SERGIO AZEVEDO
Azevedo: Hukvaldy Cycle Ensemble Darcos, Nuno Côrte-Real [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Taking its title from the village in which Leoš Janáček was born, this album of chamber works by the prize winning Portuguese composer Sérgio Azevedo reveals his deep affinity for the music and personality of the great Czech composer. |
JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Karita Mattila / Miroslav Dvorsky / Guy de Mey / Dali Schaechter / Orchestra del Teatro Real Madrid / Jiri Belohlavek [ FRA Musica Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2012 ] "Throughout, Mattila sings with a flood of golden tone… Bělohlávek's conducting is beautifully judged, whether in tension or release. Utterly brilliant!" (Gramophone) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti:Roberto Devereux (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Mariella Devia, Marco Caria, Silvia Tro Santafe, Gregory Kunde / Bruno Campanella (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] In the last and most dramatic aria in Roberto Devereux, one of the four Tudor period operas composed by Donizetti in 1837 (along with Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Il Castello di Kenilworth), the protagonist, Queen Elizabeth I of England, exclaims:... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
17th-Century Violin Music in Spain La Real Camara / Emilio Morena [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Works by Falconiero, Bruna, Anon, Victoria, Botelero, Lorente & Sola |
FRANCISCO JOSE de CASTRO
Castro: Trio sonatas Op 1 [1695] La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] The 17th century violinist-composer, Francisco José de Castro, who travelled from his birthplace in Seville to the Northern Italian city of Brescia where he composed chamber music, provides the focus for Emilio Moreno's latest exploration of the... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
La Bona Notte La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] La Real Cámara |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Sei Terzettini, Op. 47: Trios Nos 1-6, G107-112 La Real Cámara [ Glossa / CD - released 31/Mar/2015 ] Few musicians today possess so much awareness and experience with the music of Luigi Boccherini as Emilio Moreno, or can invest their performances with so much insight. With his ensemble La Real Cámara and for his seventh recording of Boccherini's... |
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
Wasted [ Tone Tided Records / CD ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2003) Madrid Teatro Real / Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "...An absolutely magnificent cast of voices." EL MUNDO, Madrid |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) Measha Brueggergosman / Jane Henschel / Willard White / Michael Konig / Teatro Real Madrid / Pablo Heras-Casado [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2011 ] Bel Air present the hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Catalan collective, La Fura dels Baus, from the Teatro Real de Madrid. |
LEO BROUWER / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Guitar Concertos Miguel Trápaga (guitar) / Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Óliver Díaz [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "[Trápaga] is highly attuned to the different sound worlds of the Brouwer and the Rodrigo and, together with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia under Óliver Díaz, creates another kind of musical conversation that is vibrant, exciting and revealing in eq |
VERDI / MOZART / MONTEVERDI / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / WAGNER
The Essential Opera Collection (19 DVD) Muziektheater Amsterdam / Glyndebourne Opera / Madrid Teatro Real / Gran Teatre del Liceu / Netherlands Opera / Royal Opera House / Paris Opera [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 19 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] The 'Essential Opera Collection' is an exciting new mid-price series that brings together popular operas and classic productions in simple stylish packaging. The ten launch titles represent the leading opera houses of the world, including The Royal... |
Neil Worboys and The Real Time Liners
Some Day Soon [ Ode Records / CD - released 14/Jul/2008 ] Neil Worboys is a lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, playing and recording with guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, blues harmonica, kazoo and jug. He has previously played in jug bands, such as Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band. |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
Earth (Triple LP) [ Reprise / 3 LP - released 12/Aug/2016 ] Neil Young used his union with the Promise of the Real -- the gangly crew fronted by Willie Nelson's kids Lukas and Micah -- to tackle weighty social problems on The Monsanto Years, a record supported by a relatively expansive tour. Earth, a double... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real (CD + DVD)
The Monsanto Years [ Warner Brothers / CD/DVD - released 26/Jun/2015 ] Neil Young + Promise of the Real have joined forces and release this new studio album. For this guitar-centric, full steam-ahead and highly-charged rock album, Young is joined by Promise of the Real, an LA-based rock band fronted by Lukas Nelson... |
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
The Monsanto Years (Vinyl) [ Warner Brothers / 2 LP - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Neil Young + Promise of the Real have joined forces and release this new studio album. For this guitar-centric, full steam-ahead and highly-charged rock album, Young is joined by Promise of the Real, an LA-based rock band fronted by Lukas Nelson... |
BIZET / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / PUCCINI / STRAUSS 11 / RAMEAU
THE BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: Opera and Ballet Highlights Paris Opera Ballet / Royal Opera House / Teatro Real, Madrid / Glyndebourne Opera / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Drottningholms Slottsteater [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - Opera and Ballet Highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue at a very special price. |
Real Estate
Atlas [ Domino / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The most collaborative Real Estate record to date, Atlas was written by Martin Courtney, Matt Mondanile, Alex Bleeker and Jackson Pollis while cruising through the Arizona desert and during a presser in Madrid, in a practice room in Greenpoint,... |
Real Estate
In Mind [ Domino / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] In Mind, the fourth full-length record from Real Estate, is a portrait of a mature band at the height of its power. Long respected for their deft lyrical hand and gorgeous melodies, In Mind builds upon the band's reputation for crafting perfect songs... |
Real Estate
In Mind (LP) [ Domino / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] In Mind, the fourth full-length record from Real Estate, is a portrait of a mature band at the height of its power. Long respected for their deft lyrical hand and gorgeous melodies, In Mind builds upon the band's reputation for crafting perfect songs... |