FRANZ SCHUBERT
Alfonso und Estrella (complete opera recorded in 1997) Theater an der Wien / Olaf Bar / Luba Orgonasova / Thomas Hampson / Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] G - Filmed at the Theater an der Wien during performances in Wiener Festwochen, May 1997. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theater an der Wien / Patricia Bardon, Jake Arditti, Danielle de Niese, Filippo Mineccia / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] During his years in Italy, Handel absorbed the music of his contemporaries and mastered new stylistic trends. Though the staging of La resurrezione was a memorable event in the Roman musical world, it was the production of Agrippina that marked... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlos (Complete French version recorded in 1996) Theatre du Chatelet, Paris / Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Karita Mattila / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Music Vision DVD / DVD - released 18/Jan/2001 ] G - Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille du Locle after Schiller's dramatic poem Don Carlos. The original French version in five acts by Ursula Gunther, revised after the original version by Ursula Gunther and Luciano Pelazzoni. |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 1972) Theo Adam, James King, Pilar Lorengar / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers [ Sony Metropolitan Series / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Direct from the Metropolitan Opera's archives. These complete live recordings are taken from the Met's historic Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts and are newly remastered from the original sources. All feature great singers in live performance, at... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 (plus Barry: Beethoven and Piano Concerto Thomas Adès, Britten Sinfonia [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/May/2020 ] "Adès and the Britten Sinfonia present tightly knit performances [of the Beethoven Symphonies], and dynamic subtleties are largely preserved in the concert recordings." BBC Music 5 Stars |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto / Turandot Suite / etc Thomas Adès, John Odgon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] This new addition to the Gemini series features the following Busoni favourites: Piano Concerto, Turandot Suite, Berceuse Elegiaque, Sarabande and Cortège (2 Suites for Doktor Faust), 3 Piano Works. |
THOMAS ADES
The Twenty-Fifth Hour: Chamber Music of Thomas Adès Thomas Adès (piano) / Calder Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Three classic works by Thomas Adès, performed by the composer with the Calder Quartet - Piano Quintet, The Four Quartets and Arcadiana. These three works are not only in classic genres but themselves becoming classics |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
GERALD FINZI
Intimations of Immortality (with Patrick Hadley-The Trees so High) Thomas Allen (baritone) Ian Partridge (tenor) / Guildford Philharmonic Choir & orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] One of the most respected independent labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009, has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Wyastone Estate Limited. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 Thomas Allen (baritone) Osian Ellis (harp) Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Judith Harris (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC Singers and others [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Aug/2005 ] Benjamin Britten occupies an unrivalled position in English music of the twentieth century and a place of the greatest importance in the wider musical world. |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "...a vividly characterised performance" (Gramophone) |
Thomas Barquee
Temple [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
SCHUBERT
Lied Edition 32 - Part Songs Vol. 1 Thomas Bauer (baritone) Ingeborg Danz (contralto) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Markus Flaig (voice) Regina Jakobi (mezzo-soprano) Sybilla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Ulrich Eisenlohr, praised as the 'splendid accompanist' on many of Naxos's Schubert Lieder discs, and on Mozart's Complete Songs (8.557900-01) joins nine outstanding singers on this first volume of Schubert's delectable part-songs. |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (piano) [ Zig Zag / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every rhythmic phrase and figure is matched by the clarity and... |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "Bauer is a thoughtful, personable singer who uses his words expressively. At forte his baritone has an incisive bite: say, in the horrified final climax of "Die Krähe"...He affectingly realises the bleak weariness of "Rast", and addresses the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 22 (Poets of Sensibility Vol. 5) Thomas Bauer (Baritone) / Lydia Teuscher (Soprano) / Marcus Ullman (Tenor) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (Fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Thomas Bauer, is certainly one of the best among the new generation German Lieder singers. He is expressive and is in total command of his flexible voice." (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
BRAHMS
Piano Works (including 3 Intermezzi Op.117 and 2 Rhapsodies Op.79) Thomas Beijer (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] New recording: one of a series of releases from Brilliant Classics featuring outstanding young artists who have won the principal prizes at the Young Pianist Foundation's National Piano Competition. |
Thomas Bloch
Ondes Martenot [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] |
Thomas Christian Ensemble
Kienzl: String Quartets 1-3 [ Cpo / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
Thomas Christian Ensemble
Marx: Complete String Quartets [ Cpo / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |