WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART / GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Mozart: Requiem / Paisiello: Messe pour le sacre de Napoléon Le Concert de la Loge; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Julien Chauvin; Sandrine Piau [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Mozart's Requiem was not performed in Paris until 1804, in a version slightly different from the composer's original score. The press reported a triumph. That same year also saw the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte - who had brought back a pronounced... |
La Vent Du Nord
Tromper Le Temps [ Borealis / CD - released 8/Dec/2017 ] Their sixth Borealis release, "Tromper le temps" blazes new trails through traditional ground as the group pushes their own boundaries harmonically and dynamically. Like all great artists Le Vent du Nord aren't afraid to take chances and... |
LIDHOLM
Orchestra Music 1944-1958 Lena Nordin (soprano) / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra conducted by La Jia [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] "Lidholm's early output brought into focus, culminating in the magisterial Ritornell..a sonic spectacular." (Gramophone) |
INGVAR LIDHOLM
Lidholm: Orchestral Works (Incls Motus-colores) Lena Nordin (soprano) / Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra conducted by La Jia [ BIS / CD - released 3/May/2003 ] This is the second of three important releases featuring the complete orchestral music of the doyen of Swedish composers, Ingvar Lidholm who was born in 1921. |
PERGOLESI / VIVALDI
Stabat Mater Les Solistes de la Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Gael Darchen (director) / Claire Pichon / Alix Le Saux / Ensemble Instrumental des Hauts-de-Seine [ Calliope / CD - released 30/Mar/2008 ] These two settings of the Stabat Mater provide fascinating contrasts: Vivaldi's being composed for solo voice, Pergolesi's for two voices; the former still little known, the latter one of the few works for which Pergolesi remains famous to this day.... |
Lianne La Havas
Blood [ Warner Music / CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] Lianne La Havas made a huge breakthrough with her Top 5 debut album IS YOUR LOVE BIG ENOUGH? Now the 25-year-old London-based singer-songwriter releases her eagerly anticipated new album BLOOD Sonically, BLOOD is a collection that shakes, shimmies... |
Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner UK / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Mint coloured vinyl. Lianne's third album and her first in five years is an album of startling beauty and insight. Working on writing and exploring her own identity, La Havas spent a lot of time moving back and forth between the UK and the States.... |
GODZINSKY / KLAMI / FOUGSTEDT / SZENTIRMAY / PARTANEN / KASKI
Evening Dusk Serenade - Newly Discovered Finnish Works for Violin and Orchestra Linda Hedlund (violin), Elisa Järvi (piano) / La Tempesta Orchestra, Jyri Nissilä [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] The repertoire of Finnish music for violin and orchestra is full of hidden gems, with a substantial amount of works remaining unperformed and unpublished. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / W. A. MOZART
Lisa Della Casa sings Handel & Mozart Lisa della Casa (soprano) with Roberta Peters (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinrich Hollreiser, Josef Krips, Ka [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] Among the legendary opera singers of the post-war era was Lisa Della Casa, one of the few internationally known musical stars produced by the little country of Switzerland, and a member of the exceptional Mozart ensemble built up by the Vienna State... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Attila (complete opera) Liudmyla Monastyrska, Stefano La Colla, Stefan Sbonnik, George Petean, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic [ Br-Klassik / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Following Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller", with which Ivan Repušić made his debut as principal conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in September 2017, the conductor's successful cycle of early masterpieces by the famous Italian opera composer... |
L'orchestre De La Suisse
Shostakovich/Kodaly:symph No.5 [ Testament / CD - released 24/Feb/2003 ] |
DELIBES / ADAM / TCHAIKOVSKY / MINKUS / OFFENBACH / MASSENET / etc
Richard Bonynge - Complete Ballet Recordings L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, English Chamber Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 45 CD Box Set - released 18/Dec/2020 ] 48 CDs compiled by Cyrus Meher-Homji, a long-time friend of Richard Bonynge, including familiar scores by Tchaikovsky & Delibes alongside works revived by Maestro Bonynge throughout his career. |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) / Suite No. 3 / Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana' LOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The 2CD Tchaikovsky/Ansermet sets represent his complete Tchaikovsky recordings for Decca. For many, Ansermet's recording of The Nutcracker is in a league of its own. Refined, yet passionate, many of the pieces on these recordings make their first... |
PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6 LOrchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These 2CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Both, the Paris Conservatoire and the Suisse Romande versions of the 'Classical' Symphony are included. |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Rococo Variations / Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, with Maurice Gendron, cello [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The 2CD Tchaikovsky/Ansermet sets represent his complete Tchaikovsky recordings for Decca. Many will find fascinating his own sequencing of numbers from Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. Refined, yet passionate, many of the pieces on these... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Weller [ ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Although they have been intermittently available, Walter Weller's cycle of the three Rachmaninov Symphonies have hidden their blazing light under the Decca bushel for far too long. Recorded in absolutely thrilling Decca sound with L'Orchestre de la... |
RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / The Rock L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Walter Weller [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Surging, romantic readings from a re-juvenated Suisse Romande under their then chief conductor, unfortunately, not long with them" (MusicWeb) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / PAUL DUKAS
Debussy / Dukas: Orchestral Works L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Aug/2018 ] 'The Swiss orchestra give each score a splendid performance, with the strings especially outstanding.' Gramophone, May 1959 (Jeux, La Péri) |
SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Tapiola (with Rachmaninov-Isle of the Dead) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] While it remains a pity that Ansermet didn't venture further into the bleaker landscapes of Sibelius, less may well be more, and these epic recordings of the Second and Fourth symphonies, together with a raw reading of Tapiola are collected together... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 & 9 / The Age opf Gold - ballet suite L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Walter Weller / London Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Venerated for their perky, piquant performances and the ripe, rich Decca sound, Walter Weller's thrilling readings of Shostakovich's Symphonies 1 and 9 have long been on the reissue request lists. Now, they appear on CD for the first time. |