GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera) Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Thomas Hampson, Olga Borodina / Wiener Philharmoniker & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] 'It's a fantastic cast. We know each other very well, we trust each other greatly and we like one another's work. It's a wonderful atmosphere, of course galvanised by this driving force of genius called Nikolaus Harnoncourt' Thomas Hampson |
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 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Secular Choral Works Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl / Wiener Concert-Verein, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, with András Sch [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert's rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) BLU-RAY Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] G : - "This is easily the greatest, most concentrated, most moving and beautifully played performance of this massive work I've yet encountered" (Keith). This DVD was a Staff Pick DVD for 2010. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] G - "One of the greatest Mahlerians alive today, Abbado conducting Mahler's Third Symphony with his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra is not to be missed...Anna Larsson is ethereal in the fourth movement's Nietzschian text, the finale a sublimely... |
Arnold, Malcolm
Nine Hours To Rama & The Lion [ Vocalion / CD - released 19/May/2008 ] |
SERGEY RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Bells for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra / Spring, Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 20 / Three Russian Son Arnold Voketaitis (bass-baritone), Marianna Christos (soprano), St. Louis Symphony Chorus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Vox Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2023 ] 'Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony have established a fine track record as interpreters of Rachmaninov.' - David Hall, Stereo Review |
Honegger,
Le Roi David Barbaux, Rappé, Fink, Prieur, Arnold, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des BR; Mü. Rundfunkorchester, Hager [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Dec/1991 ] |
WAGNER
Der Ring des Nibelungen - Great Scenes Arnold Bezuyen, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle Breedt, Albert Dohmen, Stephen Gould / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte CD / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Christian Thielemann leads a performance of masterful pacing and burning conviction that features richly detailed interpretations from many of today's most experienced interpreters of their complex and glorious roles. |
Billy Boy Arnold
Back Where I Belong [ Alligator Records / CD ] The return of the legendary harmonica giant from the 1950s Chicago blues scene. "A triumphant comeback"--Billboard "A wonderful new disc"--Living Blues |
Billy Boy Arnold
Eldorado Cadillac [ Alligator records / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Raw, tough blues from one of the true creators of Chicago blues; crack band featuring Bob Margolin. 1995 Indie winner. "Great harmonica, soulful vocals, crafty songwriting...a master of Chicago blues"--BLUES REVUE Click here for more information |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Sequenzas I-XIV (Complete) Darrett Adkins (Cello) / Tony Arnold (Soprano) / Boris Berman (Piano) / Steven Dann (Viola) / Guy Few (Trumpet) / Erica Goodman (Harp) [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] In 1994, Berio invited the author Edoardo Sanguineti to pen epigraphs for each of the (then twelve) Sequenzas. These verses, which can be recited by the musician or read by the listener prior to performance, are not intended either as an explanation... |
David Arnold and Michael Price
Sherlock: Music From Series Two (Original Soundtrack) [ Silva Screen Records / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold
Concerto for Group and Orchestra [ EMI Music DVD / DVD - released 9/Feb/2004 ] Recorded on September 24th, 1969 at London's Royal Albert Hall, Jon Lord's Concerto For Group and Orchestra really was a meeting of two different worlds. Mixed in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo using the latest digital technology for DVD, the... |
MENDELSSOHN
Complete Clarinet Chamber Music Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Sandra Arnold (clarinet), Luigi Magistrelli (basset horn),Thomas Duis (piano) [ MDG / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Sandra Arnold (clarinet), Luigi Magistrelli (basset horn),Thomas Duis (piano) |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 1989) Drottingholm Court Theatre / Stefan Dahlberg / Ann Christine Biel / Mikael Samuelson / Laszlo Polgar / Birgit Louise Frandsen / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Kultur is proud to present Mozart from the intimate setting of Sweden's Drottningholm Court Theatre, dating back to 1766, providing a perfect stage for these operas and featuring excellent casts and superb directors, accompanied by period... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera recorded in 1991) The Drottningholm Court Theatre / Stuart Kale / Anita Soldh / David Kuebler / Ann Christine Biel / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G :- This revised revival of the acclaimed 1986 Drottningholm production by Michael Hampe conducted by Arnold Ostman, was staged during the Mozart Bicentenary year. |
Messiaen,
Saint Francois d'Assise Fischer-Dieskau, Yakar, Riegel, Tear, Cachemaille, Vittucci; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor; ORF-Chor; Radio Symphonie Orchester [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 27/May/1998 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Overtures - Prometheus, Fidelio, Leonore 2 & 3 / Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland, Norma Procter, Arnold Van Mill / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "…the depth and concentration of the Ansermet shines decisively out… Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing" Gramophone |