Kozená, Magdalena

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 18

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2010-10-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63; Cantata no 191, "Gloria in excelsis Deo" BWV 191; Cantata no 65, "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" BWV 65; Cantata no 123, "Liebster Im...
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kozená, Magdalena; McFadden, Claron
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

This release is the much awaited last volume of the Bach Cantatas Pilgrimage, one of the most talked about musical events of the last decade....continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Dvorák: Songs my Mother taught me; Janácek, Martinu, etc / Kozena, Martinu

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-04-21

Works: Moravian Traditional: Kebych bola johadú (If I Were A Strawberry); Leos Janácek: Moravian folk poetry in Song; Silesian Songs (10) from Helena Salichová's collection, for voice & piano...
Performers: Freimuth, Michael; Kozená, Magdalena; Martineau, Malcolm; Röschmann, Dorothea

In her most personal album to date, acclaimed recitalist and opera singer Magdalena Kozena offers a collection of songs she has known since childhood and...continue...

Ah! mio cor - Handel Arias / Kozena, Marcon, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34; Hercules, HWV 60; Agrippina, HWV 6; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Joshua, HWV 64; Ariodante, HWV 33; Theodora, HWV 68; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Orlando, HWV 31; Rin...
Performers: Kozená, Magdalena
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

This is Magdalena Kozena's first collaboration with the acclaimed Venice Baroque Orchestra and Andrea Marcon - a superlative grouping and a must-have album for every...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 3 / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2008-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 24, "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte," BWV 24; Cantata no 185, "Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe," BWV 185; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kozená, Magdalena; Lunn, Johann; Rensburg, Kobie van; Testé, Nicolas
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

This star-studded CD of Cantatas for the Fourth and Fifth Sundays after Trinity opens with "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte," recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey as part of...continue...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Kozenà, Mackerras, Scottish CO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Kozená, Magdalena; Martinpelto, Hillevi; Milne, Lisa; Relyea, John; Rice, Christine; Schneider, Ronald; Trost, Rainer; Watkin, David
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

With all of its dramatic characters driven by pure emotion- vengeance, obsession, hate, and grace- 'La Clemenza' contains some of the most gripping music in...continue...

Gluck: Paride ed Elena / McCreesh, Kozená, Gritton

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-05-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Kozená, Magdalena; Sampson, Carolyn; Webster, Gillian
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players offer a splendid accompaniment. "...more important... was the presence of a conductor of genius, for McCreesh is...continue...

Songs / Magdalena Kozena

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-07-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Satires (5), for soprano & piano, Op. 109; Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Erwin Schulhoff:...
Performers: Barta, Jiri; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Henschel, Christoph; Kozená, Magdalena; Martineau, Malcolm

"Magdalena Kozena is casting her net ever wider in time and space. An intriguing catch of song from the first half of the 20th century...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Ankaoua, Jean-Michel; Bertin, Pascal; Deuter, Florian; Ewing, Alan; Hellekant, Charlotte; Kozená, Magdalena; McDonald, Hector; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]; Mijanovic, Marijana; von Otter...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"The orchestra plays brilliantly, with the (then) novelty of Handel's horn parts ringing out in special power. One would never guess there was an audience...continue...

Le Belle Immagine - Mozart, Gluck, Myslivecek /Kozena, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla, K 135; La finta giardiniera, K 196; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del m...
Performers: Kozená, Magdalena; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

"Poised between soprano and mezzo, Magdalena Ko ena's richly coloured voice combines fullness and warmth with the bloom and freshness of youth. Add to this...continue...

Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans / de Marchi, Kozená, et al

3 CD / Naïve / 2001-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha triumphans, RV 645
Performers: Carraro, Tiziana; Kozená, Magdalena; Trullu, Maria José
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, Juditha triumphans (1716), with its strongly characterised roles and luxuriant orchestration, is a true Baroque masterpiec...continue...

Bach: Whitsun Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-07-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 59 "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59; Cantata no 74, "Wer mich liebet, der...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Davislim, Steve; Fink, Bernarda; Foster, Christopher; Genz, Christoph; Hagen, Reinhard; Harvey, Peter; Jankova, Martina; Kozená, Magdalena
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists