AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Flute Concerto / Air / Second Symphony Marina Piccinini (flute) / Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "Piccinini's performance of Air will take your breath away. I was also left breathless at the brilliance and precision of the Peabody Orchestra." Fanfare |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Flute Sonatas / Partita in A minor (arranged for flute and guitar duo) Marina Piccinnini (flute) / Brasil Guitar Duo [ Avie Records / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] Leading international flutist Marina Piccinini pairs with the Brasil Guitar Duo for unique arrangements of J. S. Bach's popular Flute Sonatas. One of the world's leading flute virtuosos, Marina Piccinini presents unique transcriptions of Bach's... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Essence Marina Rebeka (soprano), Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, Marco Boemi [ Prima Classics / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Marina Rebeka sings a selection of the most beloved opera arias of all time accompanied by the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Marco Boemi. Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka is one of the leading opera singers of our time. Since her... |
ROSSINI
Amor Fatale: Rosini Arias Marina Rebeka (soprano), Julia Heiler, Levy Sekgapane, Gianluca Margheri, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marco Armil [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 24/Aug/2017 ] Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. To mark the occasion of the upcoming Rossini year of 2018, she and the Munchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Marco Armiliato, have recorded an album of highly dramatic opera... |
Marina Rossell
Classic Catalan Songs [ World Village / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
Marina Shaguch, soprano, Alexander Kisselev, bass, Residentie Orchestra The Hague
Nabokov, Nicolas - Ode: Maditation sur la majesta de Dieu / Union Pacific [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "projected with great fervour and commitment by Polyansky" (BBC Music) |
PANCHO VLADIGEROV / DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Slavic Roots Marina Staneva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] Awarded the title Young Steinway Artist in 2020, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva received the 2019 Sam Hutchings Piano Prize and was a 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist. She has been praised for her serious talent, outstanding musicianship,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs From Latin America Marina Tafur (soprano) / Nigel Foster (piano) [ Lorelt / CD ] |
RACHMANINOV
Music for Cello & Piano Marina Tarasova (cello) Alexander Polezhaev (piano) [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] Marina Tarasova (cello) & Alexander Polezhaev (piano) |
KABALEVSKY
Cello Concertos 1, 2 / Improvisato (violin & piano) / Rondo (violin & piano) Marina Tarasova (cello) Natalia Likhopoi (violin) Ludmilla Kuritskaya (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of Russia [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "These are successful performances that are impressive for Tarasova's sense of flow and colour as well as for the mercurial fantasy and power of Likhopoi." (MusicWeb Jan 2011) |
KHACHATURIAN
Cello Concerto in E minor / Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D min Marina Tarasova (cello), Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Veronika Dudarova [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Tarasova plays both works with great eloquence and expressive vehemence: she has a big tone and impeccable technique" (Penguin Guide) |
KARL DAVIDOV
Davidov: Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Marina Tarasova(cello) / Alexander Polzhaev (pno) / Davydov Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Krimetz [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Marina Tarasova (cello) & Alexander Polezhaev (piano) |
GLUCK / BELLINI / MASSENET / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / GOUNOD
Marina Viotti - A Tribute To Pauline Viardot Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano) / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Aparte / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques make a foray into the Romantic repertoire with this tribute to Pauline Viardot, who was not only the most influential singer of the nineteenth century, but also a pedagogue and composer, whose gifts,... |
PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey / Andris Nelsons (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. |
Michelle Breedt, soprano / Renato Girolami, bass / Judith Halasz, soprano / Alexander Klinger, tenor / Peter Koves, bass / Marina Mescheriakova, sopra
Mozart, W.A. - Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) K. 492 (Highlights) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "The MArriage of Figaro" won considerable success both in Vienna and subsequently in Prague, and was revived in the former in 1789, when two... |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / TORU TAKEMITSU
Tre Voci Kim Kashkashian (viola) Sivan Magen (harp) Marina Piccinini (flute) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "There may be no such thing as the 'perfect' disc, but if this one has flaws then I'm at a loss to point them out. Everyone should own a copy." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Complete Songs Natalia Gerasimova (soprano), Marina Choutova (mezzosoprano), Alexei Martinov (tenor), Mikhail Lanskoi (baritone), Sergei Baikov (bass) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Some rarely heard repertoire by this much-loved composer who exerted a powerful influence over Stravinsky, and with whom Respighi studied orchestration. |
MARINA CEDRO
Pop-Up Symphonie Marina Cedro, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Formations musicales de Radio France / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] A musical fairy-tale, including songs of Marina Cedro performed by musicians of the Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio France, to an original story by Jean-Luc Fromental. |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Carlo re d'Allemagna (complete opera) Romina Basso, Roberta Invernizzi, Marina de Liso / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi [ Agogique / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Jan/2012 ] Fabio Biondi returns with the first recording of 'Carlo, Re d'Alemagna' by Alessandro Scarlatti, first performed in Naples in January 1716. The opera was resurrected in 2003 by Biondi (the leader of the innovative ensemble Europa Galante) who led a... |
MEYERBEER
Robert Le Diable (complete opera recorded in 2012) Royal Opera House / Bryan Hymel, Patrizia Ciofi, John Relyea, Marina Poplavskaya / Daniel Oren (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] A grand opera that dominated the stages of Europe for most of the 19th century, Robert le diable is a masterpiece. Director Laurent Pelly breathes new life into Giacomo Meyerbeer's great spectacle and audaciously entertaining moral fable, in this... |