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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] 'Angelika Kirchschlager's tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau's Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Thomas Moser, Michaela Schuster / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "One of the most hotly anticipated, controversial and downright exciting opera productions of this year arrives quickly onto DVD. David McVicar, one of the most in-demand opera directors at work today, produces a visceral, exciting realisation of... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2010) The Royal Opera / Pavol Breslik, Stephane Degout, Thomas Allen, Rebecca Evans / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2021 ] "It's a wry take on the opera, Miller emphasising that the plot is not so much about testing the fiancées' faithfulness, but an adventure in self-discovery" Gramophone |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 11 Favourites Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Alto / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "Beecham's championship of the Bradford-born master yields a generous treasury, with some contrast (e.g. 'Sleigh Ride') to break the reveries. There may be silkier-sounding recordings, but none so characterful." BBC Music Four Stars |
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HAYDN / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / LISZT
Sir Thomas Beecham: BBC Recordings [1954, 1956 & 1959] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, with Alexander Young (tenor) [ ICA Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2018 ] This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Beecham caught 'live' often showed the mercurial side of his character and no... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (1946-1952) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos have put us in their debt by restoring these performances to the catalogue. Strongly recommended." MusicWeb |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 1 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Thomas Søndergård's sophomore album as Music Director marks his first symphonic recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Søndergård conducts an all-Prokofiev programme juxtaposing two contrasting symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in D major... |
EDVARD GREIG
Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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HANDEL
ARIAS RUSSELL OBERLIN (COUNTERTENOR) / BAROQUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / THOMAS DUNN [ DG / CD ] |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Harper (tenor) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "All in all this is an amazing bargain" - Gramophone |
GLINKA / SHOSTAKOVICH / TCHAIKOVSKY / STRAVINSKY / PROKOFIEV
Russian Classics Sachsiche Blaserphilharmonie, Thomas Clamor [ Genuin / CD - released 21/Aug/2017 ] Once again, the Saxon Wind Philharmonic under Thomas Clamor unleashes a veritable display of musical fireworks: On their new Geniun album the musicians take us to Russia- and all who are not yet fans of this fantastic ensemble would do well to come... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37) Ory Brown mezzo (soprano) & David Vanderwal (tenor) / Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York (choir); John Scott [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "It is a magnificent rendition, showing just how this masterpiece has been convincingly absorbed into the wider choral tradition, and I recommend it very highly indeed.' - Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Choral |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys & John Scott [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] One of the world's leading liturgical choirs, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York, with their renowned director John Scott, begin a major new collaboration with Resonus Classics with this new and exciting recording of... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Motets Philip Salmon (ten), Graham Chambers, Jeremy Gough, Martin Kelly, Christopher Stearn (trom), Thomas Trotter (organ) / Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD ] 'A superb record. Exploring these pieces is a moving experience when the performances are as superlative as these. Very strongly recommended. Record of the Month' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Arabella (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen, Gabriela Beňačková / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ C Major / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/Feb/2015 ] 2014 celebrates the 150th birthday of Richard Strauss. Arabella from this year´s Salzburg Easter Festival and is after Capriccio the second R: Strauss Opera C Major is releasing in 2014. Der Rosenkavalier from this year´s Salzburg Festival will be re |
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San Francisco So/Tilson Thomas
Mahler: Symphony No 9 [ Avie / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/May/2005 ] |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Symphony No 3 "The Camp Meeting" / Symphony No 4 / Selected American Hymns San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony add an evocative recording of Ives's songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label's Grammy award-winning discography. With nineteenth-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony,... |
JOHN ADAMS
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music Orli Shaham, Marc-Andre Hamelin (pianos) / San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas & John Adams [ SFS Media / CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony join forces with America's most-performed living composer, John Adams, in a colossal album featuring Adams's Absolute Jest and Grand Pianola Music. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 5 / Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ SFS Media / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony unleash the passion and triumph of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture, in a live, 192/24 bit recording released as a Hybrid SACD. Passion, love and triumph, as... |
BERLIOZ
Keeping Score - Revealing Classical Music - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Classical music expert Michael Tilson Thomas headlines this documentary examination of composer Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. As an added bonus, the program features a full concert performance of the work by The San Francisco Symphony. ~... |
