Opera/Operetta > Compact Disc

Scotland Boy / The Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, Moray West

1 CD / Scotdisc (BGS Productions) / 2013-07-09

Works: Michael Korb: Highland Cathedral, song; Stephen West: Miss You, song; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K 339; Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Scottish Trad...
Performers: Cassels, Stuart; Hope, Stuart; Lynch, Julia; McDougall, James; McGillivray, Alison; McPhee, George; Moffat, Tony; Tunnell, Pippa; West, Moray; Willshire, Havilland
Conductors: Danzmayr, David; Dean, Tim; Bell, Christopher

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...

Cherubini: Lodoïska / Manfrino, Thebault, Gueze, Do, Noguera, Pruvot, Buet. Jeremie Rhorer

2 CD / Naïve / 2013-06-25

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Lodoïska, heroic comedy in 3 acts
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie
Ensemble: Les Elements

Cherubini's opera Lodoiska is the third recording of leading French period instrument orchestra Le Cercle de l'Harmonie on Naive / Ambroisie. This is the first...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome (10/13/2010); Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Italy (10/13/2010); Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome (10/15/2010-10/16/2010); Teatro La Fenice, V...continue...

Bel Raggio: Rossini Arias / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano; Artur Rucinski, baritone; Morandi, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Decca / 2013-06-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; William Tell; Tancredi; Matilde di Shabran; Le siège de Corinthe; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Sigismondo; Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra; Il Turco in Italia
Performers: Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia; Warsaw Chamber Choir

For her second album, Bel raggio, Aleksandra Kurzak focuses on the bel canto classics of Rossini; offering a beguiling mix of the virtuosic, the lyrical,...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...

Shazam! Transcriptions for brass by Handel, Ives, Satie, Puccini, de Falla, Loesser et al. / Brass Arts Quintet

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-06-25

Works: Greg Danner: Shazam!, for brass quintet; Sky Scenes, for brass ensemble; Scherzo, for band; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Charles Ives: Variations for Organ on "America"; Erik Satie: Sports et di...
Performers: Brass Arts Quintet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brass Arts Quintet

"Much of the repertoire was created by composer/arranger friends, but most of it was done by members of the quintet. This recording presents music exclusive...continue...
Personnel: Chris McCormick (trumpet); R. Winston Morris (tuba).

Recording information: Nashville Public Radio Studio, WPLN, Nashville, TN (01/02/2002-01/27/2002)....continue...

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Charles Daniel: tenor; Favola in Musica; Taverner Consort. Andrew Parrott

2 CD / Avie Records / 2013-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Players

Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort & Players celebrate their 40th anniversary with a magnificent recording of the world's first operatic masterpiece. Parrott has been...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Michael & All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (07/23/2012-07/28/2012)....continue...

The Real Classical

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-06-04

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 6...

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...

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'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...

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...

Stefano Pavesi (1779-1850): Ser Marcantonio, opera / Marco Filippo Romano; Loriana Castellano; Matteo D'Apolito; Timur Bekbosunov

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Stefano Pavesi: Ser Marcantonio, opera in 2 acts
Performers: Castrignano, Eliseo [Harpsichord]
Conductors: Spadano, Massimo
Ensemble: Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

Stefano Pavesi's work was swept away by the Rossini operatic avalanche and he is now almost forgotten, but while his vibrantly entertaining (though not without...continue...
Recording information: Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2011-07-07&2011-07-10&2011-)....continue...

Dvorak: The Complete Published Orchestral Works / various artists [17 CDs]

17 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 1 in C minor, B 9 "The Bells of Zlonice"; Legends (10), for orchestra (arr. from, B. 117), B. 122 (Op. 59); Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 4/B 12; Symphony no 3 i...
Performers: Jandó, Jenö; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria; Trostianski, Alexander [Violin]; Yablonsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Halász, Michael; Korobov, Felix; Kosler, Zdenek; Pesek, Libor; Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Stankovsky, Robert
Ensemble: ; Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists

Dvo?ák was a composer steeped in the national and folk music of his Bohemian homeland, and his orchestral music combines a broad and soulful melodic...continue...

Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 12 / The royal Swedish Navy Band. Brion

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: John Philip Sousa: Sound Off!; Peaches & Cream, foxtrot for band; March; The Coquette, caprice for orchestra; The Summer Girl, idyll (concert piece) for band; The Bride Elect; Mikado March, march for...
Conductors: Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Royal Swedish Navy Band

John Philip Sousa's swift rise to fame and greatness came at a time when band concerts were the most important aspect of musical life in...continue...
Recording information: The Admiralty Church (Ulrica Pia), Karlskrona, Sweden (09/28/2010-09/30/2010)....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...

Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite (Arr. Peter Breiner) / New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Voyevoda
Performers: Joyce, Andrew; Leppanen, Vesa-Matti
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Slovak-born composer and conductor Peter Breiner has received considerable inter-national acclaim for his adaptations, and his Tchaikovsky arrangements are particularly impressive examples of his art....continue...
Recording information: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (02/09/2012-02/10/2012)....continue...

Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 2 - Silken Ladder; Il Signor Bruschino; William Tell / Prague Sinfonia Orch., Benda

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Eduardo e Cristina; L' Inganno felice; La Scala di seta; Demetrio e Polibio; Il Signor Bruschino; Sinfonia (Overture) in D major (di Bologna), QR vii/1; Sigismondo
Conductors: Benda, Christian
Ensemble: ; Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

Rossini's ceaseless wit and invention are best exemplified in his series of operas. His colorful orchestration and command of both comic and tragic elements can...continue...

Laureate Series - music of de Falla, Amirov, Llobet, Rudnev, Albeniz, Turina, Brouwer et al. / Rovshan Mamedkuliev, guitar

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Manuel de Falla: La vida breve; Fikret Amirov: 12 Miniatures; Miguel Llobet: Variations on a Theme by Sor for guitar, Op. 15; Sergey Rudnev: Variations on a Russian Folk Dance Song "Akh vy, seni moi,...
Performers: Mamedkuliev, Rovshan

Rovshan Mamedkuliev was first prize-winner at the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Competition in 2012, and now stands as one of the world's most exciting...continue...
Recording information: St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (11/02/2012-11/05/2012)....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

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, Vol. 4 - Strauss, Jr., Davis, Bizet, Barnes, Hoschna, et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2013-05-14

Works: Horatio Nicholls: Cavalcade of Martial Songs, medley for band; Johann Strauss II: Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Künstlerleben, Op. 316; Con Conrad: Lonesome a...
Conductors: Fryer, Harry; Munro, Ronnie; Pursglove, Reg; Collins, Harold; Java, David; Davidson, Harry; Crean, Richard; Burston, Reginald

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...

Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

Toscanini Conducts Wagner - Orchestral Preludes; Interludes and Arias [5 CDs]

5 CD / RCA Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried Idyll; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Faust Overture; Siegfried; Tannhäu...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo


Works:

Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner

Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra
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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...

Hidden Handel - unfamiliar and unknown arias and orchestral pieces / Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Il Complesso Barocco

1 CD / Naïve / 2013-04-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sento prima le procelle, aria for voice & orchestra (for A. Scarlatti's Pirro e Demetrio); Rinaldo; No, non così severe, aria for voice & orchestra (for A. Scarlatti's P...
Performers: Hallenberg, Ann
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Il Complesso Barocco

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The performances by Alan Curtis, his excellent period instrument ensemble Il Complesso Barocco, and especially Swedish mezzo-soprano...continue...
Recording information: Lonigo, Italy (06/2010/07/2010)....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...

Wagner at the MET: Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera

25 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-04-09

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Szell, George; Leinsdorf, Erich; Stiedry, Fritz; Bodanzky, Artur


Works:

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

1938

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano), Lauritz Melchior (Tenor), Karin Branzell (Mezzo Sop

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Barcarole: Favourite Orchestral Pieces by Bizet, Offenbach, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Gonoud et al. / Marriner

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Eugen Onegin; The Nutcracker; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Jules ...
Performers: Kalafusz, Hans
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Alongside recordings of Baroque and Classical repertoire, he has also made a...continue...
Recording information: SDR-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart (09/09/1987-03/12/1987)....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...

Early Romantic Overtures by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Weber, Schumann, Schubert, Wagner / Norrington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Hector Berlioz: Les Francs Juges, Op. 3; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Schuber...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; London Classical Players

Roger Norrington was the first conductor to rediscover the original sound of the Romantic era. His recordings of famous overtures from Schubert to Wagner showed...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/1988)....continue...

Handel: Bad Guys - Countertenro arias from Tamerlano, Ariodante, Teseo, Amadigi di Gaula, Giulio Cesare / Xavier Sabata

1 CD / Aparte / 2013-04-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano; Ariodante; Teseo; Amadigi di Gaula; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Ottone, re di Germania
Performers: Sabata, Xavier
Conductors: Minasi, Riccardo
Ensemble: Il Pomo d'Oro

The exceptional Spanish counter-tenor Xavier Sabata expresses tears, joy and rage in his portrayal of the 'bad boys' from Handel's operas on this riveting new...continue...
Personnel: Xavier Sabata (countertenor).

Recording information: Lonigo, Villa San Fermo (Convento deo Pavoniani), Venez (08/25/2012-09/03/2012)....continue...

Lazy Day Classics, Calm music for an indulgent moment - Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Sibelius, Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven

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

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat, D. 485; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. ...
Performers: Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Chase, Stephanie; Pendrill, Christine
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Goodman, Roy

Calm music to help you while away a lazy day and be a little self-indulgent! Put your feet up, read your favorite book, open a...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...

Psalms and Motets for Reflection - Taverner, Stainer, Poulenc, Stanford, MacMillan

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

Works: William Crotch: Psalm 47, for chorus; Johannes Eccard: Maria Wallt zum Heiligtum; James MacMillan: A New Song, for chorus & organ; Ivor Atkins: Psalm 2, for chorus; Psalm 96, for chorus; John Tavener...
Performers: Bloss, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: ; Choir of St. John's Elora

Choral elements from Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and medieval traditions are included in this anthology of anthems and motets, many drawing inspiration from the Psalms....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/29/2011-05/01/2011)....continue...

Mayr: Il sacrifizio di Jefte, sacred oratorio / Bassenz, Iranyi, Sellier, Kupfer. Franz Hauk

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

Works: Simon Mayr: Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia, opera
Performers: Hauk, Frank [Harpsichord]
Conductors: Hauk, Frank [Harpsichord]
Ensemble: Simon Mayr Ensemble

It is only in the last few years, largely as a result of the pioneering performances of the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble conducted by...continue...
Recording information: Asamkirche Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)....continue...

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...

Top 50 Favourite Classical Chillout Tunes by Mozart, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Schubert and Liszt

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan"; Serenade no 13 in G, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Serenade no 10 in B flat, K. 361/370a "Gran Partita"; Concerto f...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Berkhemer, Joan; Crombach, Sara; David, Nadia; Dubach, Alexandre; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Goldstein, Misha; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; He...
Conductors: Vermeulen, Dirk; Paavo, Järvi; Goodman, Roy; Sharon, Gil [Violin]; Vonk, Hans; Zweden, Jaap van; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Marturet, Eduardo; Ermler, Mark; Menuhin, Yehudi; Schneider, Alexander; Fe...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Ensemble; Consort of London; La Magnifica Comunità ; La Petite Bande; Musica ad Rhenum

A classical TOP 50, aiming at a public not specifically acquainted with classical music: young urban people with an open mind, who will enjoy the...continue...
Includes work(s) by Alessandro Marcello....continue...

Nodebog - Musical pleasures & divertissements from 18th C. Norway / Hans Olav Gorset (flute) & Friends

3 CD / 2 L Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Anonymous, Truels Johannesson Hvidt Music Book: Preludium for alto recorder; La Lovis, air for 2 recorders; Engelsk dants (English Dance), for alto recorder; Chavailer dantz, for alto recorder; Paspi...
Performers: Bothner-By, Cathrine [Soprano Vocal]; Gorset, Hans Olav; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Johansen, Lars Henrik [Harpsichord]; Lislevand, Andre [Viola da Gamba]; Lund, Vegard; Stene, Hakon Morch

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here...continue...
Recording information: Jar Kirke, Oslo, Norway (02/2012)....continue...

Leo Fall: The Rose of Stambul / Kimberly McCord, Alison Kelly, Erich Buchholz, Geral Frantzen, Robert Morrissey

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

Works: Leo Fall: Die Rose von Stambul, operetta in 3 acts
Performers: Benham, Aaron; Bockel, Sarah; Buchholz, Erich; Buck, Michelle; Casady, Eric; Frantzen, Gerald; Guerra, Chris; Hill, Nicole; Kelly, Alison [Violin]; McCord, Kimberly; Morrissey, Robert; Pixely, Khaki;...
Conductors: Frantzen, John
Ensemble: Chicago Folks Opertta

Leo Fall's early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to...continue...
Recording information: Percy Julian Auditorium, Oak Park, Illinois, USA (08/08/2011)....continue...

