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Carlos Santana and Alice Coltrane
Illuminations (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Two outstanding performers, Carlos Santana and Alice Coltrane, collaborated to record their fantastic trip through time called Illuminations. Santana's interest in the Indian culture and different musical styles led him to the musician Alice... |
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CARLOS CHAVEZ
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 4 The Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York / Carlos Chavez [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] From the Historic Catalogue of Everest Record label, Active Media are pleased to release the first 15 titles. |
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Stan Getz And João Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
Getz / Gilberto (Verve Master Edition) [ Verve / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] |
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Stan Getz / Antonio Carlos Jobim
Their Greatest Hits [ Verve Records / CD - released 8/Feb/2007 ] The great American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz joined forces with the Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, and vocalist Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of the fathers of the bossa nova, in the early 1960s. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damaru [ C Major DVD / 8 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: ON BLU-RAY |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2005) Teatro Real / Carlos Alvarez, Alfred Reiter, Marla Bayo, Jose Bros, Sonia Ganassi, Lorenzo Regazzo / Víctor Pablo Pérez (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] ""Magnificent Maria Bayo as Donna Anna, the evolution of this soprano is spectacular. José Bros is tenor Midas: he converts everything he touches into gold. What a delightful performance! " Opera Actual |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Teatro Real / Carlos Álvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, María Bayo, José Bros, Sonia Ganassi / Víctor Pablo Pérez (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Apr/2016 ] "The cast set to with a will vocally and dramatically...Víctor Pablo Pérez accompanies accommodatingly in a performance of appropriate but not over-grand scale...The Blu-ray pictures convey well the perspective depth of Frigerio's set." Gramophone |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Tango Various Artists including Jose Basso y su Orquesta, Francisco Canaro y su IOrquesta, Leopoldo Federico y su Orquesta, Carlos Garcia y su Orquesta, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Three CDs entitled The original Tango, The Piazzolla Tango, and, Tango Sensations |
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The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
Girl From Ipanema [ Verve / CD - released 20/Jul/1995 ] Composed By - Antonio Carlos Jobim |
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ANTONIO CALDARA
La concordia de' pianeti Veronica Cangemi, Delphine Galou, Ruxandra Donose, Franco Fagioli, Daniel Behle, Carlos Mena, Luca Tittoto / La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] This release marks the world-premiere recording and rediscovery of Antonio Caldara's La Concordia de' pianeti, a musical serenade of operatic magnitude composed for the court of Austrian Emperor Karl VI, featuring the crème de la crème of the day's... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony Nos 5 & 7 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 2) BBC MUSIC |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "Stemme is an involving Leonore, with a lovely rich lower and mid-register tone, but she is strained and variable above the stave...Krasteva throws herself into cowgirl Preziosilla with gusto. Mehta conducts effectively." International Record Review |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "Nina Stemme's Leonora? A hugely well-acted assumption of the role, with (in the 'Pace! Pace, mio dio' scena) the uncanny presence and vocal fury offered by Price, Barstow or Freni." Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 Christina Wieland, Diana Schmid, Franz Vitzthum, Knut Schoch / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Feb/2012 ] "it's the singer in the role of Irene, the mezzo Diana Schmid, who attracts most attention, with the generosity of her phrasing and warm even tone" Guardian |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Feb/2003 ] Rosette: Penguin Stereo Guide - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2013) Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Javier Camarena, Rebecca Olvera, Carlos Chausson / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Cecilia Bartoli stars in this ebullient Zurich Opera House production of Rossini's first French-language comedy opera described by the international press as "pure, unadulterated fun". |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Javier Camarena, Rebecca Olvera, Carlos Chausson / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Mar/2014 ] "Musical standards are high, with Tang and the orchestra bouncing the score merrily along. Bartoli sends herself up...vocally, she is in more consistent voice than on some recent recordings" (BBC Music) |