Kokomo Arnold
Volume 1; 1930-1935 [ CD ] |
SHAKESPEARE
Great Shakespeare Speeches Lawrence Olivier / John Gielgud / Marlon Brando / Alec Guinness / Arnold Moss [ Regis / CD - released 28/Nov/2007 ] He could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles C. Bennett, who met Laurence Olivier in 1927. One of Olivier's earliest successes as a Shakespearean actor on the London... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: English & Irish Dances, Scottish & Chamber Dances and Sarabande & Polka London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Arnold (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "one after another these little jewels first grab and then delight the ear with their brilliant pastiche of folk melodies. … this is a wonderful box of delights" Edward Greenfield, Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphony No.4 Op.71 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Malcolm Arnold (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Those familiar with [Lyrita’s] famous LP’s of British music, made in the 1960s and 1970s will not be surprised to be told that this CD with Arnold’s Fourth Symphony offers sound of demonstration quality. It has all the ambient naturalness that made... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Hampson / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnonc [ Teldec Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] "This live recording from Graz Cathedral is gloriously bombastic but mushy at times, despite sprightly original instruments and sensitive plainsongs." (BBC Music) |
PETERIS VASKS
Flute Concerto, etc Michael Faust (flute) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois / Sheila Arnold (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2013 ] Renowned for its luminosity and searing expressiveness, the music of Lithuanian composer PÄ“teris Vasks frequently explores the relationship between nature and humanity, not least in the Flute Concerto (written for Michael Faust), which is among the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera) Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Thomas Hampson, Olga Borodina / Wiener Philharmoniker & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] 'It's a fantastic cast. We know each other very well, we trust each other greatly and we like one another's work. It's a wonderful atmosphere, of course galvanised by this driving force of genius called Nikolaus Harnoncourt' Thomas Hampson |
W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 1990) Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Dawn Upshaw, Edita Gruberova, Yvonne Kenny / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 4/May/2009 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / The Nutcracker (complete opera & ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera & Ballet / Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Alain Altinoglu (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2018 ] In March 2016 Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov created a revolutionary production for the Palais Garnier in Paris - the bringing together of Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta and ballet The Nutcracker, which was to become one of the key events of... |
P.P Arnold
The New Adventures Of… [ Ear Music / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] When P.P. Arnold arrived in London in 1966 to support The Rolling Stones as one of The Ikettes, little did she know that her world would turn upside down. She caught the eye of Mick Jagger, who persuaded her to stay in London and record as a solo... |
P.P. Arnold
The Turning Tide [ Kundalini / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] Arriving in England as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina review in the mid-60's, PP was spotted by Mick Jagger who immediately got her signed to Immediate Records. Several huge hits followed, 'First Cut is The Deepest', 'Angel Of The Morning', and so... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthaus-Passion [St Matthew Passion] Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann / Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2007 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Baroque Vocal |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / W. A. MOZART
Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert (recorded 2012) BLU-RAY Rachel Harnisch, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Javier Camarena, Paolo Fanale & Alex Esposito / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado [ Accentus Music Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Sep/2016 ] A "touching and magnificent reunion" (Der Standard). The public and press enthusiastically celebrated the long-awaited return of Claudio Abbado to the Salzburg Festival in 2012. The conductor brought with him Mozart's youthful Mass K. 139, the... |
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Flammen Raymond Very (Don Jun), Iris Vermillion (La Morte), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] In the 1920s and 30s, Czechoslovakia was flourishing culturally and boasted a multi-faceted musical scene. In considering the works of composers such as Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann and Erwin Schulhoff, we can see how they... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Secular Choral Works Ruth Ziesak, Angelika Kirchschlager, Christoph Prégardien, Robert Holl / Wiener Concert-Verein, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Erwin Ortner, with András Sch [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2021 ] A voyage of discovery through a lesser-known area of Schubert's rich and prolific output, this collection comprises seven themed CDs: Transience; Love; Eternity; Heroism; Nature; Celebrations, and Circle of Friends. |
W. A. MOZART
Salzburg Festival 2012: Ouverture Spirituelle Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Elisabeth Von Magnus (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Florian Boesch (baritone) Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] This is the first recording of the new concert series "Ouverture Spirituelle" from the Salzburger Festspiele 2012 focusing on religious themes and musical works. Two rarely heard pieces that Mozart wrote when he was twenty years old - the Litaniae... |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love. |
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "The cast under Magnus Loddgard's baton is good. Boy soprano Tempu Ishijima is outstanding in the title role, incredibly touching but not mawkish, and as his mother, Dshamilja Kaiser has a strong mezzo." Opera Now |
ANTON WEBERN
Webern: Vocal and Orchestral Works - 5 Pieces / 5 Sacred Songs / Variations / Bach-Musical Offering: Ricercar Tony Arnold / Claire Booth / David Wilson-Johnson / Simon Joly Chorale / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Many of the performances are by the Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, a group of veteran New York new-music players who could just as well call themselves the Robert Craft All-Stars…their interpretations reflect Mr. Craft's half century of... |
Beethoven,
Fidelio, Die Walküre, Salome, Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten Ursula Schröder-Feinen, Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein; Orchester der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Arnold Quennet, Peter S [ ORFEO / CD - released 26/May/2006 ] |