WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Jupiter Project David Owen Norris (piano), Katy Bircher (flute), Caroline Balding (violin), Andrew Skidmore (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] An intriguing re-creation of how Mozart's largescale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain, realized by the kind of ensemble which played such a prominent role in its musical life. |
IRVING BERLIN
Berlin: Louisiana Purchase [original 1996 New York Cast Recording] Howard McGillin, Caroline O'Connor / 1998 New York Cast [ DRG Theatre / CD - released 17/May/1996 ] Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans, the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Complete Opera recorded in 2002) Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [ Perpetual Novice / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: La Descente D'orphee Aux Enfers Robert Getchell, Caroline Weynants, Caroline Dangin-Bardot, Violaine Le Chenadec / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "Throughout, the writing is rich, unusual yet immediate. Orpheus's journey through the underworld in search of Eurydice is memorably expressive" The Observer |
Shankar / Caroline
The Epidemics (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion (Complete oratorio) Stephan MacLeod, Caroline Stam, Peter de Groot, Gert Turk / The Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven, conductor [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Fine soloists such as the German tenor Gerd Türk and Dutch soprano Caroline Stam again join the exemplary choral forces of Jos van Veldhoven in the lush, reverential but joyous approach to Bach's masterworks which is the Veldehoven trademark."... |
Caroline
Caroline [ Rough Trade / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] UK eight-piece caroline began in early 2017, evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Band members brought together their shared influences, including Midwestern emo, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of electronic music,... |
Caroline
Caroline (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] UK eight-piece caroline began in early 2017, evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Band members brought together their shared influences, including Midwestern emo, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of electronic music,... |
Caroline
Skydiving Onto The Library Roof / Everything For Everyone [ Rough Trade / 12in - released 25/Jun/2021 ] caroline began in early 2017, evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Band members brought together their shared influences, including Midwestern emo, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of electronic music, slowly expandi |
Caroline
Verdugo Hills (LP) [ Temporary Residence / LP - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
Caroline Spence
Mint Condition [ Rounder / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] The third album from singer-songwriter Caroline Spence. |
Caroline Polachek
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (metallic copper) [ Perpetual Novice / LP - released 11/Aug/2023 ] "Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is one of these future classics. ... Engaging at every turn and carefully calibrated to its point of view, it represents art pop hitting yet another dizzy apex." - Pop Matters "Her phrases heave through a cycle of br |
J.S. BACH
Complete Cantatas Vol 10 (2, 20, 44, 73, 101, 130, 134, 134a, 139, 180) Caroline Stam (Soprano), Michael Chance (Alto), Paul Agnew (Tenor) & Klaus Mertens (Bass) / Amsterdam Baroque Choir / Ton Koopman [ Challenge Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] The latest volume in the acclaimed re-packaging of the complete Bach Cantata series on Challenge Classics! |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Francois Couperin Edition Sophie Daneman, Patricia Petibon, Guillemette Laurens, Caroline Pelon, Sandrine Piau, Frans Bruggen, Anner Bylsma, Lionel Rogg, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Singing, accompaniment and recording are all that could be desired. The accompaniment is, appropriately, the lightest possible." MusicWeb on the Leçon de Ténèbres |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bach To Jazz Caroline Adomeit (violin), Julian Riem (piano) & Thomas Hastreiter (percussion) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 17/Sep/2012 ] |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Jephtas Gelübde (complete opera) Andrea Chudak, Ziazan, Marcus Elsäßer, Laurence Kalaidjian, Sönke Tams Freier, Caroline Bruker / Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Dario Salvi [ Marco Polo / 2 CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Meyerbeer, long considered one of the greatest of operatic composers, is being rediscovered. His first music drama was Jephtas Gelübde, based on the biblical story of Jephta and his rash vow of sacrifice. The musical language is varied in expression,... |
DONIZETTI
Aristea (Cantata) Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Sara Hershkowitz (soprano), Caroline Adler (alto), Cornel Frey (tenor), Robert Sellier (tenor) & Andreas Burkhart (bass [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2013 ] Gaetano Donizetti's 'mini opera' Aristea follows the 19th century fashion for composing celebratory scenic works with a large cast and full orchestra, in this case to honour Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies. Librettist Giovanni Schmidt recycled... |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Opus 2 & 4: Chamber Sonatas The Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Caroline Balding (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (h [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Opus 2 & 4: Chamber Sonatas is the third in The Avison Ensemble's celebration of Corelli's chamber music and the fifth album in their critically acclaimed series of recordings with Linn. Released to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of the... |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Opus 1 & 3: Church Sonatas The Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Caroline Balding (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (h [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Corelli: Opus 1 & 3: Church Sonatas is the final recording in The Avison Ensemble's celebration of Corelli's chamber music and the sixth album in their critically acclaimed series of recordings with Linn. Released to mark the 300th anniversary of the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Cello and Piano Bartholomew Lafollette (cello), Caroline Palmer (piano) [ Champs Hill Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] As a young boy, Brahms was given rudimentary lessons on both the violin and cello by his father, although it was the piano that primarily activated his executant and creative imagination. Accordingly, his first published works included three virtuoso... |
