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TRADITIONAL
A Family Christmas Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli [ Classics & Jazz UK / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] This holiday season, internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli is teaming up with his 24-year-old son Matteo Bocelli and 10-year-old daughter Virginia Bocelli for their first ever album together, A Family Christmas. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Her playing has great energy and also plenty of light and shade....This is an outstanding disc." Musicweb recommended June 2022 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Donald Armstrong (violin) / New Zealand Chamber Orchestra [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] "In a market crowded with versions of these concerti, the NZSO Chamber Orchestra has given us a first-class, vivid, well-recorded reading. The solo passages feature Donald Armstrong obtaining the sweetest, liveliest tones from his 1754 Gagliano... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Apollon Musagète Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] "the performance, by the London Symphony Orchestra and 24 men from the Monteverdi Choir, is admirably clear, precise and hard-edged; the soloists are adequate; and the coupler - Apollon Musagète ballet for string orchestra - is gorgeous." (Times) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (Complete Opera recorded in 2004) Glenn Winslade, Janice Watson, Jonathan Lemalu / London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 3 CD - released 24/Jul/2004 ] "This is a landmark for the LSO...The Sea Interludes gleam within their dramatic context and the London Symphony Chorus relish their involvement with such a testy choral challenge." (William Dart New Zealand Herald) |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Violin Sonatas Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'Hagai Shaham plays with a large, richly Romantic tone and a feeling for the grand gestures in which the music delivers its message and the ethnic matrix from which it emerged. But he also has the virtuosic flair to put across the most flamboyant... |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "Jack Liebeck and conductor Martyn Brabbins work hard to make the music come alive. Liebeck's playing is consistently fresh and his phrasing always imaginative" (The Guardian) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Complete Songs Janice Watson (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo soprano), Jamie MacDougal (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "This fine collection of settings by poets as diverse as Herrick, Heine and Tagore is full of surprises and beautifully performed by all, especially pianist Roger Vignoles" The Observer |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] 'The versions by Sitkovetsky and Vignoles … form a notable addition to the catalogue and represent a remarkable achievement by an artist making her debut on disc' (MusicWeb International) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 4 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live / CD - released 27/Feb/2005 ] "Contrasts were realised to the full without vagaries of tempo, and at the end, where Brahms finally breaks away from his bass line, the release of pent-up force came like an earthquake." - The Independent, 21 June 2004 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] "an admirable and infectious performance. Sir Colin Davis and his fine players are wonderfully idiomatic and offer a performance of exceptional clarity of detail." Penguin Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / 'Cockaigne' Overture / Marches Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon [ IMP / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] "Turning to the 1953 Philharmonia Enigma Variations, we immediately become aware that Weldon is operating on a different plane altogether...One of the finest performances of the Variations I have heard. " MusicWeb |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischutz Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, & Simon O'Neill / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "Simon O'Neill is virtually perfect for Max, not too über-Heldentenor and not too light" (Gramophone, Aug 2013) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rarities Montserrat Caballe (soprano) with Maja Sunara (mezzo) & Lajos Kozma (tenor) / RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra [ Rca Red Seal / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] Caballé's international breakthrough came in 1965 when she replaced a pregnant Marilyn Horne in a semi-staged performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at New York's Carnegie Hall, which earned her a 25-minute standing ovation. (Wiki) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 / Klavierstücke (8), Op. 76 Nicholas Angelich (piano) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "Few pianists in my experience have sensed Brahms's emotional turbulence to such an acute degree...these works have rarely, if ever, received finer performances." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Sept 2010) |
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BACH / BRAHMS / WALTON / TCHAIKOVSKY / R. STRAUSS / ELGAR / etc
The Very Best of Paul Tortelier [2 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with various accompanists [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably in Richard Strauss's tone poem. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spanish Romances Pilar Lorengar (soprano) with Siegfried Behrend (guitar) & Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/May/2017 ] "A record that offers playing of this quality can hardly be ignored" Gramophone on Granados |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 20 Piotr Anderszewski (piano and conductor) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "In both these concertos everything is perfectly in proportion; the drama is never over-played in the D minor, while the slow movement of the G major is made that concerto's emotional heart" (Guardian) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3 Renaud Capucon (violin) Nicholas Angelich (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2005 ] "Beautifully considered performances taking an expansive, romantic view" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Nov 2005 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Vier ernste Gesänge', Op. 121) Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "This disc, while the whole recital has notable integrity and quality, would be worth having for [the Four Serious Songs] alone." (International Record Review) |
