ANONYMOUS / ADAM VON FULDA / ADAM GILBERT / JACOB BARBIREAU / etc
Sacred and Secular Music from Renaissance Germany Ciaramella Instrumental and Voal Ensemble, Adam and Rotem Gilbert, with Mahan Esfahani (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] No fifteenth-century wedding, civic ceremony, feast day, or royal joyeux entrée would have been complete without the sound of the alta capella, or "high choir." The term referred not to singers, but to the loud voices of shawms, trumpets or trombones. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies (Nos 93, 94 & 95) Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The Danish Chamber Orchestra and Adam Fischer turn to Haydn's late symphonies, beginning with the first three of the twelve 'London' symphonies, composed during Haydn's first visit to the capital. |
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn:Symphonies 96 "Miracle", 97 & 98 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "Fischer must have conducted more Haydn than anyone alive. And after half a century's immersion in these symphonies his delight in the composer's unpredictable inventiveness and (in the finales) darting wit is as palpable as ever." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Volume 8 - Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 and 30 Danish National Chamber Orchestra / Adam Fischer [ Dacapo SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] This is the latest release in the acclaimed series of the complete symphonies by W.A. Mozart, recorded by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra and their renowned Austro-Hungarian chief conductor Adam Fischer. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Danish National Concert Choir, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "I find these performances utterly fascinating, though it would be next to impossible to offer a comprehensive catalogue of the various colourful twists and turns that characterise Fischer's performances (there are far too many of them)." Gramophone |
Schoeck, O
Penthesilea Dernesch, Marsh, Gessendorf, Lipovsek, Sima, Adam, Hiestermann, ORF-Chor; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Albrecht [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Jun/1994 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87 (complete opera) Mathias Zachariassen, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Maria Fontosh, Kristina Hammarstrom / Vocal Group Ars Nova & Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer [ Dacapo / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "I shall be surprised to hear a more satisfying Mozart opera recording any time soon." Recording of the Month: Gramophone June 2010 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Matthäus [St Matthew] Passion / Johannes [St John] Passion Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Siegfried Vogel, Adele Stolte / Dresdner Kreuzchor, Gewandhausorchester, Rudolf Mauersberger, Erhard Mauersberger [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "… the excellence of soloists, choir and obbligato instrumentalists (a superb gamba and oboe da caccia) and, above all, the profound understanding shown by the conductor, make this a most moving interpretation." Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Coffee Cantata / Peasant Cantata [rec 1977] Edith Mathis (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Theo Adam (bass) / Kammerorchester Berlin / Peter Schreier [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] "This is music to enjoy and the Berlin recording certainly allows it to be enjoyed. (MusicWeb March 2008) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) Furio Zanasi, Lucile Richardot, Krystian Adam, Hana Blažiková, Gianluca Burrato / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (complete opera) BLU-RAY Furio Zanasi, Lucile Richardot, Krystian Adam, Hana Blažiková, Gianluca Burrato / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Claudio Monteverdi was a pioneer in the origins and development of opera, taking vocal music beyond Renaissance polyphony and entering a modern era in which genuine feelings and emotions are expressed through a wide variety of characters. Part of a... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischtz (Complete opera) Gundula Janowitz-Edith Mathis-Peter Schreier-Theo Adam / Leipzig Radio Chorus; Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber [ DG The Originals / 2 CD - released 22/May/2000 ] ""Kleiber draws superb playing from the Dresden orchestra" (Gramophone) |
Hassan and Adam Rudolph
Gift of the Gnawa [ CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 & 101 / 'L'isola disabitata' Overture Haydn Philharmonic, Adam Fischer [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Mar/2017 ] "[On the symphonies] …both performances are superb." International Record Review |
EUGEN d'ALBERT
Tiefland (complete opera recorded in 1963) Heinz Hoppe, Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Ernst Gutstein, Theo Adam / Staatskapelle Dresden, Paul Schmitz [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] s.Considered the composer's masterpiece, Eugen d'Albert'sTiefland tells the story of Marta, a poor young woman who is the mistress of the wealthy local landowner Sebastiano. Sebastiano is about to marry an heiress, and plans to have Marta marry his... |
SCHUBERT
Alfonso und Estrella (complete opera) Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Theo Adam, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Staatskapelle Berlin / Otmar Suitner [ Berlin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Peter Schreier (Alfonso) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Froila) Theo Adam (Adolfo) Edith Mathis (Estrella) |
Adam Hills
Inflatable [ Universal Pictures / DVD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] M - Contains mature themes, sexual references, drug references and coarse language. |
BARTOK
Orchestral Works (incls 'Concerto for Orchestra' & 'Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta') Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Portrait Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] 'The Nimbus recording is full of atmosphere……… characterized powerfully and slavonically and are strongly played with obvious idiomatic feeling.' (Penguin Guide) of Concerto for orchestra and The Miraculous Mandarin |
HUMPERDINCK
Hänsel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 1969) Ingeborg Springer, Renate Hoff, Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter / Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel has remained a firm favourite in opera houses around the world. A skilful blend of Weber's Der Freischütz, Wagner's Meistersinger and Siegfried, it weaves a magical spell upon the listener. Conjuring up... |