More By Artist: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) Désirée Rancatore / Roberto De Biasio / Luca Grassi / Enrico Giuseppe Iori / Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Lucia di Lammermoor's tragic tale of love, feuds, deception, madness and murder has thrilled audiences since its première in 1835. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestra! - Introducing the Modern Symphony Orchestra Dudley Moore (presenter) / Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ DECCA / 2 DVD/CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] G - Hosted by Sir Georg Solti and Hollywood star Dudley Moore, Orchestra! is the landmark UK Channel 4 TV series from 1991, introducing the modern symphony orchestra. |
Edward Beckett, flute, London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople
Fantaisie (flute works by Hue, Villette, Saint-Saens, Ravel, Godard, etc) [ Black Box / CD - released 26/Oct/2000 ] A unique collection of romantic French flute works |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 (recorded in 1951) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hans Hopf / Bayreuth Festival Chorus / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Wihelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "The pure freshness of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's voice soars above the ensemble, her ringing tones expressing the spiritual quality of the symphony. Furtwängler emphasises the symphony's warmth and humanity, and its powerful sense of... |
ARVO Pa„RT
Berliner Messe / Magnificat / Summa Elora Festival Singers / Elora Festival Orchestra / Edison (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] Born in Paide, Estonia on 11th September 1935, Arvo Pärt studied in Tallinn with Harri Otsa and Veljo Tormis, then at the Tallinn Conservatoire with Heino Eller, graduating in 1963. |
ARVO PART
Berliner Messe / Stabat Mater / Summa Elora Festival Singers / Elora Festival Orchestra / Noel Edison, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] Born in Paide, Estonia on 11th September 1935, Arvo Pärt studied in Tallinn with Harri Otsa and Veljo Tormis, then at the Tallinn Conservatoire with Heino Eller, graduating in 1963. |
JULIAN WACHNER
Choral Music, Vol. 1 Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Julian Wachner's music has been described as 'bold and atmospheric' (The New York Times), 'jazzy, energetic, and ingenious' (Boston Globe), and 'highly enjoyable, touching, clever, and inspiring' (Deseret News). As the composer has written: 'I have... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
I Saw Eternity Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] This recording brings together eleven leading composers whose origins in or strong associations with Canada are manifest in their central position in Canadian musical life. |
ARVO PART
Part: Music for Unaccompanied Choir Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "A fascinating sound-picture of the later developments in Pärt's choral writing, well sung and well recorded" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
ERIC WHITACRE
Choral Music Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) with Leslie De'Ath (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "(Whitacre) couldn't have more luminous or illuminating interpreters than the Elora Festival Singers, a choir that I've heartily praised in the past and that deserves the same recognition here." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
LAURIDSEN
Choral Works (Incls 'Les Chansons des Roses' & 'Mid-Winter Songs') Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) with Leslie De'Ath (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Although O nata lux (a movement from the larger work Lux aeterna) and O magnum mysterium have been recorded numerous times, they never have been done better--or more movingly--than here. Highly recommended." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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Elora Festival Singers/Edison
The Mystery Of Christmas [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 28/Jun/2014 ] "Jonas Kaufmann was spectacular as Bacchus, growing improbably stronger as he progressed. Emily Magee was scarcely less impressive in the demanding role of Ariadne." - New York Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Feb/2014 ] Jonas Kaufmann made his highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus in this 2012 Salzburg Festival production of Ariadne auf Naxos, leading a cast including Emily Magee and Elena Mosuc, with Daniel Harding conducting. Director Sven-Erich Bechtholf's staging is... |
HUBAY / TCHAIKOVSKY / GODARD / KREISLER / GRANADOS / etc
Violinissimo - Great Violin Encores Erich Gruenberg [violin], Josef Sakonov [violin]./ London Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra. [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Two "Phase 4" recordings reappear in their entirety on this double-CD of violin bon-bons. Josef Sakonov's is of virtuoso violin pieces (including Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen) and sentimental miniatures by Godard, Tchaikovsky, Ponce and others. This is... |
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Ernest London Festival/Gold
Film Themes Of Ernest Gold [ Vocalion / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 Sinfonietta Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] The Järvi family is a pillar of Estonian musical life. Paavo is now director of the Pärnu Festival, held in August each year, which brings together the finest Estonian musicians, joined by the cream of European orchestras: members of the Deutsche... |
SVEN TÜÜR
Tuur: Mythos Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "The recorded sound is full and detailed, and presentation is good, with nice photos and booklet texts in English, German, French and Estonian." MusicWeb Recommended |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' BLU-RAY Eteri Gvazava / Anna Larsson / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "It's different having best friends together. Everyone is there to enjoy making music, to take pleasure, to play with enthusiasm, with passion. They are prepared to do any crazy thing I ask them for the sake of the music. To fly, to walk through... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1 - 9 Eteri Gvazava (soprano) Anna Larsson (contralto) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 11 CD Box Set - released 21/Oct/2017 ] The 11 CD MAHLER box brings together Abbado's complete Berlin cycle for the first time. It is regarded as one of the crowning achievements of his final years. "In performance, he became a conduit between the forces assembled on stage and the... |
