Kuhn, Gustav / Gazheli, Thomas / Baba, Michael ao.
Wagner, Richard - Parsifal [ Col Legno / 3 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (alto), Jess Thomas (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass) / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl BAhm [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "one of the greatest recordings the piece has ever enjoyed... there is literally none better" - ClassicsToday.com |
W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze Di Figaro [the Marriage of Figao] (complete opera recorded in 1994) Thomas Hampson, Anton Scharinger, Barbara Bonney, Charlotte Margiono / Royal Concertgebouw / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner The Teldec Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2009 ] "A version that gets the best of both interpretative worlds, new and old." (Five Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
Harold Kloser & Thomas Wander
2012 (Original Soundtrack) [ RCA Records / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] The Soundtrack to the disaster movie '2012' features a brand new single from American Idol favourite Adam Lambert ("Time For Miracles"), a new track from Filter ("Fades Like A Photograph") and more. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No. 70, 73 La Chasse75 Heidelberger Sinfoniker / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] "In short, these are brilliant, sympathetic interpretations, marvelously recorded. Don't miss this release!" (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No. 94, 104, & Ouvertuere Acide e Galatea Heidelberger Sinfoniker / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] "This major enterprise benefits from a panoramic recording, at once transparent and coherent. If you like Haydn, don't miss this one. If you still don't know if you like Haydn, give it a try and be converted." (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / JEAN SIBELIUS
Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Wieniawski: Violin.Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Heifetz's first (mono) recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, made in 1937, as tremendous virtuosity and warmth. The sound is opaque by modern standards...this is a fine bargain." Penguin Guide |
J. S. BACH / HOLLIGER
Duo / Study / Suite Catrin Demenga (violin), Thomas Demenga (cello), Heinz Holliger (oboe) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded September 1986 |
LEBRUN
Lebrun: The Oboe Concertos (with Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C, K314) Heinz Holliger (oboe) Camerata Bern / Thomas FAri [ Archiv blue / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] new dedicated reduced-price catalogue series for Archiv Produktion |
ZELENKA
Trio Sonatas Heinz Holliger (oboe) Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Klaus Stoll (double-bass) Jonathan Rubin (lute) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1997, Released 1999 |
ISANG YUN / ELLIOTT CARTER
Lauds and Lamentations: Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun Heinz Holliger (oboe) / Thomas Zehetmair (violin) / Ruth Killius (viola) / Thomas Demenga (cello) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The peerless artistry of Heinz Holliger - unchallenged as the world's greatest oboist - and of his immensely gifted colleagues Thomas Zehetmair, Thomas Demenga and Ruth Killius, is applied to the music of two of the greatest composers of modern... |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutte (complete opera) Helena Dose / Sylvia Lindenstrand / Daniele Perriers / Thomas Allen / Anson Austin / Franz Petri / London Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard [ Arthaus Musik / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo - Colour - 158 Minutes - NTSC A performance of the Mozart opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" in two acts recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1975. Sung in Italian. Starring Helena... |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (recorded 1937 & 1938) Helge Roswaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Gerhard Husch, Erna Berger / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historic Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "These singers, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, come through with unprecedented clarity in this new transfer by the gifted sound engineer Mark Obert-Thorn. The new reissue looks likely to replace them in the hearts of Mozart fans, offering a... |
REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: L'île du rêve Hervé Niquet, Hélène Guilmette, Artavazd Sargsyan, Cyrille Dubois, Münchner Runddfunkorchester, Ludivine Gombert, Thomas Dolié, Chœur du Concert Spiri [ Bru Zane / CD/Book - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "To have written that, you must be a poet", Massenet told Reynaldo Hahn when he read through the score of L Île du rêve. Composed when the young man was not yet eighteen years old, this curtain-raiser already had the qualities of the great works of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Anthem: Great British Hymns & Choral Works Huddersfield Choral Society, Thomas Trotter (organ), Aidan Oliver (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Here is a large, full-bodied choir, singing in full voice and clearly having an absolute ball…Seek it out for the grandeur and gloriously robust sound of some great British coronation anthems sung with fervour and virile muscularity" MusicWeb |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: The Art of Melancholy Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Apr/2014 ] Of all English songwriters, John Dowland has enjoyed the most powerful afterlife, his voice unmistakably present in any version of his songs. The preeminent marriage of music and poetry, the nuanced shades of wit and melancholy and the extraordinary... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps [The Rite of Spring] (10 Reference Recordings) Igor Stravinsky, Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Pierre Monteux, etc [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2013 ] Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of 'The Rite of Spring' (Le Sacre du Printemps). This boxed set accompanies the x2 CD set released 18th March. Features x10 reference recordings on individual discs. |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Suite de Concert / Cantata 'Ioann Damaskin' (John of Damascus) Ilya Kaler (violin) / Gnesin Academy Chorus / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev's cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, its sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of our Time (complete) Indra Thomas (soprano) Mihoko Fujimura (alto) Steve Davislim (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "There are emotional depths here which turn this recording into something very special." (Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2008) |
Irma Thomas
Simply Grand [ CD - released 22/Aug/2008 ] |