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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Folk Songs Paula Sophie Bohnet (soprano) Daniel Johannsen (tenor) Georg Klimbacher (baritone) Bernadette Bartos (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2020 ] "I have a feeling that these folk song arrangements are fairly little known, but they are definitely worth investigating. All in all a wholly delightful programme, excellently performed." MusicWeb Recommended July 2020 |
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado / Trial By Jury Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford, Julia Goss / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isadore Godfrey, Royston Nash [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2015 ] I am pretty safe in saying that this recording is probably one of the best G & S recordings..ever! A cast to die for! Listen to Thomas Round's most beautiful rendering of "Wand'ring minstrel" and the horrific crazy laugh of Donald Adams as the Mikado |
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PERGOLESI
Dixit Dominus / Salve Regina in A minor / Confitebor tibi, Domine / Chi non ode, e chi non vede - chamber cantata Rachel Harnisch, Julia Kleiter, Rosa Bove, Lucio Gallo / Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Archiv Produktion / CD - released 8/Apr/2011 ] "One of the highlights of the third collection is Harnisch's account of the aria of unrequited love, Chi non ode e chi non vede, with its changing tempi and expressive anguish" (Penguin Guide) |
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PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina / Violin Concerto in B flat major Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo & Julia Kleiter, Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "The Stabat Mater is the main work, in a striking performance that manages to be at once devotional and operatic. There's a fiery austerity in the conducting and string playing...The real treat here is the Violin Concerto, played with casual sensual |
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HANDEL
Alessandro, HWV21 (Complete Opera recorded in 1985) Rene Jacobs, Sophie Boulin, Isabelle Poulenard & Stephen Varcoe / La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber, completed Mahler: Die Drei Pintos (The Three Pintos) [complete opera] Robert Holzer, Sophie Marilley, Peter Furlon / Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus Paolo Arrivabeni [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Recorded: 22, 25, 28 & 31 October 2003 Recording Venue: Theatre Royal, High Street, Wexford, Ireland |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia (complete oratorio) Roberta Invernizzi, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Capella Augustina / Andreas Spering [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] Although Haydn's place in the history of the oratorio has been secured by his great vocal masterpieces The Creation and The Seasons, his first oratorio, Il ritorno di Tobia (The Return of Tobias), is among the better-kept secrets of music history.... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Joyce DiDonato, Julia Bullock, Jakub Jozef Orlinnski / Harry Bicket (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell's thrilling new production of Handel's Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Krassimira Stoyanova, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdmann, Silvana Dussmann / Franz Welser-Möst [ C Major / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2015 ] This unabbreviated version of The Rosenkavalier from Salzburg Festival 2014 became a triumph and received fantastic reviews. Staged by legendary Harry Kupfer. Great cast incl. Krassimira Stoyanova, Günther Groisböck, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdman,... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fierrabras (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Michael Schade, Julia Kleiter, Benjamin Bernheim, Dorothea Röschmann / Ingo Metzmacher (cond) [ C Major / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Oct/2015 ] Fierrabras of 1823 is the last of Franz Schubert's stage works. Rarely performed to this day, this heroic-romantic opera has now been staged for the first time ever at the Salzburg Festival by famous director Peter Stein. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina / Tamerlano (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Sandrine Piau, Maite Beaumont, Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conduct [ Alpha BLU-RAY / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is essential viewing for those who take Handel as a dramatist seriously." Gramophone DVD of the Month January 2017 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Intermezzo (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Simone Schneider, Markus Eiche, Martina Welschbach, Peter Nice, Sophie Mitterhuber, Brigitte Fassbaender / Müncher Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmir [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Scenes from a Marriage: The tension between a high-flying artistic existence and down-to-earth middle-class life was the theme of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011. The musical highlight of the festival was without a... |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Swansong Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Juian Bliss (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert's death,... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Messa di Gloria and Credo in D major (with works by Johann Simon Mayr) Siri Karoline Thornhill, Marie-Sophie Pollak, Marie-Sande Papenmeyer, Mark Adler / Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] While the German tradition observes a strict distinction between sacred and secular styles, the 19th-century Italian Mass can feel more akin to attending an operatic performance. Donizetti's church music, consisting of at least a hundred items, has... |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies (complete musical comedy recorded in 2015) Opera Toulon / Graham Bickley, Liz Robertson, Charlotte Page, Marilyn Hill Smith, Julia Sutton / David Charles Abell (cond) [ BelAir Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "The choice of the soloists is of irreproachable quality. The Follies' production in Toulouse is shining with a thousand fires." MUSICALAVENUE.FR |
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Sophie
Bipp (Autechre Mx) / Unisil (12") [ Numbers / 12in - released 12/Dec/2025 ] SOPHIE's 'BIPP (Autechre Mx)' and 'UNISIL' are now available again as a double A-side 12" vinyl. This release follows the single-series packaging format used for the other singles from PRODUCT: one track and slide image per side, black vinyl in a... |
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Sophie
Ooh / Get Higher (12") [ Numbers / 12in - released 12/Dec/2025 ] SOPHIE's 'OOH' and 'GET HIGHER' are now available as a double A-side 12" vinyl. This release follows the single-series packaging format used for the other singles from PRODUCT: one track and slide image per side, black vinyl in a black inner... |
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Sophie
Product (LP) [ Numbers / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] SOPHIE's foundational sucrose sweet compilation of singles which firmly placed her on the map, PRODUCT celebrates its 10th anniversary available for the first time on one LP, now including 3 additional tracks and 6x double-sided, 12"-sized, colourful... |
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Sophie
Sophie (Indie Exclusive Double Clear LP) [ Future Classic / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] This album was created by SOPHIE and some of her most cherished collaborators. Close to completion when she tragically died, it has been lovingly finalised by those who hold her closest. As SOPHIE's studio manager and most trusted sounding board for... |
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Sophie B Hawkins
Timbre (Explicit) [ Rykodisc / 2 CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |