More By Artist: Marie-Jose
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SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A 'The Trout' / Variations on Trockne Blumen for flute and piano / Piano Trio (Notturno) in E flat Martin Helmchen (piano) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Alois Posch (double bass) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "The players' wide dynamic range lets them wring every drop of energy from the finale without ever forcing the tone, and it's impossible to overpraise Helmchen's sensitivity in both his solo and accompanying roles." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
HERZOGENBERG / SCHUMANN / KLUGHARDT / WEISMANN
Song of the Reeds Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Markus Becker (piano) with Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn) & Tabea Zimmermann (viola) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 16/Feb/2012 ] The world's leading oboe player rediscovers his German Romantic roots. Albrecht Mayer is a master musician whose playing has touched the hearts of many fans. |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1988) Metropolitan Opera / Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Leona Mitchell, Samuel Ramey / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 3/Jun/2000 ] Georges Bizet's Carmen, which takes place in and around Seville, Spain tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen. |
BERLIOZ
Damnation de Faust (complete) Michael Myers (Tenor) / Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Mezzo-soprano) / Alain Vernhes (Baritone) / Jean-Claude Casadesus (Conductor) [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "The cast is a good one, the orchestra idiomatic and Jean-Claude Casadesus, who has made his mark on disc before, is at the helm." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
MICHAEL NYMAN
Nyman: Facing Goya (complete opera) Winnie Bowe, Marie Angel, Hilary Summers, Harry Nicoll / Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman [ Michael Nyman / 3 CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "A collage-like 'opera in four acts' investigating the physiology of genius, set to Nyman's usual chugging grooves, smartly packaged on his own label." (BBC Music) |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (Original version of the opera) Sara Blanch, Michele Angelini, Gianluca Ascheri, Lamia Beuque, Emmanuel Franco / Górecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] This 2019 Rossini in Wildbad production is unique in being the world premiere recording of the score's original 1821 Rome version. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Turandot (Highlights from the opera) Montserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Alain Lombard [ EMI Redline / CD - released 29/Jun/1978 ] "From the verystart Caballe conveys an element of mystery while Freni underlines the dramatic rather than the lyrical side of Liu's role." (Penguin Guide) |
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 |
NAJI HAKIM
Hakim Plays Hakim Vol 1 Naji Hakim & Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet (Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna of Bilbao) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] "I haven't enjoyed an organ collection this much in ages. Hakim the composer and performer are shown at their considerable best, and Signum have obliged with an exemplary recording. The composer's concise, very readable notes are an added bonus." (Re |
BLOW / DOWLAND / FERRABOSCO / JOHNSON / PURCELL
A Painted Tale Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) [ Avie / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] 'As shown by this programme of Dowland, Purcell and others, Nicholas Phan is a wonderfully communicative tenor: a fine follow-up to his two Britten recitals.' (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015) |
BOULANGER / PIERNE / D'INDY
Cello Recital: French Cello Sonatas Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) / Jose Gallardo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] |
Nonato & Seu Conjunto / José Roberto
Cafua / Crioula Multicolorida (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 27/Sep/2024 ] The late composer, arranger, musician and record producer Nonato Buzar is a lesser-known great outside of Brazil. His legacy leaves behind a rich body of recordings, working with some of the cream of the Brazilian '60s and '70s music scene, including... |
MIGUEL DE FUENLLANA
Orphenica Lyra 1554 Nuria Rial (soprano) / Carlos Mena (countertenor) / Orphenica Lyra / Jose Miguel Moreno [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "The singing of Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena makes this a constant delight. This is the Spanish Romantic guitar at the peak of its popularity… " BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 |
JULES MASSENET
Jules Massenet: Grisélidis Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Thomas Dolié, Vannina Santoni, Julien Dran, Adrien Fournaison, Thibault de Damas, Chœur [ Bru Zane / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Paris discovered Massenet's Grisélidis at the Opéra-Comique on 20 November 1901. The work is based on a medieval folktale retold by Boccaccio and Perrault, among others, and already set to music several times in the Baroque era. It gave Massenet the... |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Hulda (complete opera) Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Gergely Madaras; Jennifer Holloway; Marie Gautrot; Matthieu Lécroart; Véronique Ge [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The injustices of history are made to be redressed. Here a cast of international singers, under the dynamic direction of Gergely Madaras, devotes itself with conviction to the task of reviving one of the forgotten glories of French Romantic opera.... |
RUPERTO CHAPI
Symphony in D Minor / Fantasía morisca Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid / Jose Ramon Encinar [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] "A bargain for admirers of Chapí's colourful and tuneful music. …Encinar and his Madrid forces are completely assured…" (Gramophpne) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / etc
Opera National de Paris: Ballet - Swan Lake / Cinderella / Jewels / La Dame aux Camelias Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu, Jose Martinez, Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laëtitia Pujol, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. |
CHOPIN
La Dame aux Camelias (Complete ballet choreographed by John Neumeier recorded in 2008) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Dorothee Gilbert / Michael Schmidtsdorff (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] G : - 'John Neumeier has created a ballet in which emotions go crescendo … Agnes Letestu, the great dramatic heroine, triumphs in this ballet danced to music by Chopin.' Figaro |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / Blu-ray - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. … Letestu... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev recorded in 2005) Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu / Jose Martinez / Karl Paquette / Muriel Halle / Velo Pahn (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] '…their [Agnès Letestu & José Martinez] dancing was sensational, and Letestu in particular was magnificent. She was soft, lyrical yet aristocratic as Odette, as befits her slender, long-limbed body and her mime scene was of intense beauty. …... |
