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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor / Ave Vern\um Corpus / Maurerische Trauermusik Diana Montague, Michael Chance, Christoph Pregardien, Franz Josef Selig / Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "These performances under Peter Neuman are of consistent quality, with an excellent balance of orchestra, soloists and chorus. Barbara Schlick and Franz-Josef Selig give splendid renderings of the most demanding soprano and bass parts. The allegro... |
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Diana Ross
Diana [ Island / CD - released 13/Jul/1998 ] |
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RAVEL / ENESCU / YSAYE / PROKOFIEV
Strangers in Paradise Diana Tishchenko (violin), Zoltán Fejérvári (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] This enticing album of sonatas by Ravel, Enescu, Ysaÿe and Prokofiev emerged from violinist Diana Tishchenko's victory at the 2018 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris. Born in Ukraine, and trained in Kiev and Berlin, she has been noted by The... |
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ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Strictly Private Diana Tomsche (soprano), Esther Valentin (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Burkhardt (soprano), Barbara Grabowski (alto), etc / Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, T [ hänssler CLASSIC / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Very little is known today about the personal life of composer Antonio Salieri..This recording seeks to bring us closer to Salieri the man - with works that he composed for performance among friends. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 2008) Dresden Opera / Zeljko Lucic, Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Florez, Georg Zeppenfeld / Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi [ Virgin Classics DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Musically, the show is spectacular...Juan Diego Flórez is wonderfully sure of himself in every way...[Damrau] is no soubrette; the voice has body and power, her breath control is superb" (International record Review) |
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Ensemble Bonne Corde; Diana Vinagre
António Pereira da Costa: Concerti Grossi [ Ramée / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Very little is known about António Pereira da Costa (c. 1697-1770), though the exceptional quality of his only surviving compositions - 12 Concerti grossi - earns him pride of place. He held the post of Chapel Master of the Cathedral of Funchal, the... |
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ANTONIO DE PADUA PUZZI
Puzzi: Messa a quattro voci con Violoncelli, Fagotti, Basso, ed Organo Ensemble Bonne Corde; Diana Vinagre [ Ramée / CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] The Messa a quattro voci con Violoncelli, Fagotti, Basso, ed Organo is an example of a particular type of sacred music that emerged at the end of the 18th century at the Portuguese court, in which the bass instruments imitate a classical orchestral... |
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JOSEPH-HECTOR FIOCCO
Fiocco: Lamentationes Hebdomadæ Sanctæ Ana Vieira Leite, Diana Vinagre and Ensemble Bonne Corde [ Ramée / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] At the time of his death, in 1741, Joseph-Hector Fiocco's widow sold the manuscripts of the composer's works to Joannes Vanden Boom, Dean and Chapel Master of the Cathedral Saint Michel and Saint Gudule in Brussels, where the composer had held the... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (highlights in English) Yvonne Kenny, Diana Montague, Rosemary Joshua, John Tomlinson, Andrew Shore [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 13/Sep/2012 ] "Parry paces the score most persuasively, and the orchestral sound is aptly sumptuous...Diana Montague is a winningly expressive Octavian, and Rosemary Joshua a sweet-toned Sophie." (Penguin Guide) |
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Diana Krall
Glad Rag Doll [ Island UK / CD - released 4/Oct/2012 ] Diana Krall's extraordinary album, 'Glad Rag Doll', is an exhilarating and adventurous exploration of new sounds, new instrumentation and new musicians. |
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Diana Krall
Glad Rag Doll (Deluxe Edition) [ Verve / CD - released 4/Oct/2012 ] This Deluxe Edition of Diana Krall's extraordinary album, 'Glad Rag Doll', features a total of four bonus tracks, including alternate takes and other songs not seen on the standard release. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Complete ballet recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY/DVD Mariinsky Theatre / Diana Vishneva, Vladimir Shklyarov, Alexander Sergeyev, Ilya Kuznetsov / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Mariinsky DVD + Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] "Balanchine's 1967 creation is a dazzling stylistic potpourri of pure dance ... a spectacular sight and a fitting climax to a great evening" The Times |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Pulcinella / Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss) Mark Beesley (bass) / Robin Leggate (tenor) / Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 23/Mar/2006 ] "This CD attracts another unhesitating recommendation and collectors should add it to the Stravinsky/Craft section on their shelves. This is turning into an excellent set whose recordings have that modern technical advantage over those in the elderly... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / ADAM / DELIBES / VERDI / MOZART / PUCCINI / etc
An Evening with the Royal Ballet & Royal Opera The Royal Opera & Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Miah Persson, Jonas Kaufmann, Sarah Connolly, Diana Damrau [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2018 ] Take a seat in the stalls at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for an unforgettable evening of ballet and opera highlights performed by world-renowned stars of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet past and present. This special two-DVD set... |
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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] 'Angelika Kirchschlager's tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau's Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damrau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] G :- "This production by David McVicar has been rightly lauded, and with such a cast of singers and sound quality to match, I urge you to take advantage of a first-rate venture." -CLASSICWEB |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) (complete opera recorded in 2003) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Dorothea Roschmann / Will Hartmann / Diana Damarau / Franz-Josef Selig / Sir Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Diana Damrau's supremely sung Queen of the Night oozes class, while Simon Keenlyside's profoundly human, touchingly sympathetic view of Papageno deserves an Olivier Award." (Classic FM) |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Stuttgart Opera / Ana Durlovski, René Barbera, Roland Bracht, Diana Haller / Manlio Benzi, conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2019 ] "Barbera sings Arturo with a mellow beauty of tone that has surely never been matched in the 21st century, enhanced by expressive diction, the smoothest of legatos and a rare ease in the vocal stratosphere." Opera |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damaru [ C Major DVD / 8 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: ON BLU-RAY |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 Christina Wieland, Diana Schmid, Franz Vitzthum, Knut Schoch / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Feb/2012 ] "it's the singer in the role of Irene, the mezzo Diana Schmid, who attracts most attention, with the generosity of her phrasing and warm even tone" Guardian |