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... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (violin and concert master) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2016 ] The 12 violin concertos which Antonio Vivaldi published as "La Stravaganza" do full justice to their title: the range of expression is enormous, from the tender lyricism of the slow movements to the wild and tempestuous fast movements, where the solo... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Appalachia / Sea Drift Leon Williams (baritone) / The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay & The Florida Orchestra, Stefan Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Appalachia (a native American word for North America) is a set of variations based on a slave song about the tragedy of the cotton planters 'being sold down the river'. Delius heard the song when teaching the violin in Virginia, but the primary... |
VIVALDI
Flute Concertos Op 10 Mario Folena (flute) & Federico Guglielmo (violin and concert master) / L'Arte dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Vivaldi's six Concertos for flute Op.10 nearly attain the same popularity as the Four Seasons. Published in Amsterdam in 1728, they contain some of Vivaldi's most famous concertos: Il Gardellino, La Notte and the Tempesta di Mare. Music of wonderful... |
Master
The Human Machine [ Pulverised / CD - released 10/May/2010 ] |
The Master Musicians of Jajouka
The Source [ Le Son du Maquis / CD - released 11/Oct/2010 ] |
NICO MUHLY
A Good Understanding Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Oct/2010 ] "All the music receives outstandingly good performances, both precise and impassioned." (The Gramophone) |
BERLIOZ
Romeo et Juliette (excerpts) / Les Troyens a Carthage (excerpts) San Diego Master Chorale / San Diego Symphony Orchestra / Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] In his opera Les Troyens and symphonic poem Roméo et Juliette, Berlioz demonstrates an astonishing mastery of episode, expression, and impulse. Each is a dramatic realisation of a familiar tale, drawn from Berlioz' powerful grasp of the meta-human... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 'Choral' Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master, Gerald Finley / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ Alto / CD - released 10/Feb/2020 ] "a magnificent Ninth, done with total commitment under Haitink's inspiring leadership…with splendid chorus and soloists in full cry, and orchestra in blazing form" (Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master, Gerald Finley / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2006 ] Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc players Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a landmark in the history of music, changing the concept of what a symphony could be. The use of solo singers and a chorus in the final movement was revolutionary, and |
VICTORIA
Ave Regina caelorum Westminster Cathedral Choir Robert Quinney (organ & continuo) Martin Baker (master of music) [ Hyperion / CD - released 24/Nov/2004 ] The Choir of Westminster Cathedral continues its survey of the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria with this new recording of the Missa Ave Regina caelorum, an opulent double-choir setting based on Victoria's two eponymous motets. |