik / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2017 ] For Bach, the Mass in B minor marked the culmination and also the end point of his life's work as a composer. This "great Catholic Mass," the only mass he composed, and in which he set to music the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass, was his last... |
JOSEPH MARX
Orchestral Songs and Choral Works Christine Brewer (soprano) Elizabeth Roberts (soprano); Vernon Kirk (tenor); Graham Titus (bass) / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Jira Belohlavek [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Such is the success of this CD that it must be considered as the disc with which to introduce this composer to music-lovers. An exciting experience." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Jan 2009) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Die Schopfung [The Creation] Christine Oelze (sop) Scot Weir (tenor) Peter Lika (bass) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Sir Roger Norrington [ Hanssler Profil / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] The Creation (1798) and The Seasons (1801) are two works of unique artistic excellence. In them Haydn combined the theatrical gestures of Handel's oratorios with elements of his own symphonic style. Both The Creation and The Seasons represent the... |
J S BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] "The acoustic of the Trinity College Chapel has been used most sympathetically and the recording combines ambience and clarity in a most pleasing way. Nicholas Anderson's booklet essay is first rate." (Recording of the Month - MusicWeb November 2013) |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Proserpine Marie Lys (soprano), Veronique Gens (soprano), Olivier Gourdy (bass), Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone), Les Talens Lyriques [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Composed in 1680, Proserpine marks the reunion of Lully and Quinault after the scandal surrounding Isis (1677). Set in the splendour of Saint-Germain, the work offers a mythological mirror to the Dauphin's wedding. In it, Lully revolutionises his... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 4 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Alastair Miles (bass) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some splendid accounts of Strauss songs for the male voice. This latest instalment in Hyperion's series is every bit as welcome and enjoyable as were its predecessors and further volumes are eagerly awaited." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice Christopher Purves (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Vocal Finalist |
J S BACH / R. STRAUSS / PFITZNER / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / WEILL
My Soul, What Fear You? Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano) [ Kings College Cambridge / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Christopher Purves sings magnificently, spinning an enviable thread of legato through the narrative of each song. A consummate actor, too, with commanding diction, he invariably finds a distinctive colour and tone." BBC Music July Song Choice 2023 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta [The Silken Ladder] (complete opera) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill (sopranos) Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens (tenors) Emmanuel Franco (baritone) Eugenio Di Lieto (bass) / Kraków Philharmonic [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful. |
J.S. BACH
St John Passion (Complete Oratorio) Colin Baldy (bass) Matthew Beale (tenor) John Bernays (bass) Choir of New College Oxford / Collegium Novum / Edward Higginbottom [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2003) |
