CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
OCKEGHEM
Requiem Ensemble Organum / Les Pages de la Chapelle / Marcel Peres [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] In 1461 at the dawn of the Renaissance, Ockeghem composed the first polyphonic Requiem to have come down to us. In restoring the plainchant which would have accompanied it, Marcel Pérès adds further glory to a monument of purity and piety. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Complete Guitar Quintets Eros Roselli (guitar) / La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "If you're looking for a set of Luigi Boccherini's complete guitar quintets on original instruments, you need look no further than this splendid two-disc set" (AllMusic.com) |
WILLIAM HAYES
The Passions: An Ode for Music (Oxford 1750) Evelyn Tubb, Ulrike Hofbauer, Sumihito Uesugi / La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Anthony Rooley [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative music is long overdue such tender loving cares."... |
POULENC
La Voix Humaine / La Dame de Monte-Carlo Felicity Lott (soprano) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Armin Jordan [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Lott uses [her voice] exquisitely. You want to hear Felicity Lott's anguish, textual inflections and lacerating pain in 'La Vox humaine." San Francisco Examiner |
Fernando De La Mora
The Artistry Of [ CD ] |
DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teatro La Fenice / Fiorenza Cedolins, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros, Mirco Palazzi / / Fabrizio Maria Carminati (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 12/May/2011 ] "An outstanding release, and a great relief to be removed from the static period costume displays normally inflicted on this drama." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 |
DONIZETTI
Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Fiorenza Cedolins / Sonia Ganassi / Jose Bros / Mirco Palazzi / Teatro La Fenice / Fabrizio Maria Carminati [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "An outstanding release, and a great relief to be removed from the static period costume displays normally inflicted on this drama." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (Complete opera) (Recorded August 1953) Franco Calabrese (bass) Maria Callas (soprano) Dario Caselli (bass) Alvaro Cordova (tenor) Tito Gobbi (baritone) /Milan La Scala / Victor De Sabata [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "This new remastering is streets ahead of the others; it irons out the sourness and surface noise of the original, without adding the implausible sheen and reverberance of previous transfers" - The Times (London) |
Mozart, Wo
Symphonie B-Dur KV 319, Symphonie C-Dur KV 551 "Jupiter", Symphonie G-Dur Hob. I:92 "Oxford", Ballade für Orchester op. George Szell, Sir Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkusny, Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Orchestre National de la RTF, Tschec [ ORFEO / 7 CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music Vol. 4 - Piano Concerto No. 2 / Momento Musicale e Minuetto / Novelleta Gesualdo Coggi (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "Francesco La Vecchia elicits ... incisive string playing and ... penetrating woodwind articulation in the neo-Wagnerian First symphony ... aided by Naxos' rich, dazzlingly detailed engineering ... A fine start to a promising cycle, warmly... |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La canzone dei ricordi Gesualdo Coggi (piano) Silvia Pasini (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco la Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
VERDI
Falstaff (Complete opera) Recorded 1932 Giacomo Rimini, tenor / Pia Tassinari, soprano / Chorus of La Scala / Lorenzo Molajoli [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2002 ] Recorded: 30th March 1932 - 15th April 1932 |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Clarinet Concertino & Flute Divertimento Gianluca Terranova (tenor) Giammarco Casani (clarinet) Laura Minguzzi (flute) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2011 ] "This very well played selection of rarely heard orchestral works moves chronologically through Busoni's career...As so often with Busoni, the mix of styles is baffling." (The Guardian) |
PONCHIELLI
La Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1931) with additional arias & duets Giannina Arangi Lombardi, Ebe Stignani, Camilla Rota / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scale Opera House, Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Orchestra and Chorus of La Scale Opera House, Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli |
Gigli/Berrettoni/La Scala Orch
Puccini: La Boheme [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (complete opera recorded 1940, with additional recordings of the composer as conductor) Benjamino Gigli, Lina Bruna Rasa, Giulietta Simionato, Maria Marcucci / La Scala Orchestra & Chorus, Pietro Mascagni [ Naxos Historic Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] "The best of all [reissues]...The voices here on Naxos are caught clearly without acquiring an extraneous metallic edge." (Gramophone) |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Sospiri d'amore - Opera duets and arias. Venice, 1644-1666 Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Raffaele Pe (alto) / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 26/Sep/2016 ] "The young Italian countertenor [Raffaele Pe] is indeed outstanding throughout, with a fine voice that shines not only in a compelling performance of the scena infernale from Scipione Affricano. La Venexiana's accompaniments are stylish in that they |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (LP) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Andrea Marcon [ Divox / LP - released 4/May/2017 ] |