More By Artist: Corto.alto
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JOHN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Missa Solemnis / Te Deum David Griffiths (bass) Zan McKendree-Wright (alto) Patrick Power (tenor) Patricia Wright (sop) / TOWER Voices New Zealand / NZ Symphony / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine May 2004 - "This choir has a remarkable level of control, vocal development and musicality. The fact that they are all trained voices means that an effortless power is available to them, with a wide and dramatic... |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Secular Cantatas VIII: Celebratory Cantatas Hana Blažíková (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Roderick Williams (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] "This is a superb issue in a superb series." MusicWeb December 2017 |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brian: Symphony No.1 "The Gothic" Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) / Eva Jenisova (soprano) / Peter Mikulas (bass) / Dagmar Peckova (alto) / Various Choirs / Slovak Philharmonic, Ondrej Lenard [ Marco Polo / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] "Leonard leads a substantial percentage of the adult population of Bratislava in a noble effort, full of excitement, with enthusiastic choral singing and a very good lineup of soloists all vividly if a touch shallowly recorded" ClassicsToday... |
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms & Capriccio's Peter Schreier (tenor), Olaf Bär (baritone), René Jacobs (alto) & Ludwig Güttler (corno da caccia, trumpet & conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] "Zelenka was one of Bach's and Telemann's most musically colourful contemporaries." (Gramophone) |
Art Pepper (alto sax), with Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Russ Freeman, Gerald Wiggins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar, Ben Tucker (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), etc
The Return of Art Pepper - The complete Art Pepper Aladdin recordings - Volume One [ Blue Note / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "Pepper sounds surprisingly good for having been away from recording nearly two years. At this point, he retained the cool and dry tone which would later give way to the torrential playing of his final comeback. The music is vintage West Coast cool,... |
WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (W.F.): Cantatas Barbara Schlick (soprano) Claudia Schubert (alto) Wilfried Jochens (tenor) Stephan Schreckenberger (bass) / Das Kleine Konzert, Das Kleine Konzert [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Recorded 15-22 April 1991, Wuppertal-Barmen, Immanuelskirche |
The Bill Perkins Octet (featuring Bud Shank, alto saxophone, and Bill Perkins (tenor Saxophone)
On Stage: The Bill Perkins Octet [ Pacific Jazz / CD - released 4/Oct/1999 ] Recorded at the Music Box Theatre in Los Angeles on February 9 (1-4, 9) and February 16 (5-8), 1956. |
GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stölzel - Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas 6 - 10) Britta Schwarz (Mezzo Soprano), Henning Voss (Alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Weimarer Barockensemble, Ludger Rémy [ CPO / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] Recorded Weimar, Redoute, January, 2000 |
Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), with Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly, Percy Heath & Art Blakey
Cannonball Adderley - Things Are Getting Better [ OJC / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] This title provides ample evidence why alto Cannonball Adderley is considered one of the masters of his craft. Here he joins forces with Modern Jazz Quartet co-founder Milt Jackson on vibes to create a variety of sonic atmospheres. |
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WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Sangen [symphonic cantata] / Reverenza / Romeo and Hulia / Romances Charlotta Larsson (soprano) Martina Dike (alto) Lars Cleveman (tenor) Frederik Zetterstrom (baritone) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (c [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] In a way it is odd that Stenhammar may be best known for a comparative trifle - the Entr'acte from the huge cantata Sången ('The Song'). This is an encore for basically all Swedish orchestras touring abroad. So why limit oneself to recording just... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rarities (incls 'Voices for Today' & 'Bottom's Dream') Choir of King's College / John Hahessy (boy alto) / Peter Pears (tenor) / Pamela Bowden (contralto) / Sir Geraint Evans (baritone) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Britten's underrated United Nations anthem Voices for Today makes it onto disc at last, together with vintage recordings of artists the composer chose to work with." (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, J. S.: Motets / Easter Oratorio BWV 249 Christine Brenk (soprano) Anne Greiling (alto) Frank Bossert (tenor) Thomas Pfeiffer (bass) / Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Ensemble vocal de Lausanne [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2007 ] It is uncertain how many motets Johann Sebastian Bach composed, because some have been lost, and there are some doubtful attributions among the surviving ones associated with him. There is a case for regarding the six motets catalogued BWV 225-230 as... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (recorded in December, 1999) Claron McFadden, sop, Bernarda Fink, alto, Christoph Genz, tenor, Dietrich Henschel, bass / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloist, Eliot Gardiner [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English... |
PAULCRESTON / JOHN WILLIAMS / ROGER BOUTRY / Ástor Piazzolla / etc
La création du monde Claude Delangle (alto saxophone) / Swedish Wind Ensemble / Christian Lindberg [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Chronologically, this programme of music for wind ensemble is framed by Darius Milhaud's La création du monde, a ballet score from 1923, and the composer Anders Emilsson's Salute the band, commissioned for the 2006 centenary of the Swedish Wind... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Oratorio Arias David Daniels (alto) / Paris Ensemble Orchestral, John Nelson [ Virgin Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] "His really is a beautiful voice, far removed from the traditional 'churchy' countertenor timbre." -Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine Sept 2002) |
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Donald Byrd (trumpet) with Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Art Pepper (baritone saxophone) Doug Watkins, Reggie Workman, Sam Jones (drums) & others
Blue Byrd [Bryd in the Hand / Byrd in Flight] [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] Recorded At - Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey - CD1 Recorded At - Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - CD2 |
GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stölzel - Two Serenatas Dorathee Mields (sop) Elisabeth graf (alto) Knut Schoch (ten) Ekkehard Abele (bass) / Telmannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Remy [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Recorded: 28 August - 4 September 2004 Recording Venue: Kirche St. Bonifatius, Ditfurt |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah (highlights) Emma Kirkby (sop) Margaret Cable (alto) James Bowman (countertenor) Joseph Cornwell (ten) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Parrott [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] Highlights from the classic recording including 'Behold the Lamb of God', 'He was despised' and 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Complete Schumann Edition: Vol 6 Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Stella Doufexis (alto) Adrian Thompson (tenor) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Another winner in this profoundly satisfying series from Graham Johnson ." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Hanna Herfurtner (sop), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (ten) Christian Immler (bass) / Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2017 ] Described by librettist Charles Jennens with typical English understatement as "a fine entertainment", Handelʼs Messiah was initially controversial as a biblical oratorio written for secular theatres. Within years it was however being "received with... |
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Tim Berne (alto saxophone) with Oscar Noriega (clarinet/bass clarinet) & Matt Mitchell (piano, Tack and Wurlitzer pianos)
Shadow Man [ ECM / CD - released 22/Oct/2013 ] Acclaim for the first, eponymous album from saxophonist-composer Tim Berne's acoustic quartet Snakeoil came from far and wide: All About Jazz described the music as "unpredictable and fresh," while The Guardian called it "an object lesson in... |
Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
Lee Morgan (trumpet), with Jackie McLean (alto sax), Curtis Fuller (trombone), McCoy Tyler (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) Art Blakey (drums)
Tom Cat [ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Aug/1990 ] "It seems strange that the music on this CD was not released initially until 1980. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had had an unexpected hit with "The Sidewinder," so his more challenging recordings were temporarily put aside. As it turns out, this was one of... |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion Maria Keohane, Helena Ek (Sopranos), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammell (tenor), Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] A new recording from the Ricercar Consort is always special and this is no exception: here a new St John Passion. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Symphony no 2 Marjana Lipovsek (alto) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "How pleasant it is to be able to welcome a new recording of a Brahms symphony. The sessions took place before the BPO elected Abbado as their Chief Conductor, but the orchestra responds with unmistakable enthusiasm to the Italian conductor" Gramopho |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Passion Oratorio), TWV 5:6 Dorothee Mields (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass) / Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein, Ludger Remy [ CPO / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "The performance does the work full justice....The recorded sound, too, is restrained and sympathetic. Yet another pleasant Telemann surprise." Gramophone. |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147 Ruth Holton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Elliot Gardiner [ DG Archiv / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] "The solo singing is by and large excellent. I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton" (Gramophone) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: From Solo To Quartet Märta Schéle (soprano), Edith Thallaug (alto), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Erland Hagegård (bass), Lucia Negro (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] An engaging collection of 19th-century Lieder, duets, and piano works performed by Swedish vocalists and pianist Lucia Negro. Centered around Robert Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel..a charming, highly idiomatic survey of German Romantic vocal music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |
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EMIL NIKOLAUS von REZNICEK
Reznicek: Der Sieger [The Victor] (symphonic poem) Beate Koepp (alto) / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Michail Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Michail Jurowski |
WILLIAM WALTON / LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms William Stone (baritone) Derek Lee Ragin (alto) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2006 ] Grammy Award Winner for Best Choral Performance Other Than Opera |
ROMAN MACIEJEWSKI
Maciejewski: Requiem - Missa Pro Defunctis. Zdzislawa Donat (sop), Jadwiga Rappe (alto), Jerz Knetig (ten) & Janusz Niziolek (bass) / Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Tadeusz St [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "It's intermittently impressive in spite of the fact that the composer's personal voice is somewhat elusive…The performance is very good indeed, refined and exuberant as required, and all four soloists are outstanding." Gramophone |
Corto.alto
Some Small Fortune (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Some Small Fortune is the new album by corto.alto - the project led by multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall. For the best part of the last decade, Dumfries-born, Glasgow-raised Shortall has been in his home studio... |
KOMEI ABE
Abe: Symphony No. 1 / Divertimento / Sinfonietta Aleksey Volkov (alto saxophone) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dimitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] Komei Abe was one of the finest pupils trained at the Tokyo Music School ( now the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music) in the 1930s. His musical language is characterized by crisp melodies, structural clarity and, in the composer's own words,... |
GEORG GEBEL
Xmas Cantatas Vol 1 Veronika Winter, Gesine Adler (sop), Britta Schwarz (alto), Andreas Post (ten), Matthias Vieweg (bass) / Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Rémy [ CPO / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Georg Gebel was unquestionably an artist of genius. Only his tragic and untimely death, combined with his negligent care of his compositions, conspired to keep him unknown or forgotten outside his close circles. It was not until 2003, when CPO... |
RAVEL
Works Transcribed for Ten-Stringed Guitar and Alto Guitar Anders Miolin (ten-stringed & alto guitars) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1998 ] Anders Miolin (ten-stringed & alto guitars) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
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... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Cantate Cessate omai cessate RV 684; etc Andreas Scholl (alto) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Here's a very attractively prepared menu whose main course is the Stabatmater for countertenor and strings. Hors-d'oeuvres and side-dishes consist of a ripieno concerto (RV114), a chamber cantata for countertenor and strings (RV684), and more" |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op 123 Rosa Mannion (sop) Birgit Remmert (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) / La Chapelle Royale / Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe has the measure of this stubborn masterpiece...No-one has ever got it quite right - until now.' - Classic CD |
