SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Variations on a theme of Corelli Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 3' is a complex, epic narrative that moves from a simple opening melody to the triumphant apotheosis at its conclusion. The composer ingeniously links motifs, melodies and at times whole sections between the... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera) Alessandra Marianelli, Silvia Beltrami, Maxim Mironov, Randall Bills / Camerata Bach Choir, PoznaĆ, Virtuosi Brunensis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "High standards of florid singing allow this performance to take flight and remain in the air: in fact..it's a vocal feast. Conductor José Miguel Pérez- Sierra shows considerable expertise" Opera, June 2018 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Etudes-tableaux Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Aug/2017 ] "Giltburg certainly has something fresh to say in Rachmaninov's Second Concerto...and he says it elegantly and eloquently...one of the most appealing aspects of this performance is its grand trajectory." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for orchestra (with Brahms/Schoenberg - Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra / Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "This new entry to the catalogue shines out with its precision, vigour and clarity of sound....A seriously interesting and worthwhile disc." (The Guardian) |
LEONARD BALADA
Balada: Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) [Opera] Jose Carreras (tenor) Miguel Sola, Luis Alvarez (baritones) Montserrat Caballe (sop) / Liceu Grand Theatre Orchestra / Theo Alcantara [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] From one of the world's great opera houses, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, comes Leonardo Balada's richly melodic opera about one of the world's great explorers, Christopher Columbus, commissioned by the Spanish government for the 5th... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Montserrat Caballé Sings Granados Montserrat Caballe (soprano) Miguel Zanetti (piano) / Orquesta De Camara, Rafael Ferrer [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 26/May/1997 ] "Perfect singing of this music" raved MusicWeb International |
SCARLATTI / CAVALLI / PAISIELLO / CALDARA / MARCELLO / HANDEL
Quella Fiamma - Arie Antiche Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto/musical direction), Shai Kribus (oboe), Patrick Langot (cello), Marie-Domitille Murez (harp) & Miguel Rincòn (theorbo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "One has to admire Parisotti's taste, as well as (not for the first time) Stutzmann's rich, win-dark voice, noble emotional articulation and, when required, flashing virtuosity. Some of these arias are simply ravishing in her hands" Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera filmed in 2003) Gran Teatre del Liceu / Daniela Dessi, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons / Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Juan Pons' Amonasro is a big-voiced portrayal by a big man with a big presence. He is quite simply superb, making his mark with every note he sings." (MusicWeb) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Concertos nos. 1, 3 & 4 Vadym Kholodenko (piano) / Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] "He rewarded the audience with a highly varied, consistently interesting and technically amazing performance" (STAR TELEGRAM, concert review) |