Courtney Marie Andrews
Old Flowers (LP) [ Fat Possum / LP - released 24/Jul/2020 ] Created in the aftermath of a long-term relationship, Old Flowers features Courtney Marie Andrews' most vulnerable writing to date on ten new songs that chronicle her journey through heartbreak, loneliness and finding herself again after it all. |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: L'Amour de loin (complete opera) Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina, Marie-Ange Todorovitch / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] "Saariaho has declared herself uninterested in the concept of courtly love and prefers to see her work as a more modern, wider meditation on love." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Opera |
SCALFI MARCELLO
Marcello: Complete Solo Cantatas Darryl Taylor (counter-tenor), Ann Marie Morgan (baroque cello), Deborah Fox (theorbo), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] History tells us that Rosanna Scalfi was a Venetian girl of modest origins when the nobleman Benedetto Marcello heard her singing in the evening on a gondola with other girls. He sought her out, took her on as a student and later married her in... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera) [Recorded in 2000] Deborah Voigt, Natalie Dessay, Anne Sofie von Otter (sopranos) Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Any opera house in the world would think themselves fortunate to assemble this cast … A landmark in the history of the gramophone … this really does triumph over them all.' Gramophone |
DJ Baby Anne
Dark Side Of The Boom [ Pandisc / CD - released 4/Mar/2002 ] Futuristic beats, infectious grooves from The Queen Of Bass |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Anne-Catherine Bucher (cembalo) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] This recording rounds off two years dedicated to Bach's 30 variations, interspersed with pleasant encounters with the public, in particular during the Cafés Baroques concert series at the Arsenal in Metz. |
Elly Ameling / Kathleen Battle / Arleen Auger / Barbara Hendricks / Dawn Upshaw / Marie McLaughlin / Prague Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
Divine Sopranos (music of Berlioz, Handel, Mahler, Vivaldi, Richard Strauss, etc) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] More than any other singer, the public has always been enticed by the scandals and mysteries that surround the diva. Because of this curiosity and genuine love for the soprano voice, there has always been a strong interest in the recordings. |
WOLF-FERRARI
La Vedova Scaltra (complete opera recorded in 2007) Emanuele D'Aguanno / Anne-Lise Sollied / Maurizio Muraro / Fenice Theatre Orchestra & Chorus / Karl Martin [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] |
Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Trios for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Ensemble Kheops: Ronald Van Spaendonck, Marie Hallynck & Muhiddin Durruoglu [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Early Music [Musique Ancienne]: From ancient times to Renaissance [10 CD set] Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres / Soeur Marie Keyrouz / Arianna Savall / Paul O'Dette / The King's Noyse / The Orlando Consort / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] From the Ancient World to the Renaissance with recordings drawn from the vast Harmonia Mundi catalogue. |
JULIEN JOUBERT
Joubert: Ariettes Oubliées Ensemble Romances sans paroles; Marie-Noëlle Maerten [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] 'You have understood nothing of my simplicity', wrote Paul Verlaine in Child Wife. And that is precisely what Julien Joubert's music seems to whisper to us with each note.The composer and pianist works regularly with the Maîtrise de Radio France,... |
FANTASIE
Fantasie: music for horn Etienne Cutajar (horn) with John Reid (piano) and Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta (harp) [ Divine Art / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The musicianship of this gifted young Maltese horn player is first-class throughout…this is a welcome CD and highly recommended" - Robert Matthew-Walker (Musical Opinion) |
W.A. MOZART
Opera Highlights-Volume 2: The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte Felicity Lott / Nuccia Focile / Marie McLaughlin / Jerry Hadley / Edinburgh Festival Singers / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "The recorded quality is unusually clear and, carefully nurtured by Mackerras, the delights of Mozart's scoring can readily be heard" (Gramophone on the Cosi) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (Complete opera) Felicity Palmer / Deborah Polaski / Anne Schwanewilms / West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov [ Profil Medien / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2010 ] BBC Music Magazine: Opera Choice - March 2006 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2000) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie Von Otter / Sylvie Brunet / Charlotte Hellekant / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] G - "The casting on the whole is successful, with Nero sung by Mireille Delunsch, a choice that is not only musically successful (particularly in duets with Anne Sofie von Otter), but also opens up the interesting dramatic possibility of presenting... |
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
The Laughing Policeman: 27 Children's Vintage Favourites Flanders & Swann, Frankie Howard, Michael Holiday, Max Bygraves, Henry Blair, Spike Jones, Anne Stephens, etc [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Original mono recordings from 1926-1950. The Sunday morning breakfast and the children's requests were a regular weekly event - not to be missed. Turn the wireless up to full volume and pop back in time for a nostalgia hour or so of memories. |
Florent Marie
Dowland: Sweet Melancholy [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents his second solo album on Carpe Diem Records: A collection of Renaissance lute music by the famous John Dowland. |
GIOVANNI ANTONIO TERZI
Terzi: Lute Music Florent Marie (lute) [ Carpe Diem / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] French lutenist Florent Marie presents a collection of solo lute works by Giovanni Antonio Terzi (fl. 1580-1600). Terzi was a composer addressing modernity, as well as being a true European. The purpose of this recording is to try and supplement... |
NATSUDA / HOSOKAWA / IFUKUBE / TANADA / NODA / NODAIRA / LARBI / DUBEDOUT / TOSON
Japanese Love Songs Marie Kobayashi (mezzo-soprano) Claude Delangle (saxophone) Jean Geoffroy (percussion) [ BIS / CD - released 7/Apr/2009 ] "Committed readings that admirably capture the youthful appeal of this music" (Gramophone) |
GIACINTO SCELSI
Natura Renovatur Frances-Marie Uitti (cello) / Munchener Kammerorchester / Christoph Poppen [ ECM / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] Natura Renovatur (Nature Renewed), the first ECM New Series recording entirely devoted to the revelatory music of Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), is a voyage into the very heart of the composer's work. Scelsi, who spoke about a third sonic dimension,... |