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MOZART / HUMMEL / BEETHOVEN
Mozart, Hummel & Beethoven: Concerto, Sonate, Symphony Marcus van den Munckhof, Cecilia Bernardini, Anna Besson, Aurelia Visovan [ Ricercar / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] The Romanian pianist Aurelia Visovan offers this particularly original programme for her album as winner of the 2019 Bruges MA Festival competition. |
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PUCCINI
La Boheme (Complete opera recorded in 1956) [with opera arias sung by Rosanna Carteri] Maria Callas / Giuseppe di Stefano / Rolando Panerai / Nicola Zaccaria / Anna Moffo / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Antonino Votto (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] This 1956 recording of Puccini's perennially popular La bohème was Callas's twelfth complete opera recording with La Scala, Milan, though she never sang it live on stage here or anywhere else. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat [with bonus DVD] Maria Keohane, Anna Zander (Sopranos) Carlos Mena (alto) Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The best ever Magnificat recording? In my view it certainly is." International Record Review January 2010 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo soprano) Darren Jeffery (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] 'this performance beneifts from marvellous sound and shows Davis secure in his tempo choices and bringing that combination of solemnity, grandeur and drama' Sound **** Performance ***** BBC Music Magazine |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Attila (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Mariinsky Theatre / Ildar Abdrazakov, Vladislav Sulimsky, Anna Markarova / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Mariinsky Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2013 ] The Mariinsky label is delighted to release the first of four operas on DVD in 2013 with Verdi's 'Attila'. Released in celebration of Verdi's anniversary year, acclaimed Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars in the title role, in this the premiere of... |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
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JOSEF FRIEDRICH DOPPELBAUER
Doppelbauer: Essential Works for Cello and Piano Martin Merker (cello), Anna Adamik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] "I found the recorded sound to be splendid and all of the performances good. I just wish the quality of the music matched the performances and sonics." Fanfare |
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TOM COULT
Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz [ NMC Recordings / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] On 22 November 2024, NMC Recordings releases Pieces that Disappear - the debut album from the composer Tom Coult performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Anacreon 1754 Matthew Brook, Anna Dennis & Agustín Prunell-Friend / The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Rameau wrote two complete 'Anacréons', both of them one-act acte de ballets, but with two different plots and librettos. 'Anacréon' (1754) was set to a libretto by Louis de Cahusac and had a successful premiere followed by some performances in Paris... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera) Matthias Goerne, Kim Begley, Michelle DeYoung, Deborah Humble, Peter Sidhom, Anna Samuil / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zwede [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The Hong Kong Philharmonic sound fully up for the occasion and have the stamina for this demanding piece…Matthias Goerne sings Wotan beautifully with much baritonal sophistication. |
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BERNSTEIN / COPLAND / BARBER / MUHLY etc
American Voices: American Choral Music Meg Bragle (mezzo), Frederick Teardo (organ), Anna Reinersman (harp), Maya Gunji (percussion) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 31/Mar/2017 ] Continuing their ongoing series with Resonus, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release an album of celebrated as well as more recent American choral music. Featuring music from the last seven... |
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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Chamber Works For Strings Vol 1 Minna Pensola (violin), Anna Laakso (piano), Atte Kilpelainen (viola), Marko Myohanen (electronics) / Meta4 [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] This is the first of two releases of Chamber Works for Strings by Kaija Saariaho. The second will be released in 2014. |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko / Eduardo Valdes / Maria Zifchak / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Looking as graceful as a gazelle and singing as sweetly as a bell struck with a surprising outburst of coloratura, Anna Netrebko sang in I Puritani for the first time at the MET" (The New York Post) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Ċ½eljko Luèiæ, René Pape, Joseph Calleja / Fabio Luisi (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2015 ] An unforgettable performance of Anna Netrebko at the MET now on DVD/BR! Outstanding press acclaim for her performance: New York Observer stated: ".. a superstar cast ... the most potent: Anna Netrebko's ferociously exciting star turn as Lady... |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "In a show-stopping Letter Scene, Netrebko conveys that first, uncertain declaration of love perfectly...She could easily have been the reigning Tatyana of the past decade." (International Record Review) |
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KALEVI AHO
Concert for Chamber Orchestra / Symphony No.14, 'Rituaaleja' Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Herman Rechberger (darabuka & djembe) Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) / Chamber Orchestra of Lapland / John Storgards [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Rituals finds the composer at the very peak of his powers; throw in exemplary music-making and fine sonics and you have a very special disc indeed." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb June 2009) |
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera) Monica Piccinini / Furio Zanasi / Anna Simboli / Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini [ OPUS 111 / Naive / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] "Furio Zanasi (Orfeo) is exceptionally good. Simboli (Euridice) is pure-voiced and clear, and Migardo uses the natural vulnerability in her sound movingly to project the distraught feelings of the Messenger." (BBC Music Opera Choice Nov 2015) |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/May/2021 ] On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart. |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor Marie Arnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo) Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] 'Davis's approach to the Requiem...contained both tragic grandeur and high drama, with the Dies Irae pointing the way towards the theatrical vividness of some 19th-century settings, but nothing was remotely sentimental of self-pitying' The Guardian |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (complet opera) Anna Stéphany, Antoinette Dennefeld, Nicky Spence, David Steffens / Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie, Ben Glassberg [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Flanked by a spectacular cast featuring the role debuts of Nicky Spence (named 'Personality of the Year' by BBC Music Magazine in 2022) and Simona Šaturová, the conductor Ben Glassberg (Music Director of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie) once again... |