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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

Richard Strauss: Elektra / Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. Netherlands Opera

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bolle, Lisette [Vocals]; Engeland, Anja Van; Haegeman, Lien; Hofer, Astrid [Vocals]; Rasker, Helena
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: ; Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam

The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this production, with...continue...
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [Hybrid SACD]

3 Super Audio CD / Amati Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Brackx, Joachim; Defrancq, Philip; Einhorn, Christophe; Genz, Christoph; Genz, Stephan; Hardt, Patrizia; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jost, Frederic; Kerkhove, Inge Van De; Kuijken, Marie; LeBl...
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald

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Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Brocheler, John; Campbell, Lisa; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Riedel...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: State Opera of South Australia

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Ned Rorem: On an Echoing Road

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Ned Rorem: Early in the Morning, for voice & piano; Are you the new person, for voice & piano; Rain in spring, for voice & piano (from "Poems of Paul Goodman"); For Susan, for voice & piano (from "Po...
Performers: Imbrailo, Jacques; Johnston, Jennifer; Leese, Anna; Mead, Tim [Countertenor Vocal]; Staples, Andrew
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

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Bach: Cantatas BWV 20, 2, 10 [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Accent Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 20; Cantata no 2, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2; Cantata no 10, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren," BWV 10 (BC A175)
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; Genz, Christoph; Noskaiova, Petra; Thornhill, Siri Karoline
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

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Bach: H-Moll-Messe / Sigiswald Kuijken

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-09-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; Genz, Christoph; Hardt, Patrizia; Hermans, Elisabeth; Hunziker, Bernhard; Niedermeyr, Marcus; Sämann, Gerlinde
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald

A unique recording in the vocal setting of the period (single voices, with no choir) by the world famous Early Music ensemble....continue...

Handel: Messiah / Butt, Hamilton, Gill, Wilkinson, Dunedin

2 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Cairncross, Heather; Caswell, Edward; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Butt, John
Ensemble: Dunedin Players

"For an infinitely more rewarding fresh look at Handel's most familiar music, look no further than the Dunedin Consort's performance of Handel's first version, premiered...continue...

Handel: Samson / McGegan, Cooley, Daneman, Gottwald, Berger, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2009-06-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Performers: Berger, William; Cooley, Thomas; Daneman, Sophie; Friedrich, Wolf [Bass Voice]; Gottwald, Franziska; McGegan, Nicholas; Slattery, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra

English texts are included in this recording of Handel's oratorio 'Samson'. This is a live recording made in the Frauenkirche Dresden on June 5-6, 2008....continue...

Liszt: Via crucis; Pagh-Paan: Vide Domine, etc

1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2009-04-05

Works: Franz Liszt: Via crucis, S 53; Younghi Pagh-Paan: Vide Domine; Responsory for Good Friday
Performers: Borbonus, Benita [Soprano]; Borchert, Beata; Francke, Markus [Tenor]; Gerihsen, Franz; Lee, Hee-Kwang; Martini, Harald; Pohlmann, Boris; Schwittay-Niedzwicki, Marietta; Weigt, Andrea
Conductors: Huber, Rupert
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

Franz Liszt longed to move the music of the Catholic Church forward, and was ready to draw on the Protestant tradition left by Johann Sebastian...continue...

Bernstein: Mass / Jarvi, Scarlata, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2009-02-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Achammer, Barbara; Bassman, Damien; Bauer, Andreas; Dlouhy, Theresa; Drexel, Georg; Fieldes, Mat; Frolich, Bernd; Gassner, Suzanne; Gellev, Vesselin; Gheorghiu, Alexander; Gruber, Heidemaria; Haumer,...
Conductors: Järvi, Kristjan
Ensemble: Absolute Ensemble

One of Bernstein's most controversial compositions, 'Mass' was written at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center...continue...

Machandelboom - Rolf Riehm / Alfred Harth, Karl Riehm

1 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Rolf Riehm: Machandelboom (The Juniper Tree), radio play based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Performers: Anders, Christoph; Bohmer, Paulus; Burioni, Matteo; Busen, Martin; Carlson, Ann; Carmona, Dolores; Corves, Gisela; Danzeisen, Nina; Dimpl, Annette; Franke, Gisela; Franke, Karin; Frey, Gertrud; Goebb...

Rolf Riehm was active as a musician in many ensembles and organizations, in additional to being a highly political person, and he composes music reflecting...continue...

