Since you are interested in Paradisum - Serene Sacred Songs, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / BIZET / BRAHMS / etc
Agnus Dei - Music In Inner Harmony Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Jenkins [ Decca / CD - released 25/May/2019 ] The result of a special millennial commission from the Royal Armouries and the latest in a six century old tradition of "Armed Man" masses that take the fifteenth century French song "L'Homme Armé" as their starting point. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of Renee Fleming Renee Fleming (soprano) With Placido Domingo (tenor) and various orchestras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Jun/2012 ] The Art of Renée Fleming brings together 18 defining tracks spanning Renée's finest Decca recordings, including favorite arias by Puccini, Handel and Gershwin and duets with Bryn Terfel and Plácido Domingo. Four special bonus tracks reflect Renée's... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) [ Nonesuch / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music |
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2017 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe |
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Blake: Symphony - Voices The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jun/2019 ] A dramatic symphonic journey through T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", recorded live. |
Katherine Jenkins
Cinema Paradiso [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Comprised of 15 iconic tracks, 'Cinema Paradiso' is a collection of unforgettable songs from some of the world's best loved movie moments including; 'Moon River' from Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pinocchio's 'When You Wish Upon A Star', 'Tonight' from... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical 2016 Jonas Kaufmann, Placido Domingo, Martha Argerich, Vilde Frang, David Fray, Christina Pluhar, Hilliard Ensemble, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] A double album filled with performances by today's musical headline-makers - from established stars of the concert hall and opera house to young talents who have captured the imagination of audiences of all ages. |
TALLIS / PARSONS / GORECKI / POULENC
Evensong Live 2015 Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / CD - released 15/Jun/2015 ] The tracks on this album were recorded live during Evensong services in the academic year 2013-2014, as part of the College's regular weekly webcasts. |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] "Sleep is functional music, furniture music, a soundtrack for relaxing and sleeping, and as such it's successful. It's not "classical" music, and shouldn't be judged as such. It does what it claims, and it's enjoyable." (Musicweb) |
BACH / KODALY / DUTILLEUX / CAMPOS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / etc
Gautier Capucon - Souvenirs Gautier Capucon (cello) with Renaud Capucon (violin) Frank Braley (piano) Gabriela Montero (piano) Martha Argerich (piano) etc [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Cellist Gautier Capucon celebrates his fortieth birthday this year - thirty-five years of which have been spent with his cello. This release is a three disc album which reflects on his worldwide success over the past 20 years, celebrating the many... |
ALFONSO X / YEHUDA HALEVI / JUAN del ENZINA & others
Granada 1013-1526 Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2016 ] "In short, this is a breathtaking achievement. It's the kind of disc that often left me in quiet astonishment not just at its ambition, artistry or skill, but at the way it tries to further the human story and enrich the experience of us all. Bravo! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Guilty Pleasures (featuring "Danny Boy") Renee Fleming (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing [ Decca / CD - released 4/Oct/2013 ] "The American soprano takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Europe on this offbeat and enjoyable album...The diva is in peachy voice throughout." Sunday Times |
GERSHWIN / KERN / PORTER / YOUMANS / SHEARING
Icon - Menuhin & Grappelli - Friends in Music Yehui Menuhin (violin) & Stéphane Grappelli (violin) [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2009 ] This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release in the Warner Classics ICON series. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "A most rewarding CD then, sure evidence that we should henceforth be on the lookout for any performances, recorded or live, that involve Sheku Kanneh-Mason." - Gramophone |
Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |
KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton [ Decca / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Sir Karl Jenkins is one of the most performed living composers in the world. His new choral masterpiece Miserere is dedicated to all who have suffered or perished during the conflicts in the Middle East over the last 70 years. Karl was motivated by... |
J. S. BACH
Murray Perahia plays Bach: The complete recordings Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "No mannerisms, no distractions, no self-serving virtuosity - just the most lucid and moving recording yet of this work." (Gramophone, 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Instrumental for Goldbergs) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Officium Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophones) / The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] A hauntingly beautiful combination of medieval unaccompanied choral music and jazz saxophone. |