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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite Janice Graham (violin) / Sarah Ewing (violin) / Andriy Viytovych (viola) / Anne Pyne (flute) / Philip Palmer (oboe) / English Sinfonia / Howard Griffi [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The English composer Gustav Holst served for many years as director of music at St Paul's Girls' School in London, and it was for the pupils there that he wrote his St Paul's Suite, his most famous work for amateurs and, shortly after, his Brook... |
VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso RV728 Anne Desler, Nicki Kennedy, Marina De Liso, Lucia Sciannimanico / Coro da Camera Italiano & Modo Antiquo / Eico Maria Sardelli [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2008 ] Orlando Furioso is one of Vivaldi's most important operas. The story goes back to the epic of the same name by Ludovico Ariosto, set on an island ruled by the sorceress Alcina, and tells of Orlando's unhappy love for Angelica. Composed in 1727, the... |
MARIN MARAIS
Pieces de Viole des Cinq Livres (Livre 1686, 1701, 1711, 1717 & 1725) Jordi Savall (viol) Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Hopkinson Smith (theorbe & guitar) Christophe Coin & Anne Gallet [ Alia Vox SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "These marvelous discs are from 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, and 1992, but you will be very hard-pressed to find much difference in sound quality, especially in these stunningly gripping SACD remasterings-they are simply beautiful," (AudAud) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide Judith van Wanroij; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Cyrille Dubois; Tassis Christoyannis; Jean-Sébastien Bou; David Witczak; Anne-Sophie Petit; Jehanne Amzal; Ma [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Since the Baroque revival of the late 1980s, Iphigénie en Aulide is Gluck's only French opera to have remained unrecorded on period instruments. |
GOUNOD
Faust (complete opera) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Cesare Siepi (bass) Dorothy Kirsten (soprano) Frank Guarrera (baritone) Lawrence Davidson (baritone) Anne Bollinger (sop) [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This 3 CD set contains some of the most glorious tenor singing ever recorded. Buy it!!!" - Göran Forsling, MusicWeb international, July 2005 |
W. A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (Complete Opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam (recorded on film, 1985) BLU-RAY Kent Opera / Rodney Macann, Sarah Walker, Howard Haskin & Anne Mason / Sir Roger Norrington (cond) [ Arthaus Monarda Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Rodney Macann heads a strong cast in the title role, giving a compelling performance as Priam, alongside Sarah Walker's moving portrayal of Hector's wife, Andromache. Howard Haskin plays Priam's rebellious son Paris, who elopes with Helen. |
SIBELIUS
The Essential Sibelius (15 CDs at a budget price) Leonidas Kavakos / Anne Sofie von Otter / Monica Groop / Jorma Hynninen / Helsinki University Choir / Lahti Symphony Orch / Gothenburg Symphony Orch [ BIS / 15 CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "The Essential Sibelius...will provide hours of pleasure, discovery and rediscovery for not very much money. If this were your only Sibelius you would have his best music. Alongside this you will become acquainted with some pieces which although not... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré & his poets Marc Mauillon (baritone), Anne Le Bozec (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] The poetic renewal embodied by Hugo, Baudelaire, Verlaine and so many others after them radically changed the musical landscape and propelled French art song into a true golden age. This tribute to Fauré, the supreme master of the mélodie, gains its... |
HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Gawain (complete opera) Marie Angel / Anne Howells / Richard Greager / John Tomlinson [ NMC / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) (Complete opera) Marijana Mijanovic, Magdalena Kozena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Charlotte Hellekant, Bejun Mehta / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Archiv / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Handel's dramatic masterpiece in a recording to challenge the very best" (Gramophone) |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: The Opera Collection [27 CD set incls 'Zoroastre', 'Castor & Pollux' & 'Hippolyte et Aricie'] Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Gawllw Mechaly, Anne Maria Panzarella, Mireille Delunsch, Zeger Vandersteene, Sophie Daneman, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This budget-priced box brings together nine of Rameau's operas and music from four of his other stage works, all in performances led by seven conductors who played a leading role in the revival of interest in Rameau's music over the past 30 years. |
100 BEST CLASSICS
100 Best Classics Martha Argerich, Helene Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alexandre Tharaud, Maurice Andre, Andre Previn, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jose Carreras, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2016 ] One hundred of the very best popular classics performed by Daniel Barenboim, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maria-João Pires, David Fray, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Angela Gheorghiu, Rolando Villazón, José Carreras,... |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter's reading of Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons', conducted by the man who discovered her, Herbert von Karajan, was the first classical CD to go platinum. And to this day, its legendary status remains untarnished. |
WAGNER
Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Brocheler / Henk Smit / Graham Clark / Reinhild Runkel / Chris Merritt / Anne Gjevang / Hartmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte / 2 DVD - released 26/Apr/2006 ] G :- 'A blend of transparent stage direction, powerful images and colourful orchestral playing. Perfect.' Trouw (The Netherlands) |
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Bennet, Anne / Schygulla, Hanna
Neuwirth, Olga - Der Tod und das Mädchen II [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Andrew Richards / Anne-Catherine Gillet / Nicolas Cavallier / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Anna Caterina Antonacci is now acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She made her Covent Garden... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Chœur de l'Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse; Romain Dumas; Anne-Catherine Gillet; Véronique Gens; Ar [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 4/Oct/2024 ] 'The rehearsals for La Vie parisienne are almost driving me insane', wrote librettist Ludovic Halévy a few days before the work's first performance. |
