PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame [Queen of Spades] (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Vladimir Atlantov, Maureen Forrester, Mirella Freni & Sergei Leiferkus / Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "This 1991 recording was made during carefully prepared live performances in the Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall under Ozawa. The cast is interesting: the new young Russian star Hvorostovsky, established Russian singers Leiferkus and Atlantov, the... |
Morbisch Festival O & C/Bibl
Kalman: Die Csardasfurstin [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Morbisch Festival O & C/Bibl
Lehar: Land Des Laechelins [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2003 ] |
Morbisch Festival O & C/Bibl
Zeller: Der Vogelhaendler [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2004 ] |
Morbisch Festival Orchestra
Strauss: Wiener Blut [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Morbisch Festival/Bibl
A Festival Of Operetta [ Oehms Classics / 10 CD - released 15/Oct/2007 ] |
Morbisch Festival/Bibl
Lehar: Der Graf Von Luxembourg [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] |
Morbisch Lake Festival Chorus
Lehar: Der Zarewitsch [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 19/Jul/2010 ] |
GEORGIOS AXIOTIS
Axiotis: A Love Trilogy / Sunset / Prelude and Fugue / Remembrance from a Ball New Festival Opera, Symphony Sofia, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Georgios Axiotis was a leading and historically significant Greek composer who was opposed to the 'Germanisation' of music education in Greece. |
Noel Mangin, bass, John Fryatt, tenor, Ambrosian Singers, Bath Festival Orchestr
Mozart, W.A.-The Abduction from the Seraglio (Complete opera in English) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Complete opera recorded in 1967 with a top cast |
O & Chorus Bayreuth Festival
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] |
J. S. BACH
orchestral Suites 1 - 4 Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling [ Hanssler / 2 CD - released 1/May/2012 ] |
EDUARD TUBIN
Tubin: Kratt Paavo Järvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Florian Donderer [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra - who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu - celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland,... |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Berliner Messe Elora Festival Singers & Orchestra, Noël Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] "The Berliner Messe is itself a typically mutable work, originally for four voices and organ, and subsequently arranged for choir and organ… and, as here, for choir and strings. Within the cool simplicity, even plainness, of the composition itself,... |
HANDEL / TALLIS / MONTEVERDI / VIVALDI / LULLY / RAMEAU / BACH / CHARPENTIER / etc
100 Best Baroque Classics: Incls 'spem in alium', 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' & 'Toccata & fugue in D minor' Patricia Petibon (soprano) David Daniels (countertenor) / Boston Early Music Festival / Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) / etc [ Virgin Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 22/Jun/2006 ] The "BEST 100" series continues its incredible success - almost two million sales worlwide to date - with 100 Best Baroque works. |
WAGNER
Lohengrin (Complete Opera recorded in 1982) Peter Hofmann, Karan Armstrong, Elizabeth Connell / Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Woldemar Nelsson [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "Where this version is admirable is in its orchestra and chorus. Richly singing tone from the strings in the Prelude and many other places is seconded by wind and brass whose quality can be heard more easily than in the earlier Bayreuth sets, and the... |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) Peter Koves (bass) / Jozsef Mukk (tenor) / Hungarian Festival Choir / Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Geza Oberfrank (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Just in time for this year's Carmel Bach Festival comes this 1994 recording, live from Sweden, conducted very much in the Bruno Weil manner by the world's greatest living choral director, Eric Ericson..." |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete opera recorded in 1994) Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay, Eileen Hulse, Phyllis Cannan, Nadine Secunde / Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] Steuart Bedford is recognised as one of today's leading experts on the works of Benjamin Britten. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Un ballo in maschera (complete opera recorded in 1990) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Josephine Barstow, Florence Quivar, Sumi Jo / Georg Solti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The outstanding production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Salzburg Festival 1989/90 was Herbert von Karajan's legacy to the Festival. Supported by a cast of superlative actor-singers in opulent scenery, Sir Georg Solti agreed to conduct... |
POULENC
Mass in G major / Sept Chansons / Motets Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "The production and sound, overseen by Bonnie Silver and Norbert Kraft in the choir's home venue-St John's Church, Elora, Ontario-capitalizes on the church's excellent choral acoustics." (10/10 ClassicsToday April 2015) |