MENDELSSOHN / CORNELIUS / SCHUMAN
Romantic Duets Julia Varady (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) [ Hanssler Profil / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] This recording made on February 26, 1989 in the Deutsche Oper in Düsseldorf and featuring Dietrich's 4th wife, soprano Julia Varady (born in 1941) included songs that the baritone, who was to retire from active performance in 1992, planned to record. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
3 Centuries of Bagatelles (bagatelles by Couperin, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Liadov, Bartok, Tcherepnin + Denisov) Julia Zilberquit (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] This innovative recording by the gifted Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit traces the development of the bagatelle from Couperin through to Bartók and beyond, revealing the remarkable character and drama in the genre. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Great Verdi Voices Leontyne Price (soprano) Julia Varady (soprano) Jose Carreras (tenor) Renato Bruson (baritone) Giuseppe Taddei (baritone) Franco Bonisolli (tenor), et [ BR Klassik / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] The radio recordings collected on this album from BR-Klassik were made between 1962 and 1984. All impressively convey the vocal presence of the renowned performing artists and are thus also of historical significance: the recordings produced by the... |
Marc Sinan with Julia Hulsmann
Fasil [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] 'Fasil', based on an idea by guitarist Marc Sinan and author Marc Schiffer, tells of the life of Aisha, the great love and youngest wife of the prophet Mohammed, in the course of an inspired song cycle. |
Marie Hallynck; Sophie Hallynck
Confidentes [ Cypres Records / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] 2021/22, a cultural season unlike any other, brings the 30th anniversary of Cypres. Musical renewal and reinvention is of the essence for any record label in today's environment. An enterprising spirit; a constant quest for newly composed works; firm... |
ROSSINI
Amor Fatale: Rosini Arias Marina Rebeka (soprano), Julia Heiler, Levy Sekgapane, Gianluca Margheri, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marco Armil [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 24/Aug/2017 ] Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. To mark the occasion of the upcoming Rossini year of 2018, she and the Munchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marco Armiliato, have recorded an album of highly dramatic opera... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: The Opera Collection [27 CD set incls 'Zoroastre', 'Castor & Pollux' & 'Hippolyte et Aricie'] Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Gawllw Mechaly, Anne Maria Panzarella, Mireille Delunsch, Zeger Vandersteene, Sophie Daneman, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This budget-priced box brings together nine of Rameau's operas and music from four of his other stage works, all in performances led by seven conductors who played a leading role in the revival of interest in Rameau's music over the past 30 years. |
50 BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS
50 Best Romantic Classics: Includes Offenbach 'Barcarolle', Debussy 'Clair de lune' & Dvorak 'Song to the Moon' Martha Argerich, Julian Bream, Herbert von Karajan, Moura Lympany, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ EMI Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] All the greatest romantic classics performed by the world's greatest soloists, instrumentalists and orchestras. |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 3 [Incls Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang''] Mary Bevan (soprano I), Sophie Bevan (soprano II) & Benjamin Hulett (tenor) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "The playing of the CBSO is of the highest quality, and the perfectly balanced and blended sound of the wind sections is something very special. It is all so well rendered by the engineers; they have successfully preserved the feeling of spaciousness |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Germanico in Germania (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Julia Lezhneva, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Juan Sancho / Capella Cracoviensis (on period instruments), Jan Tomasz Adamus [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] THE WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF A LOST MASTERPIECE |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Faramondo (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Sophie Karthäuser, Marina de Liso / Choeur de la Radio Suisse, Lugano & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2003 ] "The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommend to diehard Handel fans." The Telegraph |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos (complete) Maceal O'Rourke (piano) / London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (with David Juriz, violin, & Julia Desbruslais, cello) [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "O'Rourke seems to have adopted the style of Field himself; he has a lovely touch and flow." (American Record Guide) |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK
Dussek: Violin Sonatas, volume 1 Miriam Altmann-Rose (fortepiano), Julia Huber-Warzecha (violin) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] The start of an exciting new project: the recording of the complete violin sonatas by Dussek! Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, travelling Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several... |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera) Peter Schreier, Arleen Augér, Edith Mathis, Julia Varady, Helen Donath / Salzburger Rundfunk- und Mozarteumchor, Leopold Hager [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Leopold Hager...paces the arias admirably and draws clean, euphonious playing from the Mozarteum Orchestra. The cast could scarcely be bettered, as the presence of singers like Helen Donath and Edith Mathis in the secondary roles implies" Gramophone |
VERDI / BOITO
Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2006 in a new version by Tony Britten) Music Theatre London / Ian Jervis / Jan Hartley / Julia Forsyth / Simon Butteriss / Rosamund Shelley [ Signum Vision / DVD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] G; - "The DVD was recorded on location in and around a real golf club and the club acts as the setting for most of the scenes barring a few in the Fords' home." (MusicWeb Oct 2008) |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo (violins) / English Chamber orchestra, Salvatore Accardo [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Jan/1984 ] Recorded in 1983 |
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. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Harpsichord Works (Volume 1) Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A disc to whet the appetite for further volumes in the series." (The Daily Telegraph ) |
GIUSEPPE TORELLI / GIOVANNI COLONNA / GIACOMO PERTI / CARLO POLLAROLO
Cantatas & Concertos Nuria Rial (Soprano) / Kammerorchester Basel, Julia Schroder [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Spanish Catalan soprano Nuria Rial is famous for her shining, cristal clear and beautiful voice and is one of the most fitting voices for baroque arias. She was described as "a silvery sounding voice, as clear as a bell." (Opernglas) |