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ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville (Complete Opera in English) Bruce Ford (tenor) Andrew Shore (baritone) Della Jones (mezzo) / English National Opera [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2000 ] .A further addition to Chandos's Opera in English series |
ANTONBRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1872 version; ed. Carragan) Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "Tintner conducts a refreshingly direct Second, obviously thoroughly rehearsed and verh well recorded....this is an excellent Bruckner release." - Classic CD |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD ] "There are not many versions as fine as Georg Tintner's on Naxos, at whatever price. With extreme pianissimos magically caught, full of mystery, this is an exceptionally spacious reading, deeply reflective and poetic." Penguin Guide |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 9 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Georg Tintner's unique interpretation of Bruckner's majestic Ninth Symphony is a milestone recording...a superb testament to both composer and conductor. Tintner's unerring choice of tempi, his rare grasp of Bruckner's oceanic structure, is as... |
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE / JACQUES IBERT
Rouse / Ibert: Flute Concertos Katherine Bryan (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2013 ] "Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo flute repertoire, is exquisitely eloquent." Gramophone |
CHRISTOPHER MOHR
Mohr: From The Realm Of The Shadow - A music drama in three acts Soloists / Ukraine National Symphony Choir & Orchestra [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2001 ] "Mohr draws on a variety of styles for his musical collage: neo-baroque, soft-rock, new age, and something I'll call ear-papering-the kind of quasi-classical stuff you hear at Olympic events or Cirque du Soleil" ClassicsToday |
BIZET / BOITO / GOUNOD / ROSSINI / VERDI
Carlo Colombara: The Art of the Bass Carlo Colombara (bass) / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra & Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "It all proves to be quite entertaining, both for the rarely collected bass opera repertoire and for the fine performances of Colombara, both musical and dramatic…the cleverly staged visual elements add greatly to the total package." Fanfare |
JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonie mystique Passacaglia / Perpetuum Mobile / etc Carole Farley, soprano / Yi Yao, accordion / Laurent le Chennadec, bassoon / Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra / Jose Serebrier, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "Throughout this recording there is a great star quality. 5 stars out of 5"" Fono Forum |
GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: Planets / R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra CBSO Youth Chorus & National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic energy and musical mastery to an explosive programme that transcends daily life and earthly experience. It is helped by the enthusiastic,... |
GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: La Bohème Celine Byrne (soprano), Anna Devin (soprano), Irish National Opera, Sergio Alapont (conductor) [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] The Paris of love and art. A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Living hand to mouth in a freezing garret. Christmas cheer and a heart won by girl next door. The tragedies of love and poverty. Puccini's best-loved opera is touching,... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Maitre Peronilla (complete operetta) Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Markus Poschner, Antoinette Dennefeld, Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens / Orchestre National de France [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Markus Poschner conducting the Orchestre National de France and the French Radio Choir encourages the bubbles to rise to the surface in a never-ending stream." BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Opera Choice |
VERDI
Otello (Complete Opera in English) Charles Craig (tenor) Neil Howlett (baritone) / English National Opera / Mark Elder [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] A live recording of ENO's 1983 production, directed by Jonathan Miller |
PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges (recorded live in 2005) Charles Workman / José Van Dam / Philippe Rouillon / Barry Banks / Béatrice Uria-Monzon / Opéra National de Paris / Sylvain Cambreling [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Conducted by 20th century specialist Sylvain Cambreling and sung in the original French version by superb singer-actors, this production presents a stage performance set in perfect harmony with Prokofiev's inventive music. |
DELIBES
Coppelia (complete ballet recorded in 2001) Charline Giezendanner / Mathieu Ganio / Pierre Lacotte / École De Danse And Opéra National De Paris / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] On the programme this evening is Coppélia, or the girl with the enamel eyes by Léo Delibes. The excitement among the girls is great because today they will be performing in the (reproduced) scenery and costumes which at the premiere on 25 May 1870... |
JANACEK
Katya Kabanova (complete opera sung in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) Gwynne Howell (bass) Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo) Owen Webb (baritone) / Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Opera - 'This English-language performance captures the visceral impact of Janacek's great tragedy with unerring immediacy. Vividly recorded with magnificent orchestral playing, the drama is delivered with a... |
GEORGE DYSON
Quo Vadis: a cycle of poems Cheryl Barker (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC National Chorus of Wales ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; Richar [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] 'All four soloists are in superb voice, each of them strong, firm and characterful; and both choruses sing with fresh, incandescent tone... the result will delight all devotees of the English choral tradition.' - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine... |
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) |
ANDERSON / COPLAND / CORIGLIANO / IVES / SCHUMAN / etc
Leonard Slatkin - The American Collection Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (narrator) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ RCA Red Seal / Sony Music Masters / 13 CD Box Set - released 25/Apr/2018 ] "It is certainly one of the best symphonies by an American composer, possibly one of the greatest symphonies of the 20th century." [Corigliano Symphony 1] |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges & Ma Mère l'Oye Choeur Britten, Jeune Choeur symphonique, Maitrise de l'Opera National de Lyon & Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Ravel's opera L'Enfant et les sortilèges captures an imaginative child's world in which the creatures and objects around him come to life. |
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RAVEL
Complete orchestral works (Incls Daphnis et Chloa, Alborada del Gracioso & Pictures at an Exhibition [Mussorgsky orch. Ravel]) (Rec 1987-88) Choeur et Orchestre National de France. Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "The recordings were made by Yoshiharu Kawaguchi who clearly espoused the then new digital medium for its ability to portray the merest breath through to stunning ear-assaulting climaxes." (MusicWeb Oct 2003) |
