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SAMUEL & AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: African Suite / Violin Concerto / Nonet in F minor / etc Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke! Orchestra [ Decca / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] "..one of the biggest and best collections of his music yet released. At its heart is the heavenly Violin Concerto; Elena Urioste and the orchestra under Kevin John Edusei give a wonderful performance full of fiery spirit and delicacy." BBC Music |
MEL BONIS / GABRIEL FAURÉ / REYNALDO HAHN / LILI BOULANGER
Le Temps retrouvé Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] The three sonatas on this album were all published during the decade 1916 - 26, a musical period to which we often find ourselves drawn, when the world - and the artistic landscape - was changing beyond recognition. |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: L'Arlesiana (complete opera recorded in 1992) Elena Zilio, Péter Kelen, Maria Spacagna, Barry Anderson / Hungarian State Orchestra, Charles Rosekrans [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Best known for its poignant tenor aria, Federico's Lament -'È la solita storia del pastore' - L'Arlesiana is a tragic story of love, frustration and obsession. The young Enrico Caruso sang the role of the Provençal farmer Federico at the opera's... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Complete opera recorded in 1996) Lyon Opera / Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Scaltriti, Simone Alaimo, Elena Dan / Evelino Pido (cond) [ Decca / RM Associates DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2003 ] "Frank Dunlop's witty, unvarnished view of Donizetti's country comedy, updated to the 1930s, is delightful to see, wondrous to hear." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux / etc Alexander Melnikov (piano), Elena Brilova (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "This stunning disc is finely recorded and makes you look forward to a further balance of songs and piano music from both these remarkable artists." Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Or sì m'avveggio, oh Amore - Cantatas for soprano Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano) / Auser Musici / Carlo Ipata (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'This outstanding disc not only displays unequivocal proof of Porpora's exceptional skill..but also provides some of the most genuinely enjoyable and captivating performances of eighteenth-century vocal music I have heard on disc for a very long... |
THEODORAKIS / MAMANGAKIS / BOUDOUNIS / STRAVINSKY / etc
Elena Papandreou - Guitar Recital Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ Naxos Guitar Laureate Series / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] The Greeks are said to have a word for it; the word 'guitar' may even have been derived from the Greek kithara, though they applied it to a form of lyre, and they also have the music for it, a variety of which is included in this recording. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Recitals - Elena Souliotis sings Verdi and Donizetti Elena Souliotis (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Opera di Roma. Oliviero de Fabritiis [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] Greek-born Elena Souliotis enjoyed a short but meteoric career in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She had first appeared as Santuzza in Naples in 1964 and this was followed by her American debut two years later when she sang Helen of Troy... |
PAUL SCHOENFELD / FRANK BRIDGE / AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / AARON COPLAN / etc
From Brighton To Brooklyn Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2022 ] "…Urioste's playing is nuanced and committed, while Poster impresses with his joyous fantasy, tonal range and versatility." International Piano |
EDVARD GREIG
Grieg: The Violin Sonatas Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ Orchid / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Overall, though, this disc is demonstrates the vitality and commitment of the players and I hope Urioste and Poster will consider recording other sonatas such as the Franck of the three Brahms." MusicWeb |
