JEAN SIBELIUS / JACQUES DESBRIERE
Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande / Desbriere: Sinfonia Tauno Hamalainen (Cor anglais), Timo Mahlamaki (Clarinet), Juha Markkanen (Oboe), Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] The play Pelléas et Mélisande, by the Belgian symbolist poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, had been written in 1892 and first staged in Paris. It attracted the attention of various composers, notably Debussy and Schoenberg. |
ADOLPHE ADAM & OTHERS
Adam: Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded May 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Nicoletta Manni, Martina Arduino, Timofej Andrijashenko / Patrick Fournillier (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] With fairytale-like staging and a "Pas de deux" that made Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn a legend and always awaited in the ballet galas, Le Corsaire is considered a choreographic milestone in the history of ballet. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermooor (complete opera recorded in 2003) Teatro Carlo Felice / Stefania Bonfadelli, Marcelo Alvarez, Roberto Frontali / Patrick Fournillier (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] This DVD shows an impressive staging of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti filmed at the opera house in Genoa, directed by preeminent opera director Graham Vick, conducted by renowned opera conductor Patrick Fournillier. |
W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2010) Teddy Tahu Rhodes / Taryn Fiebig / Peter Coleman-Wright / Rachelle Durkin / Opera Australia / Patrick Summers [ Opera Australia / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2011 ] Recorded live at the Sydney opera House, this Blu-Ray, DVD and CD performance received the following review: "Stellar cast.....from the first bars of the overture you know you are in for a good time...a spectacular cast on every level...." The Daily... |
PATRICK HAWES
Lazarus Requiem Thomas Walker (tenor), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) & Rachael Lloyd (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Patrick Hawkes [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Patrick Hawes returns to disc on Signum with the premiere recording of his 'Lazarus Requiem', for Choir, Orchestra and Soloists. Blending the liturgical text of the Requiem Mass with the story of Lazarus from the New Testament, the composer blends a... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Violin Sonata BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Tianwa Yang (violin) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois / Romain Descharmes (piano) [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Apr/2015 ] Filled with Mendelssohn's signature freshness and lightness of touch, the Violin Concerto in D minor and the Sonata, Op. 4 are youthful products but written with an assurance which is startling in its maturity. The substantial earlier concerto gives... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Tianwa Yang (violin) Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois, with Romain Descharmes (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2013 ] "in Tianwa Yang...we find an artist of exceptional technique and musicianship. Above all, her tone, particularly at the extremes, on the G and E strings, is heart-meltingly beautiful" BBC Music Five Stars |
C. P. E. BACH
Complete Flute Concertos Patrick Gallois (flute) / Toronto Camerata Kevin Mallon (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of seventeen he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the... |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Flower Drum Song Juanita Hall, Pat Suzuki, Patrick Adiarte ./ Original Broadway Cast [ Sony / Columbia / CD - released 14/Mar/1999 ] Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. |
William Patrick Corgan
Ogilala [ BMG / CD - released 13/Oct/2017 ] Second solo album for Smashing Pumpkins frontman William Patrick Corgan. Ogilala, produced by Rick Rubin and recorded at Shangri La studios in Malibu, presents Corgan's distinctive vocals and melodies across a sparse, but rich palette of acoustic... |
William Patrick Corgan
Ogilala (LP) [ BMG / LP - released 13/Oct/2017 ] Second solo album for Smashing Pumpkins frontman William Patrick Corgan. Ogilala, produced by Rick Rubin and recorded at Shangri La studios in Malibu, presents Corgan's distinctive vocals and melodies across a sparse, but rich palette of acoustic... |
J.S. BACH
Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 / Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "if you buy only one recording, buy the Suzuki." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
KONSTANTIN VASSILIEV
Vassiliev: El Faro Mágico / Wanderer in Time / Rose in the Snow / etc Yuri Liberzon (guitar), with Patrick O'Connell (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Konstantin Vassiliev's music synthesises several different styles including jazz, Russian folk music and contemporary Western traditions. This album contains music written over a 22-year period. |