Spheres / Daniel Hope, violin, Jacques Ammon, Chie Peters, Juan Lucas Aisemberg and Christiane Starke

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Johann Paul von Westhoff: Sonate a violino solo; Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni, for piano; Passaggio, for piano; Philip Glass: Echorus; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Lera Auerbach...
Performers: Aisemberg, Juan Lucas; Ammon, Jacques; Carls, Jochen [Double Bass]; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Peters, Chie [Violin]; Starke, Christiane [Cello]
Conductors: Halsey, Simon

The Times, 14th February 2013
Provocative? To a degree, though classical purists shouldn't shriek too loudly...Hope dances a path through a string of otherworldly new pieces,...continue...
Personnel: Daniel Hope (violin).

Recording information: Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastraáe (06/2012-07/2012)....continue...

Mozart In-Between - Symphony no 23; Piano Concert no 9; Denis Schuller: In-between

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 23 in D major, K 181; Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 'Jeunehomme'; Thamos, König in Ägypten, K 345; Mitridate, re di Ponto, Opera seria,...
Performers: Greilsammer, David; Jeandet, Francois [Viola]; Liardon, Marc; Michel, Pascal; Ronzatti, Constance; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Greilsammer, David
Ensemble: ; L'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve

On David Greilsammer's second recording for Sony Classical, the artist explores his "infinite love" for Mozart by directing the Geneva Chamber Orchestra through a varied...continue...
Recording information: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

Verdi Heroines / Gheorgiu, Chailly, Giuseppe Verdi SO Milan

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello
Performers: Downes, Shana; Gheorghiu, Angela; Polverelli, Laura; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...this stunning new disc captures Angela Gheorghiu in some big roles we would not expect her to take into her repertoire at present...it is refreshing...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

A content, marketing and promotional transformation for one of Europe's premiere classical music events.

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...

License to Thrill - Works and transcriptoins by Bach, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Chick Corea, Piazzolla et al. / Joe Burgstaller, trumpet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Joe Burgstaller: Within, for chorus & trumpet; Lullaby; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 1 in D major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/9), BWV 972 (BC L189); George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; ...
Performers: Arnhold, Joelle [Vocals]; Burgstaller, Joe; Burke, Mary; Butterman, Karl [Vocals]; Cheng, Stephanie; Clark, Alex; Ferrari, John; Ganger, Joshua [Vocals]; Gargiulo, Julian [Piano]; Herrington, Benjami...

Trumpet titan Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) presents a compendium including baroque, classical, contemporary classical, traditional spiritual, diazole, Chick Corea, and Sting! This wond...continue...
Recording information: 2012....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Three Great American Light Orchestras - The orchestras of Percy Faith, David Rose and Paul Weston

1 CD / Guild / 2013-03-12

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Rudi Revil: Petite (Mon Petit Monde a Moi); Percy Faith: The Last Dance, for pops orchestra; Go-Go-Po-Go; Xavier Cugat: My Shawl; Charles Trénet: La Mer (Be...
Performers: Turner, Ray
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Rose, David; Weston, Paul

Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini & Verdi Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlo; La Forza del destino; Macbeth; Otello
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; Rafanelli, Flora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Guadagno, Anton

Renaissance & Baroque Dances / Luanda Siqueira (soprano), Barok Ensemble

1 CD / Loreley / 2013-03-12

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello; Jacob van Eyck: Prins Robberts Masco; Le rossignol, for consort; Pierre Phalèse: Prince Rupert's; Almande bisarde; Pierre Attaingnant: Tourdion; Pierre Certon: Fi...
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Ensemble: Barok Ensemble

Surveying music from Jacob Van Eyck to Claudio Monteverdi (by way of a few anonymous composers of the fourteenth century) this live recording from La...continue...
Recording information: La Sainte Chapelle de Paris (05/03/2012/05/06/2012)....continue...

Ernesto Lecuona: The Piano Music; Selected Songs / Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National RSO, Michael Bartos [6 CDs]

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra; Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana, for piano; Aragonesa, for piano; Granada, for piano; Z...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Engel, Bruce [Trumpet]; Farley, Carole; Fleishaker, Vivian [Oboe]; Geissinger, Katie; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Hoff, Denise; Jolles, Renee; Kocher, Gerald [Trumpet];...
Conductors: Bartos, Michael
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra