RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Bayreuther Festspiele / Clay Hilley, Iréne Theorin, Albert Dohmen, Elisabeth Teige, Michael Kupfer-Radecky / Cornelius Meister (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2023 ] In 2022 Bayreuth Festival 2022 presented a long-awaited new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, staged by young Austrian director Valentin Schwarz and conducted by Cornelius Meister. |
GOUNOD / DELIBES / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / etc
Aida Aida Garifullina (soprano) / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Cornelius Meister [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] 'Garifullina dazzles in this impassioned and musical performance' Opera recording of the Month April 2017 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St. John Passion (complete oratorio recorded in 1986) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, Cornelius Hauptmann, Nancy Argenta / The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2000 ] "Gardiner conducts an exhilarating performance. Speeds are regularly on the fast side but, characteristically, he consistently keeps a spring in their rhythm. Chorales are treated in contrasted ways." Penguin Guide |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Svatební Kosile, Op. 69 [The Spectre's Bride] Simona Šaturová (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor) & Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister [ Capriccio / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "[Meister] tends to emphasise the lyrical aspects of DvoĆák's score. But there are shapely solo contributions from the ORF orchestra, and certainly some very fine expressive singing from soprano Simona Šaturová as the girl and tenor Pavol Breslik as |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Grosse Messe in C minor / Exsulate, jubilate / Ave verum corpus Arleen Auger, Frederica von Stade, Frank Lopardo, Cornelius Hauptmann, Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Leonard Bernstein's performance of this Mass is the finest available. Proof comes from a very unexpected source. A major French classical music magazine conducted a blind listening test of every available performance of this Mass--and this recording... |
W. A. MOZART
Mass in C Minor Great K427 Sylvia McNair / Diana Montague / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Cornelius Hauptmann / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 10/Mar/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "...an outstandingly fresh performance of high dramatic contrasts, matked by excellent solo singing; both the sopranos pure and bright toned and Anthony Rolfe Johnson in outstandingly... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op 123 Rosa Mannion (sop) Birgit Remmert (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) / La Chapelle Royale / Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe has the measure of this stubborn masterpiece...No-one has ever got it quite right - until now.' - Classic CD |
Cornelius
CM Cornelius Remixes [ Matador Records / CD - released 9/Mar/1999 ] |
Cornelius
Fantasma [ Matador Records / CD - released 24/Mar/1998 ] |
Cornelius
Point [ Spunk! Records / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] Dubbed as the Japanese Phil Spector for post-rave generation, Cornelius is out of this world! |
Cornelius
Point (Deluxe Limited Blue & White Vinyl LP) [ Inertia / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] This deluxe double LP is pressed on opaque blue and white vinyl with 3 additional remixes, custom Cornelius slipmat and lenticular cover. Cornelius is the brainchild of Japanese multi-instrumentalist Keigo Oyamada. Performing musician since his... |
Cornelius
Point (LP) [ Inertia / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Cornelius is the brainchild of Japanese multi-instrumentalist Keigo Oyamada. Performing musician since his teens, Oyamada created his creative alter-ego (the name is an homage to the Planet of the Apes) in the early 1990's from the ashes of his... |
Cornelius/Flotlow/Halevy
Gottlob Frick [ Testament / CD ] |
Gottfried
Klavierkonzert, Wandlungen, Nachtstück, Medusa-Suite, Dantons Tod-Suite Konstantin Lifschitz, RSO Wien, Cornelius Meister [ ORFEO / CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Doktor Faust (Complete Opera recorded in 2023) Blu-ray Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Dietrich Henschel, Daniel Brenna, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Joseph Dahdah, Olga Bezsmertna, Florian Stern / Cornelius Meiste [ Naxos / Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 15/Mar/2024 ] "Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be more refined but doesn't lack for commitment." Gramophone |
Patrick Cornelius
Fierce [ Whirlwind / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] |
FREDRIK PACIUS
Die Loreley (Opera in two acts sung in the original German) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Raimo Sirkia (tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) Riikka Rantanen (mezzo-soprano) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2004 ] "The first recording of an opera premiered in 1887. Congratulations are due to all those involved in rescuing from oblivion a work that never deserved such a fate" (ClassicWeb) |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg Soloists, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Cornelius Meister, Stephan Kimmig [ Naxos / DVD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Der Prinz von Homburg resonates powerfully with Hans Werner Henzes pacifist perspective. The opera is based on a play by Heinrich von Kleist that opposes authority, celebrating a dreamer rather than a classical hero, and individualist freedom rather... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |