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Humperdinck: Konigskinder [The King's Children] (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
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ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Konigskinder [The King's Children] (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Dutch National Opera / Daniel Behle, Olga Kulchynska, Josef Wagner, Doris Soffel / Marc Albrecht (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Aug/2023 ]
Hänsel und Gretel brought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy storybrought Humperdinck worldwide fame but his tragic fairy story KönigskinderKönigskinder ('The King's Children') offers a stark contrast to it and has only begun to be...
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2022) cover
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2022)
Dutch National Opera / Malin Byström, Joshua Guerrero, Gevorg Hakobyan / Lorenzo Viotti (cond)
[ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/Apr/2023 ]
"...this must be one of the bloodiest Toscas shown on stage, in a world where the characters' Christian faith is clearly a personal defence against the horror of the tyranny under which they live." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (complete opera recorded in 2014) cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (complete opera recorded in 2014)
Dutch National Opera / Maximilian Schmitt, Christina Landshamer, Thomas Oliemans, Brindley Sherratt, Íride Martínez / Marc Albrecht (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2015 ]
"It is sparkily conducted in light, historically aware tempi by Marc Albrecht, and acted and sung as a tightly worked ensemble piece....Subtle touches ease what we now find chauvinist and racist in the original...Ingenious. Recommended." (Gramophone)
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flue] (completeopera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
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W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flue] (completeopera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Dutch National Opera / Maximilian Schmitt, Christina Landshamer, Thomas Oliemans, Brindley Sherratt, Íride Martínez / Marc Albrecht (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ]
"Subtle touches ease what we now find chauvinist and racist in the original...Ingenious. Recommended." (Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month May 2015)
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) cover
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017)
Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond)
[ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Jun/2018 ]
"Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons's inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa...Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess - singing rather than growling her role." Gramophone
Dvorak: Piano Concerto & The Water Goblin cover
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Eduardas: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Dramatic Frescoes / Reflections of the Sea cover
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EDUARDAS BALSYS
Eduardas: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Dramatic Frescoes / Reflections of the Sea
Dzeraldas Bidva (violin), Indre Baikstyte (piano), Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas
[ Ondine / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ]
This new album introduces to international audience the music of Eduardas Balsys (1919-1984), a key figure in Lithuania's music from the 1950s until his death in 1984. This album release by the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by...
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68 cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68
Eileen Hulse (soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ]
'Järvis Strauss series is an important set of recordings that will hold an honoured place alongside Chandos Prokofiev and Bax cycles.' Fanfare
Sullivan: The Beauty Stone (complete opera) cover
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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Beauty Stone (complete opera)
Elin Manahan Thomas, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alan Opie, Stephen Gadd, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Richard Suart / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rory
[ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ]
"It has never been recorded by professional singers before, and Rory Macdonald seems to have prepared with academic scrupulousness...it's very strongly cast, too, but there's no sense of an important rediscovery here." (Guardian)
Meyerbeer: L'étoile du nord (complete opera) cover
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: L'étoile du nord (complete opera)
Elizabeth Futral, Darina Takova, Agnete Munk Rasmussen, Patrizia Cigna, Juan Diego Flórez / National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Vladimir Jurowski
[ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/May/2022 ]
After composing a spectacular series of grand operas for the Paris Opéra, Meyerbeer turned to two comic operas with spoken dialogue. One of these was L'Étoile du Nord ('The North Star').
Harp Concertos cover
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ALVARS / ALBRECHTSBERGER / SAINT-SAENS
Harp Concertos
Elizabeth Hainen (harp) / Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra / Rossen Milanov
[ Avie Records / CD - released 2/May/2011 ]
"a complete harpist who knows and uses her instrument's strength and brilliance and strikes its fire" - Miami Herald
Jenufa (Complete opera in English) cover
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JANACEK
Jenufa (Complete opera in English)
Elizabeth Vaughan; Nigel Robson; Dame Josephine Barstow / Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ]
"There are few opera composers whose language seems totally to defy time and remain as startlingly new and potent 100 years on. Janá?ek is one of them and his Jen<=fa of 1904 is as powerful today as it must have been a century ago. In the hands of...
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'Ameriques' & 'Ionisation') cover
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EDGARD VARESE
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'Ameriques' & 'Ionisation')
Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Maria Grochowska (flute) Thomas Bloch (Ondes MArtenot) / Polish National Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee
[ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ]
"An excellent disc, which serves as a welcome introduction to the work of this largely under-valued composer. Varèse's music divulges a creative genius who was undoubtedly a long way ahead of his time, and one can only listen in awe at his work. The...
Pickard: Symphonies 2 & 6; Verlaine Songs cover
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JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: Symphonies 2 & 6; Verlaine Songs
Emma Tring (soloist) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
[ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/May/2024 ]
John Pickard is best known for his powerful orchestral and instrumental works, and his music has been widely praised for its large-scale sense of architecture and bold handling of an extended tonal idiom. This recording brings together three works...
Adam: Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded August 2014) cover
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Adam: Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded August 2014)
English National Ballet / Alina Cojocaru, Vadim Muntagirov, Erina Takahashi / Gavin Sutherland (cond)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2015 ]
Set in the exotic surroundings of the Ottoman Empire and with a narrative encompassing abduction, murder and shipwreck, Le Corsaire is a swashbuckling pirate drama that delights for its spectacular nature and which includes some of the most bravura...
Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded August 2014) BLU-RAY cover
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ADOLPHE ADAM
Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded August 2014) BLU-RAY
English National Ballet / Alina Cojocaru, Vadim Muntagirov, Erina Takahashi / Gavin Sutherland (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ]
Set in the exotic surroundings of the Ottoman Empire and with a narrative encompassing abduction, murder and shipwreck, Le Corsaire is a swashbuckling pirate drama that delights for its spectacular nature and which includes some of the most bravura...
Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (opera recorded 1988) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Xerxes [Serse] (opera recorded 1988)
English National Opera / Ann Murray, Lesley Garrett, Valerie Masterson / Sir Charles Mackerras
[ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ]
"a landmark in the reassessment of Handel's genius...Mackerras understood Handel's music intimately...Murray's Xerxes is unfailingly elegant, whether serenading a plant in the shadow of Roubiliac's statue of Handel, or pausing over a demitasse."
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986) cover
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DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 1986)
English National Opera / Eilene Hannan / John Treleaven / Rodney Macann / Ann Howard / Phyllis Cannan / Mark Elder (cond)
[ Arthaus / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ]
G :- Dvorak's three act opera is based on two fairy tales and tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal.
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY
English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2014 ]
"Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera)
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2001) cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded in 2001)
English National Opera / Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Paul Daniel (conductor)
[ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ]
Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written originally for Kathleen Ferrier, lies at the heart of David McVicar's powerfully stark production for English National Opera as 'an everyday sort of...