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George Benjamin: Written on Skin, opera / Purves, Hannigan, Mehta, Loeb, Clayton; Pierre-Laurent Aimard: piano

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-07-09

Works: George Benjamin: Written on Skin, opera in 3 parts; Duet, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Clayton, Allan; Loeb, Rebecca Jo; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Benjamin, George
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Recording information: Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (07/07/2012/07/14/2012)....continue...

Giuseppe Verdi Rarities / Luciano Pavarotti, tenor. Abbado

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Attila; I due foscari; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Verdi was sensitive to the demands of great singers that could often decree the success or failure of an opera, and he wrote additional or...continue...

100 Greatest TV Themes, Vol. 3

4 CD / Silva America / 2013-06-04

Works: Christopher Gunning: Agatha Christie's Poirot; Ronnie Hazlehurst: 'Allo 'Allo!, television series theme; John M. Keane: The Amazing Race, television series theme; Earle H. Hagen: The Andy Griffith Sh...
Performers: Blackman, Helena; Clark, Tara; Colby, Chuck; Ferreira, Keith; Frewen, Anthony [Vocals]; Greenup, Adam; Griggs, Johnny; Harvey, Anna; Russ, Herbie; Stiles, Mark; Sygit, Jen
Conductors: Fitzpatrick, James; Jolly, Evan
Ensemble: ; London Music Works; Michigan Music Works

Heart's Delight: The Songs of Richard Tauber / Piotr Beczala, tenor

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-28

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Lippen schweigen (Lips Stay Silent) (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Gern hab' ich die Frau'n ...
Performers: Avital, Avi; Beczala, Piotr; Netrebko, Anna; Riddell, Duncan; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz

Acclaimed Polish-born tenor Piotr Beczala pays tribute to the Austrian singer Richard Tauber (1891-1948), one of the most widely celebrated musical celebrities of his time....continue...
Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England (10/2012)....continue...

Handel Arias / Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor; New Trinity Baroque

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18; Acis & Galatea, HWV 49; Samson, HWV 57; Semele, HWV 58; Athalia, HWV 52; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Jephtha, HWV 70; Partenope, HWV 27; Messiah, HW...
Performers: Aruhn-Solen, Leif
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag
Ensemble: New Trinity Baroque

Victory and defeat, hope and despair, love and hate. In the operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel, all aspects of life are explored. Spotlighting...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Atlanta (2009-04-30&2009-05-01&2009-)....continue...

Verdi: Arias / Piotr Beczala; Ewa Podles; Mariusz Kwiecien

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Les Vêpres Siciliennes; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima Crociata; Aida, opera; La Traviata; Macbeth; Requiem Mass; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Kozlowski, Karol; Kwiecien, Mariusz
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Internationally renowned tenor Piotr Beczala celebrates the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth with a collection of highlights that include the roles in which he has...continue...
Recording information: Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall (2011-08-??&2011-09-??&2012-)....continue...

Heart that Flutters - Songs by Duparc, Donizetti, Moore, Rossini, Ginastera / Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-05-28

Works: Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Extase; Phidylé; Franz Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets I (3), for piano, S.158 (LW A102); Gaetano Donizetti: La Fil...
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

With an African-American spiritual, spectacular bel canto, romantic song and comic opera, Lawrence Brownlee unveils the breadth of his repertoire and the lyric tenor voice...continue...

Great Singers Live: Elisabeth Grummer sings Mozart

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-05-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Warnung, K 433 (416c); Der Zauberer, K 472; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Das Veilchen, K 476; Die Verschweigung, K 518; Abendempfindung, K 523; Un moto di gioia, K 579; Le...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Stein, Horst
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Elisabeth Schilz Grummer was a German soprano. She has been described as "a singer blessed with elegant musicality, warm-hearted sincerity, and a voice of exceptional...continue...

Mad Scenes / Gruberova, Luisi, Münchner Rundfunksorchester

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Rosner, Anton; Schmidt, Monika; Siegele, Dankwart; Uhlmann, Gisela; Weber, Heinrich
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

The philosophy and artistic work of the Romantic period exhibits a curious interest in the phenomenon of insanity. Featuring scenes from I Puritani, Il Pirata,...continue...

