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DANASE / MAIER / MICHEL / PADDING / PURCELL / etc
Tintomara Wim Van Hasselt (trumpet) & Jorgen Van Rijen (trombone) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "There is indeed little that these players cannot project in terms of multifacted lyricism, colour and dramatic presence, and this is matched by the very best in modern brass programming…all the facets of this project are outstanding and it starts wi |
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MAX REGER
Chorale Fantasias for organ (complete) (Rec 1989, 1990) Wouter van den Broek (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] "Many of my musical acquaintances over the years, especially the organists, have warmly recommended that I get to know the music of Max Reger. I'm still learning, but to my ears there's no escaping a certain dour quality, a relentlessness, a feeling... |
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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Yeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel [ Zig-Zag / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Carmina Burana as you've never heard it before; a triumph for all concerned." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2014) |
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J.S. BACH
Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 / Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "if you buy only one recording, buy the Suzuki." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Yvonne Kenny, Jard van Nes / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "The LPO, giving everything to their former chief, play like creatures possessed." (The Sunday Times) |
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Zandt Van Townes
Down Home [ CHROME DREAMS / CD - released 5/Oct/2012 ] |
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Zareska/Lpo/Van Beinum
The Post-War Revival [ Lpo / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
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GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Juliette Galstian, Rodney Gilfrey, Deon Van Der Walt, Anton Scharinger / William Christie (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Gluck's wonderful but neglected 1774 opera Iphigénie en Tauride, inspired by the Greek legend, is treated with forceful and convincing simplicity in Claus Guth's revolutionary production staged at the Zurich Opera House. The psychological drama in a... |