Opera Jerzego Fryderyka Haendla "Alessandro" w wykonaniu solistów - Lawrence Zazzo, Yetzabel Arias Fernández, Raffaella Milanesi i Martin Oro oraz zespołu Deutsche Händel-Solisten pod dyrekcją Michaela Forma.
Nagranie zespołu Dunedin Consort dla firmy Linn prezentuje nową wersję jednego z największych dramatów Jerzego Fryderyka Haendla - oratorium „Samson”. Po raz pierwszy słuchacze mogą usłyszeć autentyczny haendlowski chór, obejmującego zarówno solowe głosy sopranowe, jak i chłopięce alty. Dyrektor muzyczny zespołu Dunedin Consort John Butt przedstawia nam wersję utworu zgodną z intencjami kompozytora. W tym potężnym oratorium, będącym w zasadzie operą, znajdujemy takich wykonawców jak Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Matthew Brook, Mary Bevan, Hugo Hymas, Jess Dandy, Vitali Rozynko i Fflur Wyn. Niniejsze nagranie Samsona jest jak do tej pory najbardziej ambitnym przedsięwzięciem Dunedin Consort.
The piano remained the main instrument of Beethoven throughout his life, and this specially priced 4-CD box set represents his entire and sizeable output for piano and orchestra, starting with the early Piano Concerto in E flat, WoO 4 – a work of tremendous energy and great technical demands, which Beethoven wrote when he was just twelve years old – and ending with Piano Concerto No. 5, the only one that Beethoven never performed himself in concert, due to his developing deafness. Howard Shelley was awarded an OBE for services to classical music at the 2009 New Year Honours. He here conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North from the piano. Shelley has recorded extensively for Chandos over the years, and he has combined the role of solo pianist and conductor on numerous occasions, most recently with the Orchestra of Opera North in Piano Concertos by Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and Grieg (CHAN 10509), but also with the London Mozart Players, recording works by Cramer, Hummel, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. All his recordings have received superb reviews. Beethoven wrote the Triple Concerto on this disc in 1803 during a lull in the composition of his opera Fidelio. Works for violin, cello and piano were fairly common at the time – but combining them with orchestra was, as Beethoven himself observed, something entirely new, and no other concerto of this kind from this period is known today. In this work, Howard Shelley is joined by the violinist and exclusive Chandos artist Tasmin Little, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at this year’s Classic BRITS, and by the cellist Tim Hugh, of whom The Times said: ‘Mr Hugh is much more than just a Cellist, he is a musician with a compelling insight into the creative urge behind the notes.’
Tracklista:1. Golden Cockerel2. Opera in three acts
Album zawiera wiele niepublikowanych wcześniej nagrań studyjnych oraz koncertowych.CD 1[1] Schubert: Abschied 3:21Recorded: 25 June 1947 [studio]Max Lichtegg / Georg Solti[2] Mozart: Di Zauberflöte: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen 3:57Recorded: Salzburg Festival 1937Willi Domgraf-Faßbaender / WP / Toscanini Georg Solti keyboard glockenspiel[3] Richard Strauss: Elektra: Allein! Weh, ganz allein 8:42Recorded: August 1952 [studio]Christel Goltz / Bayerisches Staatsorchester[4] Berg: Lulu: Wie kannst Du die Szene gegen mich aus spielen?[Sonaten-Durchführung] 7:13Recorded: 1961Ernst Gutstein / Helga Pilarczyk / Frankfurt Opera[5] Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres! … Es ist ein Traum 14:10Recorded: December 1959Sena Jurinac / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Hanny Steffek / Ronald Lewis / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [6] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Hai gia vinta la causa 4:49Recorded: 1963 Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[7] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento 5:09Recorded: 1963 Mirella Freni / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[8] Verdi: Otello: Ora e per sempre addio… si pel ciel 10:37Recorded: 1964James McCracken / Tito Gobbi / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[9] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento 3:33Recorded: July 1968Pilar Lorengar / Josephine Veasey / Kieth Engen / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[10] Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: Merci, doux crepuscule! 5:05Recorded: August 1963Nicolai Gedda / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[11] Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander! 5:27Recorded: March 1968 [studio]Delme Bryn-Jones / Kenneth McDonald / Elizabeth Robson / Anne HowellsOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[12] Giordano: Andrea Chénier: Vicino a te 7:31Recorded 10 November 1956Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker / Orchestra of the Lyric Opera, ChicagoCD 2[1]-[3] Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos, K365 24:47Recorded: 9 October 1987Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra[4] Verdi: Otello: Gia nella notte densa 9:47Recorded: 9 October 1987Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa / Chicago Symphony OrchestraMozart: Le nozze di Figaro:3 short rehearsal sequences fromthe Decca recording[5] Act 2 - Porgi amor - rehearsal of orchestral introduction 3:28[6] Act 4 - recitative rehearsal sequence: Ebbene, il padron l'odia...a un fischio mio correte tutti quanti 3:36[7] Act 1 - La vendetta - rehearsal of introduction 1:44Recorded: May 1981[8] Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi amor 4:01Recorded: 1991 Margaret Price / Chamber Orchestra of Europe[9] Britten: Billy Budd: O beauty, o handsomeness 5:59Recorded: March 1968 [studio]Forbes Robinson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[10] Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise 7:41Recorded: 3 July 1971Birgit Nilsson / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden[11] Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Grane mein Roß… selig grüßt dich dein Weib! 2:01Recorded: July 1983 Hildegard Behrens / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele[12] Mozart: Così fan tutte: Come Scoglio 4:31Recorded: May 1994Renée Fleming / Chamber Orchestra of Europe[13] Schubert: An die Musik 3:20Recorded: October 1992Hans Hotter / Jeffrey Tate[14] Verdi: La forza del destino: Pace, pace 5:45Recorded: January 1997 [studio] - previously unpublished Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
Opera Jerzego Fryderyka Haendla w wykonaniu zespołu Europa Galante pod dyrekcją Fabio Biondiego. Opera Imeneo została skomponowana dla londyńskiego teatru Haendla, natomiast na płycie mamy wersję z Dublina z 1742 roku.
