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GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Unpublished Works for Harpsichord and Organ Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583- 1643) was one of the most important and influential composers for the keyboard in the early 17th century. He embraced the late renaissance style in his early output, and by the end of his life had contributed some of the... |
LAURIDSEN / BYRD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WHITACRE / HOLST / etc
A Choral Christmas The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (director) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] A leading light in the world of youth choral music, the Rodolfus Choir is made up of choristers from ages 16-25 who are past and present participants of the Eton Choral Courses, begun by the choir's director Ralph Allwood in 1980. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Nuove Invenzione Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar) / Concerto Stella Matutina [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] Bringing the elements of baroque and jazz together and developing a new kind of music by optimizing the instruments of Early Music and giving each instrument section its moment on the recording was the goal of this release. |
BEETHOVEN
Complete works for the Piano Volumes 12: Variations (II) Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "This instrument has a light tone and touch but is by no means limited in terms of dynamic range, and Ronald Brautigam performs even the least inspiring of these works with a conviction and musicality which makes you believe in their worth." MusicWeb |
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Ronu Majumdar
Classical Traditions: The Indian Bansuri [ Naxos World / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] A series of classical music traditions of cultures from around the world... This album features beautiful r 257;gas from the Hindust 257;ni classical tradition, skilfully performed on the Indian bansuri (bamboo flute) by Ronu Majumdar. Indian... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 Rosalyn Tureck (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] Rosalyn Tureck |
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Rosekrans/Royal Philharmonic
Royal Strings [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 16/Apr/2001 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert in Love (LP) Rosemary Standley; Ensemble Contraste; Johan Farjot; Arnaud Thorette [ Alpha Classics / LP - released 8/Jul/2022 ] "A few years after the success of her album crossing Baroque music with folk, Love I Obey (ALPHA538), the Franco-American singer Rosemary Standley visits Schubert, this time with the complicity of the ensemble Contraste: 'We all have a few notes of... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia (complete opera recorded live August 2012) BLU-RAY Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro / Ewa Podles, Jessica Pratt, Michael Spyres, Mirco Palazzi / Will Crutchfield (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "There are few better exponents of this genre of Rossini trouser roles, and this one in particular, than Ewa Podles. Formidable in her vocal range, she makes more than a cardboard character out of the part with outstanding acting and singing"MusicWeb |
MINKUS
La Bayadere (Complete ballet recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Marianela Nunez, Tamara Rojo / Valeriy Ovsyanikov [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Feb/2012 ] There wasn't a single physical gesture that didn't mean something, that didn't speak of love trying and failing to blossom.' The Daily Telegraph |
MEYERBEER / STRAVINSKY / etc
Triple Bill (choreography by Frederick Ashton recorded in 2004 & 2010) The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Carlos Acosta, Darcey Bussell, Jonathan Cope / Barry Wordsworth, Paul Murphy (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this disc reflects the breadth of his sophisticated, elegant and widely popular style. |
FERDINAND HEROLD / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ADOLPHE ADAM
The Art of Natalia Osipova: La Fille mal gardée / Swan Lake / Giselle / Force of Nature BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, with Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian & others [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Russian dance superstar Natalia Osipova joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013 and has since filled each of her leading roles with an unforgettable passion, fiery energy and technical prowess. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera recorded April 2009) BLU-RAY The Royal Opera & Ballet / Danielle de Niese, Charles Workman, Matthew Rose, Paul Agnew / Christopher Hogwood (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "An evening of exquisite sensual pleasure." The Telegraph |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein Celebration: Yugen - Corybantic Games - The Age of Anxiety The Royal Ballet / Federico Bonelli, William Bracewell, Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell, Matthew Ball, etc / Koen Kessels, Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2018 ] The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein's birth with this all-Bernstein collection. The Company's three associate choreographers respond to the varied styles of Bernstein's music in ballets that are lyrical, beautiful,... |
GARETH WALTERS / MICHAEL ROBERTS / FREDERICK DELIUS / WILLIAM WALTON / JOHN ADDISON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British String Miniatures I (Including 'Two Aquarelles' & 'Fiddler's Green'' Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Gavin Sutherland [ ASV White Line / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] "Well up to the now expected standard, it hardly need be said. I enjoyed this disc as much as the others in the series. These are lithe and insightful traversals." MusicWeb |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Stabat Mater Ilse Eerens, Michaela Selinger, Maximilian Schmitt & Florian Boesch / Collegium Vocale Gent - Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia On A Theme, etc Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra, Andrew Manze, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Onyx / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "The success-level here is excellently high. Collectors will savour a genuine rarity: the composer's own orchestra-only arrangement of the Serenade to Music…the music sounds as rapturously beautiful as ever" Five Stars BBC Music |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 / Prince Rostislav Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2014 ] BBC Music Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (recorded live Covent Garden in 2022) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Elena Stikhina, Francesco Meli, Agnieszka Rehlis, Ludovic Tézier / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Jun/2024 ] Love and duty collide and nations clash in Verdi's political drama, starring Elena Stikhina. In this new production, director Robert Carsen situates Verdi's large-scale drama within a contemporary world, framing its power struggles and toxic... |
