RICKY IAN GORDON / MARK CAMPBELL
Rappahannock Country Virginia Arts Festival Orchestra, Rob Fisher [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] With its remarkably strong cast Rappahannock County is a richly expressive and fresh new work, having a global and contemporary appeal its universal messages of human suffering and survival amidst conflict and crisis. |
MENOTTI
Il Console [The Consul] Virginia Zeani / Gianluigi Colmagro / Giovanna Fioroni / Florence May Festival / Thomas Schippers [ Opera D'Oro / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / RICHARD WAGNER / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Furtwangler: Brahms/Wagner/Mendelssohn (Commercial Recordings 1940-50 Volume 6) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] All recordings from 1949 |
Worcester Cathedral Choir, Choir of Tewkesbury Abbey, Elora Festival Singers
Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years Of Carols [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/1999 ] Sixty six minutes of wonderful choral music |
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 |
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Furtwängler's commercial legacy wasn't huge so collectors will welcome this latest instalment with alacrity" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1 (with Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3) [recorded in 2009] BLU-RAY Yuja Wang (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Bluray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra consists of an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicians like Kolja Blacher and Sebastian Breuninger, Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Jens Peter Maintz. |
ROSSINI
The best of Rossini (Incls the Thieving Magpie Overture & excerpts from The Barber of Seville) Zagreb Festival Orchestra / Rossini Ensemble / Failoni Chamber Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] English audiences will never forgive Rossini for starting his Thieving Magpie overture with that side-drum roll. We leap to our feet thinking its the start of the National Anthem! And it is this effervescent overture which opens this irresistible... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 + 2 Krystian Zimmerman (piano) / Polish Festival Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/1999 ] "Of the many offerings made to celebrate Chopin's 150th anniversary, Zimerman's achievement stands out" Gramophone |