Red Army Chorus: The Best of the Original Ensemble

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-05-21

Works: Zerjinski: Riders' March; Russian Traditional: Troika, folk song; Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song; Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), f...
Performers: Gavva, Valeriy; Gluboky, Pyotr; Korshunov, Vadim; Maistruck, Vladimir; Martinov, Aleksey; Martinov, Alexey; Solovyanenko, Anatoly; Tumanyan, Barseg; Volkov, Igor; Zhaivoronok, Boris
Conductors: Maltsev, Anatoly; Agafonnikov, Igor
Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus

Britten: Songs / Ian Bostridge, tenor; Antonio Pappano, piano; Xuefei Yang, guitar

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Hölderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61; Songs from the Chinese, song cycle...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Yang, Xue Fei
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Ian Bostridge is one of the only few tenors who specialist in lieder. Known for his distinctive voice and performance style who finds the essence...continue...

Schmidt: Book of the Seven Seals / Lippert, Rootering, Dasch, Nicoli, Chum. Luisi, MDR SO

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14

Works: Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals), oratorio
Performers: Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Schönheit, Michael
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Middle German Radio Choir Leipzig; Middle German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The main choir-symphonic work by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, and one of the most important oratorios of the 20th century. A rarity both in concert...continue...

The Choirs of the Red Army, Vol. 4 - Boris Alexandrov; Vadim Ruslanov, Evgeny Belyaev

1 CD / Frémeaux / 2013-05-14

Works: Alexander Alexandrov: Russian Hymn; O Vast Steppe, for men's chorus; Mark Fradkin: The Russian Plains, for male chorus; Serafim Tulikov: A Son of the Motherland, for men's chorus; Alexei Akimov: Song...
Performers: Belyaev, Evgeny; Frolov, S.; Gres, Nikolai; Pshenichny, Leonid; Ruslanov, Vadim [Vocals]; Shtefouts, V.

An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 3

6 CD / Silva America / 2013-05-07

Works: Marvin Hatley: Dance of the Cuckoos; Charlie Chaplin: Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons); Frank Churchill: Heigh-Ho (for Disney's Snow White); Paul Dukas: The...
Performers: Ayres, Mark; Barlow, Craig Rhys [Vocals]; Blackman, Helena; Colby, Chuck; Ferreira, Keith; Hobson, Helen; Kershaw, Emma; Marshall, Chris; Paris, Richard; Russ, Herbie; Shannon, David; Stiles, Mark; W...
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Music Works; N.Y. Jazz Orchestra; The Wire-Haired Terriers Athletic Social Club

The third installment in the series, 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 3 gathers together a sprawling collection of film music into a six-disc set. Spanning from 1930 to 2012, the set features themes fro...continue...

Carmen: The Arias

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-05-07

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Ballestra, Jean-Luc; Bocelli, Andrea; Domashenko, Marina; Felix, Thierry; Gabriel, Alain; Haidan, Delphine; Lallouette, Olivier; Leger, Magali; Mei, Eva; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

The 2005 studio recording of Bizet's Carmen, performed by the Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique with soloists Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Marina Domashenko, and Myung-Whun Chung is here abridged ...continue...

Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Amberger, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day - Lfenneke Ruiten, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise, Dietrich Henschel / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 37, "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird" (incomplete), BWV 37; Cantata no 128, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt ...
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Ruiten, Lenneke; Tortise, Andrew
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

The ambitious Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recording project is finally truly complete! The Ascension Cantatas were left unrecorded in 2000 due to noise issues, but were...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, England (2012-05-10&2012-05-11_2012-)....continue...

The Complete Beethoven: Symphonies; Concertos; Overtures

12 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 3 in E flat major,...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Fontanals-Simmons, Marta; Gadd, Stephen; Hoare, Peter [; Jandó, Jenö; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria; McCawley, Leon; Nishizaki, Takako; Rutter, Claire; ...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Jean, Kenneth

Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history , laying down the foundations for the Romantic...continue...

