Harrison Birtwistle (The Soldier), George Benjamin (The Devil), Dame Harriet Walter (narrator) Royal Academy of Music, Oliver Knussen
Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale [ Linn / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] For his debut recording with Linn, conductor Oliver Knussen has assembled an impressive cast of contemporary composers for The Soldier's Tale: Harrison Birtwistle as the soldier and George Benjamin as the Devil, with actress Dame Harriet Walter as... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Salome (Complete opera recorded 1954) Plus additional earlier recordings Herbert Alsen / Walter Berry / Franz Bierbach / Christel Goltz / Julius Patzak. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Clemens Krauss, conductor [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] Salome was possibly the most important event in German opera since those of Wagner. Its creation marked a new development in operatic art with its concentrated power, its eerie and sinister harmonies and its extraordinarily exotic and colourful... |
SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / LEIMER / BRAHMS
Karajan and his Soloists I (1948-1958 Official Remastered Edition) Walter Gieseking, Hans Richter-Haaser (piano) Dennis Brain (horn) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic,Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue. For... |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960) Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Ericjh Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone) |
ALBINONI / CORELLI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL / BACH
Baroque Favourites I Musici, with Enzo Altobelli (cello) Felix Ayo (violin) Walter Gallozzi (violin) Maria Teresa Garatti (organ) Severino Gazzelloni (flute) etc [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] Eloquence offers the perfect introduction to baroque music |
Verdi, Giu
La forza del Destino, Un Ballo in Maschera, Turandot, Fidelio, Götterdämmerung Jean Cox, Claire Watson, Walter Carnuth, Karl Ridderbusch; Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] |
BEETHOVEN
An introduction to Beethoven (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' & Symphony No. 5 in C minor) John Lill (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Walter Weller [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'You'll know the meaning of the term 'heart-rending beauty' when you listen to the slow movement of the Piano Concerto.' CD Review |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Juilliard String Quartet plays Schubert & Brahms [5 CD set] Juilliard String Quartet, with Walter Trampler, viola II [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The great Juilliard Quartet present a boxed set with late Schubert quartets and the Brahms quintets |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
MAHLER
Das Lied Von Der Erde / Drei Ruckert Lieder [recorded in 1952] Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Julius Patzak (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Three Ruckert Lieder - Historical Recordings (1952) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / Julius Patzak (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 31) - BBC MUSIC |
MAHLER
Kindertotenlier / Symphony No 4 (Rec 1945-49) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] The English contralto Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953) had a brief but glorious decade of music-making before being cruelly struck down in her prime with cancer. |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde / etc (recorded in 1936 & 1938) Kerstin Thorborg (contralto) Charles Kullman (tenor) / Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Among the most admired conductors of his generation, Bruno Walter, who was born in Berlin on 15th September 1876 and died in Beverly Hills on 17th February 1962, developed a close association with Mahler right from the outset of his career. During... |
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Kirsten Flagstad / Rene Maison / Julius Huehn / Alexander Kipnis / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Bruno Walter [ Naxos Historical Immortal Performances / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 2 (incls Diana Polka & Amazons Quadrille) Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 20/May/2006 ] "(Alfred) Walter, of course, has proved himself to be extremely adept Recommended." - Fanfare |
JOSEF STRAUSS
Edition Vol. 3 (incls Avantgarde-Marsch, Op.14 & Mai-Rosen, 'May Rose') Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 20/May/2006 ] "(Alfred) Walter, of course, has proved himself to be extremely adept Recommended." - Fanfare |
HANSON
Merry Mount, Op. 31 Lauren Flanigan / Walter MacNeil / Richard Zeller / Northwest Boychoir / Seattle Girls' Choir / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] The plot of his 1933 opera, Merry Mount, set in New England in 1625 during a conflict between the Puritans and the Cavaliers, is anything but merry. However, the composer described the music as “warm-blooded…essentially a lyrical work [that] makes... |
Lehmann/Fuchs/Vienna Po/Walter
Wagner:die Walkure Acts 1 & 2 [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
VIVALDI / HANDEL / TELEMANN / PURCELL etc
Un'alma innamorata-A Soul in Love Linda Perillo (soprano) / Cordaria / Walter Reiter [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] This new collection from Cordaria features cantatas for soprano, violin and basso continuo, written by composers including Samuel Capricornus, Dietrich Buxtehude, Antonio Vivaldi , Georg Phillipp Telemann and Georg Frederic Handel. |
Little Walter
Blowin' The Blues [ Musicavenue / 3 CD - released 5/May/2008 ] |