More By Artist: Elena
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsk-Korsakov - Pan Voyevoda, Suite; Sadko, Op. 5; Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 28; May Night (Overture) Elena Okolysheva, mezzo-soprano / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Powerful orchestral music from one of Russias greatest orchestrators! |
NIKITA KOSHKIN
Music for guitar Elena Papandreon (guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] Elena Papandreou (guitar) |
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Elena Papandreou
Plays Roland Dyens [ Bis / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] |
BROUWER
Guitar Music Vol 2: El DecamerAn negro AEC Preludios EpigramAIticos AEC etc Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Naxos continues its guitar series |
MANOS HADJIDAKIS
Paper Moon - Songs by Manos Hadjidakis Elena Papandreou (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers and a legend in his native land, Manos Hadjidakis is also one of the best-known internationally thanks to a body of works that touches many musical genres, from concert music to popular songs and scores... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano works Elena Rozanova (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Dec/2001 ] Selection of popular 20th Century piano works |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Paisiello: La finta amante Elena Tsvetkova, Daniele De Prosperi, Antoine Bernheim, Stefano Parisse Estrin Orchestra, Stefano Parisse [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Giovanni Paisiello enjoyed a considerable international reputation during much of his career, with 80 or more operas that presented a challenge to those of Mozart in Vienna. La finta amante was composed during Paisiello's time at the Russian court of... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophone / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed (LP) Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophon / LP - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Estrellita - miniatures for violin Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted in this pleasing selection." MusicWeb |
SCHNITTKE
Symphony NO 9 (with Raskatov - Nunc dimittis) Elena Vassilieva (mezzo-soprano) / Dresdner Philharmonie / The Hilliard Ensemble / Dennis Russell Davies [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Composed shortly before his death in 1998, Schnittke's ultimate symphony - actually his very last work - is a "Ninth" in a most unusual sense: Put down with a shaky left hand by an artist who had survived four strokes and was laterally debilitated,... |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (Complete opera) Elena Vink, Nancy Argenta, Christina Hegman, Markus Schefer / La Petite Bande under Sigiswald Kuijken [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Of course one can not ignore Mozart’s anniversary. So in addition to the best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by this composer Brilliant Classics celebrated his 250th birthday with a special series. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Captive Nightingale Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano), Jason Xanthoudakis (clarinet) & Clemens Leske (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Australian soprano Elena Xanthoudakis joins forces with her brother, Jason, and Clemens Leske to perform some lost gems of Romantic chamber music and lieder repertoire, by composers including Lachner, Späth, Proch, Lindtpaintner and Kalliwoda. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle Elena Zhidkova & Sir Willard White / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "…Gergiev and his superlative orchestral forces and vocal soloists, supported by magnificent sound quality, present the enigmatic piece with great power, leaving us, as adequate performances always do, feeling stunned and somewhat bewildered." (BBC) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R.: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony DVD / DVD - released 28/Jun/2014 ] "Jonas Kaufmann was spectacular as Bacchus, growing improbably stronger as he progressed. Emily Magee was scarcely less impressive in the demanding role of Ariadne." - New York Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera / original 1912 version recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Emily Magee, Elena Moșuc, Jonas Kaufmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding (conductor), Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 17/Feb/2014 ] Jonas Kaufmann made his highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus in this 2012 Salzburg Festival production of Ariadne auf Naxos, leading a cast including Emily Magee and Elena Mosuc, with Daniel Harding conducting. Director Sven-Erich Bechtholf's staging is... |
FRANCESCO DURANTE
Durante: Requiem Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Elena Carzaniga (contralto), Roberto Rilievi (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (bass) / Astrarium Consort [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2020 ] Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was the most important representative of the Neapolitan School in the first half of the 18-th century, "the greatest harmonist in Italy, that is the world" wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
Magnard: Cello Sonata Op.20 / Piano Trio Op.18 Camilla Patria (cello) Elena Ballario (piano) Franco Mezzena (violin) Sergio Patria (cello) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] Albéric Magnard, born in Paris in 1865, was a pupil of Dubois, Guiraud, Massenet and D'Indy at the Paris Conservatoire, and he frequented the circle of César Franck. In 1896 he became a teacher at Paris's Schola Cantorum. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1968) Elena Souliotis, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mario Del Monaco, Carlo Cava / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Elena Souliotis has the power, ferocity, energy for the role...Mario del Monaco's "Ferisci, ma non interrogarmi" is a splendid moment [...] Cosotto's tone is always full and beautiful...Silvio Varviso's direction is pleasantly spirited" Gramophone |
