ELENA LANGER
Landscape With Three People Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nicholas Daniel, Roman Mints, Meghan Cassidy, Kristine Blaumane, Robert Howarth, Katya Apekisheva [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] "[Landscape with Three People] nimble and light, sensual without forcing the point, folksy but not quite fey; whimsical, in the deconstructed manner of Berio or Nono. |
HENRY MADIN
Madin: Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV Anne Magouet, Michiko Takahashi, Robert Getchell, Alban Dufourt, Alain Buet / Stradivaria & Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Cuiller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] [Madin] writes vividly…[and] Daniel Cuiller is well in command of his forces in both pieces; worth investigating" (Gramophone) |
MARGARET HUBICKI
Dedication in Time (Incls Goladon Suite) Annemarie Sand (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) Robert Max (cello) James Kirby (piano) / Bochmann Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] Chandos expands its considerable discography of works by women composers with this CD of music by the distinguished composer and teacher, Margaret Hubicki (or Peggy, as she is more widely known). |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Mar/2015 ] "Performances that exude sheer joy, from a soloist who sounds completely at ease in these works." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY + BLU-RAY 3D Arena di Verona / Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich, Ambrogio Maestri / Daniel Oren (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "It's straightforward, recalling Edwardian toy theatre...And the spectacle isn't overdone...Ulbrich is a fiery Amneris. But it's the Ethiopians who carry the day, with Maestri's thundering Amonasro and, above all, Chinese soprano Hui He's Aida, vocal |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 (Rec 1975) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) London Philharmonic / Daniel Barenboim [ RCA Rubinstein Collection / CD - released 15/Aug/2000 ] Volume Seventy Eight from the complete Arthur Rubinstein Collection! |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Rec 1975) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ RCA Rubinstein Collection Vol 77 / CD - released 15/Aug/2000 ] Volume Seventy Seven from the complete Arthur Rubinstein Collection! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dear Mademoiselle: A Tribute to Nadia Boulanger Astrig Siranossian (cello), Nathanäel Gouin (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] An emblematic figure of her time, Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) taught and inspired several generations of musicians, from Igor Stravinsky to Quincy Jones. Her musical and pedagogical philosophy, demanding yet highly stimulating, influenced the entire... |
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Kafka On The Shore (Unabridged) Sean Barrett, G. Griffin, Daniel Philpot, etc [ Naxos Audiobooks / 15 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] Kafka on the Shore is the latest novel by Japan's leading literary novelist, who developed a world-wide cult reputation with Norwegian Wood. In Kafka on the Shore, Murakami continues with his remarkable combination of profound insight into humankind... |
MOSCHELES / HINDEMITH / RHEINBERGER
Horn Sonatas (Rec 1997) Barry Tuckwell (horn) / Daniel Blumenthal (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2006 ] Barry Tuckwell is widely considered to be one of the world's pre-eminent musicians. This disc features five contrasting works for horn and piano |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphonies 1 - 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes, George Hurst / Bournemouth Symphony, Paul Daniel [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "This is a real bargain. A first-class, thoughtful performance; exulting, exciting and sensitive with a tremendous breadth and depth of sound" - BBC Music Magazine on Sym No 2 |
EDGAR BAINTON
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Richard Davis (flute) / The Golden River, Op. 16 / Concerto fantasia / Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal / etc BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Daniel [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] "Paul Daniel, Margaret Fingerhut, the BBC Phil and Chandos have literally done the honours here and these four premiere recordings inestimably enhance the Bainton catalogue." (MusicWeb May 2008) |
FERENC ERKEL
Hunyadi László Beatrix Fodor, Dániel Pataky, Attila Fekete / Honvéd Male Choir, Budapest Studio Choir & Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Domonkos Héja [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Ferenc Erkel was one of the foremost romantic composers of Hungary, one might be tempted to call him the Hungarian Verdi. His operas were based on the rich, long and troublesome history of his home country and are the first to be written in Hungarian |
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Dear Companion [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] 'Dear Companion' explores the musician's ties to the place they love and aims to draw attention to the problem of Mountaintop Removal coal mining (MTR) and its impact on the people and heritage of central Appalachia. |
COPLAND / PROKOFIEV / POULENC
1942: Violin Sonatas by Copland, Prokofiev & Poulenc Benjamin Baker (violin), Daniel Lebhardt (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] "Baker brings out each work's sweet melancholy with expressive phrasing. Through his lightly handled bowing, the opening phrases of the Copland Sonata morph effortlessly into a dance rhythm" BBC Music |
BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concertos (with Schumann - Fantasie in C major) Benjamin Schmid (violin) / Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskin [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Star musician Benjamin Schmid plays some of the most popular works for violin in the repertoire. |
HENRIETTA ELIZABETH MARSHALL
Our Island Story, Vol. 2 (Unabridged) Anna Bentinck & Daniel Philpott [ Naxos Audiobooks / 5 CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged six-twelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it... |
HENRIETTA ELIZABETH MARSHALL
Our Island Story, Vol. 3 (Unabridged) Anna Bentinck & Daniel Philpott [ Naxos Audiobooks / 4 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged six-twelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake (Complete ballet) Berlin Opera Ballet / Steffi Scherzer, Oliver Matz / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded at Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, 1992) Berlin State Opera / Poul Elming, Waltraud Meier, John Tomlinson, Günter von Kannen / Daniel Barenboim [ Euroarts DVD / 3 DVD - released 15/Sep/2016 ] "a must for those who love this work...[Elming] is remarkable in the title role, his concentration and reactions on a par with Jon Vickers's and the voice in pristine shape" (International Record Review) |