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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Lisa Beckley (soprano) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "The fresh, forward choral tone goes with an unmannered interpretation from Jeremy Summerly, with soloists comparably fresh toned" - Penguin Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 - 4 Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] "Whether in waltz or gallop Shostakovich proves consistently full of verve and these performances, warmly recorded, are splendid ones" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner (tenor) Mojca Erdmann (soprano) Heinz Holecek (bass) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Naxos Opera Classics SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Kálmán's great contribution to the musical language of Viennese operetta was to bring to it the brilliant colours, the heady rhythms and the dynamic energy of his native Hungary - not just as an imitator, like so many other composers, but as one who... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde / Te Deum Katarina Jovanovic (soprano) / Philippe Do (tenor) / Mark Schnaible (bass) / Orchestre National de Lille / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "There are many moments to cherish, notably Clotilde's prayer, starting on an exquisitely delicate pianissimo." Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 / Arias (with Handel-arias) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Ena Mitchell (soprano) William Herbert (tenor) William Pasons (bass) / Cantata Singers / Reginald Jacques [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'No summit of solemnity was inaccessible to her, and it was particularly music of spiritual meaning that seemed her most personal domain.' Thus wrote the distingushed conductor Bruno Walter about the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, whose highly... |
ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Concerto / Ryabinin Fantasia / To the Memory of Suvorov / Symphonic Scherzo Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Not surprisingly, these performances are very Russian in feeling, and after a bold opening both orchestra and the excellent soloist make the very most of the concerto's memorable secondary theme...A most enjoyable collection." Penguin Guide |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "the best Third Concerto I've ever heard; stupefying brilliant sound in 8 different flavours" (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "This Tchaikovsky First is grand and big, filled with power and majesty, all captured in brilliant sonics by Naxos." (MusicWeb) - Hybrid SACD in 5.1 Surround Sound. |
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BELLINI
I Puritani (Complete opera) (Recorded April 1953 ) Maria Callas (soprano) Aurora Cattelani (soprano) Carlo Forti (bass) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (conducto [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "The thrill of hearing Maria Callas launching into Bellini's dramatic arias, replete with vocal acrobatics, is one of opera's great experiences. Recorded in 1953, at the peak of her career, it has that burning and dramatic intensity to carry the disc... |