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Title Music House of Fun 2. House of Fun (Opera Intro) 3. A Word About Lee 4. House of Fun (2009 - Remaster) 5. NW5 (Opera Intro) 6. NW5 (2009 - Remaster)7. A Word About Chemistry 8. Night Boat to Cairo (2009 Remaster) 9. Deceives the Eye 10. My Girl (2009 Remaster) 11. Rockin' In Ab (2009 Remaster) 12. England's Glory (Demo) 13. Razorblade Alley (2009 Remaster) 14. A Word from Suggs and Chas 15. The Prince (2009 Remaster) 16. One Step Beyond (2009 Remaster) 17. Swan Lake (2009 Remaster) 18. A Good Spell in the Army 19. Land of Hope and Glory (2009 Remaster) 20. A Sartorial Word 21. Baggy Trousers (2009 - Remaster) 22. A Word About Positivity 23. Embarrassment (Opera Intro) 24. Embarrassment (2009 - Remaster) 25. Return of the Los Palmas 7 (2009 - Remaster) 26. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (2009 - Remaster) CD 2 1. A Word About the Law 2. It's OK, I'm a Policeman 3. A Flying Word 4. Magic Carpet 5. A Word About Kleptomania 6. Shut Up (2009 - Remaster) 7. A Lovely Word 8. It Must Be Love (2009 - Remaster) 9. Overdone (Remastered) 10. A Word About a Lamppost 11. Lovestruck (Opera Intro) 12. Lovestruck (2009 - Remaster) 13. Johnny the Horse (Remastered) 14. Drip Fed Fred (feat. Ian Dury) ( Remastered) 15. A Devillish Word 16. Dust Devil 17. A Sticky Frog 18. Wings of a Dove (2009 - Remaster) 19. A Word About Perseverance 20. Whistle in the Dark 21. Madness (2009 Remaster) 22. Yesterday's Men 23. Michael Caine (2009 - Remaster) 24. Bangarang 25. Sit Down & Wonder 26. Bite the Bullet 27. Wicker Man 28. Birthday Girl 29. We Want Freddie (Remastered) 30. Here He Comes (Demo Version)
Described as ‘a potent antidote to the stuffiness that still passes for seriousness at many a concert’, Christian Lindberg, whose most recent appearances on disc has been as a conductor, has again brought his trombone to a recording session, with the usual, ear-opening results. One of the great musical communicators of our time, Lindberg performs virtuoso concertos dedicated by him by composers such as Berio and Xenakis, but is equally at home in light music genres. Here he pays his respects to the great trombonists of swing and jazz, revelling in Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade and Fats Waller's Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now. The 2011 centenary of Lindberg's fellow Swede, the great tenor Jussi Björling, has also occasioned a tribute, and the glamour, fun and high drama of opera is further explored in A Night at the Opera, a medley of favourite arias. Lindberg's great friend Jan Sandström – the composer of the Motorbike Concerto which has taken Lindberg and his trombone around the world countless times – has contributed two pieces: Song to Lotta and A Christian Song, and in a nod to one of his first discs, Lindberg returns to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, giving a dare-devil performance of Spring on his alto trombone. The swinging, glittering and lush accompaniments are provided by Lindberg's 'own' band – the Swedish Wind Ensemble whose chief conductor he is – and add greatly to this Lindbergian extravaganza.
Opera jednego z największych włoskich kompozytorów operowych Gioachina Rossiniego "Il viaggio a Reims". Wykonawcy to soliści - Laura Giordano, Marianna Pizzolato, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Alessandra Marianelli, Bogdan Mihai, Maxim Mironov, Mirco Palazzi, Bruno De Simone, Bruno Praticò, Gezim Myshketa oraz zespoły Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań i Virtuosi Brunensis pod dyrekcją Antonino Foglianiego.
Tracklista:1. Die Feuersbrunst, opera, H. 29b/A (uncertain authenticity) 1:31:30