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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Five Piano Concertos Alfred Brendel (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine [ Philips Digital Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "doesn't come any better than this these days" - Gramophone |
PAVEL HAAS
Fata Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas Anita Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano) [ Resonus / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "from joy to despair, every emotion is here in subtle colours; a legacy of great human and musical worth." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice - May 2017 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 5 Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) James Rutherford (baritone) Finnur Bjarnason (tenor) Hannah Morrison (soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] 'Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm' (Gramophone) |
BOB MERRILL
Merrill: Carnival Anna Maria Alberghetti & James Mitchell / Original 1961 Broadway Cast Recording [ Polydor / CD - released 12/Jul/1989 ] Carnival is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with the book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The musical is based on the 1953 film Lili. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2010) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, John Del Carlo / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 26/May/2011 ] A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti's comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded 1986 with libretto) Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey / Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "For its debut on CD, Ariadne auf Naxos receives a bright, clear DG recording, ... Much of this can be credited to James Levine's acute sense of tempo throughout" Gramophone |
BARTOK
Works For Violin & Piano Vol 2 James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] James Ehnes has previously explored Béla Bartók's concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók's chamber music for the violin. His accompanist, once more, is Andrew... |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano) [ Decca / CD ] Recorded August 1996, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Sacred Choral Music Benjamin Durrant (treble) Gareth Jones (baritone) James Oxley (tenor) Christopher Robinson (choirmaster) with Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] "A thrilling, soul-affirming experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in G major (with Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No 2) Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The Bergen Philharmonic proves an ideal instrument for one of Tchaikovsky's most magical scores. Neeme Jarvi's every demand is met with immaculate playing, recorded in a warm but not too resonant acoustic." (BBC Music) |
Billy T James
The Comic Genius Of Billy T James Deluxe Edition [ Sony / 2 CD/DVD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Originally released in 2008 this new package now features expanded audio disc (70 mins) comprising of live comic performances from the classic 'Live At Pips show in 1985 as well as radio archive recordings plus additional photos in an expanded booklet. |
KORNGOLD / THOMAS / GOUNOD / MASSENET / BRITTEN / WAGNER
Bo Skovhus sings Arias Bo Skovhus (baritone) / English National Opera Orchestra, James Conlon [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Apr/1997 ] Bo Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. |
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Christoph Pohl, Gal James, Dshamilja Kaiser, Christina Bock / Johannes Debus (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2019 ] "There is never a dull moment…Pohl takes the brave route with Cenci…With his baritone in lustrous form, this is a performance to savour" Opera - October 2019 - Disc of the Month |
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MICHAEL VALENTI
Valenti: Oh, Brother! Bruce Adler, David-James Carroll / Original 1881 Broadway Cast [ OC Recordings / CD - released 17/May/1991 ] A Musical Comedy in One Act. Book and lyrics by Donald Driver. (Suggested by William Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" and the comedies of Plautus.) Music by Michael Valenti. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: An Ode for St Cecilia's Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) / Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE CD OF THE MONTH/EDITOR'S CHOICE |
PAVEL HAAS / ANTOINE REICHA / LEOŠ JANÁCEK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Echoes of Bohemia: Czech Music for Wind Chamber: Orsino Ensemble, with James Baillieu (piano) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Following their début album, Belle Époque, the Orsino Ensemble turns its attention to music from Bohemia. There is a strong tradition of Czech wind playing, and hence a wealth of great repertoire on which to draw. Antoine Reicha was a contemporary... |
