MARIN MARAIS
Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte Colombe La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton (viole de gambe), Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Aug/2024 ] In this new album, Florence Bolton and Benjamin Perrot revisit the composer who gave their ensemble its delightful name, 'La Rêveuse'. |
ANONYMOUS / SCHEIDEMANN / STEFFKINS / JENKINS / etc
My precious manuscript - Fantastic sonatas from England to German La Sainte Folie Fantastique [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "This highly captivating programme is performed with great dedication. The musicians deliver strongly rhetorical and gestural interpretations which lend these pieces a pronounced theatrical character." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) La Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] On 13 January La finta giardiniera, a dramma giocoso, was premiered at the Salvatortheater in Munich, then on 23 April the serenata Il re pastore was staged at the archbishop's palace in Salzburg. |
PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato (Complete opera recorded in 1989) La Scala Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Nuccia Focile / Amelia Felle / Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] G :- "…delivered with a polish that makes almost every moment a delight." (BBC Music) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (complete opera recorded in 2017) La Scala Opera / Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Carlos Álvarez, Michele Mauro / Riccardo Chailly (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] "Anna Netrebko as Giovanna is simply a force of nature. Across her huge vocal range and the role's giant proportions, her tone remains powerful and her charisma sweeps all before it." BBC Music |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Olivo e Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2016) La Scala Opera / Bruno Taddia, Filippo Morace, Laura Giordano, Pietro Adaini / Federico Maria Sardelli (cond) [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Donizetti enthusiasts will find this recording to be a lively and enjoyable performance of a virtually unknown work from the Master's second tier. These are rare, and should be celebrated and cherished." MusicWeb |
W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete recorded in 2006) La Scala Opera / Diana Damrau, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca / Gérard Korsten (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "The availability on (Blu-ray) of any production by Giorgio Strehler, even one recorded many years after it was new, is automatically a major event. But this film - a 2006 revival of Strehler's Le Nozze di Figaro from 1980 - is much more than a... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY La Scala Opera / Diana Damrau, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca / Gérard Korsten (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "This is above all a heartfelt performance of a heartfelt masterpiece, and in the end Strehler's work is inseparable from the contributions of the conductor, designers and cast." (OperaNews) |
ROSSINI
Guglielmo Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 1988) La Scala Opera / Giorgio Zancanaro / Chris Merritt / Giorgio Surjan / Cheryl Studer / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/May/2004 ] G :- Riccardo Muti conducts a fine cast led by Giorgio Zancanaro in the title role of Rossini's towering and opulent last opera with the Corps de Ballet, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala. Sung in Italian |
ROSSINI
La donna del lago (complete opera recorded in 1992) La Scala Opera / Rockwell Blake / Giorgio Surjan / Chris Merritt / June Anderson / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 16/Dec/2004 ] G :- "Mature Rossini at his best and most demanding. I recommend it to enthusiasts of the opera seria now slowly gaining a foothold in the repertoire" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Gala - highlights from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & Nutcracker (Recorded at the Teatro all Scala in 2007) La Scala / Polina Semionova / Nadja Saidakova / Ronald Savkovic / David Coleman (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] G : - "The dancing is uniformly excellent, and conductor David Coleman leads the La Scala orchestra in bravura performances of some of Tchaikovsky's greatest ballet music." (AudAud.com) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Gala - highlights from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & Nutcracker (Recorded at the Teatro all Scala in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala / Polina Semionova / Nadja Saidakova / Ronald Savkovic / David Coleman (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "The dancing is uniformly excellent, and conductor David Coleman leads the La Scala orchestra in bravura performances of some of Tchaikovsky's greatest ballet music." (AudAud.com) |
La Sera
Sees the Light [ Hardly Art / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] Katy Goodman's second long-player under the La Sera moniker is moored heavily in the melodies and sugary-vocals of 60s girl groups and the gentle sway of early country music |
ALBINONI / PISENDEL / VIVALDI
Per Monsieur Pisendel La Serenissima: Adrian Chandler, violin Gareth Deats, cello Robert Howarth, harpsichord [ Avie / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] This is the debut recording by the young English violinist Adrian Chandler, whose passion for Vivaldi led to his exploration of several of the Red Priest's contemporaries, including Albinoni, and the younger, dazzling German violinist and composer... |
La Serenissima
Vivaldi: L'amore Per Elvira [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] |
ALIBINONI / LOTTI / VERACINI / VIVALDI / PORTA / POLLAROLO
Venice by Night Peter Whelan (bassoon) Mhairi Lawson (soprano) Simon Munday (trumpet) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Peter Whelan is a virtuoso bassoonist...Simon Munday proves an impeccable trumpeter...With five 'first recordings', this is not to be missed." (BBC Music) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi's women - Instrumental and vocal sacred music La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (conductor/viola d'amore)) with Claire Booth (soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano) & Jessica Dandy (alto) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] A vibrant collection of some of the more unusual works penned by Vivaldi for performance by the figlie di coro at Venice's famous Ospedale della Pietà, this recording also stars a newly commissioned viola d'amore made to a design penned by Stradivari |
VIVALDI / SAMMARTINI / LOCATELLI / TARTINI
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume Three: The Golden Age La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Everything about their performances here is perfectly judged, right down to the percussionist's evident enjoyment of the unusual drum thwacks in RV562a." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month August 2008) |
SCARLATTI / ABACO / VANDINI/ MANCINI / TARTINI / VIVALDI
Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler, with Tabea Debus (recorders) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Settecento' is the style of art, music and architecture that emerged in Italy in the early 18th century, celebrated here by La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler with a collection of works from that era. |
MICHEL-RICHARD DELALANDE
Delalande: Symphonies Pour Les Soupers Du Roy [Symphonies for the King's Supper] La Simphonie du Marais, Hugo Reyne [ Camera Obscura / Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Hugo Reyne, known until then as the 'recorder-player of Les Arts Florissants', presented the first-ever completed recording of the Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy with his ensemble La Simphonie du Marais, founded three years previously |