BRUCKNER
Symphony No.3 'Wagner Symphony' Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "A fascinating recording... Nagano captures the reverence and agitation of the symphony perfectly..." - The Independent (UK) |
BRUCKNER
Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces 5 - Symphony No. 8 in C minor Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Arthaus / DVD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Exclusive 52 min documentary with Kent Nagano talking about Bruckner, then a complete performance of Symphony No. 8 in C minor. |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 (with Schoenberg - Variations Op 31) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "Nagano delivers an overwhelming and superbly articulated account of the Schoenberg. His Brahms is beautifully played, but lacks the last ounce of passion, especially in the outer movements." BBC Music Magazine, March 2015 **** |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony no.6 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] Premiered in Vienna on 26 February 1899 under the direction of Gustav Mahler, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was never altered or revised by its composer, which shows his exceptional confidence in it. He was, indeed, especially proud of its compositional... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (Complete opera) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester / Kent Nagano / Nikolaus Lehnhoff / Christopher Ventris / Waltraud Meier [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD - released 5/May/2005 ] G :- "If you love Wagner, you'll want this splendid recording. Highest recommendations!" (ClassicalNet Aug 2005) |
GEORGE CRUMB
Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death / Quest Ensemble New Art / Fuat Kent (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] "If you have any interest in contemporary music, this is interesting music performed and recorded very well for a bargain price." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July 2006) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Festspielhaus, Baden- Baden / Christopher Ventris, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen / Kent Nagano (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Put simply, it is interpretively, vocally, instrumentally, visually and audibly a most impressive performance of Wagner's final opera." (Classical Net) |
Ensemble New Art / Kent, Fuat ao.
Crumb, George - Gnomic Variations [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JANACEK
The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera animated version) German Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano / Geoff Dunbar [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 4/Jul/2003 ] G : - A lavish animation of Janácek's well-loved classic featuring Sharp Ears, the loveable, flirtatious fox. The innovative animator Geoff Dunbar brings fresh life to this charming opera with its new sound track made in 2001 with the Deutsches... |
SCHOENBERG
Die Jakobsleiter Friede auf Erden Dietrich Henschel, Jonas Kaufmann, Stephan Ragamer, Michael Volle / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Deutsches SO / Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] "Kent Nagano's superb reading, full of humanity, is a clear first choice, going off into deepest space in the stunning closing passage - truly, music from another world." The Independent - |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Mass Jerry Hadley (tenor) / Rundfunkchor Berlin, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 SACD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "Nagano got everyone going, heads nodding, feet tapping, smiling all around me, and at least half the audience was on their feet at the end." - ClassicsToday.com (on the concert) |
Jim Tomlinson and Stacey Kent
Brazilian Sketches [ Candid Records / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] Available as an import CD from America, this was the second wonderful album from Jim and Stacey. |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Prometheus / Orchestral Songs Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "Wolf's own orchestrations, in these splendid performances, are startling. They transform his songs into quasi-Wagnerian music dramas." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
Kent Nagano
Bruckner: Symphony No.7 In E [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] |
JOHN ADAMS
The John Adams Album Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano [ Decca / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Released to coincide with Nagano's final, triumphant season with the Montréal Symphony, this John Adams Album contains his key orchestral works conducted by one of his greatest, lifelong champions. |
Kent Nagano
Mendelssohn: Die Erste Walpurg [ Farao Classics / CD - released 3/Jan/2011 ] |
JORG WIDMANN
Arche Kent Nagano / Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] For the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall, the German composer Jorg Widmann was commissioned to write a new oratorio for soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra, Arche. Widmann drew inspiration from the shape of the building itself:... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam (recorded on film, 1985) BLU-RAY Kent Opera / Rodney Macann, Sarah Walker, Howard Haskin & Anne Mason / Sir Roger Norrington (cond) [ Arthaus Monarda Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Rodney Macann heads a strong cast in the title role, giving a compelling performance as Priam, alongside Sarah Walker's moving portrayal of Hector's wife, Andromache. Howard Haskin plays Priam's rebellious son Paris, who elopes with Helen. |
Kent Stacey
The Stacey Kent Collection 1 [ CD ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus 2006) BLU-RAY Lyon National Opera / Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringelborn, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier / Kent Nagano (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "Elsa remains constantly onstage to narrate and to dream. The cast includes the sexy, brainy Ortrud of Waltraud Meier and the controversially light-toned Klaus Florian Vogt in the title-role." (Gramophone) |