JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The history of film music would be different without John Williams. Cinema classics like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter are inextricably linked with his musical style. His soundtracks captivate listeners with thrilling, moving themes and a... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Myrthen Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] "Certainly a top choice for this wonderful cycle." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Solo Vocal |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann - Frage Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Solo Vocal |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Lieder Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Gustav Mahler (piano roll) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "Her voice is beautiful, more velvety than diamantine, and, with her supremely sensitive partner, she never has need to push it...This is lieder performance of wonderful freshness and intelligence; a delightful album, highly recommended." Gramophone |
DEBUSSY / BERG / HAHN / CHAUSSON / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Daniel Hope - Belle Époque Daniel Hope (violin), Lise de la Salle (piano), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Zürcher Kammerorchester [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Hope's glidings and throbbings can be delightful, as can the music itself. Some of the sweetest, rarest pieces come from Webern's teacher Schoenberg, writing in the 1890s when he had yet to relinquish heart-tugging tunes...Treat this album like a... |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - None But The Lonely Heart [Incls Violin Concerto] Daniel Lozakovich (violin) / National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Vladimir Spivakov [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "the entire album is hugely enjoyable and offers ample proof that the violinist, still in his teens, is no mere flash in the pan." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2020 |
PONCHIELLI / GIORDANO / VERDI / FLOTOW / BIZET / PUCCINI / etc
Johathan Tetelman - Arias Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman has already earned a reputation in the opera world as a dedicated, distinctive and versatile artist. Having signed an exclusive agreement with DG, he has now recorded his debut DG album, Arias. |
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] "These gifts are matched by the maturity, honesty and integrity of Davidsen's approach. This album only reinforces the fact that she is one of the greatest vocal talents to have emerged in recent years, if not decades." Gramophone Magazine June 2019 |
DUPARC / FAURE / CHABRIER / SCHUBERT / SEVERAC / etc
Mary Bevan - Voyages Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "purity of tone and discreet yet telling way with words can be by turns unnerving and alluring in the Baudelaire settings… Middleton, as one might expect, is marvellously insightful, playing throughout with weight as well as grace and subtlety" Gramo |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / BONONCINI / CALDARA etc
Nathalie Stutzmann - Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto & conductor) / Orfeo 55 [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] "Stutzmann's conducting of her Orfeo 55 is of a piece with her singing: full-blooded but invariably stylish and well executed." Opera |
BELLINI / GOUNOD / DONIZETTI / MEYERBEER
Dreams: Pretty Yende Pretty Yende (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "What a lovely sound Pretty Yende makes! Yende is in the same company as, say, Anna Moffo...She's certainly a great asset to the world of opera." ClassicsToday |
MESSAGER / DEBUSSY / DELIBES / STRAVINSKY / THOMAS / etc
Mirages: opera arias & songs Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2017 ] Gramophone Award Nomination 2018 - Recital BBC Music Award Finalist 2019 - Vocal |
SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / WOLFE / POULENC / etc
Chimère Sandrine Piau (soprano) Susan Manoff (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] "Piau's is a voice that can bloom sensuously at the top, and which she controls exquisitely...this is one of the most fascinating, satisfying and moving recital discs to have come my way for some time. It's beautifully recorded too." Gramophone |
NAYLOR / MAXWELL DAVIES / MacMILLAN / CHILCOTT / CORNYSH / STANFORD / etc
Good Night, Beloved The Sixteen. Harry Christophers, with Mark Dobell, George Pooley, Rob Macdonald, Jeremy Budd, and, Ben Davies [ Coro / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "The disc's title track is a highlight: 'Good night, good night, beloved' by 19th-century Italian composer Ciro Pinsuti is a melodious part song which receives a gloriously unbuttoned reading here." BBC Music |
ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / KAPUSTIN / LIGETI / SCRIABIN
Yuja Wang - The Vienna Recital Yuja Wang (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] 2023 Grammy-nominated Yuja Wang demonstrates her incredible range of interpretation with this eclectic program from her highly acclaimed 2022 Vienna recital. The star pianist displays her fiery virtuosity in little-known compositions by György Ligeti... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Mio caro Händel Simone Kermes (soprano) / Amici Veneziani, Boris Begelman [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "there is no more individual or idiosyncratic baroque diva around." (The Sunday Times) |