Since you are interested in La Sonnambula (complete opera recorded in 1992), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
KAROL SZYMANOWSK
Szymanowski: King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (Complete Opera) plus Prince Potemkin (Kniaz Patiomkin): Incidental Music to Act V Henryk Grychnik (tenor), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Anna Malewicz Madej (contralto) / Polish National Radio Symphony / Wit [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The recorded sound surpasses the others. Perspective is good; voices aren't drowned, but the delicacy of the orchestration is not lost" - American Record Guide |
DAVID LANG
Lang: Pierced / Heroin / Cheating / Wed / etc Real Quiet with Theo Blockmann (vocals) & Evan Ziporyn (bass clarinet) / Boston Modern Orchestra / Gil Rose [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Mr. Rose and his team filled the music with rich, decisive ensemble colors and magnificent solos. These musicians were rapturous - superb instrumentalists at work and play." The New York Times |
MANUEL DE FALLA
La Vida breve (complete opera) Enrique Baquerizo (tenor) / Manuel Cid (tenor) / Alfonso Echeverria (bass) / Alicia Nafe (mezzo-soprano) / Asturias Symphony / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Manuel de Falla is universally acknowledged as the central personality of twentieth-century Spanish musical culture. Born in 1876 in Cádiz, Andalusia, he aspired as a young boy to be a writer but by the mid-1890s had decided to concentrate on music. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Original version of the complete opera) Svetlana Katchour (soprano) Uwe Eikotter, Bruce Rankin (tenors) Fredrika Brillemburg (mezzo) / Bremen Theatre [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "Gunter Neuhold, conducting the Bremen Philharmonic, leads an excellent performance in which Svetlana Katchour is a touching Butterfly, skillfully delineating the character's development from child-bride to tragic heroine." The Sunday Telegraph |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (Complete Opera) Jael Azzaretti (soprano) Marcus Haddock (tenor) Rene Massis (baritone) / Orchestre National de Lille-Region Nord, Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] The most successful opera composer of his generation in France, Massenet wrote music that has sometimes inspired cynicism and hostility through its particularly sensuous beauty. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Albert Herring (Complete opera) Josephine Barstow (soprano) / Christopher Gillett (tenor) / Robert Lloyd (bass) / Felicity Palmer (mezzo) / Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2003 ] "At the new price, there's no excuse for not having one of Britten's richest but least appreciated operatic scores in your collection." BBC Music |
KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner, tenor / Mojca Erdmann, soprano / Heinz Holecek, bass / Yvonne Kalman / Marko Kathol, tenor / Yvonne Kenny, soprano / Hellmuth Klum [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "A sweet 'n' spicy confection that shows operetta at it's delicious best" - Editor's Choice gramophone Magazine March 2005 |
KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner (tenor) Mojca Erdmann (soprano) Heinz Holecek (bass) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Naxos Opera Classics SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Kálmán's great contribution to the musical language of Viennese operetta was to bring to it the brilliant colours, the heady rhythms and the dynamic energy of his native Hungary - not just as an imitator, like so many other composers, but as one who... |
HANSON
Merry Mount, Op. 31 Lauren Flanigan / Walter MacNeil / Richard Zeller / Northwest Boychoir / Seattle Girls' Choir / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] The plot of his 1933 opera, Merry Mount, set in New England in 1625 during a conflict between the Puritans and the Cavaliers, is anything but merry. However, the composer described the music as “warm-blooded…essentially a lyrical work [that] makes... |
J.S. BACH
Motets BWV225-230 Netherlands Chamber Choir / Peter Dijkstra [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/May/2008 ] "Finally, here is a recording of Bach's motets (sung at sensible tempos) that employs a moderately-sized choir...Channel Classics' sound is typically demonstration-quality...Essential!" (ClassicsToday 10/10) |