Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphonie Nr3/Ouvertu [ Naxos / CD ] |
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphonie Nr.5+6 [ Naxos / CD ] |
W. A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor, K626 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 - Alleluia / etc Lynne Dawson, Jard van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini / with Kathleeen Battle [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "It is a marvellously polished and accomplished performance. The Philharmonia Chorus are in sterling voice; the string playing is immaculate." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Musing on the Ocean: Folk Songs Lynne Dawson (soprano), Alida Schat (violin), Jaap Ter Linden (cello) & Bart Van Oort (piano) [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Lynn Dawson… proves an ideal vocalist, singing with the utmost freshness and a natural feeling for line and words. …overall this is a feast of engaging melody, admirably presented, naturally recorded and satisfactorily documented." Gramophone... |
DELIBES / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / SATIE / VIVALDI / etc
Mady Mesplé: A Portrait Mady Mesplé (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Michel Dens, Jose van Dam, & Charles Burles [ Erato / Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2018 ] Homage to the remarkable French soprano Mady Mesplé, these four CDs comprise opera, operetta, song and contemporary music in many of her most celebrated roles, such as Lucia di Lammermoor & Lakmé (the Flower Duet was her most famous success) |
MOZART / HUMMEL / BEETHOVEN
Mozart, Hummel & Beethoven: Concerto, Sonate, Symphony Marcus van den Munckhof, Cecilia Bernardini, Anna Besson, Aurelia Visovan [ Ricercar / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] The Romanian pianist Aurelia Visovan offers this particularly original programme for her album as winner of the 2019 Bruges MA Festival competition. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Das Lied von der Erde / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Nan Merriman (contralto) / Orchestras conducted by Eduard van Be [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "Van Beinum delivers unfussy yet subtly nuanced performances, with highly expressive playing by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and particularly fine vocal soloists in Das Lied von der Erde." BBC Music |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass Marie-Noelle de Callata (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2002 ] Mozart as he was intended to sound |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass Marie-Noelle de Callata (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
JOHANN GOTTLIEB NAUMANN
Betulia Liberata (Oratorium) Markus Schafer, Nele Grama,Salome Haller, Harry van der Kamp / Rheinische Kantorei / Das Kleine Konzert / Hermann Max [ CPO SACD / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Ein dramatisches Werk und ein großer Wurf: eine gleichsam ideale Oratorienkomposition Naumanns. |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Partita / Le paradis perdu Martijn van den Hoek (piano) Lucy Shelton (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) / Netherlands Concert Choir / Arnhem Philharmonic / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] This first volume of the Naxos Igor Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works Edition, to be followed by the seven volumes previously released on Marco Polo, brings together two relatively early compositions of astonishing technical and æsthetic... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera) Matthias Goerne, Kim Begley, Michelle DeYoung, Deborah Humble, Peter Sidhom, Anna Samuil / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zwede [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The Hong Kong Philharmonic sound fully up for the occasion and have the stamina for this demanding piece…Matthias Goerne sings Wotan beautifully with much baritonal sophistication. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded 2016) Matthias Goerne, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Stuart Skelton, Heidi Melton, Falk Struckmann / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Comprising four separate operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is one of the supreme works in the history of music. Part II of the tetralogy, Die Walküre, centres on the young lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, whose relationship... |
JAMES WOOD
Cloud-Polyphonies MDR Rundfunkchor & Ear Massage Percussion Quartet, James Wood, Yale Percussion Group, Robert Van Sice [ NMC / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] James Wood's multi-faceted career has led him into an extraordinarily broad spectrum of musical activities, as conductor, composer, musicologist, instrument designer and percussionist. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, Matthew Rose / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] On New Year's Eve 2012 Joyce DiDonato became the first singer to take the title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at New York's Metropolitan Opera. With her at its heart, the production became, in the words of Opera magazine, "a high point of the... |
FRANK MARTIN
Concertos Michael Erxleben (violin) Adrienne Soos & Ivo Haag (piano duo) / Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, Jac van Steen [ MDG / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete oratorio arranged by Mozart) Audrey Michael, Magali Dami, Jard van Nes, Hans Peter Blochwitz / Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] 'There is much to praise in Corboz's realization of Mozart's revision… he has most appealing soloists… the orchestral playing is very stylish…the recording is truthful and well balanced and the acoustics of the Casino de Vevey, Switzerland, are very |
W.A. MOZART
Symphony No 29 / Violin Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Midori Seiler (violin) / Anima Eterna Orchestra / Jos van Immerseel [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 24/Jul/2006 ] ‘Midori Seiler is a violinist of a poetic temperament, who combines grace and delicacy and has a perfect rapport with the orchestra’ |
BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3 Midori Seiler (violin) & Jos van Immerseel (piano) [ Zig zag Territories / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] "Complementing these remarkable performances is Zig Zag's state of the art sound, the finest I've ever heard in a violin and fortepiano recording. Seiler and Immerseel's rhetorical, erudite notes are a joy to read." (ClassicsToday.com 10/10) |
Mieneke van der Velden-viola da gamba, Glen Wilson-clavecimbel
Marin Marais-PiAces de Viole (with music by Couperin) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2001 ] the pinnacle of the solo literature for Viole |