Since you are interested in Pearl Fisher's Duet (Very Best of), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Mantovani & His Orchestra
Mantovani's Mediterranean Melodies [ Alto / Take: 2 / CD - released 27/Nov/2014 ] "In the new age of Hi-Fi stereo, no sound dominated the airwaves and turntables as much as the cascading strings and romantic arrangements of Mantovani, which were uniquely suited to Italian & Mediterranean hit tunes" (MusicalMerit) |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in D minor & Te Deum Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Keith Lewis (tenor) / Croydon Singers & Croydon Orchestra, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Highest honours must go to the outstanding 140-voice chorus who sing with earth-shattering conviction, utmost clarity of diction and enviable precision of ensemble and intonation." BBC Music Magazine |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion Karl Erb (tenor) / Willem Ravelli (bass) / Jo Vincent (soprano) / Ilona Durigo (alto) / Willem Mengelberg [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / 3 CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "...Naxos provides an unexpectedly rich sound-frame, quite amazing given the year. There are times when Mengelberg's (truncated) Bach Passion sounds almost as Wagnerian as Furtwangler's Tristan, rapt one moment, explosively emotional the next, but... |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Aus der Tieffen: Early Cantatas BWV131, BWV182 & BWV4 Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor), Stephan Macleod (bass) / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The Ricercar Consort have already been awarded a Radio 3 disc of the Week and a Gramophone Editor's Choice for their Bach recordings for Mirare. Here they present three sacred cantatas, among the earliest written by the young Johann Sebastian in his... |
J.S. BACH
Monument for the Queen of Poland BWV198 Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan Macleod (bass) / Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot [ Mirare / CD - released 22/Aug/2006 ] "A compelling and profoundly musical testament to a beloved ruler." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Great Welsh Tenor: Handel Arias and British Folksongs Richard Lewis (tenor) [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2011 ] Richard Lewis was one of the most successful British tenors of his generation who enjoyed a truly international career. He had a particular affinity with Handel and Elgar and while he made numerous ensemble recordings, his solo output was relatively... |