More By Artist: Corto.alto
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Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Tim Berne (alto saxophone) with Oscar Noriega (clarinet/bass clarinet) & Matt Mitchell (piano, Tack and Wurlitzer pianos)
Shadow Man [ ECM / CD - released 22/Oct/2013 ] Acclaim for the first, eponymous album from saxophonist-composer Tim Berne's acoustic quartet Snakeoil came from far and wide: All About Jazz described the music as "unpredictable and fresh," while The Guardian called it "an object lesson in... |
Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
Lee Morgan (trumpet), with Jackie McLean (alto sax), Curtis Fuller (trombone), McCoy Tyler (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) Art Blakey (drums)
Tom Cat [ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Aug/1990 ] "It seems strange that the music on this CD was not released initially until 1980. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had had an unexpected hit with "The Sidewinder," so his more challenging recordings were temporarily put aside. As it turns out, this was one of... |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion Maria Keohane, Helena Ek (Sopranos), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammell (tenor), Stephen MacLeod (bass) / Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] A new recording from the Ricercar Consort is always special and this is no exception: here a new St John Passion. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Symphony no 2 Marjana Lipovsek (alto) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "How pleasant it is to be able to welcome a new recording of a Brahms symphony. The sessions took place before the BPO elected Abbado as their Chief Conductor, but the orchestra responds with unmistakable enthusiasm to the Italian conductor" Gramopho |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Passion Oratorio), TWV 5:6 Dorothee Mields (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass) / Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein, Ludger Remy [ CPO / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "The performance does the work full justice....The recorded sound, too, is restrained and sympathetic. Yet another pleasant Telemann surprise." Gramophone. |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147 Ruth Holton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Elliot Gardiner [ DG Archiv / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] "The solo singing is by and large excellent. I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton" (Gramophone) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: From Solo To Quartet Märta Schéle (soprano), Edith Thallaug (alto), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Erland Hagegård (bass), Lucia Negro (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] An engaging collection of 19th-century Lieder, duets, and piano works performed by Swedish vocalists and pianist Lucia Negro. Centered around Robert Schumann's Spanisches Liederspiel..a charming, highly idiomatic survey of German Romantic vocal music |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |
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EMIL NIKOLAUS von REZNICEK
Reznicek: Der Sieger [The Victor] (symphonic poem) Beate Koepp (alto) / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Michail Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Michail Jurowski |
WILLIAM WALTON / LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms William Stone (baritone) Derek Lee Ragin (alto) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2006 ] Grammy Award Winner for Best Choral Performance Other Than Opera |
ROMAN MACIEJEWSKI
Maciejewski: Requiem - Missa Pro Defunctis. Zdzislawa Donat (sop), Jadwiga Rappe (alto), Jerz Knetig (ten) & Janusz Niziolek (bass) / Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Tadeusz St [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "It's intermittently impressive in spite of the fact that the composer's personal voice is somewhat elusive…The performance is very good indeed, refined and exuberant as required, and all four soloists are outstanding." Gramophone |
Corto.alto
Some Small Fortune (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 4/Sep/2026 ] Some Small Fortune is the new album by corto.alto - the project led by multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall. For the best part of the last decade, Dumfries-born, Glasgow-raised Shortall has been in his home studio... |
KOMEI ABE
Abe: Symphony No. 1 / Divertimento / Sinfonietta Aleksey Volkov (alto saxophone) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dimitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] Komei Abe was one of the finest pupils trained at the Tokyo Music School ( now the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music) in the 1930s. His musical language is characterized by crisp melodies, structural clarity and, in the composer's own words,... |
GEORG GEBEL
Xmas Cantatas Vol 1 Veronika Winter, Gesine Adler (sop), Britta Schwarz (alto), Andreas Post (ten), Matthias Vieweg (bass) / Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Rémy [ CPO / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Georg Gebel was unquestionably an artist of genius. Only his tragic and untimely death, combined with his negligent care of his compositions, conspired to keep him unknown or forgotten outside his close circles. It was not until 2003, when CPO... |
RAVEL
Works Transcribed for Ten-Stringed Guitar and Alto Guitar Anders Miolin (ten-stringed & alto guitars) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1998 ] Anders Miolin (ten-stringed & alto guitars) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Aristea (Cantata) Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Sara Hershkowitz (soprano), Caroline Adler (alto), Cornel Frey (tenor), Robert Sellier (tenor) & Andreas Burkhart (bass [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2013 ] Gaetano Donizetti's 'mini opera' Aristea follows the 19th century fashion for composing celebratory scenic works with a large cast and full orchestra, in this case to honour Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies. Librettist Giovanni Schmidt recycled... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Cantate Cessate omai cessate RV 684; etc Andreas Scholl (alto) / Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini (director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Here's a very attractively prepared menu whose main course is the Stabatmater for countertenor and strings. Hors-d'oeuvres and side-dishes consist of a ripieno concerto (RV114), a chamber cantata for countertenor and strings (RV684), and more" |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op 123 Rosa Mannion (sop) Birgit Remmert (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) / La Chapelle Royale / Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe has the measure of this stubborn masterpiece...No-one has ever got it quite right - until now.' - Classic CD |
