VIVALDI / BARBER / SIBELIUS / MENDELSSOHN / GLAZUNOV / MAHLER / etc
40 Most Beautiful Autumn Classics Various Artists including Andrew Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Barbara Bonney, Thomas Hampson, Borodin Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] Autumn masterpieces from Vivaldi, Mozart, Faure, Mendelssohn, Mahler and Haydn over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein On Broadway Various Artists including Marilyn Horne, Kiri te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, June Anderson & Christa Ludwig [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Leonard Bernstein was both a brilliant orchestrator and a gifted tunesmith, and his lyrics, often penned by Stephen Sondheim, are memorable, razor sharp and brilliantly apposite. West Side Story, Candide and On the Town are featured here. |
PUCCINI
The Best of Puccini Volume 1 Miriam Gauci, Thomas Harper, jonathon Welch, Nelly Miricioulu, Giorgio Lambert, Luba Orgonasova, various choruses and orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Puccini taken from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
VERDI
The Best of Verdi Volume 1 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Miriam Gauci, Thomas Harper, Monika Krause, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Aida Ferrarini, Josef Abekl, Robert Szuos, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Verdi collected from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 150Th Anniversary Edition Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, [ Warner Classics / 18 CD Box Set - released 14/Nov/2011 ] The present generous set has no parallels nor would I anticipate that there will be for many years. The performances and recordings are healthy and pleasing." (MusicWeb) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - The Complete Works [16 CD set] Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Thomas Hampson, Felicity Lott, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc, Various conductors & orchestras [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2016 ] In the last half of the 20th century Gustav Mahler came to hold a dominant position in the consciousness of musicians and audiences. Though he died in 1911, he captures the anxieties and aspirations of the modern age in symphonies and songs which,... |
CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER
Die Landstreicher [The Vagabonds] Daniel Behle, Thomas Dewald, Maria Leyer, Karl Fäth / WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Helmuth Froschauer [ Capriccio / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Ziehrer quickly became one of Vienna's foremost composers in the field of light music, receiving particularly valuable help from Carl Haslinger, who was Johann Strauss Jr's publisher. Unlike Strauss, Ziehrer was a pianist, who directed with a... |
Various Artists Incl Daniel Barenboim, Thomas Hampson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Peru: Kingdom Of The Sun And Fiestas of Peru [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 28/Jul/1995 ] German import (catalog 7559791972) |
TELEMANN
Telemann Jubilee set Various artists incls Wiener Academie, Martin Haselback, English Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Indermahle, Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] 4 CD's of this set are taken up by Telemann's Tafelmusik. Most enjoyable recordings by Musica Amphion under Pieter-Jan Belder on period instruments. In addition there are several discs with concertos for flute, trumpets, oboe etc. Two more discs are... |
SCHUBERT
Part-Songs Vol. 2 Various artists including Thomas Bauer and Regina Jakobi [ Naxos Schubert Lied Edition / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert's Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Bärenreiter's Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tübingen, which uses primary sources, the... |
ARIAS FOR TENOR
Nessun dorma: Arias For Tenor (rias by Adam, Giordano, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini & Verdi) Janez Lotric, Thomas Harper (tenors) with various orchestras & conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The American tenor Thomas Harper was born in Oklahoma but has made his home in Germany, where he is a member of the Dortmund Opera Theatre. In addition to a recent highly acclaimed American debut as Mime in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the... |
POUL RUDERS
Music of Poul Ruders Vol. 6 Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) Vassily Primakov (piano) Mikko Luoma (accordion) / Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Sondergard [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Gramophone Awards 2011 Finalist - Contemporary |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) Veronique Gens, Jacek Laszczkowski, Delphine Galou, Iestyn Davies, Tim Mead / Bathasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2015 ] A world-famous court composer during his lifetime, Agostino Steffani was also a significant influence on the likes of Handel, J S Bach and Telemann, but his music fell into neglect after his death. Thanks to conductor and Baroque specialist Thomas... |
BIZET
Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ ALTO / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This superb Carmen wipes the floor with any other version I know. The instinctive rightness of the whole conception is simply marvellous." (Gramophone) |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded the Salzburg Festival in 2006) Vienna State Opera / Ana Maria Martinez/ Sophie Koch / Shawn Mathey / Thomas Allen / Vienna Philharmonic / Manfred Honeck(cond) [ Decca Classics Mozart 22 / 2 DVD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] G - "A musical and vocal pleasure... A major festival event in the anniversary year." -Donaukurier |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Mar/2009 ] "This production is something special: a Traviata so dramatically intense and vocally secure that no other contemporary contender can beat it." - The Times, London |
MENOTTI
Il Console [The Consul] Virginia Zeani / Gianluigi Colmagro / Giovanna Fioroni / Florence May Festival / Thomas Schippers [ Opera D'Oro / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |