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W. A. MOZART
The sonatas for violin and piano [recorded 1977] (4 CD set) Oscar Shumsky (violin) Robin Miller (oboe) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell, violin and director [ Nimbus / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2010 ] It is particularly felicitous that Shumsky and Balsam, both very experienced chamber musicians, should have come together to record Mozart's music for violin and piano. |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Dacapo / CD - released 5/Sep/2016 ] "The Oslo Philharmonic sound settled at the foundations while suggesting spontaneity on the surface…the brass and percussion offer extreme restraint and delicacy" (Gramophone) |
Otis Spann, with Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Junior Wells, Chuck Berry, etc
Otis Spann in Session - Diary of a Chicago Bluesman 1953-1960 [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Joining Eddie Taylor and Jody Williams (JASMCD3070 & JASMCD3100) in Jasmine's popular 'In Session' series comes this excellent 43 track 2CD set of Otis Spann's sessions that he cut in Chicago between 1953 and 1956 along with live performances at... |
PAGANINI
The Best Of Paganini Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish Nat [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Artists: Ilya Kaler (violin), Moshe Hammer (violin), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Scott St. John (violin), Simon Wynberg (guitar) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2009) BLU-RAY Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia / Juha Uusitalo / John Daszak / Matti Salminen / Anna Larsson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2010 ] In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Laudate Dominum: Vespers & Litanies Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Wren Orchestra, Neville Marriner, George [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mozart at his most imaginative and vital...highly responsive performance" Penguin Guide |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Paris Opera / Thomas Johannes Mayer, John Graham-Hall, Nicky Spence / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2017 ] Moses und Aron, Arnold Schönberg's masterpiece, at the Paris Opera in a glorious and poetic staging by Romeo Castellucci and conducted by Philippe Jordan, now available on DVD and Blu-ray! A profound, powerful and yet unfinished opera, Moses und Aron... |
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Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Tony Oxley / John Surman
In The Evenings Out There [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] Recorded September 1991 |
Paul Marleyn (Cello) John Lenehan (Piano)
From Jewish Life: works for cello and piano [ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2004 ] "Inventive programming, passionate playing, compelling listening" Jessica Duchan, Classic fm Magazine |
FEENEY
Feeney-Dracula (Ballet in Three Acts) Pauline Thulborn, soprano, Opera North Chorus, Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra. John Pryce-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] "Feeney's score is wonderfully atmospheric and rises suitably to underpin the gory climaxes" - Sunday Telegraph |
ELGAR
The Dream of Gerontius (Complete Oratorio) & Symphony No. 1 Peter Auty (tenor), Michelle Breedt (mezzo soprano) & John Hancock (baritone), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "On this evidence, Edo de Waart is clearly an Elgar conductor of no mean instinct. Both performances benefit from his judiciously clear-sighted direction...there's an endearing freshness, sense of new discovery and wholehearted application about this |
PETER DICKINSON
Mass of the Apocalypse / Larkin's Jazz / Five Forgeries / Five Early Piano Pieces Peter Dickson (piano) / John Flinders (piano) / Nash Ensemble / Various Artists / Lionel Friend (conductor) / Ivor Bolton (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] Peter Dickinson weaves together musical styles popular and classical, past and present.... |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Three Nocturnal Movements / Symphony No. 8 / Lysning Peter Herresthal (violin), Jakob Kullberg (cello) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. |
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS / FINZI / QUILTER
Whither must I Wander? David John Pike (baritone) & Isabelle Trüb (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 3/Dec/2012 ] Centred around Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', this collection of English song brings together three now influential figures in the world of British music - Vaughan Williams, his contemporary Roger Quilter, and the younger Gerald Finzi |
LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / MOZART / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / HANDEL / LEHAR / etc
THRILLING TENOR - Best Loved Opera Arias Piotr Beczała, János Berkes, John Dickie, Marcello Giordani, Vladimir Grishko, Marcus Haddock, Thomas Harper, Kristjan Johannsson, Torsten Kerl, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] It is only since the bel canto era in the 19th century that the tenor voice really took off as a leading character in operatic roles, often playing the heroic figure against a love-interest soprano and a villain baritone. |
PJ Harvey & John Parish
A Woman, a Man Walked By [ Island Records / CD - released 2/Apr/2009 ] Some of 'A Woman, a Man Walked By' is quiet, considered and reflective; at other moments, it verges on the deranged. By turns, it is mischievous, deadly serious, elegant and poetic, and possessed of a brutal power. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mors et Vita Barbara Hendricks (sop) Nadine Denize (mezzo) John Aler (ten) José van Dam (bass-bar) / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Plasson's remains a serviceable rendition of Gounod's grandiose conspectus of human spiritual experience." BBC Music |
W.A. MOZART
Coronation Mass Priti Coles (sop) Anna di Mauro (mezzo) John Dickie (tenor) / Capella Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "A spirited account." BBC Music Magazine |
Ralph Towner / John Abercrombie
Five Years Later (180g LP) [ ECM Records / LP - released 22/Sep/2008 ] As part of the story of our listening series this historical title has been mastered from original analog sources and reissued in January 2014. |
