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HANDEL
Messiah (complete oratorio) Elizabeth Watts / Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Mark Le Brocq / James Oldfield / Huddersfield Choral Society / Northern Sinfonia / Jane Glover [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The Huddersfield Choral Society surely knows this music inside out. You can sense the sheer discipline that has gone into its preparation...Pick of the bunch...is the soprano Elizabeth Watts" (International Record Review) |
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J. S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion / St. John Passion / Mass in B minor / Easter & Christmas Oratorios Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Martyn Hill, John Mark Ainsley / various conductors [ Brilliant Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "This boxed set is perfect for those people wishing to get to know Bach's Passions. Cleobury's performances of the St. Matthew and the St. John are good steady musical performances. Many people will be attracted to this disc by the name of King's... |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986) English National Opera / Eilene Hannan / John Treleaven / Rodney Macann / Ann Howard / Phyllis Cannan / Mark Elder (cond) [ Arthaus / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] G :- Dvorak's three act opera is based on two fairy tales and tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
War Requiem, Op. 66 (live from Coventry Cathedral, May 2012) Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus & CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
War Requiem, Op. 66 (live from Coventry Cathedral, May 2012) BLU-RAY Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus & CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2012 ] 2012 brought the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten's War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifist statements in music. |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Conjurer & Vocalise Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Mark Baechle (electronics) Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] "Fresh, vital, vigorous; contemporary music of quality, winningly played [DM] Two stimulating and interesting scores by John Corigliano in excellent performances" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2014) |
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Ex Cathedra, Britten Sinfonia, Jeffrey Skidmore (condutor), Philippe Honoré (violin), Mark Padmore (tenor), Vayu Naidu (speaker)
The Traveller: Earth & Sky [ Signum / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] THE TRAVELLER for choir, children's choir, orchestra, tenor, violin and speaker. The Traveller was the third in a series of four major works with words by Vikram Seth and music by Alec Roth, com- missioned jointly over four years by the Salisbury,... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / HENRY PURCELL
Britten/Purcell: The Complete Purcell Realizations Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton (sopranos) Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge (tenors) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Altogether a marvellous treat - Another Hyperion triumph' (Classic CD) |
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W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2002) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Peter Mattei / Giles Cachemaille / Nathan Berg / Mark Padmore / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] G :- Regions 2-5 - Widescreen 16:9 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 174 Minutes - PAL |
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ERNESTO HALFFTER
Carmen (film score) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] This is not only the work's world première recording but the first performance to realise the composer's musical intentions in full. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 9 & 14 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mark Reshetin (bass) / USSR Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire October (No.14) & December 1969 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann / Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink [ BR Klassik / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Haitink at 85 makes his first recording of one of music's choral masterpieces - and what a wonderful performance his wisdom and experience offers." Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Choral |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ] An exuberant brainchild of John Christie, Glyndebourne Festival Opera launched in 1934 with a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Since then, Glyndebourne has become a byword for excellence, bringing together the finest operatic musicians... |
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STRAVINSKY / MOZART / BIZET / WAGNER / PUCCINI / BRITTEN / etc
Glorious Glyndebourne: (excerpts from various operas recorded at Glyndebourne) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, John Mark Ainsley, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone on 'The Rake's Progress) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Venera Gimadieva, Michael Fabiano, Tassis Christoyannis, Emanuele D'Aguanno, Magdalena Molendowska / Mark Elder (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Verdi's tragic masterpiece is elegantly updated by director Tom Cairns in this 'fresh and thrillingly unfamiliar' (Independent) Glyndebourne production, in which Violetta's death is cast as an idée fixe, creating a liberating framework that is well... |
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MONTEVERDI
Vespers of 1610 Grace Davidson, Charlotte Mobbs, Simon Berridge, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Eamonn Dougan / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "…[this performance] gives a sense of how shockingly modern Monteverdi's Vespers must have seemed to those used to Palestrina and the like. For a work with which we are now so familiar, that is no small achievement." (International Record Review) |
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HELEN GRIME
Night Songs Hallé & Hallé Soloists, Sir Mark Elder & Jamie Phillips [ NMC Debut Discs / CD - released 17/Sep/2014 ] "The performances are a tribute to the dedication of Hallé players, whether in orchestral or ensemble guise, and have all been recorded with the spaciousness and immediacy which this music needs." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Contemporary) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Hallé / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "..the Hallé strings sounding very lush and sweet… It's a very fine achievement indeed." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Serenade For Strings, Cockaigne Overture, Salut d'Amour Halle Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "there's all the thrill of a powerhouse orchestra≤ the finesse of Variation 6 is shattering. For many Elgarians the Nimrod will be the test. Elder takes it slower than some, but the tension is finely graded. The effect is almost visual: imagine a... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Preludes (arr Matthews) Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The Hallé are resplendent under Mark Elder, with ravishing colours and finely etched detail…" BBC Music |