PURCELL
Complete Secular Solo Songs Barbara Bonney / Susan Gritton / Charles Daniels / Roger Covey-Crump / James Bowman / Michael George / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney, Rogers Covey-Crump and James Bowman' (The New York Times) |
MILLOCKER / STRAUSS / BENATZKY / LEHAR / ZELLER / etc
Im Chambre Saparae: The operetta album Barbara Bonney with Ronald-Schneider (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] 'Im chambre separée' is a diverse collection of Operetta songs by the principal composers of the repertoire. |
W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 1988) Barbara Bonny / Edita Gruberova / Hans Peter Blochwitz / Thomas Hampson / Zurich Opera / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Harnoncourt's Mozart can veer between the playful and the over solemn, but here it's spot on and sustained by a strong cast. Gruberova is a stellar Queen of the Night." BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 *** |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1656) Barbara Borden / Emily van Evera / Rodrigo del Pozo / Gerd Turk / Mark Padmore / Harry van der Kamp / Concerto Palatino / Bruce Dickey [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] On this recording Glossa present the principle musical items which could have been heard at second Vespers on a feast of the Virgin Mary (in this case the Feast of the Assumption) either at St. Mark's or at one of a variety of other Venetian... |
LOTTI
Vesper Psalms Barbara Christina Steude, Annekathrin Laabs (sops) David Erler (alto) Tobias Berndt (bass) Saechsisches Vocalensemble & Batzdorfer Hofkapelle / Matthi [ CPO / CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] "this is an attractive programme given with charm, poise and a lively immediacy." (MusicWeb April 2007) |
Barbara Dickson
Do Right Woman [ Vocalion / CD - released 22/May/2006 ] |
Barbara Dickson
Nothing's Gonna Change My World [ Universal Music / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] Available as an import CD from Europe, this studio album features Barbara's interpretations of the songs of The Beatles. |
VERDI
Four Sacred Pieces / Hymn of the Nations Barbara Frittoli (soprano) / Francesco Meli (tenor) / Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio, Torino / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] This is a recording of rarely heard choral works by Verdi, performed by all-Italian forces - the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatre Regio in Turin, with the soloists Barbara Frittoli and Francesco Meli, under the conductor Gianandrea Noseda, an exclusive... |
LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo/Mascagni: I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Operas) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Jessye Norman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov (conds) [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci) |
Barbara Furtuna
Si Vita Si - Voix Corses [ Buda Musique / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] |
LUIGI NONO / FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN / GERARD GRISEY
La Passione Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor), Ludwig Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "The knowledge that Grisey himself died unexpectedly himself died unexpectedly at only 52 shortly before the work's premiere only heightens the impact of this mesmeric recording." BBC Music |
GERALD BARRY
Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest (complete opera) Barbara Hannigan, Peter Tantsits, Joshua Bloom / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Opera |
ALBAN BERG / GUSTAV MAHLER
Sehnsucht: Berg - Mahler Live in Rotterdam Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Raoul Steffani (baritone) / Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Sehnsucht, a central and nearly untranslatable word of the Viennese fin-de-siècle period, referring to aspects of longing, melancholy, and nostalgia. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a collective Sehnsucht arose, in performers and audiences alike.... |
SCHOENBERG / BERG / WEBERN / ZEMLINSKY
Vienna - Fin de Siècle Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert De Leeuw (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Solo Vocal |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Barbara Haveman, Claudia Mahnke, Brandon Jovanovich, Gerhard Siegel, Thomas Bauer, Johannes Martin Kränzle (speaker) / Kartäuserkantorei Köln [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Excellent performances throughout from orchestra, soloists and choruses - rarely have the lush textures of Schoenberg's late-Romantic cantata sounded this fresh." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2016 - Choral) |
Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Sings The Blues (LP) [ Arte Verum / 2 LP/CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] Barbara Hendricks, considered to be one of the greatest classical music interpreters of our time, has left her unique and indelible mark on all that she has sung. On this disc, she explores the blues. Through famous tunes by Billie Holiday, Bessie... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
W.A. MOZART
Der Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) Highlights Barbara Hendricks / June Anderson / Ulrike Steinsky / Jerry Hadley / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "...the sound is outstanding-both clean and rich." -American Record Guide |
DEL TREDICI
Final Alice-Grand concerto for voice and orchestra Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to Sir Georg Solti, Final Alice is scored for gargantuan forces and is based on the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It has been described by the composer as a "grand... |