MICHAEL NYMAN
Peter Greenaway Film Music [incls 'Memorial' from 'Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover'] Michael Nyman Band & Zoo Orchestra, Michael Nyman [ EMI Music / CD - released 25/Oct/2011 ] Celebrated for his influential and diverse career in music and beyond, Michael Nyman is particularly recognised for his work in film composition, showcased here in his soundtracks for Peter Greenaway. |
Michael Osborn
Touch Tone [ CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Michael Rabin (1936-1972) Michael Rabin (violin) with various orchestras, conductors & accompaniments [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2008 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete oratorio arranged by Mozart) Audrey Michael, Magali Dami, Jard van Nes, Hans Peter Blochwitz / Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] 'There is much to praise in Corboz's realization of Mozart's revision… he has most appealing soloists… the orchestral playing is very stylish…the recording is truthful and well balanced and the acoustics of the Casino de Vevey, Switzerland, are very |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn Edition - Vol.3 [Paulus, Elias, Lieder] Michael Corboz / Thomas Hampson / Barbara Bonney / Keith Lewis / Nathalie Stutzmann / Carolyn Watkinson / Benjamin Luxon [ Teldec Warner Classics Mendelssohn Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/May/2009 ] "Stutzmann's gloriously rich, true contralto tones suggest riches and depths not always suspected in these songs." (MusicWeb on the Lieder) |
JOHN BLOW
Venus & Adonis Catherine Bott, Michael George / New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] New London Consort & Choristers of Westminster Abbey School, Philip Pickett |
Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman
Glass, Philip - Anima Mundi [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 25/Feb/1994 ] German import (catalog 7559793292) |
Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman
Koyaanisqatsi :-Original Soundtrack [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 27/Oct/1998 ] A brand new re-recording of the soundtrack classic! |
Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman
Glass, Philip - The Thin Blue Line Soundtrack [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 7/Sep/1990 ] German import (catalog 7559792092) |
Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman
Glass,Philip - Einstein On The Beach (Complete Opera) [ Nonesuch Records / 3 CD - released 28/Jan/1994 ] German import (catalog 7559793232) |
PHILIP GLASS
Music In 12 Parts Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Nonesuch Records / 3 CD - released 15/Nov/1996 ] German import (catalog 7559793242) |
PHILIP GLASS
Music With Changing Parts Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 25/Feb/1994 ] German import (catalog 7559793252) |
PHILIP GLASS
Powaqqatsi Soundtrack Philip Glass Ensemble / Michael Riesman [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 7/Sep/1990 ] Virtuoso soundtrack from Philip Glass |
VERDI
Les vêpres siciliennes (complete opera recorded in 2013) Royal Opera House / Lianna Haroutounian, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Michael Volle / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics / Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "Pappano gets huge power and tension from the ensemble, and paces the long evening to perfection...sound and balance are good, and the filming has a real sense of the style of the show." (Gramophone) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Lianna Haroutounian, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Michael Volle / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Warner Classics / Opus Arte / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Presented in its Covent Garden premiere in Autumn 2013, this staging - directed by Stefan Herheim and conducted by the Royal Opera's Music Director, Verdi specialist Sir Antonio Pappano went on to win the prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Opera. |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Nos BWV140 & BWV147 Ruth Holton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Elliot Gardiner [ DG Archiv / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] "The solo singing is by and large excellent. I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton" (Gramophone) |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Symphony No 3 "The Camp Meeting" / Symphony No 4 / Selected American Hymns San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony add an evocative recording of Ives's songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label's Grammy award-winning discography. With nineteenth-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony,... |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique / LAClio (excerpts) San Francisco Symphony / San Francisco Symphony Chorus / Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD ] "Michael Tilson Thomas' Symphonie fantastique remains the finest version to appear in recent memory, and its reissue at mid-price should induce any who hesitated the first time around to wait no longer." [Classics Today 8/6/2004] |
Soundtrack (Michael Giacchino)
Star Trek (2009) [ CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |