More By Artist: O'leary Mark
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Best Masses James Griffett, Neil Jenkins, Ian Partridge, Gordon Jones, Christopher Keyte, Stephen Roberts / Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown [ ALTO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He had a long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular... |
THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Spem In Alium Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown (director) [ Alto / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
PALESTRINA
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera & Stabat Mater Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner & Mark Brown [ Alto / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] |
Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Andy Milne, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber
Imaginary Friends [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Trumpeter Ralph Alessi's first two ECM albums as a leader - Baida (2013) and Quiver (2016) - justly earned him high praise. The New York Times lauded the "elegant precision and power" of Baida, while The Guardian extolled Quiver, pointing to the... |
MARK TWAIN
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (abridged) (Read by Garrick Hagon) [ Naxos Audio Books / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "A great choice to introduce Twain and enjoy a particularly fine performance." --Audiofilemagazine |
W. A. MOZART
The A-Z of Mozart Opera Rebecca Bottone, Klara Ek, Martene Grimson, Susan Gritton, Anna Leese (soprano), Cora Burggraaf (mezzo), Allan Clayton, Andrew Staples (tenor), Mark S [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] Signum are proud to reissue Classical Opera's debut CD, 'The A-Z of Mozart Opera', selected for Gramophone magazine's annual Critic's Choice in 2007. Based on the coincidence that Mozart's first opera (Apollo et Hyacinthus) begins with 'A' and his... |
BEETHOVEN
Mass Op 86 / Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt Op 112 / etc Rebecca Evans, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] 'The Chandos team specialises in full and juicy recordings, and one of the joys of CHAN 0703, a Beethoven disc dominated by the Mass in C, Op. 86, lies in its well-balanced sound. No hiding under the orchestras coat-tails for the choir of Collegium... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49 (complete oratorio) Rebecca Evans, Paul Groves, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
BEETHOVEN
Mass, Op. 86 in C major / Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118; etc Rebecca Evans (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "Beethoven's radical rethink of the liturgy engenders a joyous reading from Hickox." - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
BEN FOSKETT
Dinosaur Richard Uttley (piano) Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Eric Lamb (flute) Jean-François Becquaert (soprano saxophone) Raphaële Kennedy (soprano), etc [ NMC / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "The early Five Night Pieces, for piano, played by Richard Uttley, have a lucid modernist assurance, but Foskett's 2009 Prom commission, the orchestral From Trumpet, is something else again: big, monolithic, broodingly textured, with a rich internal |
MAXWELL DAVIES / BARRY / MATTHEWS / WATKINS / TURNAGE / HOLLOWAY
Sea Eagle (works for horn) Richard Watkins (horn) with Mark Padmore (tenor) Laura Samuel (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano) [ NMC / CD - released 5/Feb/2015 ] All of the works on this release have been premiered by Richard Watkins, with both Colin Matthews' Three of a Kind and Robin Holloway's Trio receiving their first performance on this album. Richard Watkins holds the Dennis Brain Chair of Horn... |
Sir Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 3 / Cross Lane Fair Rob Lea (bodhran) & Mark Jordan (northumbrian pipes) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "For a listener who is, as Susan Sontag called herself, "a zealot of seriousness", the rewards are deep and stirring." (Sunday Times) |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
LEONCAVALLO / PONCHIELLI / CILEA / ZANDONAI / PUCCINI / MASCAGNI / etc
Nessun Dorma (arias from opera) Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Mark Elder [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Following on from the great success of his previous Berlioz releases, superstar tenor Roberto Alagna explores the world of opera with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden under conductor Mark Elder. |
THOMAS CAMPION
Move now with measured sound Robin Blaze (Counter-Tenor) Elizabeth Kenny (Lute) with David Miller (theorbo), Joanna Levine (viol), Mark Levy (viol) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jul/2008 ] 'Robin Blaze … sings with an effortless ease and tonal beauty capable of delighting in lighter songs, but also affecting the heart in a more intense utterance such as 'The cypress curtain of the night', one of Campion's greatest songs' (Goldberg) |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1 Romina Casucci (soprano) Maura Menghini (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Denver Martin‐Smith (baritone) Marco Scolastra (piano), Roberto Rupo (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti! Paolo Tosti (1846‐1916) worked in poverty as a music teacher till he met the influential composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his mentor. He introduced Tosti to Princess... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] Central to the Royal Opera's centenary celebrations marking the birth of Benjamin Britten was Richard Jones's witty and insightful new production of the royal operatic pageant that Britten wrote to honour the Coronation, exploring the late life, love... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Tempest (recorded live in 2017) Royal Shakespeare Company / Simon Russell Beale, Joe Dixon, Mark Quartley, Jenny Rainsford, Simon Trinder [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Aug/2017 ] In a unique partnership with Intel, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production uses today's most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience. Simon Russell Beale returns to... |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Complete) Gillian Keith (soprano) & Mark Stone (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2015 ] John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic here present a complete set of Nielsen's symphonies, following on from the successful release a year ago of Sibelius' complete symphonies. The two sets together celebrate the 150th anniversary this year of the... |
J. S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Complete works on 142 CDs Ruth Holton; Peter Schreier; James Bowman; John Mark Ainsley; Dmitry Sitkovetsky; The Sixteen, Jaap ter Linden, Pieter-Jan Belder; Holland Boys Choir; [ Brilliant Classics / 142 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] 142 CDs representing the entirety of Johann Sebastian Bach's oeuvre in historically informed performances. This includes all 200 sacred cantatas recorded for Brilliant Classics on period instruments and sung by the Holland Boys Choir. Big name... |
