More By Artist: Daniel O'Donnell
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BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV
Cello Sonatas Jamie Walton (cello) Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Both players are technically flawless, play with the utmost musical intelligence and sensitivity, and are totally at one in all three works." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb July 2012) |
SAINT-SAENS
Cello Works (including the concertos and sonata No 1) Jamie Walton (cello) / Daniel Grimwood (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Alex Briger (conductor) [ Quartz Music / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] This wonderful new album from the rising star of the cello world is both a showcase for Jamie Walton's extraordinary talent and, at the same time, a demonstration of the breadth and beauty of Saint-Saens' writing for this instrument. |
WAGNER
Tannhauser (complete opera) Rene Pape, Peter Seiffert, Thomas Hampson, Jane Eaglen / Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (May 2002) |
XAVIER BENGUEREL
Concertante / Music for Percussion and Strings / Concert de tardor / Porta Ferrada Double Concerto Jaume Torrent (guitar) / Philippe Spiesser (percussion) / Manon Philippe (violin) / Mélodie Giot (cello) / O. Perpignan Méditerranée / Daniel Tosi [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] Born in Spain and raised in Chile, Xavier Benguerel plays an important part in his native country's musical life, his compositions influenced by the work of Bartók, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School. The concerto form has long fascinated the... |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SAMUEL BARBER
Tchaikovsky / Barber: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jan/2020 ] "The Barber really suits Dalene… it is testament to a maturity way beyond his years that he comes close to breaking your heart with it" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An English Sett for Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Daniel-Ben Pienaar [ Linn / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Trumpeter Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar continue their 'ear-ticklingly imaginative' series of musical reinventions with a celebration of the golden era of English music. Featuring heavyweights of the 16th and 17th centuries,... |
J. S. BACH
A Bach Notebook for Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet) Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's 'A Bach Notebook for Trumpet' is a celebration of the music of the famous Johann Sebastian and ten other lesser-known Bachs, re-imagined for the combination of trumpet and piano. |
STRAVINSKY / LEIGH / FAURE / MARTINU / RESPIGHI / STENNHAMMAR
The Neoclassical Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn / CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] "Freeman-Attwood's clean, well-behaved trumpet sound embraces a dizzying palette of colours; the wrong-note buffoonery of the Vivo finds him cultivating a well-rounded rasp; in the finale, a bel canto tone is luminous and generous." (Gramophone) |
FRANK MARTIN
Golgotha (complete oratorio) Judith Gauthier (sop) Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Adrian Thomson (ten) / Cappella Amsterdam / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Reuss maintains a tight grip on the unfolding drama...there is such an obvious intensity and love of this extraordinary piece that it never feels as though it is dragging...A revelatory recording." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Choral |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
LIEBERMANN
Flute Concertos (with works by Poulenc and Nielsen) Katherine Bryan (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Paul Daniel [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Bryan revels in the [Liebermann's] mix of long-breathed lyricism and devil-may-care acrobatics...She's also a delectably poised exponent of Poulenc's ravishing Sonata (heard in Lennox Berkeley's perfectly judged orchestration)." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / etc Kian Soltani (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] "There's a sense of real partnership with the orchestra, a lovely chamber-like dialogue, the rounded woodwind and brass timbres of the Berliners providing an ideal foil for his brightly-lit line" BBC Music Concerto Choice October 2020 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "...beautifully sung, played and recorded - is among the most satisfying and quietly moving to come my way for a long time." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Song |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2012) La Monnaie, Brussels / Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky, Tom Randle, Dietrich Henschel / Paul Daniel (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY La Scala Milan / Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Anna Prohaska, Barbara Frittoli / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2015 ] Recorded live at the opening of the 2011-12 La Scala season, Don Giovanni was released in honour of Bryn Terfel's 50th birthday which was on 9 November 2015. It also tied in with the traditional opening of the new season at La Scala - 7 December. |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera recorded live in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Gerd Grochowski, Matti Salminen / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2015 ] "The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala's opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house's new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim." New York Times |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera) Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Bartoli, Joan Rodgers, Kurt Streit, Ferruccio Futlanetto / Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim [ Erato Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Mozart's 'School for Lovers' is peopled by a captivating cast of singers, including the bel canto pairing of Lella Cuberli and Cecilia Bartoli as the deceived sisters and John Tomlinson as a Don Alfonso of Wagnerian stature. Daniel Barenboim relishes... |
EMILIO de CAVALIERI:
de Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo (complete opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray Theater an der Wien / Georg Nigl, Cyril Auvity, Anett Fritsch, Daniel Schmutzhard / Giovanni AntoninI [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you're ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023 |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HANDEL / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / etc
Roger Norrington - The Complete Erato Recordings London Classical Players, The Schutz Choir of London, Sir Roger Norrington, with Melvyn Tan (piano) & Daniel Hope (violin) [ Erato Veritas / 45 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Innovator, erudite, entertaining and acclaimed conductor Sir Roger Norrington founded the Schütz Choir, became founding music director of Kent Opera and established the London Classical Players, the period-instrument orchestra. |
