BRAHMS
Cello sonatas Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2015 ] Arnold Schoenberg acknowledged Brahms' extraordinary skill in opening out classical forms to new horizons. Some 20 years separate the composition of the cello sonatas of this composer preoccupied with the inner existence, who for all his respect for... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Volume 15: Symphonies 5 & 8 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] "Serviceable recordings and detailed notes added to an evocative front cover make this a very desirable bargain." (ClassicalNet) |
JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Kalliwoda: Violin Concertinos & Overtures Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Kalliwoda was perhaps the most important mediator between classicism and romanticism, and our new series featuring his overtures and violin concertos firmly substantiates this judgment. Kalliwoda was interested in composing works tailored to the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
ALEXANDER TIKHONOVICH GRETCHANINOV
Gretchaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom No. 4 Father Alexei Godunov / Father Alexander Korotsky / Ludmila Arshavskaya / Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "One hardly expects such richness of harmony simply looking at the page. Grechaninov employs some very subtle harmonic shading (for example, in the first and second antiphons and the memorable Creed) to decorate what are essentially plain liturgical... |
Arthur Alexander
The Monument Years [ Ace Records U.K. / CD - released 8/May/2001 ] |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / etc Ashley Wass (piano) Jack Liebeck (violin) Alexander Chaushian (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Frank Bridge's reputation as the teacher of his most famous student, Benjamin Britten, has long hindered appreciation of his own impeccably crafted music. Between the early Phantasie Trio (1907) and Miniatures (1908) and the masterful Piano Trio No.... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Astrid Varnay / Helen Traubel / Lauritz Melchior / Kerstin Thorborg / Friedrich Schorr / Alexander Kipnis / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Erich Leins [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Saturday 6th December 1941 was a momentous afternoon in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, The opera - Die Walkure - was well enough known to the theatre and radio audiences that day, but this particular performance was eagerly... |
STEFAN LEVIN
Written on Water - A Dance Film by Pontus Lindberg BLU-RAY Aurélie Dupont, Alexander Jones, Pontus Lidberg, Stina Ekblad, Leslie Caron [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Written on Water is a dance feature film about an artist whose happy and comfortable married life is upended when she unexpectedly falls in love with someone else. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Written on Water - A Dance Film by Pontus Lindberg [DVD] (Aurélie Dupont, Alexander Jones, Pontus Lidberg, Stina Ekblad, Leslie Caron, Magnus Svensso Aurélie Dupont, Alexander Jones, Stina Ekblad, Leslie Caron [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Written on Water is a dance feature film about an artist whose happy and comfortable married life is upended when she unexpectedly falls in love with someone else. Featuring Paris Opera Ballets Aurélie Dupont, Ballet Zurich principal dancer Alexander... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 10 in E minor Opus 93 Australian Youth Orchestra / Alexander Anissimov (conductor) [ Melba / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Whatever the moral implications of this massive music, the Australian Youth Orchestra give it full realization, masterfully led by Anissimov" (Four Stars AudAud.com) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Baden-Baden Opera / Kristine Opolais, Marcelo Álvarez Mario, Marco Vratogna, Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2018 ] "Rattle and his orchestra add both depth and gloss: to hear the shimmer of the Berlin strings in the eerie dwells of the Te Deum is enough to absolve the conductor of his reverential tempos" Gramophone |
DELIUS / BRIDGE / IRELAND / RUBBRA / etc
Twentieth Century Cello Sonatas Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano) [ Somm / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Six significant British cello sonatas impeccably performed. " (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Aug 2013) |
ZOLTAN KODALY / ANTONIN DVORAK
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvorák: Piano Trio, Op. 90 "Dumky" Barnabás Kelemen; Nicolas Altstaedt; Alexander Lonquich [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] After the success of the recent recording of works by Veress and Bartók, which won both a Gramophone Award and a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2020, the Lockenhaus Festival series, curated by its artistic director Nicolas Altstaedt, continues its... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Le martyre de Saint Sebastien Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Rahbari is a sensitive and perceptive Debussian." Gramophone |
RAVEL
Orchestral Works (Incls 'Gaspard de la Nuit' & 'Valses nobles et sentimentales') Bielefelder Philharmoniker, Alexander Kalajdzic [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Maurice Ravel instrumented many of his piano compositions for full orchestra, but even this tone-color magician kept his safe distance from his bloodcurdling Gaspard de la nuit. It was left to Marius Constant to accomplish this Herculean task, and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN
Ballerina: The World's Favourite Ballet Music [2 CD set] Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev / Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/May/2010 ] "For sheer enjoyment, though, I would definitely place it at the top of the pile. I would urge anyone who loves this music to make a point of hearing Nagano's outstanding reading." (Gramophone on Coppelia) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded at the paris Opera in 2008) Bolshoi Theatre / Marius Kwiecien / Makvala Kasrashvili / Tatiana Monogarova / Alexander Vedernikov (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / 2 DVD - released 10/May/2009 ] G - "Kwiecien is scoring a triumph in the title role, a part everywhere identified with his immediate predecessor, Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky…Kwiecien commands the stage with his good looks, rich and resonant voice and the volatile... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 / Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "Rahbari brings admirable sweep and dramatic fervour" CD Review |
Brown/Alexander/Malone
Brown/Alexander/Malone [ Telarc / 2 CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] |