GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo / La Serva Padrona (complete operas recorded 2009 & 2011) Antonio Lozano, Maria Rodrìguez Cusì, Marina de Liso, Alessandra Marianelli, Carlo Lepore / Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "Marianelli is a sharp-witted, pert-voiced Serpina...Lepore is a suitably blustery Uberto, the playing of Accademia Barocca is exemplary, with some particularly splendid trumpet playing" International Record Review |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Berlin / Peter Seiffert, Marina Prudenskaya, Ann Petersen, Peter Mattei, René Pape / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Dec/2015 ] "Daniel Barenboim provides spacious and lucid conducting … Mattei's finely enunciated Wolfram and Peter Seiffert encompassing the title-role's difficulties with a constant eye on their dramatic import." (Gramophone January 2016) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 2012) La Monnaie de Munt / Misha Didyk, Marina Poplavskaya, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Scott Hendricks / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Stage Direction, Set Design, Costumes: Dmitri Tcherniakov After the success of 'Rigoletto', Verdi called on librettist Salvadore Cammarano in 1851 for his new opera 'Il Trovatore', based on the eponymous play by Spanish playwright Antonio García... |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The major themes on Marina's fifth studio album range from the impending climate crisis doom, wealth disparity, gender, and racial inequality to choosing yourself in a relationship. Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land is self-written and also sees... |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paisiello: Nina, O Sia la Pazza per Amore Marina Bolgan, Don Bernardini, Francesco Musinu, Fiorella Pediconi / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo "Bellini" di Catania, Richard Bonynge [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2003 ] Giovanni Paisiello, is best known for composing the original Barbiere di Siviglia. He was a favorite of the crowned heads of Europe; Napoleon considered him "the greatest composer there is" - but, on the strength of Nina, it's easy to see why Rossini... |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano Works Marina Staneva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] Following her acclaimed début recital, Marina Staneva returns with a programme of works by the Spanish-Catalan composer Federico Mompou. The programme opens with Paisajes (Landscapes), written in 1942, 1947, and 1960. |
MANUEL DE FALLA
De Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / El amor brujo Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado - Marina Heredia, cantaora [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "Rhythms are wonderfully precise, textures very sensuous throughout, the latter helped immeasurably by the vivid, immediate recording." Editor's Choice Gramophone December 2019 |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Bryan Hymel, Patrizia Ciofi, John Relyea, Marina Poplavskaya / Daniel Oren (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Meyerbeer's vocal writing demands virtuoso singing, and receives that here. Bryan Hymel hurls himself unstintingly at the title role, impossible high notes and all." BBC Music |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI / Warner DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "No vocal Tarnhelm has suddenly magicked a different-sounding timbre for this voice: here is, simply, Domingo singing - and evidently enjoying singing - a part that's lower down. What we might here cheekily call the supporting cast are strong"... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Nicola Alaima, Marina Rebeka, Juan Diego Flórez, Amanda Forsythe / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] At last the undisputed Rossini tenor par excellence, Juan Diego Florez makes his debut in the hugely demanding role of Arnold in 'Guillaume Tell' and "masters his part with seemingly effortless perfection" (Die Presse). |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (Complete opera recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY Teatro Comunale Pergolesi / Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirillo, Annamaria Dell'Oste / Ottavio Dantone (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Top marks go to conductor and director for giving the music space to breathe. The vocal cast is almost uniformly brilliant. Dell'Oste is in a class of her own: she turns coloratura into eloquent, heart-rending declarations" (BBC Music) |
Marina and The Diamonds
Electra Heart (Deluxe Edition) [ Warner Music U.K. / CD - released 18/May/2012 ] A ground-to-air missile of ambitious and confident songs, 'Electra Heart' underlines that Marina is amongst the most talented young British artists around. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Faramondo (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Sophie Karthäuser, Marina de Liso / Choeur de la Radio Suisse, Lugano & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2003 ] "The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommend to diehard Handel fans." The Telegraph |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, Russell Braun, Jonathan Beyer / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (cond) [ Decca Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Apr/2014 ] "Mr. Kaufmann, a Met superstar… was a handsome, vocally splendid Faust. He sang the pensive and romantic passages with veiled dusky colorings and tender lyricism, and unleashed pent-up power in full-bodied phrases, capped by fearless high notes." NYT |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2005) Moscow Classical Ballet / Marina Rzhannikova / Nikolay Chevychelov / Maxim Guerasimov / Alexei Pryadkin / Pavel Salnikov (conductor) [ Decca Music Group Limited / DVD - released 25/Oct/2006 ] G :- A beautiful and authentic staging in the great tradition of Russian classical ballet (including the authentic Russian happy ending!) Featuring the remarkable ballerina Marina Rzhannikova in the demanding double role of Odette/Odile. |
VERDI
Don Carlo (complete opera recorded in 2008) Royal Opera House / Marina Poplavskaya, Simon Keenlyside, Rolando Villazón, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2016 ] National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest - and arguably greatest - opera, Don Carlo, was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal Opera House season. This new production marked Rolando Villazón's much anticipated,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Femina moderna - music for mixed choir Allmänna Sången Choir, Marina Goundorina (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "The choir's sound is fresh and direct. Its ensemble is tight and its diction crisp" BBC Music |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Duets & Arias) Andrea Bocelli / Marina Domashenko/ Eva Mei / Bryn Terfel / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Jul/2010 ] "The Carmen herself will, for most of us, be a remarkable discovery. Her voice is an opulent contralto with an ample range upwards, and she knows how to lighten, how to smile and keep the music on its toes with a keen sense of rhythm." (Gramophone) |
PERGOLESI
Il Prigionier Superbo / La Serva Padrona (complete operas) BLU-RAY Antonio Lozano, Maria Rodrìguez Cusì, Marina de Liso, Alessandra Marianelli, Carlo Lepore / Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Nov/2012 ] E: - The Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, which has been devoting itself to the research and performance of Pergolesi's music for years now, had his operas recorded live at the annual Music Festival in Jesi. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle Marina Rebeka, Sara Mingardo, Francesco Meli, Alex Esposito / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2013 ] The Sunday Times wrote, "Pappano lives the text like the great opera conductor he is, bringing consolation as well as fire and brimstone to Rossini's heady spiritual brew." |
SAINT-SAENS
Music for the Prix de Rome Julie Fuchs, Marina De Liso, Solenn’ Lavanant Linke, Bernard Richter / Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Herve Niquet [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "The performances seem uniformly excellent and the sound quality is first-rate." (International Record Review) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Mass In D & Te Deum Ewa Biegas (soprano), Marina Rodríguez-Cusí (mezzo), Javier Tomé (tenor), José Antonio López (baritone) / Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "The score's orchestral colours are vividly etched and matched by splendidly ebullient choral singing" Gramophone |
NICOLA ANTONIO PORPORA
Porpora: l'amato nome - Cantatas Op 1 Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Emanuela Galli (soprano), Giuseppina Bridelli (contralto), Marina De Liso (contralto); Stile Galante, Stefano Aresi [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2018 ] "There are full texts and translations, attractive colour photographs of the musicians, all looking very jolly, and a most welcome sense of engagement throughout this compelling twofer." MusicWeb |
BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2011) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Roberto Alagna, Erwin Schrott, Marina Poplavskaya / Marc Piollet (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] This prestigious 2011 production from the Gran Teatre del Liceu was staged by the world famous and highly controversial stage director Calixto Bieito, admired for his raw and evocative stagings. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
The very best of Rachmaninov: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Idil Biret (piano) Bernd Glemser (piano) Michael Grebanier (cello) Vladimir Grishko (tenor) Janet Guggenheim (piano) Marina Mescheriakova (cello) & ma [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso RV728 Anne Desler, Nicki Kennedy, Marina De Liso, Lucia Sciannimanico / Coro da Camera Italiano & Modo Antiquo / Eico Maria Sardelli [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2008 ] Orlando Furioso is one of Vivaldi's most important operas. The story goes back to the epic of the same name by Ludovico Ariosto, set on an island ruled by the sorceress Alcina, and tells of Orlando's unhappy love for Angelica. Composed in 1727, the... |
VERDI
The Ultimate Opera Album [2 CD set] Jitka Saparova, Yordy Ramiro, Miriam Gauci, Marina Mescheriakova, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This highly dramatic album includes the most famous moments from Verdi's ever-popular operas, in which public splendour and private pathos, true love and tragedy, vie for supremacy at every turn. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo [cantata] Joshua Stewart (Tenor) Leonor Bonilla (Soprano) ...Marina Comparato (Mezzo-soprano), etc / Virtuosi Brunensis, Pietro Rizzo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Rossini composed Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo, an allegorical cantata on the theme of the wedding between the sea goddess Thetis and the hero Peleus. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ghost Songs: Contemporary Music and Words from Ireland Laetare Vocal Ensemble; Róisín Blunnie (conductor), Síle Denvir (vocals, harp); Marina Carr, Paula Meehan, Carl Corcoran, Dairena Ní Chinnéide (reader [ Divine Art Records / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] This is a most unique collection of words and music by mainly contemporary poets, authors and composers from Ireland revealing the rich and deeply meaningful musical and literary traditions of Ireland inspired by folk tales, fantasy and the reality... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tribute to David Oistrakh Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Nicholas Walker (piano) / Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) / Clifford Benson (piano) / Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] David Oistrakh, one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the last century, made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous works for violin. Among the many violin virtuosi of the younger generation whom he inspired is Lydia Mordkovitch, one... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Linda Di Chamounix (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Jessica Pratt, Teresa Iervolin, Francesco Demuro, Marina de Liso / Michele Gamba (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Deploying her voluminously secure soprano with artistry, [Pratt] gives us a sweetly innocent 'O luce di quest'anima' and skilfully navigates the once-famous Mad Scene. Her romantic partner is attractively voiced by Francesco Demuro." Opera |
Marina
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] |
Marina
Love + Fear [ Parlophone / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Love + Fear is an album set split into two eight-song collections and lands as MARINA's fourth full-length record. Love + Fear are both lush, vibrant and powerful representations of the two main emotional driving forces behind human... |
Marina
Love + Fear (Ltd Edition Double Gatefold Coloured LP) [ Parlophone / 2 LP - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Love + Fear is an album set split into two eight-song collections and lands as MARINA's fourth full-length record. Love + Fear are both lush, vibrant and powerful representations of the two main emotional driving forces behind human... |
PAULINE VLARDOT
Mélodies: Chopin Mazurkas and other Songs Marina Comparato (mezzo soprano) & Elisa Triulzi (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "This is a most welcome release." (MusicWeb Oct 2014) |
Marina Domashenko
Arensky: Raffaello [ Delos / CD ] |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8 / Três Abstrações Marina Martins (cello) Denise de Freitas (mezzo-soprano) / Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The 1960s proved to be a significant decade in Claudio Santoro's ever-eventful life. The charged atmosphere of the Cello Concerto can be attributed to his experiences in East Berlin at the moment construction started on the Berlin Wall. Despite its... |
DVORAK
Mass Op 86 / Te Deum Op 103 [with free Chandos catalogue] Marina Meshcheriakov (soprano) Sergei Miasnikov (bass) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Mar/2003 ] |
Marina Mesheriakova
Soprano Arias [ Naxos / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] |