More By Artist: Cecilia
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STEFANO LANDI
Landi: Morte d'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Cecilia Molinari, Renato Dolcini, Alexander Miminoshvili, Gaia Petrone / Christophe Rousset, conductor [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2020 ] La morte d'Orfeo is regarded as the first Roman-style secular opera and is considered a milestone in the development of the genre opera as a whole. The substantial ensemble numbers are typical of the Roman opera style. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Gioachino Rossini Edition (50 CD set) Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Rockwell Blake, Beverly Sills, Thomas Hampson, etc [ Warner Classics / 50 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2018 ] The Rossini Edition is the most comprehensive edition devoted to Rossini ever produced. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos Gile Bae; Archi di Santa Cecilia; Luigi Piovano [ Arcana / CD/DVD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] As Peter Wollny reminds us in the liner notes, Bach's keyboard concertos constitute a group of innovative works of historic importance, marking the true beginning of the very genre of the keyboard concerto. It is natural, therefore, that they have... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Harnoncourt & Haydn [2 CD set] Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Herbert Tachezi, Robert Holl, Josef Protschka, Cecilia Bartoli & others [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Haydn |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1968) Elena Souliotis, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mario Del Monaco, Carlo Cava / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Elena Souliotis has the power, ferocity, energy for the role...Mario del Monaco's "Ferisci, ma non interrogarmi" is a splendid moment [...] Cosotto's tone is always full and beautiful...Silvio Varviso's direction is pleasantly spirited" Gramophone |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem] Javier Camarena (tenor) / Chorus Santa Cecilia, Concertgebouworkest, Antonio Pappano [ RCO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "RCO Live has presented the recording in a way that complements the excellence of the performance itself. The recorded sound is magnificent; the acoustic of the Concertgebouw suits the music." MusicWeb Recommended |
PUCCINI / BOITO / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVALLO / etc
Jonas Kaufmann: The Age of Puccini Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with Renée Fleming (soprano) [ Decca / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] Jonas Kaufmann, the tenor of our time, takes us to The Age of Puccini. This collection showcases the unique quality of Kaufmann's award-winning recordings of best-loved Italian operatic 'verismo' repertoire for Decca. |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Music Vol 7 Julia Brown (organ, Saint Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "A good cross-section of Buxtehude's music in good, unforced, performances, well recorded." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 2023) Le Concert d'Astree / Christophe Dumaux, Julie Fuchs, Cecilia Molinari, Teresa Iervolino, Cameron Shahbazi, Frederik Bergman / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] 'This was a masterful production, and not just for the wonderful performances from Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée or for the excellent contributions from all the singers. superbly directed by Bieito and relevant to the present day' - Operawire.com |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 2023) (Blu-ray) Le Concert d'Astree / Christophe Dumaux, Julie Fuchs, Cecilia Molinari, Teresa Iervolino, Cameron Shahbazi, Frederik Bergman / Emmanuelle Haim (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Sep/2025 ] 'This was a masterful production, and not just for the wonderful performances from Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée or for the excellent contributions from all the singers....superbly directed by Bieito and relevant to the present day' - Operawire.com |
VIVALDI / CAVALI / PROVENZALE / COUPERIN / RAMEAU / etc
Lea Desandre - Amazone Lea Desandre (mezzo) / Jupiter, Thomas Dunford, with Cecilia Bartoli & Véronique Gens [ Erato / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "This is a stonkingly good album. It makes me wonder: what exactly are these enviously intelligent, inventive and generous musicians drinking?" Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera) Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Bartoli, Joan Rodgers, Kurt Streit, Ferruccio Futlanetto / Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Erato Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Mozart's 'School for Lovers' is peopled by a captivating cast of singers, including the bel canto pairing of Lella Cuberli and Cecilia Bartoli as the deceived sisters and John Tomlinson as a Don Alfonso of Wagnerian stature. Daniel Barenboim relishes... |
MORRICONE, PIOVANI, ROTA
Cinema Per Archi Luigi Piovano, Archi di Santa Cecilia [ Arcana / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] 'Oscar™ Cinema' might be a suitable alternative title for the new CD with which the strings of the Santa Cecilia Academy (Archi di Santa Cecilia) under the direction of Luigi Piovano - principal cellist of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di... |
MOZART / HUMMEL / BEETHOVEN
Mozart, Hummel & Beethoven: Concerto, Sonate, Symphony Marcus van den Munckhof, Cecilia Bernardini, Anna Besson, Aurelia Visovan [ Ricercar / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] The Romanian pianist Aurelia Visovan offers this particularly original programme for her album as winner of the 2019 Bruges MA Festival competition. |
MANUEL de FALLA
De Falla Collection Marta Senn, Cecilia Angell, Fernando de La Mora, Timora Rosler, Benita Meshulam, Jutta Czapski, Klára Würtz, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venez [ Briliant Classics / 5 CD - released 17/Oct/2021 ] Regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the twentieth century, Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) developed an interest in native Spanish music - in particular Andalusian flamenco - while studying with Felipe Pedrell in Madrid in the late 1890s. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: 3 Sonatas For Harp & Violin Masumi Nagasawam Cecilia Bernardini [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] In 1805, on the basis of his brilliant yet expressive playing, the 21-year-old Louis Spohr was appointed Konzertmeister at the ducal court in Gotha. By this time he had also begun to make his mark as a composer, and during his years at the court he... |
GRIEG / PART / CHILCOTT / etc.
De Profundis: Sacred Repertoire for Male Choir Orphei Drängar male choir, Cecilia Rydinger Alin [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] "Orphei Drängar is a 160-year-old choir with a warm sound and a seeming inability to ever sound ugly, no matter the language they're singing. Cecilia Rydinger Alin proves an expert hand in conducting all this little-known music" MusicWeb |
J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Nicholas Mulroy / Matthew Brook / Susan Hamilton / Cecilia Osmond / Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt [ Linn SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] "Linn's on-going commitment to SACD pays off handsomely, with three-dimensional crowds and vocal soloists standing forward of their accompaniment - all confirmation of this as my new benchmark." (BBC Music Magazine *****) |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 1990) Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Dawn Upshaw, Edita Gruberova, Yvonne Kenny / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 4/May/2009 ] |