Duruflé: Requiem Op. 9, Mass "Cum jubilo" Op. 11, Motets, etc / Ives, Harvey, Ford, English Sinfonia, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-11-11

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Prelude on the Introit of the Epiphany, Op. 13; Fugue in C minor "on a theme by Rabaud"; Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Hommage à Jean Gallon ("Chant ...
Performers: Busfield, Ronan; Chaundy, Mark; Collins, Daniel; Edwards, William; El-Bushra, Magid; Fayle, Peter; Ford, Martin; Grey, Jonathan; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hayes, Oliver; Holiday, Michael; Ingleby, Matthe...
Conductors: Ives, Bill

"The orchestra and choir produce a rich sound, and in the 'Pie Jesu', the alto soloist Magid El-Bushra sings most beautifully, expressing the words very...continue...

Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol 7 / Kuijken, La Petite Bande, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2008-10-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20; Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein, BWV 2; Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Noskaiová, Petra; Thornhill, Siri; Van der Crabben, Jan
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

In the beginning there was great skepticism towards the thesis that Bach's sacred vocal works were originally written for solo voices. Now this interpretation is...continue...

Howells: A Spotless Rose; Paulus: Splendid Jewel, etc / Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Stephen Paulus: Splendid Jewel; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Javier Busto: Marian Pieces (2),...
Performers: Branch, Sonia; Comeaux, Robert; Ewer, Cassandra; Herbert, Jacob W.; Lloyd, Rebecca; Markham, Caroline; Platt, Carol; Rinsema, Joel M.; Rugen, Kira Z.; Topping, David
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale

BBC Music Magazine
Jean Belmont Ford's cycle Electa is a real discovery, performed with a naturalness and ease that carries one unerringly through very unfamiliar musical...continue...

Nono: Gua ai gelidi, Quando stanno morendo / Richard, Otto, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2008-07-04

Works: Luigi Nono: Guai ai gelidi mostri; Quando stanno morendo "Polish Diary no 2"
Performers: Burger, Klaus; Fabbriciani, Roberto; Knight, Susan; Molinari, Ernesto; Otto, Susanne; Richard, André; Schneider, Ulrich; Theus, Christine
Conductors: Richard, André

In March 1983 Nono wrote to a close friend, the painter Emilio Vedova, whilst staying in the Black Forest: "I felt at the time, and...continue...

Foulds: A World Requiem / Botstein, Charbonnet, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05

Works: John Foulds: A World Requiem, Op. 60
Performers: Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michèle; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Hicks, Malcolm; Skelton, Stuart; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Botstein, Leon
Ensemble: Trinity Boys Choir

"Though the work is a virtuoso piece of writing with no living performance tradition behind it, the soloists, choruses, and orchestra handle the work with...continue...

Soavi accenti [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Proprius / 2008-01-22

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 6; Chiome d'oro, Canzonetta (Livre 7) a 4 voci con violini; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Madrigals, Book 7; Dario Castello: Sonata duodicesima, for 3 instr...
Performers: Aruhn-Solén, Leif; Ericson, Anders; Frostenson, Mattias; Gammelgård, David; Linderoth, Johan; Lindvall, Stefan; Malmberg, Fredrick; Norin, Lena Susanne; Nyhlin, Karl; Roknic, Rastko; Sun...
Conductors: Malmberg, Fredrick

Gottfied Homilius: Passion Cantata / Fritz Naf, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-11-01

Works: Gottfried August Homilius: Ein Lämmlein geht
Performers: Bartosz, Bogna; Begemann, Hans Christoph; Brutscher, Markus; Mauch, Monika
Conductors: Näf, Fritz;
Ensemble: Basel Madrigalists; Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik

Althought Gottfried Homilius was the longtime choirmaster of the Kreuzkirche, due to its destruction, the primary center where he performed this function was at the...continue...

