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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Thomas Gazheli, Marjorie Owens, Mikhail Petrenko, Bernhard Berchtold / Fabio Luis (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] At Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, maestro Fabio Luisi gives "a superb performance" (Operawire) of Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), the forerunner of grand Wagnerian dramas. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
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PATRICK HAWES
Hawes: Fair Albion - Visions of England Brno Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Hawes (piano), Raven Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting treatment by Julian Lloyd Webber, solidly supported... |
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ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 2 Mannheim Mozart Orchestra / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Salieri was no pushover. Neither is Fey who, as usual, couples individuality in interpretation to dynamic, sizzling conducting and whiplash precision of ensemble...[His] grasp of extremes is a fearless re-creation of Salieri's creative invention.... |
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MARTIN BUSSEY
Through a Glass: Songs by Martin Bussey Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu (piano); Thomas Kemp (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Presenting an instantly striking and diverse collection of world premiere recordings of song by the contemporary composer Martin Bussey, Farnsworth is joined by the renowned young pianist James Baillieu for the A.E. Housman cycle Blue Remembered... |
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MOZART / WEBER / ROSSINI / VERDI / etc
Great Singers Live: Margaret Price (recorded 1977-1991) Margaret Price (soprano) / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton [ BR Klassik Great Singers Live / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi, to which this CD pays ample credit, and also features arias by Bellini, Cilea,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutti (complete opera recorded in 1994) Charlotte Margiono, Delores Ziegler, Gilles Cachemaille, Thomas Hampson / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2009 ] Classic recordings now repackaged! |
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MARIA CALLAS
Maria Callas - Magic Moments of Music Maria Callas (soprano) with interviews with Antonio Pappano, Rolando Villazon, Rufus Wainwright, Thomas Hampson & others [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "Pappano says illuminating things about Callas's voice and what she did with it…Kristine Opolais is interesting about her acting…Tito Gobbi is his expansive self…The performance itself remains miraculous, however often you see it." BBC Music |
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Schubert,
Salzburger Liederabend 1987 Marjana Lipovsek, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Thomas Riebl [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] |
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THOMAS ADES
Adès Conducts Adès Mark Stone (baritone), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "...for proof that Adès does what he does with mind-boggling brilliance, look no further." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Contemporary |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Hampson / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnonc [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] "This live recording from Graz Cathedral is gloriously bombastic but mushy at times, despite sprightly original instruments and sensitive plainsongs." (BBC Music) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Orchestral Songs Sunhae Im (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Aparte / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "The orchestral versions of these songs - four of which are getting their first recordings - provide depth of a particular sort." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2023 |
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Mats Eilertsen, Haarmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
And Then Comes The Night [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a distinctive presence on ECM recordings by, amongst others, Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Nils Økland, Wolfert Brederode and Jakob Young and has long maintained several projects of his own,... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral & Choral Works / A Village Romeo & Juliet / Songs Maureen Forrester, John Cameron, Dora Labbette / Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "A record to treasure. The greatest recordings made in stereo by the greatest British conductor at the peak of his career." - Gramophone |
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REINHARD KEISER
Pomona Melanie Hirsch, Doerthe Maria Sandmann, Olivia Vermeulen, Magdalene Harer / Capella Orlandi Bremen, Thomas Ihlenfeldt [ CPO / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] Reinhard Keiser is regarded as one of the most important German opera composers of the baroque era, and his Pomona forms the ideal introduction to the world of the German-language baroque opera. A few deities come together to participate in a... |
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THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Complete oratorio) Michael George (bass) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) David Thomas (bass) / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The Choir of [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "This is a fine recording...For many people, though, the King's forces and Emma Kirkby, with Michael Chance doing all the alto solos, will prove a willing combination. And at super budget price, you cannot go far wrong. There is a complete libretto... |
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WORDSWORTH / KEATS / SHAKESPEARE / THOMAS
Poetry Choice Michael Redgrave / Robert Donat / Dylan Thomas [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jun/2015 ] Almost 70 minutes of sustained quality favourites, all read by legendary voices. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Keeping Score - Symphony No. 4 Michael Tilson Thomas / San Francisco Symphony [ SFS Media / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] "charismatic musical evangelism … genuinely fresh ideas about the presentation of classical music to a mass audience" International Record Review |