Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Opera and Oratorio arias, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BRITTEN / RAVEL / RESPIGHI / SCHULHOFF / SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magdalena Kozena: Recital Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henschel Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2004: Vocal |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Operatic Arias Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Simon Rattle [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Sep/2006 ] "Here is a singer with both a rich, colourful and 'alive'-sounding voice and the musical intelligence to use that gift." Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (September 2006) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Ah! Mio Cor - Handel Arias Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Archiv / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Clear away preconceptions and be prepared for one of the most extraordinary vocal displays to have been issued in recent years" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2007) |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Handel: Italian Cantatas Magdalena Kozena (Mezzo-soprano) Les Musiciens du Louvrec / Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] "Her vocal range is wide, and her ability to produce varied colour a great virtue in sustained solo dramatic pieces of this kind...the results are rewarding indeed." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
THE BACH FAMILY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lamento: rarely-heard music by the Bach family Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Musica Antiqua Koln / Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] "A marvellous, thought-provoking recital by a singer in her glorious first bloom." (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
Arias Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Musica Florea / Marek Stryncl [ Archiv / CD - released 16/Aug/2001 ] "Here is a richly gifted, highly accomplished young singer - Mozart prize-winner Salzburg 1995, 'Talent of the Year' Prague Award-winner 1996, Vienna Volksoper Clemenza di Tito (Annio) 1997, together with a burgeoning career in concert and... |
RYBA
Czech Christmas Mass Magdalena Kozena (soprano) / Capella Regia Musicalis, Robert Hugo [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Brightly recorded, this performance is undoubtedly the best available of this much-loved work." BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 ***** |
GLUCK
Paride ed Elena (Complete Opera) Magdalena Kozena, Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2005 ] "If anyone can, Kozena can - an impressive restoration of a forgotten opera" (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) (Complete opera) Marijana Mijanovic, Magdalena Kozena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Charlotte Hellekant, Bejun Mehta / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Archiv / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Handel's dramatic masterpiece in a recording to challenge the very best" (Gramophone) |
DVORAK / SCHULHOFF / JANACEK / MARTINU / etc
Songs My Mother Taught Me Magdalena Kozena (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) with Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Classics / CD - released 24/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Solo vocal - "Kozená very much at home - mother was obviously an excellent teacher. Right from the beginning, as beauty of tone takes a back seat to an instinctive reaching for the style, there's a sense of something... |