VERDI
Gerusalemme [Jerusalem] (complete opera) Marcello Giordani, Philippe Rouillon, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Daniel Borowski, Simon Edwards / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Fabio Luisi [ Decca Operas / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] |
VERDI
Opera Choruses (Incls The Chorus of Hebew Slaves) Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala / Claudio Abbado / etc [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 2/Sep/2001 ] Classic recordings remastered |
ANONYMOUS
Canto Gregoriano - Polyphonic hymns from the Middle Ages Coro de Monjes de la Abadía de Santo, Domingo de Silos [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Recorded in the 1970's to become a global best seller in 1994, the legendary Canto Gregoriano introduced new audiences to the sublime sound of Gregorian Chant. Re-issued with new artwork to mark the 2016 Jubilee of the Pilgrimage to Santiago. |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / WAXMAN
American Impressions Rachel Kolly d'Alba (violin) / Orchestre National de la Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This is a fun album, worth hearing particularly for the terrific Bernstein performance" (International Record Review) |
De La Soul
Impossible Mission - TV Series - Part 1 [ Red Lion Entertainment / CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] "No longer backed by record companies but back by popular demand" raps Posdnuos in "Freedom Train," the penultimate song on De La Soul's label-less mixtape Impossible Mission: TV Series, Pt. 1, a collection of older previously unreleased tracks, as... |
De La Soul
Timeless - The Singles Collection [U.S. Import] [ Rhino Records / CD - released 27/May/2003 ] A singles collection from the authors of hip-hop's greatest full-length? True, De La Soul may not be as desperate for this type of compilation as a notoriously album-weak rapper like Busta Rhymes, but Rhino's Timeless: The Singles Collection is an... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SEANS / FRANCIS POULENC / DARIUS MILHAUD
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux / Poulenc: Les animaux modèles / Milhaud: La Création du Monde Aldo Ciccolini (piano) & Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre [ Erato Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Proverbially idiomatic, Georges Prêtre conducts four works that typify the special charm, wit and sensuousness so often found in French music from the belle époque to the mid-20th century: Saint-Saëns "grand zoological fantasy" Le Carnaval des... |
I See Hawks In LA
Hallowed Ground [ CD - released 31/Mar/2009 ] |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Janine Micheau, Rita Gorr, Henri Legay, Jean Borthayre / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys draws on the same Breton myth of a submerged city as Debussy's La Cathédrale engloutie. A great success at its 1888 premiere at Paris's Opéra Comique, it even reached the Metropolitan Opera, New York, but its current rarity on the... |
GOUNOD / CHARPENTIER / MOZART / OFFENBACH / ROSSINI / etc
Janine Micheau - Operatic Recital Janine Micheau (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson, L´Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Alberto Erede [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 29 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
La Bouche
Sweet Dreams [ BMG Music / CD - released 16/Jan/1996 ] American import. |
W. A. MOZART
Overtures La Cetra / Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2006) La Scala, Milan / Marco Spotti, Ildiko Komlosi, Roberto Alagna / Violeta Urmana / Riccardo Chailly (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 26/Sep/2007 ] G:- The high profile new production from La Scala, Milan, filmed before Roberto Alagna's sensational departure! |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera recorded live in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Gerd Grochowski, Matti Salminen / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala's opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house's new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim." New York Times |
La Symphonie Du Marais/Reyne
Francour/Philidor: Festive & C [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] |
The La's
BBC in Session [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] Available as an import from Europe, 'BBC in Session' is a compilation of four BBC sessions by The La's, containing the band's session appearances on radio shows hosted by Janice Long, Liz Kershaw, Bob Harris and Nicky Campbell. |
STRAVINSKY
Ballets / Stage Works / Orchestral Works L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Records / 8 CD - released 26/May/2001 ] A budget-price box of Stravinsky's major orchestral works. All the Stravinsky recordings made by Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orchestra, digitally remastered in an 8-CD box at budget price. |
DEBUSSY
La Mer / Prelude a l'apras-midi d'un faune / Jeux, Khamma L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] Ansermet was the most important conductor from Decca's early years |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi Magdalena Kozena (Mezzo-soprano) / La Cetra, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "It is hard to fault this marvellous recording featuring Kožená at the peak of her powers. I can see this album having a broad appeal, speaking to those both familiar and new to Monteverdi." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1994) Jane Eaglen (Norma), Vincenzo La Scola, Eva Mei, Dimitri Kavrakos / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |