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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / HEITOR VILLA‑LOBOS / FRANCIS POULENC
Prokofiev - Villa-Lobos - Poulenc ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Simone Menezes [ Fuga Libera / CD - due 25/Sep/2026 ] The classicism that emerged in Vienna with Mozart and Haydn was later revisited by Prokofiev in Russia, Poulenc in France, and most unexpectedly, Villa-Lobos in Brazil. Each composer reimagined this tradition through a sparkling, modern, and... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 Vida Vujić (cello), Minna Pensola (violin), Simone Sgarbanti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - due 14/Aug/2026 ] This first volume of Joseph Marx's chamber music charts a period of 30 years from the cello works of 1913-14 to the Violin Sonata No. 2, written in 1944, shortly before he ceased all composition. The Pastorale is characteristically subtle with... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Complete opera recorded in 1996) Lyon Opera / Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Scaltriti, Simone Alaimo, Elena Dan / Evelino Pido (cond) [ Decca / RM Associates DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ] "Frank Dunlop's witty, unvarnished view of Donizetti's country comedy, updated to the 1930s, is delightful to see, wondrous to hear." Gramophone |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Die Schopfung [The Creation sung in German] Simone Kermes, Dorothee Mields, Steve Daviislim / Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble / Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Thomas Hengelbrock directs a clear and unfussy reading. He has an excellent grasp of each of the different elements of the score, which he communicates extremely well to his forces and thence to the listener." MusicWeb |
VINCI / BONONCINI / HASSE / STING / ALBINONI / etc
Simone Kermes - Inferno e Paradiso Simone Kermes (soprano), Amici Veneziani [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Simone Kermes releases her latest album, which features arias by baroque composers that have long numbered among her favorites, including Handel, Hasse, and Caldara. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus 2015) BLU-RAY Baden-Baden Festspielhaus / Olga Peretyatko, Atalla Ayan, Simone Piazzola, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Tom Fox / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Staged by Rolando Villazón Star tenor and director Rolando Villazón's staging of La Traviata at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden is "visually spectacular" (The Huffington Post) and made for "an enthusiastic reception for the premiere" (Stuttgarter... |
HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Palestrina (complete opera) Christopher Ventris / Peter Rose / Michael Volle / Falk Struckmann / Christiana Karg / Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Simone Young [ Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] "Simone Young directs a flowing and nicely paced account. Christopher Ventris is sensitive, achieving exhausted nobility as the composer, and Falk Struckmann provides a rounded portrayal of the subtle Borromeo." (Gramophone) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Dec/2014 ] "Garanca is something special. The voice, pure, warm, ample in power and range, she has achieved a mastery in Rossini's florid style, using no quick fixes...Benini's conducting is sure in its feeling for wit and elegance, and the orchestra respond" |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (highlights) Simone Alaimo (bass), Roberto Frontali (baritone), Alessandra Ruffini (soprano), Vincenzo la Scola (tenor), Mariangela Spotorno (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2000 ] Gaetano Donizetti was the leading composer of Italian opera in the short period between the early retirement of Rossini and death of Bellini and Verdi's first success with Nabucco in 1842. He was born in Bergamo in 1797 and had his early musical... |
MONTEVERDI / PURCELL / CESTI / MERULA / DOWLAND
Love Simone Kermes (soprano) / La Magnifica Comunità, Enrico Casazza [ Sony / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "The evidence of [Kermes's] close sympathy with the players of La Magnifica Comunità is everywhere abundant…the sum total, powerfully original and committed in imaginative endeavour and fulfilment, is an inward-looking artistic vision" BBC Music |
BELLINI / MERCADANTE / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
Bel Canto from Monteverdi to Verdi Simone Kermes (soprano) / Concerto Köln, Christoph-Mathias Mueller [ Sony Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] With her new album Simone Kermes presents her dedication to bel canto. Despite the title the Baroque soprano hasn't suddenly switched from one voice type to another but is simply following her own interpretation of this term, arguing that bel canto... |
VIVALDI
Amor Profano: Vivaldi Opera Arias Simone Kermes (soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon [ Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "An object lesson in putting together a Baroque opera arias recital disc." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2008) |
ARENA / BONONCINI / GIACOMELLI / HASSE / VINCI / etc
Rival Queens Simone Kermes (soprano) & Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) / Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta [ Sony Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2014 ] The Album explores the artistic legacies of the two legendary singers (Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni) and the heights of inspiration to which their rivalry moved the leading composers of their era. A thrilling recording, in which Simone... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |
Nina Simone
Gold (2CD) [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2004 ] Digitally re-mastered compilation featuring many of Nina Simone's finest works. Nina Simone was one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, and also one of the most eclectic. Simone was a singer, pianist, and songwriter who bent genres to... |
Nina Simone
Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone [ Verve / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] Throughout her career, Nina's music has inspired audiences of all ages, races and nationalities. In recent years, social media savvy youth have taken a particular interest in the works of Miss Simone. From the evergreen, feel good track aptly... |
Nina Simone
Nina Simone And Her Friends (2021 Stereo Remaster) [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] The Classic 1959 collection featuring Nina Simone, Carmen McRae and Chris Connors. Features a brand-new stereo mastering by Kevin Gray and a new essay by author of Liner Notes For the Revolution, Daphne A. Brooks. |
Nina Simone
Nina Simone In Concert Live At Carnegie Hall (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 13/Dec/2024 ] 'Mississippi Goddam' staked out Nina Simone's support of the Civil Rights movement when this album debuted in 1964, helping make it probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips during the decade. Here, the singer and... |
Nina Simone
Sunday Morning Classics (LP) [ RCA / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] This collection of Nina's most loved classics includes "To Love Somebody", "Do I Move You?", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Mississippi Goddam", "Mr. Bojangles", "Angel Of The Morning", "Day and Night" and "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". |
Nina Simone
You've Got To Learn [ Verve / CD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] The Newport Jazz Festival had always brought the best out of Nina Simone. On July 2, 1966, the audience was treated to the full range of her artistry-from the opener, a breathtaking version of "You've Got To Learn" to a swinging take on "Mississippi... |
