Hungarian Radio Chorus

The Pearl Fishers and other Famous Operatic Duets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-08-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Do...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Gauci, Miriam; Kaludov, Kaludi; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lotric, Janez; Miricioiu, Nelly; Morozov, Igor; Orgonasova, Luba; Previati, Fabio; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Jaak Gregoor Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This recording brings together some of the best-loved and most popular duets in the French and Italian operatic repertoire. The selection takes in music by...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc / Morandi, Palombi, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Preludio a orchestra; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Lundberg, Gunnar
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

"The performances are first rate. Pier Giorgio Morandi, longtime first oboe at La Scala and assistant to Riccardo Muti, emphasizes both the lyricism and the...continue...

Benedictus - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Thomas Tallis: Sanctus (from Mass for Four Voices); Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Mess...
Performers: Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Filipova, Elena; Gauci, Miriam; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hommel, Christian; Horska, Jaroslava; Kundlak, Jozef [Tenor Vocals]; Martin, Andreas ...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Farnlof, Bertil; Niquet, Hervé; Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Brembeck, Christian; Oberfrank, Géza; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek; Rahbari, Al...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Bourrasque; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Highlights) / Humburg, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Ganassi, Sonia; Grandis, Franco de; Kertesi, Ingrid; Romero, Angelo; Servile, Roberto; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Humburg, Will
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian Radio Chorus

Bach: Cantatas BWV 80 & 147 / Antal, Kertesi, Nemeth, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1992-06-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
Performers: Gáti, István; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, József; Németh, Judit
Conductors: Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian Radio Chorus

Bach: Cantatas BWV 51 & 208 / Antál, Kertesi, Pászthy

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1992-06-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51; Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208)
Performers: Gáti, István; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, József; Németh, Judit; Pászthy, Julia
Conductors: Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian Radio Chorus