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50 BEST RELAXING
50 Best Relaxing Classics [3 CDs special price] Various Artists including Moura Lympany, Stephen Kovacevich (pianos), James Galway (flute) & Choir of King's College [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2010 ] A beautiful collection of romantic melodies including Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude, Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto, Rachmaninov's Rahapsody on a theme of Paganini and Faure's Pavane. |
PURCELL
O Solitude Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] "Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Vocal WINNER |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Collection (Cats / Jesus Christ Superstar / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat / The Royal Albert Hall Celebration) [ Universal Pictures DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2011 ] Four spectacular shows on four discs! |
ALBINONI / HANDEL / PACHELBEL / BACH / CORELLI
The Best of Baroque Music Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] The first half of the eighteenth century saw the culmination of a musical synthesis between elements predominant in three major musical countries in Europe. From Italy came, above all, song, from France dance and from Germany the more academic... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Nessun Dorma - The Puccini Album Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Kristine Opolais (soprano) [ Sony / CD - released 6/Oct/2015 ] "...a gloriously bronze-voiced German tenor, welding musicianship with smouldering emotion...Pappano and his Santa Cecilia orchestra fire up every track with native Italian passion." Financial Times |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/Apr/2017 ] "played with shimmering detail by the Vienna Philharmonic...As expected, Kaufmann is glorious in the tenor songs. In those for lower voice he sings with the same, unaffected sensitivity...An interesting, one-off experiment." Financial Times *** |
PONCHIELLI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / PUCCINI / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - An Italian Night - Live from the Waldbuhne Berlin (recorded in 2018) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder [ Sony / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A magical evening dedicated to beautiful Italian music with the world's greatest tenor. Captured live for release on CD. Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili. This is the key release this year from "The world's greatest tenor" (The Telegraph). This summer... |
BIZET / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI
Pearl Fisher's Duet (Very Best of) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) with Robert Merrill [ Alto / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Swedish-born Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was one of the leading operatic tenors of the twentieth century. This release brings together highlights from some of the most popular operatic recordings from the 1950s along with selections from... |
PIAZZOLLA / MOREL / CARDOSO / RODRIGUEZ / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
Milos: Latino Gold [CD + DVD] Milos Karadaglic (guitar) [ Deutsche Grammophon CD & DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 18/Dec/2014 ] "This guitarist does not go for a cheap ride on the backs of well-loved numbers, but gives us a thoughtful presentation, where each next piece seems to outdo the one before it. It is difficult to stop listening." (MusicWeb) |
BOCCERHINI / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / VIVALDI / etc
Slava! The Art of Rostropovich (3CD) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with various orchestras & conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "the intensity of lyrical feeling and the spontaneity of the partnership between Karajan and Rostropovich ensures the position of their disc at the top of recommendations for this peer among nineteenth century cello concertos." Penguin Guide |