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BEETHOVEN / FERRÉ / SOLLIMA
Searching for Ludwig: Beethoven, Sollima & Ferré Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Mario Brunello [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Gidon Kremer and Mario Brunello pay tribute to Beethoven by presenting two of his most famous quartets in a version for string orchestra played by Kremerata Baltica. The ensemble's founder Gidon Kremer directs op.131 from the violin, while Mario... |
BELLINI
Norma (Complete Opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Mario Filippeschi / Ebe Stignani / Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Chorus And Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "The manner in which Callas colours her voice and the way she moves through the vocal register is very individual and not to every taste. If it is to yours then this Naxos realisation of the 1954 studio recording is in the best sound I have so far... |
BELLINI
Norma (complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] This is the first of Callas's two complete recordings of her signature role, the druid priestess Norma, in which she has remained unrivalled for 50 years. It captures her voice in its imposing early prime, while in the two famous duets for Norma and... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Borriello / Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Callas's view, aided by superbly imaginative and spacious conducting from Karajan, gives extra dimension to the Puccinian little woman" Penguin Stereo Guide |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas / Renato Ercolani / Mario Borriello / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Puccini's Turandot , first performed in 1926, was the only work in which Callas sang that was younger than herself and is a perfect vehicle for a dramatic soprano with a steady, steely and brilliant voice capable of rising to top C.Although she had... |
GIORDANO / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / VERDI / GLUCK
Maria Callas - Live & Alive (Remastered Recordings) Maria Callas, with Mario del Monaco, Rolando Panerai / various conductors [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2018 ] The passion and charisma of Maria Callas, performing live on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses and concert halls, can now be experienced as never before - thanks to new audio remastering from the best available sources. These are... |
TARTINI / VANDINI / MENEGHINI
Tartini: Concerti e Sonate per Violincello Piccolo Mario Brunello / Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni [ Arcana / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Tartini, Mario Brunello and the Accademia dell'Annunciata commemorate one of the great partnerships in the history of eighteenth-century music: the relationship between Tartini and Antonio... |
CARL REINECKE
Flute Concerto / Serenade / etc Mario Carbotta (flute) / Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Kiradjiev [ Dynamic / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] This CD features the two works that Carl Reinecke wrote for orchestra and solo flute. Written when he was over eighty years old, they were published between 1909 and 1911. Representative of the late romantic style, they are characterised by a revival... |
J. S. BACH
Complete Music for Lute Mario D'Agosto (13‐course baroque lute by Ivo Magherini) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] No more than a handful of pieces represent the entire musical heritage for baroque lute by Johann Sebastian Bach - not a lot when we consider the enormity of the composer's total output. Although it is not known whether Bach himself played the... |
ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
Italian Popular Songs 1 Mario Del Monaco / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Beniamino Gigli / Jussi Bjorling / Tito Schipa [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The selections in the present CD programme are all survivors of bygone eras. They are good tunes and, having been variously recorded since the advent of the gramophone by famous singers (and by mainly tenors), all have acquired a certain permanence. |
VIVALDI
Flute Concertos Op 10 Mario Folena (flute) & Federico Guglielmo (violin and concert master) / L'Arte dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Vivaldi's six Concertos for flute Op.10 nearly attain the same popularity as the Four Seasons. Published in Amsterdam in 1728, they contain some of Vivaldi's most famous concertos: Il Gardellino, La Notte and the Tempesta di Mare. Music of wonderful... |
Mario Lanza (tenor)
Mario Lanza (1949-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Essential Nostalgia! One of the best selling titles |
Mario Lanza
Because You're Mine (Original recordings 1952-54) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] Original Recordings 1952-1954 |
Mario Lanza
The Song Is You [ Jasmine / 4 CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] Mario Lanza was passionate and extremely talented and was quoted saying: "I sing from the heart... I sing the words of the song and really feel them, from the top of my head to the tip of my toes... I sing as though my life depends on it" |
MARIO LANZA
The Very Best Of Mario Lanza Mario Lanza (tenor) [ Alto / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "Lanza the Man perhaps left a lot to be desired; Mario Lanza the Voice was the stuff of dreams. Singers who grew up in the 1950s, among them Carreras and Domingo, were inspired by the sounds he produced" James Murray |
J. C. BACH
Arie variate & lamenti Mario Martinoli (Cembalo & Leitung) [ ETCETERA / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Very few of J C Bach's compostions have survived. This CD is a treasure trove of artfully worked, expressive compositions. They have retained their original fascination to this day. |
CAVALLI
Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne Mario Zeffiri (tenor) / Mariana Pizzolato (mezzo) / Galicia Youth Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Cavalli's opera deals with the god Apollo's amorous pursuit of the chaste Daphne, who finds refuge in metamorphosis into a laurel tree, to her lover's distress. |
ERNEST BLOCH
Music for Violin and Piano Maristella Patuzzi (violin) & Mario Patuzzi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Ernest Bloch (1880‐1959) was trained as a violinist, taking lessons from the great Eugene Ysaye in Brussels. Under the threat of the Nazi regime he took refuge to the USA, where he stayed the rest of his life. Here he became famous , one of the first... |
ELISABETH KUYPER
Kuyper: Piano Trio, Violin Sonata Maristella Patuzzi (violin), Alessandra Doninelli (cello), Mario Patuzzi (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953) was a Dutch composer, pianist, and conductor whose career unfolded during a time when women struggled for recognition in the professional music world. Born in Amsterdam, she studied composition at the Berlin Hochschule... |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] "This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv" (BBC) |
