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J. S. BACH
Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 / Arias (with Handel-arias) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Ena Mitchell (soprano) William Herbert (tenor) William Pasons (bass) / Cantata Singers / Reginald Jacques [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'No summit of solemnity was inaccessible to her, and it was particularly music of spiritual meaning that seemed her most personal domain.' Thus wrote the distingushed conductor Bruno Walter about the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, whose highly... |
DVORAK
Piano Quintet / String Quintet Kathryn Stott (piano) & Laurène Durantel (double bass) / Škampa Quartet [ Supraphon / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "…bright, idiomatic performances of both these attractive quintets, making an excellent coupling. The relatively fast speeds chosen by the Skampa seem to enhance the rhythmic resilience of these performances, with the light, bright recording... |
Keith Jarrett (piano) / Charlie Haden (double bass)
Last Dance (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 2/Oct/2014 ] Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden broaden the scope of their duo project to showcase jazz classics like Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" and Bud Powell's spritely "Dance Of The Infidels". Love songs, however, are to the fore in this selection, with... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Kennedy Meets Gershwin Nigel Kennedy (violin) with Rolf Bussalb (guitar), Sonja Schebeck (violin), Tomasz Kupiec (double bass) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Classical superstar Nigel Kennedy returns with a critically acclaimed programme of the music of George Gershwin, hailed by The Guardian as "rip-roaring and exquisitely tender", spirited and playful gypsy jazz arrangements inspired by his friendship... |
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ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketèlbey conducts Ketèlbey Vol. 3 [Incls. In a Camp of the Ancient Britons] Various orchestra, Albert Ketèlbey, with Allin Norman (bass) & Morgan Kingston (tenor) [ Naxos Historical British Light Music / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] Recorded 1909-40 |
HOROWITZ / DVORAK / FARWELL / FISHER
Dvořák & America Kevin Deas (narrator), Zhou Qian (violin) Edmund Battersby (piano) Benjamin Pasternack (piano) Kevin Deas (bass-baritone) / PostClassical Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Few of us bother to read Longfellow's poem anymore, but hearing it wedded to Dvorák's music really does create a powerful and, somehow, nostalgic atmosphere of perhaps a more innocent age. I found it quite moving, and the rest of the performances ve |
PURCELL
The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Gillian Fisher (soprano) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Purcell Complete Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera recorded in 2022) Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Eva Heidi Stober (soprano) Johan Reuter (bass-baritone) / John Fiore (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Triumphantly premiered in 1868, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg evokes the singing guilds of mid-16th-century Nuremburg, a focal point of the Northern European Renaissance. |
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FERNEYHOUGH
Complete Music for Solo Flute Kolbeinn Bjarnson (piccolo, flute, bass flute) [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
DVORAK
Requiem / Symphony No. 8 Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass) / Royal Concertgebouw, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "...it's a real performance [of the Symphony] and a worthy makeweight for a magnificent reading of the Requiem, which is a real feather in Jansons's cap" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 |
KALEVI AHO
Minea / Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra / Symphony No.15 Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä, Jaakko Kuusisto, Eero Munter (double bass), Dima Slobodeniouk [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] 'My apotheosis of the dance' is how Kalevi Aho describes his Symphony No.15. With two dance movements and rhythm a central element, the score calls for numerous percussion instruments, including non-Western ones |
TRADITIONAL / CARESANA / ROSSI / GIRAMO / LEGRENZI / etc
Alla Napoletana L'arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar, with Vincenzo Capezzuto (counter-tenor), João Fernandes (bass), Zachary Wilder (tenor), etc [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata and eight guest singers explore the musical highways and byways of Naples, the most intoxicating and idiosyncratic of Italy's large cities. Alla Napoletana, a double album, expresses the city's mercurial personality. |
KURTAG
Kurtagonals Laszlo Hortobagyi (synthesizers, computers) Gyorgy Kurtag, Jr (synthesizers) Miklos Lengyelfi (bass efects)) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] An ECM debut for György Kurtág jr, in a strikingly unusual context. The son of the great Hungarian composer is himself an influential figure in new music, particularly in the electronic and electro-acoustic domain. |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Symphony No. 10 'Amerindia' Leonardo Neiva (baritone) & Saulo Javan (bass) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Heitor Villa-Lobos was instrumental in developing a national Brazilian musical culture, writing in a wide variety of forms. Composed in 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the founding of São Paulo, Ameríndia is the composer's largest symphony.... |
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis / Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 'Eroica' Leonore Kirschstein (soprano) Jeanne Deroubaix (contralto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Ganther Morbach (bass) / Garzenich of Cologne / Gunther Wand [ Testament / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2002 ] This is the briskest and, in some ways, the most exciting of the three commercial recordings that he made of the 'Eroica' |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet & String Trios Leopold String Trio with Paul Lewis (piano) Graham Mitchell (double bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 'one of the finest modern Trouts available. As with their Mozart, their Schubert benefits from scrupulous attention to detail, a keen sense of the music's drama and a deeply rewarding expressive response to this imperishable masterpiece … exquisitely... |
LEWIS WRIGHT
The Colour of Intention Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Matt Brewer (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums) [ Signum / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Award-winning Vibraphonist Lewis Wright returns to Signum following the success of his recording 'Duets' in 2018, with a selection of new compositions this time performed with Matt Brewer (Double-Bass) and Marcus Gilmore (Drums). |
FAURE
Requiem, Op. 48 / La Naissance de Vanus, Op. 29 / Pavane, Op. 50; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Libby Crabtree (soprano) Mary Plazas (soprano) James Rutherford (bass) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2003 ] 'The Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine both breathe the calm of the Requiem. While they are enjoyable makeweights, the disc's revelation is a wonderful performance of the rarely heard La Naissance de Venus… this piece is a little gem'. (Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV
Ivan the Terrible: Concert Scenario Linda Finnie (contralto) & Nikita Storojev (bass) / Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Christopher Palmer strikes again! It is undoubtedly one of the great film scores, and Jarvi more than does it justice with the help of impassioned singing and playing from all concerned.' CD Review |
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