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HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / WOLF / STRAUSS
Lisa della Casa sings Handel and Mozart Lisa della Casa (soprano) with Karl Hudez (piano) & Wiener Philharmoniker, Heinrich Hollreiser [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 12 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "stylistic approaches to Hande's Giulio Cesare may have moved on...but her Lieder singing...remains treasurable in its tonal and textual expertise." (BBC Music) |
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TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
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TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
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J. S. BACH
Peaceful Bach Martha Argerich, Avi Avital, Lisa Batiashvili, Rafal Blechacz, Helene Grimaud, Murray Perahia, Hilary Hahn, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] A 2CD album of Bach's most relaxing melodies played by legendary artists and upcoming stars like Murray Perahia, Giuliano Carmignola, Rafal Blechacz, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, etc |
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JOHN IRELAND
The Songs of John Ireland Lisa Milne, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "Ireland was a songsmith to rival the finest this country has produced, and Hyperion's generous anthology will hopefully encourage others to explore this rewarding and rapt repertoire" (Hi-Fi News) |
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SEBASTIAN KNUPFER
Sacred Music Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Lisa Beckley, James Bowman, Robin Blaze, etc / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 'Robert King draws fine singing and playing from his ensemble. The soloists are uniformly excellent ... Knüpfer is a real discovery - full marks to all concerned.' - International Record Review |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: With All My Breath and All My Blood Giorgi Gigashvili (piano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 16/Jan/2026 ] For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofiev, a composer he has been playing intensively for ten years. Nicknamed the "War Sonatas", these three masterpieces are, for him, "battles in themselves", sonatas to which one gives "heart and... |
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PAGANINI
24 Caprices for Violin Solo op. 1 (with Piano Accompaniment by Robert Schumann) Benjamin Schmid (violin) Lisa Smirnova (piano) [ MDG / CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] "... beautiful recording ... Smirnova is an ultra-sensitive accompanist, Schmid a fearless yet endearing violinist. Most highly recommended." (Soundscapes) |
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J.S.BACH / SCHUMANN
Six Sonatas for Violin (with Schumann's piano accompaniment) Benjamin Schmid (violin) Lisa Smirnova (piano) [ MDG / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Believe it or not, this CD is the first recording ever of Bach's violin solo compositions as interpreted by Robert Schumann, performed here by critically-acclaimed violinist Benjamin Schmid |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (highlights) Cesare Siepi, Hilde Gueden, Alfred Poell, Lisa Della Casa / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro that is... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos For Oboe And Oboe D'Amore Christian Hommel (Oboe/Oboe D'Amore) / Lisa Stewart (Violin) / Cologne Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos Bach Complete Orchestral Works 1 / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "A delightfully different disc that is most entertaining." - Sunday Tribune (Dublin), March 19, 2000 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Turn of the Screw (complete opera) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox / Mark Padmore / Lisa Milne / Catrin Wyn Davies / Diana Montague / Nicholas Kirby Johnson / Caroline Wise [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- "With its short intimate scenes and concentrated lines, the Screw is so cinematic that it's surprising there's only been one previous film. This has just won a Viennese TV award. It's one of the truest opera films to date." (BBC Music) |
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Concerto De'cavalieri/Di Lisa
Scarlatti: Sacred Works [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] |
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WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) Gary Rideout / Richard Greager / John Brocheler / Lisa Gasteen / The State Opera of South Australia / Asher Fisch (Conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / 4 SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The overall sense of the project is one of deserved community and company pride in an enterprise which can stand its ground with pretty much anything elsewhere. I welcome the issue" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
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Lisa Gerrard
The Best of Lisa Gerrard [ 4AD Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] This is a superb collection that encompasses Lisa's nine solo albums and her groundbreaking work with Dead Can Dance. |
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Greta Bradman / David Hobson / Lisa McCune / Teddy Tahu Rhodes
From Broadway To La Scala [ CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] The exuberance of musical theatre and the passion of grand opera, brought to glorious life by four of Australia's finest singers and the splendour of the symphony orchestra: From Broadway to La Scala is set to be the runaway musical hit of... |
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POULENC
Complete Songs Vol. 3 John Mark Ainsley / Lorna Anderson / Sarah Fox / Jonathan Lemalu / Lisa Milne / Malcolm Martineau [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "Martineau's apparently limitless wisdom about the musicians, the music, and indeed the piano continues at full stretch. The uneasy postlude to 'Voyage', frmo Calligrammes, makes for one of his most breathtaking moments, but the level of intensity is... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arias and Duets (rec 1949) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Anna-Lisa Bjorling (soprano) / San Francisco Opera Orchestra [ Naxos Historical In Concert / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] 'This hour is yours' the announcer tells us at the opening of this CD, a pleasing hour indeed, in the company of the finest tenor of his day and his wife Anna-Lisa, a Conservatory-trained lyric soprano. The programme consists of favourite arias from... |
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J.S. BACH
Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 and BWV 1052 Kolja Blacher (violin) / Christine Pichlmeier (violin) / Lisa Stewart (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "What you will hear is a performance and recording that is not unlike 'The Stokowski Sound.' Deep, rich and firm bass line, smooth strings and lushness around. The soloists are as romantic..." |