OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Respighi [Incls 'Fountains of Rome' & 'The Birds'] Swiss Radio Orchestra, Ernst Ansermet / London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész / Argo Chamber Orchestra, Laszlo Heltay [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/1995 ] "Ansermet, with his ear for detail and orchestral colour, yields up vivid results in the Fountains of Rome...Maazel's Pines of Rome is a strong, direct performance, and memorable in impact." (Penguin Guide) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass No 3 In F Minor Lenneke Ruiten, Iris Vermillion, Shawn Mathey, Franz Josef Selig / Swiss Romande Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "The greatest plaudit here goes to the bass, Franz Josef Selig, who is warmly resonant. This flawless performance is of the highest quality." Gramophone |
Swiss
Lucky Man [ Frequency Media Group / 2 CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] NZ's distinctive Pacific Reggae sound is reaching shores as far away as Jamaica and the US, and with the title of Pacific Music's Solo Male Artist of The Year, 750,000+ YouTube video views of smash hit 'Slow Wind', plus a string of radio hits in his... |
J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 Swiss Baroque Soloists [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "On first listening, inevitably one goes to favourite movements. For me, the starting point was the crisp, four-instrument weave of the Second Concerto, with trumpet, recorder, oboe and violin in full Bachian flow, and it was astounding, particularly... |
SAINT-SAENS
La Princesse Jaune / Suite Algerienne Swiss Italian Orchestra / Francis Travis / Maria Costanza Nocentini, soprano [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] ***** Five Stars. BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2001) |
HEINZ HOLLIGER
Induuchlen Sylvia Nopper (soprano), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Felix Renggli (flutes, piccolo), Elmar Schmid (clarinets), Swiss Chmaber Soloists [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Puneiga includes] two of this composer's most exquisitely poised settings. Sylvia Nopper is no less enticing in the typically exacting vocal part, with Holliger drawing a precise and fastidious response from hs ensemble." (International Record Review) |