More By Artist: L'dia On Bass
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SCHUBERT
Trout Quintet / A minor Quartet John O'Conor (piano) / Cleveland Quartet with James Vandermark (double bass) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2002 ] "plenty of controlled emotion." -Fanfare |
JOHN DOWLAND
In Darkness Let Me Dwell John Potter (tenor) / Maya Homburger (baroque violin) / Stephen Stubbs (lute) / John Surman (soprano saxophone & bass clarinet) / Barry Guy (double ba [ ECM Dowland Project / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] A fascinating project initiated by Hilliard Ensemble tenorist John Potter with producer Manfred Eicher, which re-examines the beautiful songs of the great sixteenth century composer from a present-day perspective. |
JOHN DOWLAND
Romaria John Potter (tenor) / MiloAI Valent (violin, viola) / Stephen Stubbs (lute) / John Surman (soprano saxophone & bass clarinet) [ ECM Dowland Project / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] With a revised line-up, John Potter's Dowland Project expands its repertoire on its third album, freely exploring love songs, chants and motets from the 12th century to the present by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Orlando di Lasso, Josquin Desprez and... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / IRELAND / STANFORD / WARLOCK / PURCELL / etc
English Song: John Shirley-Quirk John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) with Martin Isepp (harpsichord and piano), Ambrose Gauntlett, etc [ Heritage / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Shirley-Quirk gives us a lovely cross-section of native song...and [his] immaculate diction makes texts unnecessary." (Gramophone Re-issue of the Month - February 2015) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Operatic Arias John Tomlinson (bass) / Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] |
DEBUSSY
Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera in English recorded in 1981) John Tomlinson (bass) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Robert Dean (baritone) / English National Opera / Mark Elder [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2012 ] This live BBC broadcast of Claude Debussy's ground-breaking opera Pelléas and Mélisande was recorded at the Coliseum in 1981. The unique performance is now available on CD for the first time, as part of Chandos' Opera in English historical series,... |
VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / MASSENET / LEONCAVALLO / BRAHMS / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - The Tenor Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Various orchestras, with Antonio Pirozzi (bass), Kristine Opolais (soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] The Tenor is a compilation of some of the most hummable, accessible classical vocal works to bridge the gap between what people might hear for a moment in their daily lives and listening to a full operatic work. The collection includes arias from... |
CHARLES WOOD
St Mark Passion Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) Ruth Jenkins (soprano) / Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
ALEXANDER KASTALSKY
Kastalsky: Requiem Joseph Charles Beutel (bass-bar), Anna Dennis (sop) Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon's Monastery [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Alexander Kastalsky was a student of Tchaikovsky and a mentor to Rachmaninov, becoming director of the Moscow Synodal School until the Bolshevik regime banned all sacred music. |
STRAVINSKY
Oedipus Rex / Les Noces Joseph Cornwell (tenor) Andrew Greenan (bass) Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft, conductor [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "An enormously enjoyable and indispensable addition to the Stravinsky discography." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiems Judith Blegen (soprano) James Morris (bass) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Robert Shaw [ Telarc / CD - released 17/Jan/2008 ] Grammy Award Winner for Best Engineered Recording, Classical |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus / Severn Suite Judith Howarth (Soprano), Arthur Davies (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Alastair Miles (Bass), Stephen Roberts (Bass) London Symphony Chorus [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Another classic Hickox recording from the early '90s; an uneven work, but well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this." (MusicWeb) |
COUPERIN / MONTECLAIR / FORQUERAY / LECLAIR / MARAIS
Musique pour la Chambre du Roy Judith Nelson (soprano) Christophe Coin (bass viol) Monica Huggett (violin) & Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord/director) / Academy of Ancient Music [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] " Fine playing and a fine, reverberant recording which captures every detail of the instruments' character make this a notable release. There is much repertoire here which is, furthermore, new to the catalogue." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Steve Davislim (tenor) Neal Davies (bass baritone) / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / B'Rock, Pete [ Br Klassik / CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] What makes the present complete recording into something really special is, above all, the successful interpretation with its excellent line-up of performers. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 Julia Korpacheva (soprano) & Petr Migunov (bass) / MusicAeterna Novosibirsk, Teodor Currentzis (direction) [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] "MusicAeterna makes up for its small-bodied sound with gripping orchestral execution under Teodor Currentzis' taut and focused direction. An excellent disc, one of the choice recordings of this uncompromising work." (10/10 ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
GOUNOD
Faust (complete opera) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Cesare Siepi (bass) Dorothy Kirsten (soprano) Frank Guarrera (baritone) Lawrence Davidson (baritone) Anne Bollinger (sop) [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This 3 CD set contains some of the most glorious tenor singing ever recorded. Buy it!!!" - Göran Forsling, MusicWeb international, July 2005 |
GOUNOD / MASSENET / VERDI / BIZET / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / etc
Jussi Bjorling: Collection Vol 4: Opera Arias and Duets (1945-1951) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) with Emil Markow (bass) & Robert Merrill (baritone) / RCA Victor Chorus [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] "This is Bjorling in his prime, caught between 1945 and 1951, and for the first time on one CD there are both EMI and RCA recordings. Here is some of the finest singing ever captured on disc…the best thing you can do with a fiver this summer." --... |
RAUTAVAARA
Songs Jyrki Korhonenm (bass) Ilkka Paananen (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "A rewarding issue, then, excellently produced, with notes by the composer." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Introducing Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Documentary and full performance) Karita Mattila (soprano), Violeta Urmana (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "An exceptionally good introduction to the Choral Symphony, succinctly providing insight into the music and a sense of how it confounded the expectations of Beethoven's contemporaries." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion Karl Erb (tenor) / Willem Ravelli (bass) / Jo Vincent (soprano) / Ilona Durigo (alto) / Willem Mengelberg [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 3 CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "...Naxos provides an unexpectedly rich sound-frame, quite amazing given the year. There are times when Mengelberg's (truncated) Bach Passion sounds almost as Wagnerian as Furtwangler's Tristan, rapt one moment, explosively emotional the next, but... |
