BEETHOVEN / REICHA / WRANITZKY / VORISEK
Beethoven, Wranitzky, Reicha, Vorisek: Concertos Sarah Christian (violin) Stephan Koncz (cello) Christoph Eß (horn) Yaara Tal (piano) Nils Monkemeyer (viola) etc / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Reinhar [ Sony Classical Beethoven's World / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] "Beethoven's World" have received great attention and excellent reviews worldwide. "If the discovery of Beethoven contemporaries, which Goebel has just signed up for the Beethoven Year, continues in this way, it will be a fine year" (Deutschlandfunk) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Il Re Pastore (complete opera) Sarah Fox, Ailish Tynan, John Mark Ainsley, Anna Devin & Benjamin Hulett / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Signum Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Page's unobtrusive pacing of the pastoral mini-drama and sage weighting of orchestrally accompanied recitatives pull the listener along gently." (Gramophone Editors Choice Nov 2015) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mozart y Mambo (Limited Edition LP) Sarah Willis (horn) [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Sarah Willis is a tireless ambassador for her instrument, the French horn, which she champions around the world. A horn player with the famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 2001, she launched what was soon to become a famous TV programme,... |
Sarah Willis; Jonathan Kelly; Wenzel Fuchs; Stefan Schweigert; Harold Madrigal Frías; Havana Lyceum Orchestra; José Antonio Méndez Padrón; The Sarahba
Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana LP) [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] |
Schafer/Berlin So/Salemkour
Various: Arias [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] |
Schneider/La Stagione Frankfur
Various: Il Primo Uomo [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Nuits D'ete / La Mort de Cléopâtre / etc Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/May/2013 ] "One of the striking facets of Ticciati's conducting and the SCO's playing in Les nuits d'ete is the clarity and details that spring from the score" (Gramophone Disc of the Month June 2013) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-7) Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "The recorded sound is great, the Scottish National Orchestra plays like a world class band. All in all, this is not only a set to complete your Prokofiev collection, it's also the one to start it - if you haven't yet." (MusicWeb bargain of the... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' / Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 / 'Romeo and Juliet' Excerpts / etc Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Beautiful, persuasive playing from the Scottish National Orchestra' The Penguin Complete Guide |
Sequentia
Various: Celestial Hierarchy [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
SEGEI RUDNEV
Rudnev: Music for Guitar Sergei Rudnov, Aynur Begutov, Anton Baranov, Rovshan Mamedkuliev, Vladimir Mityakov (guitars) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Russian guitarist and composer Sergei Ivanovich Rudnev was born in 1955 in Tula. In 1975 he graduated in the accordion and balalaika class of Tula's "Dargomyzhsky" Conservatory, and while attending this school he studied guitar. |
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Louis Vierne will always be best remembered as one France's most outstanding organ composers, but his piano works are part of a significant wider oeuvre and notable for their colourful and inspired inventiveness. |
LEONE SINIGAGLIA
Sinigaglia: Complete Works for String Quartet Wawrzyniec SzymaĆski (horn) / Archos Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] The second volume of Leone Sinigaglia's music for string quartet (Volume 1 is on 8.574183) explores a series of generally shorter pieces for the medium. These deeply expressive works, such as the yearning Romanza for string quartet and horn,... |
Serkin/Ormandy
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] |
Ravi Shankar / Philip Glass
Passages (LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 9/Jun/2016 ] Passages is a collaborative chamber music studio album co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, released in 1990. The album is a hybrid of Hindustani Classical music and Glass' distinct American minimal contemporary Classical style. |
Sharon Isbin & Friends
Various: Guitar Passions [ Sony Classical / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz Sharon Sweet, Ruth Ziesak, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Kurt Rydl, Roman Trekel / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] This memorable version of Weber's Der Freischütz from 1994 returns to the catalogue. It offers some outstanding vocal contributions, opined BBC Music Magazine, "sung with a genuine feeling for melodic shape and verbal emphasis: Peter Seiffert's... |
Sheryl Crow
Home for Christmas [ Interscope Records / CD - released 23/Oct/2008 ] This Christmas album from Sheryl Crow was produced by Bill Bottrell [he also produced her debut album 'Tuesday Night Music Club'], and features the original song "There is a Star That Shines Tonight". |
Music by David Hirschfelder, and classical composers. David Helfgott (piano)
Shine (Original Soundtrack) [ Polygram Records / CD - released 15/Aug/1996 ] Beautiful piano music, most of which is played by the man himself, David Helfgott |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite / Karelia Suite / Finlandia Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "Most impressive. In its keen intelligence, fiery snap and thrust, Petri Sakari's account of the four Legends proves more than a match for the finest. The Iceland SO may not be world-beaters, but they respond to their thoughtful young Finnish... |