Andre Rieu / The Johann Strauss Orchestra With the Platin Tenors
Andre Rieu at Schonbrunn, Vienna [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 21/Sep/2006 ] Would you like to enjoy Andre's biggest and most beautiful special ever? Well, you can! This DVD beautifully recreates the musical spectacle that took place in the courtyard in front of Vienna's Schonbrunn Palace on 7 and 8 July, 2006. So sit back,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Hyperion Schubert Edition: The Final Year John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Schade (tenors) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 37 / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] The final volume in the Schubert Hyperion series |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine [Vespers of 1610] Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell (tenors) / Apollo's Fire Braoque Orchestra, Jeannette Sorrell [ Avie / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "Sorrell's is an eclectic Vespers in which there's never a dull moment. The instrumentation is the fullest, the playing the most high spirited I've ever heard." (MusicWeb Jan 2011). |
The Irish Tenors [John McDermott, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan]
The Irish Tenors [ Startel Entertainment / CD - released 11/Nov/1999 ] John McDermott, Anthony Kearns & Rowan Tynan are The Irish Tenors & they are sweeping the world with their moving & passionate performances of Irish Vocal Music. A favourite album for Brian Edwards & lovers of pure vocal harmanies in the Irish tradition. |
The Irish Tenors
In Concert With the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra - Limited Edition [ MRA Entertainment / 2 DVD/CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] PG - Contains low level offensive language. |
The Irish Tenors (Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright)
The Irish Tenors - Live In Belfast [ TV Matters / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] Recorded live at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on the 5th of February 2000. |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Akathist of Thanksgiving James Bowman & Timothy Wilson (counter-tenors) / Westminster Abbey Choir & BBC Singers, Martin Neary [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/1994 ] "the score is a catalogue of riches. The dark-hued, quasi Bulgarian male-voice sections, the sparkling countertenor duets, the variety of the scoring and the deeply moving recurring ''Amin'', and the unexpected quiet climax." Gramophone |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs Vol. 2 Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy, Felicity Lott and Stella Doufexis, sopranos / John Mark Ainsley and John-Paul Fouchecourt, tenors / Christopher Ma [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "This disc has given me enormous pleasure and will continue to do so, I know. I recommend it urgently" (MusicWeb April 2005) |
JUSSI BJORLING / ENRICO CARUSO / BENIAMINO GIGLI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Voices of the Century - Three Tenors Jussi Bjorling, Enrico Caruso & Beniamino Gigli (tenors) [ Memoir Classics / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Three of the great Tenor voices from the early 20th Century |
The Ten Tenors
The Best So Far [ Sony Australia / CD - released 11/Sep/2018 ] |
Irish Tenors, The
Home For Christmas [ Eone / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] |
Irish Tenors, The
Live In Dublin [ Eone / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] |
LUIGI ROSSI
Rossi: La Lyra d'Orfeo / Arpa Davidica L'arpeggiata, Véronique Gens (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky, Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenors), Christina Pluhar (theorbo), Christina Pluhar (harp) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD/Book - released 22/Nov/2019 ] The latest album from Christina Pluhar and her instrumental ensemble L'Arpeggiata sheds new light on the chamber cantatas of 17th century Italian composer, Luigi Rossi. |
Tenors, The
Lead With Your Heart [ Universal / CD - released 5/Aug/2013 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World - A film by Axel Brüggemann Anja Harteros, Plácido Domingo and Piotr Beczała, Tenors Christian Thielemann and Valery Gergiev, Conductors [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] This is a documentary that flows with effortless authenticity, and always with an engaging lightness of touch and an unexpected diversity of scenery and personal observation from the colourful characters included. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World - A film by Axel Brüggemann BLU-RAY Anja Harteros, Plácido Domingo and Piotr Beczała, Tenors Christian Thielemann and Valery Gergiev, Conductors [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Mar/2022 ] This is a documentary that flows with effortless authenticity, and always with an engaging lightness of touch and an unexpected diversity of scenery and personal observation from the colourful characters included. |
MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'Beatus vir' & 'salve Regina I') Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
J.S. BACH
A Bach Christmas: Magnificat, BWV 243a / Cantata: Christen, atzet diesen Tag / etc Catherine Bott & Elizabeth Scholl (sopranos) Christopher Robson (countertenor) Paul Agnew & Andrew King (tenors) / New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ ABC Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Marvellous life-enhancing music ... can be enjoyed at any time of the year, not just at Christmas" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
Celtic Tenors
Remember Me [ Telarc Classical / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
The Celtic Tenors
Feels Like Home [ Telarc / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] |
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (complete) Claron McFadden (soprano) Robert Harre-Jones (alto) John Mark Ainsley & Rogers Covey-Crump (tenors) Michael George (bass) / The King's Consort / Rober [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'McFadden is a loving Galatea, Ainsley a charming Acis, and Covey-Crump a finely polished Damon. Michael George is magnificent - a nimble but ferocious Polyphemus whose every note is absolutely centred' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta [The Silken Ladder] (complete opera) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill (sopranos) Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens (tenors) Emmanuel Franco (baritone) Eugenio Di Lieto (bass) / Kraków Philharmonic [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful. |
