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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (complete opera recorded in 1978) Dimiter Petrov, Todor Kostov, Nicola Ghiuselev / Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Atanas Margaritov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] Khovanschina occupied the composer during 1872, as Boris was being 'adjusted' to suit the theatre authorities ahead of the premier. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Harold en Italie / Overtures Donald McInnes (viola) / Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/1999 ] "This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos No. 3 / Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso / etc Dong-Suk Kang (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Sep/2007 ] "more than just convincingly shaped; it is downright poetic... Why pay more and get less when this excellent Naxos offering is available at low cost?" - American Record Guide |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "...a magnificent reading of Naïve and Sentimental Music…with the balance of pace and introspection skilfully managed by Oundjian." Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2018 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (complete opera recorded in 1969) Drago Starc, Dušan Popović, Miroslav Čangalović, Melanija Bugarinović / Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] A first release on CD for the first recording in stereo (and entirely complete) of Mussorgsky's tragic chronicle of faith, rebellion and repression in 17th-century Russia. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Malin Byström, Joshua Guerrero, Gevorg Hakobyan / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 14/Apr/2023 ] "...this must be one of the bloodiest Toscas shown on stage, in a world where the characters' Christian faith is clearly a personal defence against the horror of the tyranny under which they live." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023 |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Vanessa (complete opera) Ellen Chickering (soprano) / Andrea Matthews (soprano) / Marion Dry (contralto) / Ray Bauwens, tenor / Ukranian National Capella Dumka / Gil Rose [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "...the all-American cast of a recent Boston revival is vocally more than adequate and dramatically convincing, while the conductor of that revival draws full-blooded playing from the excellent Ukranian orchestra...this set is a valuable account of... |
GOUNOD / PUCCINI / STEIBELT / MASSENET / MOZART / ROSSINI / etc
Miroir(s): Opera Arias Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Recital |
ALWYN / BERKELEY / POULENC / DOVE
British Flute Concertos Emily Beynon (flute) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bramwell Tovey [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] The Welsh flautist Emily Beynon plays a selection of British flute concertos, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey. Beynon is the Principal Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Equally at home in... |
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
Airlines Emmanuel Pahud (flute) / Orchestre National de France, Florentino Calvo, Myriam Lafargue, Alexandre Desplat [ Warner Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "Desplat's ability to capture the heart of film stories is made clear, and they are stories he retells here with great flair and abundant musicality." BBC Music Five Stars. Screen Choice. Dec 2020 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "The main cast delivers a superlative response from start to finish, headed by baritone Christopher Maltman's bull-like Tarquinius and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly's harrowingly intense Lucretia." BBC Music |
HENRI SAUGUET / JULES MASSENET / JACQUES IBERT
French Music For Ballet Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] In this fascinating recording the legendary Neeme Järvi explores two lesser-known French ballets by Sauguet and Ibert, complemented by the Ballet Suite from Massenet's opera HérodiadeLes Forains. Sauget's wide-ranging influences, notably the... |
ARTUE KAPP / ARTUR LEMBA / MIKEL LUDIG
Kapp / Lemba / Ludig: Orchestral Works Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Anyone a little hesitant about straying outside the well-known should not be concerned with this release: it invites exploration." MusicWeb |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Špalíček [suites] / Rhapsody -Concerto Mikhail Zemtsov (viola) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ CHANDOS / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] "The Estonian strings sing their hearts out…the woodwind solos are very lovely, too. Viola-player Mikhail Zemtsov impresses with the sheer beauty of tone." BBC Music |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, Vespers Eugen Antoni, tenor / Raisa Palmu, soprano / Erja Wimeri, contralto / Finnish National Opera Chorus / Eric-Olof Soderstrom, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov was born into a wealthy estate-owner's family near Novgorod. His father squandered the family property, which had to be sold in 1880. The family moved to St Petersburg. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / 2 songs Felicity Lott (soprano) / Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/1987 ] '..the skilled Chandos engineering ensures that the orchestral layout is very believable, heard within a natural perspective.' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
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SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Fagerlund: Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata), an opera Finnish National Opera Chorus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Tommi Hakala, Helena Juntunen, Finnish National Opera Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] Sebastian Fagerlund has made a name for himself primarily through his concertos and orchestral works. As demonstrated on previous recordings, his music displays a huge range of colours and an uncommon rhythmic vitality, as well as a sure feel for... |
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FRANK LOESSER
Loesser: The Most Happy Fella [first complete recording] Louis Quilico, Emily Loesser & Karen Ziemba / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ TER / JAY / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2010 ] The Most Happy Fella frequently has been described as an opera, but some have qualified the term. In his book The World of Musical Comedy, Stanley Green noted that the musical is "one of the most ambitiously operatic works ever written for the... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Suite algerienne'] Guillermo Pastrana (cello) / Basque National Orchestra, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Mar/2017 ] "Guillermo Pastrana performs the cello solos with fine musicianship and Jun Märkl conducts with taste, avoiding any sort of bombast. The Basque National Orchestra plays beautifully for him and the sound is of a high calibre." MusicWeb |