Bantock: Omar Khayyám / Handley, Wyn-Rogers, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Menna, Sian; Price, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Spence, Toby; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bantock succeeded Sir Edward Elgar at Birmingham University in 1908. During his time there he developed an interest in large-scale choral composition, producing among other...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Bolton, Kasarova, Prina, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Farao Classics / 2007-09-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Cangemi, Veronica; Kasarova, Vesselina; Prina, Sonia; Purves, Christopher; York, Deborah
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

The festival premiere of ALCINA at the Prinzregententheater on July 17th, 2005 was, like so many other premieres of baroque operas, a highlight of the...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio / Holger Speck, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12
Performers: Bourvé, Antonia; Czinczel, Sabine; Giefer, Romano; Hamann, Jens; Schneider, Gundula; Ullmann, Marcus
Conductors: Speck, Holger
Ensemble: Les Favorites; Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

Lachner: Requiem / Meyer, Augsburg Chamber Soloists

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-07-01

Works: Franz Lachner: Requiem in F minor
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Constantinescu, Roxana; Hughes, Ruby; Papendell, Gunter; Ulewicz, Marina; Werlitz, Gerhard
Conductors: Meyer, Hermann
Ensemble: Augsburg Chamber Soloists

After almost 30 years of composing strictly a cappella church works, Lachner created his Requiem in the Mozart Commemorative Year of 1856 as an expression...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Asher Fisch, Adelaide SO

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2007-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bröcheler, John; Gasteen, Lisa; Greager, Richard; Hibbard, David; Keegan, Liane; Rideout, Gary; Wegner, John; Yu, Shu-Cheen
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Finally, in the 21st century, the operas are being presented in SACD for the first time by the Melba label and the State Opera of...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Asher Fisch, Adelaide SO

2 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2007-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Bröcheler, John; Brunsdon, Andrew; Campbell, Elizabeth; Collis, Andrew; Doig, Christopher; Du Fore, Timothy; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Greager, Richard; Hibbard, David; Jones, Natalie; Keegan, Liane;...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

"This recording of Das Rheingold, though, is entirely successful, and while it may not displace the Solti or Boulez or Levine versions, it deserves a...continue...

Bach: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, etc / Kuijken, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2007-01-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 16, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir" BWV 16; Cantata no 153, "Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind" BWV 153; Cantata no 65, "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" BWV 65; Mein ...
Performers: Hermans, Elisabeth; Kobow, Jan; Noskaiova, Petra; Van der Crabben, Jan
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

A few years ago Sigiswald Kuijken and his Ensemble La Petite Bande decided to perform Bach's vocal works only with one singer per register. Joshua...continue...

Copland: Simple Gifts / Halsey, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2006-11-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; Michael Tippett: A child of our time; Samu...
Performers: Klussman, Sophie; Leonhradt, Christoph; Mayers, Philip; Pfutzner, Thomas; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Scheidig, Axel; Schneider, Jorg; Schweder, Tobias; Simonis, Judith; Timm, Michael; Vosskuhler...
Conductors: Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin Radio Female Chorus; Berlin Radio Male Chorus

Bach: Ich habe genug, etc / Kuijken, Hermans, Genz, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2006-09-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält wenn unsre Feinden toben, BWV 178; Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Hermans, Elisabeth; Noskaiova, Petra; Van der Crabben, Jan
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

Volumes 1 and 2 of this cycle have already raised a lot of attention and received some enthusiastic reviews such as: "There could hardly be...continue...

Langgaard: Antikrist / Dausgaard, Byriel, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Dacapo / 2006-08-29

Works: Rued Langgaard: Antikrist, opera
Performers: Byriel, Sten; Dahl, Anne Margrethe; Elming, Poul; Gjerris, Helene; Hal, Johnny van; Ketilsson, Jon; Lundgren, John; Nylund, Camilla; Resmark, Susanne; Suurballe, Morten
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Danish National Orchestra

A magnificent doomsday vision and full length nightmare - No pains are spared as the composer's revelation unfolds with its intriguing allegorical characters and its...continue...

Mozart: Requiem / Guttenberg, Korondi, Dürmüller, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Farao Classics / 2006-07-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Durmuller, Jorg; Korondi, Anna; Kupfer, Jochen; Romberger, Gerhild
Conductors: Guttenberg, Enoch zu
Ensemble: Neubeuern Community Chorus; Orchestra of the KlangVerwaltung

The Requiem is W.A.Mozart's last composition. He died before he could finish it. In July 1771 Mozart received from a secretive messenger the commission to...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2006-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Bröcheler, John; Campbell, Elizabeth; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Z...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; State Opera of South Australia

For those of you who were around for the birth of Stereo in the late fifties and who waited expectantly for the first installment of...continue...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Wentz, Wermyss, Zook, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Baker, Matthew [Tenor]; Clarke, Penni; Kim, Yong-Hee; Poorthuis, Maaike; Rasker, Helene; Simpson, Rowena; Van der Heijden, Francine; Wemyss, Nicola; Zook, Richard
Conductors: Wentz, Jed
Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum; Musica ad Rhenum Choir

Italian Journey - Mendelssohn-Hensel / Sandmann, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2006-06-03

Works: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lieder (5), Op. 10; Gondelfahrt; Lieder (6), Op. 1; Lass fahren hin das Allzuflüchtige; Villa Medicis; Capriccio for Piano in B minor; Das holde Tal; Lieder ohne Worte ...
Performers: Bartsch, Ulrike; Mayers, Philip; Sandmann, Doerthe Maria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vokalzeit Male Vocal Quartet

After a long planned trip to Italy, Fanny Hensel chose to record her memories in her very own personal manner: she selected some of her...continue...

Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel / Parkman, Klussman, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2006-06-03

Works: Rodion K. Shchedrin: Sealed Angel
Performers: Bodoky, Gergely; Klussman, Sophie; Schwennicke, Richard; Simonis, Judith; Vosskuhler, Rene; Wusthof, Lorenz
Conductors: Parkman, Stefan
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

Rodion Shchedrin received his first musical education between the age of 12 and 18 at the Moscow Choir School, where the pupils were introduced to...continue...

Bach: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, etc / Kuijken

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2006-06-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93; Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder straf nicht in deinem Zorn, BWV 135
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Noskaiova, Petra; Thornhill, Siri; Van der Crabben, Jan
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

For several years, we have chosen to perform the vocal works of J. S. Bach (Cantatas, Motets, Passions etc.) with vocal forces of one singer...continue...

Verdi: Missa da requiem / Bosch, Ramos, May, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2006-05-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Blasius, Martin; Ende, Michael [tenor]; May, Gabriele; Ramos, Melba
Conductors: Bosch, Marcus R.
Ensemble: Aachen Symphony Orchestra; vocapella Choir

Verdi displays the mastery of the great dramatic musician in the simple beauty of the folk tune or Gregorian chant derived melody of the 'Agnus...continue...

Bach: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, etc / Kuijken

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2006-05-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98; Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, lass die dunkle Sünden höhle, komm an's helle Licht gegangen, BWV 180; Cantata no 56, "Ich...
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Karthauser, Sophie; Noskaiova, Petra; Worner, Dominik
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

For several years, we have chosen to perform the vocal works of J. S. Bach (Cantatas, Motets, Passions, etc.) with vocal forces of one singer...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Bychkov, Palmer, Clark, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-01-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Arellano, Margarita de; Bezuyen, Arnold; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Grundheber, Franz; Palmer, Felicity; Polaski, Deborah; Resmark, Susanne; Robinson, Twyla; Schwanewilms, Anne; Svendén, Birgitta;...
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

This new SACD production of Elektra features Felicity Palmer as Clytemnestra and Debroah Polaski as Elektra conducted by Semyon Bychkov and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln....continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

International Record Review
This superb recital, aided by a crystal-clear SACD recorded sound (even the perfect place to make its acquaintance.
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Mozart: Requiem; Pflüger: Memento mori / Dieter Kurz, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Bayer / 2005-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626; Hans Georg Pflüger: Memento Mori 1995
Performers: Eckstein, Marion; Kaleschke, Johannes; Labitzke, Petra; Nagy, Michael
Conductors: Kurz, Dieter
Ensemble: State High School for Music Choir, Stuttgart; Württemberg Chamber Choir ; Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

Telemann: Pastorelle en Musique [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2005-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Pastourelle en Musique, serenata (opera) in 1 act, TWV 11
Performers: Berchtold, Bernhard; Fink, Barbara; Hausmann, Mathias; Sandmann, Doerthe Maria; Vierlinger, Lydia
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill

Barber: Vanessa / Slatkin, Graham, Brewer, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Vanessa, Op. 32
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brewer, Christine; Burden, William; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham, Susan; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer...[gave] a performance of extraordinary emotional and vocal span. What a cast of formidable American singers this was. There was Susan Graham, with an...continue...

Sempre Libera [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Mingardo, Sara; Netrebko, Anna; Pirgu, Saimir; Reckert, Sascha; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Verdi Chorus Milan

BBC Music Magazine
Few sopranos sing bel canto with the natural beauty she supplies.
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Film Music Classics - Steiner: The Adventures of Mark Twain

1 Super Audio CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Max Steiner: The Adventures of Mark Twain, film score
Performers: Chorus; Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Choir

2006 Grammy nominee for Best Classical Crossover Album.

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (02/2003).

Reconstructed for CD release by John Morgan and performed by the ...continue...