WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias Franco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Countertenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate,... |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue Judith Hellwigh (Judit), Endre Koréh (Bluebeard), Ernö Lorsy (Speaker, the Bard), Richard Lewis (tenor) & Marko Rothmüller (baritone), New Orchestra o [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] An opulent yet logical combination of recordings by conductor Walter Süsskind in honour of Bartók, under the technical direction of the latter's son Peter. Their purity of sound and style is unaltered by time. The Prologue, narrated by bard Ernö... |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Concerto for 2 Pianos Mona Bard, Rica Bard (pianos), Staatskapelle Halle, Ariane Matiakh [ Capriccio / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "This fine disc presents two Bruch rarities....Mona and Rica Bard are more poetically thoughtful, which works especially well in the opening Andante sostenuto." BBC Music |
Bard
The Springtime Fool [ Southbound / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
Eugene YSAYE
String Trio / sonata for Two Violins / Cello Sonata Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bard Monsen (violin) Lasrs Anders Tomter (viola) Ole-Eirik Ree (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] While Ysaÿe's Six Solo Violin Sonatas remain his best known works, the Belgian virtuoso also composed other pieces which translate his thorough knowledge of the violin's capabilities into thrilling music. |