Since you are interested in The NMC Songbook (4 CD set), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / The Voyevoda Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Orchestral - "This is top-quality sound and playing - at bargain price, too." BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera) Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2013 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Opera - "Gheorghiu somehow conveys not only the depth of Butterfly's love but also her inner knowledge that, in fact, her belief in Pinkerton's devotion is hopeless. This is a mature interpretation" |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (complete oratorio) Paul Groves, Bryn Terfel, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra / Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Choral - "It has been well worth the wait for this recording...they have done Elgar proud with this distinguished recording which I have found to be a very moving experience." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2008) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY/ MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Debussy / Ravel / Faure: String Quartets Quatuor Ebene [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Chamber Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
PURCELL
The complete Fantazias [fantasias] Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Baroque Instrumental - "Fretwork have grown in confidence and flair… In this new recording they bring a stronger sense of the linear progression of the music, helped by slightly quicker tempi. They are less... |
SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe & other Heine settings Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Solo vocal - "In close collusion with the ever-sentient Julius Drake, Gerald Finley gives one of the most beautifully sung an intensely experience performances on dic of Schumann's cycle of rapture, disillusion and... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 4 (Incls 'etudes pour piano') Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Instrumental - "Another ravishing release from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - so what are you waiting for?" |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Coronation Anthems / Excerpts from Messiah / etc The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009 - Baroque Vocal - "Fresh, spontaneous Coronation Anthems that leap to the top of the heap" Recording of the Month Gramophone April 2009 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The complete works for piano and orchestra (Incls Piano Concerto in D major) Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Concerto - 'Steven Osborne yields nothing to the great Sviatoslav Richter in the punchiness and fine-tuned filigree of his playing. No skating over the surface here, with Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO adept at teasing out... |