More By Artist: Michael O'Leary
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THE PYTHONS
The Pythons - Autobiography by The Pythons Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin [ Orion Audio Book / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Bob McCabe reflect on their hilarious work together |
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COPLAND / MOZART / KATS-CHERNIN
Works For Clarinet & Orchestra Michael Collins (clarinet, basset clarinet & conductor) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Michael Collins combines the roles of clarinet soloist and conductor as he leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in three works that chart the journey of the clarinet from Mozart's late eighteenth-century Europe, via Aaron Copland's 1940s America, to... |
CPE BACH
Complete Solo Flute Sonatas Musica ad Rhenum: Jed Wentz (transverse flute), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (harpsichord & fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Passion and music went hand in hand in the Baroque era. Not only was music a way to express the passion of the composer, but it could also stimulate it in the listener. In this special collection of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach's complete solo flute... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser / Philippe Jordan [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Nadia Michael… is an attractive Salome, moving like a dancer, as physically unafraid as she is vocally… Michael Volle is an imposing, rich-toned Narraboth" (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
Lutheran Masses, Vol 2 (BWV529 & 236) Nancy Agenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Harvey (basses) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] 'The Singers balance beautifully… and oboes shadowed their parts and thicken the texture. Everyone bounced along in autonomous counterpoint.' Evening Standard on the concert of this recording |
Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex
Denver [ Drag City / LP - released 27/May/2016 ] Neil Michael Hagerty &The Howling Hex draw inspiration form a whole community in order to create this album, 'Denver'. Hagerty moved to Denver in 06 and says that he has nothing but good memories about the place, and those emotions he felt whilst... |
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
Fux: Concentus musico instrumentalis Neue Hofkapelle Graz, Lucia Froihofer & Michael Hell [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "There is much pleasure to be found in these carefully prepared performances." (MusicWeek) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonic Poems (Vol. 3) Incls 'Battle of the Huns' New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "There is some absolutely brilliant playing on this disc...With this sort of playing Liszt's orchestrations come fully alive, allowing us to appreciate some music that is very easy to see as inflated." (John Dutton ***** five stars Dominion Post) |
LISZT
Symphonic Poems Volume 4 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "The sonics are crisp and cleanly recorded, and Keith Anderson's booklet notes are to the usual high standard. This Naxos series has gone from strength to strength." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
LISZT
Symphonic Poems (Vol 2) Hamlet; Orpheus; From the Cradle to the Grave etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] "real performances rather than unimaginative run-throughs" - BBC Music Magazine |
AN EVENING WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NZSO: An Evening with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / various conductors, with Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) & Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] The NZSO has an extensive catalogue of CD recordings. It makes one CD of New Zealand music annually, as part of a commitment to promote and encourage music by New Zealand composers. |
BLOW / DOWLAND / FERRABOSCO / JOHNSON / PURCELL
A Painted Tale Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) [ Avie / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] 'As shown by this programme of Dowland, Purcell and others, Nicholas Phan is a wonderfully communicative tenor: a fine follow-up to his two Britten recitals.' (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015) |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Violin, Flute & Clarinet Concertos Kim Sjogren (violin), Niels Thomsen (clarinet), Toke Lund Christiansen (flute) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] "there is real depth here, thanks in no small measure to Schønwandt. The recording is first class." Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (Complete Opera) Inga Nielsen, Gosta Winbergh, Kurt Moll, Alan Titus / Hungarian Radio Chorus / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Michael Halasz [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] A brilliant recording of Beethoven's only opera |
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Easter Oratorio Nina Koufochristou, Andreas Wolf, Jan Kobow, Dagmar Saskova / Kolner Akademie, Cologne Academy Choir, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Arduous vocal writing, both solo and choral, suggests that Graun had impressive singers at his disposal. The challenges are variably met here: tenor Jan Kobow is at his limits in places, though there's a particularly fine contribution from bass-bari |
FRANCK / BARRERA / de HEREDIA / de SOLA / CABANILIES / etc
Great European Organs No 73 Michael Novenko (organ of St Andreu, Santanyi, Mallorca) [ Priory / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "I was truly amazed by the sound of this organ and I have to say this will be a gem in my collection. I'm sure it will prove distinct in yours." Star Recording - The Organ |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Nine German Arias / Music for the Royal Fireworks Nuria Rial (soprano), Austrian Baroque Company, Michael Oman (recorder & director) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / Sony / CD - released 4/Jan/2010 ] Soprano Nuria Rial performs Georg Friedrich Handel's stunningly beautiful but rarely recorded German Arias, accompanied by the Austrian Baroque Company. Handel's Deutsche Arien of 1724-7 stands relatively alone in the context of his Italian operas... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert - "Arpeggione" sonata / Prokofiev - Sonata Op. 119 Ofra Harnoy (cello) Michael Dussek (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 21/Jul/1988 ] "Harnoy gives a confident, well-prepared reading" Gramophone |
REYNALDO HAHN / ADOLPHE ADAM / JACQUES OFFENBACH
Opéra Comique Collection - Hahn: Ciboulette / Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau / Offenbach: La Pericole (complete operettas) BLU-RAY Opéra Comique, Paris / Julie Fuchs, Jean-François Lapointe, Julien Behr, Michael Spyres, Florie Valiquette, Julien Behr, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, etc [ Naxos / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 22/Aug/2025 ] The three opéras-comiques in this set epitomise the glamour, vivacity and zest of the quintessentially French genre and are among their composers' most admired works. |
