DONIZETTI / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / BOITO / etc
Mccormack In Opera John McCormack (tenor) with with Lucrezia Bori & Mario Sammarco [ Nimbus / CD ] "Nimbus has carefully assembled the best of John McCormack's operatic recordings and brought them vividly and convincingly to life through the 'Digital Ambisonic Process' ... the liveliest transfers of McCormack's acoustic output to date" Fanfare |
W. A. MOZART / NIELSEN
Mozart / Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Bliss responds to the work's mercurial switches of mood with a wide range of colour and articulation, and meets its considerable technical challenges with seemingly offhand virtuosity." (BBC Music) |
BEETHOVEN / FERRÉ / SOLLIMA
Searching for Ludwig: Beethoven, Sollima & Ferré Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer, Mario Brunello [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Gidon Kremer and Mario Brunello pay tribute to Beethoven by presenting two of his most famous quartets in a version for string orchestra played by Kremerata Baltica. The ensemble's founder Gidon Kremer directs op.131 from the violin, while Mario... |
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA
Hosokawa: Gardens Luigi Gaggero (cimbalom), Mario Caroli (flute) / Ukho Ensemble Kyiv [ Kairos (Paladino) / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "Hosokawa drew inspiration for these lustrous pieces from his own garden. The percussion-tinged Drawing expands from a bare calligraphic gesture and Im Frühlingsgarten places Mario Caroli's eloquent flute amid eloquent flute amid evocative wind" |
BELLINI
Norma (Complete Opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas / Mario Filippeschi / Ebe Stignani / Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Chorus And Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "The manner in which Callas colours her voice and the way she moves through the vocal register is very individual and not to every taste. If it is to yours then this Naxos realisation of the 1954 studio recording is in the best sound I have so far... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas / Renato Ercolani / Mario Borriello / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Puccini's Turandot , first performed in 1926, was the only work in which Callas sang that was younger than herself and is a perfect vehicle for a dramatic soprano with a steady, steely and brilliant voice capable of rising to top C.Although she had... |
Mario
Turning Point [ J Records / CD - released 8/Mar/2005 ] Mario returns as one of the key r&b artists for 2005. 'Turning Point' features the hit singles "Let Me Love You" and "How Could You". |
Mario Biondi
Sun [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/May/2013 ] |
Mario Biondi & High Five Quint
Handful Of Soul [ Schema / CD - released 13/Jul/2009 ] |
Mario Biondi & The High Five Quintet
Handful Of Soul (2LP) [ Schema / 2 LP - released 27/Jan/2017 ] |
Mario Bradley
Rhythm Junction [ Pink & Black / Raucous Records / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] Excellent second album from multi-talented Mario Bradley, featuring a wide variety of rockin' rollin' music with Rockabilly and Jump Blues flavours. |
TARTINI / VANDINI / MENEGHINI
Tartini: Concerti e Sonate per Violincello Piccolo Mario Brunello / Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni [ Arcana / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Tartini, Mario Brunello and the Accademia dell'Annunciata commemorate one of the great partnerships in the history of eighteenth-century music: the relationship between Tartini and Antonio... |
Mario Canonge
Rhizome [ O+ music / CD ] |
CARL REINECKE
Flute Concerto / Serenade / etc Mario Carbotta (flute) / Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Kiradjiev [ Dynamic / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] This CD features the two works that Carl Reinecke wrote for orchestra and solo flute. Written when he was over eighty years old, they were published between 1909 and 1911. Representative of the late romantic style, they are characterised by a revival... |
J. S. BACH
Complete Music for Lute Mario D'Agosto (13‐course baroque lute by Ivo Magherini) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] No more than a handful of pieces represent the entire musical heritage for baroque lute by Johann Sebastian Bach - not a lot when we consider the enormity of the composer's total output. Although it is not known whether Bach himself played the... |
Mario Del Monaco
Mario Del Monaco:arias [ Testament / CD ] |
ITALIAN POPULAR SONGS
Italian Popular Songs 1 Mario Del Monaco / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Beniamino Gigli / Jussi Bjorling / Tito Schipa [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The selections in the present CD programme are all survivors of bygone eras. They are good tunes and, having been variously recorded since the advent of the gramophone by famous singers (and by mainly tenors), all have acquired a certain permanence. |
VIVALDI
Flute Concertos Op 10 Mario Folena (flute) & Federico Guglielmo (violin and concert master) / L'Arte dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Vivaldi's six Concertos for flute Op.10 nearly attain the same popularity as the Four Seasons. Published in Amsterdam in 1728, they contain some of Vivaldi's most famous concertos: Il Gardellino, La Notte and the Tempesta di Mare. Music of wonderful... |
Mario Hospach-Martini
Purcell/Bohm/Grigny/Bach/Blow [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2008 ] |
Mario Lanza (tenor)
Mario Lanza (1949-1950) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Essential Nostalgia! One of the best selling titles |