FRANZ BENDA
Violin Sonatas (ornamented versions from a Berlin manuscript) Leila Schayegh (violin) / Vaclav Luks (harpsichord/fortepiano) / Felix Knecht (cello) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concerto No. 10 in B flat RV 362 The Hunt / Concerto in A RV 552 per eco in lontano Roberto Michelucci (violin) Felix Ayo (violin) Franco Tamponi (violin) Walter Gallozzi (violin) / I Musici [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] "… the soloist, Felix Ayo, a player of quite exceptional quality" Gramophone |
Rodrigo Costa Felix
Fados de Amor [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Simple Symphony / Spring Symphony / Four Sea Interludes Jennifer Vyvyan; Norma Proctor; Peter Pears / Royal Opera House Orchestra, Benjamin Britten / I Musici, Felix Ayo [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] (Spring Symph) "confirmed in my admiration by this, both technically and musically among the best things the gramophone has given us. The music is not difficult for any open-minded listener to enjoy" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 / Sonata No. 29 (orch. Weingartner) (rec 1930, 1933) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Felix Weingartner [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] The Hammerklavier transcription was transferred mainly from U.S. Columbia “Viva-Tonal” pressings with the exception of two sides that came from first edition laminated English Columbias (including the second movement, which has a pronounced swish on... |
JOSEPH MARX
Phantasie / 4 Lieder Simone Nold (soprano) Christoph Renz (flute) Felix Schwartz (viola) / Hyperion trio [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Impressionistic twentieth-century Romanticist Joseph Marx was once Austria's most distinguished composer; his fame and authority continued to be unbroken even in the 1950s. |
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Midnight Flyer [ CD ] |
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Nudge It Up A Notch [ CD - released 22/Aug/2008 ] European imported disc. |
HEINZ HOLLIGER
Induuchlen Sylvia Nopper (soprano), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Felix Renggli (flutes, piccolo), Elmar Schmid (clarinets), Swiss Chmaber Soloists [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Puneiga includes] two of this composer's most exquisitely poised settings. Sylvia Nopper is no less enticing in the typically exacting vocal part, with Holliger drawing a precise and fastidious response from hs ensemble." (International Record Review) |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet recorded in 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Polina Seminova, Timofej Andrijashenko, Alessandro Grillo / Felix Korobov (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "A great production, a success thanks to a superlative and thrilling ballet company." (LUUK) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canciones Espanolas: Spanish Songs Teresa Berganza (mezzo) with Narciso Yepes (guitar) and Felix Lavilla (piano) [ 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] |
Various Artists / Mixed by Pete Tong & Felix Da Housecat
All Gone Ibiza 11 [ Defected / 2 CD - released 6/Jun/2011 ] |
Various / Felix Da Housecat
A Bugged Out Mix [ React Music / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2003 ] 'Bugged Out' demonstrates his dance floor set, an eclectic blend of Electro, House and Techno. 'Bugged In' features his influential tracks and home listening favourites |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Susanne Bernhard (sop), Anke Vondung (mezzo), Pavol Breslik (tenor), Yorck Felix Speer (bass) Orchester und Kammerchor der Klangverwaltung Enoch zu Gu [ Farao Classics / CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] "The work's contemplative concluding movements draw a more assured quality of music-making than the preceding three, with the Benedictus the performance's evident highlight" Gramophone |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |