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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter's reading of Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons', conducted by the man who discovered her, Herbert von Karajan, was the first classical CD to go platinum. And to this day, its legendary status remains untarnished. |
WAGNER
Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Brocheler / Henk Smit / Graham Clark / Reinhild Runkel / Chris Merritt / Anne Gjevang / Hartmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte / 2 DVD - released 26/Apr/2006 ] G :- 'A blend of transparent stage direction, powerful images and colourful orchestral playing. Perfect.' Trouw (The Netherlands) |
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Bennet, Anne / Schygulla, Hanna
Neuwirth, Olga - Der Tod und das Mädchen II [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
BIZET
Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci / Andrew Richards / Anne-Catherine Gillet / Nicolas Cavallier / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Anna Caterina Antonacci is now acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She made her Covent Garden... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Chœur de l'Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse; Romain Dumas; Anne-Catherine Gillet; Véronique Gens; Ar [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 4/Oct/2024 ] 'The rehearsals for La Vie parisienne are almost driving me insane', wrote librettist Ludovic Halévy a few days before the work's first performance. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
On the Town (Original Cast Recording 1940-1956) Betty Comden, John Frank, Adolph Green, Nancy Walker, Leonard Bernstein & others [ Naxos Musicals / CD - released 5/Apr/2010 ] "We'll catch up some other time," sing the lovers in the touching finale to On the Town, but the irony is that this show, perhaps more than any other in musical comedy history couldn't have happened at any other time than exactly when it did. Not... |
RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie (complete opera recorded in 2012) Paris Opera Palais Garnier / Topi Lehtipuu, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Stéphane Degoutad, Sarah Connolly / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] Recorded live at the Paris Opera Palais Garnier, Haïm is joined by the orchestra of Le Concert d'Astrée, as well stellar cast including Sarah Connolly as Phèdre, Stéphane Degout as Thésée, Anne-Catherine Gillet as Aricie and Topi Lehtipuu as Hippolyt |
PHILIP GLASS
Orphee (complete opera) Philip Cutlip, Georgia Jarman, Lisa Saffer, Ryan MacPherson / Portland Opera, Anne Manson [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "The text is set in the original French, and the shapely vocal lines and cool, clear textures have an unmistakably Gallic feel; listening to this performance... there are constant reminders that Glass studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger in the... |
ROUND THE HORNE
Round The Horne: Collectors Edition - Series 2 Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Kenneth Horne is the suave host, whilst around him orbit those no-holds-barred satellites Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Bill Pertwee. |
ROUND THE HORNE
Round the Horne: The Very Best Episodes: Volume 1 Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2005 ] Four of the best episodes from the classic BBC radio comedy series, which took comedy to a new level of outrageousness in the late 1960s. |
ROUND THE HORNE
Round The Horne: Collectors Edition - Series 1 (Rec 1965) Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This is a comprehensive collection of "Round the Horne", presented here is a special collector's edition box set of 8 CDs. The zany humour of the original 1960s radio shows makes for essential listening. |
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SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (An Opera in Two Scenes, Libretto by Paul Dehn) Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "A long-neglected British opera at last makes a sparkling début on record" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2004 |
ANDRE MESSAGER
Messager: Les P'tites Michu (complete operetta) Romain Dayez, Pierre Dumoussaud, Anne-Aurore Cochet, Marie Lenormand / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "The cast is predominantly youthful, as is the conductor Pierre Dumoussaud. Their account of the work is uniformly spirited, energetic, sympathetique and also full of comic broadness. But there's the rub." Opera |
ROUND THE HORNE
Round the Horne: Collectors Edition - Series Three Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2003 ] Written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, and broadcast between 1965 and 1968, Round the Horne starred Kenneth Horne, Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with significant contributions from news-reader Douglas Smith. |
ROUND THE HORNE
Round The Horne: The Very Best Episodes: Volume 3 Radio Show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Pat Lancaster [ BBC Radio Collection / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2007 ] Four more bona shows from one of the most popular comedies in the history of radio, chosen by Lyn Took and Lauretta Feldman, the widows of writers Barry Took and Marty Feldman. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (recorded live Covent Garden in 1980) Royal Opera House / Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Anne Howells, Stafford Dean / Richard Bonynge (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] "Fleet, if not polished...Sutherland tackles the title role with her usual attributes of a voice of considerable size, extention and pinpoint agility, no acting skills but a grand presence" Opera Now |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Wonderful Town (Original Broadway Cast 1953) / Comden and Green Performances (1955) Justin Arndt, Jordan Bentley, Al Caiola, Betty Comden,Warren Galjour, Adolph Green, and others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] Touched by tragedy, conceived in confusion and delivered with dissent, there's no possible reason that Wonderful Town should have lasted past opening night, yet alone become one of the classics of the musical theatre. Yet somehow it did and... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] "A frantic and fabulous show" (New York Times) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Operetta enthusiast Barrie Kosky has landed a gigantic success with Offenbach's subversive and hilarious reversion of the Orpheus myth at the Salzburg Festival. Kosky created a magically precise and witty staging with numerous extravagant costumes in... |
