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HANDEL / SCARLATTI / PREDIERI / CALDARA / STRADELLA / FUX
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 3 Eklund, Niklas (trumpet) London Baroque, Charles Medlam with Susanne Ryden (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] The third in the Baroque trumpet series from Naxos |
TRADITIONAL
Stille Nacht - Christmas Album Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Supported by Sir Charles Mackerras's brilliantly atmospheric arrangements for chorus and orchestra, the legendary opera and lieder singer is heard here in a magical album that stands apart from her great classical recordings and that is now available... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Jenufa (Complete opera in English) Elizabeth Vaughan; Nigel Robson; Dame Josephine Barstow / Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "In the hands of that master Janácek conductor, Sir Charles Mackerras, this English-language recording puts a finger on the work's pulse: it's a truly magnificent achievement." - Editor's Choice Gramophone magazine (August 2004) |
J. S. BACH
Trauer-Musik: Music to mourn Prince Leopold, BWV 244a Emily Van Evera / Clare Wilkinson / Charles Daniels / Tom Meglioranza / Taverner Consort and Players / Andrew Parrott [ Avie Records / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] A unique document and superb performance make this a recording for classical music aficionados and lovers of Bach's music alike. |
Emma Kirkby (soprano) / London Baroque / Charles Medlam
Christmas Music [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "Kirkby revels in her vocal powers throughout this disc" International Record Review |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 3 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This 2-CD set with The Purcell Quartet and a distinguished group of soloists is the third in a series devoted to Bach's early cantatas and the second focussing on the Weimar period. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Buried Treasures Robert Farnon, George Melachrino, Sidney Torch, Charles Williams, Wally Stott, Stanford Robinson, etc [ Guild / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Sometimes commercial recordings are quickly deleted from record companies' catalogues long before they come to the attention of would-be purchasers. Other music is recorded for use purely within the worlds of broadcasting and films, and it is never... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot [The Ban on Love] (complete opera) Anna Gabler, Michael Nagy, Peter Bronder, Charles Reid, Simon Bode / Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastien Weigle [ Oehms Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "[Weigle] has an excellent cast: singers such as Anna Gabler, Christiane Libor and Michael Nagy all ensure that the score's strongest, least hell-for-leather episodes are heard to full effect...Perhaps, after all, Wagner was right not to destroy it." |
TOMKINS
Above the Starrs: Verse Anthems & Consort Music Fretwork, Emma Kirkby-soprano, Catherine King-alto, Charles Daniels-tenor, Donald Greig-baritone, Richard Wistreich-bass, Jo [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2003 ] " Fretwork's considerable experience in this kind of repertoire shows in these faultlessly assured performances. A clear and attractive recorded sound completes a most accomplished release." - Gramophone |
FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler plays Kreisler (Tambourin chinois, Liebesfreud, Marche miniature viennoise, etc) (Recorded: 1942-1946) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Victor Symphony Orchestra / Charles O'Connell, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "The new transfers are remarkably good, and this is a gem of a reissue." (Classics Today) |
HANDEL
Sacred Choral Works (Incls Nisi Dominus) Lynne Dawson, Lynda Russell, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 23: BWV150, BWV67, BWV42, BWV158, BWV104, BWV85 and BWV112 Gillian Keith / Daniel Taylor / Charles Daniels / Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning series of live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage continues with cantatas for the 1st and 2nd Sundays after Easter. |
GLUCK
Alceste (complete opera recorded in stereo in 1981) Philip Gelling, Maldwyn Davies, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk / The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Royal Opera House / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "A great evening at Covent Garden rescued for posterity." (Gramophone on a previous release) |
ROSSINI
La Gazzetta (complete opera recorded in 2005) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Cinzia Forte / Bruno Pratico / Charles Workman / Pietro Spagnoli / Maurizio Barbacini (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Jul/2006 ] G :- "A joyous version of one of Rossini's lesser known operas, well sung and acted, beautiful to look at and characterised by a riot of comic invention" (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
ROSSINI
La Gazzetta (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu / Cinzia Forte / Bruno Pratico / Charles Workman / Pietro Spagnoli / Maurizio Barbacini (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2012 ] '…ironic and sensual, friendly but with a light taste of satire, La Gazzetta by Rossini has been reborn in this production that has the distinctive stamp of Fo, who has been able to handle with strength the Rossinian chaos without neglecting - and... |
DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SULLIVAN / WALTON / BLISS / etc
Sir Charles Groves: British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "The wonderful aggregate of soloists and musical personnel remains first-class." AudAud Feb 2017 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra. Charles Munch [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] The rarest amongst Charles Munch's many traversals of Symphonie fantastique (including those with the Boston and Paris Orchestras), this is an extraordinarily spacious reading of the first movement in particular, and will be much sought after by... |
J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spotless Rose - Hymns to the Virgin Mary Phoenix Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'Where has this fabulous choir been all my life? No choral strength you can name eludes them…,' wrote American Record Guide on Shakespeare in Song, the first release by the Phoenix Chorale in 2004. |
DVORAK / IBERT
Cello Concerto / Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments (Rec 1969) Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Groves / Michael Krein Orchestra / Michael Krein [ BBC Legends / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] "A stunning performance and up there with the classic Rostropovich/Karajan . An absolute must buy!" (Amazon.co.uk) |
