More By Artist: Elena
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Acis et Galatée BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sean-Francois Lombard, Elena Harsanyi, Valeria La Grotta, Luigi de Donato / Benjamin Lazar (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 19/May/2023 ] "Sardelli (wielding an authentically Lullian staff for certain movements) propels a crisp account - the festival orchestra's first with period instruments." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month Aug 2023 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Nabucco (complete opera recorded in 1977) Matteo Manuguerra, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Scotto sings the most intelligent and, when needed, refined Abigaille on record." (Gramophone) |
ATTILIO ARIOSTI
Ariosti: 6 Lessons for Viola d'amore & continuo Mauro Righini (viola d'amore) Elena Bertuzzi (soprano) Ugo Nastrucci (theorbo) Danilo Costantini (organ & Harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The violinist, organist, composer and librettist Attilio Malachia Ariosti was born in Bologna in 1666. His career took him to Mantua and Venice, the most enlightened musical and artistic centers of northern Italy at the time. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Olga Savova, Krassimira Stoyanova, Elena Maximova / Mariss Jansons (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Mariss Janson's conducting, very imposing in the big moments...accords with the broad brushstrokes of Herheim's production. But the singers are vocally near ideal. Krassimira Stoyanova's Tatyana is thrillingly secure as well as vulnerable" (BBC Music) |
JANACEK
The Cunning Little Vixen (Complete opera sung in Czech recorded in 2008) Opéra Bastille / Elena Tsallagova, Jukka Rasilainen, Michèle Lagrange / Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) [ EuroArts / Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Elena Tsallagova made an irresistible vixen with her lovingly observed paw-work and pretty soprano…Some of the best singing of the evening came from Jukka Rasilainen as the all-important gamekeeper." Opera News |
W.A. MOZART.
Don Giovanni / Die Entfahrung aus dem Serail (Complete operas) (Rec 1995 & 1999) Paul Groves, Yelda Kodalli, Nancy Argenta, Elena Vink, Werner van Mechelen. Collegium Compostellanum. La Petite Bande. Sigiswald Kuijken / Scottish Ch [ Brilliant Classics Mozart Edition Vol 18 / 5 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "From the first notes of the overture, Mackerras gives us a brilliant, dramatic reading of "Die Entführung aus dem Serail". Speeds are fast but not overly so and one is left in no doubt that this is a stage work. The attractive, fresh voiced cast... |
WALFORD DAVIES
Everyman Pauls Putnins / Andrew Staples / Elena Ferrari / Jennifer Johnston / Kensington Symphony Orchestra / David Drummond (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] “... it is the choral writing that engages the attention and the London Oriana Choir revels in it. David Drummond conducts with obvious conviction and the Kensington SO responds warmly to his direction.” Michael Kennedy, The Sunday Telegraph, 12... |
MASSENET
Werther (Complete opera) Placido Domingo, Franz Grundheber, Elena Obraztsova, Arleen AugACr / KAlner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Riccardo Chailly [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Domingo in the name part sings with sweetness and purity as well as strength.' Penguin Guide |
CILEA
Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete opera recorded in 1977) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Sherrill Milnes / Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Francesco Cilea's… dramatic balance between light and shade, delicate orchestration and thunderous melodrama, are all superbly served by the Philharmonia and James Levine on top form… Maria Callas could not have outstripped Scotto in this title... |
GIOVANNI FILIPPO DREYER
Dreyer: Sacred Music Rossana Bertini (soprano), Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano), Le Tems Revient"|"Baroque Lumina, Giacomo Bededetti (conductor), Giacomo Granchi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] World premiere recordings of psalms and hymns by a forgotten luminary of the Florentine Baroque. Giovanni Filippo Dreyer (1703-1772) was born in Florence, Italy. As a castrato soprano he sang in several productions in Rome in 1723, including... |
TAVENER
Ypakoë Scottish Ensemble / The Wallace Collection / Elena Riu / Canty [ LINN / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] This collection celebrates the music of John Tavener, one of the best known and popular composers of his generation; it brings together performances by Canty, The Wallace Collection, Scottish Ensemble and Elena Riu. |
PROKOFIEV / SCHNITTKE / RAVEL / MESSIAEN
Russian & French Violin Sonatas Sergej Azizjan (violin) Elena Semishina (piano) [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Petersburf Academy of Music in 1986. In 1980 he became a member of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. |
ALBINONI
Albinoni: 12 Cantatas for Soprano and Contralto Op.4 Silvia Frigato (soprano), Elena Biscuola (contralto) / L'Arte dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] The 'other' Albinoni, revealed here as an accomplished composer for the voice in the tradition of the Venetian baroque. |
VERDI
Nabucco (complete opera recorded in 1965) Tito Gobbi / Elena Souliotis / Carlo Cava / Bruno Prevedi / Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Decca's recordings in the 1960s were state-of-the-art and this set, produced by Erik Smith and engineered by Gordon Parry and James Brown, wears its years lightly, better in fact than the much later Muti set. |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Sonata for clarinet and piano Nos 1 & 2 / Romances for clarinet and piano Todd Levy (clarinet) / Elena Abend (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Most warmly recommended." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Vienna Opera / Ausrine Stundyte, Bo Skovhus, Natascha Petrinsky, Elena Zaremba / Constantin Trinks (cond) [ C Major / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Mar/2022 ] "Aušrinė Stundytė has in recent years made the role of Renate her own; and with the openness and generosity of her soprano, its control of colour, its capacity for tender lyricism with a tragic edge, she is perfect as the suffering heart of the work" |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (complete opera) Yevgeni Nesterenko, Elena Obratsova, Vladimir Atlantov / Bolshoi Chorus & Orchestra Mark Ermler (conductor) [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2013 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- A tremendous performance by this all-star cast, in a recording never before issued outside Russia. Nesterenko at the top of his form in his ideal career role. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 2006) Zurich Opera House / Leo Nucci, Elena Moscu, Piotr Beczala / Nello Santi (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] G - "First we must salute the 64-year old Leo Nucci's Rigoletto. Visually, the pathetic figure with the haunted, apprehensive expression will prove memorable, as well those notes and phrases which still proclaim him one of the most richly endowed... |
