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DAVID SCHIFF
Schiff: Gimpel the Fool (complete opera) Richard Zeller / D'Anna Fortunato / Kevin Walsh / Thomas Glenn / Third Angle Ensemble / Kenneth Kiesler [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] Gimpel the Fool is a setting of the story by Polish-born American Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991). In the words of the composer, also of Polish descent, "it turned out to be world full of spirits and demons, as well as a world... |
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W.A. MOZART
Apollo et Hyacinthus (complete opera) Robert Morvai (tenor), Antonia Bouerva (soprano), Anna Haase (soprano), Daniel Lager (alto) / European Chamber Soloists / Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This is a very recent recording of one of Mozart’s early operas. For this work 11 year old (!) Mozart used a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The text by Father Widl is in Latin. |
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NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Chamber Music for Strings Roberto Noferini (violin), Anna Noferini (violin), Andrea Noferini (cello), Giulio Tampalini (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] This new recording features some rarely recorded chamber music by Niccolo Paganini, the violinist "possessed by the devil", great innovator of his instrument and composer of delightful, brilliantly written music of great melodic... |
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HANDEL
Serse (complete opera) Rosemary Joshua, Anna Stéphany, David Daniels, Joélle Harvey / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine September 2013 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2012) Royal Opera House, Bryan Hymel, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Eva-Maria Westbroek / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Les Troyens (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Bryan Hymel, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Eva-Maria Westbroek / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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Katzameier, Otto / Radziejewska, Anna / Klangforum Wien ao.
Sciarrino, Salvatore - Macbeth [ Col Legno / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Michael Volle, Roberto Sacca, Anna Gabler, Peter Sonn, Georg Zeppenfeld / Daniele Gatti [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "Gatti seeks to match Herheim's production with initially chamber-like sonorities then a gradual upping both dynamics a colour for street brawl and singing contest." (Gramophone) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Blu-ray) Salzburg Festival / Monika Bohinec, Anna Gabler, Roberto Saccà, Peter Sonn, Michael Volle / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniele Gatti [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/Jul/2022 ] "A fresh, charming and perceptive production, magical and irresistible!" (New York Times) "All narrative and poetry is nothing but the key to true dreams" (Hans Sachs). |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Il Re Pastore (complete opera) Sarah Fox, Ailish Tynan, John Mark Ainsley, Anna Devin & Benjamin Hulett / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Page's unobtrusive pacing of the pastoral mini-drama and sage weighting of orchestrally accompanied recitatives pull the listener along gently." (Gramophone Editors Choice Nov 2015) |
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SCHILLER
Opus Schiller with Lang Lang (piano) Helene Grimaud (piano) Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Anna Netrebko (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Panorama / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Multi-award winning electronica artist Christopher van Deylen, aka "Schiller", has sold over 2 million albums worldwide and releases his first classical-inspired album "Opus" on Deutsche Grammophon's new Panorama label. With his new album "Opus",... |
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GLUCK
Orfeo ed Euridice (Complete opera recorded in 1965) Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo & Judith Raskin / I Virtuosi di Roma, Renato Fasano [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Shirley Verrett makes a deeply impressive Orfeo, firm and pure in sound, classically restrained in expression; and her "Che farO", at a moderate, beautifully judged speed, is very finely sung, poised and quietly moving." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (complete opera recorded in 2014) Simone Kermes, Malena Ernman, Anna Kasyan, Kenneth Tarver, Christopher Maltman / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2016 ] In 2011, when invited to the post of Artistic Director at Perm's opera house, Currentzis negotiated unheard-of conditions: unlimited rehearsal time; the freedom to schedule performances depending on the quality reached in rehearsals; the necessary... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Firenze 1350 Sollazzo ensemble, Anna Danilevskaia [ Ambronay / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Florence, second half of the 14th century: in the heart of a city in full humanist and cultural effervescence, composers such as Francesco degli Organi (or Landini) and Paolo Da Firenze bring the music of their time to its peak. A unique abundance... |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 2 [Incls Symphony No. 4] Anna Sikorzak-Olek (harp) & Lukasz Dlugosz (flute) / Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] "the lower strings of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra are taut and exciting, and the conductor Lukasz Borowicz shows himself to be an ideal interpreter of this music." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 2 Sophie Daneman / Anna Grevelius / James Gilchrist / Stephan Loges [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The second disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This second disc features settings of Mörike. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Berlin / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Dorothea Röschmann, Anna Prohaska / Gustavo Dudamel (cond) [ Accentus Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "Nothing is harder to put on stage than lightness. And humor is the sharpest weapon of the desperate. That is why it is an obligation, indeed a must, to enjoy this Figaro by Jürgen Flimm at the Staatsoper to the fullest." (ARD Radio) This production... |
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ALBINONI / BELLINI / HANDEL / BACH FAMILY / MOZART / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
Oboe Concertos Stefan Schilli, Pier Luigi Fabretti, Andrius Puskunigis, Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood, Anna Starr, etc (oboes) / Various orchestras [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "There is an abundance of enticing music, well performed by all the soloists. The orchestral sound is beautifully blended and well recorded." (MusicWeb on the Albinoni) |
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PETER SCULTHORPE
Complete works for solo piano Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano) [ ABC Classics Discovery / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Sadly Peter Sculthorpe died recently, so this recording becomes even more poignant. Sculthope is widely acknowledged as the first Australian composer to leave behind the traditions of Britain and Europe, and create a distinctively Australian music.... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damaru [ C Major DVD / 8 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: ON BLU-RAY |