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ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
ONUTE NARBUTAITE
Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae (Three Symphonies of the Mother of God) Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Kaunas State Choir / Aidija Chamber Choir / Robertas Šervenikas [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The eloquent, expressive music of Lithuanian neo-romantic composer Onutė Narbutaitė is noted for its sense of aristocratic poise and strong compositional discipline. Her Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae (Three Symphonies of the Mother of God) is not a... |
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HERRMANN / BAX / BLISS / SHOSTAKOVICH / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Cinema Spectacular [incls 'Psycho', 'Things to Come' & 'Richard III Suite'] London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "Spellbinding … a firm favourite … performed with breathtaking precision by the LPO, and both they and the music come across with a thrilling and vivid immediacy" (Gramophone on the Herrmann) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Popul Vuh (The Mayan Creation) London Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gisèle Ben-Dor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] For the five works on this disc, Ginastera drew upon Argentine and other Meso- and South American subjects. . |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel (complete opera recorded in 2021) l'Opéra National de Lyon / Nina Minasyan, Margarita Neksarova, Andrey Popov, Dmitry Ulyanov / Daniele Rustioni (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] In the autumn of 1906, at a time when he was saying he didn't want to write anything further, Rimsky-Korsakov had the idea of starting an opera based on The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, the last of Pushkin's folk tales in verse, written in 1834. |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel (complete opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray l'Opéra National de Lyon / Nina Minasyan, Margarita Neksarova, Andrey Popov, Dmitry Ulyanov / Daniele Rustioni (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 12/Aug/2022 ] In the autumn of 1906, at a time when he was saying he didn't want to write anything further, Rimsky-Korsakov had the idea of starting an opera based on The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, the last of Pushkin's folk tales in verse, written in 1834.... |
LEONARDO VINCI
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Lorraine National Opera / Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Diego Fasolis (director) [ Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "This magnificent production is a complete and blissful success. Don't miss it." Those were the words of the French website Classique News when Leonardo Vinci's rediscovered Artaserse was staged by Silviu Purcãrete at the Opéra National de Lorraine... |
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Lotric/Ukrainian National Oper
Tenor Opera Arias [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2010) Ludovic tezier / Barbara Frittoli / Ekaterina Siurina / Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Philippe Jordan [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] G:- "Unlike many Figaro productions these days, the physicality is never vulgar, and there are constant small touches that add character...[Pisaroni] displays the ideal bass-baritone instrument for this role" (International Record Review) |
MANUEL de FALLA
Luis Fernando Pérez plays Falla Luis Fernando Pérez (piano) / Basque National Orchestral, Carlo Rizzi [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Luis Fernando Pérez is one of the few Spanish pianists since Alicia de Larrocha to have championed his native repertoire with such passion. After discs of Soler and Granados for Mirare, he now presents a portrait of Manuel de Falla. From the... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / A Colour Symphony Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] 'Bliss's A Colour Symphony needs a full Technicolour acoustic to do justice to its heraldic splendour. The Chandos sound certainly gives us that...A rewarding release.' The Times |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto in D minor / Cello Concerto in E minor Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] This disc couples two of Khachaturian's best concertos |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Suite de Concert, Op. 28 (with Rimsky-Korsakov - Fantasy on Two Russian Themes, Op. 33) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "A mellower Mordkovitch is outstanding in this splendid Russian pairing. A disc to enjoy. Sounds like she did." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2008) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Violin sonata No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "..She is aided by a most lovely, close yet lustrous and deep Chandos recording. This is a precise yet yieldingly romantic version which can be placed alongside the finest: Oistrakh and Sitkovetsky." (MusicWeb Aug 2009) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.4 Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "Well there are a lot of fine Fourths, some of them name-brands. But this is as good as any of them - really - and costs a fraction of what they cost" American Record Guide |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus 2006) BLU-RAY Lyon National Opera / Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringelborn, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier / Kent Nagano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "Elsa remains constantly onstage to narrate and to dream. The cast includes the sexy, brainy Ortrud of Waltraud Meier and the controversially light-toned Klaus Florian Vogt in the title-role." (Gramophone) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue [Blue-beard] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Lyon National Opera / Yann Beuron, Heloise Mas, Christophe Gay, Christophe Mortagne, Jennifer Courcier / Michele Spotti [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Offenbach composed a hilarious version of the gruesome story of Barbe-Bleue, made famous by Charles Perrault. As an adept of the comically and visually offbeat, the artist Laurent Pelly brings out its impertinent, fantastical universe. After... |
