Since you are interested in Lilburn: A Song of Islands / Aotearoa Overture / Forest / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "Bristling energy to aching desolation: a bargain survey that has real impact" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2004 |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Gloria / Quatre motets / et Susan Gritton (soprano) / Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Choral - |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
GOLIJOV
Oceana Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Luciana Souza, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Aug/2007 ] "This music is distinctive, eclectic and exciting; at once both profound and accessible. Everyone performs well; Dawn Upshaw displays versatility in addition to singing with a luminous quality. Souza's voice is natural and unforced yet powerful. The... |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: Violin & Piano works Elizabeth Holowell (violin) Dean Sky-Lucas (piano) with Cameron Rhodes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "The music of Douglas Lilburn with its clear connection to both his teacher, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and to the landscape of his beloved New Zealand, is a delight and an inspiration." |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise / Belshazzar's Feast Suite / Kuolema New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "This is one terrific disc! Pietari Inkinen is a Sibelian of the first order. The young conductor has the New Zealand Symphony playing its collective hearts out for him and the recorded sound is superb." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb April 2009 |