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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete ballet recorded in 2012) Muziektheater, Amsterdam / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 **** |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2012) BLU-RAY Dutch National Ballet / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a muchloved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity,... |
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C.P.E. BACH
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Nevermind, Anna Besson, Louis Creac'h, Robin Pharo; Jean Rondeau [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] For their third album on Alpha, the musicians of Nevermind - Anna Besson (flute), Louis Creac'h (viola), Robin Pharo (viola da gamba) and Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) - explore the riches of a little-played repertory, the quartets and sonatas of Carl... |
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ELIZABETH MACONCHY
The Sofa / The Departure Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Sarah Tynan (sop) Anna Leese (sop) George von Bergen (baritone) Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) / Independent Opera Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Independent Opera's young singers do full justice to both works, with good diction and a real sense of ensemble performance, finely honed under Dominic Wheeler's incisive direction. There's some fine instrumental playing, and an exceptionally clear... |
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JOHANN MATTHESON
Christmas Oratorio Nicki Kennedy, Anna Crookes (sopranos), Ursula Eittinger (mezzo), Andreas Post (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass-baritone) / Die Kölner Akademie [ CPO / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] For a long time Johann Mattheson was relatively unknown among composers of the 18th Century. |
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A Nocte Temporis, Anna Besson, Reinoud van Mechelen
The Dubhlinn Gardens [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] The Dubhlinn Gardens: an evening in the high society of 18th century Dublin, where traditional music was 'civilising' itself for the salon… This programme was inspired by the passion for traditional Irish music that flautist Anna Besson has felt... |
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ANONYMOUS
Oh, ma belle brunette Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), A Nocte Temporis, with Anna Besson (baroque flute) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] The term 'brunette' refers not only to a young woman with brown hair, but also to a musical form that was highly fashionable from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth. |
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FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Opera Comique / Nahuel di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli, Francesca Aspromonte / Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Feb/2021 ] A sumptuous Baroque spectacle, conceived on a vast scale in this lavish production by directors Valerie Lesort and Christian Hecq. |
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BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Andrew Richards / Anne-Catherine Gillet / Nicolas Cavallier / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Anna Caterina Antonacci is now acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She made her Covent Garden... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa [Church Windows] / etc Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling, Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] In their acclaimed series of Ottorino Respighi's orchestral music, John Neschling and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège have transported listeners to destinations as diverse as Brazil (Impressione brasiliane) and King Solomon's Jerusalem... |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
Symphony in F major, Op. 4 / Das Seejungfräulein, Op. 15 Anna Kasyan (soprano) / Osnabruecker Symphonieorchester, Hermann Baumer [ CPO / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Eugène d'Albert was born in Scotland but moved to Germany, before finally gaining Swiss citizenship at the start of the First World War. |
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WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2009) BLU-RAY Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia / Juha Uusitalo / John Daszak / Matti Salminen / Anna Larsson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2010 ] In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). |
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Pat Metheny & Anna Maria Jopek
Upojenie [ Nonesuch / CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] |
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MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2010) Peter De Jong / Karel De Rooij / Anna Tsygankova / Matthew Golding / Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia / Kevin Rhodes [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The fl amboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the... |
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MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Peter De Jong / Karel De Rooij / Anna Tsygankova / Matthew Golding / Dutch National Ballet / Holland Symfonia / Kevin Rhodes [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The fl amboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the... |
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PERCY GRAINGER
Salute To Percy Grainger (Incls 'Shepherd's Hey' & 'The Warriors') Peter Pears (tenor) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) John Shirley Quirk (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth Boys' Choir, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "This is an altogether delightful anthology, beautifully played and recorded by these distinguished artists … the recording is an extremely good one" Penguin Guide *** |
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VALENTINI
Complete Mandolin Sonatas Pizzicar Galante: Anna Schivazappa (baroque mandolin), Fabio Antonio Falcone (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] This new recording presents the first printed edition of sonatas for the mandolin and basso continuo published in the first half of the 18th century, featuring Italian composers Roberto Valentini and Pietro Boni. Robert Valentini (1674‐1747) left... |
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NED ROREM
On an Echoing Road: Duets, Trios and Quartets The Prince Consort / Alisdair Hogarth (with Anna Leese, soprano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The more one hears of Rorem's songs, too, the more intriguing they seem...The performances catch every drop of that naturalness, too; the disc may only scratch the surface of Rorem's songwriting but it crystallises its essence perfectly." Guardian,... |
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W.A. MOZART
Coronation Mass Priti Coles (sop) Anna di Mauro (mezzo) John Dickie (tenor) / Capella Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "A spirited account." BBC Music Magazine |
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W. A. MOZART
The A-Z of Mozart Opera Rebecca Bottone, Klara Ek, Martene Grimson, Susan Gritton, Anna Leese (soprano), Cora Burggraaf (mezzo), Allan Clayton, Andrew Staples (tenor), Mark S [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Signum are proud to reissue Classical Opera's debut CD, 'The A-Z of Mozart Opera', selected for Gramophone magazine's annual Critic's Choice in 2007. Based on the coincidence that Mozart's first opera (Apollo et Hyacinthus) begins with 'A' and his... |