W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina NaforniĊ£a. |
PATRICK HAWES
Hawes: Fair Albion - Visions of England Brno Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Hawes (piano), Raven Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting treatment by Julian Lloyd Webber, solidly supported... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 2 Mannheim Mozart Orchestra / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Salieri was no pushover. Neither is Fey who, as usual, couples individuality in interpretation to dynamic, sizzling conducting and whiplash precision of ensemble...[His] grasp of extremes is a fearless re-creation of Salieri's creative invention.... |
Mapfumo, Thomas
Rise Up [ Real World / CD - released 27/Jul/2012 ] |
MARTIN BUSSEY
Through a Glass: Songs by Martin Bussey Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu (piano); Thomas Kemp (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Presenting an instantly striking and diverse collection of world premiere recordings of song by the contemporary composer Martin Bussey, Farnsworth is joined by the renowned young pianist James Baillieu for the A.E. Housman cycle Blue Remembered... |
MOZART / WEBER / ROSSINI / VERDI / etc
Great Singers Live: Margaret Price (recorded 1977-1991) Margaret Price (soprano) / Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton [ BR Klassik Great Singers Live / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi, to which this CD pays ample credit, and also features arias by Bellini, Cilea,... |
Schubert,
Salzburger Liederabend 1987 Marjana Lipovsek, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Thomas Riebl [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion BWV245 Markus Schafer / Thomas Oliemans / Peter Kooij (bass) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "This is a most moving performance. It is beautifully conducted by Franz Brüggen, unfolding with a natural expressiveness that is never short on drama but avoid the slash-and-burn vigour of some other period-instruments versions..This is a very... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Orchestral Songs Sunhae Im (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone) / Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Aparte / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "The orchestral versions of these songs - four of which are getting their first recordings - provide depth of a particular sort." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2023 |
Mats Eilertsen, Haarmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
And Then Comes The Night [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a distinctive presence on ECM recordings by, amongst others, Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Nils Økland, Wolfert Brederode and Jakob Young and has long maintained several projects of his own,... |
REINHARD KEISER
Pomona Melanie Hirsch, Doerthe Maria Sandmann, Olivia Vermeulen, Magdalene Harer / Capella Orlandi Bremen, Thomas Ihlenfeldt [ CPO / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] Reinhard Keiser is regarded as one of the most important German opera composers of the baroque era, and his Pomona forms the ideal introduction to the world of the German-language baroque opera. A few deities come together to participate in a... |
MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Organ Symphony / Cortege et Litanie / Organ Concerto Michael Dudman (organ) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Patrick Thomas [ ABC Classics Discovery / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Marcel Dupre was one of the master organists of his time and one of the major figures in French organ music of the 20th Century. Deploying the stunning range of colours of the organ of the Sydney Town Hall, this recording presents works for both solo... |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Complete oratorio) Michael George (bass) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) David Thomas (bass) / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The Choir of [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "This is a fine recording...For many people, though, the King's forces and Emma Kirkby, with Michael Chance doing all the alto solos, will prove a willing combination. And at super budget price, you cannot go far wrong. There is a complete libretto... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Keeping Score - Symphony No. 4 Michael Tilson Thomas / San Francisco Symphony [ SFS Media / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] "charismatic musical evangelism … genuinely fresh ideas about the presentation of classical music to a mass audience" International Record Review |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Kindertotenlieder Michelle DeYoung (mezzo soprano) / Women of the San Francisco Chorus / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "The San Francisco Orchestra is on fine form throughout and they are recorded with depth and spread in a realistic sound picture that packs a punch when needed but can pare down to intimacy too." (MusicWeb May 2003) |
BASSET / BOLCOM / TICHELI
Angels in the Architecture Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble, Reed Thomas [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Angels in the Architecture was inspired by the forms and ornamentation of the Sydney Opera House, contrasting divine light with turbulent darkness to pose the unanswered question of existence. |
HANDEL
Messiah (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera, John Elwes, David Thomas / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
BEETHOVEN
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Eike Wilm Schulte / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video. The 10th EUROPAKONZERT was performed in the newmillennium |