T La Rock
It's Yours [ Universal Music / LP - released 4/Apr/2014 ] |
T La Rock
Lyrical King 20th Aniversary [ Warlock / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Teatro Carlo Felice / Daniela Dessi, Massimo La Guardia, Mario Malagnini, Ramaz Chikviladze / Donato Renzetti (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Turandot, one of Puccini's most powerful and original operas, is a favourite with audiences. Musically, it is one of the composer's most modern and innovative scores, and also a work that calls for sumptuous sets and dramatic costumes. |
MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in March 2007) Teatron Real Madrid / Violeta Urmana / Vincenza la Scola / Vladimir Galouzine / Maria Bayo / Jesus Lopezs Cobos [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] G - Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid, February and March 2007 |
DE FALLA
El Amor Brujo etc Teresa Berganza / Gonzalo Soriano / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion / Francaise / Ataulfo Argenta [ Medici Arts / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] This Falla collection recorded live in Paris in 1957 is very highly regarded in Spain as representing the very best of Argenta in his compatriot's music. |
MANUEL de FALLA
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three Cornered Hat) / El Amor Brujo / etc Teresa Berganza (soprano) Marina de Gabarin (mezzo-soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Legends / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] During the war, Falla wrote a pantomime ballet titled El Corregidor y la Molinera ('The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife') based on a novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, was at the 1917 premiere.... |
Tes la Rock
Them [ Noppa / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] One of Dubstep's most persistently prolific producers drops an impressively diverse debut album. |
The La's
The La's (LP) [ Go! Discs / LP - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Widely feted by the critics and highly rated by influential musicians such as Oasis' Noel Gallagher, The La's' lone, self-titled album remains a thing of wonder. A unique amalgam of gritty Merseybeat, Byrds-esque chime'n'jangle and punky attitude,... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 1998) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Trisha Brown / Smon Keenlyside / Juanita Lascarro / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi France / 2 DVD - released 26/Jul/2007 ] G :- "To many fans of the work, it is this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo which debuted at La Monnaie in Brussels in May of 1998 which offers a near-flawless symbiosis of music, text, and movement. Starring Trisha Brown and René Jacobs, this... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1992) Theatro La Scala / Renato Bruson / Mariella Devia / Vincenzo La Scola / conducted by Stefano Ranzani [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "A powerfully dramatic and memorable La Scala production. Recommended." (MusicWeb) |
Tres De La Habana
Tres De La Habana.Com [ Bis / CD ] |
MASSENET
Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet Truls Mørk (cello) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Jules Massenet has long been associated primarily with opera, while his orchestral works have gone unappreciated. This collection of overtures, ballet music, and concert pieces, each with its own unique orchestral colour, showcases Massenet's... |
C.P.E. BACH
Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus) Uta Schwabe (soprano) Christoph Genz (tenor) Stephen Genz (bass) / Ex Tempore / La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] 'Sigiswald Kuijken's lively but sensitive and thoughtful direction, and his attention to details of the instrumental texture, ensure that the work gets the performance it merits. I found it compelling, and warmly recommend it' (Gramophone) . |
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
RESPIGHI
Complete Orchestral Music Vol 3 [Incls 'Concerto gregoriano'] Vadim Brodsky (violin) Chiara Bertoglio (piano) Andrea Noferini (cello) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "[La Vecchia] conducts with energy and conviction throughout. The Rome orchestra responds enthusiastically, and the orchestral sound has plenty of colour and presence, with nice grip from the brass at the tuttis. A must for Respighi fans" MusicWeb |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Les paladins Valentin Tournet; La Chapelle Harmonique [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] Rameau's key forgotten comédie-lyrique is brought back to life: in 1760, at the age of 77, Les Paladins would be his last work performed in public. Inspired by the triumph of his other comedy, Platée, Rameau adds emphasis and excess, makes the... |
Various Artists / Mixed by Sam La More and Tommy Trash
Sessions Eight [ Ministry of Sound Australia / 2 CD - released 27/May/2011 ] Two discs of dance and club bangers set to smash your inter-seasonal misery through the wall and re-spark your soul's love for all things dance. |
RODRIGO
Complete Orchestral Works-7: Retablo De Navidad (Christmas Carols And Songs) Soloists / Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Jose Ramon Encinar [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Coro y Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, José Ramón Encinar |
VIVALDI
Concertos & Cantata with Bassoon Frans Robert Berkhout (bassoon) / La Suave Melodia [ Etcetera / CD - released 28/May/2008 ] These are magnificent performances from bassoonist Frans Robert Berkhout. He was lead bassoonist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Amsterdam Bach Soloists. |