More By Artist: Alexander O'Neal
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HANDEL
Handel Arias Karina Gauvin (soprano) / Tempo Rubato / Alexander Weiman [ Atma / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "Her glinting soprano, bright-edged yet deliciously rounded and sensual, is used with rare understanding for character……The highlight is the Queen of Sheba's Will the Sun Forget to Streak, fabulously sung……." Sunday Times |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50 / Trio alagiaque No.1 in G minor Kempf Trio (Freddy Kempf, piano; Pierre Bensaid, violin; Alexander Chaushian, cello) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "The recording is very well balanced...the effect overall is convincingly realistic, and the acoustic seems equally suitable for both works." (Gramophone July 2003) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (with Schnittke - Piano Trio) Kempf Trio (Freddy Kempf, piano; Pierre Bensaid, violin; Alexander Chaushian, cello) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Anyone who doubts the spiritual desolation wrought by Soviet communism need only listen to this disc...The Shostakovich is impressively intense" The Telegraph, 12th February 2010 *** |
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OLIVERO / MANSURIAN / KOMITAS / STEINBERG
Neharot - Works for Viola and Ensembles Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Tigran Mansurian (piano) / Munich Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich (conductor) [ ECM Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2009 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Kirsten Flagstad / Rene Maison / Julius Huehn / Alexander Kipnis / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Immortal Performances / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor / Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque; Klara Wurtz (piano), Dmitri Makhtin (violin) & Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] A classic pairing: two masterpieces of Russian chamber music in a new recording by three distinguished interpreters of Romantic-era repertoire. It was writing for this combination of instruments in the unlikely context of the slow movement of his... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Overtures Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "The Kölner Akademie is in period instrument guise, and the sound is of ten suitably thrilling and zippy" BBC Music |
E.T.A. HOFFMANN
Symphony in E flat major & Overtures Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] E. T. A. Hoffmann is one of the great writers of German romanticism. This month, CPO release his two overtures Undine and Aurora and his Symphony in E flat major. The Symphony is hailed as one of his greatest works, and this gem shines in this... |
PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera) Lando Bartolini / Giovanna Casolla / Bilbao Choral Society / Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "Calling all 'Nessun dorma' fans who've never listened to the Puccini opera it climaxes...both [stars] exhibit considerable force and character, taking commendable charge of a uniformly fine cast” - The Observer |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Cherevichki (The Slippers) (complete opera recorded in 2009) Larissa Diadkova / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Matorin / Olga Guryakova / Vsevolod Grivnov / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alexander Polianichko [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 19/Dec/2010 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete works for Two Pianos Piotr Laul & Alexander Sandler (pianos) [ Northern Flowers: St. Petersburg Musical Archive / CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Three Bavarian Dances / etc Leon Goossens (oboe) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar, George Hurst / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] "A great bargain and highly recommended." (MusicWeb) |
GORDON GETTY
Joan and the Bells (with Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2) Lisa Delan (soprano) Vladimir Chernov (baritone) / Eric Ericson Chamber Choir / Russian National Orchestra / Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] "A powerful work given a refreshingly unpretentious performance." Gramophone (September 2003) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / STAMITZ / HAYDN / RACHMANINOV / RUBINSTEIN / GLAZUNOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Andante Cantabile: Romantic music for cello and orchestra Ludovit Kanta, Maria Kliegel, Alexander Rudin, Christian Benda, Vytautas Sondeckis (cellos) with various orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "A COMPILATION of favourite tunes for the cello is almost guaranteed to be moody and relaxing. And sure enough, its woody tones - in the hands of Christian Benda, Ludovic Kanta, Vytautus Sondeckis, Maria Kliegel and Alexander Rubin - draw a... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Recomposed: Cello Sonata No. 3 / Violin Sonata No. 9 (arr. for strings) Luka Coetzee (cello), Miclein LaiPang (violin), LGT Young Soloists, Alexander Gilman [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Russian born arranger Paul Struck has arranged two of the composer's great mid-period chamber masterpieces for soloist and string ensemble. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU / HANS KRASA / VIKTOR KALABIS
Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "An unalloyed joy from first chord to last...The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra's accompaniment is sensitive and ideal, and Esfahani plays like an angel." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Concerto |
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WAGNER
Overtures [Incls Faust, Rienzi & Christoph Columbus] Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The Faust overture, remnant of a Faust Symphony project, begins to glimmer with possibility. But the masterful power of the Rienzi overture is apparent from the extraordinary first note, that solitary trumpet A." - The Sunday Times |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete opera) Alberto Rinaldi, Tatiana Lisnic, Mabel Perelstein, Stefano Secco, Gerardo Lopez, Sara Galli Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] Recorded in 2002 |
LUIGI CHERUBINI
Cherubini: Cantatas Maïlys de Villoutreys, Ursula Eittinger & Andreas Karasiak / Kölner Academie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] CPO presents unknown Cherubini cantatas. Cherubini never fails to give the sorrow, rage and pain of his subjects a truly personal dimension. |
DVORAK
Rusalka (Complete opera) Marcel Rosca, Ursula Furi-Bernhard, Nelly Boschkova, Walter Coppola / Academic Choir Ivan Goran & Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'The standard of the orchestral playing is high' Gramophone 1999 |
