JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Eine Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Lucia Popp, Thomas Allen / London Philharmonic Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ BBC / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "As an admirer of Klaus Tennstedt I'm pleased to add this performance to my collection though it would certainly yield to Klemperer and Gardiner as a library choice for this wonderful work." (MusicWeb July 2008) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem Lynda Russell, Thomas Randle, Michael Volle / Scottish Festival Chorus / BBC Scottish Symphony / Martyn Brabbins [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Thomas Gazheli, Marjorie Owens, Mikhail Petrenko, Bernhard Berchtold / Fabio Luis (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] At Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, maestro Fabio Luisi gives "a superb performance" (Operawire) of Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), the forerunner of grand Wagnerian dramas. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
PATRICK HAWES
Hawes: Fair Albion - Visions of England Brno Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Hawes (piano), Raven Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting treatment by Julian Lloyd Webber, solidly supported... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 2 Mannheim Mozart Orchestra / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Salieri was no pushover. Neither is Fey who, as usual, couples individuality in interpretation to dynamic, sizzling conducting and whiplash precision of ensemble...[His] grasp of extremes is a fearless re-creation of Salieri's creative invention.... |
Mapfumo, Thomas
Rise Up [ Real World / CD - released 27/Jul/2012 ] |
MARTIN BUSSEY
Through a Glass: Songs by Martin Bussey Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu (piano); Thomas Kemp (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Presenting an instantly striking and diverse collection of world premiere recordings of song by the contemporary composer Martin Bussey, Farnsworth is joined by the renowned young pianist James Baillieu for the A.E. Housman cycle Blue Remembered... |
MOZART / WEBER / ROSSINI / VERDI / etc
Great Singers Live: Margaret Price (recorded 1977-1991) Margaret Price (soprano) / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton [ BR Klassik Great Singers Live / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi, to which this CD pays ample credit, and also features arias by Bellini, Cilea,... |
W. A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutti (complete opera recorded in 1994) Charlotte Margiono, Delores Ziegler, Gilles Cachemaille, Thomas Hampson / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2009 ] Classic recordings now repackaged! |
Schubert,
Salzburger Liederabend 1987 Marjana Lipovsek, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Thomas Riebl [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion BWV245 Markus Schafer / Thomas Oliemans / Peter Kooij (bass) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "This is a most moving performance. It is beautifully conducted by Franz Brüggen, unfolding with a natural expressiveness that is never short on drama but avoid the slash-and-burn vigour of some other period-instruments versions..This is a very... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Hampson / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnonc [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] "This live recording from Graz Cathedral is gloriously bombastic but mushy at times, despite sprightly original instruments and sensitive plainsongs." (BBC Music) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Masterworks Edition [27 CD set] Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado, Thomas, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Emerson Quartet, Mirella Freni, Gidon Kremer, Nathan Milstein, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / 27 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Argerich has never sounded on better terms with the piano, more virtuoso yet engagingly human. Lyrical and insinuating, to a degree her performance seems to be made of the tumultuous elements themselves, of fire and ice, rain and sunshine"Gramophone |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Orchestral Songs Sunhae Im (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Aparte / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "The orchestral versions of these songs - four of which are getting their first recordings - provide depth of a particular sort." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2023 |
Mats Eilertsen, Haarmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
And Then Comes The Night [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a distinctive presence on ECM recordings by, amongst others, Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Nils Økland, Wolfert Brederode and Jakob Young and has long maintained several projects of his own,... |
REINHARD KEISER
Pomona Melanie Hirsch, Doerthe Maria Sandmann, Olivia Vermeulen, Magdalene Harer / Capella Orlandi Bremen, Thomas Ihlenfeldt [ CPO / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] Reinhard Keiser is regarded as one of the most important German opera composers of the baroque era, and his Pomona forms the ideal introduction to the world of the German-language baroque opera. A few deities come together to participate in a... |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Organ Symphony / Cortege et Litanie / Organ Concerto Michael Dudman (organ) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Patrick Thomas [ ABC Classics Discovery / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Marcel Dupre was one of the master organists of his time and one of the major figures in French organ music of the 20th Century. Deploying the stunning range of colours of the organ of the Sydney Town Hall, this recording presents works for both solo... |