More By Artist: Oliver N'Goma
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JULIAN ANDERSON
Khorovod / The Stations of the Sun / The Crazed Moon / Alhambra Fantasy / etc BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Julian Anderson opens his account with a debut recording of formidably accomplished works...The works on this, his long overdue debut disc, are deeply atmospheric and whet the appetitie for the next release of his music, out soon. Talk about waiting... |
POUL RUDERS
Four Dances / Nightshade / etc Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen [ Dacapo / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "From the flittering opening of Four Dances to the unresolved menace that closes Abysm, the performances, marshalled by Knussen, bristle with controlled energy and colour. The music both beguiles and unsettles, revealing a stunning mastery of chamber... |
MICHAEL MEYNAUD
Meynaud: Chamber Music Cecile Dennaud (Piano) / Joseph Grau (Flute) / Jean-Jacques Jubin (Violin) / Oliver de Mones (Cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "My music is like a diary." Many of Michel Meynaud's works have personal references. A few titles refer explicitly to particular biographical episodes in his life - to his residences in Canada or Southern France (Malaucène) or his friends and family... |
HEINRICH von HERZOGENBERG
Complete Violin Sonatas Christian Altenburger (violin & viola) & Oliver Triendl (piano) [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Cpo's Herzogenberg series continues with the complete Violin Sonatas. With each new release it becomes increasingly apparent Herzogenberg was a multifaceted composer who - despite his closeness to Brahms (or rather because of it) - fought with... |
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Colossos or Panic / The Deluge / Little Symphony Claire Booth & Hilary Summers / ASKO Ensemble / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "..the modernism of Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School on the one hand, the forms and practices of baroque music on the other...an impressive musical span, which Knussen energises quite wonderfully." (The Guardian) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Paukenmesse / Salve Regina Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth von Magnus, Herbert Lippert & Oliver Widmer / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] |
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Symphonies 2 & 3 / Coursing / Ophelia Dances / Trumpets Elaine Barry / Linda Hirst / Nash Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen [ NMC Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Two of Knussen's major works of the 1970s - Symphony No.2, a song cycle on texts of Georg Trakl and Sylvia Plath, and Symphony No. 3, a symphonic poem about Shakespeare's Ophelia - are coupled with Coursing, Ophelia Dances and other works. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Harmoniemesse / Cantata / Te Deum Oliver Widmer, Eva Mei, Elisabeth von Magnus & Herbert Lippert / Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Das Alte Werk / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "A gripping version of the composer's last Mass." BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 |
W. A. MOZART
David, König in Jerusalem Sibylla Rubens, Alison Browner, Christian Elsner, Oliver Widmer / Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Hager [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 23/Sep/2002 ] The selection presented here as a scenic oratorio, "David, König in Jerusalem," is formed by two previous existing works by Mozart: "Davidde penitente" and "Thamos, König in Ägypten." |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
Magnard: Piano Trio in F Minor / Violin Sonata in G Major Geneviève Laurenceau (violin), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano) [ CPO / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "it's all wonderfully taut, with austerely beautiful accounts of the first two movements and a nicely edgy approach ot the waltz that forms its third." Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Very Best of Verdi Giacomo Aragall (Tenor) Carlo Colombara (Bass) Maria Dragoni (Soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Dohnanyi (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Giuseppe Verdi was the greatest of the late nineteenth century Italian opera composers, carrying the legacy of Rossini forward with more realistic storylines, seemingly playing out the political headlines in his opera settings. This 2 CD set includes... |
MAX MEYER-OLBERSLEBEN
Meyer-Olbersleben: Piano Trio Op.7, Viola Sonata Op. 14 Nina Karmon (violin), Roland Classl (viola), Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano) [ Cappricio / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] Max Meyer-Olbersleben, born in 1850 in Olbersleben, Thuringia, studied at the Weimar Orchestral School under Franz Liszt, and later at the Royal Music School in Munich under Gabriel Josef Rheinberger and Peter Cornelius. He settled in Würzburg as a... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 2 (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2012) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Marten [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Dominic Dromgoole's acclaimed Olivier award-winning production is brought to its conclusion in Part 2 of Shakespeare's historical masterpiece, Henry IV - a thrilling tale of family, treachery and war that surveys the entire panorama of English life. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Kings & Rogues: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 / Henry VIII / Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Marten, Dominic Rowan, Christopher Benjamin, Serena Evans, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2013 ] Rebellion and maturity run through Shakespeare's histories like a single twisted thread, exemplified by the tearaway-turned-hero Hal and his forever adolescent associate Falstaff, who deserves and gets a comedy to himself in The Merry Wives of Windsor. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 1 (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2012) Globe Theatre / Roger Allam, Jamie Parker, Oliver Cotton, Barbara Martenra Marten [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] PG Violence and coarse language: The first instalment of what is widely acknowledged to be Shakespeare's greatest historical saga, Henry IV Part 1 is an epic tale of power, treachery and war, exploring the complexity of father-son relationships. |
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Normandy Stories Oliver Montgomery [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well-Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid colour and with great warmth. Amusing... |
Harrison Birtwistle (The Soldier), George Benjamin (The Devil), Dame Harriet Walter (narrator) Royal Academy of Music, Oliver Knussen
Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale [ Linn / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] For his debut recording with Linn, conductor Oliver Knussen has assembled an impressive cast of contemporary composers for The Soldier's Tale: Harrison Birtwistle as the soldier and George Benjamin as the Devil, with actress Dame Harriet Walter as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Anthem: Great British Hymns & Choral Works Huddersfield Choral Society, Thomas Trotter (organ), Aidan Oliver (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Here is a large, full-bodied choir, singing in full voice and clearly having an absolute ball…Seek it out for the grandeur and gloriously robust sound of some great British coronation anthems sung with fervour and virile muscularity" MusicWeb |
DORA PEJACEVIC
Klavierkonzert op.33 Ingeborg Danz (Alt), Oliver Triendl (Klavier), Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Howard Griffiths [ CPO / CD - released 24/Mar/2015 ] |
WALTER SCOTT
Ivanhoe (Abridged) Jonathan Oliver [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Written in 1819 but set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe is a tale of love struggling to survive against a violent backdrop of politics and war. Wilfred of Ivanhoe was thrown out of his father's home when he fell in love with his father Cedric's... |
