More By Artist: Elena
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ERNEST BLOCH
America / Suite Hebraique Elena Matusova, choirmaster / Hagai Shaham, violin / Lucnica Chorus / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Atlas Camerata Orchestra / Dalia Atlas [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2005 ] "This will be a surefire winner for Bloch specialists and also for those intrigued by patriotic immigrant Americana. These are both good performances and I greatly liked Shaham's sturdy singing tone." -- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International, June 2005 |
MAHLER
Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' / Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor - Adagio Elena Mosuc (soprano) Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "This really is a very appealing performance, and even in a crowded field I can easily imagine it giving Mahlerians a good deal of pleasure." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
FRANZ LEHAR
Schan ist die Welt (operetta in three acts) Elena Mosuc (soprano) Zoran Todorovich (tenor) Roland Kandlbinder (tenor) / Manchner Rundfunkorchester / Ulf Schirmer [ CPO / CD - released 18/Jun/2006 ] "the sound is first class!" (MusicWeb May 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (complete incidental music) Elena Okolysheva (mezzo-soprano) / Arkady Mishenkin (tenor) / Moscow Capella / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovchin [ NAXOS / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Capella, Igor Golovschin |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsk-Korsakov - Pan Voyevoda, Suite; Sadko, Op. 5; Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 28; May Night (Overture) Elena Okolysheva, mezzo-soprano / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Powerful orchestral music from one of Russias greatest orchestrators! |
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Elena Papandreou
Plays Roland Dyens [ Bis / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] |
BROUWER
Guitar Music Vol 2: El DecamerAn negro AEC Preludios EpigramAIticos AEC etc Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Naxos continues its guitar series |
MANOS HADJIDAKIS
Paper Moon - Songs by Manos Hadjidakis Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers and a legend in his native land, Manos Hadjidakis is also one of the best-known internationally thanks to a body of works that touches many musical genres, from concert music to popular songs and scores... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano works Elena Rozanova (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Dec/2001 ] Selection of popular 20th Century piano works |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Paisiello: La finta amante Elena Tsvetkova, Daniele De Prosperi, Antoine Bernheim, Stefano Parisse Estrin Orchestra, Stefano Parisse [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Giovanni Paisiello enjoyed a considerable international reputation during much of his career, with 80 or more operas that presented a challenge to those of Mozart in Vienna. La finta amante was composed during Paisiello's time at the Russian court of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Estrellita - miniatures for violin Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted in this pleasing selection." MusicWeb |
SCHNITTKE
Symphony NO 9 (with Raskatov - Nunc dimittis) Elena Vassilieva (mezzo-soprano) / Dresdner Philharmonie / The Hilliard Ensemble / Dennis Russell Davies [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Composed shortly before his death in 1998, Schnittke's ultimate symphony - actually his very last work - is a "Ninth" in a most unusual sense: Put down with a shaky left hand by an artist who had survived four strokes and was laterally debilitated,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Captive Nightingale Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano), Jason Xanthoudakis (clarinet) & Clemens Leske (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Australian soprano Elena Xanthoudakis joins forces with her brother, Jason, and Clemens Leske to perform some lost gems of Romantic chamber music and lieder repertoire, by composers including Lachner, Späth, Proch, Lindtpaintner and Kalliwoda. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle Elena Zhidkova & Sir Willard White / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "…Gergiev and his superlative orchestral forces and vocal soloists, supported by magnificent sound quality, present the enigmatic piece with great power, leaving us, as adequate performances always do, feeling stunned and somewhat bewildered." (BBC) |
FRANCESCO DURANTE
Durante: Requiem Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Elena Carzaniga (contralto), Roberto Rilievi (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (bass) / Astrarium Consort [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was the most important representative of the Neapolitan School in the first half of the 18-th century, "the greatest harmonist in Italy, that is the world" wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
Magnard: Cello Sonata Op.20 / Piano Trio Op.18 Camilla Patria (cello) Elena Ballario (piano) Franco Mezzena (violin) Sergio Patria (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Albéric Magnard, born in Paris in 1865, was a pupil of Dubois, Guiraud, Massenet and D'Indy at the Paris Conservatoire, and he frequented the circle of César Franck. In 1896 he became a teacher at Paris's Schola Cantorum. |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Acis et Galatée Jean-François Lombard, Elena Harsányi, Valeria La Grotta, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Federico Maria Sarde [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] Jean-Baptiste Lully's unrivalled position at the Sun King's court gave him freedom to produce numerous grand theatre works. Acis et Galatée is acknowledged as one of his masterpieces with its adroit alternation of effects and situations and its... |
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Mozart, Wo
Lieder Julia Varady, Elena Bashkirowa [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jul/1992 ] |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERLIOZ / etc
Lorin Maazel - The Complete deutsche Grammophon Recordings Lorin Maazel (conductor) with Jane Berbie, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gidon Kremer, Elena Obraztsova [ Deutsche Grammophon / 39 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2023 ] At the age of 9, he made his conducting debut with the LA Philharmonic, and at 11 Toscanini invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra: Lorin Maazel is undoubtedly one of the greatest conductors of his century. His first album with Deutsche... |
