Since you are interested in Vanessa (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Choral Images The BBC Singers / Stephen Cleobury (with Iain Farrington, organ) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "The BBC Singers under Stephen Cleobury give strong, passionate performances...this is strong music and it responds to strong, technically confident performances. But here, the BBC Singers go far beyond mere technical competency, creating a series of... |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 3 / Chain 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "On this evidence, Edward Gardner and the BBC SO are a dream team, pressing the claims of a composer who has been neglected since his death in 1994...This performance sets a seal on a disc that leaves one eager for its successors" Gramophone Magazine |
FOULDS
A World Requiem Jeanne-MichAle Charbonnet, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Stuart Skelton, Gerald Finley / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Leon Botstein [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "The revival of this important work after more than 80 years on Remembrance Sunday 2007 was well-justified by the commitment of the performers. It was wonderfully captured by the engineers and the set is beautifully presented too." (MusicWeb... |
FAURE
Requiem, Op. 48 / La Naissance de VACnus, Op. 29 / Pavane, Op. 50 / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Libby Crabtree (soprano) Mary Plazas (soprano) James Rutherford (bass) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "The Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine both breathe the calm of the Requiem. While they are enjoyable makeweights, the disc's revelation is a wonderful performance of the rarely heard La Naissance de Venus… this piece is a little gem" Gramophone |
SCHUBERT
Symphonies Nos 4 "Tragic" & 5 Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Gordan Nikolic [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine March 2010 |