BACH / PURCELL
Angels Hide Their Faces Dawn Upshaw (soprano) Myron Lutzke (Cello), Arthur Haas (Organ) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 2/Aug/2001 ] "A well-devised programme sung with exquisite purity and real feeling by one of America's favourite sopranos." Recording of the Month-Gramophone July 2001 |
BARBER / MENOTTI / HARBISON / STRAVINSKY
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / Orchestra of St. Luke's / David Zinman [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 14/Sep/1990 ] German import (catalog 7559791872) |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / WOLF / MOZART
Goethe Lieder Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / Richard Goode (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Admired for her uncommon musicality and for the unaffected beauty of her singing, Dawn Upshaw is further esteemed for having paved a career path that is wholly her own. The integrity and freshness of conception that mark her choice of repertory and... |
GOLIJOV
Oceana Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Luciana Souza, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Aug/2007 ] "This music is distinctive, eclectic and exciting; at once both profound and accessible. Everyone performs well; Dawn Upshaw displays versatility in addition to singing with a luminous quality. Souza's voice is natural and unforced yet powerful. The... |
GOLIJOV / BERIO
Ayre / Folk Songs Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Tara O'Connor, Todd Palmer, Erik Friedlander & others [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] MARBECKS STAFF SURPRISE DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR 2006 - "Golijov's Ayre is the overwhelming reason to buy this: it's an intoxicating, endlessly haunting mixture of styles and musical cultures." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine March 2006 |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Old American Songs / Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Billy the Kid Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw /Saint Paul Chamvber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Teldec Apex / CD - released 6/Jun/2005 ] BARGAIN OF THE MONTH MusicWeb October 2005 "Copland is in the first rank of those whose skill has created an American music, quite distinct from that of their own roots. A great disc." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda / Theodora (complete operas recorded in 1996 & 1998) plus A Night with Handel Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Kurt Streit, Andreas Scholl, Dawn Upshaw, David Daniels / William Christie (cond) [ Warner Classics NVC Arts / 3 DVD Box Set - released 4/Feb/2017 ] "Jean-Marie Villegier's brilliant, unnerving production...A great show - don't miss it." The Guardian on Rodelinda |
DARIUS MILHAUD
Darius Milhaud: Une Vie Heureuse - anniversary edition Various artists incls Dawn Upshaw, Jane Bathori, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jeanne Loriod (onde Martenot) Yvonne Loriod (piano) Quatuor Bernède, etc [ Warner Classics Erato / 10 CD Box Set - released 16/Nov/2014 ] Distinctively French, yet cosmopolitan in his personal and artistic horizons, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was adventurous, prominent, and prolific. A pupil of Dukas and d'Indy, he became a member of Les Six and a distinguished teacher in the USA and... |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Centenary Edition Mstislav Rostropovich, Truls Mørk (cellos), Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff (violins), Dawn Upshaw, Renee Fleming (sops), Jérôme Ducros (piano), et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The performances here are uniformly excellent, while some must be taken as definitive - not in the sense of saying the last word…rather in indicating directions of travel." BBC Music Five Stars |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 1990) Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Dawn Upshaw, Edita Gruberova, Yvonne Kenny / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 4/May/2009 ] |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) [complete opera recorded in 2007] Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Felicity Palmer, Alessandro Corbelli, Donald Maxwell, Dawn French, Orchestra & Choir of the Royal Opera House, Brun [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - DVD - "The Royal Opera's new staging of La Fille du régiment will probably go down in history as one of the company's great achievements ... Laurent Pelly's production casts Natalie Dessay and Juan... |
Before The Dawn
Deathstar Rising [ Nuclear Blast / CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] |
Concord Dawn
Chaos by Design [ Uprising Records / CD - released 23/Mar/2006 ] Concord Dawn return with their follow-up to their massively successful 'Uprising' album. 'Chaos by Design' features Tiki Tanne of Salmonella Dub and Holly Smith on guest vocals. |
Cry Before Dawn
Crimes of Conscience [ Southworld / CD - released 25/May/2012 ] |
HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea Dawn Kotoski, David GordoN, Glenn Siebert, Jan Opalach / Seattle Symphony Chorale & Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "Schwarz's 1991 Seattle Acis is disciplined but passe in sound, style and rhythmic gait. It skimps on Handelian delight, though its soloist quartet is decent." BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 ** |
Dawn Kronos Quartet/Upshaw
Berg: Lyric Suite [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
Dawn Landes
Sweetheat Rodeo [ Shock Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Kentucky-born and Brooklyn-based singer / songwriter, Dawn Landes presents her third album, 'Sweet Heart Rodeo'. |
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie Prince Billy
What The Brothers Sang (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 10/May/2013 ] After years of playing the role of guest vocalist and harmony arranger-in-chief for Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Faun Fables' Dawn McCarthy finally gets to split the bill on What the Brothers Sang, a lovingly crafted, laid-back collection of... |
Dawn of Azazel
Relentless [ Dawn / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] The Auckland based 3-piece's 'Relentless' album is a crushing slab of pure extreme metal viciousness & vice; blasting rhythms fusing seamlessly with barraging break passages & dark dissonant grooves. |
Dawn Session
Shades Of Grey Ep (Nz) 2006 [ CD ] |