BRITTEN
The Complete Purcell Realizations Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton (sopranos) Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge (tenors) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Altogether a marvellous treat - Another Hyperion triumph' (Classic CD) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Original version of the complete opera) Svetlana Katchour (soprano) Uwe Eikotter, Bruce Rankin (tenors) Fredrika Brillemburg (mezzo) / Bremen Theatre [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "Gunter Neuhold, conducting the Bremen Philharmonic, leads an excellent performance in which Svetlana Katchour is a touching Butterfly, skillfully delineating the character's development from child-bride to tragic heroine." The Sunday Telegraph |
BERLIOZ
Lelio, ou Le Retour a la vie / Helene / etc Sune Hjerrild, Gert Henning Jensen (tenors) Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone) Danish National Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] The Danish National Symphony Orchestra adds to its large discography on Chandos with this unique coupling Of all the major works of Hector Berlioz, the monodrama Lélio, part II of the Symphonie Fantastique is surprisingly one of the least known... |
The Irish Tenors
The Very Best of the Irish Tenors [ Shock Records / CD - released 6/Apr/2010 ] Featuring such classics as "Danny Boy", "Maggie", "Last Rose of Summer" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" (Feat: John McDermott) all rendered with the kind of passionate, heartfelt and harmonious crooning that is their signature style. |
ANONYMOUS
Conductus 2: Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman (tenors) with Rogers Convey-Crump (tenor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] A second volume of music from the Conductus repertory-the least-known genre of medieval music, the 'poor relation' of organum and motets-performed by three singers who combine expert knowledge of the music with voices of unearthly beauty. This album... |
ANONYMOUS
Conductus: music & poetry from 13th Century France John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman (tenors) with Rogers Convey-Crump (tenor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "everything is immaculately clean: every passing dissonance is dead in place and nothing extrinsic is added to the music. It sounds lovely." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, Awards Issue 2012 |
LEOPOLD KOŽELUCH
Kozeluch: Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, "Hail to the Monarch" Kristýna Vylíčilová (soprano), Tomáš Kořínek, Josef Moravec (tenors), Filip Dvořá k (harpsichord) Martinů Voices & Prague Symphony, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] The coronation of Leopold II in Prague in 1791 came at a difficult time for European monarchs, although Leopold himself enjoyed a reputation as an enlightened ruler. Two musical works were commissioned for the occasion: Mozart's opera La clemenza di... |
KEVIN PUTS
Puts: Silent Night [Opera] Karin Wolverton (Soprano) Miles Mykkanen, Christian Sanders and Stephen Martin, Tenors), etc / Minnesota Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Courtney Lewis [ Naxos American Opera Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Kevin Puts is one of America's most exciting and important composers. His first opera, Silent Night, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by Minnesota Opera. It premiered in 2011 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. |
DARON HAGEN
Hagen: Orson Rehearsed Omar Mulero and Robert Frankenberry (tenors), Robert Orth (baritone), Fifth House Ensemble, Roger Zahab [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Daron Hagen is a Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Kennedy Center Friedheim Award-winning composer, with a catalog of internationally performed work spanning four decades. His operafilm Orson Rehearsed is the psychological, emotional, and spiritual... |
The Ten Tenors
Larger Than Life [ Warner Vision Australia / DVD - released 1/May/2006 ] G :- |
The Ten Tenors
Nostalgica [ Warner Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2009 ] This CD is "a romantic journey of musical discovery" as it combines classic ballads, opera-takes on post- war jazz and a dash of pop culture for good measure. The best album to date from The Ten Tenors. |
The Ten Tenors
Tenology Xmas Ed [ Warner Music / 2 CD ] |
The Ten Tenors
Wish You Were Here [ Sony Music / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] Wish You Were Here is a studio album from Australian vocal group The Ten Tenors. The album is an "homage" to many great artists who have passed away. The Ten Tenors say, "Although this album doesn't honor all the fallen artists in history, it is our... |
ARIAS FOR TENOR
Nessun dorma: Arias For Tenor (rias by Adam, Giordano, Ponchielli, Puccini, Rossini & Verdi) Janez Lotric, Thomas Harper (tenors) with various orchestras & conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The American tenor Thomas Harper was born in Oklahoma but has made his home in Germany, where he is a member of the Dortmund Opera Theatre. In addition to a recent highly acclaimed American debut as Mime in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the... |
WAGNER
Wagner - Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Complete operas) Wolfgang Neumann, Edward Cook (tenors), Carla Pohl (soprano), John Wegner (bass-baritone), Badische Staatskapelle, Ganter Neuhold (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "for those who are as yet uninitiated into this miraculous music, it is an inexpensive introduction without having to make do with just excerpts." (MusicWeb May 2002) |
STRAUSS II / LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ
The Ultimate Operetta Album [2 CD set] Zsuzsa Csonka, Ingrid Kertesi, Yvonne Kenny (Sopranos) Karl-Michael Ebner, Marko Kathol, Michael Roider (Tenors) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles, The Gypsy Princess, The Gypsy Baron and Countess Maritza. |