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PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges (recorded live in 2005) Charles Workman / José Van Dam / Philippe Rouillon / Barry Banks / Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Opéra National de Paris / Sylvain Cambreling [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Conducted by 20th century specialist Sylvain Cambreling and sung in the original French version by superb singer-actors, this production presents a stage performance set in perfect harmony with Prokofiev's inventive music. |
DELIBES
Coppelia (complete ballet recorded in 2001) Charline Giezendanner / Mathieu Ganio / Pierre Lacotte / École De Danse And Opéra National De Paris / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] On the programme this evening is Coppélia, or the girl with the enamel eyes by Léo Delibes. The excitement among the girls is great because today they will be performing in the (reproduced) scenery and costumes which at the premiere on 25 May 1870... |
GEORGE DYSON
Quo Vadis: a cycle of poems Cheryl Barker (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC National Chorus of Wales ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; Richar [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] 'All four soloists are in superb voice, each of them strong, firm and characterful; and both choruses sing with fresh, incandescent tone... the result will delight all devotees of the English choral tradition.' - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges & Ma Mère l'Oye Choeur Britten, Jeune Choeur symphonique, Maitrise de l'Opera National de Lyon & Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Ravel's opera L'Enfant et les sortilèges captures an imaginative child's world in which the creatures and objects around him come to life. |
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RAVEL
Complete orchestral works (Incls Daphnis et Chloa, Alborada del Gracioso & Pictures at an Exhibition [Mussorgsky orch. Ravel]) (Rec 1987-88) Choeur et Orchestre National de France. Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The recordings were made by Yoshiharu Kawaguchi who clearly espoused the then new digital medium for its ability to portray the merest breath through to stunning ear-assaulting climaxes." (MusicWeb Oct 2003) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls 'Daphnis et Chloe', 'Ma Mere l'Oye' & 'Bolero') Choeurs du Theatre National de l'Opera / Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "Fortunate the collector who chances on this set; delight and revelation await. At bargain price this is a gift that will cast its smiling spell for years to come" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month October 2007) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Concert champêtre Philippe Lefebvre (organ) Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) / Lille National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "The wind and percussion of the Lille orchestra get a chance to demonstrate their quality in accomplished playing of the spry dances of the Suitefrançaise. This is an eminently recommendable disc." (Gramophone Classucal Music Guide) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op. 35; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) / Russian National Orchestra. Kent Nagano [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "In Multi Channel you can feel the sound waves reverberating through the hall!" ---SA-CD.net |
Chœur de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Solistes de l'Orchestre National de France
Thierry Escaich: Cris [ Formations musicales de Radio France / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] For its 28th edition in 2018, the Festival Présences of Radio France paid tribute to Thierry Escaich -one of the greatest French living composers. Composer, but also organist and improviser, Thierry Escaich does not dissociate the three aspects of... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op.32 / The Mystic Trumpeter (with Matthews - Pluto: The Renewer) Claire Rutter (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "an expansive, richly recorded performance" (Sunday Telegraph) |
LAVAILLAT
La Petite Danseuse De Degas Clairemarie Osta / Dorothée Gilbert / Mathieu Ganio / Corps De Ballet & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Paris / Koen Kessels [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "An inspired and visually ravishing creation. This ballet deserves to go from success to success." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2011) |
DENIS LAVAILLAT
Lavaillat: La Petite Danseuse De Degas (from The Opéra Garnier, Paris 2010) BLU-RAY Clairemarie Osta / Dorothée Gilbert / Mathieu Ganio / Corps De Ballet & Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Paris / Koen Kessels [ ArtHaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 8/Aug/2011 ] "An inspired and visually ravishing creation. This ballet deserves to go from success to success." (recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2011) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst-The Planets / Mystic Trumpeter Clare Rutter, soprano / RSNO Ladies Chorus / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is considered to be one of the UK's leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish... |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / RODGERS / MORTIER
Summertime: Music For Clarinet Quartet The Clarinet Quartet Of The Belgian National Orchestra [ NAXOS / CD ] Terence Thompson's witty jazz suite City Scenes starts with a light-hearted Stroll in the City, delicately sketched. Blowing the Blues provides a leisurely interlude, before the cheerful and lively Hot Potato Boogie, a blues derivative, with its... |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix / Le boeuf sur le toit / la creation du monde / Concertos Claude Helffer (piano) Frederique Cambreling (harp) / Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon [ Warner Classics Erato / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/1998 ] Distinctively French, yet cosmopolitan in his personal and artistic horizons, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was adventurous, prominent, and prolific. A pupil of Dukas and d'Indy, he became a member of Les Six and a distinguished teacher in the USA and... |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Rapture-concerto for percussion & orchestra / An American Abroad / Jasper Colin Currie (percussion) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Colin Currie is a brilliant British percussionist, and Marin Alsop leads performances that seem well rehearsed and committed. Torke fans will want this, especially for the two tone poems, I'm sure." - Stephen Ellis, Fanfare |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Constantin Chekerliksi, Boris Christoff, Todor Todorov / Orchestra & Chorus of the National Opera theatre of Sofia, Jerzy Semkow [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "Boris Christoff is a past master at subtly altering his vocal colour: at this stage of his career, he was in full command of a magnificent voice with many shades of colour in it. This is superlative artistry." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
So Romantique! Cyrille Dubois (tenor) / Orchestre National de Lille; Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "The album is a treasury of rarely heard (and previously unheard) music...Dubois handles them all with intelligence, finesse and flair, singing with perfect native French diction." Opera |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Symphony No 1') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Zdenĕk Fibich's career overlapped those of his countrymen Smetana and Dvořak, but his music remained poised between the twin poles of Czech Nationalism and the New German School. |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Othello, Op. 6') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "The recordings are agreeably detailed and with plenty of dynamic contrast. All who are already friends of Ma Vlast and the Dvorak late tone-poems will want to hear this and can expect to find new friends." (MusicWeb July 2014) |
