DONIZETTI
Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali (complete opera recorded in 2009) Jessica Pratt / Simon Bailey / Christian Senn / Vincenzo Taormina / Teatro alla Scala / Marco Guidarini [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 12/Dec/2010 ] The Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, a young singers project, presents an opera by Donizetti never before performed on the La Scala stage. Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Viva la mamma!) is a farce in two acts which premiered in Milan April... |
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe [complete ballet] (with Poulenc - Gloria) Jessica Rivera (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink, Conductor [ CSO Resound / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The exultant devotion of the music radiated from their singing. Haitink led a fervent performance, majestic for the opening 'Gloria in excelsis Deo,' light-footed thereafter." Chicago Tribune |
IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Nocturnes / Invocation Jessica Rivera (soprano) Vladimir Chernov (baritone) Maryanne Kim (Piano), etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as "one of the most communicative and intriguing" of today's composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. |
Jessica Simpson
Do You Know? :-Limited Edition [ Epic / Columbia Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] The first country album from Jessica Simpson, 'Do You Know?' includes the lead single "Come On Over" and a duet with Dolly Parton. This limited edition of the CD comes as a deluxe package, featuring a bonus DVD of Jessica. |
Jessica Simpson
A Public Affair [ Epic Records / CD - released 26/Oct/1993 ] Pop megastar Jessica Simpson's fifth studio album features the lead single, title track "A Public Affair" and follow-up "I Belong To Me", plus a cover of Dead Or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)". |
JULIE COOPER
Cooper: Continuum Julie Cooper (piano), The Oculus Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] British composer Julie Cooper presents her commercial album debut, composed during the COVID-19 lockdowns. This musical diary represents Cooper's reflections on the continuous cycle of life as experienced so vividly by many during this time. This... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera recorded in 2015) La Fenice / Jessica Pratt, Sonia Ganassi, Rubén Amoretti, Shalva Mukeria / Shalva Mukeria (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 13/May/2022 ] "I can tell you that from the first to the fourth performance, which was on Sunday, enthusiasm reached, or perhaps surpassed, the levels of Il Pirata and La Straniera in Milan" Bellini in a letter to a friend |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY La Fenice / Jessica Pratt, Sonia Ganassi, Rubén Amoretti, Shalva Mukeria / Shalva Mukeria (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/May/2022 ] "I can tell you that from the first to the fourth performance, which was on Sunday, enthusiasm reached, or perhaps surpassed, the levels of Il Pirata and La Straniera in Milan" Bellini in a letter to a friend |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi's women - Instrumental and vocal sacred music La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (conductor/viola d'amore)) with Claire Booth (soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano) & Jessica Dandy (alto) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] A vibrant collection of some of the more unusual works penned by Vivaldi for performance by the figlie di coro at Venice's famous Ospedale della Pietà, this recording also stars a newly commissioned viola d'amore made to a design penned by Stradivari |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Jessica Pratt, Teresa Iervolin, Francesco Demuro, Marina de Liso / Michele Gamba (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent 'O luce di quest'anima' and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is attractively voiced by Francesco Demuro." Opera |
ROSSINI
Otello (complete opera) Michael Spyres / Jessica Pratt / Ugo Gagliardo / Cluj Transilvania Philharmonic Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 11/May/2010 ] "Powerful American tenor Michael Spyres is in lower tessitura and sings Otello characterfully and flawlessly. English soprano Jessica Pratt, is strong and heartfelt in the role of Desdemona. All supporting roles are equally fine." (TheWholeNote.com) |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Doctor Atomic (Complete Opera directed by Peter Sellars recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, James Maddalena / Lawrence Renes (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Blu-Ray - G - 'The cast is flawless… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.' The Times |
BARBARA EUPHAN TODD
Worzel Gummidge (Unabridged) Read by Jessica Martin [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 10/Aug/2017 ] Regarded as one of the most popular children's novels, Barbara Euphan Todd's Worzel Gummidge follows an animated scarecrow who causes chaos and mayhem wherever he goes. The series is perhaps best known through its 1980s television adaptation, and is... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Podles makes for a feisty Ciro, her black treacle contralto imperious, even if her coloratura is now a little effortful...Pratt's Amira is excellent...The audience's matinee idol here, though, is Michael Spyres...a bari-tenor if ever there was one!" |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) BLU-RAY Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "There are few better exponents of this genre of Rossini trouser roles, and this one in particular, than Ewa Podles. Formidable in her vocal range, she makes more than a cardboard character out of the part with outstanding acting and singing"MusicWeb |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Prinz Methusalem (complete operetta) Jana Frey, Jessica Glatte, Frank Ernst, Gerd Wiemer / Frank Oberueber Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden, Ernst Thei [ CPO / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Prinz Methusalem is the third discovery of an unknown operetta by Johann Strauss II to be released on cpo. Like Der Carneval in Rom (Carnival in Rome) and Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief), this is another collaboration... |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
J Strauss: Das Spitzentuch der Königin (complete operetta recorded in 2008) Nadja Stefanoff, Jessica Glatte, Elke Kottmair, Ralf Simon, Markus Liske, Hardy Brachmann / Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden, Ernst Theis [ CPO / 2 CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] "Strauss's score is an irresistible toe-tapper, crammed with memorable tunes he recycled in the popular orchestral waltz Roses from the South." Sunday Times |