ROBERT FRANZ
Franz: Songs Robin Tritschler, (tenor), Graham Johnson, (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] " This concise music perhaps lacks the contained intensity of his two compatriots, but it's still hugely appealing. Tritschler and Johnson's performances capture precisely the mood and scent of each song." Sunday Times |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Ma vlast (Includes Vltava) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Classics For Pleasure / CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] Recorded at Abbey Rd Studio, London, 1964 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New England Choirworks Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "The four unaccompanied movements [of the Williams] captivate from the moment the exhorting opening note merges to the Symphony's radiant conclusion." BBC Music |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Fantasias For Solo Violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Telemann may have written his twelve fantasias for the amateur market, but he would surely have rejoiced to hear such superlative performances as these. Alina Ibragimova again demonstrates just what can be accomplished on the four strings of a solo... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen, with Katherine Watson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] 'Excellently recorded, these performances of the Leçons approach perfection' (BBC Music Magazine) PERFORMANCE **** RECORDING **** |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Emily Portman (folk voice), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), etc / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral |
CHRISTOPHER TYE
Tye: Missa Euge bone / Peccavimus / Western Wynde Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] 'For a true celebration of the English high-treble phenomenon one need look no further than this. The amplitude of the basses makes a most wonderful balancing effect with the brightness of the boys." (Choir & Organ Magazine) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 3 Concertgebouworkest, Willem Mengelberg [ Audiophile Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] Classic historical recording from October 1940, and, March 1942 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas ['Moonlight', 'Pathetique', 'Appassionata'] Daniel Chorzempa (piano) [ EMI National Gallery Collection / CD - released 5/Feb/2012 ] This collection features a selection of classical masterworks in celebrated recordings from the EMI Classics catalogue, brought together with great artworks from The National Gallery's permanent collection. |
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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: Die lustige Witwe [Merry Widow] / Das Land des Lachelns [Land of Smiles] (operettas) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Ackermann [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The Record Guide described Schwarzkopf in Die lustige Witwe as 'enchanting from end to end' and said that in Das Land des Lächelns it is her 'radiant loveliness of tone that enchants us first, but also the consummate, irresistible artistry' |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 102 & 104 "London" English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 11/Jun/1986 ] "Tate here shows ... how winning a relaxed approach to these masterpieces can be. It keeps making you think what a delightful old man Haydn must have been." (Gramophone) |
BELLINI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Pearlfishers' Duet: World-Famous Operatic Duets Ettore Bastianini / Carlo Bergonzi / Mario del Monaco / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Jose Carreras [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] There is always a special pleasure in the blending of two fine voices, and composers have usually been happy to provide it during the course of their operas. Characters may join their voices in a unity of feeling, or in extreme disagreement, or in... |
GABRIELI & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Gabrieli: A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Virgin Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1990 |
CRESSONNOIS / DELIBES / LECOCQ / PESSARD / GODARD / ILLEMACHER / DUPARC / etc
L'invitation au voyage John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Graham Johnson is quite literally changing the way we hear French mélodie. What a voyage to be invited to join!' (International Record Review) |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 - 4 / Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune, Andante Iamentoso Kirsten Schulz (sop) Peter Rasmussen (ten) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Splendid readings and Blomstedt's lively imagination and attention to mood and instrumental detail make these recordings endlessly rewarding. They sound better than ever" (MusicWeb Sept 2004) |
TERRY RILEY
Riley: Sun Rings Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Kronos Quartet's groundbreaking 2002 collaboration with composer Terry Riley, Sun Rings, is available in full for the first time. Riley incorporates into his composition "space sounds" (plasma waves) that NASA had collected from the Voyager probes,... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: The Late Pieces Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 11 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard's performances are quite marvellous: scrupulously prepared and enlightened by this performer's high degree of spontaneity. Hyperion's recording captures every nuance' - CDReview |
BELA BARTOK / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten and Bartók Ballets: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite) / The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 - Suite London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen [ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The Prince of the Pagodas and The Miraculous Mandarin: both titles suggest Oriental fairy tales, but while Britten set a fantastic scenario for choreographer John Cranko, Bartók controversially evoked and expressionist urban nightmare. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "this performance from last year with the London Symphony Orchestra on stupendous form seems to mark a pitch of understanding and communication which it wouldn't be possible to surpass. There are several performances of this work that I take as doi |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "Noseda's broad, intense unfolding of the opening adagio builds up to a shattering climax, while the lighter succeeding moments drip with the composer's anti-militaristic parody and bitter sarcasm.." Sunday Times |
