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Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (opera recorded 1988) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (opera recorded 1988)
English National Opera / Ann Murray, Lesley Garrett, Valerie Masterson / Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ]
"a landmark in the reassessment of Handel's genius...Mackerras understood Handel's music intimately...Murray's Xerxes is unfailingly elegant, whether serenading a plant in the shadow of Roubiliac's statue of Handel, or pausing over a demitasse."
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986) cover
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986)
English National Opera / Eilene Hannan / John Treleaven / Rodney Macann / Ann Howard / Phyllis Cannan / Mark Elder (cond)
[ Arthaus / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ]
G :- Dvorak's three act opera is based on two fairy tales and tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal.
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY
English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ]
"Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2001) cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2001)
English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ]
Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written originally for Kathleen Ferrier, lies at the heart of David McVicar's powerfully stark production for English National Opera as 'an everyday sort of...
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Enrico Dindo (cello) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
[ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ]
"His playing here is remarkably rich, obtaining deep and richly expressive tones from a Rogeri instrument from 1717. The cello sound is forward, bordering on the surrealist as with so many concerto recordings these days, but not intolerably massive...
Cosmic Trilogy / The Shining One cover
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GUILLAUME CONNESSON
Cosmic Trilogy / The Shining One
Eric le Sage (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve
[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2010 ]
"If there's another living composer who combines fantasy with shimmering orchestral virtuosity as brilliantly as Guillaume Connesson, I've yet to hear him." (Daily Telegraph)
Oxymoron / Salve Regina / Ardor / etc cover
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Oxymoron / Salve Regina / Ardor / etc
Pedro Carneiro (marimba) Leho Karin (violoncello) Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann (piano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Olari Elts
[ ECM / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ]
"The performances all seem to be of the highest quality, and two artists deserve special mention: Pedro Carneiro for his unbeliveable feats of prestidigitation as marimba soloist in Ardor, and Leho Karin for the sustained intensity she brings to the...
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Estonian National Opera/Lintu
Pylkkinen: Mare And Her Son
[ Ondine / 2 CD - released 9/May/2005 ]
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica cover
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EUGEN SUCHON
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ]
"Suchoň clearly wrote in a style that paralleled Vaughan Williams and others who resisted the urge to "modernise". I very much enjoyed meeting the music of Eugen Suchoň for the first time, and wish that more was available." (MusicWeb April 2015)
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica cover
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EUGEN SUCHON
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ]
Although his music is rarely performed nowadays, Eugen Suchoň was the most influential and respected Slovak composer of the twentieth century. Three of his greatest symphonic works are performed here by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and...
French Music For Ballet cover
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HENRI SAUGUET / JULES MASSENET / JACQUES IBERT
French Music For Ballet
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ]
In this fascinating recording the legendary Neeme Järvi explores two lesser-known French ballets by Sauguet and Ibert, complemented by the Ballet Suite from Massenet's opera HérodiadeLes Forains. Sauget's wide-ranging influences, notably the...
French Music for the Stage cover
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DELIBES / MASSENET / AUBER / BOIELDIEU / THOMAS
French Music for the Stage
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ]
"All in all, this is a most rewarding and highly recommendable disc." MusicWeb Recommended
French Opera Overtures cover
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AUBER / PLANQUETTE / LECOQU
French Opera Overtures
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ]
The nineteenth-century French opera overture was for many years looked down on by certain music critics (and musicians) - largely as the genre turned its back on the historical adherence to strict musical form (fugue, sonata form, etc.). Percy...
Furtwangler - Symphony no.2 in E minor cover
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WILHELM FURTWANGLER
Furtwangler - Symphony no.2 in E minor
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ]
Wilhelm Furtwängler was born in Schöneberg (now a district of Berlin) in 1886, but spent most of his childhood in Munich, where his father, an archaeologist, taught at the university. He received a musical education from an early age, and soon became...
Leó Weiner: Serenade, Divertimentos cover
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LEO WEINER
Leó Weiner: Serenade, Divertimentos
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ]
Within his extended discography, Neeme Järvi has explored the work of some magnificent Eastern European composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, recently including Suchoň and Scharwenka. He here reveal s the delightful, witty...
Martinu: Špalíček [suites] / Rhapsody -Concerto cover
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Špalíček [suites] / Rhapsody -Concerto
Mikhail Zemtsov (viola) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ CHANDOS / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ]
"The Estonian strings sing their hearts out…the woodwind solos are very lovely, too. Viola-player Mikhail Zemtsov impresses with the sheer beauty of tone." BBC Music
Strauss In St Petersburg cover
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss In St Petersburg
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[ Chandos / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ]
This is a double-anniversary disc, offering a rare collection of lively works to celebrate the ninetieth anniversary of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra as well as the eightieth birthday of its principal conductor, Neeme Järvi. Cheerful...
Heino Eller: Night Calls cover
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HEINO ELLER
Heino Eller: Night Calls
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
[ Ondine / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ]
This second volume in a series dedicated to the orchestral works of Heino Eller by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Olari Elts is a ground-breaking introduction to one of the founders of the Estonian school of music. The...
Sumera: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 cover
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Kõrvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights, Orchestral Works cover
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TONU KORVITS
Kõrvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights, Orchestral Works
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Risto Joost (conductor), Meelis Vind (bass clarinet)
[ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ]
Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) is together with Arvo Pärt and Erkki-Sven Tüür among the most interesting Estonian composers of our time. This album by the Estonian NSO and Risto Joost consists of orchestral works written between a period of ten years, from...