The John Eliot Gardiner Collection - Works by Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Berlioz et al. [30 CDs]

30 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; Recorded Sound: Applause; C...
Performers: Bilson, Malcolm; Bonney, Barbara; Montague, Diana; Robson, Nigel; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts; NDR Sinfonieorchester; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance - but not, he insists a period - instrument specialist (the vial thing is to combine a...continue...

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballé, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Pla...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

Una Stravaganza" dei Medici: Intermedi (1589) per La Pellegrina / Taverner Consort, Parrott

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Antonio Archilei: Dalle piú alte sfere (Aria d'Armonia), for voice & strings; Cristofano Malvezzi: Noi che cantando, à 8; Sinfonia à 6 no 1 from La Pellegrina (Primo Intermedio; La Pel...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Eckersley, Kate; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]; van Evera, Emily; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor; Wistr...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Players

The sixth release in the Rediscoveries series from Virgin Classics Andre Parrott's landmark recording of La Pellegrina - Music for the Wedding of Ferdinando De...continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (07/1986)....continue...

Mozart: Mass in C minor / Kiri Te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas, Werner Krenn and Hans Sotin. Leppard

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Krenn, Werner; Sotin, Hans; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Together with Requiem, Mozart's C minor mass is one of the brilliant composer's great unfinished sacred works. The work combines monumental power, solemn spirituality and...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting (02/13/1973-02/15/1973)....continue...

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale, Vol.3 / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-04-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Iste confessor Domini sacratus (II), motet for 2 sopranos & 2 violins (from Selva morale e spiritual; Magnificat II, for 6 voices and organ (from Vesper...
Performers: Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Cornwell, Joseph; Davidson, Grace; Dobell, Mark; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

The third and final volume in The Sixteen' s acclaimed Selva morale e spirituale series! Included on this final volume are the eight-part Magnificat (Primo),...continue...
Recording information: St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London (05/2011/11/2011)....continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Bernstein: On the Town / Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine, David Garrison. Michael Tilson Thomas

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-02

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Town
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Benson, Lindsay; Collins, Stewart; Garrison, David; Harrison, Thomas; Ollmann, Kurt; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

First choice, Deutsche Grammophon's new original album series, continues and offers 10 appealing new titles. This is the third batch of 10. Earlier releases have...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Centre, London (06/1992)....continue...

Bach

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, cantata, BWV 180; Cantata no 114, "Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost" BWV 114; Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Ich habe genug, cantata, BWV 82...
Performers: Behle, Carla Branca [Viola]; Behle, Daniel; Brunnert, Christian; Heine, Till; Heinzmann, Anne-Catherine; Rothaupt, Anne [Violin]; Weber, Ekkehard
Conductors: Rothaupt, Klaus

Schubert: Winterreise - In the Shadow of the War / Peter Anders; Michael Raucheisen

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-03-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Anders, Peter; Raucheisen, Michael

This recording of Winterreise is the first of its kind, featuring a tenor voice sung in Schubert's original key. It includes the last recordings that...continue...
Recording information: Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft, Haus des Rundfunks, Masuren (1945-02-23&1945-03-02&1945-)....continue...

Schubert: Symphony No. 4; Britten: Serenade; Sibelius: Symphony no 2 / Gerald English, tenor; Hermann Baumann, horn. Barbirolli

2 CD / ICA Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43
Performers: Baumann, Hermann; English, Gerald
Conductors: Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sir John Barbirolli was one of the most versatile conductors of his generation, associated with composers and works of every era. These historic recordings, never...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne (02/07/1969)....continue...

Music for Bird Lovers / Baroque Festival Orchestra, Souter, Giles, Spring and Gregory

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre; Irish Traditional: The lark in th...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Gregory, James; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew
Conductors: Lizzio, Alberto; Croft, David; ; Craig-McFeely, Julia; Adolph, Henry
Ensemble: ; Serendipity Singers

A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark,...continue...

