More By Artist: Corto.alto
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FRANCESCO FEO
Feo: Missa / Confitebor a 5 Anja Zugner, Dorothea Wagner (soprano) Dominika Hirschler (alto) Tobias Hunger (tenor) Tobias Berndt (bass) / Batzdorfer Hofkapelle / Matthias Jung [ CPO / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Francesco Feo numbers among the most important Neapolitan composers of the first half of the eighteenth century. |
HANDEL
Siroe, Re di Persia (Opera in Three Acts) Ann Hallenberg (alto) Johanna Stojkovic (sop) Sunhae Im (sop) Gunter Schmid (countertenor) / Cappella Coloniensis / Andreas Spering (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Heritage / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK, The Sunday Times RECORD OF THE WEEK, The Guardian CD OF THE WEEK, The Daily Telegraph |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Israel in Egypt (Complete oratorio) Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (Conductor), Jennie Such (Soprano), Nils Brown (tenor), Sean Watson (bass) Jennifer Ens Modolo (alto) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "For the bargain-minded, however, this new Mallon release, one of his best yet, is a very good deal." --American Record Guide, September/October 2008 |
AULIS SALLINEN
Chamber Music I-VIII Arto Noras (cello), Alexis Roman (alto flute & flute), Nahoko Kinoshita (oboe), Gocho Prakov (clarinet) / Meta 4 String Quartet / etc [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] One of the internationally most well-known Finnish composers, AulisSallinen (b. 1935) celebrates his 80th birthday in 2015. As a tribute, Ondine is releasing the complete Chamber Music (I-VIII) series by the composer. |
Alessandro SCARLATTI / Giovanni Battista BONONCINI
Scarlatti / Bononcini: Cantate da Camera Gloria Banditelli (alto) / Ensemble Aurora [ Tactus / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
LOTTI
Vesper Psalms Barbara Christina Steude, Annekathrin Laabs (sops) David Erler (alto) Tobias Berndt (bass) Saechsisches Vocalensemble & Batzdorfer Hofkapelle / Matthi [ CPO / CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] "this is an attractive programme given with charm, poise and a lively immediacy." (MusicWeb April 2007) |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Cantatas / Membra Jesu nostri Barbara Schlick, Monica Frimmer (sop) Michael Chance, Rene Jacobs (alto) Knabenchor Hannover / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was Danish-born, but made his career in Germany. He was celebrated as an organist (Johann Sebastian Bach was among his admirers) and as a composer, with many sacred vocal works in his output. |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 9 'Choral' (rec 1954) Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass) / Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Orfeo offers the best sound yet for this performance, even though the vocal soloists remain painfully spotlit. Furtwängler conducts with spacious grandeur and elemental drive." (BBC Music) |
HASSE
Cantatas and Chamber Music Bernward Lohr (Harpsichord), Ulrich Wedemeier (Mandolin), Kai Wessel (Alto) Musica Alta Ripa [ MDG / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] The virtuosity of early classical music seems to have become second nature to the Musica Alta Ripa. On this CD the members of this prizewinning ensemble, together with Kai Wessel, one of the top countertenors of our time, pay homage to Johann Adolf... |
DUKE ELLINGTON
Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta / Sal Andolina (clarinet & alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2013 ] "A vital and very generous collection showcasing a concert Ellington who loved his commercial roots yet had more to give and gave it." (MusicWeb) |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Orfeo (Cantata) Julia Faulkner (sop) Anna Gonda (alto) / Camerata Budapest, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] "The voices match beautifully in duet, and in all such respects the performances deserve warm recommendation" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor Carolyn Sampson, Rachel Nicholls (sopranos) Robin Blaze (alto) Gerd Tark (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Baroque Vocal - "Among the handful of best recordings made, regardless of style." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29 & 6 others Carolyn Sampson (sop) Charles Brett (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (b) / La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Herreweghe Bach Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "The soloists are outstanding, with Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore in especially communicative form… Outstanding work; Herreweghe's occasional oratorios are beginning to achieve some kind of critical mass, a very fine series of Bach recordings... |
Cecily Atkinson (alto) Lynton Atkinson (tenor) Margaret Burdett (soprano) Jonathan Prentice (bass) Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and orchestra
A Christmas Choral Spectacular (arr. Peter Breiner) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/2004 ] "The singing and orchestral playing are full of good cheer." -- Geoffrey Norris, The Daily Telegraph, 4/12/04 |
MILTON BABBITT
Babbitt: Soli e Duettini Charles Abramovi (Piano), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Marshall Taylor (Alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] One prepossessing characteristic of Milton Babbitt's music is that its lines jump around a lot. However intrinsically appealing, this gains something from the fact that they also do not. The jumps sample streams of slower activity, communicate... |
Charles Lloyd (tenor and alto saxophones) with Billy Higgins (drums, percussion, guitar)
Which Way is East [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2004 ] Tenor great, Charles Lloyd has this 2CD offering - a duet album with the late Billy Higgins on drums and percussion. |
MICHAEL HAYDN / GEORG CHRISTOPH WAGENSEIL / JOHANN GEORG ALBRECHTSBERGER / LEOPOLD MOZART
Classical Trombone Concertos Christian Lindberg (alto trombone) / Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, artistic director and leader [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Anyone who has ever played a trombone will be delighted at these recordings. Any lover of rarely recorded works will doubtlessly enjoy this album..It cannot be more highly recommended." (MusicWeb) |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass / Sinfonietta Christiane Libor (soprano) Ewa Marciniec (alto) Timothy Bentch (tenor) / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "The polished choral singing is a joy, with excellent pitching throughout, especially in the cruelly exposed unaccompanied entries. The orchestra's contribution is equally distinguished." (Gramophone) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Requiem, Op. 89 Christiane Libor (soprano) Ewa Wolak (alto) Daniel Kirch (tenor) & Janusz Monarcha (bass) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "The string playing is marvellous and the woodwind, so important in this work, are refined and ethereal. The choir also holds its own against the Czechs - you only need to listen to the Introitus to be convinced" MusicWeb |
