HARMONIE UNIVERSELLE
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 5/Aug/2001 ] One of the best complilations of 17th Century Spanish music....ever!! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall (Vol 2) Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] Jordi Savall is widely credited with the rebirth of the viola da gamba, an instrument which has been all but ignored since the late 17th century - the period of its greatest exponents, François Couperin, Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray. Savall's... |
Jose De La Negreta
Sueno Gitano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Complete Organ Symphonies Vol 3 (Nos 3 & 4) Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The third volume in a new series of Charles-Marie Widor's Organ Symphonies, performed by Joseph Nolan on the magnificent Cavaillé-Coll organ of L'église de la Madeleine, Paris. |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 2 (Nos 1 & 2) Joseph Nolan [the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris] [ Signum Classics / CD ] "Nolan is an utterly persuasive executants at the console. Thoroughly enjoyable" (Organist's Review) |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Complete Organ Symphonies Vol 5 (Nos 9 & 10) Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] "Nolan's instruments have been captured in beautiful sound. The engineers have made this recording a real winner. It is only to be hoped that Nolan is allowed to go on to record the organ symphonies with orchestra, as well as the shorter works." MWeb |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 1 Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris) [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] "Nolan gives completely convincing performances of both works…his registration is exemplary…organ enthusiasts should certainly acquire this disc for the sake of Nolan's admirable musical intelligence." International Record Review |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 4 (Nos 7 & 8) Joseph Nolan [the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris] [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "The latest volume in Joseph Nolan's swirling, swashbuckling Widor series showcases the tangy palette and earthy roar of the fabulous Cavaille-Coll organ at La Madeleine, Paris. In a word - glorious!" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
FIORENZA / PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI / PORPORA / MANCINI
Neapolitan Concertos for Various Instruments Josetxu Obregón (cello), Tamar Lalo (recorder), Daniel Oyarzabal (harpsichord), Ignacio Prego (harpsichord), Hiro Kurosaki (violin) La ritirata [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Mar/2018 ] The Neapolitan Baroque, especially in the first half of the eighteenth century, was a vibrant and vital time for instrumental music, as Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata now demonstrate with their new recording of six concertos from that era. |
W. A. MOZART
Juan Diego Florez: Mozart Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "Alexander the Great's aria from Il Re Pastore sounds unassailably heroic; two arias for the titular emperor of La Clemenza di Tito find Flórez shaping smooth, firm lines, sounding imperial yet not imperious...Minasi's orchestra is full of bounce, te |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion, BWV245 Julian Prégardien, Benoît Arnould, Dominik Wörner, Salomé Haller / La chapelle Rhénane, Benoît Haller (direction) [ Zig-Zag / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] "Under the direction of Benoît Haller, the drama unfolds with breathtaking vigour. The young Prégardien makes an impressive Evangelist. This is an absolutely outstanding set." (Gramophone) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem (recorded at the Hollywood Bowl 2013) BLU-RAY Julianna Di Giacomo, Michelle DeYoung, Vittorio Grigolo, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / LA Philharmonic & LA Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Great cast with Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo (Covent Garden, LA Opera, Salzburg Festival), Vittorio Grigolo (Covent Garden, Scala, MET), Michelle DeYoung (MET, Bayreuth, Scala), Julianna Di... |
Julius La Rosa
Just Forever [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] La Rosa was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s, remembered for his appearances on the Arthur Godfrey Show and on radio, television, records, and stage... |
Julius La Rosa
Mainly Romantic [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Julius LaRosa was born on 2nd January, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York City, of Italian parentage. As a youth he admired the rising star Frank Sinatra but did not imagine following in those footsteps, expecting instead to join his father's radio repair... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLA
A Piazzolla Trilogy Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Karen Gomyo's violin takes centre stage in this homage to Astor Piazzolla. |
IGNAZ HOLZBAUER
Concerti for Transverse Flute & String Orchestra Karl Kaiser (flute & director) / La Stagione Frankfurt [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] The beautiful tone and virtuosic nature of Holzbauer's flute concertos are interpreted here by Karl Kaiser and La Stagione Frankfurt. |
Katchen/O De La Suisse Romande
Prokofiev/Bartok: Pno Concerto [ Testament / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
Kiehr/Elwes/Messthaler/Ens La
Per La Settimana Santa [ Ricercar / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
Kiehr/Van Dyck/La Fenice
Il Canzoniere: Petrarca [ Ricercar / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |