Since you are interested in Psyche (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Instrumental - 'Outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception, discretion and poetic sensibility, limpid, powerful and luminous in equal measure' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets in B flat & C minor Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Chamber --'Their approach is alert, texturally clear and passionate … These are admriable performances which I recommend to any prospective buyer … this new Takács reading weighs in at the top end of the many available... |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Italian Arias Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Genia KAhmeier (soprano) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Golz [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Recital - "Quasthoff does Haydn's neglected operatic music proud in a fine recital." (Gramophone Editor's Choice 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... |
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons performing version, 1718) Susan Hamilton (Soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Thomas Hobbs (tenor) / Dunedin Consort / John Butt (Director) [ Linn SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "…the performance is utterly magical. The five singers and the band are beautifully in proportion with each other, an Linn's sound recording is stunningly good." Gramophone Magazine, Disc of the Month January 2009 |
VASKS
Piano Trio / Piano Quartet Trio Parnassus [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] 'Latvian composer Vasks' combines experimental tonal language on the one hand and an ability to create interesting textures by more conventional means on the other. The result is two well-sustained works whose textures are rewardingly conveyed and... |