More By Artist: Alan Haven
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BRAHMS / LIGETI
Horn Trios Daniel Phillips (violin) / William Purvis (horn) / Richard Goode (piano) / Rolf Schulte (violin) / Alan Feinberg (piano) [ CD - released 9/Apr/2010 ] Building a Library First Choice - June 2007 |
DONNACHA DENNEHY
Gra Agus Bas Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / Iarla O’Lionaird (singer) / Crash Ensemble / Alan Pierson [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 5/May/2011 ] "[Grá agus Bás]...is a powerful symbiosis of old and new: modal inflections and reflections driven forward by muscular post-minimalist patterns and processes." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
PUCCINI / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS / LEONCAVALLO / DONIZETTI / FLOTOW / MASCAGNI/ etc
Great Arias & Ensembles from your favourite opera (sung in English) Della Jones / Dennis O'Neill / Jane Eaglen / Cynthia Haymon / Susan Parry / Alan Opie / Diana Montague / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Here is a 74-minute sampler from Chandos' excellent Opera in English series. Tenor Dennis O'Neill features prominently in many excerpts and he's a known quantity...This is a nice collection, unique in its own way, and recommended."(ClassicsToday) |
MONTEVERDI / HANDEL / GLUCK / KEISER / ORLANDINI
Drama Queens: Royal Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Vocal |
DVORAK / SUK
Eldbjørg Hemsing Plays Dvořák and Suk Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra / Alan Buribayev (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] The Norwegian violinist follows up on her acclaimed CD début with an all-Czech disc. |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Beauty Stone (complete opera) Elin Manahan Thomas, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alan Opie, Stephen Gadd, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Richard Suart / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rory [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "It has never been recorded by professional singers before, and Rory Macdonald seems to have prepared with academic scrupulousness...it's very strongly cast, too, but there's no sense of an important rediscovery here." (Guardian) |
Elizabeth Futral, Alan Opie, Peter Wedd, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera in English) [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] "the choral and orchestral work is of the highest standard..." Gramophone |
GEORGE TSONTAKIS
Tsontakis: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable Eric Berlin, Luosha Fang, Eunice Kim, David Krakauer / Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "These recent concertos demonstrate Tsontakis's remarkable ability to absorb and transform sources as disparate as klezmer and popular song. Conductor Miller is one of the composer's most ardent champion" Gramophone |
ARRIGO BOITO
Boito: Mefistofele (Complete opera recorded in 1995) Eva Marton, Francisco Araiza, Alan Titus / Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pinchas Steinberg [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] Arrigo Boito, Verdi's greatest librettist, was also a noted composer, best known for his Italian operatic treatment of Goethe's tragedy Faust. His MEFISTOFELE is much closer in spirit and letter to the original source than Gounod's French version of... |
ALFREDO CATALANI
Catalani: La Wally (Complete opera recorded in 1989) Eva Marton, Francisco Araiza, Alan Titus / Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pinchas Steinberg [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Catalani's orchestral writing is best demonstrated in the 1989 Munich Radio performance brilliantly led by Pinchas Steinberg. This is the way this opera should be conducted and played-the music comes alive and we begin to understand Catalani's quali |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Dreamachine / Trail of Tears / Reflections on the Mississipp Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Carol Jantsch (tuba) Amy Porter (flute) / Dallas Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores the relationships between machines, humanity and nature in three unique concertos. Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra is a colourful tribute to the imagination of inventors who... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Conjurer & Vocalise Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Mark Baechle (electronics) Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] "Fresh, vital, vigorous; contemporary music of quality, winningly played [DM] Two stimulating and interesting scores by John Corigliano in excellent performances" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2014) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestrer, Alan Gilbert [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] "stunningly performed and recorded, Zimmermann's inspiring release on BIS deserves substantial praise." MusicWeb Feb 2017 |
Gregory Alan Isakov
Evening Machines [ Dualtone / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] Gregory Alan Isakov's established record label debut, Evening Machines, out via Dualtone on October 5, 2018, is poised to take his career to places yet unknown to him. Recorded at a converted barn studio located on Isakov's three-acre farm in... |
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Gregory Alan Isakov
That Sea, the Gambler [ CD ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos, German Dances & Overtures Heinrich Schiff (cello) Alan Stringer (trumpet) George Malcolm (harpsichord) Simon Preston (organ) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The harpsichord concerto is neatly played, tempi distinctly on the lively side, but with spruce rhythms from Neville Marriner's orchestra and a crisp and brilliant account of the harpsichord part from George Malcolm." (Gramophone on the Harpsichord... |
KHACHATURIAN / LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto & Rhapsody Hideko Udagawa (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Buribayev [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "the [Lyapunov] concerto's rather grand manner suits Udagawa's noble style and steely tone wonderfully well. I prefer a warmer sound in Khachaturian, though there's no mistaking the commitment and dexterity she brings to both works." The Guardian,... |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Demofoonte Colin Balzer, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Hallenberg / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Demofoonte dates from the early 'Milan years' of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714- 1787), long before the radical 'reform operas' for which he is most famous and his break with opera seria and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio. |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Ezio (complete opera) Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max Emanuel Cencic / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] Alan Curtis, described by the New York Times' as "one of the great scholar-musicians of recent times", conducts a brilliant cast including Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max-Emanuel Cencic and Topi Lehtipuu in the original, 1750 version of Gluck's... |
HOLST
The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 / Suite de Ballet, Op. 10 / etc Ingrid Attrot (soprano), Neill Archer (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) & Donald Maxwell (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'Holst's Chaucer-like farce [The Wandering Scholar] comes up freshly minted in this lively recording… the couplings reveal Holst in light-music and Romantic modes, respectively, and throughout Hickox inspires some full-blooded music-making.' (BBC Music) |
