More By Artist: Corto.alto
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HANDEL
Samson (Complete oratorio) Thomas Randle (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor) Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (Alto) Sixteen / Symphony of Harmony and Invention / Christophers [ Coro / 3 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "Powerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded." - Sunday Times |
Tim Berne (alto saxophone) with Oscar Noriega (B♭ and bass clarinets) & Matt Mitchell (piano)
Snakeoil [ ECM / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] After compelling contributions to ECM discs by David Torn and Michael Formanek, here is Tim Berne's first leader date for the label. "Snakeoil" introduces a fascinating ensemble, a "chamber-like group" in Berne's words, albeit one that packs some... |
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: Tim Berne (alto saxophone) with Oscar Noriega (clarinet/bass clarinet) & Matt Mitchell (piano)
You've Been Watching Me [ ECM / CD - released 22/May/2015 ] Tim Berne: alto saxophone Matt Mitchell: piano and electronics Ches Smith: drums, vibes, percussion, timpani Oscar Noriega: bass and Bb clarinets Ryan Ferreira: electric and acoustic guitars |
COPLAND / CRESTON / KAY / PISTON
Copland: The Tender Land Suite / Creston: Saxophone Concerto / etc Timothy McAllister (Alto Saxophone) / National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] This recording brings together four extraordinary mid-20th-century composers who helped shape America's musical destiny. Aaron Copland's The Tender Land is a moving tribute to the American rancher and farmer. It forms a profound celebration of those... |
ANDY SCOTT
Scott: Saxophone and Piano Works Timothy McAllister (Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone) Liz Ames (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Andy Scott is a British Composer Award winner and a founder member of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet. As a saxophonist for over 40 years, Scott's virtuosic yet harmonically subtle music is open to a wide variety of influences. |
CHARPENTIER
Noels and Christmas Motets Vol 2 Tracy Smith Bessett, soprano / Brian Duyn, tenor / Christine Stelmacovich, alto / Curtis Streetman, bass / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2003 ] "Singing,playing and recording are of high quality and so is the documentation." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
HENRY PURCELL / GUILLAUME DUFAY / JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Stravaganza Consonanti Gianluigi Trovesi (Piccolo Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Alto Saxophone), Stefano Montanari (Concertmaster) [ ECM / CD - released 27/Feb/2023 ] In this inspired collaboration with conductor and baroque violinist Stefano Montanari, the masterful Italian reedman Gianluigi Trovesi extends the line of musical enquiry posited on his Prufumo di violetta album. Supported by a cast of players... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: The Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Aga Mikol/aj (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Wiesl/aw Ochman (tenor), Romuald Tesarowicz (bass) & Boris Carmeli (narrator) [ Naxos / 5 CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] "Antoni Wit's ongoing cycle of Penderecki orchestral works is yet another of those truly outstanding Naxos projects that's unlikely to get the attention it deserves..." |
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MAX REGER
Reger Collection [11 CD set] Amadeus Webersinke (piano) Manfred Scherzer (violin) Annelies Burmeister (alto) / Radio Chorus Berlin, Dietrich Knothe / RSO Leipzig / Dresden Philhar [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2015 ] "splendid music in excellent, sympathetic performances." MusicWeb International, 1st July 2013 |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas BWV 79, 12, 150 / Motet BWV 118 Veronika Winter (soprano) Damien Guillon (alto) Marcel Beekman (ten) Benoit Arnould (baritone) / Akademia / Francoise Lasserre [ Zig Zag Territoires / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "For this disc, I looked for other affinities which were guided neither by liturgical connections nor by the choice of identical instrumentation in all the cantatas or the use of rare instruments." |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Fasch: Ich danke dem Herrn / Missa in G / Overture in A major Veronika Winter (soprano), David Erler (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor), Matthias Vieweg (bass) / Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max [ CPO / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "A very fine disc that has quickly become one of my favourite recordings of Fasch's music." MusicWeb |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 1, The Gothic Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) / Eva Jenisova (soprano) / Peter Mikulas (bass) / Dagmar Peckova (alto) / Slovak National Opera / Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2004 ] "Now it's reissued at bargain price, no one who claims the slightest interest in 20th-century British music has any further excuse to be without this thrilling, astonishing work." Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine, 08/04 |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion (complete oratorio) Yosemeh Adjei (Alto) Lothar Blum (Tenor) Locky Chung (Bass) Claudia Couwenbergh (Soprano) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (Conducto [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] "nobody acquiring this set will go far wrong, whatever basic attitude to baroque practice one will have and the impecunious beginner will get a recording to live with for many years." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 20 (Nos 184, 173, 59 & 44) Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Mutsumi Hatano (alto) Gerd Tark (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 5/Dec/2002 ] Volume 20 of the Suzuki Bach Cantata series |
SCHUBERT
Masses (Incls Deutsche Messe, D. 872 & Magnificat in C major, D 485) Zdena Kloubova (soprano); Ludmila Vernerova (soprano); Marta Filova (soprano); Monica Groop (alto); Christoph Genz (tenor); Matthias Goerne (tenor); J [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "There are undoubtedly greater performances of the Schubert masses, but those on this set are never less than convincing and sometimes a good deal more so. They form an ideal base from which to explore Schubert's sacred music; at super-budget price... |
GOLIJOV
La Pasion Segun San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) Biella Da Costa (Latin-Am alto) Jessica Rivera (sop) Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez (Afro-Cuban vocal) / Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] "Hearing it is impressive enough, but the live DVD version adds to the experience" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY / JOHN WILLIAMS / NED ROREM / CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
American Spectrum Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone) Branford Marsalis Quartet / North Carolina Symphony / Grant Llewellyn (conductor) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "A terrific calling-card from an orchestra only now perhaps truly earning the reputation it deserves." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2009) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das klagende Lied / Funf Lieder nach Ruckert / Kindertotenlieder / etc Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Susan Dunn (soprano) Markus Baur (boy alto) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The strength of the Chailly version lies with the splendid singing of the Dutsseldorf Choir and the demonstration-worthy Decca recording, full of presense." (3 Stars Penguin Stereo Guide on Das Klagende Lied) |
MICHAEL HAYDN
Haydn, (M.): Requiem & Mass Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Hilary Summers (alto) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] "King and his forces give the Mass a satisfyingly spirited performance, but these discs are memorable for their fine recording of Michael Haydn's astonishing Requiem. This must be one of my records of the year and I do urge you to buy it." -... |
