More By Artist: Jean
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten to America: Music for Radio & Theatre Samuel West (narrator) Mary Carewe, Jean Rigby (mezzos) / Halle, Sir Mark Elder / Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, etc [ NMC / CD - released 14/Feb/2014 ] "Unexpected postscript to the composer's centenary shows his versatility and completes the picture of his formative years" (Financial Times) |
NICOLAS BACRI
Sturm und Drang Sharon Bezaly (flute) François Leleux (oboe) Riitta Pesola (cello) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] This highly accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a team whose previous recordings on BIS have been enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A disc of works by... |
GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / DEVIENNE / FAURE
Aperitif Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Sharon Bezaly is a treat! |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance / Cox & Box Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isadore Godfrey, Royston Nash [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2015 ] "A classic recording and one of the very first Gilbert and Sullivan recordings ever made in stereo. The solo singing is all first-class with Thomas Round and Jean Hindmarsh (as Frederic and Mabel) being at their very best." Mel@Marbecks |
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Siepman/Jean/Czech Rso
Classics Explained: Ravel [ Naxos / 2 CD ] |
CAGE / GINASTERA / HARRISON / VARESE
First Construction (in Metal) etc Signe Asmussen (soprano), Niklas Walentin (violin), Jean Thorel [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] American Percussion Works is a rare collection of seldom heard works each with specific rules or themes as a basis for the compositions. In John Cage's First Construction the principle is based on the figure 16. Alberto Ginastera's work Cantata para... |
RUSSIAN FAVOURITES
Russian Favourites (music by Borodin, Gliere, Glinka, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kabalevsky, etc) Slovak Phil Orch, Slovak Radio SymphOrch, conductors: Bramall, Gunzenhauser, Halasz, Hayman, Jean [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The second half of the nineteenth century brought with it a burgeoning of Russian culture, itself, whatever nationalist critics might have said, a result of that cross-fertilisation of ideas that has its origin in the reforms of Peter the Great. |
RAVEL
Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe / Ma Mere L'oye Slovak Philharmonic Chorus / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Jean (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "This is a treasurable collection excellently conducted by Kenneth Jean" - American Record Guide (USA) |
BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Serenades KV361 & KV100 Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] Founded in 1987, the Tapiola Sinfonietta belongs to the élite of Finnish orchestras. Conceived as a typical Viennese classical orchestra, the Tapiola Sinfonietta comprises 41 musicians who often appear in various chamber ensembles and as soloists. |
WEBER
Overtures Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The present disc includes ten gems, from the overture to Weber's first surviving opera Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn - composed at the age of fifteen - to that of Oberon, written in London for Covent Garden less than two months before his death... |
HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / LULLY / INTERMEDI della PELLEGRINA / VIVALDI / VINCI
Teatro Maggio Musicale Opera Collection Vol 1: Baroque BLU-RAY Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Raffaele Pe, Carmela Remigio, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Francesca Aspromonte, Jean-Francois Lombard, Sonia Prina [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / 6 Blu-ray Box Set - released 16/Aug/2024 ] The term 'Baroque' in music covers a period o f around 150 years, from 1600 to 1750, and this collection of six operatic masterpieces shows the diversity of musical experience to be found from this era. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 / Symphony in F major, 'Urbs Roma' Thierry Escaich (organ), Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Closing the symphony cycle during the composer's centenary year. Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / Jean-Jacques Kantorow Thierry Escaich, organ |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet / Waltzes / Ländler Thymos Quartet, with Christoph Eschenbach, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pianos) & Yann Dubost (double bass) [ Avie / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "there's no rigid ensemble, either; the mood is convivial, like conversing friends who occasionally interrupt each other. Eschenbach's solo moments have memorable rhetorical swagger…I couldn't stop smiling." BBC Music August 2020 Chamber Choice |
MILHAUD
La Creation du monde / Le Boeuf sur le toit / Suite provencale Tomoko Makuuchi (soprano) Jian Zhao (mezzo-soprano) Mathias Vidal (tenor) Bernard Deletre (bass) / Lille National Orchestra / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Few twentieth century composers were anywhere nearly as prolific as Darius Milhaud, whose listed works stretch to 443 opus numbers produced over a period of 63 years. Yet despite... |
RACHMANINOV / MIASKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH / STRAVINSKY / PROKOFIEV
Russian Cello Sonatas Truls Mork (cello) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lars Vogt (pianos) [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Truls Mørk plays with a restrained eloquence that is totally compelling.' Penguin Guide |
JULES MASSENET / CHARLES GOUNOD / GIUSEPPE VERDI / GIACOMO PUCCINI / FRANCO ALFANO / HENRI TOMASI / ALFREDO CATALINI
Par amour Vannina Santoni, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Marie Zeitouni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni; it's also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favourite musicians. With the help of the... |
The Earls, Lonnie Russ, Larry Hall, Travis & Bob, The Hollywood Argyles, Cathy Jean & The Roommates, etc
Alley-Oop - 30 One Hit Wonders - US POP! [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 29/Aug/2014 ] 30 ONE HIT WONDERS - US POP! is a fun compilation of records which provided the only chart entry for its respective performer. This Volume concentrates on the US Top 100, between the years 1955-62 and features an eclectic mix of artists and... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Best Of Faure Jean Martin (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Franco [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2013 ] All the best bits of Faure |
