Preisner, Zbigniew

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Preisner: Silence, Night & Dreams / Teresa Salgueiro

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Zbigniew Preisner: Silence, Night & Dreams
Performers: Cully, Thomas; Dalton, Mitch; Danielsson, Lars; Malloy, Alasdair; Maseli, Bernard; Mastylo, Konrad; Ostaszewski, Jacek; Parricelli, John; Pask, Andy; Poltorak, Michal; Preisner, Zbigniew; Salgueiro, ...
Conductors: Mos, Marek
Ensemble: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Silesia Singers

Zbigniew Preisner is Poland's leading film music composer and is widely considered to be one of the most outstanding composers of his generation. Silence, Night...continue...

Prayers

1 CD / Erato / 2001-03-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Kaddisch, song for voice & piano (Mélodie hébraïque no 1); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Richard S...
Performers: Conlon, James; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Gürzenich Chorus of Cologne ; Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne

"...Sumi Jo's lovely rendition of the nun's chorus from Johann Strauss, Jr's 'Casanova' is just one of the many unusual prayers that make this collection...continue...