J. S. BACH
A Bach Notebook for Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet) Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's 'A Bach Notebook for Trumpet' is a celebration of the music of the famous Johann Sebastian and ten other lesser-known Bachs, re-imagined for the combination of trumpet and piano. |
STRAVINSKY / LEIGH / FAURE / MARTINU / RESPIGHI / STENNHAMMAR
The Neoclassical Trumpet Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn / CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] "Freeman-Attwood's clean, well-behaved trumpet sound embraces a dizzying palette of colours; the wrong-note buffoonery of the Vivo finds him cultivating a well-rounded rasp; in the finale, a bel canto tone is luminous and generous." (Gramophone) |
FIORENZA / PERGOLESI / SCARLATTI / PORPORA / MANCINI
Neapolitan Concertos for Various Instruments Josetxu Obregón (cello), Tamar Lalo (recorder), Daniel Oyarzabal (harpsichord), Ignacio Prego (harpsichord), Hiro Kurosaki (violin) La ritirata [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Mar/2018 ] The Neapolitan Baroque, especially in the first half of the eighteenth century, was a vibrant and vital time for instrumental music, as Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata now demonstrate with their new recording of six concertos from that era. |
REICHE / GRAUPNER / WEICHLEIN / MONROE etc
Altissima - Works For High Baroque Trumpet Josh Cohen (Baroque Trumpet), Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham (director) [ Chandos / Chaconne / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] The baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen is among the most sought-after clarino specialists in North America. A native of the Washington, DC area, he performs regularly with most of the leading early music ensembles in North America and has appeared as... |
FRANK MARTIN
Golgotha (complete oratorio) Judith Gauthier (sop) Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Adrian Thomson (ten) / Cappella Amsterdam / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Reuss maintains a tight grip on the unfolding drama...there is such an obvious intensity and love of this extraordinary piece that it never feels as though it is dragging...A revelatory recording." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Choral |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "A winning Brahms Double, violinist and cellist playing with warmth." RECORDING OF THE MONTH Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
LIEBERMANN
Flute Concertos (with works by Poulenc and Nielsen) Katherine Bryan (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Paul Daniel [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Bryan revels in the [Liebermann's] mix of long-breathed lyricism and devil-may-care acrobatics...She's also a delectably poised exponent of Poulenc's ravishing Sonata (heard in Lennox Berkeley's perfectly judged orchestration)." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / etc Kian Soltani (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] "There's a sense of real partnership with the orchestra, a lovely chamber-like dialogue, the rounded woodwind and brass timbres of the Berliners providing an ideal foil for his brightly-lit line" BBC Music Concerto Choice October 2020 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "...beautifully sung, played and recorded - is among the most satisfying and quietly moving to come my way for a long time." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Song |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in 2012) La Monnaie, Brussels / Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky, Tom Randle, Dietrich Henschel / Paul Daniel (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
EMILIO de CAVALIERI:
de Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo (complete opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray Theater an der Wien / Georg Nigl, Cyril Auvity, Anett Fritsch, Daniel Schmutzhard / Giovanni AntoninI [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "This Rappresentatione is as entertaining a sermon as you're ever likely to see. Does it belong in the opera house? Carsen certainly makes a persuasive case." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023 |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1 Kirsty Hopkins (soprano) Eleanor Dennis (soprano) Greg Tassell (tenor) Charles MacDougall (tenor) Daniel Moult (organ) / London Early Opera, Bridget C [ Signum / CD - released 4/May/2016 ] "an attractive potpourri by Handel and others. These bright, lively accounts of music which we know was heard at Vauxhall include an aria from Acis and Galatea and a fine John Hebden concerto, and to close, the glorious duet As steals the morn from H |
EL-KHOURY
New York, Tears and Hope / The Rivers Engulfed London Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (Conductor) / Daniel Harding (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] "I know that the composer was grateful for and proud, pleased, and excited by the meticulous performances his music received here. He was present at the recordings and you can be sure that what you hear is what he intended and that the performers... |
LUDIVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Cinema Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with Daniel Hope (violin), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague [ Decca Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Presenting Cinema - a brand new handpicked 2CD collection of Ludovico's most emotive musical works from film and television, including tracks from Oscars favourites Nomadland and The Father and much more. |
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
In a Time Lapse (Special Edition) Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with guest Daniel Hope (violin) [ Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] "It's not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world's most successful living classical composers: there's a deeply satisfying emotional logic to his piano-based progressions that makes him as much the inheritor of Chopin and Satie... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Doktor Faust (Complete Opera recorded in 2023) Blu-ray Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Dietrich Henschel, Daniel Brenna, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Joseph Dahdah, Olga Bezsmertna, Florian Stern / Cornelius Meiste [ Naxos / Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/Mar/2024 ] "Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be more refined but doesn't lack for commitment." Gramophone |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg [The Count Of luxemburg] (complete operetta recorded in 2012) Marco Vassalli, Mark Hamman, Daniel Wagner, Astrid Kessler, Maria-Christine Haase / Osnabruecker Symphonieorchester, Daniel Inbal [ CPO / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Beguiling melodies and a thrilling romantic plot render this operetta among Lehár's finest work. The live performance was recorded in the theatre next to the CPO offices, and the stunning reviews of the production whet the appetite for the... |