More By Artist: Little Esther
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Esther Marrow
Newport News, Virginia (LP) [ Flying Dutchman Records / LP - released 2/Sep/2022 ] Esther Marrow began singing professionally in the early 60s and her big break came in 1965 when she was asked by Duke Ellington to take part in his ground breaking Concert of Sacred Music at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Marrow toured with... |
VIVALDI / BACH, J.S. / SAINT-SAENS / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / etc
Charming Cello - Best loved classical cello music Franz Bartolomey Michael Grebanier, Janet Guggenheim; Havenith, Raimund; Hurvey, Keith; Madoka Inui; Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson; Maria Kliegel (cello [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] The ancient origins of the modern cello came from India and the Far East, arriving in Europe through Arab trade routes. By the time of the instrument's advanced construction in the mid-18th century, the greater volume of sound and versatility that... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B minor Hannah Morrison (sop) Meg Bragle (alto) Esther Brazil (mezzo) Peter Davoren (ten) Alex Ashworth (bass) / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] "Thirty years since his pioneering first version, Gardiner returns to re-record the mighty Mass in B minor; the impressive result draws on all his great knowledge and experience of Bach's music." Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Baroque Vocal |
Esther Ofarim
In Geneva [ Bear Family / CD - released 27/Aug/2012 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol. 3 Alina Wunderlin (soprano, Esther Valentin-Fieguth (mezzo), Kieran Carrel (tenor) Konstantin Ingenpaß (baritone), Urich Eisenlohr (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] For Brahms, folk songs were sources of musical inspiration, not subjects for academic study. The songs from Books 6 and 7 of the Deutsche Volkslieder exemplify how Brahms' distinctive and expressive accompaniments brought unique qualities to them. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol. 2 Alina Wunderlin (soprano) Esther Valentin-Fieguth (mezzo-soprano) Kieran Carrel (tenor) Konstantin Ingenpaß (baritone) Ulrich Eisenlohr (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Brahms was opposed to the Lied cultivated by the 'New German' circle of composers around Franz Liszt who developed it into a highly artifical art form. In the books of the 49 Deutsche Volkslieder Brahms discovered a repository of dialogue songs,... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Strictly Private Diana Tomsche (soprano), Esther Valentin (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Burkhardt (soprano), Barbara Grabowski (alto), etc / Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, T [ hänssler CLASSIC / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Very little is known today about the personal life of composer Antonio Salieri..This recording seeks to bring us closer to Salieri the man - with works that he composed for performance among friends. |
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Esther Marrow
Sister Woman [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Esther Melody
Secret Message [ Kickstart Records / CD - released 8/Jun/2009 ] With a five-and-a-half-octave vocal range and a knack for churning out some genuinely stick-y tunes, Esther Melody releases her debut album. |
Esther Phillips
The Atlantic Years [ The Leopard Lounge / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] A remarkable vocalist who could holler gritty R&B lyrics, bring soul to torchy ballads, Esther Phillips was formidably versatile, equally at ease with jazz, soul, country, pop and rhythm and blues. |
Esther Phillips
Original Album Series 5 CD [ Warner Music / 5 CD ] Includes the albums: "And I Love Him", "The Country Side of Esther Phillips", Esther Phillips Sings", "Burnin' Live at Freddie Jett's Pied Piper Club" and "Confessin' The Blues". |
SIBELIUS / GLAZUNOV
Sibelius & Glazunov: Violin Concertos Esther Yoo (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Yoo is a convincing advocate, lavishing thick, dark tone on its long melodies, though occasionally making the ends of phrases sound blunt." (The Guardian) |
Girandole Armoniche: Esther Crazzolara (violin), Teodoro Baù (viola da gamba), Federica Bianchi (harpsichord)
Extravagantes Seicento: Sonatas for Violon and viola da gamba at the Habsburg court [ Arcana / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] The focus of Extravagantes Seicento is the musical exuberance of a century full of contradictions, and at the same time receptive towards all kinds of novelty. By means of a rich collection of instrumental sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Cello Sonatas: Sicilienne / Elegie / Pavane / Papillon Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson (cello) / Allan Sternfield (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Fauré's musical language bridged a gap between 19th-century Romanticism and the music that appeared with the new century, developing and evolving, but retaining its own fundamental characteristics. His gift for melody, subtle harmonic idiom and... |
Little Esther
Better Beware [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 9/Aug/2013 ] Little Esther (Phillips) was certainly one of the greatest female vocalists in R&B, with a hit parade career that stretched from 1950, encompassing soul music in the '60s and disco in the '70s, and somewhere in between she built an enviable... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Feen [The Fairies] (Complete opera recoded in 1983) Kurt Moll, Linda Esther Gray, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Cheryl Studer / Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphonieorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1984 ] Recorded: July 1983 Recording Venue: Munich, Germany |
W. A. MOZART
La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera / Susan Graham / Hannah Esther Minutillo / Catherine Naglestad / Ekaterina Siurina / Christoph Pregardien / Sylvain Cambreling [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2010 ] "An evening of overwhelming beauty." Le Monde |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera recorded in 2005) Paris National Opera / Susan Graham / Hannah Esther Minutillo / Catherine Naglestad / Ekaterina Siurina / Christoph Pregardien / Sylvain Cambreling [ Kultur / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] G :- "Mortier has done everything in his power to present the opera in this long-lasting form. However, the only justification for adding this to you collection is the outstanding singing of Susan Graham" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
