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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical 2013 Various Artists incls Joyce DiDonato, Simon Rattle, Philippe Jaroussky, Alison Balsom, Rolando Villazon and many others [ EMI / Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] With over 2.5 hours of classical favourites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music from the catalogues of both Virgin Classics and EMI Classics, including a number of brand new recordings by exciting young artists. |
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ROLAND DE LASSUS
Lamentations of Jeremiah Prophetae Ensemble Vocal Europeen, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] |
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HOTTETERRE
Music For Flute Vol. 2 Philippe Allain-Dupre, Jean-Francois Bouges (flutes) with accompliment [ NAXOS / CD ] Jacques Hotteterre, called le Romain, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of the transverse flute. |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Marcelo Álvarez, Elina Garanca, Ileana Tonca, Adrian Eröd, Alfred Sramek, Peter Jelosit / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "The Vienna State Opera Orchestra plays rhapsodically for Phillip Jordan. He comes close to delivering a great Werther...this is a stunning, newly and originally conceived show." (ClassicsToday) |
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BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Veronique Gens, Paul Agnew / La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent / Orchestre des Champs-Elysaes / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Herreweghe paces it perceptively...the sound is extraordinarily clean and fresh, and the balance deserves much praise for the technicians as well as the artists." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3 "Eroica" Wiener Symphoniker [Vienna Symphony Orchestra], Philippe Jordan [ Solo Musica / CD - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "This new Vienna cycle is clearly the one with which 43-year-old Jordan intends to make his case...In sum, here are old skills married to new inspiration." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2018 |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Kammermusik I-II-III / Kleine Kammermusik Xi Zhai, Christopher Park, Bruno Philippe Kronberg Academy Soloists, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "the bottom line here is that if you are an admirer of Hindemith's music, especially his rarely heard chamber music, you certainly won't be let down by this rather unique disc." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020 |
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BUSONI
Doktor Faust (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Thomas Hampson / GAnther GroissbAck / Gregory Kunde / Philippe Jordan (conductor) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "[Thomas Hampson possesses] all the physical and vocal energy one could wish for…..flourishes and ornaments leap out of his melodic lines….the gestures [are] also natural, his phrasing and pitch sure. Mr. Hampson, as his career justifi ably... |