MICHELANGELO FALVETTI
Il Diluvio Universale Magali Arnault (Acqua), Mariana Flores (Rad), Caroline Weynants (Natura humana), Evelyn Ramirez Munoz (Giustizia Divina), Fabián Schofrin (Morte), Fer [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 29/Sep/2011 ] "There is indeed something 'other' about this piece, a hint of some ancient energy that perhaps reflects how Sicily itself differs from the rest of Italian. The performers make the most of the lovely present they have been handed" Gramophone Editor's... |
Caroline
Dark Blue (12") [ Rough Trade / 12in - released 24/Apr/2020 ] London based caroline began as a three-piece (Jasper Llewellyn, Mike O'Malley, Casper Hughes) in early 2017, initially evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Bringing together shared influences in, and experiences of playing, midwestern 'emo'... |
Caroline
Monaco [ CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
SIMON MAYR
Il sogno di Partenope (Cantata Opera) Caroline Adler (soprano)/ Florence Lousseau (mezzo-soprano)/ Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano)/ Cornel Frey (tenor)/ Simon Mayr Ensemble / Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Franz Hauk and the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble have spear headed the revival of the music of Johann Simon Mayr who was born in Bavaria but lived in Italy. In the latest instalment of their critically acclaimed recordings they turn to Il sogno di... |
MIKE SHEPPARD
The Soul Rests Eternal Caroline Dale (cello) / English Chmaber Orchestra, Steve Sidwell [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "It would be hard for anyone to top the humanity of Caroline Dale's interpretation. Nor her warmth, sonority and depth of tone, which just accentuates the music's sustained, almost heady emotion. The ECO support her with playing that perfectly... |
KREISLER / CORIGLIANO / VIEUXTEMPS / GERSHWIN / etc
Caroline Goulding Caroline Goulding (violin) & Christopher Riley (piano) [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Although she has already performed with several leading orchestras, violinist Caroline Goulding is still only sixteen. Her debut recording, in which she is accompanied by pianist Chris O'Riley, features an intriguing selection of works with an... |
Caroline Herring
Golden Apples of the Sun [ Signature Sounds Recording Company / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] "On 'Golden Apples of the Sun' Herring has never sounded better, there's a delicacy and world-weariness that makes her perfect for emotionally powerful songs; there are moments here that are breathtaking in their power and simplicity."-Fish Records, UK. |
Caroline Herring
Lantana [ Signature Sounds / CD - released 6/Mar/2009 ] Herring confidently returns to the forefront of the American roots music scene with a masterpiece of understated intensity. There is no artifice on 'Lantana'. It's an album full of delights, lyrically and musically. |
JEFFREY LEWIS
Silence of the Night Caroline MacPhie (soprano) Zheng-Yu Wu (violin) David Jones (piano) [ Metier / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Lieder Edition, Vol. 10 Caroline Melzer (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Simon Bode (tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Some of Schumann's early songs, such as Lied für xxx, show the influence of Schubert, but it was in 1840, his 'Year of Song', that Schumann fully turned his attention to vocal music. The Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 were the first that he composed... |
GYORGY KURTAG
Kafka-Fragments Op. 24 Caroline Melzer (soprano) / Nurit Stark (violin) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2015 ] One of the truly grand old men on the music scene today, György Kurtág composed his Kafka-Fragmente in the mid-1980s, and these forty settings of text fragments by Franz Kafka remain one of his most often-performed works. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Lieder Edition, Vol. 11 - Lieder und Gesänge Soldatenlied • Jugendlieder Caroline Melzer (soprano), Simon Bode (tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Few if any composers equalled Schumann in the breadth of his literary taste. His reading encompassed the major figures of European literature in German translation. |
ERNST KRENEK
Sechs Motetten nach Worten von Franz Kafka Caroline Stein (soprano) Philip Mayers (piano) / RIAS-Kammerchor / Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] After a critically acclaimed first disc devoted to his Lamentations of Jeremiah RIAS Kammerchor now returns to one of its favourite composers. Krenek was born in Vienna as the son of a Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army. He studied there and... |
Caroline Weeks
Songs for Edna [ Manimal Vinyl / CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Piano Works Volume 1 Caroline Weichert (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] During his short life Erwin Schulhoff absorbed a wide range of musical styles. The jazz-inspired Partita includes witty takes on the Tango, Foxtrot and Shimmy. Further synthesis comes in the Suite No. 3, written for the left hand alone, which adapts... |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Piano Works Vol 2 Caroline Weichert (piano) [ Grand Piano / CD - released 15/Aug/2013 ] This is a fascinating disc of music that is rarely heard and when as lovingly played as it is here deserves a wide listenership. |
STEPHEN HARTKE
Hartke: The Greater Good (complete opera) Caroline Worra / John de Haan / Christine Abraham / Andrew Wentzel / Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra / Stewart Robertson [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] "Having amply demonstrated his ingenious skills and audacious imagination as a composer of symphonic and chamber works, Mr. Hartke emerges in this engaging live recording as an opera composer to reckon with." New York Times |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Turn of the Screw (complete opera) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox / Mark Padmore / Lisa Milne / Catrin Wyn Davies / Diana Montague / Nicholas Kirby Johnson / Caroline Wise [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- "With its short intimate scenes and concentrated lines, the Screw is so cinematic that it's surprising there's only been one previous film. This has just won a Viennese TV award. It's one of the truest opera films to date." (BBC Music) |