Walter Braunfels: Te Deum / Leonie Rysanek, Helmut Melchert

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-03-26

Works: Walter Braunfels: Te Deum, for 2 voices, mixed chorus & orchestra Op. 32
Performers: Melchert, Helmut; Rysanek, Leonie; Werner, Hermann
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Gurzenich-Chor

Produced for a series of special concerts by Northwest German Radio, this 1952 recording was made on the occasion of the composer's 70th birthday. Günter...continue...
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Enchanted Forest - Arias by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli / Anna Prohaska, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Fida ninfa, RV 714; George Frederick Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A 14; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), HWV 122; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alcina, HWV 34; Henry Purcell: The Fairy ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Prohaska, Anna; Riches, Ashley [Bass Vocal]; Walker, Thomas
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Archangelo

The Times, 16th March 2013
Superlative backing from Jonathan Cohen's instrumental group Arcangelo. In a programme ranging from Monteverdi to Handel the plus points are delicate...continue...
Recording information: St John at Hackney Church, London; All Hallows' Church, (04/2012/09/2012)....continue...

Laugh with Classical Music - Vieuxtemps; Rimsky-Korsakov / Orbelian, Moscow CO; Italian Saxophone Quartet, John Aler, Donald George

1 CD / Delos / 2013-03-26

Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Wolseley Charles: The Green-Eyed Dragon, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no 1; The...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; George, Donald; Gershon, Grant; Khakhamov, Dmitry; Mauro, Lucy; Sergeev, Oleg
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine;
Ensemble: ; Italian Saxophone Quartet; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"Laugh with classical music? Well, I never!" No doubt that's what far too many soberly dignified classical music fans might say upon learning of this...continue...

Goffredo Petrassi: Partita; Divertimento; Quattro Inni Sacri; Coro di Morti / Carlo Putelli, Davide Malvestio. Francesco La Vecchia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Goffredo Petrassi: Divertimento in C major, for orchestra; Partita for orchestra; Quattro Inni Sacri for tenor, baritone & orchestra; Coro di Morti for male chorus, brass, 3 pianos, percussion & doub...
Performers: Malvestio, Davide; Putelli, Carlo
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Rome Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Goffredo Petrassi was one of the most important Italian composers of the twentieth century. Beginning with the previously unrecorded Divertimento in C, this release focuses...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di via Conciliazione, Rome (2007-03-18_2007-03-19&2011-)....continue...

Les plaisirs démodés - songs by Berge, Brel, Gagnon, Juster, Bécaud, Monnot / Marc Hervieux, tenor

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-03-19

Works: Daniel Lavoie: Il s'aiment, for voice & piano; Gilbert Bécaud: Et maintenant; La maison sous les arbres, for voice & piano; Michel Berger: Le blues du businessman, for voice & piano; Charles Dum...
Performers: Hervieux, Marc
Conductors: Laforest, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Orchestre symphonique de Québec

Recorded in February 2013 before a live audience at the Salle Louis-Fréchette in the Grand Théâtre de Québec, tenor Marc Hervieux charms listeners with a...continue...
Recording information: Salle Louis-Fréchette Grand Théâtre de Québec, Québec, (02/2013)....continue...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

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A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

Rossini: Stabat Mater / Serena Farnocchia, Ronat Shaham, Cosmin Ifrim, Simon Orfila. Bertini

1 CD / Helicon Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Farnocchia, Serena; Ifrim, Cosmin; Orfila, Simon; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Asher Fisch directs the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in an exciting rendition of Rossini's Stabat Mater. Combining both sacred and profane music, this choral masterpiece is...continue...
Recording information: Smolarz Auditorium, Tel Aviv University (06/2012)....continue...

The Britten Collection / Sioned Williams: harp; Ian Partridge: tenor; The Sixteen

3 CD / Coro / 2013-03-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; A Hymn of Saint Columba; Hymn to St Peter, Op. 56a; Antiphon, Op. 56b; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo; Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Festival Te Deum in E major,...
Performers: Berridge, Simon; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Daggett, Philip; Dean, Ruth; Hopkins, Jamie; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Outram, Rebecca; ...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral; The Sixteen

This superb collection, released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Britten's birth, features all three of the The Sixteen's celebrated Britten recordings. Arguably the...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Melanie Diener, soprano; Petra Lang, contralto; Endrik Wottrich, tenor; Dietrich Henschel (1998 Recording)

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Henschel, Dietrich; Lang, Petra; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale

Recording information: l'Arsenal de Metz (10/1998)....continue...

