Since you are interested in Véronique Gens: Nuits, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HANDEL / BACH / TORELLI / HUMMEL / MARCELLO / etc
Magic Trumpet Alison Balsom (trumpet), with Alina Ibragimova (violin) / The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director, harpsichord and organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] "I realised from early on that it wasn't just a trumpet, it was a voice that could seemingly do anything … It can have such fabulous colours, be so versatile, and make such a beautiful sound. I will vigorously defend it for the rest of my life."... |
BRAHMS / DVORAK / HAHN / STRAUSS / etc
Morgen: Songs For Cello & Piano Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] The return of one of New Zealand's favourite pianists. This is a special album for Rae de Lisle, who has created it with her son-in law Andrew (NZSO's Principal Cello) and daughter Julia (Principal Viola with the NZSO). |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'This is the outstanding Lise Davidsen recording many of us who've experienced the phenomenon live have been waiting for...The partnership with Leif Ove Andsnes doubles the pleasure.' BBC Music - Choral & Song Choice Feb 2022 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN / GUSTAV MAHLER
Renée Fleming - Lieder (Brahms, Schumann, Mahler) Renée Fleming (soprano) Hartmut Höll (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Four-time Grammy winning soprano Renée Fleming presents her first full-length Lieder album for almost two decades. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / 3 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] "Hope Amid Tears", the new album by Yo-Yo Ma together with his friend and pianist Emanuel Ax, presents Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano in the order in which they were composed, tracing an important arc in Beethoven's development. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Viola Sonatas / Zwei Gesange Op. 91 Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] "The playing of these two fine artists offers high-class musical riches at every point, Tamestit finding a ceaseless range of tone-colours that always sounds natural rather than contrived." - BBC Music Magazine 4/5 Stars |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quintet Op 97 / String Sextet Op 48 Jerusalem Quartet, with Veronika Hagen (viola) & Gary Hoffman (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jan/2018 ] "It's a comparable masterpiece [to the New World Symphony], played with depth of tone and feeling in the larghetto variations and tremendous dash in the outer sections of the allegro vivo and finale." Sunday Times |
DEBUSSY / DUPARC / FAURE / RAVEL
Secrets: French Songs Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Fazil Say (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] "Fin de siècle song from Duparc to late Fauré forms the basis of this impressive recital, Crebassa's tone and shading ideal in this repertoire, well matched throughout by pianist Fazıl Say." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Solo Vocal |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto / etc Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Decca / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] Award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a brand new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto - arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello. |
BELLINI / VERDI / CHERUBINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Drama Queen Maria Callas (soprano) [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] "Drama Queen" brings together the most dramatic studio recordings ever made by Maria Callas during the course of her career. |