VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Neapolitan Songs (Recorded 1953-1957) Giuseppe Di Stefano / Studio orchestra conducted by Dino Olivieri [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] One of the most charismatic stars of the post-war operatic stage, the Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano made numerous recordings, and was especially renowned as the performing partner of the equally fiery soprano, Maria Callas. Having earned a... |
LAURENT PETITGIRARD
Petitgirard: Little Prince Mari Lili-Laurila / Budapest Studio Choir, Honvéd Male Choir & Solistes du Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest, Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The prize-winning French composer Laurent Petitgirard has earned acclaim for the unusually personal power of his theatrical imagination. |
MASSENET / TOSTI / VERDI / SCHUBERT / BACH-GOUNOD
John McCormack Edition Vol. 4: The Acoustic Recordings (1913-14) John McCormack / Studio Orchestra [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] With its focus on Irish songs and Victorian ballads, Volume 4 of the Naxos McCormack Edition completes the tenor’s 1913 recordings. McCormack could be very good in opera, but he was supreme in the world of song |
AITKEN / STERNDALE BENNETT / HERBERT / BIZET
John McCormack:The Acoustic Recordings (1912-1913) John McCormack (Tenor) with Louise Kirkby-Lunn (Mezzo-soprano), Victor Orchestra / Studio orchestra / Percy Pitt (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] This volume of recordings continues to document the earliest years of McCormack's success in the United States, the titles indicating his greatly increased concert work. |
AMBROSE FIELD
Being Dufay John Potter (tenor) / Ambrose Field (live and studio electronics) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] British tenor John Potter and fellow countryman Ambrose Field, composer of electronic/digital music, offer a striking juxtaposition of Renaissance music and present-day technology: In seven interconnected pieces, vocal fragments from the songs and... |
PUCCINI / VERDI / PONCHIELLI / MEYERBEER / GOUNOD / GIORDANO / etc
Jussi: Bjorling Collection, Vol. 3: Opera Arias and Duets (1936-1944) Jussi Bjorling, tenor, with Studio orchestra, Nils Grevillius, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "He didn't have the enjoyable finesse of certain other masters of phrasing, but a noble sensuality that gave the Italian-French repertoire a "fashioned elegance". He originated from the Scandinavian tradition, which - a generation later - Nicolai... |
LIOR ROSNER
Awake and Dream Katia Popov (violin) Janai Brugger (soprano) Lior Rosner (piano) / Hollywood Studio Orchestra, Lior Rosner [ Bridge / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Lior Rosner divides his time between the creation of concert music and composing for film, television and other media. Recent credits include the score for the upcoming film "The Geography Club", the popular video game "Assassin's Creed 3", the film... |
MICHEL LEGRAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magic - Kiri sings Michel Legrand Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand [ Teldec / CD - released 17/Aug/1992 ] "The result is a wonderful kaleidoscope of vocal sounds which could never be applied to classical music but which could only have come from a classically trained singer." MusicWeb |
MENDELSSOHN
Choral Works Kloster Bronnbach, Wertheim, Germany / Studio der Warttembergischen Philharmonie, Reutlingen, Germany [ Brilliant Classics SACD / SACD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "A great introduction to the choral works of Mendelssohn and wonderfully performed too." (MusicWeb May 2004) |
MICHEL LEGRAND
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Woman) Natalie Dessay (soprano), London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Dec/2017 ] Sony Classical presents Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, a truly unique album from the stunning Natalie Dessay alongside Michel Legrand and the London Studio Orchestra. Composed by multi-award-winning artist Michel Legrand and written by American... |
Nellie Melba (soprano) with Enrico Caruso, tenor, Charles Gilibert, baritone, Studio Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers, conductor
Nellie Melba: American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1907) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A representative collection of Melba is more of a necessity than a luxury and admirers should have these 1907 sessions in their collection." (MusicWeb March 2005) |
Original 1976 London Studio Cast
Evita: An Opera Based on the Life Story of Eva Peron [20th Anniversary Edition] (2CD) [ MCA Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2015 ] This is the 25th Anniversary Edition double disc set of 'Evita', and features Tony Christie, Paul Jones, Julie Covington, etc. |
VERDI / BRAHMS / SHELLEY
Rosa Ponselle - American Recordings, Vol. 1 (1923-1929) Rosa Ponselle / Studio orchestra / Rosario Bourdon (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "She was called "the voice of the century". And with the opening notes of Aida's "O patria mia", heard full and clear through the crackle and needle-hiss of the 1923 recording, you realise why. Not only the voice itself, rich and seamless throughout... |
Studio
West Coast [ Information Records / CD - released 23/Jul/2007 ] Studio is the missing link between The Cure and Lindström touching on Can, Neu, Happy Mondays and The Smiths in their creation of an afrobeat / dub / disco / indie / pop adventure! |
Studio
Yearbook 2 [ Information Music / CD - released 3/Sep/2008 ] Following the critically acclaimed 'West Coast' album, 'Yearbook 2' is THE collection of Studio's celebrated balearic-dub-disco remixes of Kylie etc. "Absolutely love it!"-Kylie. "Brilliant rework of Rubies by our favourite Swedes... |
Studio One
Rub A Dub (Soul Jazz Comp) [ CD ] |
Studio Rio
Studio Rio Presents: The Brazil Connection [ Sony / CD - released 30/May/2014 ] Welcome to Studio Rio Presents: The Brazil Connection, a lively and seamless blend of samba and bossa nova grooves with some of the most iconic American vocal performances from Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, and... |