CHARLES IVES
Ives: Songs, Vol. 6 Robert Gardner (baritone) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Ian Howell (counter tenor) Sumi Kittelberger (soprano) Leah Wool (mezzo) Douglas Dickson (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The final volume of Naxos's complete songs of Charles Ives offers the same virtues as its predecessors: assured performances from gifted young singers and pianists accompanied by pithy, informative notes from Richard Whitehouse." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Occasione fa il ladro (complete opera recorded in 2017) Rossini in Wildbad / Patrick Kabongo, Vera Talerko, Kenneth Tarver, Lorenzo Regazzo / Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Foglian [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Köngliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany, 13 and 22 July 2017 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Occasione fa il ladro (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Rossini in Wildbad / Patrick Kabongo, Vera Talerko, Kenneth Tarver, Lorenzo Regazzo / Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Foglian [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Recorded at the Köngliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany, 13 and 22 July 2017 |
JACK HEGGIE / GEORGE GERSHWIN / JEROME KERN
Amercian Operas: Moby-Dick / Porgy and Bess / Showboat (recorded 2009 - 2014) San Francisco Opera / Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Jay Hunter Morris, Jonathan Lemalu, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette / John DeMain, Patrick Summers [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "Zambello's production for San Francisco is drenched in detail and fine to look at. Catfish Row springs to life in all its tawdry glory...At the heart of the work is Eric Owen's Porgy, thankfully a subtle and superbly vocalised assumption." Opera Now |
JAKE HEGGIE
Heggie: Moby-Dick (Complete opera recorded in 2012) San Francisco Opera / Jay Hunter Morris, Stephen Costello, Jonathan Lemalu / Patrick Summers (conductor) [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Achingly beautiful, magnificently sung and gorgeously staged ... the audience responded with an eight-minutestanding ovation" (Associated Press). |
JAKE HEGGIE
Moby-Dick (Complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY San Francisco Opera / Jay Hunter Morris, Stephen Costello, Jonathan Lemalu / Patrick Summers (conductor) [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera BLU-RAY / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Along with Lucrezia Borgia this is the first EuroArts release in cooperation with the San Francisco Opera,internationally recognized as one of the top opera companies in the world "Achingly beautiful, magnificently sung and gorgeously staged" |
CHARLES IVES
Songs, Vol. 1 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Mary Phillips (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties which they include, and for the way in which they demonstrate the range and quality of Ives' songs." --Review by John Sheppard, MusicWeb International |
ROB KEELEY
Rob Keeley: Orchestral Music Sarah Desbruslais (flute) Michael Sluman, James Turnbull (oboes) Patrick Flanaghan (cor anglais) / Málaga Philharmonic & Liepāja Symphony Orchestra [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Rob Keeley - born in south Wales in 1960 but immersed in London musical life since boyhood - embraces a wide range of influences. Stravinsky's angular melodies and Tippett's buoyant rhythms can be heard in the spiky but bucolic Second Symphony. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (complete opera recorded in 2021) Serena Farnocchia, Patrick Kabongo, Mert Süngü, Veronica Marini / Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Rossini's rarely performed Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra was his first opera for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. With the composer showcasing and indeed recycling some of his best music, it was an enormous success and allowed him to become... |
HIERONYMUS PRAETORIUS:
Missa Tulerunt Dominum meum Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies [ Delphian / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Though less well known than his namesake Michael, Hieronymus Praetorius was part of a German musical dynasty, and as organist at Hamburg's Jacobikirche he was one of the city's most important cultural figures. So it is remarkable that his magnificent... |
SPOHR
Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8 & 11 Simone Lamsma (Violin) / Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] By uniting the virtuosity of the French violin school of Viotti, Kreutzer and Rode with the seriousness, perfection of form and developmental skills of the Viennese classical school of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Louis Spohr imbued his violin... |
HEWITT / CARR / REINAGLE
The 18th Century American Overture Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Conductor Patrick Gallois and his Finnish band play this music with energy and even more important, without an air of condescension. This is a very enjoyable recreation of music from a lively time in American cultural and political history."(AudAud.com) |
IGNAZ PLEYEL
Pleyel: Symphonies in B flat and G /Flute Concerto in C Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] This recording features two scintillating symphonies and Pleyel's only authentic concerto for flute; all three works amply illustrate the reason why he achieved such an unprecedented level of popularity in the last two decades of the 18th Century. |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Aeneas in Carthage (orchestra excerpts from the opera) Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "This is an absolutely wonderful recording of some amazing 18th century incidental music. First-rate engineering completes the picture. Don't miss this." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 32 (Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12) Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] Although the four symphonies included on this recording date from early in Haydn's career and from the beginnings of the classical symphony, he was already a mature musician who had entered the service of the Esterházy family as Vize-Kapellmeister... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 33 (Nos. 25, 42, 65) Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] The rarely recorded Symphony No. 25 is an unusual work. Lacking a slow movement, it opens with an Adagio-Allegro followed by a minuet. Symphony No. 42, with its compelling themes and keen sense of dramatic timing, is one of the composer's finest... |
GOUNOD
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] Gounod's skill as a composer is seen particularly in his two symphonies, written in 1855. The first of these, the Symphony in D major, shows a masterly treatment of traditional form and deft handling of instrumentation. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 29: Nos. 1-5 Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] "If you only have late Haydn symphonies in your collection and have the idea that anything below about no.50 is not worth your consideration, spend a few pounds on this and you'll get quite a surprise" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies [Complete] Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Bela Drahos / Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / 34 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] One of the most extraordinary bequests in the history of music, Haydn's symphonies established his reputation as the greatest composer of his time. |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: Overtures Vol 3 Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Cimarosa's overtures are remarkable for their melodic invention, assured handling of the orchestra and sheer vitality. This recording includes the overture to one of Cimarosa's most popular operas, I due baroni di Roccazzura |