LEHAR / STOLZ / J. STRAUSS / MILLOCKER / ZELLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Thomas Hampson - Operetta Arias Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ EMI / Virgin / Warner Classics / 10in - released 9/Feb/1999 ] Recorded X.1994 & XI.1998, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet / Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hannah Minutillo , Ivan Kusnjer / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This enchanting production by Nicholas Hytner, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janáček style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly coloured sets and costumes... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson / Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson captivated the world of opera in summer 2005 with sensational performances in the Salzburg Festival's new Traviata. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto Vilde Frang (violin) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati, with Thomas Hoppe (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Sep/2024 ] "Her understanding of Elgar's kaleidoscopic writing is instinctive at all levels...Every lover of Elgar's masterpiece should try to hear this magnificent addition to the library." Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2024 Recording of the Month |
JANET JENNINGS / WITI IHIMAERA / TOM ROA
Flowing Water Voices New Zealand, Joel Amosa, James Ioelu, Ora Kihi, Amy Thomas, Anna Simmons, Angus Simmons, Morgan-Andrew King [ Performing Arts Community Trust / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] This unique blend of kapa haka, opera, drama and music tells the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand through key events that took place from the emerging of this land from the waters, to the arrival of Māori, the arrival of British, to ensuing... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Médée Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Alpha Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Médée, a tragedy in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Thomas Corneille, was Marc-Antoine Charpentier's first and last collaboration with the Académie Royale de Musique. The work was premiered on 4 December 1693, when Charpentier was exactly... |
FRANZ LISZT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Liszt: First Piano Concertos Alice Sara Ott (piano) / Munchner Philharmoniker, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "What makes these performances stand out is Ott's thoughtful approach to both concertos, eschewing empty display and bringing weight, detail and a range of colours to the solo parts. These bring their own rewards." (Gramophone) |
GERALD FINZI
Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi Amy Dickson (saxophones), Thomas Gould (violin), Tom Poster (piano) & Nicolas Fleury (French horn) / Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Decca / CD - released 11/May/2016 ] To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of British composer Gerald Finzi's passing, Decca Classics and the Finzi Trust collaborate on a special album to bring some of Finzi's finest works to a whole new audience. |
FRANZ von SUPPE
Suppe: Die schöne Galathée (complete operetta recorded in 2000) Andrea Bogner, Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher, Juliane Heyn, Michael Kupfer / Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Thomas Eitler [ CPO / CD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "this has all the exhilaration and charm indispensable to success...How delightful that this Koblenz team seem so consistently engaged by the music. Ganymed's childlike duetting with the magically distanced choir in track 2 is just one example." MWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Arias and Duets) Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon / Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlo Rizzi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Nov/2005 ] "With talent and looks to burn, she has the world at her feet... she is such a singing actress, you thought mainly of Violetta, not of Anna Netrebko." (New York Sun) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album - All-new recordings of Mozart's most popular opera arias and duets Anna Netrebko (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel (baritones) Rene Pape (bass) / various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] A celebratory vocal feast to honour one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time: that's the aim of this gala of international stars. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Songs (Songs orchestrated by: Berlioz-Britten-Brahms-Liszt-Offenbach-Reger-Webern ) Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Quasthoff / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Von Otter remains one of the most searching, verbally aware of Lieder interpreters. Quasthoff, with his warm noble baritone, is just as compelling. Abbado is a near-ideal accompanist, alive to any special felicities of scoring but always considerate... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Messa Di Gloria / Preludio Sinfonico / Crisantomi Roberto Alagna (tenor) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ EMI Classics / CD - released 3/Jul/2001 ] "Maestro Pappano's obvious belief in lesser-known Puccini seems to have inspired the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra to the peak of their abilities." MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Operas Ann Murray, Andreas Schmidt, Werner Hollweg, Arleen Auger, Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Thomas Moser, Kiri te Kanawa, Ingvar Wixell [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 44 CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] A unique collection of the complete operatic works of Mozart, from the fascinating teenage works to the profound late masterpieces. Operas known and loved the world over such as "Le nozze di figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Così fan tutte" and "Die Zauberflöte" |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A - Z of Conductors [300 biographies & selected recordings] Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Beecham, Willem Mengelberg, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, etc [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The A-Z of Conductors surveys the history of recording during the twentieth century, from the earliest days of capturing orchestral music on disc to the present era of the iPod, through the biographies of 310 of the most significant conductors whose... |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Contemporary |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Preludes Barry Douglas (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Originally recorded in November 1992 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Poets Of Sensibility Vols 1 & 2 Thomas Bauer (baritone) Simone Nold (soprano) Marcus Ullman (tenor) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (fortepiano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 19 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Kullervo BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] While 'Kullervo' represents just the confident first step in Sibelius's symphonic odyssey, it is also a viscerally exciting experience on its own terms- little wonder the first performance in 1892 was such a triumph for the young composer. An... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: ymphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106 (1881 Version) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "This persuasively played work could be no better served. I look forward with relish to the subsequent releases in this cycle." MusicWeb Recommended |