Since you are interested in The Creation (Die Schupfung), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
EDWARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Lieder [Songs] Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Feb/2007 ] "A 'must' for any collection of songs…Don't miss it" - Gramophone |
JOSEF HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: The Seasons [Die Jahreszeiten] (Complete in German) Barbara Bonney, Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / 2 CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "this studio performance conveys the electricity of a live event The silver-toned Barbara Bonney and Anthony Rolfe johnson at his most sensitive are ouitstanding soloists." (Penguin Stereo Guide to Compact Discs) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Songs Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) with the Aronowitz Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Solo Vocal -- "the Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is golden in tone, persuasive in phrasing, and unfailingly responsive to the sound and sense of the words..." BBC Music Five Stars |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 / 5 Melodien Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "these performances are mercurial and provocative. Kremer and Argerich find expectedly dark resonances in the lyrical Second Sonata whilst projecting a radiant beauty in the Five Melodies." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** |