W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 / Ave verum corpus, K618 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 / etc Sara Macliver (sop) Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo) Paul McMahon (ten) Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar) / Orchestra of the Antipodes & Cantillation [ ABC Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] ABC presents a period-instrument performance with a stellar line-up of Australian soloists; Sara Macliver, Paul McMahon, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Sally-Anne Russell. The conductor Antony Walker is Pittsburgh Opera's Musical Director. |
SCHUMANN
Schumann Gold [2 CDs special price] Various Artists including John Elliot gardiner, Hagen Quartet, Fritz Wunderlich, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Horowitz & Anne Sofie von Otter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] Schumann's music embodies the Romantic spirit in all its passion, fantasy and sense of longing. This specially priced 2 CD set, celebrating his 200th birthday, is an essential collection of favourites. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns Edition Victoria de los Angeles, Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Andre, Michel Beroff, Frank Braley, Gautier Capucon, Stephen Hough, Alexandre Tharaud, and more [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Arriving in time to mark the centenary of his death, this is more than merely a sensible collection. It presents some of the very best recordings of the composer's music ever made" MusicWeb |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Frauenliebe Und Leben / Funf Lieder Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ariodante (complete opera) Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Verónica Cangemi, Ewa Podles, Richard Croft / Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD - released 1/Dec/1997 ] "with an outstanding, starry team of soloists, Marc Minkowski conducts a high-powered reading, urgently dramatic and a compelling set in every way." (Penguin Guide) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Proserpine (complete opera) Véronique Gens, Marie-Adeline Henry, Frédéric Antoun, Andrew Foster-Williams / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 20/May/2017 ] The protagonist of Saint-Saëns' Proserpine, premiered at the Opéra-Comique on 14 March 1887, is no reincarnation of the ancient goddess, but a Renaissance courtesan well versed in culpable amours. According to the composer, she is 'a damned soul for... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / MAHLER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Claudio Abbado & The Vienna Philharmonic: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, with Maria Joao Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Friedrich Gulda (piano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Juliane Banse (so [ Deutsche Grammophon / 58 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2013 ] Claudio Abbado's complete recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker on Deutsche Grammophon in a 58 CD Limited Edition box set. |
KREUTZER / BACH / BRAHMS / MOZART / SCHUBERT / RICHARD STRAUSS
Long Road Home William Barnewitz (French horn) with Carol Anderson (piano) Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) Margaret Butler (oboe) Joyce DiDonato (soprano) etc [ Avie / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] “Bill Barnewitz's platonically beautiful reading of the long horn melody in the second movement was the signal event in a performance that took the high road to big emotional impact.” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |