LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos 3 & 5 Geister (with Hummel-Piano Trio No 4) Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Daniel Sepec (violin) Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "Anyone who has heard and admired Andreas Staier's bracing performances of 18th- and early-19th-century solo piano works, on a variety of historically appropriate keyboards, will be at home with this highly charged chamber-music playing." (The Guardian) |
BERG
Wozzeck (Complete opera in English) Andrew Shore (baritone); Alan Woodrow (tenor); Peter Bronder (tenor); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Paul Daniel [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "This English language version is an almost unqualified success … a fresh and illuminating perspective a harrowing and original masterpiece." (Music Web) |
VERDI
Falstaff (Complete Opera in English) Andrew Shore (baritone) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / English National Opera, Paul Daniel [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] "It is serious competition for the currently available recordings in Italian." (Pick of the Month BBC Music Magazine Aug 2002) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne Andrew Staples, Christopher Parks, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] In these three song cycles, Britten draws his inspiration from the peaks of European poetry (Shakespeare, Blake, Shelley, Keats, but also Rimbaud), the better to push back the boundaries of the genre. He multiplies the relationship between voices and... |
ELENA LANGER
Landscape With Three People Anna Dennis, William Towers, Nicholas Daniel, Roman Mints, Meghan Cassidy, Kristine Blaumane, Robert Howarth, Katya Apekisheva [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] "[Landscape with Three People] nimble and light, sensual without forcing the point, folksy but not quite fey; whimsical, in the deconstructed manner of Berio or Nono. |
HENRY MADIN
Madin: Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV Anne Magouet, Michiko Takahashi, Robert Getchell, Alban Dufourt, Alain Buet / Stradivaria & Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Cuiller [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] [Madin] writes vividly…[and] Daniel Cuiller is well in command of his forces in both pieces; worth investigating" (Gramophone) |
MARGARET HUBICKI
Dedication in Time (Incls Goladon Suite) Annemarie Sand (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) Robert Max (cello) James Kirby (piano) / Bochmann Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] Chandos expands its considerable discography of works by women composers with this CD of music by the distinguished composer and teacher, Margaret Hubicki (or Peggy, as she is more widely known). |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Mar/2015 ] "Performances that exude sheer joy, from a soloist who sounds completely at ease in these works." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY + BLU-RAY 3D Arena di Verona / Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich, Ambrogio Maestri / Daniel Oren (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "It's straightforward, recalling Edwardian toy theatre...And the spectacle isn't overdone...Ulbrich is a fiery Amneris. But it's the Ethiopians who carry the day, with Maestri's thundering Amonasro and, above all, Chinese soprano Hui He's Aida, vocal |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 (Rec 1975) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) London Philharmonic / Daniel Barenboim [ RCA Rubinstein Collection / CD - released 15/Aug/2000 ] Volume Seventy Eight from the complete Arthur Rubinstein Collection! |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (Rec 1975) Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ RCA Rubinstein Collection Vol 77 / CD - released 15/Aug/2000 ] Volume Seventy Seven from the complete Arthur Rubinstein Collection! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dear Mademoiselle: A Tribute to Nadia Boulanger Astrig Siranossian (cello), Nathanäel Gouin (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] An emblematic figure of her time, Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) taught and inspired several generations of musicians, from Igor Stravinsky to Quincy Jones. Her musical and pedagogical philosophy, demanding yet highly stimulating, influenced the entire... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for All: Symphonies 1-9 Daniel Barenboim / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Decca Music Group / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2012 ] Decca's five-disc set, from Daniel Barenboim, of the most revolutionary and influential symphony cycle ever composed was recorded with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Cologne during August 2011. |
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Kafka On The Shore (Unabridged) Sean Barrett, G. Griffin, Daniel Philpot, etc [ Naxos Audiobooks / 15 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] Kafka on the Shore is the latest novel by Japan's leading literary novelist, who developed a world-wide cult reputation with Norwegian Wood. In Kafka on the Shore, Murakami continues with his remarkable combination of profound insight into humankind... |
MOSCHELES / HINDEMITH / RHEINBERGER
Horn Sonatas (Rec 1997) Barry Tuckwell (horn) / Daniel Blumenthal (piano) [ ABC Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2006 ] Barry Tuckwell is widely considered to be one of the world's pre-eminent musicians. This disc features five contrasting works for horn and piano |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphonies 1 - 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes, George Hurst / Bournemouth Symphony, Paul Daniel [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "This is a real bargain. A first-class, thoughtful performance; exulting, exciting and sensitive with a tremendous breadth and depth of sound" - BBC Music Magazine on Sym No 2 |
EDGAR BAINTON
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Richard Davis (flute) / The Golden River, Op. 16 / Concerto fantasia / Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal / etc BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Daniel [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] "Paul Daniel, Margaret Fingerhut, the BBC Phil and Chandos have literally done the honours here and these four premiere recordings inestimably enhance the Bainton catalogue." (MusicWeb May 2008) |
FERENC ERKEL
Hunyadi László Beatrix Fodor, Dániel Pataky, Attila Fekete / Honvéd Male Choir, Budapest Studio Choir & Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Domonkos Héja [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Ferenc Erkel was one of the foremost romantic composers of Hungary, one might be tempted to call him the Hungarian Verdi. His operas were based on the rich, long and troublesome history of his home country and are the first to be written in Hungarian |
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Dear Companion [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] 'Dear Companion' explores the musician's ties to the place they love and aims to draw attention to the problem of Mountaintop Removal coal mining (MTR) and its impact on the people and heritage of central Appalachia. |
COPLAND / PROKOFIEV / POULENC
1942: Violin Sonatas by Copland, Prokofiev & Poulenc Benjamin Baker (violin), Daniel Lebhardt (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] "Baker brings out each work's sweet melancholy with expressive phrasing. Through his lightly handled bowing, the opening phrases of the Copland Sonata morph effortlessly into a dance rhythm" BBC Music |