More By Artist: Brian May
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Dennis Lotis & Brian Dee
Mr Dee & Me- Recorded July'99 [ Vocalion / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "Marc Albrecht and his orchestra are familiar, so their excellence is no surprise. But the three lead singers are relative unknowns-and their stupendous performances leave you wondering why." Fanfare |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / PIETRO MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Anita Rachvelishvili, Ailyn Pérez, Rihab Chaieb, Brian Jagde, Roman Burdenko, Elena Zilio / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Apr/2021 ] "Anita Rachvelisvili is the undisputed star of Cav. She sings Santuzza as an unashamed mezzo, and her chest voice is thrilling in this music. Brian Jagde's Turridu is rakish and appealing, never a caricature villain, and he sings with electric energy |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Le Willis (complete original production) Ermonela Jaho, Arsen Soghomonyan, Brian Mulligan / Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / CD - released 25/Sep/2019 ] "The chorus and orchestra are both impressive, while conductor Mark Elder delivers a lively and loving account of the score" BBC Music Award Finalist 2020 |
Fiona Mackenzie / Brian Ó hEadhra
Tuath - Songs of the Northlands [ Naxos World / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] TUATH is a musical and cultural exploration of the connections between the Gaels and their nearest neighbours. This includes new Gaelic songs written especially for the album, as well as traditional tunes recorded in Danish, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic... |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Fire and Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the Roof Ida Kafavian (violin) / Brian Jones / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one....Great sonics too." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
DVORAK / MAHLER / SIBELIUS
All Who Wander Jamie Barton (mezzo), Brian Zeger (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 2/Oct/2002 ] "The disc's highlight is the Sibelius, in which the mezzo pours her heart into grand, soaring accounts of some of the composer's most seductive songs." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Solo Vocal |
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J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley, Sir Michael Hordern
The Lord of the Rings: v.2: Two Towers: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation [ AudioGO Limited / 13 CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation on 13 gold CDs |
TRADITIONAL
Sephardic Journey Karim Sulayman, Nell Snaidas, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell, Brian Kay / Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Cast out of Jerusalem, cast out of Spain. The Spanish Jews in their travels absorbed the colorful musical accents of Italy, Turkey and North Africa, including exotic percussion. Apollo's Fire's musical journey interweaves Sephardic folk song with the... |
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 |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Marek Janowski, Brian Jagde, Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig [ Pentatone / CD - released 10/Apr/2020 ] "I enjoyed this recording of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana immensely..conductor Marek Janowski..manages a fresh take on a piece that is (almost!) too often staged and recorded." MusicWeb |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata [complete opera recorded in 2012] BLU-RAY Opera Australia / Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers / Brian Castles-Onion (cond) [ Opus Arte Opera Australia Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "Emma Matthews's Violetta is exuberant and breathtakingly accurate...she has nothing to fear from close scrutiny and amid what must have been considerable challenges she feels free enough to wow the audience." Gramophone |
DEBUSSY / FERNEYHOUGH / YOSHIHISA TAIRA
Pierre-Yves Artaud: Flute Master & Teacher Pierre-Yves Artaud / Emmanuel Pahud / Brian Ferneyhough [ Harmonia Mundi / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
BRIAN & ROGER ENO
Mixing Colours Expanded Roger Eno & Brian Eno [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Roger and Brian Eno's acclaimed creative collaboration continues with seven additional tracks: "Mixing Colours Expanded" |
MARGARET BROUWER
Brouwer: Reactions - Rhapsodic Sonata / Declaration / The Lake / I Cry - Summer 2020 Sarah Beaty (mezzo), Brian Skoog (tenor), Shuai Wang (piano), Marie Sato (narrator/violin), Eliesha Nelson (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Margaret Brouwer's music has for decades been admired for "inhabiting its own peculiarly bewitching harmonic world" (The New York Times). These recently composed pieces reflect her musical representations of particular events: Rhapsodic Sonata charts... |
PURCELL
Hail Bright Cecilia / Come ye Sons of Art / Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time-I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Christopher Simpson was one of England's finest composers of viol music in the 17th century, and his treatise on viol technique, which included discussion of the prized art of improvisation, was an important contribution to the compendium of... |
Theatro, Brian Kay (director)
Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays [ Avie Records / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Bard frequently directed his characters to burst into song, cannily catering to the vast audiences who flocked to the Globe Theatre, expecting to enjoy the popular melodies of the day that were interwoven throughout the narrative. English... |
CHARPENTIER
Noels and Christmas Motets Vol 2 Tracy Smith Bessett, soprano / Brian Duyn, tenor / Christine Stelmacovich, alto / Curtis Streetman, bass / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2003 ] "Singing,playing and recording are of high quality and so is the documentation." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
Dubliners, Cran, Altan, Brian Kennedy, Katie Mcmahon
Gaelic Ireland [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Compiled by John O'Regan, music journalist and broadcaster of folk and traditional music. Gaelic songs from Ireland sung solo and accompanied, traditional and with modern arrangements. |
