More By Artist: Simone
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SPOHR
Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8 & 11 Simone Lamsma (Violin) / Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] By uniting the virtuosity of the French violin school of Viotti, Kreutzer and Rode with the seriousness, perfection of form and developmental skills of the Viennese classical school of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Louis Spohr imbued his violin... |
ELGAR
Violin Recital Simone Lamsma (violin) Yurie Miura (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "In this issue in Naxos's Laureate Series we are provided with a fine recital from two promising chamber performers; names to follow." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Complete Music For Piano Duo Simone Nocchi, Filippo Farinell (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2022 ] This record contains the complete works for piano duo (piano 4-hands and 2 pianos) by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). While Hindemith was foremost a violist, not a pianist, he knew his way around the piano, and this familiarity is reflected in his... |
JOSEPH MARX
Phantasie / 4 Lieder Simone Nold (soprano) Christoph Renz (flute) Felix Schwartz (viola) / Hyperion trio [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Impressionistic twentieth-century Romanticist Joseph Marx was once Austria's most distinguished composer; his fame and authority continued to be unbroken even in the 1950s. |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Early Piano Sonatas Opp. 2-7-10 Simone Pierini (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] An experienced early-keyboard specialist brings his expertise to the 'New Testament' of the piano repertoire. 'Period' performances of Beethoven sonatas have become relatively mainstream during the present century, through artists such as Robert... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Intermezzo (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Simone Schneider, Markus Eiche, Martina Welschbach, Peter Nice, Sophie Mitterhuber, Brigitte Fassbaender / Müncher Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmir [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Scenes from a Marriage: The tension between a high-flying artistic existence and down-to-earth middle-class life was the theme of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011. The musical highlight of the festival was without a... |
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Harpsichord Music Simone Stella (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 30/Jan/2012 ] "you can hardly go wrong with Stella's performances which are very good. He uses the harpsichord well and explores its various stops, mostly in a convincing and stylistically appropriate manner." MusicWeb |
BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (organ) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/2012 ] The music of Dietrich Buxtehude has gained increased recognition and popularity over the last few years, not in the least due to the invaluable work of pioneers like Ton Koopman (Complete Buxtehude Edition) and others.The great Johann Sebastian Bach... |
JOHANN PACHELBEL
Pachelbel: Complete Keyboard Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2019 ] "..the organ used here has much greater possibilities in variety of tonal colours, and Stella uses it to fine effect in the many fugues and chorale variations." Choir & Organ |
REINCKEN
Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Brilliant Classics continues its survey of pre‐Bachian keyboard music with the complete keyboard works of Johann Adam Reincken. Reincken's style is rich and elaborate, full of invention and fantasy, requiring a virtuoso technique from the performer. |
JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER
Walther - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (at the Francesco Zanin organ, 2006, Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Padua) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 12 CD Box Set - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "This is a splendid musical monument for one of the most important composers for the organ of the 18th century." MusicWeb Recording of the Month March 2018 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Méditation. Les quatre saisons du luth Simone Vallerotonda [ Arcana / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] On his second solo album for Arcana, after L'Ultimo romano, Simone Vallerotonda explores the metaphysical and sensual world of seventeenth-century French lute music. The result is Méditation: four suites in four different keys, each associated with a... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Folksong Arrangements Steve Davislim (tenor) Simone Young (piano) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2009 ] "...beautifully performed by both the singer and the accompanist. And most importantly of all I feel that Steve Davislim thoroughly enjoys singing these songs." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio di Parma / Leo Nucci, Robert Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Paolo Pecchioli / Daniele Callegari (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "The solo singing is adequate and often more than that and dominated by Leo Nucci's portrayal of the eponymous role...Scandiuzzi as Boccanegra's implacable foe, Fiesco, is sonorous and acts well." (MusicWeb) |
FRANCOCUR / BACH / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN / VIEUXTEMPS
Zuill Bailey Zuill Bailey (cello) Simone Dinnerstein (cello) [ Delos / CD ] "cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Simone Dinnerstein, offer a brilliant program of French and German music." Fanfare |
Au Revoir Simone
Still Night Still Light [ Moshi Moshi / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] |
BRETT DEAN
Composer and performer Brett Dean (viola) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Simone Young / Hugh Wolff [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "The concerto has plenty of good ideas - a brief, meditative introduction, a vivid hunt of soloist by orchestra, and finally a dank reverie, the elegiac quality of which is suffused with quasi-expressionist angst. Curiously beautiful, somewhat... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera) [plus Blu-ray audio] Fanie Antonelou, Christian van Horn, Simone Kermes, Andrei Bondarenko / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classics / 4 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Aug/2017 ] "Currentzis's cast has a character and blend of its own. A premium has been put on crackling recitative, deft vocalisation (limited vibrato) and dramatic truthfulness: the sense of ensemble is palpable." Financial Times, 14th February 2014 *****t |
VINCENCO BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bellini: Zaira (complete opera recorded live in 1990) Katia Ricciarelli, Simone Alaimo, Ramon Vargas, Alexandra Papadjakou / Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Paolo Olmi [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 4/Sep/2009 ] "(Katia Ricciarelli gives) a highly impressive portrayal of the title part. As Orosmane, Simone Alaimo's lean bass is also a further strength with his clear diction a welcome hallmark." MusicWeb |
