Since you are interested in Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ARVO PART
Pärt: Kanon pokajanen Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "In striving to get to the essence of the words, Pärt has created 'a precious island in the inner seclusion of our soul', and Cappella Amsterdam under Daniel Reuss more than do justice to Kanon Pokajanen's distilled purity and sublime beauty" Gramoph |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Complete Masses / Te Deum Isabelle Müller-Kant (sop) Daniel Sans (ten) Eibe Möhlmann (mezzo) Christof Fischesser (bass) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Heinz Rögner [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Described and caricatured as an eccentric and even as a late developer, Anton Bruckner, born in Linz, Austria, in 1824, is today considered one of the greatest late‐ Romantic composers. Famed for his symphonies - grand, epic creations that are... |
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Facce d'Amore Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Gramophone Awards 2020 Shortlisted - Recital International Opera Awards 2021 - Winner (Solo recital) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Beatrice Rana (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Her detailing is one of the aspects that makes this performance so compelling, be it the bringing out of a new line in the repeat, subtle changes in phrasing, a touch of pedal - examples are to be found in every single variation." Gramophone |
JOSQUIN DES PRES
Josquin: Motets & Mass movements The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Biographical and musicological certainties may be in short supply in the life and work of Josquin, but there's no gainsaying the magnificence of the music recorded here: a programme of shorter works, most in unusual guise, to celebrate his 500th... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Hauser Deluxe [CD + DVD 'Alone, Together - From Croatia'] Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 2 CD/DVD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Hauser, the dynamic young cellist who rocketed to fame as half of the genre-busting worldwide musical sensation 2Cellos, re-releases his first solo album, now with a DVD. |
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! |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Piano Trio, Op. 36 Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Orchestral songs (Including 'Four Last Songs') Jessye Norman (soprano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Philips Originals / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "The vocal command is irresistible. Norman brings heart-felt, deeply committed performances, at times larger than life, which satisfyingly expoits the unique glory of her voice. Excellent recording." Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] "These gifts are matched by the maturity, honesty and integrity of Davidsen's approach. This album only reinforces the fact that she is one of the greatest vocal talents to have emerged in recent years, if not decades." Gramophone Magazine June 2019 |
BELLINI / PUCCINI / BIZET / CATALANI / VERDI / CILEA / GLUCK / etc
The New Sound of Maria Callas [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Maria Callas - Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time - remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. Allan... |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Trio & other chamber music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] With a programme of chamber works drawn from both ends of Bruch's long composing career, members of The Nash Ensemble once more reveal a neglected side of the composer's output. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "'One of the finest accounts of Brahms's late piano works on record, one that stands head and shoulders above most contenders in an ever-growing catalogue." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Instrumental |
BACH / LISZT / CHOPIN / BUSONI
Vida breve Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Piano Sonatas by Chopin (No 2) and Hough (No 4) are the twin peaks of a typically stimulating recital which-as always from Stephen Hough-spans centuries and styles with assurance. How often do Liszt's 'Funérailles' and Gounod's 'Ave Maria' share the... |
TRADITIONAL
Sing Me Home Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Silk Road Ensemble, with Lisa Fischer, Gregory Porter, Bill Frisell, and others [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The new album from Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble will surprise and delight with imaginative sounds that transform the traditional musical landscape. SING ME HOME is the sixth album by the Grammy®-nominated Silk Road Ensemble and its founding... |
GIACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Messa di Gloria Eleonora Buratto, Teresa Iervolino, Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Expanding their notable Rossini discography, Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chorus and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia perform the composer's Messa di Gloria of 1820. |
CLARA SCHUMANN
Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson [ Decca / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "it is the performances of the two song transcriptions that show what a gifted musician Kanneh-Mason is." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice August 2019 |
FALLA / SUK / SCHUMANN / VIEUXTEMPS / TCHAIKOVSKY etc
12 Stradivari Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "What emerges from this comparative listening odyssey...is simply an even richer love and admiration for Jansen's own artistry." - Gramophone MagazineAwards Issue 2021 |
TERRY RILEY
Riley: Sun Rings Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Kronos Quartet's groundbreaking 2002 collaboration with composer Terry Riley, Sun Rings, is available in full for the first time. Riley incorporates into his composition "space sounds" (plasma waves) that NASA had collected from the Voyager probes,... |
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker [ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's... |