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BACH / HANDEL / TELEMANN / SCARLATTI
Let The Bright Seraphim Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) / The Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks [ Signum Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The tone is immediately set by Crispian Steele-Perkins' trilling trumpet on Bach's "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", which also features quite thrilling counterpoints between him and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas" (The Independent) |
Elina Duni with Rob Luft & Fred Thomas
Lost Ships [ ECM / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Elina Duni and Rob Luft's programme of songs of love and exile has been gathering momentum since 2017, when the Albanian-Swiss singer and the British guitarist began their collaboration. Along the way the duo has been augmented by distinguished... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor and other sacred choral works The Elora Festival Singers / Thomas Fitches (organ) / Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "This is a first rate collection" - ClassicsToday |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Emil Gilels (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Andre Watts (piano) New York Philhamonic, Thomas Schippers [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/1990 ] Originally released by CBS Records in 1967 |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah (highlights) Emma Kirkby (sop) Margaret Cable (alto) James Bowman (countertenor) Joseph Cornwell (ten) David Thomas (bass) / Taverner Choir and Players / Parrott [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] Highlights from the classic recording including 'Behold the Lamb of God', 'He was despised' and 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' |
JONES / DOWLAND / JOHNSON / d'INDIA / LAWES / etc
Pastoral Dialogues Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas (bass) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] This collection gathers together some of the most delectable of 17th century duets both from England as well as from Italy. Any Emma Kirkby recording is an event, and this reissue, making its first appearance on CD, will be no exception. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Anna Netrebko, Luca Pisaroni, Erwin Schrott, Malena Ernman, Jonathan Lemalu / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "[Schrott] looks wonderful, is a natural and extraordinarily gifted actor, and has so much sinister charm that one understands why no woman can resist him. He has a rich voice, with many subtle shades...a definitive account [of the title-role]" BBC |
Food: Thomas Strønen / Ian Ballamy
This Is Not A Miracle [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] The British/Norwegian Food duo of Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen are joined again by Austrian guitarist and electronics player Christian Fennesz for a new album of powerful grooves, evocative textures and exploratory improvisation, sometimes... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: The Barber of Seville [Il Barbiere di Siviglia] (Complete Opera recorded in 1983) Francisco Araiza, Agnes Baltsa, Thomas Allen, Robert Lloyd / Academy St Martins / Neville Marriner [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Sir Neville Marriner makes one of his rare appearances as an opera conductor and the combination of a superb cast and stylish orchestral playing combine to make a magnificent recording of Rossini's comic masterpiece. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Gabriel Faure - The Complete Works Gautier Capuçon, Jacqueline du Pré, Sabine Devieilhe, Nicholai Gedda, Ian Bostridge, Victoria de los Ángeles, Thomas Beecham, Michel Corboz, Michel Pl [ Erato / Warner Classics / 26 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Warner Classics brings to you the Complete works of Gabriel Fauré, included are many popular and historical recordings for solo harp and piano, chamber, lyrical and orchestral works. |
VERDI / SAINT-SAENS / PUCCINI / GIORDANO / OFFENBACH / DVORAK / MOZART / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! Roberto Alagna, Mirella freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Mady Mesple, Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Nicolai Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2016 ] This CD set presents an extensive opera sampler of mostly arias, with some famous choruses as well, such as Va, Pensiero from Verdi's Nabucco. |
PIAZZOLLA / ELGAR / SARASATE / MOZART / RAVEL / BERNSTEIN / RANEAU / SAINT-SAENS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: BBC Proms 99 - Artists and music from BBC Proms 1999 Gidon Kremer, Maxim Venerov (violin) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, etc [ Teldec / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] This double CD features artists appearing in the BBC Proms 1999. Note that these are recordings taken from previously released material and are note recorded from the actual proms. |
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ROSSINI / W. A. MOZART / J. STRAUSS II
Love, Passion & Deceit: Classic Opera productions from Glyndebourne [La Cenerentola, Cosi fan Tutte, Die Fledermaus] Glyndebourne Opera / Topi Lehtipuu, Luca Pisaroni, Miah Persson, Ruxandra Donose, Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2015 ] 'I had to search long and hard down memory lane to recall a Così that so vividly revealed both the pleasure and the overwhelming pain of this evermore disturbing masterpiece, and I failed.' Opera on Cosi |
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Orchestral Works Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / Bournemouth Symphony, Paavo Berglund / Royal Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham / Northern Sinfonia, Paul Torteli [ EMI Classics Gemini / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London. 1969 & 1970 (Halle) Guildhall, Southampton 1981 (Bournemouth) Abbey Road Studios, London. 1973 & 1955 (Northern Sinfonia & Royal Philharmonic) |
COLE PORTER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Thomas Hampson sings Cole Porter - Night & Day Thomas Hampson (baritone) with Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McClinn [ Emi Classics / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "One suspects that Hampson dislikes being described as a "crossover" singer, as he sometimes is. To cross over something, there must first be a barrier to be crossed. Hampson's career has demonstrated that many divisions in music are false, and that,... |
C. P. E. BACH / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN / ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) Christine Jaccottet (harpsichord) Thomas Demenga (cello) [ Philips / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Recorded at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, October 1987 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 1970) Hildegard Hillebrecht, Tatiana Troyanos, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Karl Böhm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2015 ] "Reri Grist is my ideal Zerbinetta, precise of rhythm and intonation, witty in phrasing and verbal inflexion, tough in attack yet delectably sensual in vocal quality, the whore of one's dreams, sweet and permissive and utterly natural, never calculat |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterriese Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Adès (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "If any audience is present here, they leave no audible sign. Maybe listeners were immobilised by wonder, struck dumb by the impact and wide range of Bostridge's voice - beautiful, ugly, anguished, tender, robust, bleached." The Times |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict (Complete opera) Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Thomas Allen, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Dame Janet Baker and Robert Tear lead an outstanding cast in this classic recording of Berlioz' operatic setting of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, under the baton of the distinguished Berlioz conductor Sir Colin Davis. |
