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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
San Giovanni Battista Anke Herrmann, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Fredrik Akselberg, Elena Cecchi Fedi / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] The oratorio San Giovanni Battista was written for performance on Palm Sunday in the Holy Year of 1675 where some fourteen oratorios were commissioned by the confraternity of the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome - an auspicious event.... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
San Giovanni Battista: oratorio for soloists and instruments Anke Herrmann, Antonio Abete, Elena Cecchi Fedi / Academia Montis Regalis / Alessandro De Marchi [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] 'Stradella's score, characterized by constant variety, is ravishing throughout … The whole band plays with tremendous panache and stylistic aplomb' (International Record Review) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Bayreuther Festspiele / Klaus Florian Vogt, Elena Pankratova, Ryan McKinny, Georg Zeppenfeld / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2017 ] Last year's "Tristan Und Isolde" was the successful first installment of an exclusive, multiyear partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival, in which the Yellow Label became the exclusive audiovisual partner of the mythical... |
Elena Souliotis / Tito Gobbi / Wiener Opernorchester / Lamberto Gardelli
Verdi - Nabucco (Highlights) [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 7/May/2000 ] This is where the Chorus of Hebrew Slaves comes from! |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concerto No 27 KV 595 / Concerto for 2 pianos KV 365 (with Schubert - Fantasy) Emil & Elena Gilels (pianos) / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 22/Aug/2001 ] DG's originals continue |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERLIOZ / etc
Lorin Maazel - The Complete deutsche Grammophon Recordings Lorin Maazel (conductor) with Jane Berbie, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gidon Kremer, Elena Obraztsova [ Deutsche Grammophon / 39 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2023 ] At the age of 9, he made his conducting debut with the LA Philharmonic, and at 11 Toscanini invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra: Lorin Maazel is undoubtedly one of the greatest conductors of his century. His first album with Deutsche... |
MASSENET
Werther (Complete opera) Placido Domingo, Franz Grundheber, Elena Obraztsova, Arleen AugACr / KAlner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Riccardo Chailly [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Domingo in the name part sings with sweetness and purity as well as strength.' Penguin Guide |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (complete opera recorded in 2002) Alessandro Codeluppi, Maurizio Leoni, Elena Rossi / I Virtuosi Italiani, Claudio Desderi (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Born in Pesaro in 1792, the son of a horn-player and a singer, Rossini even in childhood had experience of the theatre, both as an orchestral player and as a singer himself. |
W. A. MOZART
La Betulia liberata, K118 Baltazar Zúñiga, Elena Biscuola, Angela Bucci / Coro e Orchestra dell'Oficina Musicum [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the most influential composers of all time. The child prodigy would become the author of some of today's best loved instrumental works, and a true king of sung drama. La Betulia liberata KV118/74c, the... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (complete opera recorded in 2019) Berlin Deutsche / Elena Tsallagova. Emily Magee, Philipp Jekal, Flurina Stucki / Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2020 ] Based on Oscar Wilde's story The Birthday of the Infanta, Zemlinsky's single-act opera Der Zwerg is the tragic tale of a dwarf who is presented at court, falls in love with the beautiful Donna Clara, but is ultimately forced to see himself as others... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Berlin Deutsche / Elena Tsallagova. Emily Magee, Philipp Jekal, Flurina Stucki / Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/May/2020 ] Based on Oscar Wilde's story The Birthday of the Infanta, Zemlinsky's single-act opera Der Zwerg is the tragic tale of a dwarf who is presented at court, falls in love with the beautiful Donna Clara, but is ultimately forced to see himself as others... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
The Passenger, Op. 97 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Michelle Breedt, Roberto Sacca, Elena Kelessidi, Artur Rucinski, Svetlana Doneva / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2015 ] Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg's 'The Passenger' in 2010.. |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Bregenzer Festspiele / Gaëlle Arquez, Daniel Johansson, Scott Hendricks, Elena Tsallagova / Paolo Carignani (cond) [ C-Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray - released 24/Sep/2017 ] "The French singer Gaëlle Arquez proves to be a lucky find. Not only her massive, shimmering mezzo-soprano is convincing, but her high-quality acting skills as well." Salzburger Nachrichten |
HANDEL
Orlando (complete opera) Christophe Dumaux, Elena de la Merced, Jean-Michel Fumas / La grande Ecurie et la Chamvre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire [ K617 Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] In his setting of Orlando (drawn from Tasso's Orlando furioso) Handel offers us a score of remarkable dramatic power, diversity and originality. |
CZERNY / VIOTTI
Piano Concertos David Boldrini (piano), Elena Pinciaroli (piano), Rami Musicali Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 6/May/2016 ] This 2 CD set contains some seldom heard early 19th century concertos in which the piano plays the leading role. Carl Czerny, a famous pianist and teacher, student of Beethoven, wrote an immense oeuvre for the piano, in which his prodigious... |
CLEMENTI / PAISIELLO / PERGOLESI / KOZELUCH / BOCCHERINI / etc
Concerti Galante David Boldrini (piano), Viktor Csányi (violin), Elena Pinciaroli (piano) Rami Musicali Orchestra, Filippo Conti [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] "As a collection of off-the-beaten-track Mozart era piano concertos, you could hardly go wrong with this" MusicWeb April 2020 |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Three Sacred Hymns / Symphony No 4 Dmitri Pianov (tenor) Elena Adamovich (harpsichord) Iaroslav Zdorov (counter-tenor) Igor Khudolei (piano) Valeri Polyansky (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / PIETRO MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Anita Rachvelishvili, Ailyn Pérez, Rihab Chaieb, Brian Jagde, Roman Burdenko, Elena Zilio / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Apr/2021 ] "Anita Rachvelisvili is the undisputed star of Cav. She sings Santuzza as an unashamed mezzo, and her chest voice is thrilling in this music. Brian Jagde's Turridu is rakish and appealing, never a caricature villain, and he sings with electric energy |
Elena
Elena's Cultural Symphony [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2004 ] Elena once again finds unexpected ways of integrating traditional Maori and European musical cultures. |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Steffani: Vocal Chamber Duets Elena Bertuzzi (soprano) / Alessio Tosi (tenor) / Francesco Baroni (harpsichord) / Rebeca Ferri (cello) / Michele Pasotti (theorbo) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 16/Feb/2015 ] The music of Agostino Steffani was torn from oblivion by the successful album "Mission" by Cecilia Bartoli. Subsequent issues of his music showed a highly original and prolific composer of instrumental music, sacred music and operas. |
