Since you are interested in Swoon - the opera collection, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The Handel Album Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor/director) / Ensemble Artaserse [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2017 ] "Jaroussky's singing is vital and buoyant, combining a light expressive touch with a high degree of accuracy; there's a sense of focus, too, in the ensemble's instrumental playing…he may not be a perfect singer, but he's always an engaging one." BBC |
JOSEPH HAYDN / C.P.E. BACH
Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello), The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Isserlis's 1998 recording [of the Haydn] remains classy stuff, but this has superbly trumped it." Gramophone Disc of the Month Awards Issue 2017 |
NICHOLAS LUDFORD
Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum & Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] "James O'Donnell and the Westminster singers really understand this music and make a fine case for Ludford being a true (if neglected) master of polyphony. The disc kicks off with some serene, measured singing in the Kyrie" BBC Music |
JOHANNES OCKEGHEM
Cathedral Sounds Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic [ Arte Nova / CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] "Rene Clemencic lets his three singers go it alone for the most part, and though largely uninflected the performance convinces on account of its directness and the beauty of its acoustic ... at budget price this is a bargain indeed." - GRAMOPHONE |