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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado About Nothing (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, August 2011) Globe / Brendan Hughes / Naomi Frederick / Laura Rogers / Philip Bird / Jamie Parker / Jack Laskey [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero, and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love. |
LEOŠ JANÁCEK / ZOLTÁN KODÁLY / ANTONÍN DVORÁK / VITESZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
Pohádka - Tales from Prague to Budapest Laura van der Heijden (cello) Jâms Coleman (piano) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] The label début of the Exclusive Chandos Artist Laura van der Heijden explores the rich musical heritage of Bohemia. |
Laura Veirs
My Echo (LP) [ Bella Union / LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] My Echo is Laura Veirs' eleventh studio album, and includes appearances and features from Jim James, Bill Frisell, Karl Blau, Matt Ward and others. Laura says: "My Echo is "my songs knew I was getting divorced before I did" album. My conscious... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Ravenna Festival / Claudio Desderi, Mario Cassi, Francisco Gatell & Laura Giordano / Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2010 ] Watching this realistic, young and vital production, directed by the young Andrea da Rosa and listening to a high potential and unspent young cast, you feel how powerful, charming and timeless this score by Gaetano Donizetti is. |
JOBY TALBOT
Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Royal Ballet / Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, James Hay, Laura More / Koen Kessels (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Sep/2018 ] ''Cinematic but also unmistakably balletic, Joby Talbot's complex, theme-driven score'' (The Daily Telegraph) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Vivere: The Best of Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (tenor) with with Laura Pansini, Kenny G & Sarah Brightman [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] For the first time during his historic career the world's best selling tenor, Andrea Bocelli, will be releasing a collection of his greatest hits. The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere marks a decade of chart-topping albums that has made him a... |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Amor non soffre opposizione (complete opera) Giulio Alvise Caselli, Richard Resch, Laura Faig / East-West European Festival Orchestra, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/Sep/2016 ] Mayr's opera buffa Amore non soffre opposizioni was first performed in Venice in 1810 and owes something to the increasingly popular genre of the 'sentimental drama'. Conforming to Neapolitan practice in having no recitatives, it reflects precisely... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: As You Like It (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in October 2009) BLU-RAY Globe Theatre / Brendan Hughes / Naomi Frederick / Laura Rogers / Philip Bird / Jamie Parker / Jack Laskey [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Naomi Frederick's superb Rosalind is a woman of wit and intelligence… Laskey's Orlando is equally bewitched, bothered and bewildered, and the playfulness between the two is a pleasure" The Guardian |
NICOLA VACCAJ
Vaccaj: Giulietta e Romeo (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Bruno Taddia, Filippo Morace, Laura Giordano, Pietro Adaini / Federico Maria Sardelli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Aug/2019 ] "Raffaella Lupinacci's characterful, fruity mezzo is matched by detailed and lively acting, and Leonor Bonilla brings a bright, elegant soprano and oodles of charm to Giulietta." Gramophone DVD/Blu-ray of the Month July 2019 |
Laura Fygi
Bewitched [ Verve Records / CD - released 9/Mar/1993 ] Featuring Toots Thielemans, Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, and the London Symphony Orchestra |
Laura Fygi
The Latin Touch [ Mercury Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] The jazz diva takes a Latin turn with fantastic results! |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music and rarities Vol. 2 Laura Giordano (soprano), Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Alessandro Luciano (tenor), Bruno Taddia (baritone) [ Naxos Peches de vieillesse Vol 9 / CD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] Gioachino Rossini's ambitious younger years saw his composing entirely focused on well-defined projects. In later years he developed musical ideas with or without poetry to hand, and the 'Sins of Old Age' heard here bring together genre songs and... |
Laura Marling
I Speak Because I Can [ EMI Music / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] English singer / songwriter Laura Marling utilises her talent for poetic lyricism and striking melodies to form pop songs of the highest order. |
Laura Marling
Semper Femina [ More Alarming / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] There is a line from Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid that nearly a decade ago Laura Marling decided to have tattooed on her leg: "Varium et mutabile semper femina" it runs, translating roughly as "A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing."... |
Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter [ Partisan / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Laura Marling's exquisite seventh album 'Song For Our Daughter' arrives almost without preamble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul,... |
Laura Veirs
Found Light (Limited LP) [ Bella Union / LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Found Light may be Laura Veirs' 12th studio LP, but it also, in many ways, feels like her debut. If 2020's My Echo-written and mixed just prior to her 2019 split from her long-time husband, her long-time producer, and the father of her two sons-was... |
VARIOUS POETS
Classic Poems For Girls Roy McMillan, Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza [ Naxos Audiobooks / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5-10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve, to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda, to... |
RICHARD & ROBERT SHERMAN
Sherman: Mary Poppins Laura Micheele & Gavin Lee / Original 2005 London Cast Recording [ Walt Disney / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a script by Julian Fellowes. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Andrew Kennedy / William Shimell / Laura Claycomb / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels on 26 and 28 April 2007. |
