HENRY MADIN
Madin: Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV Anne Magouet, Michiko Takahashi, Robert Getchell, Alban Dufourt, Alain Buet / Stradivaria & Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Cuiller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] [Madin] writes vividly…[and] Daniel Cuiller is well in command of his forces in both pieces; worth investigating" (Gramophone) |
Anne Murray
Anne Murray's Christmas Album [ EMI Music / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] Here are 15 seasonal songs from Anne - including "Joy to the World", "Let It Snow", "Away in a Manger", "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Michael Bublé), "O Holy Night", "Silent Night", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (with Diana Krall). |
Anne Murray
Duets: Friends & Legends [ EMI Music / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Featuring duets with Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Sarah Brightman, k.d. lang, Celine Dion, Emmylou Harris, Isabelle Boulay, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Dusty Springfield, Jann Arden, Amy Grant, Olivia Newton-John, Shelby Lynne, Indigo... |
CHOPIN
Anne Queffelec plays Chopin [Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Polonaises, Waltzes] Anne Queffelec (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] "This is a very French-style Chopin concept album...There are more than a few Proustian hints: this is a Chopin a la recherche du temps perdu...Queffelec places emphasis on subtlety, elegance, singing tone and an intimacy of spirit." (BBC Music) |
SCHUBERT
Piano Works For Four Hands Anne Queffelec / Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] |
HANDEL
Keyboard Suites Anne Queffelec (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "A total triumph and arguably Queffélec's finest album to date." (Classic FM) |
SCARLATTI
Lettre a Elise... Anne Queffelec (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] Anne Queffélec (piano) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Last 3 Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111 Anne Queffélec (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 11/Sep/2022 ] "Here you have the sense that she has been pondering these pieces for decades - and they emerge as personal and deeply considered." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2023 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Entrez Dans La Danse... Anne Queffélec (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] The musical France of the Belle Époque and interwar period found refuge in the exhilaration of rhythm; but, in that 'dance age', it was only one short step from celebrations to nostalgic reverie. Anne Queffélec invites us to a crepuscular ball where... |
Anne Savage
Pandemic [ Riot / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] |
LISZT / MAHLER
Der Himmlische Leben Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano) [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "Schwanewilms's voice is an acquired taste; those who crave full-bodied Italianate lushness of tone will not 'get' the singing of this gifted German jugendlich dramatisch soprano" (International Record Review) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Vier letzte Lieder [Four Last Songs] / Arabella, Capriccio, Der Rosenkavalier [excerpts] Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) / Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz [ Orfeo / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "she soars through them all, pearl-like, backed by the succulent purr of Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by Markus Stenz." (The Times) |
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis [recorded live in 2010] Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Annette Jahns (mezzo) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) Dietrich Henschel (bass) / London Philharmonic Choir, Christoph Eschenbach [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Lioba Braun (contralto) / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Bamberg Symphony Choir, Jonathan Nott [ Tudor SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Jonathan Nott continues his very successful Mahler series with Symphony No.2. The soloists are Anne Schwanewilms soprano and Lioba Braun contralto. BBC Music Magazine described Nott's recording of Mahler's Symphony No.9 as "a fine achievement in a... |
MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder & Rückert Lieder (with Schoenberg - 4 Lieder Op. 2) Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Anne Schwanewilms is considered one the greatest dramatic sopranos of our time, and her performances in operas by Richard Strauss, Wagner and Mozart have earned her praise from critics and public alike around the world. She is also equally... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Olga Borodina (mezzo) / Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev [ Br Klassik Muncher Philharmoniker / CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] The first releases from the Munich Philharmonic's own recording label feature sensational performances of works by two composers with whom the orchestra is closely associated: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4. |
J.S. BACH
Arias Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano) with guests / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 27/Apr/2009 ] Born to sing J.S.Bach, Anne Sofie von Otter brings elegant style, richness of voice, and career-long commitment to Baroque music to this glorious recording of alto and soprano arias she herself selected. |
Anne Sofie Von Otter
...Sings Baroque Arias [ Proprius / CD - released 27/Nov/2006 ] |
ANDERS HILLBORG / LACI DOLDEMANN / HANS GEFORS
Swedish Songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) / Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ Deutsche Grammophon 20/21 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "For me the clear winner here is Anders Hillborg's… lontana in sonna… Anne Sofie von Otter is at her focused best here - her vibrato-less pitch perfect throughout." BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 ***** |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2002) Glyndebourne Opera / Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri, Lisa Milne / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] G: "(Von Otter's) Carmen has loads of overt sexuality - she languidly glides through the Habanera while sucking on a piece of fruit and then a cigar - and she shows plenty of temperament and fatalism tinged with fear later." (Los Angeles Times) |