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JANACEK
The Makropulos Case (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) John Graham-Hall (tenor) / English National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "This electrifying performance has been captured in sound that is exceptionally clear and full-bodied, and it also has great immediacy. I very much welcome a recording in English." (International Record Review March 2007) |
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PUCCINI
Puccini = Passion - The Richard Bonynge Edition Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Orchestra Victoria / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "[Barker] is known as a highly skilled and committed singer who gives her all on the stage ... her tone, support of the voice and vocal characterisation is a joy ... Barker's interpretations make as satisfying a disc of this demanding repertoire as I... |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Opera Australia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Cheryl Barker's voice opens up excitingly on the top notes, but in the medium-high range her timbre has no especial qualities. She gives a committed performance" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
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Cheryl Bentyne
The Book Of Love [ Telarc Records / CD ] |
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Cheryl Bentyne
Let Me Off Uptown [ Telarc Jazz / CD - released 30/May/2005 ] |
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Cheryl Bentyne
Talk Of The Town [ Telarc / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] |
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Cheryl Cole
3 Words [ Polydor Records U.K. / CD - released 18/Mar/2010 ] Coming out of the UK's biggest girl band, Girls Aloud, Cheryl Cole now launches her solo career with debut album '3 Words'. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner Duets Cheryl Studer, Gundula Janowitz, Josephine Veasey, Thomas Stewart, Helgar Dernesch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Hofman, etc [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] The recordings are among the finest ever made. The singers are a Who's Who of great names from the sixties, seventies and eighties - Fischer-Dieskau, Janowitz, Vickers, Thomas, Price, Kollo… with conductors like Karajan, Kleiber and Jochum directing |
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VERDI
La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1992) Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons / Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Here is Cheryl Studer...The voice is full-blooded and warm, yet flexible enough to encompass the difficulties of Act 1...beautifully focused in the succeeding aria, with a nicely differentiated treatment of the second verse (happily included)."... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera with libretto) Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Fernando De La Mor / London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2012 ] "this 1990 recording, conducted with great energy and character by Ion Marin, has plenty going for it. Studer and Domingo are both idiomatic and the rest of the cast." (International Record Review) |
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ROBERT ERICKSON
Erickson: Orchestral, Chamber and Vocal Music Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joe Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] Robert Erickson was a formidable guiding spirit as composer and teacher, acting as a mentor for a whole generation of California-trained composers. He utilized many different styles and techniques in his music, from microtonality to electronics and... |
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ROBERTO SIERRA
New Music with a Caribbean Accent Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joel Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] Roberto Sierra is one of the freshest voices of recent American composition. The diverse folk traditions and popular music of the Caribbean have been in his blood since he was young, and he frequently evokes these cultures, transforming them with... |
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RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
Vocal and Chamber Music Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joel Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Seeger's music has restless, ambiguous harmonies and mystical auras, slow movements are often dark and brooding, and fast movements are filled with exuberant themes, developed in an improvisatory spirit. |
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RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
Vocal and Chamber Music Continuum / Cheryl Seltzer / Joel Sachs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
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ROSSINI
Guglielmo Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 1988) La Scala Opera / Giorgio Zancanaro / Chris Merritt / Giorgio Surjan / Cheryl Studer / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/May/2004 ] G :- Riccardo Muti conducts a fine cast led by Giorgio Zancanaro in the title role of Rossini's towering and opulent last opera with the Corps de Ballet, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala. Sung in Italian |
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ARTHUR FARWELL
Arthur Farwell: Piano Music, Volume 3 Lisa Cheryl Thomas (piano) [ Toccata / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] "Part of the 'Indianists' movement, Arthur Farwell tried to meld American Indian and Western music. There's a variety of styles, though the playing sometimes loses focus" BBC Music |
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COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Feen [The Fairies] (Complete opera recoded in 1983) Kurt Moll, Linda Esther Gray, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Cheryl Studer / Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphonieorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1984 ] Recorded: July 1983 Recording Venue: Munich, Germany |
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VERDI
Aida (recorded live Covent Garden in 1994) Royal Opera House / Cheryl Studer / Luciana d'Intino / Dennis O'Neill / Edward Downes (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Sir Edward Downes'] command of the score's structure, its curious blend of delicacy and bombast, of classical propriety and romantic excess, is complete and he drew superbly disciplined playing from the pit and lusty singing from the augmented... |
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WAGNER
Wagner Complete Operas [43 CD set] Various Artists incls Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Hildegard Behrens, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 43 CD Box Set - released 8/Nov/2012 ] The year 2013 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth. In recognition of this anniversary, DG have released the classiest box on the market. Every opera that Wagner wrote. |