Various Composers
Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women's Voices Louise Thomson, Corvus Consort, Freddie Crowley [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] For their second album on Chandos, Freddie Crowley and his Corvus Consort - joined by the harpist Louise Thomson - turn their attention to a rich vein of choral music written for women's voices and harp. Gustav Holst was a champion of women's voices... |
Lso/Davies
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7 [ Sony Classical / 7 CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Quays Luca Manghi, flute, David Kelly, piano [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] These mainly unrecorded 20th c. Italian and 21st c. NZ pieces reveal Manghi as an exceptional musician. |
Lucas Vidal
Ost: The Raven [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Apr/2012 ] |
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Undiscovered (LP) Ludovico Einaudi (piano) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] A new collection of songs, personally selected by the world's biggest streaming "classical artist" - Ludovico Einaudi, from across more than 25 years of music making. |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Guitar Music (LP) Luigi Attademo (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / LP - released 1/Sep/2023 ] A newly recorded collection of highlights from Bach's great corpus of instrumental writing, in transcriptions by Luigi Attademo himself. |
W. A. MOZART
Requiem in D minor, K626 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 - Alleluia / etc Lynne Dawson, Jard van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini / with Kathleeen Battle [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "It is a marvellously polished and accomplished performance. The Philharmonia Chorus are in sterling voice; the string playing is immaculate." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems - complete Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) James Bowman (alto) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2003) Madrid Teatro Real / Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "...An absolutely magnificent cast of voices." EL MUNDO, Madrid |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Carols From Oxford Magdalen College Choir, John Harper, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "..Magdalen College Oxford played an important part in the Victorian revival of the celebration of Christmas and especially of carol singing.. key figure.. J R Bloxam, Fellow of Magdalen.. first held a musical entertainment for Magdalen choristers.. |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (complete opera recorded in 2020) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Raffaele Pe, Carmela Remigio, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Francesca Aspromonte / Federico Maria Sardelli (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/May/2021 ] "Sardelli directs a stylish performance, drawing some fine playing from the modern instruments of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra...It is only right that this famous staging should have been preserved on film" Opera |
Mantovani & His Orchestra
Classical Encores & Christmas [ Vocalion / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] |
HANS LEO HASSLER
Hassler: Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Another labour of love from the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin, adding to his much-praised catalogue of collections by masters of the German and Italian Baroque. |
Marco Beltrami
Ost: The Wolverine [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] |
Marco Beltrami
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the superhero film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The film music is scored by Marco Beltrami ( Fear Street, Chaos Walking, Nine Perfect Strangers). Venom: Let There Be Carnage (also known as Venom 2) is... |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Volume 3 Marco Severin (baritone) Delphine da Pontello (soprano) Giulia De Blasis (soprano) Alessandro Luciano (tenor) / Marco Moresco, Isabella Crisante (pian [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2019 ] Based on 33 years of scholarship and promotion by the Istituto Nazionale Tostiano and a lifetime of studies on the part of Francesco Sanvitale, this volume lives up to its predecessors in bringing to wider attention the work of a born songsmith, at... |
ANTON & PAUL WRANITZKY
Wranitzky: Concertos and Symphonies Veriko Tchumburidze (violin) Chiara Enderle (cello) / Münchener Kammerorchester, Howard Griffiths [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Anton & Paul Bohemian composers Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808) and Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) were among the most important personalities on the Viennese music scene in around the year 1800. Both Wranitzky enjoyed an excellent reputacion among their... |
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Tosti: The song of a life, Complete Vocal Chamber Music, Vol 4; Maria Bagalà (soprano), Glenn Morton (piano), John Viscardi (baritone), Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi (soprano), Isabella Crisante (piano), etc [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "this is a great tribute to the legacy of the greatest composer of Italian songs...it is an invaluable treat to have them collected - I doubt there will ever be a similar project again - and at Brilliant Classics's give-away price." MusicWeb |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Le Voyage Magnifique: Impromptus D 899, D 935 / etc Maria Joao Pires (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - The wonderful Schubert Impromptus receive an award winning performance! |