Various Artists / Score Composed and Conducted by Michael Kamen
Band of Brothers (Original Soundtrack) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2001 ] This American imported CD is the stirring orchestral soundtrack to the epic 10-part World War II mini-series. |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On The Town Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daley, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine / London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The energy and fun make this irresistable" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation (Die Schupfung) Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley / The Monteverdi Choir / The English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / 2 CD - released 3/Mar/2007 ] '...yet his (Gardiner) is a fun Creation and a real enrichment of the library...Gardiner stands firm as an easy first choice; a re-creator of vision, a great invigorator and life-enhancer' Gramophone |
MAHLER
The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) Violeta Urmana - Michael Schade, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] "A revelatory account of Mahler's symphony with voices, noteworthy above all for the outstanding singing from Urmana and the playing of the VPO" Editors Choice Gramophone Magazine April 2001 |
MAHLER
The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde) TO BE DELETED AUG 2006 Violeta Urmana / Michael Schade / Wiener Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez [ DG SACD / SACD - released 29/Nov/2002 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Agneta Eichenholz / Michael Volle / Klaus Florian Vogt / Jennifer Larmore / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Antonio Pappano's electrifying conducting is razor-sharp in the manner of Pierre Boulez, and the orchestral playing is magnificent." (The Telegraph) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorák: Requiem / Biblical Songs / Te Deum Ailyn Pérez, Christianne Stotijn, Michael Spyres, Jan Martínik / Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jirí Belohlávek [ Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] This release concludes the series of Jiří Bělohlávek's last recordings of Czech masterworks for Decca Classics before he sadly passed away in 2017 |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
West Side Story Alexandra Silber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jessica Vosk, Kevin Vortmann, Kelly Markgraf / San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / 2 CD/Book - released 2/Dec/2014 ] "Tilson Thomas's version scores heavily with its casting of the appealingly youthful-sounding Cheyenne Jackson as Tony and Alexandra Silber as Maria." (BBC Music) |
LEHAR
Love was a dream Alfie Boe (tenor) / Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Michael Rosewell [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "His performances have charm and grace, his singing is secure and polished, and his engaging personality make him as popular in the business as he is with the public." The Telegraph |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete oratorio) Alison Smart (soprano) William Towers (counter-tenor) Michael Hart-Davis (tenor) Gavin Carr (baritone) English Symphony Orchestra / William Boughton [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2004 ] Recorded by Nimbus Records at Wyastone, Monmouth, UK on 17th, 18th May 2003 |
SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 / Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Amalie Malling (piano) Scottish National Orchestra / Matthias Bamert. Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] 'Amalie Malling proves an intelligent and sympathetic soloist… Michael Schønwandt gets very good results from the Danish Orchestra and the texture is lucid and transparent, and splendidly recorded.' The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs on the Piano... |
FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: L'Isle deserte, Opéra comique in one acte Ana Maria Labin, Samantha Gaul, Theodore Browne, Fabian Kelly, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider [ CPO / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Franz Ignaz Beck is one of the most fascinating composers of the eighteenth century, a musical visionary as well as a »genuine European« with roots in Mannheim. His opera L'isle déserte, long regarded as lost, has resurfaced in a score manuscript in... |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
The Platinum Collection (2 CD) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Murray Head, Sarah Brightman, Julie Covington, Michael Ball, Yvonne Elliman & others [ Polydor Records CD / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The ultimate greatest hits collection from the works of one the most successful composers of the modern era. Features newly-recorded versions of songs by artists the stature of LANA DEL REY, GREGORY PORTER, and NICOLE SCHERZINGER. |
FRANZ von SUPPE
Suppe: Pique Dame (complete operetta recorded in 2006) Anjara Ingrid Bartz, Mojca Erdmann, Anneli Pfeffer / WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln / Michael Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "It is surely an essential purchase for the devotee of Viennese operetta. It would also have much to offer those whose taste is more usually for Offenbach or Sullivan." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiem Ann Murray & Mary Seers (sopranos) Thomas Allen & Michael George (baritones) / Corydon Singers & English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Superb' (Fanfare, USA) |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Concerts Royaux Anna Starr (oboe) Jane Gower (bassoon) Ayako Matsunaga, Stefano Rossi (violin) Michael Borgstede (harpischord) Musica ad Rhenum [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] François Couperin 'Le Grand' is the most important member of the Couperin dynasty, whose elegant and trend‐setting music is known to have influenced great composers such as J.S. Bach, Telemann and Handel. After becoming organist at St. Gervais in... |
HILDEGARD von BINGEN
Hildegard von Bingen - In Portrait - Ordo Virtutum Ansy Boothroyd / John Hancorm / Vox Animae, led by Evelyn Tubb / Mayfield Chamber Opera Chorus / Michael Fields / Piers Adams / Steven Devine [ Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 5/Jan/2004 ] G :- "The vocal artistry is at a very high level… neither Evelyn Tubb nor Ansy Boothroyd try to steal the show. …If I were forced to limit my library to only one recording of music by Hildegard von Bingen, this would be it." -Continuo, USA (Ordo... |
BRITTEN
The Five Canticles / Purcell realizations Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Chance, Alan Opie, Roger Vignoles, etc [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Sioned Williams (harp) & Michael Thompson (horn) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Romances and Ballads Aquarius / Marc Michael de Smet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] In spite of the political disturbances of the year Schumann regarded 1849 as one of the most fruitful in his career. His compositions of 1849 include a wealth of choral music, written principally for the choral society he had established in Dresden,... |