Hugo Wolf: Mörike-Lieder / Werner Güra, tenor; Jan Schultsz, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-03-12

Works: Hugo Wolf: Gebet; Fußreise; Er ists; Im Frühling; Mörike Lieder; Auf einer Wanderung; Der Gärtner; Begegnung; Der Tambour; Jägerlied; Lieder von Mörike; In der Frü...
Performers: Güra, Werner; Schultsz, Jan

BBC Music Magazine, March 2013
Harmonia Mundi's budget series typically provides no songtexts; but Werner Gura's uniquely elqouent tenor makes these settings flower so that literal...continue...
Recording information: Reitstadel, Neumarkt Oberpfalz (11/2004/12/2004)....continue...

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion / Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Ian Bostridge, Nicholas Mulroy, Neal Davies, Roderick Williams. Polyphony

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Davies, Iestyn; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Sampson, Carolyn; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Stephen Layton leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and his own superb choral ensemble Polyphony in a powerful performance of Bach's most dramatic...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (04/10/2012-04/13/2012)....continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta / Felicity Palmer; Ameral Gunson; John Mitchinson; Malcolm King; Jane Parker-Smith. Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; Glagolitic Mass
Performers: Gunson, Ameral; King, Malcolm; Mitchinson, John; Palmer, Felicity; Parker-Smith, Jane
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Sheila Armstrong. Barenboim

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrard, Don; Gedda, Nicolai; Pashley, Anne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting, London....continue...

Motets of the Bach Family - J.C. Bach; J.S. Bach; J.M. Bach; J.L. Bach / Liz Kenny, Helen Gough, Keri Dexter

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, motet for 8 voices; Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben; Ich lasse dich nicht, motet for 8 voices; Fürchte dich nicht, motet for 5 voices; Johann Bach: Unser...
Performers: Bailey, Simon [Photography]; Brown, Jonathan; Byrne, William; Chambers, Mark; Darwent, Robert; Dexter, Keri; Dixon, Chris; Dobell, Mark; Geraghty, Anthony; Gough, Helen; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Ken...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge

For more than 150 years the Bach family had an impressive musical reputation, notably thanks to the genius of J.S. Bach. Yet, behind the towering...continue...
Recording information: St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, Suffolk (04/20/1995-04/21/1995)....continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Choral music from Berlin's historic center - works by Cruger, Ebeling, Henningsen, Camerer; Westphal

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-02-26

Works: Johannes Crüger: Magnificat no 4 in F major, for 5 voices; Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen; Boas sprach zu Ruth, for chorus & ensemble; Du hast mir das Herze genommen, for chorus & ensemb...
Performers: Backhaus, Martin; Gahler, Stephan; Lachmann, Alexandra [Soprano Vocal]; Seelig, Amnon [Bass Vocal]; Siebert, Nathalie [Soprano Vocal]; Volle, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Schneider, Marie-Louise
Ensemble: MarienEnsemble

What music, one may wonder, once sounded in the three medieval market churches of St Nikolai, St Peter's, and St Mary's in the twin-city Berlin-Cölln,...continue...
Recording information: Nikolaikirche, Berlin (10/27/2012)....continue...

Amore: The Opera Album

1 CD / Universal Import / 2013-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Um...
Performers: Cottle, Lawrence; Jason, Neil; Johnson, Bashiri [Percussion]; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Hayward, William; Dodd, Nicholas; Lubbock, John

Personnel: Russell Watson (tenor)....continue...

Mozart: Requiem; Ave verum corpus; Masonic Funeral Music / Argenta, Robbin, Ainsley, Miles

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Schutz Choir of London

The Mozart Requiem is one of the best-known sacred works in the classical repertoire. It was the composer's last work, and he left it unfinished...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (09/1991)....continue...

Wagner: Scenes from Tannhauser, Lohengrin & Die Walkure / ulia Varady, Peter Seiffert

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre
Performers: Seiffert, Peter
Conductors: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Ensemble: ; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

With this recording the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau once bade farewell to his public as a vocalist: together with two other great Wagner singers -...continue...
Recording information: BR-Studio, München (03/20/1996-03/25/1996)....continue...